A FAMOUS TRAINING SHIP.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2007, 14 March 1914, Page 2

A FAMOUS TRAINING SHIP.

llougli the day of the sailing ship is last passing away, oWiiig tfl tho rapid adv«nco in stesnVdriveii .tcisjels, yet , it is generally recognised, dbii tho ojiperieitce gained iw spiffing te nevof (.•quailed in. steam. Several of tlie iafcgQ: steamship coiajjanies, at eansifer'aibip expense, iiurfntdtu a sailing vessel ™r ihO'CSprtes puraosß of training ftcir (titer* oifeef s. Among tliese ibo White Star Cttmpmy's sailing ship Mersey is t>er})flps the best- kn&wii in Australian waters, I'his vessel is an plißiat visitor to Australia, sailing fro:ni liQftdoii dboui' Soptcwterj -and arriving in Port Jae-k----i?Qii after a passage o:f a- liiatod days or so in Decq-ntlior. Her liiilli ifiastß, and spars, and: gehfiritt «J»i«k and -spn. qjipearaiico, 'are ft <iiiSt3tiit source, of interest to the iliousaHcls of fdrry pa.sEetfgers Who daily pass -thft ship wlnle lying in Sydney Barbqun Ther6 ts m'Btebly ho saffing sWp efifWng "i Sj-fkdy that creates so.mflcli interest as does t.1i.0 Mersey. \Thisr is lai-gfrly diio to the faet thai the ship effirrms some fifty ctf sixty eadeta, .wlidj ii!g their visits to tbfe patL. Ijaye mado Dtt'ny .fi'iejidsj aiidl gaiiiftrl for ihswr selves a name that is liigllh* reßpeete'd, for their mfrnli 1 bearwg aiiij cbivnlrdiiS ewi4»e*. While tho bulb of. jSlib lads hail .from Bttgiand, some Ijalf-dozoii of tteie at present ou tho yessqrar© A:ustfaliaiis, iilid °f these Cajitain. Corner. ■ uptake Jii liiglt tcrrtiSj as : bejng equal to the English in mattes, of .scanjaiisJiip. ITie training received is of such a cliarastni 1 jpS to (it the yo(iu| f-flllq\v ; s for the feSpon.siblo pßsitkßs fihfey are: intended, to oecupy. Tho daily roiitJne' of tho sliip, Jjo'tfi.iit sea and in .part, : covers every brftneh of 'edtication nOcessiiry for ihqir futam, Au . ©filciieiiib stnft of uistfnctejjs-Attend to tliQ, Ecbolaetjc aceoinplisliniDnls, iii additku ' ta« every detail of sfiajijanship and nan- ■ gation. Kuedlcss to saS', these we. very eeniptetc, Sbict discipliTO is always! obsM>vcd, ivlrflo sport SiiterS largely, into .tho curriculum. Cricket, football,: Birijmfti)ig,.*ii(J W «U elf*' GinH'aged, ;i.;id tfeq cade-ts have many wins to -thoir Grediit.

'jiio vessel is tiij.cteF the cefiithand of Cjtptafji QoWi.GK, 8.N..1&. ttluj is list' tieuKiirly Qualified. fO* his ioSpoiisiblo position. .'.Both. On the fa'inoiis Mact qtiarfe, and mm oil the ilofsey, Gapi torn Goiter lias had. hundreds of lnd:s Wtdter his ciiWgft... JJ}€*e kd.s tortaiij tuu'te .a f.pr thb gonial l?,as iiiado. his jii.iiiii e'nw felt fj.iijijjsg ih.ein,- Tlife is eilliancecl by. Jilfs. Go.rWr,. who ehvays " : tte. SjMft. is.liealtl.iy afttli vigbroiis, .\Vhile.iit soft il)o. taiii condtißts divine: soryice. .cjish $uiida.y .piomiftg, at which ■..officers ..and caddis arc fill ■ Wfj.cn iii pijft ■tiro lads attend -flio' sery.icfts pt ijie JUssioiis to SoaiMi. . Whjta o» his rp-: cent' visit to Sydney, raw* jjlissjjmja te Seamen in Wcllinfeftii. 51*. W- E-,; Oocfe, was iftvited. by tJie_«hap)ai» to ■ conduct the- 'ffcrevrSji sorvico prior, to: the ship aailing fof London, ,Il.ns witsan iwpressivfi. peeasioii, such, itg only: ii scn'icp at se.i- caw bo. Tho vlio'lft: ?ljip''s <!onn)4 : !iy Wr*- present) afid .th&.. tnjiftT^ y , roijust vqices, lohii.ftg hi. it> spottses, hymus, ■.and ;p:rij.yeri, luffr aii impression not, Soon foxg<)tton> Tire. Mersey is chio-'in 'London ftatly in May : next.