A GALE AT SEA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2785, 1 June 1916, Page 4

A GALE AT SEA

MANUKA'S HOUGH'-T3&IP. (.

"I have been round the worijl and have travelled a great deal on tile Western Ocean, but for real rough yresfher J recommend this trip from Sydney)," 6tated a passenger who arrived by the. Manuka from Sydney yesterday—two late. And hia opinion was shared by; several among the officers of the ship. The vessel left Sydney at 3 o'clock on Thursday aftersoon last, and experienced, from the •' moment Sydney Heads were cleared, a blustering south'-easterly gale witli a very heavy sea, which conditions lasted prac-. tically throughout the trip. The ship plunged 011 into the teeth. of the sale which, if anything, increased as the days ' went 011. The sea, it\ was statod, was enormous and oftentimes it became necessary to slow up until the ship was little n;«»r8 than holding her own. A trying time was naturally experienced by the passengers, moat of whom were, of course, unable to come on deck. The violent weather continued without intermission until early on Wednesday morning, ivhen it 'was possible to make x6od time into port. Apart from • a portion of tho. rail' being earned away, the damage sustained by the fillip, was practically negligible. The passengers generally spoke in high praise of-Qvp-tain Cliffs handling of the Manuka.