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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 7, 3 October 1919, Page 6

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TIUNSPORT .'TtnT.PH WOERMANN BERTHS. The'tmnpnrt Adolph Woermann, from Plymouth, via Panama, with some 575 troops, 39 women ami nine children, was berthed' at the Queen's Wharf yesterday morning after a passage of 49 days. On , being made t'a.st an immediate start was made 10. disembark tie troops.' Very complete arrangements had been made bv the Disembarkation Officer (Captain Prictor), and, assisted by a considerable ! number of motor-cars, provided by the Volunteer Motor Corps, the men were expeditiously conveyed to their homes and the raiiwav station. The transport left Plymouth on August 14, and bad a fine-weather .run across., Wie Atlantic- and 'Gulf of- Mexico to Colon, where coal supplies were taken in hand. Whilst the vessel was at Colon the residents save the troops a good time. One party was afforded, facilities for visiting the jungle a few miles out of tho town. The passage of tho Canal was enjoyed by. all on board, Warm weather whs experienced on I'ho Atlantic. side, but the weather generally was on the cool side crossing the Pacific. Pine weather wr.s experienced up till September 25. but from that date' to her ar- j rival here heavy. westerly and northwesterly gales were experienced. Concerts were !held every week, and during the run . across the; Pacific a revue entitled "131 Colona, or tlie Jfarrin.se Market/' was nroduced under the of Mrs. Russell, a lady passenger frith a knowledge of stage work. The performers included several of the military officers, Lieutenant Clark as Pedro being ' notably successful in tho chief comedy » < role. The revue rr.n for a season of , four nights—the first three forn.c.o.'s, the men, and the crew, and on the final night for officers, their wives, and passengers,. The health of the troop,i . throughout the voyage was good. When six days out from Plymouth, one of the ship's firemen, said to be either a Dutchman ov a Belgian, mysteriously , disappeared during the night, and it.was supposed that lie. either fell or threw himself overboard.