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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1923, Page 2

T UK thrilling story of the sea which the survivors of the ill-fated Trevessa have chronicled, is remarkable in the main for the dominant courage of the survivors who lasted out three weeks in a turbulent ocean on very shoit commons. The story impresses one not only with the courage. hut also the discipline of these cramped and confined in the small boats seek inn a haven. They knew a port was far distant, but they bravely set- their course and tenaciously held to it. fed seamanship, combined with pluck pulled im--i of them through. It was a feat to he proud of, an example < f the spirit of the rare. Doubtless they were always buoyed with the hope that somewhere, somehow they might encounter a friendly sail ; for they would know that their signals of distress had been heard, and ships were searching. But as the long days faded into longer nights, with no sign of relief, it would not- he surprising if courage failed, if hope vanished. But there were stout and brave hearts with the party, and one of them, at least, had the saving grace of humor to lift the minds of his comrades from their overpressing situation. Hope was deferred, hut was justified in the end. and the example will be in the minds of others, who may in the course of their allotted span have to encounter similar perils which at times beset those who go down to the sea in ships.

It is .not surprising to hear that Mr Massey’s choice of a Minister to fill Mr I.oe's vacancy is not meeting with favor. The South Island generally resents the fact that yet another Minister of the Crown is drawn from the Xorth Island, where already the balance of power was to the disadvantage ot the South. But there is also a protest from the Xorth Island itself. Tiie Hamilton correspondent- of the “New Zealand Herald” reports: —At a largely attended meeting of sup,porters ci the Reform Party held in Hamilton it- was unanimously resolved to write to the Prime Minister expressing the meeting’s disapproval of Mr Massey’s appointment- of Mr It. F. Bollard as a Minister of the Crown, and urging that the appointment- oi Mr L A. Young would establish public confidence in the strength of the Ministry and would strengthen the Reform Party generally. A strongly-worded letter on these terms was drafted

has been forwtvrdod to Mr Massey.” This seems tho most unkindost out of all. Mr Young was “tipped” in many quarters ns the most probable choice and his lion-selected naturally causes chagrin. Mr Young, personally, feels the fact that he has been overlooked, so that Mr Massey must be finding the position he is in a very difficult ono. Indeed that was generally regarded as so, seeing the delay which marked the actual appointment of the new Minister.