STORMY VOYAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 31 October 1930, Page 8

STORMY VOYAGE

11 " , ULIMAROA . ARRIVES AT WELLINGTON.

WELLIN G TON, October 28. The 370 carried by the Huddart-Parkor intercolonial steamer Ulimaroa, when she arrived at Wellington from Byilney. tp-day, was a jrecoi-'d number, for the vessel. Both the ship’s classes were well filled, the 'first-class passengers including the members of a theatrical company which is somewhat unusual in these davs of mechanised entertainment.

Early in"the winter the intercolonial passenger trade showed a marked fall-ing-off, ancj, ,the Union Steam Ship Company decided to Jay up the Marama until Conditions unproved, the service being maintained by the Maunganui in conjunction with 'the Ulimaroa and the Sail Francisco and Vancouver mail'steamers, in. ,;|dclition to the Melbourne steamer. During the past few weeks, however, . there has <been a decided improvement in the number of paljsengfs travelling, to New Zealand froiif’Australia,-ana,imost' of the ships arriving here : and at Auckland have been well patronised. When the Ulimaroa left AVellington on October 3rd last for Sydney she carried only 98 passengers, which was the smallest number carried by her m the past five years from AVellington to Sydney. The same growth in numbers has not- taken place in the passengers lists of ships leaving New Zealand,' either for America or Australia, and conequently it. may be assumed that there is not a great deal of money being spent at the present time in touring. In some instances during the past few weeks ships have arrived in New ’Zedland with anything from 100 to 200 passengers more than have' been taken away. It was unfortunate for those included in the Ulimaroa \s record list to-day that the trip was a particularly unpleasant one., The ship left Sydney at noon- fin ,F!ridgy, her usual time, and immediately ran into southerly and south-westerly weather The conditions were cold and wet, and j the strong winds drove before them high seas, the ship being continually swept with spray. The conditions were at their wogst on Sunday, and there via no improvement until this morning. The Ulimaroa came through the bad weather well, and it left no visible traces upon her.