NEARLY MISSED MAKURA

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 968, 10 May 1930, Page 6

NEARLY MISSED MAKURA

WOMAN WITH MISSING HUSBAND ARRIVAL JUST IN TIME “No, hubby’s got the tickets. No, he’s not aboard; he isn’t going to Sydney.” The time was 10 minutes to three yesterday afternoon. The wharf was crowded with people. The Makura was to sail at three for Sydney. The woman in the green hat with blue trimmings was also to sail at three for Sydney. But the woman could not go up the gangway without producing her ticket. No, the assistant purser was sorry, but he hadn’t seen “hubby.” Had he been down at the wharf yet? Where had ho gone then? At seven minutes past three the purser said the cdbin luggage belonging to the woman would have Lo ho brought ashore and suggested that the woman would have to stay ashore to look after it. " —But there’s some in the hold, too. Have to be left? And’ the children —1 wonder —Hubby’s late. . . .” A comparative hush fell on a portion of the crowd. A man In a hurry came round the corner of the wharf shed. Then the tickets, a good-bye kiss, a bustle up the gangway as the stewards about-turned with the luggage. The gangway was lowered. The whistle blew three blasts and the Makura moved out from the wharf. The time was quarter past three.