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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1065, 1 September 1930, Page 13

RECORD CARGO

NARBADA ARRIVES FROM INDIA

ANNIMALS FOR THE ZOO The Narbada reached Auckland this morning from Calcutta and other ports with one of the largest cargoes of Eastern merchandise ever brought to New Zealand. Included in her 10,000 tons of goods are bales of sacks, rice, tapioca, wax, oils, spices and other general cargo. The vessel had a wonderful trip to Auckland. For three weeks she sailed through seas as calm as a mill-pond. “Sometimes we hardly realised we were moving, the sea was so smooth.” said one of the passengers. A consignment of animals for the Auckland Zoo felt the cold this morning, having been reared in the tropics. There were two female blackbuck. one male and one female spotted deer, one male leopard, one pair of demoiselle cranes, and one pair of common cranes. SEVEN PASSENGERS Seven passengers arrived from the East, including two soldiers who have completed their service in India, and have come to New Zealand to take up employment. They are Messrs. Alex. F. Long, who is a capable musician, and Mr. T. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Knewstubb are returning from Malay to Timaru. Mr. Knewstubb is an engineer. He states that conditions are very depressing in the Malay States because of the eolI lapse of the rubber and tin markets, j Miss Clare Shirtliff, who has been j doing missionary work in the Malay States for the past five years, is returning to Nelson on holiday. Much of her work was done among the Chinese, and lor half the time she was in charge of a Chinese school. Miss Margaret Cummins will spend a holiday with friends in Auckland. Mr. William Smith is a telegraphist, who has come out to New Zealand from India.