HOMEWARD BOUND

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 April 1938, Page 8

HOMEWARD BOUND

N.Z. CONTINGENT LEAVES SYDNEY SOME MEN LEFT BEHIND. HOSPITALITY GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED. By Telegraph. —Press Association. Copyright. (Recd This Day, 11.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. It is not yet known how many New Zealanders failed to board the Maunganui and Monowai before they sailed last night. At least one man arrived at the wharf when the vessels would be passing, through the Heads. There were also many who were on the wrong ships, but it was too late to allow them to change. The vessels were due to sail at eight, and the men were supposed to be aboard at* 7.30, but at that hour less than half were aboard. The remainder straggled down overburdened with all manner of souvenirs. Both vessels were more than half an hour late in getting away. Members of the contingent spoke most highly of the hospitality of the Sydney people. The visitors travelled free on trams, trains, ferries and buses and are anxious to repay that hospitality when the Australians pay a visit to New Zealand in 1940. The New Zealanders, by their excellent condubt and fine bearing, also created a good impression in Sydney. The nurses with the contingent were not overlooked. They were guests at many functions, including the New Zealand Women’s Association’s musicale, at which Mrs Arthur Rathbone (Hawke’s Bay) sang, Miss Vai Sullivan played a pianoforte solo and Mrs Waigainga Tepine did a poi dance. Mr David Baldwin, whose ankle was broken in a street accident yesterday, was carried aboard his ship just before it sailed.