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A SEA STORY.

DRIFT OF 4,600 MILES,

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PROF. HALDANE.

FIVE JUDGES SIT BEHIND LOCKED DOORS.

Captain T. S. Weston, who has just retired from the sea after

Sitting In camera at the Law more than forty-seven years of uninterrupted service with the Courts, bohind locked and guarded! A somewhat unusual case of New Zealand Shipping Company, doora, a special Court of five allowed the robbery has been reported to the bas set down an outstanding Judges Delegata police. Li King, a foreman at the episode in his long career afloat. appeal of Mr. J. B. S. Haldane, the Shing Mun Waterworks living at The drift of the Waikato, extend-distinguished scientist, against his Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, was ing as it did to 4,500 miles; islemissal from the post of Reader walking along an underground probably the longest drift on of Bio-Chemistry at Cambridge tunnel near the waterworks when record, and certainly the longest University.

Mr. Haldane appealed against |

he was accosted by two men. He drift over accomplished by a

had noticed that a man was pre- steamer of such size. It may be, the decision of the Sex Viri, the ceding him while another one too, that the length of Captain special University court which followed behind.

Weston's uninterrupted service deals with mattors of discipline,

The two men held him up, struck him with a wooden pole and rubbed pepper in his face. They demand ed his watch, which he handed over, and then made an attempt to search his pockets. He struggled and they bolted, taking the watch

with them.

It is suspected that revenge was

the motive of the attack.

OBITUARY.

A WELL-KNOWN BRITISII JOURNALIST

London, April 20,-

float with one company cons-which dismissed him for "gross In any immorality," after he had been titutes also a record.

as it is a striking testimony, co-respondent in a divorce case.

His appeal, writes a Daily both to the worthiness of Captain

Mus Weston himself and to the com- Chronicle representative,

He set out on heard in Court VI. of the King's any he served. als career in March, 1678, as an Bench Division by a Court special- Apprentice in the sailingship ly constituted by a grace of the Plako. As third and second mate Senate of Cambridge University. ae served in the Hurunui, Rakala, It was the first of its kind that Otaki, Mataura, Waimate, and has ever sat there, and even the 1886 was most experienced officials were at Rangatika, and in

ppointed fourth officer of the loss when questioned about pro- Ruapehu, of which he became cedure, for there were no prece- ommander twelve years later, lents to guide them... Japtain Weston's narrative, pre- ented almost exactly as written, Rollows:

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No Wigs or Robes. All the judges were members of Cambridge University. The

I left London in command of president, Sir Horace Avory, the The denih has occurred of the ho Waikato 4,766 tons register well-known criminal judge, is a With Journalist, Mr. Lovat Fraser.in May, 1899, direct for Port Fellow of Corpus Christi.

Chalmers, and had fine weather him were Sir Walter Fletcher, the Reuter..

Ocuan. eminent scientist on through the Atlantic

and former Mr. Lovat Fraser was born

entered When about 180 miles south of Proctor of the University; Sir November 18, 1871, and journalism at an early age, going Cape Agulas, at 2 a.m: June 8, the William Bragg, science lecturer: far afield in the course of his work haft broke in the stern tube, and Mr. John Withers, M.P. for the He was editor of the Times of it was impossible to repair it. University, And Dr. Montague India for several years, and after-put all hands, officers, sators and James, Provost of Eton.

Sir Horace Avory, without. hla wards went on various special remen "on watch and watch" missions for the London Times, to that is, four hours on duty and judicial robes, was an unfamiliar The steamer figure in a morning cost and black India, China, and the Dominions, four hours below.

was rigged with square sail on tie, and the counsel in the case dis- and round the world.

the Imperialhe Toremast, fore-and-aft sail on carded their wigs and gowns. He attended Coronation Durbars at Delhi inainmast, the wind at the time 1903 and 1912; and travelled ex-being light S. E. with a smoothi sea. After breakfast the officers tensively in many countries, in- cluding Persia, the Balkans, China, sked me if they could take one siberia, Egypt, Japan, and all over the boats with a, crew to try parristers and all journalists were

the European continent,

administration of India.

FRENCH FINANCES.

BALANCED BUDGET.

ind reach the land. I told them

Only barristers, solicitors and. witnesses in the case and one usher and an official shorthand writer were admitted. Other

turned away by the door-keepers.

A "Secret" Decision. Even the decision is supposed to have been kept secret, for the Court took the view that it was

university authorities.

On the editorial staff of the hat in that part, although the Times from 1907 to 1922, he was weather was then fine, with little! Intterly chief literary adviser and wind and a smooth sea, gales und деця, which would be contributor to the Sunday Pictorial big and Daily Mirror. His publica- langerous for a boat, get up very tions included a review of the rapidly. The next morning, came their duty only to report to the in fine, but at 10 a.m. wind and wa increased, and at noon it was blowing hard. The officers were! Mr. Haldane, who had given very glad then that I had not evidence in support of his appeal, flowed them to go off in the boat. I waited patiently in the locked Ve set sail, but the ship would court with the barristers and pot answer her helm. If the pre-solicitore while the judges' con- beller had fallen off we should sidered their finding.

It is understood that the judges Paris, April 20. have been able to steer her. Speaking at a banquet of the Curiously enough the more sail were unanimous in their decision, International Hotelkeepers' Con-we set aft the more the ship ran out although the result of the vention, M. Racul Peret stated off before the wind, while sail set appeal soon leaked out, no official that the French Budget exactly forward had the reverse effect.statement was issued.

Mr. Haldane was warmly con- We rigged a jury mant between balanced:

court after the The revenue returns for the he bridge and foremast, and, all gratulated" in

The decision, but he avoided the wait- first three months of 1926 showed set, we had fourteen- sails.

the hip drifted into the Agulas curing journalists and photographers, a.net surplus; moreover Treasury possessća latent reservas rent, and for some days the drift and, after a little game of "hide capable of bringing in considerable was against the wind. We only and seek," left the Law Courts France never thought to had provisions from London for unobserved by a sice exit.

Mr. Stuart Bevan, K.C., argued. escape from the payment of her bout two months, and the crew, foreign debts, and now pays an-numbering 50 souls, were put on the case on his behalf, and Sir

After a time we Malcolm short rations.

Macnaughton,

K.C., qually to her creditors 150 million had to broach the cargo to find appeared for the university, dollars. She will discuss eingere food. I myself went down the

sums.

ly a settlement of her debts, and hold through the air trunks. We

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show a capacity for payment; and had in the cargo a number of 400-away, and the 'sea-anchor was lost. will fulfil exactly her engage-gallon tanks. The first one we We experienced many galės of menta, but will ask for reductions opened contained German toys, wind and high seas, the ship roll- if Germany does not carry out the We broached several others, buted heavily, and quantities of Dawes plan. Havas."

found no food. At last we found water washed over her. Heavy a tank full of sardines, one of seas fell on the steam-pipes on Linned herrings, another of the fore deck, which were thereby macaroni, and one of Mellins' bent and twisted. The barquen- Food. I knew then we could not tine Tecora was sighted at the starve. When we had finished end of July. She took us in tow, our meat and flour wo lived on but could not do much, is the ardines and herrings for about wind fell to a calm. The Tecora 1 month. We had a quantity of went on her voyage to Mauritius It is notified that the V.R.Chip's biscuits on board, and ferland reported us. On September 8 sports, which were to have been breakfast we each had three sar-the barque Alice was sighted. held on Saturday next, have beca

biscuit, and cocoa She gave us some suils. On postponed until May 8. This has Ines, one become necessary by reason of which we also found in the September 13 ship Thetis was bad weather conditions, which cargo); for dinner, one herring, sighted, but it was too rough, to have made it impossible for com- ne biscuit and water; for tea, bourd her by boat. petitors to do their training. En-three sardines and one biscuit. September 15, ufter drifting and tries will now close on May 3. All hands fared alike. We had salling for about 4,500 miles, we'

as deck cargo a number of barrels sighted the Asioun, of Aberdeen, of crude cod liver oil. After bound for. Fremantle. She saw Official figures just issued show. dark we lit a fire in a large Iron our signals and came down to us." ing the comparativo consumptub over the galley, about the We were taken in tow with 60 tion of canned asparagus in 1924 highest part of the ship, and fathoms cable, 90 fathom's wire. and 1925, reveal the remarkable every quarter of an hour burned and 30 fathoms chain, the chain fact that during 1924 there was a small tin of cod liver oil over acting as a brake. We arrived at practically a world-wide "strike "the fire, which caused a big flare, Amsterdam Island at 11a.m., of housewives against the high to draw the attention of any September 20, and transferred prices then charged for the com-vussel which might be in the about 100 tons of coal to the modity. The "strike," a silont vicinity. I reckoned this could be Asloun by boat in about 24 hours. unorganized affair, seonis to have seen on a clear night about 15 This, I think, had never been extended from Great Britain to miles all round. We brought our done before at sea. We got under Guatemala and to have been as tow rope up, and got everything way the next day. At 8,30 p.m.,

At noon on

complete and effective in China as in readiness to be towed if a September 29, the tow parted in it was in Chile. It was due to steamer hove in sight. No vessel strong S. E. gale.” At daylihgt RESH STOCK the demand of the growers for 6was seen, although a good look next morning nothing was seen of conts (approximately 1d a hout from aloft was kept until the the Astour. The gale moderated, INE QUALITY for canning. Lost your the end of July. In the meantime we during the day, the Asloun hove AITHFUL SERVICES Brewers were glad to get exactly rigged a triangular sen-anchor in sight in the afternoon, and by half that sun for every canned with three of the cargo derricks, 5 m. we were connected up and pound with the result that prices but found. It did not answer; the on our way again. We arrived at resumed their propor level, stocks word gradually cleared, sea-anchor nstern to try and steer Fremantle, October 9, and the the ship, but with no success. following day were taken into the and consumption resumod ite

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