In may seem incongruous, after relating this sad affair, to refer to the lighter side of the voyage. Capt. Ings, although a young man, kas been in command of. several large vessels and is no mean ex-! ponent of the manly art of boxing One of the passengers, an ex-Air Force officer, was a passenger to Singapore, his intentions being strike out as a rubber planter, He was also pretty useful with gloves, So was and is the second y officer.
The result: Boxing ex in the captain's spacious sitting room and on the deck. Clean good humoured events but with the inevitable flashes of devilry. Two smashed panes of glass in the captain's bookcase bear witness to the fact. That occurred when the captain got in a special uppercet and the bout ended with the Air Force officer's head in the bookcase. The mext night the second officer took on the Air Force officer on the deck. The latter landed some heavy ones, but a lightning right to the ribs from the second officer and the Air Force officer was last scon receiving first aid on a hatch cover. This is true, because the captain sow it all, unofficially, tro ym with the light out, The Glentara passed some dis. tance from Bias Bay on the night of the ste. Irene incident. he captain saw the submarine's search lights and remarked to the affeer on watch that there was evidently something doing. They were, howe ever, long way away and had no bation of what was happening, "One of the best trips we have lever had," said. the oticers, "marred however by. that extremely distressing and impressive burial.
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