The Harbour Excurision.

At 6.45 p.m on Monday the " Duchess," crowded with the cream of University student life of New Zealand, cast off from page 26 the Ferry Wharf and headed for Day's Bay. The trip across was marked by much din and a speech from the ship's captain, and on arrival at the Bay a rush was immediately made for the water chute. The construction of the approach rendered the adoption of the queue system a necessity, and twenty minutes of patient and expectant waiting were rewarded in each case with a flight of 10 2/5 secs. Through space and muddy water. A concert in the Pavilion followed, but a set programme which was in the hands of two officials who could not escape from the embraces of the queue system of riding on the chute had to be abandoned in favour of an impromptu one. Supper was devoured with avidity, and the return journey commenced at 9.45 p.m. A bright moon lit the placid waters of the harbor, throwing the surrounding hills into dark background and the run across round Some Island seemed as a journey through Elysia. Ten-thirty p.m and the Ferry Wharf saw the end of a happy evening.