LIFEBOAT ARRIVES AT SUMNER.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19851, 12 February 1930, Page 16

LIFEBOAT ARRIVES AT SUMNER.

STILL HELD UNDER BOND.

Another stage in the negotiations for the release, by the Customs Department, of Sumner's new lifeboat was reached yesterday, when the Department permitted the boat and gear to be taken around to Sumner, though still under bond, the Mayor of Sumner (Mr \V. H. Nicholson), and the captain of the lifeboat crew, Mr G. Hines, being the bondsmen. • Until the Customs give final clearance the boat, and gear may not be taken .from the shed at Scarborough. Loaded with gear the Rescue left •Lyttelton at 1.10 p.m. for Sumner. By the courtesy of Captain Hines, a representative of The Preß3 made the trip in the boat. The Rescue carried a total of fourteen persons, including the Mayor of Sumner (Mr W. H. Nicholson), Captain C. M. Renaut, Government Marino Superintendent at Lyttelton, and Mr H. A. Rhind, who had placed his grain store at the disposal of the crew for the storage of gear while in port. Owing to the engine being new, the trip was made at about half-speed-Soon after leaving the main circulating pump ceased to function. This, however, made no difference to the running of the boat, as it is equipped with an auxiliary circulating system running through a radiator, and this was used. The run from the moles to the Heads took 35 The sea was smooth until Godley Head was turned, when a moderate swell was. encountered. Crossing Taylor's Mistake and rounding Whitewash Head there | was a north-westerly swell. With the sea behind it the Rescue made the boat-harbour at Scarborough in fine style, and was safely moored preparatory to being housed in the shed there. A large crowd of residents watched the arrival and mooring of the boat, while the children of the Sumner District High School lined the roadside by the boat-harbour and gave the Rescue a noisy welcome.

At. Sumner th boat was the object of much intf rest.

It was fou id to be too large for the shed, but after much hard work, it was safely housed by 10 o'clock last night.