FERRY DRIFTS IN AUCKLAND

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22195, 11 September 1937, Page 23

FERRY DRIFTS IN AUCKLAND

♦ RESCUE OF DISABLED VESSEL (PBEB9 ASSOCIATION TILXOBA.M.) AUCKLAND, September 10. Bound for Stanley Bay this moraine the Devonport Ferry Company s Pupuke was disabled when a gudgeon oln in the piston became twisted. With her engines useless the ferry drifted up the harbour, with two passengers on botrd. Blasts from attracted the attention of the master of thP ferry Makora, which was making for Devonport, and soon the passengers in the Makora could see that the Pupuke was in difficulty. The Makora's course was diverted and she ranged KSide the disabled ferry and the ?wo passengers were taken on board They were taken to Devonport and then transported by car to Stanley B Meanwhile, officials of the Devonport Ferry Company had observed the Slight of the Pupuke and had sent a request to an Auckland launch and ; towboat company to dispatch the steam tug Kumea to its assistance. By tie toe the tug reached the ferry it had drifted some distance up the harbour on the incoming tide and was broadside on to its course. The crew of the tug had little difficulty in bringing the two boats together, and after a few minutes the Kumea turned back to Auckland with the Pupuke lashed alongside. HEALTH LECTURE »■ "Food And Its Relation to Health/' is the title of a lecture to be delivered In the Navy League Hall on Monday evening by Sister M. G. Davies.

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