New positions attractive

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33418, 27 December 1973, Page 14

New positions attractive

The ottractioni of position* •• for seagoing officers in the • overseas trading vessels of the • New Zealand Shipping Corporation is stimulating considerable interest. Yesterday’s advertisement in Ti>e Press,” offering positions rom master and chief engineer Older master mariners and offi- . ■ers of all grades would have J ■ekonied this in depression! ears Unemployed officers On-’ luding mastersi saw no hope. | man as 50 seamen stood for »ne position. There were just, to jobs Any job was like gold.In a letter received this week, i former Christchurch man, Capam l t< McCaskill of Mel-1 loume s noted Port Phillip Pilot-! •ge Service, one of the most ex-| lu'ive in the uorld. said he ■ ished the new corporation well ' This is a sentiment expressed! v. many. Including those who nr now too old to take advant-' ige of this new venture. Any Sew Zealand merchant officer ould be happy to serve aboard u h splendid vessels a- the' Intannic and Majestic. A cor—pondent. V.R.D . of Christ-: ■rronglv emphasised her distaste or the new names. L'nfortun\ow that the corporation is a nt accompli, even those who 1 ormerh opposed it will wish it veil The Union Steam Ship omnanvs venture into the mted Kingdom trade, in 1912. ■ ith the Limeriek, Westmeath, lo- ommon, and Tvrone. did not ,ve all tn their favour. The ,rcat War commenced in 1914., Povertv Bav Sheepfarmers \dmiral < odnngton was a finanii l disaster but mainly because inexperience and bad planHut the new corporation has; >een well planned, and most will .el pride in the new venture.' ~ -pite this the British Conferee. I me- which have provided • ork to- t’hou.-ands of Xew Zeaa ider- for man" 'ears, and still io must deserve credit for irovided the Britannic and It s’!’ 1 of Balfour 'Southland . md PS’ -Mi-*' of Nelson, who* andly greeting' rcupri--hipping items’” In reply, from ntorcMl. perhaps, b' four gen-, ARRIVALS : t” B Pugh U iliums,’ Wellington * 1S a :: 5402. DEPARTURES : I . Pugti Witham-. Wellington EXPECTED ARRIVALS

,'Soochow, Wellington. December'. 23. Rangatira. Wellington, December 29 -daylight!. 1 Forthbank, New Orleans, December 29 imaiden voyage!. Hobart Star. Wellington, December 29. Rangatira. Wellington, December 30 idaylighti. .Marama, Auckland, December 31. Delphic Miracle, Christmas 1 Island, January 1. 'Bulk.i Rangatira, Wellington, January 1. Holmdale, Chathams. January 2. Herstein. Geelong, January 4 iTanker.i . Persian Reefer, United States, January 3. Tacoma Maru. Wellington. January 5. Piako, Wellington. January It. Japan Roble, Wellington, January Kotei Maru. Wellington. January > 3. Wenchow. Wellington. January 9. Bavemstein, Wellington, January! 9. Maheno, Auckland, January 9. Pukeko, Tauranga. January 9. Koraki, Dunedin. January 11. Agano Maru, Nauru, January 11. i Bulk.! Straat Cumberland, Wellington. January 12. Straat Luzon, Wellington, January 12. Timaru Star, Wellington, January--12. Zaida. Wellington. January 14. Westmorland. Napier, Januar' 14. .H.M.N.Z.S. Im ereti, aea, Januar14. Slnkiar.g. Wellington. January 15 Canopic, South America, Januan 15. Medic, Napier. January 1(1. Luka Botic, Auckland, January 18. Union New Zealand, Dunedin. January 23. • Tasmania Star, Wellington, January 17. H M.Y. Britannia. —, January 17. R.F.A. Blue Rover. —. January Vishva Mahlma, Wellington. January 18. Ngakuta. Auckland. January 18 Turakina, Wellington, January Tama Maru, Wellington, Januar Aftadelfoa, Wellington. Januar 19. Manapourl, Wellington, January , Zeebrugge, Wellington. January H.M N.Z.S. Canterbury, —. Janu- • ary 21. Union Trans Tasman. Cape Thev- ' enard. January 24, ; C arpentaria. Picton January 24. Antarctico. Chile. January 24. U.S.N.S. Private John R. Towle. Antarctica, January 25. 1 Hague Maru. Wellington, Janu- i PROJECTED DEPARTURES Rangatira. Wellington. todav j ■ daylight*. Han ea. Wellington, today. i Dido. Tauranga. today. Sacha Kandratyev, Timaru. Rangatira. W'ellington. December ] Karukera. Auckland, December j Donna Clausen. Peru. December 1 Rangatira, Wellington. December j Madras Mar. Queensland * De< ember 29. j"