Holiday visitors to Lyttelton

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33424, 4 January 1974, Page 7

Holiday visitors to Lyttelton

There is much interest for: holiday visitors at Lyttelton, apart from historical aspects. Oddly enough, overseas visitors, from Europe. Australia. Asia and America appear to express more enthusiasm than the average 1 antabnan. Only this week, a tourist coach full of Japanese showed much interest in the port An American family from < dorado made a brief excursion to Diamond Harbour and were enthralled. For visitors, harbour launch cruises are increasingly popular. Little known is the expert commentary given by launchma^tersj on historical aspects and their intelligent appraisal of shipping *n port. People who have* travelled on the Rhine, Marl-; borough Sounds, or the canals of Amsterdam, contend that this i recital is comparable to such; cruises. Laudchmasters have obviously j done their homework. Some data has a familiar ring. Visitors arriving at Diamond Harbour,; feel they have .stepped into' another world. Diamond Har-' hour residents share this viewj and would be lothe to leave. I Shipping in port is quiet at pre-! sent There are four overseas: vessels berthed. Three are; British, a rare occurrence nowa- i days, and nne Greek. The' China Navigation Company's? motor vessel Soochow • British) which recently rescued survivors: from the ill-fated 2J2-ton vessel: L'luilakeb? off Fiji is one. Berthed ahead of her at Cashin j Quay is the Blue Star Line’s! refrigerated cargo liner Hobart Star which has limited passenger' accommodation and is discharg-l ing North American Pacific Coast. lumber In the inner harbour; the Greek bulk carrier Delphic Miracle is discharging Christmas; Island phosphate ano the motor; vessel Forthbank, on her maiden ' voyage, is discharging soya bean meal from the Mexican Gulf. ; These vessels are worth a second look. At this time of the year, pleasure craft, both; local ’and from other ports, are’ in evidence Due toda\ are the; Norwegian tanker Herstein fromGeelong, the roll-on inter-island, \essel Holmlea and the Holmdale; from the Chathams. Another! interesting vessel in port today; will be the Frysna from Tonga with tropical cargo including bananas, plantains . and water! melons. Visitors must take care with youngsters on the waterfront. Shipboard visits are only per-! missible through ships’ agents or tn private invitation. Lyttelton' Harbour Board officials and all? waterfront workers welcome; people of all ages to the port ( and will be helpful and Infor-' math-e. but interest must be tempered with caution, in the' interests of safety. Lyttelton! takes great pride in its safety; record. ARRIVALS Rangatira (6.37 am.), 9387,! fapt. R. E. Pugh-Williams, Wellington (U.S.S.). Frvsna i 6.50 p.m.i. 298. Capt. Mo-ew Haukinima, Tonga (X.Z. Stevedoring,. DEPARTURES Marama (615 p.m.i. 4510. Capt.! A P R. Somerville. Dunedin 1 (L.S.S.*. Rangatira '8.30 p.m.', 9387, • apt. R. E Pugh-Williams. Wel-| lington (U.S.S.i. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Holmdale Chatham?, today. Holmlea. Wellington, today. | Herstein. Geelong, today. (Tanker.) Rangatira. Wellington. today) (daylight). Rangatira. Wellington January 5) (daylight >. Wanaka. Wellington. January 5. Antartico. Tauranga. January 6. ’ Kotei Maru Wellington January) 6. Persian Reefer, Auckland. Janu-i ary 7. I

Athelviscount, Marsden Point, January «. iTanker.) Pukeko, Tauranga. January 7. .Rangatira, Wellington, January 7. I. Rangatira. Wellington. January 8. Bayernstein, Wellington, January 9. i Maheno, Auckland, January 9. • Tacoma Maru Wellington, Janu- ' an 9. i Rangatira. Wellington. January 9. i Agano Maru, Nauru, January 11. i Bulk.) Koraki, Dunedin. January 12. i Straat Cumberland. Wellington, Januaiy 12. Piako. Wellington. January 12. i Straat Luzon, Wellington, Janu- ■: arv 12. : Wenchow. Wellington. January 13. Timaru Star, Wellington, January >, 13. • Medic. Napier, January 13. >’Westmorland, Napier. January 14. Zaida. Wellington. January 14. ] ■ H.M.N.Z.S. Inverell, sea. January: 14. .: Sinkiang, Wellington. January 15. ) Canopic, South America, January j 15. Hawea. Wellington, January 15. i ■ Luka Botic, Auckland January: 18. > Union New Zealand, Dunedin,] ■ January 16. | - H.M.Y. Britannia, —. January 17. “ Tama Maru, Wellington, January. ’ 17 ’ Japan Roble, Wellington, January] ; is. 1 . Stolt Sea. . January 18. I H.M.N.Z.S. Canterbury, —, Janui' ary 18. i! Aftadelfos, Wellington, January tl 19. ’ Manapourl, Wellington, January 20. Zeebrugge, Wellington, January 21. Vishva Maliima, Wellington, January 23. Union Trans Tasman. Cape Theyenard, January' 23. Tasmania Star. Wellington, January 24. H.M.A.S. Anzac. . Jan. 24. Ocean Monarch, Sydney, January 24. (Games cruise.) Marco Polo, Sydney, January 24. iGames cruite.) U.S.N.S. Private John R. Towle, ! . Ngakuta. Auckland. January 25. ’ Antarctica. January 25. Hague Maru. Wellington, Janu-' i ary 27. j 1 , Port Launceston, Wellington,; I January 27. ’! Royal Viking Star. Wellington, January 27. (World cruise.) i Cumberland. Nelson, January 28. , Torrens, Nelson, January 28. • Cap Vilano. New Plymouth, Januaiy 28. i Teesta, Wellington. January 28. I H.M.S. Jupiter. . January 29. • Carpentaria. Picton. January 29. : Hupeh, Wellington. January 31. . Japan Kauri, Nagoya, February 1 3. . Leuve Lloyd, Wellington, i February 7. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Forthbank. Sydney, today. Ilolmlea, Wellington, today. Delphic Miracle. Dunedin, today] ' (bulk:. Rangatira, Wellington, today. Soochow. Tauranga, January 5. ] Rangatira. Wellington. January 5. i Wanaka Melbourne. January 5. ] Herstein, Wellington. January 5] (Tanker.) I Hobart Star. New Plymouth, January 5. Holmdale. Gisborne. January 7. j Frysna, Tauranga, January 7. ..Rangatira Wellington, January- 7 ' (daylight). ; Rangatira, Wellington, January 8 (daylight). Antarctico. Chile, January 8. Persian Reefer, , January 8. Pukeko Dunedin, January 8. ' Kotei Maru, Cape Thevenard, January 8. > Athelviscount. Dunedin January 8. (Tanker.) Rangatira. Wellington, January 9, ' ] Maheno Wellington, January 10. , Bayernstein. Timaru January 11. i Tacoma Maru, Dunedin. January ; 12. | Agano Maru, Napier, January 14. (Bulk.) iTimaru Star, Bluff, January 15. ] Koraki. Wellington, January 15. ’Hawea. Dunedin. January 15. Westmorland Bermuda January 16. | Piako. Dunedin. January 16. j Wenchow. Napier. January 16. ] Straat Luzon Dunedin January] | Straat Cumberland, Auckland, January 17. Tama Maru, , January 17. Zaida, Tauranga January 17. Sinkiang, Tauranga. January 17. Medic. Dunedin, January 17. Luka Botic, Dunedin, January 18. I | Canopic. Napier January 19. 1 Japan Roble Dunedin. January - 21. Stolt Sea, . January 21. • Aftadelfos. Dunedin, January 22. Zeebrugge Dunedin, January 24. Manapouri. Dunedin, January 24. ] Vishva Mahima, Dunedin, January 26. i i Royal Viking Star. Milford , I Sound, January 27. (World cruise.) - Tasmania Star. Bluff. January 29. I Hague Maru, Auckland. January 30. • ] Port Launceston, —, January 30. i Ngakuta. Port Chalmers. January 30 (survey). Torrens Dunedin. January 30. U.S.N.S. Private John R. Towle, , January 30. ‘ Cap Vilano, Dunedin. January 31. Carpentaria, Dunedin, February ] . Teesta. Napier. February 1. Marco Polo, Sydney, February! | 2 (games cruise). .Cumberland, Dunedin. February ’I 2. ’ i Hupeh, Tauranga, February 2. , • Ocean Monarch. Sydney,! February 3 (games cruise). ] ' H.M.Y. Britannia. —, February 3.| I H.M.N.Z.S. Inverell, —. February’ 3. . H.M.N.Z.S. Canterbury, —,] February 3. H.M.A.S. Anzac. —, February 3. H.M.S. Jupiter. —. February 4. ] ] Japan Kauri, New Plymouth,! February 8. Leuve Lloyd. Bluff. February- 9 ] VESSELS IN PORT Hobart Star, No. 1 Cashin Quay.: Soochow, No. 2 Cashin Quay. Delphic Miracle G.P.E. Frysna, No. I B.W. Forthbank. No. 3 West. Milburn Carrier. No. 6 West (sur- t vey).