Shipping News

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33967, 7 October 1975, Page 23

Shipping News

last vicar of St Saviour’s be-1 fore it was absorbed in the I parish proper. Also partici-1 pating in the service was another former vicar, the Rev. J. J. Merton. On the site after the church has been removed to Christchurch in sections, eight co-lonial-style cottages will be erected. In command of the port at present is the deputy harbourmaster (Captain J. A. Barbour). The Harbourmaster (Captain D. Holden) is on leave. Captain Holden will attend the annual harbourmaster’s conference at Napier later this month. A keen angler, he also intends to visit Taupo. A number of people at Lyttelton have sampled tasty morsels of trout caught by Captain Holden. One speaker at the container seminar in the James Hay Theatre today will be Mr J. B. Laird, of Wellington, the Marine superintendent of the Sun Alliance and London Insurance Group. Mr Laird’s first cousin. Mr A. B. Laird, is a Lyttelton resident and a harbour board shipwright. Both are Scots. By a strange coincidence, the -fourth Turakina is due to berth at Lyttelton tomorrow. Mr J. B. Laird is the son of the late Captain J. B. Laird, who died in action in [the Tasman Sea on August 120, 1940, while in command | of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s Turakina when she was sunk by the iGerman raider Orion. Only |last week, in this column I Captain Laird was mentioned with marked respect. “Whisky Johnny,” of Ashi burton, asks a straightforward question. “Over a long time I have noticed that you emphasise in the shipping news, three particular things — discipline, courtesy, and paradise

I(N.Z.). Please elaborate — land this is not a criticism,’’ (he writes. Briefly: without discipline at some period, one can never know what freedom is and how to enjoy it. If one had only known freedom it might seem boring. Apparently it does seem so for some. Yehudi Menuhin, the vio--1 lin virtuoso, says “Only bydiscipline can one know true I freedom." He worked hard 'enough to achieve mastery of the violin — and today enjoys freedom. When one travels by' sea, lair, or land one likes to know there is some discipline — one feels safer. I never regret — although I often disliked them — my ; early disciplined maritime years, but am all for freedom. As for courtesy. It costs nothing to be polite. It makes life pleasanter, and the world is packed with ■problems, but this has been well aired recently in this i column. It is so elementary that a child can perceive its value. Courtesy in no way indicates weakness or meekness.

! Even in Lyttelton’s rugged, maritime, industrial environment, the average stan-: clard of manners is probably I better than in many places. Nobody is impressed at the! port by bravado and tub I thumping. Empty vessels; make most sound. That applies anywhere. As for the constant reference to New Zealand' as paradise, only after long international observation could one be convinced that this is true. But many New Zealanders are becoming habitual grizzlers (including those born in the country). But perhaps this is a safety valve. Some know no other country. We are probably as happy only as we j want to be. This is my own painfully evolved philosophy I after many years. It is the (best I can do. Probably most! j others who have been sea-1 | faring and have had their! eyes opened, would gener-l ally agree. ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (7 a.m.l. 2499,i Capt. J. Taylor, Auckland: (S.C.N.Z.). DEPARTURES Coastal Trader (4.5 r p.m.), 2499. Capt. J. Taylor, Dunedin (S.C.N.Z.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS Gudrun Maersk, Singapore, today (Tanker). Neptune, Christmas Island, today (Bulk). Union Sydney, Dunedin, today. Bolindale, Wellington, today. British Spey, Wellington, today (Tanker). Cedric, Bluff, October 8. Wild Auk, Auckland, October 8. Furakina. Wellington, October 8. Coastal Trader, Timaru, October 8. \gakuta. Wellington, October 9. Luka Batic, Auckland. October 9. )rfeo, Texas, October 10 (Bulk). 7 remantle Star, Auckland. October 11. Wild Auk, Bluff. October 11. itraat Frazer, Fiji. October 12. lawea. Sydney. October 13. Sadenstein. Wellington, Octobei 14. PROJECTED DEPARTURES nverbank. Napier, today. mon Sydney, Wellington, today. unalric, Napier, today. towoon No. 3, Wellington today (Tanker). inion Transtasman, Tauranga today. oastal Trader, Auckland October 8. apan Totara. Napier. October 8 udrun Maersk, Wellington, Oc tober 8 (Tanker). tosario Maru, Dunedin, Octobei 9. Jritish Spey. Dunedin, Octobei 10 (Tanker). edric, Napier. October 10. Shansi, Tauranga, October 10. lolmdale. Chatham Islands October 11. <gakuta, Tauranga, October 11 ’urakina. Tauranga. October 11 ! uka Batic. . October 11. i )rfeo. . October 13 (Bulk) ' : lawea. Dunedin, October 14. VESSELS IN PORT ’apart Totara. No. 1 Cashin Qua' : • nverbank. No. 1 B.W , Jnion Transtasman. No. 3 East i I >woon No. 3. No. 3 East. Jnion Transtasman. No. 3 West Westmorland. No. 6 West. Xmalric, No. 7 East. tosario Maru. No. 7 West. Vgamotu. Graving Dock. CONTAINERS The following containers ar now available from E shed Austral Entente V 9, FA A.’ 2632826, Act 4 V 2275, Act « 2206241.