PENGUIN WRECK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 6

PENGUIN WRECK.

"//"./"-'"A; MATINEE. ■.■•'.'•■'. "HOWTHE OPERA GIRLS SELL THE /:■"Opera, girls are always charming.on the stage;-:' They ,aro,children of the sun (supplied •by the limelight man)',-and itis their'• particular business'' to portray femininity : in its most alluring guiso. If they are'dairymaids, they .array, "; themselves in"dainty- skirts;'/if yillagorsV- they 'adopt .another, phase of .the sameVattire,..with possibly, a suggestion., of 'fruit and, autumn tints in their headgear, . ; withva'..vnspVof'.;straw, peeping,from their 'pateritleat'her. shoes..-'ln shorty whatever, they be, : they-; are-' nice. The.average chorus lady is'generally a hard-working girl,' with a wide outlook,. the result of much travel in many :climes.. .ShO;is generally a.good conyersation;nlistj -and.' takes a lively: interest "in' many, ■■things" that,the young lady of'the afternoon tea order-would not trouble' her head with. : ; "V-In the case' of .''The. Red-Mill": girls," the ,' application of the above 1 remarks is peculiarly When'approached by tho'management, to-do" something for the sufferers "by. thePenguin : disaster.Vthey. acceded with intense ; readiness, "and"'".before yesterday's sunvhad . reached:; the" west-em hills~they- had flitted in and out;of:banks" insurance and commercial offices," factories/ and:, shops, ,' selling "".-tickets for the matinee', of. '"The..Red,Mill,'. 1 ., to;be giyen at the. Opera House on Saturday '.after-;. : noon next; ;■:,'•■''■'.;■".■'. ' ; ' v' "'■''": "■'"'"""'

V"!: "Will yoii' buy. a ticket, "sir ? oh, please dpit's .for* the poor, sufferers in the, Penguin :' - \vreck'l":says'a'' sweet' voice. '"' :-''r;.-;:: ':":// .- :."I haveii't.'Eot ashil— 1" ~':.. ; ' : •'.--..'.• "'/"Oh, please, dol".'- ,/ ' - '■:/ .:.' v- ...v : "/" ; -' .;; .What;could,a"man/do?.:He simply had to. . buy... And sb.it'went .on from'-noon till eve; : and-the 1 result-Twell, Saturday, afternoon will' ; show.; : .:~ : :;'■ ".;"" '';.■'■ ."".' : ";.■"-.'/:•.: '■.'■,',..; ."■'■'.-"' . :/ Even the monkey-that figures in "the second :.a'pt' of .the"musical '■'. comedy'was called upon . ;to"db ,_ his" share, and .it :'is . stated "that; his ■ ' operations an.Manners Street,.were.every bit; ■as'"effective: as" some of the; prettiest .chorus girls'.... For once the regulations. tabooing can-': '■ Tassing-in the -Government offices, was lifted, ' : and. the; sober.: grey "of: the humdrum' life of, the civil servant took a blue and silver aspect, as; pink "and blue skirts swished in' and out :of the staid offices usually associated with', statistical, documents',, mostly tagged "still under", Consideration^""The j ladies .found: out .-the , most"anjazing/fact'' that, civil : Servants' were quite:lika ordinary'.persoris,'..-with "fair a'vc'iv age" heart« i --ahd;pock'ets. ■';'""'■","/;" ... "/T i" A couple/of enterprising /"stairs" placed "a" table,on the"footpath outside; StewartDawson's,; and; plied.the passers-by/right Merrily.' One'party of girls invaded a' stately commer-cialpile,'just-as a-knot-bfdirectors were.dis- : . persing.;.;_ They swooped;do'wn : on. thenv with eager 'smile,and rushing appeal, 'and did not ..go'away: empty-handed."; ;"' . ; : : :':- ""It who have-not- . yet" received "these'pleasant; attentions that; take, the charity path/againsto-day"" :?"'; : ' ■'■■'."■ ■■■}■■■'?.".■ /./At tq-morrow's "matinee'there.-will, be nd' early. ,dbbrs,; and. children : will be : admitted to "all'Tiarts'of : the'.'houseat"half-price; ; ";: : "-,' ,r "'', ;'iThevpolice";authdfities' yesterday withdrew 'two;df ; the: cdnstabjes.: who-have ..been" patrolling the; Beach ;at;:Te'rawhiti i ' leaving Sergeant Murphy "and; two constables' on; duty there! -'

:; V; EXPRESSIONS; OF SYMPATHY. V^ Mr. F. L.' Dean, brv';42 Buckle; Street,;';who; is ,a; sister of. the late Mrs. Hope, forecabin stewardess on thePeiY;'guin,;: has;, received :the'. following, message. ; of, sympathy from' Sir Joseph. Ward:.' "At the reqMst'. of;;his • ExneHehcy; the; Governor.' I •gave'publicity- tbe'inorhin'g after .the -'jumpr-, •tuhate'ovreck-.of-;the Penguin to his'Excel-' ,lericy'b;:de«p; i sorrow."for. ; tke sufferers; by.the-.s'ad.'disaster,'-iaridi;r.'alsd gave similar expressions ;of .my iheartfelt' sympathy' with all; who ;soiunexpectedly iwejefthe'.yictims of the '■ter'r' ya'u ,'iny'siiicew..l'regret '-, sorrow; at'the sustained.■'';': One. feels'.'so'i -. helplesis sto thing to'- lighten • you r - bur-i den.. in -thisunusually ■■ heavy : hour -of trial, ■ but.if - anything' can. help ■; assuage, ; your .'grief at:thedeath of: sister, Mrs. Hope, ,:t;must: t be.theidshowledge : that,in.the .hour .or; danger .she aote'd'.the.part. of a heroine, and; did- hoi-' duty'nobly to. the last:' ; l can only..;tender- my/heartfeltv sympathy ,io'. you .and ;; 'yours'in :ybur'irreparable loss, : 'andVin 'the grief.:you;;'hav)\to:bear?' ':■•■'v.: .■.•■':.- ■■' ': : .;;At^he;;me£tirig: ; ,of, the'; Wellington Trades /and .'Labour-.Council .last night, Mr..'B."- L.j l;Jones;mqved,;!a,-votb..bf;eondolence':andi;sym-;pathy;with. relatives: bfj'thbse who: had' lost ';thjar.^;h>es ; i;ih;:the':.wreck; 'of;'thei: Penguin. The-council;stoodj',and,;the 'resolutionwas adopted v;,* ; ~;: ,:■•;'';■;. ~".:. to v- .haye:, : attended- •■■; the'■.'.- public': funeral■'■ on ■TuesdayVwereivwitb"hundreds of- others;.'misled,;; by' -.thei' change/ofi.route. ;iFinding -theiorb'wd;.; in 'Buckle /'Street: too'dense- to -.admit :ofv.their,",getting -through, '■; they.. went to ,Arb'Street,: ; hoping/;ib.v : join; the.'icdrf ego there;, /but,. after; '.waitingA some : time; found"- that the;fun'eral' : .had'; gone by '■ way of' Woolcombe' vStreeti-ahd- Salamanca: Road,: sp'; they' a'r-'! 'rivbd^brlatb"to, witness;; jibe\last-scene- ; oi the'eemetery.,- .The-.company has.';been : re-' .presented' at all,<thepother -funerals held in r\Velliiiigto4 ;: ''-" v-.-\'>V.-;'-'/---.'-...;-;;■"■.;.-.';-; '_:"•;'..- ..v.'-i- ■.-;.-.• ■■>[ ;;-.; AmbUg'-iithe workers at Terawhiti 'on>; Sunday :«was ;?.,Mr;,;;Gfoodall,; of-Willis ;Street;, :V -After -working 'all;day. 'he brbtiglit" first-.body, (that .of- Mrs';; Hannam's. baby): into 't6wrii.;;carrying:;it.';,in '■.-'iis^arms"•'•from' '.Statiou''. -: to );.; Maltara.,' Mr. Goodall'Was. .personally"- complimented -'on the .wpa--he-had-dbrie-by,Dr.::M'ArtlHir, S.M.' meeting,-of the -Afiraniar 'Borough; Council,':'on; the*motion of Coun-. ,'cjllor.vM'Ledd,; : the..council "expressed its re-' ,'grot.;.at;theVbad-disaster-and its sympathy, with the;sufferers;and relatives of those who lostthoir lives.-;. ; ;:::;;:;,; - -. : '■..-.<.

■ (nV.. TELEGBAPH—PBESS: 'ASSOCIATIONO • ■;; : ■-^-■•'■•■^■^ . iMr.- Price,.,,Premier,;of: has cabled to the Prime-Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) expressing:'sympathy with'the people of the Dominion in .the terrible disaster that overtook:the" Penguin invCook' Strait.. -Sir Joseph Ward has-replied expressing deep appreciatiori:<of thenie§sage. ; .;' -' '.: At 10:' o'clock ' yesterday •: morning'' - the funeral •■ of Miss; Clara Ndden and Miss: Jarib Rebecca .Hunt,- two'; of: the:passengers who ;were, drowned in the Penguin wreck, left the residence ;of. Mrß.'VAitkeh,-..'.: 157 . ;Thorndori' Quay.: ,The bodies were, conveyed 'first, to. St; Paul's Mulgrave ' Street, where a .service -was conducted by the R-ev. F.\ Fancourt,. ;of;. Island Bay. -Proceeding to' the .Anglican portion;of the Karori:Cemetery, iii;terment.: was.made iatwo; graves, Bide by side, the; plot;adjoming that in which Mr. and Mrs. Clarence; Hale were buried. Among themOurners were Mr. ;E. ,B..Bristow (Karon); and. Mr., and -Mrs. W. : C. Chatfield; :(Island Bay),:,and the Union Company, was •represented by Messrs. W. A. Kennedy, FalcoHer, and Chapman.:: Miss Noden had .been employed as maid by > Mr.. Bristow, and Miss Hunt .was in the service of. Mrs.. Chatfield. at.lsland: Bay; tho. deceased were.friends, and;were returning together from a holiday when ; they ;were .wrecked in tho. Penguin. " The Ulimaroa, which left: for Sydney yesterday; had on' board ,the: bodies of' Mr; H aiid. Mr. W. A. -M'lntyre, .late ' chief "officer: of: the Penguin. The'late Mr. : M'lntyre's.body.'is being: sent ,to Ho--bart, 'and'that .of Mr.v Shaw will be taken to ;Melbourne, where the widow and children reside.::': .-";-:;■: \ ';.•■": ::'-■■'■ - ;

.APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF. '.-Although full-inquiry' has not yet been made into ; the: requirements of; all .the survivors, a: number, of applications for relief have: already, been .dealt with by the town clerk. Only small sums have been paid,.for present:'needs;, and in a few. cases .clothes have been; provided. -All, information possible .regarding .; the .circumstances. of .'•• the survivors and.the whereabouts of their relatives is being collected by Messrs.; J; R. Palmer (town clerk),; James. Moore (missioner :to'.; Beamen),.. J. W. (secretary of the Shipwreck Relief Society); T.W. Young, ■T. Jones, and others.' ' ,; ..-The bodies of the late ;Mrs. Hart - and . Master. Greig, whose, names' appeared inves-.-terday morning's issue among.the missin", we're recovered and sent ."oyer to Piston, .:^.-.

I RELIEF FUND. I n following subscriptions to' the Pt.nguin itelief Fund have beon received irf The Dominion office:— , ■ 4 ■■'■

Mr.-, Edward Holdoin, one' of. those who •wereron. the" Penguin 'on Friday night,' Mid who reached"land safely, brought,his-union . book "with h'im. Although; the colour has gone "from:the. outside: boards, the entries are-still legible. , . ; It' was.-stated 'in yesterday's Dominion that Mr;.E. R. : Cqok, one'of the:drowned— who§e name should have been spelt; was-a" son of a member of the.,staff of -,-the Westport Coal Company in Dunedin.' We v are :asked to state that the 'relative, in■ Dunedin ,is" deceased's "brother, "not his father'., " The ;late>Mr. /Cooke is' a. son ".'of- ; Mr. C. Cooke'j ba'rristor.and solicitor, of Wanganui, and a brother to.Mr; G. V. Cooke, of Wellington, ;■'. .The , wife-,of ; Mr. A.. Polwarth" of . Castie Street, Dunedin, intended to leave'Pict'dn for" Wellington/in the Penguin, but had to. wait fo'rla letter, and; as this letter ,did-»not reach her' until ■ the/, post after ft was expected. Mrs. Pqlwarth altered her afransementa, and thus missed the wreck;"-.. ~" ,

■ i : LIOHT AT TERAWHJTK ; ;-;.;;;o; / ':"'! ,-' ; ti"o the iSDiiou./ ;t-;:;-:'-; - ~. ,a commercial inan of twenty-nine yea'rs'.oa 'tHe.coast-.of ;tho Dominion,',working both"coasts from Auckland'.;to ihe Bliiff, ,1 feel I ;aiii';t6 some; extent qualified to' speak of; a. light at, the'above, having made some hundreds/'of .'trips.through. Cook Straits in airweathers.- --. '.>'• ;. . .^l.'have .no-doubt, many, would, think this light .would- be -useless,; because, in'.-coming ■through' th'e'Straits from: the west you have the.Brothers'; light .behind you; aha Pencarrow -ahead.,, : This is right in fine but' of little useiii.hazyor.thick.wcatheron a nightiike; last-; Friday; which,' .unfortunately for 'those. : ..who.go ; .to;sea,'is 'cbrimon eiiough : iii •Cook-'-.Straits. r Therb has been sufficient evi-. dence-on 'recbrd';bf. the dangerous, coast from aerawhiti-to. Barrett's "Reef for many, years, ■ aid-'.-.enough" wrecks,to'have; stirred the Go-' ;vernm6bt and the, people of Wellington to have ..this, portion of the- coast lit ,up : years ago. '.Fpi-tuliately,.there; has been no serious' loss; of' life tiU the poor, old Penguin "went down;'-'but;-why,.l.'ask,..has this dangerous', portion of 'our; coast, with all our; Home 'and foreign shipping passing'through it; been negiectodf : -Are riot,, the. Jives,' of our. seafaring men, many. with, families depending on'; them,;-worth consideration atihe cost'of our : Dominion? Or doe's it faqiiire the .loss 7 of- ; last week ; toitstir '. up sufficient '-intbrest to :secure, tlie:safety.'of all those who:go'to sea, by. insisting .that ,a-light.shall;be put at'Tera-.' • whiti--.brVon' Tongue -Point?.: There' is niore to-be .said in-.regard to a' light*' for safety..' If a; lighthouse, were erected; in ths--vicinity of,;the;plac6 where the Penguin has come'to jgrief, .there would; bo some one to- observe the signals of ■■ distress that* wonld... be ■showii'.on bur-'coast; Arid if the lighthouse were-con-nected by;telephone' with Wellington',-chelp ■conld be secured within. an' hour or ',s'6l::;'It : is question, to-day that had such' a : light .and telephone been' in existence,' would' there have been such .a .loss, of life-'on Friday last?';:r-- : :;:\,;;- -;.- - -, ; -..:•:.-. ;-; ... . ■

''i.lt'is. clear that the'boats got away, from ;the';.ill : fated r :Penguin; with -her'■ passengers. Captain Nayldr saw to 'this; and the .'rafts were.;.cut, away, before,,the "vessel took-her •final, plunge.-;. ?:-But''.- had ,the: .ybrave.-third 1 oiScer s .signals 'been -seen, .'-as'- they, would have beefr-had there been a' lighthouse'in the-, vicinity, there.is. little, doubt.-that.,the .boats wbuldVhave been succoured before they reached: the' breakers and were capsized on .the.,'reefs. ! ,, It; is less than.five 'years ago I was; coming- ;from: the Coast in a, steamer th'at.:.b'rokb-:dowrr-betweeri ; Torigue Point.and •Islaiid::Bay. -However, it; was 'a quiet night, novwi'nd :or..sea, and.-her engines-'stopped. This vf'as' quite,;enough -to.'awaken me.:'•!;was .on deck.' in: a,:' ; few minutes,. and found the „captain,,,a.fine old man, careful to'a'degree (nqw-dead:..and,;gone;some , "years)y,-: :,, .What',s ttematter,'': I;.said,."Captain,"-'knowing him',"well.;- broken l down,'- .'was his'reply,: ".biit. I hope to: keep her off the rocks tiU'we get assistance.?'; Rockets .were sent'up'. and bluo lights, burnt for'-' assistance,but.sQ'- far. ..without avail. We'.might have ..been, in: mid-ocean instead o f. a few'miles, off Island; Bay. However, we drifted on safely, coming'well up to; Barrett's-:Reef, andby this time th 6 .engineer was able to get the machinery to work toHake her ''along quietly. At the same time, 'she could only go ahead,' but not astern;. and we reached' Wellington (Safely.:-But-: fancy,-if we bad'had'weather 'like: Friday;-night -to contend with.:: All wouldhave gone down,' and there is little doubt'that there would have been a light on the coast ere.this. 1 ; :. V .:. • '

L.With my.;: many .years'' moving round, I have. been; ashore three ;times without loss of ..life in any case--twice :through fog, and once through ,the high'seas running' oh 'the bar taking'.'charge of the'steamer;- I Bay with confidence,'justified by years of experience, that'our: steamers, both large- and small, are carefully': handled by.: those, who navigate;them, rand the loss ;of, the Penguin on Friday night haß been brought about, no dbiibt,, by 'more; than ah ordinary tide through 7 the!. Straits,-which carried', her' in ,where : she came to grief.' No light to guide, no land to be; seen; no Pericarrbw .or Brothers visibletokeep a shipclearof this dangerous coast.'!; ';'■ ■'': --:.- .-- : '-.'-- •: ■ "■■.-■■■■'■ ■ ;-.-.-:'':■'■ '■','.'; ',■", Whatever, the. verdict of the jury in the inquiry,, it is ;to:be hoped they will. add a :strong:-rider 'to 'the' Government that this coast be lighted,'and that the nautical assessors; with Dr. M'Arthur'and the public of Wellington,,, willv-'see that, this .be effected withinthe next twelve.months.' -: I. am glad to'see such men as Captain Reed, of Auckland, and Captain M'Arthur, of Wellington, are chosen.as 'assessors with a man like Dr. M'Arthur to.preside. Captain M'Arthur knows : what; fog and haze is-be-. ;tween:.;Wellington' and: Nelson,.having, been m:the run for.many years,' and I have made many; trips: with him before his health .'broke down that compelled him to seek a shore life.;. :'','•..:■' ';;:"■ '-.■-..■. - _I note fn-this morning's paper'the opinion of • the:.- Hon.' J. A.' Miller- with reference to this light, and-ho states, it'is-not the Government's intention to put a light as now suggested.. I .'wonder; if he really, voices the Cabinet's feelings'. I fear; like many others, the 'Minister ._ of Marine has.-lost interest in our maritime population since ho became a Cabinet Minister. What a change from the time he led the maritime striker . ':_Now,,sir, I trust you will make sufßcent stir in: your valuable columns (with your contemporaries) to rouse: not only the Government, but the people of Wellington to their duty towards those whose calling takes thorn tosea, and not let the question of a light at Terawhiti' bo decided by those who seek their rest and comfort in a bed on shore. ' J. would;sujEest that'the.Government issue 'a'.circular, to the shipping companies' uv New Zealand, asking them to issue a circular to each steamer in commission,'arid let the captain, first, secondi and-third officers of every individual steamer give his opinion on the question of a light betweon Terawhiti and Barrett s Reef, and let-those whose calling takes them along this dangerous coast gfve acahdid opinion for'or against what I consider should be. done at once.—l am, etc., ■■■:■ - ,29 YEARS ON T&E ROAD, I ; rebruary 18 ( ... ::.;:.,-.;.:..]

JE>s. d. Wellington Working Men's Club 10 30 U T. A. Black, Wellington 11 o H-K- - 0 2 G V.tf.C. 0 20 Two Small Boys ... ... 0 1 0 i A. 1? 0 2 0 H.D.B 0 2 0 C.A.W 0 2 0 D. Sturrock 02 0 C.E ;. ... o 10 0 G. llovcll (collected in Petono) ... 1 0. 0 P-S 0 10 0 £&• ' 110 B-E.H 0 2 0 Infants of Clydo Quay School ... 0 12 10J G.A.N 0 2 6 C.G.H 0 5 0 "'end 0 10 lt-H ■ ... o 5> 0' L.M. Marton 0 2 6 Amelia Nathan, Ilobson Street... 10 10 0 A. Widow's Mite (Foildiug) ... 10 0 H. Park (Motuoka) 0 2 0 Two Little Maids ' ... 0 10 g. 0 10-0 N.E.B 0 5 0 A.H. ' 1 0 0 Boys of Gear Co., Cuba Street... 12 0 Mrs. T. C; Williams, Hobson St. 10 0 0 Rpv. Inglis, Khandailah 10 0 ' Total ... .' £42 6 10} i