CANTERBURY PARK.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 28

CANTERBURY PARK.

sentence,

Eight; greasers of the Australian Commonwealth liner Jervis Bay, made aiv appearance recently before the Magistrate at East Ham Police Court, reports the "Shipping World," and were each sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour. These individuals took it into their heads that they were entitled to make use of the promenade deck as a route to and from the engine-room, although another passage was provided. This was not relished by the passengers, and the captain ordered them to use the special ladders provided for them. The men considered that this was contrary to their union regulations; but the captain communicated with tho* president of their union and received a reply that they must obey orders. But, in Australian unions, there is frequently conflict of authority, and the men considered that the instructions of their local secretary should take precedence, alike over the orders of the captain and of the president of their union. The only thing for the captain to do wafi, therefore, to have the men arrested, on' arri' vl and tried before a competent Court. Their defence, was that the captain's order was entirely nBW, and that the men were-not cognisant of it when they signed their agreement. Seeing that special ladders were provided for the purpose when the ship was built, that plea must have been a very disingenuous afterthought. The Magistrate found that the men had combined to..j disobey the captain's lawful orders and imposed' the above severe

"Job, -Control."

which have been in progress between Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., and tho White Star Line forv,the construction of a new Atlantic .passenger liner have now been completed. It is understood that she will bo between 25,000 and 30,000 tons. She is to be propelled by double-acting Diesel engines of the Harland/B. and W. type and will thus be the largest British motor liner. The hull and machinery are to be built in Belfast. 7 The White Star' Line also intends to build a liner of the Olympic type, towards tho construction of which the Government of Northern Ireland has given a guarantee under the Loans Guarantee Acts, but there,is no sign yet of a beginning boing made with this ship. The vessel aust ordered will be the first of the White Star fleet to be driven by Diesel engines.

New White Star Liner.

Maturity Handicap, of 300 soys; two miles.—3- Nan Brent, ser, 1; 4 Helen, scr, 2; 10 Orphan, scr, 3, Scratched: Author Jinks. Won by four lengths. Time, 3nsin 35 4-58ee. —P.A.

k Great Northern Steeplechase, of 2; bovbj three and three-quarter miles.Boau Cavalier 1, Maunga 2, Kawini

the spring. Her place will be taken by the smaller steamer Loongana, which will leave Melbourne .- on Wednesday and Saturday, and Launceston «n Monday and Friday of each week. The Oonah will- continue her present programme. „ ■.

Waimarei's End.

To old for further - service • the steamer. Waimarei, one of the best known and most popular units of the Northern Company's fleet'a few years back, is spending her last days in the Waihou Biver, her keel faat in the mud near the company's wharf at Paeroa. Tho Waimarei was built at Auckland by Mr. B. Logan, sen., specially for the Paeroa cargo and passenger trade, which; she entered in 1896. For nearly thirty years she had a successful career, on occasions carrying as many as 80 passengers, for. in those days the trade was much busier than it is today. She -was the first of the whitefunnelers to be lighted by electricity, home five years ago the Waimarei was replaced by the Taniwha, which also carao from Auckland yards, and since then she haa remained idle. Built of kauri throughout, the old trader has worn well, although to-day she looks sadly in need of the paint brush.

Fuelless on the Atlantic.

„ AIV .extraordinary mishap overtook the United States liner 'President Harding a short time nge, states the "Shipping World." She is a vessel of 13,869 tons, and ran completely out of oil fuel °£ a i 7 oyae° across the Atlantic and, after the hatches and all available woodwork lmd been burned in order to keep up steam eventually had to anchor about 20 miles off Halifax, Nova bcotia, whore she summoned tugs to her aid and. was towed, into port. The fuel supply, ig said to havo become exhausted through a leak in her oil tanks.

World's Shipbuilding. On Ist January, 1927, a total of 1--933,000. gross tons was under construeJo°iV™ the whole world > which is about 136,000 tons less than last year. For Norwegian account 212,000 gross tons wore under construction abroad on Ist January, 1927, as against 15,000 tons on Ist January, 1926. Tho tonnage under construction in Norway at the turn of the year amounted to 5000 gross .tons as against 15,000 gross a year ago.

The Victory' 3 Bell,

After a silence of 122 years, the bell of Lord Nolson's flagship Victory which was used for signalling during the Battle of Trafalgar, rang out aeaiu recently to mark tho watches at an entertainment ghen for tho benefit of seamen in St. George's Hall, Liverpool under the auspices of tho Pacific Steam .Navigation Company and other British shipping groups. The function is an annual affair, ana the boll of-some historic ship is always used to mark the hours at the entertainment.