FIFTY YEARS AGO

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 14

FIFTY YEARS AGO

Wellington v;AOckLANiy

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. f.'AVlionv accused ,'bf; iehtiirely^omittiiig to"mention: in Van; officialreport -that '.Wellington: pdss(;siip!l;"a:;harbour^'^'Mr.: Oriiiin, 3 thY Umtcd/ {States.; Consul .typ, Auqkiand)'exQUScd;iimsclf at alunchVon bn^lJpiird!:ihV■l'.iyi'uJnplii;;at^!A^pklßna^^'. saying that "he"felt proud of .all 'that these; .places vh'sfd^ done^butA it must bo'-.; reiuembcred ,'thati there",}-. \ 'was s one glory,••'of^t'he.,Lsun';,'andi ahojticr.'of the mbpn/'-Auckland had)nbt\.onlyva splen^ aidjiarbouij .but sheShadra; gfeatjnuiit-;b*ri';bf.VpxomUingViniiu^Hesi"A?---;.-;^\.'^''J '■;:j#-Thc' Post j,» i; )b,f Nbyember !,lßßi,?ex-: pressed ':a"^pious \hbpe-'tliat>-liej;i»opld; nbt'i' allow hjniself /to ; b©; so dazzled} by the . eye'n: Auckland '8;! Bun: as .'to render; him { blind}to; Jthe .■ pxistehce;. of a {harbour,,.1 whicli^^ipmpared j morejtlian favourably; tne^pbject^bf ;hia^ a' 3-' miratipnj;at;ither seatib^iQoveriiinent. % 'biftjhe^barfluev^e^ wejit;.ashoro;;;and iiiftcrjrards foundered .atVabbuJi4.3o; a-ni;.on^|.Nbyen>bJßr,'s,7.i884. wnbnv/M'irbute^irpmißuniedjn}; to ,Lytr telton. y ; i.The;" solo: iSury iyor swas '■[& '•■ ;lad; n^me'd;Gibsbni :'/ : Thei^esselvmissed/stays wien1': going and h'":, tefore/^she could.'■'■lbe''.'got' under!^^ cpntirpl; she.struck iniidships.,; A,bbatjcpntaining;AJief,cap'-: tain'strife'and family was^swamped'pn, launching;,V Gibson clung; fo ;a: deckhouse and^is; carried ; -ashi6re.^ l<^Hv'. ■$/{'*v'\s?

The barque Bannoekburn, bound from Auckland to Norman ton,, went ashore on the Queensland coast, but it. wag expected that she would be got off. The wrecks of'two schooners andttwo barques, the Smiling Morn, .Ugitagitau, Reconnaisanco, and Elizabeth, at,the Friendly Islands, were,fully reported in "The Post" of.November 6, 1884. All went ashore and broke up.,. No lives were lost. A Wellington firm turned the Lastingham disaster to good account by chartering the Union,,, Company's steamer Arawkta, and'running excursions to the wreck at 10s a head. Faeih-1 ties for exploring the sunken ship byl boat were provided, and special descents by the divers engaged in salving the cargo were' arranged. ' 7 , Repairs'to the steamer1 Go-Ahend, which carried away 'her rudder on the Wsnganui' Bar, were being made 'by the Phoenix FoundryJ^Wellington. »