FOR JAPAN

Evening Post, Issue 50, 27 August 1935, Page 10

FOR JAPAN

The berth occupied by the Japanese steamer Kaitoke at the King's Wharf presented a busy sight this afternoon, when loading operations were in full swing. The wharf was littered with pieces of machinery of many sizes and shapes, and trucks loaded with scrapiron in various forms occupied the rails alongside the ship^

Some of the trucks were filled with old horseshoes, nails, and, bars of metal, some contained even smaller pieces, in bags. Shortly after 2 p.m., an old locomotive, minus its wheels and removable fittings,'was swung into the after hold of the vessel. Trucks nearby carried wheels, old axles, rails, and switches discarded from the railway yards. By far the greater quantity of scrap could easily be recognised as belonging either to the railway, or to motor-cars. Chassis and springs were numerous, as were broken engine blocks and gear boxes. A large amount also consisted of old oil drums, packed with smaller scraps, and men were engaged on the wharf in packing other pieces into these.

The Kaitoke is to leave here /for Japan on h»r last trip tomorrow night.