TERAWHITf SENT

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 16, 19 July 1939, Page 12

TERAWHITf SENT

The Union Steam Ship Company's tug Terawhiti left Wellington at 1 p.m. for the Port Bowen and is expected to arrive on the scene late tonight. In conjunction with the Kahanui she will make another attempt to refloat the liner at high tide, about midnight. In an effort to lighten the Port Bowen, some of her general cargo was to be dischax'ged this afternoon. The Wellington Harbour Board tug Toia is under overhaul, but the work is nearing its end and pi-eparations are being made to send her to Wanganui tomorrow if necessary.

Officials of the company are optimistic of her being freed tonight.

The Port Bowen is well known in these waters, being a frequent trader to New Zealand. She was built in 1919 by Workman, Clarke, and Co., Ltd., Belfast, for the Port Line. She lis of 8267 tons and is 480.7 feet !om;. 62.4 feet in breadth, and has a depth of 32.9 feet. SHIP HEAVILY LOADED. Captain 5..E... A. Gregory, the Port Line's marine superintendent, went to the ship this morning from Wellington by motor. The Port Bowen has practically completed her loading in New Zealand for Home ports and so is heavily laden. She was to have finished taking on cargo at Wellington and to have sailed i from here on Monday for Southamp-! ton, London, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, via Cape Horn. She has a draught of 29 feet. She is carrying, mainly refrigerated cargo—butter, cheese, and meat. According to a Press Association message from Wanganui, she has on board for London 1840 carcasses of mutton, 8477 carcasses of lamb, 72 tons of sundries, 400 boxes of butter, 700 crates of cheese; for Newcastle, 10 tons of beef; for Southampton, 235 carcasses of mutton, 18,750 carcasses of lamb, 135 tons of sundries, and 150 crates of cheese. )