THE LIFE-BOAT PROJECT.

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 April 1910, Page 1

THE LIFE-BOAT PROJECT.

local |>;i) >(• r has seen lit to endeavor to higgle ij|,. spirits a ii< I thwart the efforts of those amongst ns wh<> :<i<■ striving to ohlam a life -boat lot this port, especmlly ,i' such opposition iolfcreil ~ i> tiie score of cost ainl the probability dial the boat's "services will tio| hr rcijunvil on,,- j/, twenty years," If the eiiitoi o! \onr 'Morning coiitempoiarv siimihl at attv time during dii IK VI -i o| * et y eat he plac, ,| tll prill of a v.ateiv save oil dr- drey let) and •We hi ■ II Si Mi . I lid Ilf- 1I If to ,| Volllll tier life 1;oat crew nmdiinks In- would -ha nge hr pessimistic tune and cnti--idto tie. s*‘\ jog of ■ lie Ido tli t.'iOit' l’t II |..f-a. .on (| n i-st e n -a' foillej !l til i!! • .Mel }“ in . ] !|! - |o| t. ii n ■/t'unatelv. is not ininmne from its share ~) diipwreeks ; dr- wharves are not so ML'ilanlly guarded and hnilt ;ts I-- ptew-nt aeenlenls and deaths from drowning through persons being suddenly preeipnall d into tin- si ream : ami hoadnu an-ideiits may occur in the dm a and the victims he drifted out to ■ea and lost ere help eoiihl reach them to say nothing id dir inerrttsrd pei'il and it'k to those gallants who attempt reseue ill piovid(-d with appliances and hope of successful rosette. I leii again, ours is ;i Ims y wharf and workm;i!i are at all times liable to ae< eh m. Many lives have been stive.! by those vho take their own lives in ’heir hand am! jump into the water to save others; such heroes, too. would lie safer with a life-boat ready to lend assistance than solely dependent on 1 leieuleant eft’.iris m gel ti drowning person asliore. The A runs, t 0.., doubts if a life-boat '‘could live on the drey bar!" Here is ignorance if you like I Any ordinary person knows that a lifeboat is so const meted as to live in almost any stormy sea. It is const meted with strength sufficient to resist violent shocks from the waves, the lucky beach or collision with a wreck; be buoyant enough to avoid foundering and to float (hour'll loaded with men .and filled with water; have facility in tit mine : and when capsized he able to debt itself. Hut it is scarcely worth 'hailing further with a person who puts die almighty dollar before lift l itself. Before closing this note, sir, 1 trust lliose wil l have taken (lie life-boat project in band will see ii through. I am, etc., WHARF LABOUR KR.