The Holmwood

Inangahua Times, 2 December 1940, Page 2

The Holmwood

(Per United Presa Asan.) * *. Wellington, This day The Prime Minister regrets having to announce that fbe small local ve°sel, Holmwood, formerly the I ees, iR considerably over-due and no information of aDy kind is a vailahle regarding the causa of her delay in reaching port.

Women and Children Passenger*

Five children and four womaa are among the twelve passengers by the Holmwood They are : Mr D. McMahon’s two children, Mr McMahon has been Radio Superintendent and Postmaster at Waitangi, Chathams, for abonb four years, and was oo transfer bsok to New Zealand. Mr R. C. Idieo's two children. Mr Idieos is a Christchurch man who has beeD in business as a builder and contractor at tbe Islands for many years. Mr D James’s child. Mr James has been working on a sheep station at Pungaroa s Miss C. Hough, who is sd Is- ! lander. Captain James Miller, of Christchurch, in command Tbe officers : are Messrs A Campbell (Wellington) ; Chief Officer C. Clarke (Wellj ington) ; '■Second Officer, F Aber- : nethy (Wellington) ; Chief Engineer, ! H F i.e Cren ( bristchurch) ; Second Engineer, J R Clayton (Dunedin) ; Third Engineer, J A Lumherg (Wellington); Crew. M N McMillan (Wellington'; Steward, J Ellison (Wellington); P J Stiles (Lyttelton) ; E Johnson (Wanganui) ; D McLeod (Lyttelton) ; T L Longun (Wellington) ; Able Sea. man, S C Waterhouse (Christchuroh) ; D Cornish (Greymouth) ; I Finnerty (Lyttelton); F Alien (Wellington).