LIGHTHOUSE WORK
MATAI AT ONEHUNGA ROUGH SEAS IN THE NORTH More than three weeks after leaving Auckland for northern lighthouses, the Government lighthouse steamer Matai arrived at Onehunga on Saturday afternoon for stores and to enable her com- v plement to vote in the general election. After leaving Auckland she called at Cape Brett for maintenance work and proceeded to Cape Maria van Diemen, taking a new crane and cable-way. Although conditions generally were fine, continuous heavy seas ruled during her stay on the northern coast. The crane, a heavy one to replace a crane which had been at the lighthouse for some years, was installed with the assistance of a party of Public Works Department employees. Heavy seas, however, prevented the erection of a new wire cable stretching about 1200 ft. between the mainland and the lighthouse. This work will be done on the next visit of the Matai to the north. The ship will leave Onehunga at four o'clock this afternoon for Cook Strait.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19381017.2.58
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23170, 17 October 1938, Page 10
Word Count
166LIGHTHOUSE WORK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23170, 17 October 1938, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.