SHIPS LAUNCHED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24876, 24 April 1944, Page 4

SHIPS LAUNCHED

AUCKLAND ACTIVITY CRAFT FOR AMERICANS The first two of a number of steel at.d timber composite cargo vessels, about 114 ft. long, to be built for the United States Army and Navy, have been launched at St. Mary's Bay. The joint contractors for the two boats are Shipbuilders, Limited, and Seagar Brothers, who have another two nearly completed and several more to build, A third will be launched next week. Three vessels of the same type are under construction at United Ship and Boatbuiiders, Limited, in conjunction with Steel Ships, Limited. These ships / will be followed by others and similar vessels are being built at Port Chalmers. The steel frames have bceu made by Seagar Brothers. The ships are built with a steel frame, kauri planking, and Australian iron hark keels from a New Zealand design. ! Most of the equipment, such as hawse i pipes, steering wheels, standards and ! ships' telegraphs, is locally made. The lofting work, or the making of the patterns or templates from redwood, has been done at .Shipbuilders' loft. The patterns are made from fullsized designs cut on a 24ft. by 26ft. scrieve board on the floor of the loft. The highly-skilled work of making these patterns is in the charge of Mr. D. Mackintosh, head loftman for Seagar Brothers, who came out from Scotland five years ago. Working with him are his d'aughter, Miss Sheana Mackintosh, and Mrs. Phyllis Tulley. Mr. Mackintosh describes his 140 ft. Soft as the finest in New Zealand. Windows on each side throw the light down on to the' flat floor so that the designs can be plainly seen. The new cargo vessels are to he given •New Zealand place-names starting j with the letter "D." The first,, which I was launched by Miss Mackintosh, was named Dallington, after a small suburb : on the outskirts of Christchurch, and the second Dannevirke. NEW ZEALAND NAVY THE CORVETTE ARABIS TRANSFER BY ADMIRALTY (Reed. 9.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 22 The corvette Arabia has been transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy and will in future be manned entirely by New Zealand personnel, states aa announcement by the Admiralty,

The Arabis is one of the many cor. vettes of the flower class, the first of which were built under the 1939 Supplementary Estimates. Particulars stated by Jane's Fighting Ships to have been culled from unofficial sources give the length of these vessels as 193 ft., the complement as 58, and the armament a.s one 4in. anti-aircaft gun. ons multiple pompom and lesser weapons. POLICE USE FIREARMS YOUNG MAN WOUNDED CLIMAX TO SKIRMISH (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sunday Suffering from a compound fracture of the thigh caused by a bulletwound, a voung man aged 19 was admitted to the "Wellington Hospital on Saturday afternoon following a shooting affray which occurred in Happy Valley Road, Brooklyn. Firearms had to used by the police to apprehend the young man, who is alleged to have threatened them with a .22 calibre rifle. When they arrived to question him at about 3.30 p.m. he is stated to have ordered them to leave under threat of shooting them. The police left and returned 'with a larger party. . . During the subsequent skirmish, which lasted about an hour, several shots were fired. The young man was wounded in the thigh and arrested. LOCAL AND GENERAL Anzac Day The Herald will not be published to-morrow, Anzac Day. For the convenience of advertisers trie Queen Street office will, be open until 6 p.m. to-day and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow. Day ol Prayer In response to the call of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, ana that of the Primate of New Zealand, Archbishop West-Yv atson, the Anglican churches in Auckland observed yesterday as a special day of prayer. Reference was made in sermons to the present phase of the war and the tes'ts still to come.

Poppy Day Collection Further returns received by thfl Auckland Returned Services Association on Saturday brought the total tor this year's Poppv Dav street- collection to £4450. which exceeds ißt year's record total by £3BB. The results of the Grey Lynn, "Albany and Howick collections hare still to be received, and these are estimated to produce about £250. A total of £304 was collected in Newmarket and the Devonport receipts were £246. A record amount of about was collected in Otahuhu. Ambulance's Double Duty Double duty was performed yesterday afternoon by an ambulance whictt was returning to the Auckland Hospital from Papakura with _ a medical case. As the vehicle was passing through Manurewa at about 4.45, the driver was signalled from the roadside ana asked to bring an accident victim, s young married woman, to hospital, bna had suffered lacerations to the face when the car she was driving left the roadway and went over a small bank, sns was treated at the casualty department of the hospital and discharged.

Guarding Word Anzac "We do not want the name Anza? to be cheapened," said Mr. H. M* Clark, the president, speaking at tu# annual reunion of the Gallipoh Association on Saturdav night. The rec f? Canberra Pact "had been called the Ansae Pact, but he would congratulate the newspapers on the way they had desisted from further use of the name in that connection after protests nad been made. Regulations had been passed in August, 1916, restricting the use or the word Anzac, continued the speaker. It was the duty of the association to guard jealously the name. Importing Pheasants • I Negotiations for the 200 pheasants' eggs from the States are in hand, states the report or the council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, which will be presented at the 77th annual meeting, to be -beia at Claudelands on Thursday T periment has already proved teas l - > it is stated, and the resultant chang of blood should be a decided advantag in future breeding. Only 869 pheasaiu were liberated during February «nis vear in the Auckland district, owing to the inabilitv of breeders to secure ad - quate materials or labour toi rear t-n number of birds the council decided t liberate. Birds in country districts ar reported to be plentiful and sport is expected. Treatment of Merchant Seamen Reference to the lack of proper re ; cognition of the status of, men of tne merchant navy in the Dominion istt , lin the annual report of the 5° a j\ lof management of the Flying Angel ; .Missions to Selmen. In spite of th efforts of the port chaplain, the - • I H. K. Pickery, to obtain t.iis nition. the report states that t - men have not been accorded .he f nition or granted the wh.cn their contribution to the the United Nation* might justly entitle them, from a< country _ wlnch - much dependent upon their cei tain . steadfast work on the nigh * Vickery. in his report, make., re to the unfairness of the scneme +ec j members of the armed forces ?-re_- < - a two-thirds concession m ral . "• • ';i; aQ while merchant seamen travel at rate 9.