NAUTICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6176, 6 April 1907, Page 9

NAUTICAL NOTES.

(Hv u.nm;.) If.-io in .Vow Zealand w- are opt 1° think r,r llm Alhiliile pa. -iiv.-r trade ■’« ! gatm-Ulillg oolnM-a'l. A l ' k" hwe I'lgal. J onr steal.iiv in'-ra.-lng -aipping trialr . vviUi. ).Oi,iL. i-'aii-i>iimi. , I loi.i^vaifp'iwinji Gn-al llii:.uu an I Ann laa w.-Im i Hint, t!:>' Maritime I.inih- of New Ana- ; land in too -nail <■; r!, any vo a'- | tie-ie is ,p. doubt. Ilia,, in proportion, j expoi.'., ami <..!f p.,--- n-pr halm-, ■rill favourably -'. n h Hud of ' i: '- , wrabn. world. Am.-r.ea,.- an- -aid lo : i,„ a' Iraveller-i, hill p, r h-ad of papa- , ):■ (ion \,-.v Z.-biHileis t>-al. lla-ln. M <■ aoiuev.lia' dnv-u'l la ob'ain (•■.mp ! 'd ■■ I rompari in, bm (he !ol I ■■>', I a;; M-dirii ri-aaia 1 |ia. ■ eager trail... In inn- , vi.'.-i-i I In m, i In- an million- nf Anmn. a ' (Ip. d-n n papnialioi. of Great lini- , pi1■ mil-led. Knring Hi» Vr-;.ltii’t! Iln- fair priimipal si main p ; lia.a mily carried. oibwaid. frnn. (In-,it . Jtri'uin i n -A illnri. an purls. Sttl-'ifCi r«- I rug';ra. Tim Cnnanl f.in- tnj.pri! tin; In-I | r. i-h h’f.TCS, nf whom f"J, 1! I were third-i liana, •I'.thll -a-i-imd, anil PMtil- lir.-l. Thai WliiU. Slur bine .-ome-i i- '•ami with a. I t vlal nf fii.klb. whnrb I '.nipri.-nl O’.'Ml ; t (ii nil nil., a. 1.'..(«! •■nun-:. nrd » MR® «<r>- | Tim American I .inn ( t h n-I nl-a:'- , Iv i'h CtJC.tr. al.llt-l Iran:-; limmnlanA, Ik, 11:; Mill, am! a.TH'i iint. Tho Anehi.r | Line. ivlin- ■ |- irk. ."n v-l'T-' ''la-yew ami i Ae rr V„rk, im 'real .•m.'t.-ik, ktl.Clk thinI la-.--. 1 ,-wmipl, am! k.t'hlf pain,an. It reliable tlpiii. a rmiM Ip- oV.iiued Inf »*ir I iu 1 1 ■ I so! on M I ami . ja.-lai ,- av ie.o, } h"■ I ly * 1a.,.' ! (liiil * saloon p.i.v.-mgem would bn, grel'.l.ly in latia-n ol He. rage. , lll '‘ mu <,l ;-.!n rage pa- "l!!;era m Urn •' 1 : | Untie I nail- imlmalm Hi" -b'ml.v Bur.- ol . vmig.n'iVn towards tlm Wist, AUMOUU HEATED. Tim plain of Urn wbnrvw at Tort T.vMel-1 Inn has limp licc-n a subject «l mlri-rai'l nmnnii-nl by intercolonial eh ipmadera In lonipariMm with Ilia wliaryo.-j at ilobaiT. Nfivcaatlc. mnl mo-1; Allot nil iau I ami NV',v Zi-alarnl imr'm. tlmir pmnilivo ,1, mnl rnnp'li nplini,-hml a|.pFannml' „|y,.' : .l-i a inarla-i! imli nlinn of tlm J»~|,jij|.. ~f iha 1.v11.-lum liarliour lioanl to up-lmiialn i'linr- in tlm matlar i.f pinin' (:.nmtiui , i.',nu or impro-.aimnil. Ainirt bciu any quc-iion ol apprai'anrc, limn, in a total al.-.-im- ol Uwi-f K™>'fal' ■ .Hloptnl improvLin,;.!(„• »• hn l, i onM.lrrahlv h... in Iha 11-k Ol .lamapm to vh'-.i In-ina hi-rtlmil. A trailJinipim.l n hal f thmllil ahvayp prc-pi.-nr a t.iirlv 11111 u-:) 11 1 Mirt.no a loop wh.rli a >ivh. 1 may naieiv pint ■ inln Imr la-nh trillion I liiil.yrr Of (mink imh-ntml !•.» nn.f }>, aji’i-tion-'. Analnnl of 1 hi- m LytlcUim vo li.nl i-vim'v pilo-ln ml ohlnnlinp nul,i,’„ tlm nljm of 1 In- wharf; ami arn.oiul.lalrci bv Imavr iron hands winch cannol ITil lo iiidcnl or pcrhap.-. pi.-rcc the plati-.-. ~r nut- vir-vl whicli i n*. in c-r-ala.v will. (hem. The nljjcct iniial.la lin.-cncc nf 11.0 ohi nidi I-.;,- pit-: has hren rryislered hr varying deyrre-: of lo I iln. ''iJm'iiu mWiTo? llm I'nir'l savo 'lln, J ll a 1.1. r smiii- con-I \-rmmn. There i- ua 1-c.iPini why lon ;it n.-iina! f. adc-r I'tecrs i-iiould not he lib'll lo rovrr Ilmen P>o- J In. he ranee,.;; and. I.yllellon i v Mihjeet to mi local peeuliarilirei "iiher in rt-yurd Ul weather or rise ami fall of tide, In eonrituln UILV loyieal ohjeetinii to the oxnm(do (set by other porls hein” followed. LIFE S.Wliai AIT’.UIATCS. Vilicnovcr a h-w wreclos ocetir tlieio KLMiGKilly urt» a numbof ol v.tll-iiu'aur. from Lorro-pomU-nts i-om*f*rn-inV IUo m*ctt.siiy for iuL*rra*mK the U r--vii'ving upi>avuUw on our coftMs. l \V iu>i wiwhiug to (.liM.'-ouvuge Iht* humnue luut wvnipaHiciic- spirit n'hicli protnpU t!io AvrUor,>-\elu\ by the way, ore Ronovjklly IniKUmou or umnteurs. it i« f-ihlo to cluiractorieo ilio majority of eueh In.'ing anything oltso bat: txnprncliaal mid of little value*. Kofcrft'nci icti freciuputly iiuub* to the number 131 life-boat and mortar and rocket stiitiono or the coast of Great Britain, aiidi It is assumed that a. laxity is sncvni by the mitboriHevi In Zealand, jeo few faeililies nf this kind have been gpUMMmd on onr coasts;. It raiwt, howWei*, be vemonibei’e'd that the geneial fe-uluvos of Ihe eor.el: Hue of New .Zealand ;uo so (UlTi'i'fiut to , Liar of bred Britain that a fair analogy cannot he .made. Tho former may bp generally described aa a high prc-eipitotM rorkhimnd eo.isl . willi dee-p t. ater elci-o up h) mod: lit .ltd dangers; the, latter pondd.i mainly of shelving lieaehcs, hny ' Mil's off lying idioalc’. am! low laud. lri. |jee( ivu' of any eoiisidpration of the ..retwieo of a coast-living population, who uro always ready to give help. Ul" seaelma of Great Britain in many lorali ii-s permit of both lifeboats anil rocket ..pparatuseii being rapidly shilled lor many miles to the most advantageous proximity to the work in baud; while Miere are very few localities in New Zealand where it would bo possible to shift . ithor n lifeboat or ft racket apparatus I'm- more than a couple of miles. At Timaru, Oamaru, Westport. Greymouth. 1 [nkitikn, Lyttelton and Napier, rocket apparatuses have been established, though Uie wreck of tho s.«. Tuupo at Grey--I,ninth aliords the only instance whore (he apparatus Kao come in to use toeave life. Wanganui and one or two oilier barliarliour ports might well bo supplied, but for tile coast lino generally (lie racket apparatus is out of ((Urstion. Thera Lj however one locality where the ■.'iiortiir ami rocket apparatus could bo 1 ■O '-ihly used with much advantagoin case of disaster. With tho heavy winter J lutherly and eoulli-paet gales - thorp is always it liabilil.v for sailing vessels (o bo driven ashore between l.yeil's Huy ■ind Sinclair Head. Already wo have liad five wrecks in that vicinity—via., the barques Wellington ami Sirius, llm brigantine La Holla, and the srhoon-.<-rs Colonist and Aland Graham. , Tiie popnlaiion of Uie Island Hay district is rapidly increasing, and if a morlar and vocket station was established, there would be a splendid opportunity and good reason to form a volunteer brigade !o work it. Tho good roads now formed would enable it to be rapidly transported Vo any particular position on a long rungo of tho seashore, ami weekly practice would ho a recreation for tho brigade which at anv moment might be turned (o useful account. Without practice mid experience in its use the apparatus is not of much value. It is to be regrottod that in soiiio parts the apparatus has laid unthought of in Urn cellars of (lie harbour bonni’s buildings and (he idea of ascertaining its condition or of obtaining any proficiency in its use hao uever entered anyone's head. THE GEIQIAN TEOUBLE. Full accounts of the recent dispute between the German slcaiKship-owiiers and tho marine officers are now to hand. The former havo practically crippled 1 Oilicors' Union, but we have it on (ho authority of a lending shipping paper that “the damage done to discipline on board ships is enormous.” One hundred and thirty oiliccrs who refused to resign from tho' Union have boon dUchaigc-l, and arc now looking for employment in British vessels. The Union consisted of ■ VitOO members, 50U re-signed in obedience U the owners’ request, and it is expected chat a largo number will follow their •example. Trade unionism as ‘‘made in Germany’' i.-s about as durable ns many oilier articles ‘hey manufacture. There was a good deal of public sympathy with the ofliceu-, Vint it is (■■tilted that they have fallen in nubile esteem through not making a firmer stand. Some English newspapers have attributed the defeat to a weaknrv-.s in the ■ national character, induced by the rigid discipline to whinh the German apprentice mid cadet U subjected; and state that tilt, moral principle and independence of Inc G.-nnan I- nof equal to I hat of the French or HritUh. it iv. however, more likely that the want of efdiceion among llic German uHuei.-. is due lo the fact of nautical I ; a.l.ion mm being quite a now lliing in the Fatherland.