PORT CHALMERS NEWS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21265, 20 February 1931, Page 12

PORT CHALMERS NEWS.

LARGE SUPPLIES OF FISH. Large supplies of fish have been landed at Port Chalmers this week by the trawling fleet. The spell of fine weather has resulted in all the trawlers being employed outside the Heads and at the Nuggets. The supplies have included flounders and soles in .abundance, and, as the market has been flooded, prices have been considerably reduced. QUARANTINE ISLAND. In connection with the explosion which will take place at Quarantine Island shortly, it is understood that an expert has expressed the opinion that the residents' on the eastern side of the Port Chalmers Peninsula need be under no apprehension that there will be any danger to life or property when the charges are fired. It is stated that there will be nothing spectacular, as just sufficient explosives will be used to dislodge the rock. Householders, in fact, may not be aware when the shot is fired. PERSONAL. Mr and Mrs J. Turner, who volved in the recent motor accidi.. Maheno, have returned to Port Chalmers. It will he gratifying to their numerous friends to learn that Mrs Turner has practically recovered from the severe ~ shoek following the accident. They will leave to-day on their return to Hamner.

Mr D. L. K. Walker has returned to Port Chalmers from a holiday, which was spent in Central Otago. WORK ON WATERFRONT. The Port Chalmers waterfront presented a busy appearance yesterday, when three oversea vessels were loading and discharging cargo. The motor ship Port Dunedin was loading wool, the steamer Herminius was lifting dairy produce and wool, and the Federal Line steamer Cumberland was discharging general cargo from West of England ports. A large • number of men is engaged on the Union Company’s intercolonial freighter, Waikouaiti, which is undergoing annual overhaul at the company’s wharf. On Wednesday the Waikouaiti’s funnel was removed with the aid of the sheerlegs. The funnel is between 30ft and 40ft in length, and weighs about seven tons. Before it was hoisted on shore, the ship’s engineers were engaged for several hours in removing the connecting bolts below deck. A new funnel will be fitted during the week. The ash chute on the Waikouaiti was also removed. It will be replaced by a new chute, which has been cast by the Stevenson and Cook Engineering Company. Additional work will be provided on the waterfront to-day on the steamer Surrey, which will load wool pnd other products for London. The Shaw Savill Company’s motor ship Coptic is expected to arrive to-morrow from Picton to load wool and dairy produce for England. WATERSIDE WORKERS’ PICNIC.

The Port Chalmers Waterside Workers’ Union will hold its annual picnic at Waihola to-morrow, and no work will be carried out on the waterfront in consequence. It had been arranged to hold the picnic on January 31, but it had to be postponed on account of bad weather.