A Trip to the Turakina.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5709, 4 March 1890, Page 3

A Trip to the Turakina.

£■''• ■■«.• - •- *=■ Si • " ' ■" ' v « ? ; ' "4: t (BY Jl COKBBSPONDENI.] HiviSMJf had a 'kind invitation from Mr "f^ilcgx, the i agent of itho New Zealand SM^ping Co., and having had the Snark fcipdjy placed at \th~eir disposal by JMr jfetij^Kerty, the children ■ ofy. the three upper standards of theVGisoorne School, •with, some "of, their teachers, visited dijt Wednesday last /the ■*$ urakina, now lying in the Bay to take in wool and frozen meat. The: -children, to the number of &bout;lso, itiarched to the wharf, where ihey were joined by some 70 scholars of theMakar^ka' School with their teachers. The little I&uttch was very much crowded, quitea numbfer of the larger boys having to go into the.cabin. This evidently tested their sea-going qualities.for though the sea was^bj^autifully smooth their laughter slackened, and then changed into more diaraal sounds as the long slow swell outsidethe breakwater was felt. . Those on deck fared much better, the greater number Ijeing in.the highest spirits. The work was long and by no means* easy, for the Snark had to lie on „:: thg-QUteide of the ship. The one who stood at the. foot of the gangway had his work= thoroughly cut out for him, and it was- soou- si of taking off his coat and settling down to'about half and hour's hard .work. vfiTheidecJc -of . the Turakraa soon presented a strange sight, all about the poop ; -.,and boys lying down and i longing to be on shore once more. Do not think, however, that all were so occupied, I happened to look into the galley, and saw the good-natured cook surrouhded by quite a number of jolly 'lookinggirls plying him with questions, ivaiafcing to knt»w>what ho was cooking, how-long it took to cook, and whom it ..... /was for when cooked. All this' time Cape ;i taia} 'Power land'Mr -Wilcox were ,?oing about steering the unhappy and amusing thosefwho were well. In the forecastle ;you might have seen some of the crew ~"* surroundeii'By groups of boys listening to thej-yarns they had to Spin: The engine room was besieged in much the same way < as^hePgalleyrby .boys" and girls; there *• machinery and ice were the topics of conversation. •'Howdo'you make the ice, atid where does it coma from ?" was a ,-. -question asked by many. Both engineers were very kjind, giving up their time to please, in which they were thoroughly successful. ....Mr Hampton, the chief engineqr,. was besieged with applications to be t«ken into the cooling chamber, and as buts^eJ'or Mx--e6uldgo in at a time, there wa^qmte; a rush to be -first when the door opened* ..Some of the braver spirits went into the cooling chamber, where the tern?« ji^ratjireTwas about 60deg. below zero. , On'jbhe main deck you might have seen «quite a number of girls skipping, the ropes Which iliey had borrowed being turned tiy sailore« ; ■„ . .. 0 fjp^fc .^boiife one o'clock the teachers had | /diiin;ex with the. captain and Mr Wilcox ; * We r children partaking of refreshments ' t^ken with them. ; after dinner the Snark came alongvkTdp.^^jtGj'k ashore the girls and the the larger boys goiiig ashore \ iifcijkij&i&tix later in the cutter Venus, . srf^rVhavi^gigiven three cheers for Capt. ".^6\ver, Mr; Wilcox, Mr .Dougherty, the 1 engineer; the crew, and the: cook. All were ashore a little after three, having, ,jwith% the. exceptidn of those pn whpm '•li^Sy^eptuno did not' choose to smile, '.repent a very enjoyable time, which it will take n. f cry long time to forget.