MOTOR SHIP WITH SAILS
JURY RIG FOR MATUA VOYAGE FROM RAROTONGA DAMAGE TO PROPELLER (Per Pi*oss Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Aided by two headsails made out of deck awnings and set on. the foremast, the Union Steam Ship Company’s motor ship, the Matuu. with her port propeller and rudder damaged, returned from Rarotonga to Auckland in nine days, arriving here this morning. Her average speed was between eight, and nine knots.
When the ship was leaving Aitutaki at about 8 p.m. oil September 15, her port quarter struck some, submerged coral. The impact was so slight that few passengers noticed it- The ship returned io Rarotonga, leaving 10,000 cases ot oranges at. Atiu and Mauke, and left Rarotonga on September 16. A strong •nojitli'-ensterly gale >,vus encountered;, but the ship rail before it carrying both sails.
The cargo of 6160 bases of oranges and 300 boxes of toriiatbes landed iii perfect condition. After lid’ discharge, tho ship is to d'oek for repairs:
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19360925.2.95
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19129, 25 September 1936, Page 6
Word Count
162MOTOR SHIP WITH SAILS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19129, 25 September 1936, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in