DEPARTURE DELAYED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19503, 9 December 1937, Page 14

DEPARTURE DELAYED

SAILING OF WANGANELLA VOYAGE RESTRICTED (Per Proas Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Because of the delays caused by the Auckland waterfront dispute, the departure for Sydney of the Huddart Parker motor liner Wanganella has Keen postponed from this afternoon until noon on Saturday. This decision was contained in a cablegram received yesterday from the office at Melbourne, which instructed that all outward and inward cargo should be handled. In order to maintain her schedule, the Wanganella will not continue from Sydney to Melbourne, which was to have been her terminal port this voyage. Following the settlement, the South Pacific Line steamer, Van Rees, will now proceed direct to port and will arrive from Singapore and eastern ports at 6 o’clock this evening. It was feared on Tuesday that the steamer would not be worked at Auckland, and she was ordered to cl vert to Wellington. This order was cancelled and the Van Rees will visit Wellington after handling cargo here, it is considered that a return to schedule will prevent inconvenience contingent on the proposed diversion to Wellington. The Van Rees has 22 passengers and a large amount of cargo for Auckland, including a quantity of sugar. She will berth at Chelsea. After a delay of two days, the Union Company's motor ship Matua will leave Auckland this evening for Rarotonga and island ports with passengers, mails and general cargo.