A ROUGH PASSAGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21051, 1 June 1938, Page 6

A ROUGH PASSAGE

HALF OF CARGO OF LIVESTOCK LOST By Tpipsraph —Press AssoctatlorCHRISTCHURCH. May 30. After a voyage which her master. Captain J. Allsop, described as the worst he had ever experienced in all his 123 trips between Chatham Island and Lyttelton, the Tees arrived at Lyttelton this morning 50 hours behind time. Exceptionally rough weather delayed the vessel and of 78 head of cattle put on board at Waitangi about 40 reached Lyttelton alive. Some of these were landed in poor condition. The Tees left Chatham Island at 11 p.m. on Wednesday and ran into a gale that lasted for nearly three days. At noon on Thursday she had covered only 40 miles of the trip, making little headway against high seas and the 70niile an hour gale that she encountered. It was only natural in these circumstances that the livestock should suffer. Captain Allsop said that one of the four men who were appointed to look after the cattle during the voyage, A. Strachan, said he did not think a single beast would have been lost had ordinary weather been met. Strachan said that the first beast died on Saturday. Until then the stock appeared to be in fairly good condition considering the circumstances. but on Saturday numbers died and he himself had woiked from 10 o’clock in the morning until 8 o’clock at night in helping to dispose of the carcases, which u r ere dumped overboard by the ships discharging gear. This had to be worked in a heavy sea with the vessel pitching. On Sunday more of the cattle died, and altogether 35 were dumped overboard. There were at least two carcases unloaded at Lyttelton to-day. Some of the cattle loaded into trucks were unable to stand, and it was stated that they would be sent to a by-products company. Others in better condition were forw’arded to the Addington saleyards.