SALVAGE GEAR FROM PORT BOWEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 9

SALVAGE GEAR FROM PORT BOWEN

AUCTK SALE CONDUCTED LARGE CROWD OF BUYERS Salvage gear used when unsuccessful attempts were made to remove the ?ort Line steamer Port Bowen from i sandbank, at Castlecliff, and later rom the bea«’h as offered by public luction w’.not reserve on the Castle•liff Wharf ye*,tt lay morning. There vas an at •no .» o f more than 200 juyers col chiefly of contracors, shipur; ' and farmers. Some )f the buyers came from many parts if New Zealand. The greater portion of the gear iffered for sale consisted of wire rabies for which there \<as a go? f narkel. The Manila rope was bought >y the Wang<u . Harbour Board at a [uarter ol i r value. Prices rer ■ -re as follow: — Wire Rop . of 3-inch, lOcwt. market pri . - a cwt), at £2 ss; KJOft. ditto, • • ,t.; 1000 ft. of 2inch, Sscwt. <£6 ids), at £1 10s a cwt.; 300 ft. of 2i-inch, licwt., at £1 15s a rwt.; 1000 ft. of I i-inch, 3 l-scwt. (£5 is), at £2 15s a cwt.; 1000 ft. of finch, 3£cwt. (£5 6s), at £1 10s; 750 ft. if li-inch, 2 3-Scwt., at £1 15s a cwt.; 100 ft. of 4-inch, Sicwt. (£5), at £2 5s 1 cwt.; 800 ft. of li-inch, 2 3-Scwt. £6), at £2 a cwt.; 575 ft. of 2i-inch, >cwt. blue stian , . at £3 15s a rwt.; 900 ft. (f h blue strand, Jcwt., at £3 ~ . t.; 700 ft. of linch, 2Jcwt. at ‘1 12s 6d; 2500 ft. if la-inch, ur• reel, 9cwt. (£6>, it £3 ss; 600 f f 4 nch, 12<cwt. (£5 LOs), at £2; 950 . of 3-inch, llicvt. £5 12s), al £2 10- a cwt. Four empty rire rope reels sold at 5s each. Rubber Hose.- 110 ft. of 1-inch at 5d i foot; 190 ft. with tap. at 5d a foot; f2ft. at sfd a pot; 365 ft. at 4id a oot. Blocks and Tackle.—Four 10-inch flocks, at £1 l'’.> each: three Loveidge blocks, at £2 each: six 10-inch iouble snatches, at £5 each; four 8nch sel-oiling blocks, at £2 each; two i-inch Loveridge blocks, at £2 10s •ach; two 6-inch double snatches, at 4 each; lot of fouir large shackles for