THE INDRABARAH.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14015, 23 June 1913, Page 5

THE INDRABARAH.

TERAWHITI RETURNS TO WELLINGTON.

(Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Juno 22. I ■ The Terawhiti returned this morning 1 from the stranded steamer Indrabarab. It is reported that although Friday’s at- j tempt to get the’liner off was abortive, .vs hope is still hold out that the vessel may be refloated. As the cargo is jettisoned the ship s tanks are being filled to prevent her working further ashore. Then, when 5 the next attempt ie made to pull her off, 4 the tanks can be pumped out' and the i draught lightened. Beyond that, those i on the Terawhiti are hot very communi- J native. CLOSER IN SHORE.

WELLINGTON, June 23. The Postmaster at Bulls wired yesterday that the ludrabarah was closer inshore than she had been since May 10, the morning she stranded. Most of the lines have given way, and no further at,* tempt is possible for a fortnight.

A VISIT TO THE WRECK. I i. representative of the “Herald” visited I the scene ot tlie stranded Indira Jiner yes- s|J terday. The vessel, which, is now hard . J and iait, is lying due oast and west, with a slight list to starboard, 'The bow, which I is aoout live yards from the beach at low -I water, ia at present held in position by a the port anchor and a wire hawser widen hj is made fast to a post on shore. The liner's ■ ,1 stern, is about thirty yards from the beach, va and two steel wire hawsers are attached -1 from the stern to the anchors some bund- ■ reds of yards seawards irom the vessel. Although it is stated sho is closer in | now than she has ever been, yet tho ■-a officials do not appear to despair of saving jj tho big liner. The itangitikei beach pie- >. scuts a sight that has to be seen to bo I realised, casks of tallows and pelts, bales -I of wool, boxes of kaiin gum, and sacks of . ' r i peas are strewn along the beach for a 4 mile or so south of tho vessel, and jester- 1 day two teams of horses and men were a busily engaged dragging the jettisoned cargo above high-water mark. It is re- ■ I ported the balance of the cargo is to he .. 4 jettisoned between this and next spring tides, and the broken hawsers connected.,. <1 up, again, when another attempt will bo ' \ made to refloat tho vessel.

Captain Rainey, of the Tysor Company, camo ashore yet tern ay afternoon, and went to Bulls by motor-car. Although the opinion of the majority of those who visited the .stranded liner yesterday was that it would take a tidal wave to refloat her, yet if the vessel can bo sufficiently lightened and the weather and tides (nest spring) are favourable, the. Indrabarah must have a very good chance of being got off.

THE LIGHTERING. WHY WANGANUI MEN WERE NOT ENGAGED.

U was stated in a Press Association massage from Wanganui yesterday (states Saturday’s Dominion) that there was "much feeling” among local waterside workers at the action of the Tyser Line in sending men from Wellington to assist in jettisoning general cargo ' irnm iha stranded steamer Indrabarah. Whim asked if he had anything to say regarding the above, Mr H. L. Nathan, i shipping manager for Bannatyne and Co., who are Wellington agents for the Tyser Line, explained the position. “At iho outset,” said Mr Nathan, “wO considered the possibility of engaging - labour for this, work at Wanganui, and wocame. tt> the conclusion that, seeing that ihero is only a limited supply of water- . -id.?, labour at Wanganui, we would be , doing an injustice to ourselves as well., as to other companies if we took men • from that pert. Twenty men is a high order'for a port of the size of. Wanganui. ... Again, there was this fact to .be consid- , orod. On Monday wo will have the Niivaru loading at that port, and she will r-Mjtiiio a large number of bands. If wo had taken. 20 men away to dhe Indraba- , rah. how ’would v.o have got on for lab-- • our to. work .her? Then, there are other companies to bo considered. They have ;.!iips working the port of .Wanganui, . and they require the services of water* side, workers also. I should like it to bo, plainly understood that the Wanganui- . men w ere considered in the ’ first instance, and it was solely because of the ahme !casons that they wore not engaged. •

“Why vi> vonk men from Wellington(continue-,! Mr Nathan) wns because at the present vi;.no work is fairly slack on th-A local wham*. and there is a largo number of men who are practically doing, nothing. Millington 'has a grtatef' ruiulxT of waterside workers than any other port,, and wp thought- that, under the circumstances, ‘the best thing to downs to engage the -labour here. Surelythe Tyser Line can manage its own affairs without having to consult waterside workers.”