Under Way December 1980

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IIilIllIf;.i!I;llllderUAUDECEMBER 1980Produced and editedby thePersonnel DepartmentUnion Shipping Group LimitedWellingtonCOVER HCruRESFront: Bosun Day bentre) is the Com-pany's Chatham lslands Agent. Storyon page 12. (Photograph by Dick Off-wood)Back: The Seacargo Terminal, Sydney;\"Union Rotorua\" in the foreground.OPENANDSHUTCASEWhen \"Union Rotorua\" dockedNewcastle early in the year,John Cleaver went sailing in a rasmaller \"boat\" to record these \"and closed\" views of his ship. Theviews depicts \"jaws\" or, rather,bow visor in the raised position. lnmal cargo working conditionsposition gives access by ramp tofonryard end of the main cargo deck,At the stern, 203 metres away,quarter ramp is \"stowed\" inseagoing position.

IIFROM THEMANAGINGDIRECTORAlthough at several of our year-end functions I have referred to 1980 as a year of\"unspectacular progress\", I believe that the next few years will bring forth resultsof the consolidation and forward planning that has been undertaken unobtrusivelyover the past twelve months. The year has been another demanding one and, whilewe can each measure our achievement and progress by whatever criteria wechoose to give us greatest individual satisfaction, honest reflection will convince usthat there could have been more.There are three types of people: those who make things happen, those whowatch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. We must be amongthe first.I am indeed grateful for the support of all Union Group people during the pastyear, for the loyalty you continue to demonstrate and for your efforts on behalf ofthe Group, be you ashore or afloat, in workshop, terminal or office. May you andyour families have a Happy Christmas and a healthy and rewarding New Year.&w

f;IiltI.t ''\"\"\".. ''\",1. :iI -\":-,.1-: \"!.1,..., i:.::. \" ::.I${lrIIE{E{i({fiu{iilI!rrlILt,lilIIT,,BARNAGLE BILL\" RECALTSWARTIME DAYS IN THEPAGIFICI recently received a lettor from a friendwho had just returned from holidaying inFiji and mentioned they had spent severaldays in a hotel at Nadi. This brought backto my mind a rather amusing little inci-dent i witnessed nigh on forty years backand wondered if your readers might ap-preciate it.The war was not going well with the Alliesat that time and the Japanese were advanc-ing southwards rapidly' ln order to assist instimming the tide, the Authorities decided toconrtruci an aerodrome at Nadi, Fiji The S'S'\"Kurow\", which was one of the latest andfastest cargo ships in the Company at thattime, was assigned the task of transportingthe necessary material, equipment, stores,munitions, boats and planes to Labassa'She was the first ship under N Z' articles tobe armed. A pretty solid gun was mountedon the poop deck, together with severaldepth charges, as defence against sub-marines and four machine guns on latticework towers were mounted on the four cor-ners of the centre island. The Navy suppliedgunners for the gun on the after deck, but their\"* *.t. to operate the machine guns' Tothat end, those who could be spared weresent to a pressure cooker gunnery course'The Third Mate, who lived and breathedguns, was appointed Gunnery Officer andwas charged with the task of teaching thosewho had been unable to attend the course'We were well on our voyage - a perfecttropical afternoon, a cloudless sky with calmsea, iust a gentle, easy roll, the reasurringthrob of the engine from below and, from thegallery, an occasional clatter of pots andtanr a. the Cooks prepared the eveningmeal. A peaceful scene and hard to believethat, only a few hundred miles ahead, a warwas in progress.Eight bells had not long struck when itseemed that all hell was let loose. First, therattle of machine gun fire, then the rending ofmaterial as the bullets struck; a flash, then ablackout, followed by a high pitched scream'My first impression was that the ship hadbeen strafed by an enemy plane so, grabbingmy tin hat and life jacket, I made my waythrough the darkened alleyways to the for-ward itarboard machine gun post, of which Iwas in command, prepared my gun, searchedthe skies in order to determine from whichdirection the next run would come from,while at the same time trying to remember allwe had been taught at school. Not a planecould spy, no I submarine and definitely noships in sight. After what seemed hours wewere recalled and then the mystery was un-folded.The Third had taken one of the guns belowin order to coach the Stewards' First, he hadshown them how to dismantle and assemble,then, mounting the gun on several books, hedemonstrated the firing technique - load,fire, e.ject, load, fire, eiect - explaining thathe desired them to practice until it becamesecond nature and they could do itblindfolded. Somehow, in his enthusiasm, hehad inadvertently replaced a live magazine inthe breach, pulled the trigger which was onrepeat and, of course, the gun commencedto fire, dancing off the books.Some seconds passed before he regainedhis wits enough to stop it. The bullets hadpassed through the Steward's wardrobe,clothes and the bulkheads and then cutthrough tray a housing all the forward wiring,thereby causing the flash and the blackout' A .crew member was lust descending the stairs' watching when the bullets passed nearby, hence thescream.Of the Third Mate there was no sign' Theship was searched without success'However, several hours later, when hethought the atmosphere had cooled offslightly, he turned uP.The \"Kurow\" made several trips to Fiji dur-ing the construction of Nadi aerodrome' Onone voyage we took up two large launchesfor the V.l.P.s to travel from island to island'On one of \"Kurow's\" bulkheads was abeautiful carving of the letter \"R\" surroundedby imitation rope which fascinated us. Thirtyyears or more later, was I filling in time at Pic-ton waiting to pick up guests from the ferryand idly strolling along the launch jelty,the comings and goings of thelaunches, when one rather elderly lookingboat arrived and disembarked her passen-gers. I idly gazed inside her and there, lo andbehold, was the carving had I seen on the\"Kurow\".I spent several very happy years on the\"Kurow\" and was very sad to be transferredto the \"Wahine\", then known as T64 andcarrying troops to the lslands' But we did notsee much more of the lslands as we werenever more than 24 hours in port and usuallyarrived during the night and sailed during thenight to avoid aerial attacks.S.S. \"Kurow\" in her heYdaY.

FOREM EN STEVEDORES GATHERFOR SEMINARSA chance remark at the annual StevedoringConference earlier in the year has led to asuccessful series of two-day group seminarsfor Foremen Stevedores and other Branchand Terminal staff members.Group Personnel, in association with JohnAkers, National Stevedoring Manager JimDouglas, and the Regional Managers of UnionMaritime Services designed a programme totliv6 participants:a n 0roat€r understanding of the Group'sovorall activities and structure;O ul) lo th€.minute knowledge of UnionMnrrtirno Sorvices operations; andO nrorlorrr nrunagoment and leadership skills.Tho two day rosidential programmes haveboon holrl so ar f at the Squires lnn atPauatahanui noar Wellington, at St Luke'sMotor Lodgo in Auckland and the AdmiralLodge in Christchurch.The first was at the Squires lnn on Sep-tember 29 and 30. After arrival and check inon the Monday morning, the Seminar beganwith an introduction and welcome from JimDouglas. John Akers followed with a discus-sion on \"The Challenge of Change\". Afterlunch, Greig Herbert, Central Regional Man-ager, gave an interesting talk on the Groupand Company structure, using a family tree toillustrate his points. lt was then back to JohnAkers with his discussion on the styles ofleadership using the X & Y theory of man-agement well known to previous Akers gra-duates.Talks by Ken Brennan on the role of thecompany accountant, Henry Peters on therole of the company salesman, Peter Tate onthe role of the stevedoring manager and DickOffwood on the role of the company trafficmanager, followed.These highly participative discussions werewell received on the first day's official ac-tivities. There was a \"happy hour\", thence onto dinner and more happy hours. A good timeLeft: \"The Aucktand Brigade\" at St. Lukes Lodge. From left, back row: Don Ede (Melbourne),Tom Kamizona, Jack Simpson, Keith Mitler, Bernard O'Caroll, Dick Harris-Daw, Peter Sims,Steve Krynicki, Pip Worlledge, Allister Forbes, Tom Abraham, Charlie Johnston, Jim Tough,Andrew McGowan, Jeff Scott and Bill Mangan. Front row: Owen Clotworthy, Jim Douglas,John Akers, Brian Grigg, Alan Pryor and Colin Williams.It was not all hard work at the Squires lnn as these \"after hours\" shots show.of theJohn Stewart and Arch NicholsonW el I i ngton S ea ca rgo Te rm i na l.Jack McNabb, Nelson, and lvan Hobbs, NewPlymouth.was had by all, save one harrassed NationalStevedoring Manager who claims his beautysleep was cruelly interrupted.The second day started bright and earlywith a presentation of the \"Road Show\" byDavid Graham, General Manager of UnionMaritime Services. This session wasdeveloped into a broad discussion on totalGroup activities.' John Akers then took over proceedingswith his discussion on managing people. Thisprogressed to the case study entitled \"TheDenise Johnson. Wellington and Alex TeRuki, New Plymouth.Dick Offwood, Head Office, and NobbY Clark'We I lington S eaca rg o Te rm i na l.Case of Frank Allan Blunt\" which tested themanagerial skills acquired over the previoustwo days and proved valuable in giving somepractical application to the theories that hadbeen expounded.This Seminar and the others, which followeda very similar pattern, proved worthwhile ingiving those attending a deeper insight intothe Company and an appreciation of whatother Company employees' jobs and respon-sibilities entail. The programme will continuein the New Year and plans for \"follow up\"discussions are already in hand.

October, 1980Mr A. M. Graham, appointed Assistant Manager - Marine, Auckland Marine Repair Works,Union Engineering; formerly Assistant Works Manager.Mr l. M. Green. appointed lndustrial Manager (Fleet), Union Steam Ship Company, HeadOffice; formerly Assistant lndustrial Manager (Maritime).Mr M, C. Jack, appointed Stores Supervisor, Union Steam Ship Company, Auckland; formerlyAssistant Supervisor.Mr G. R. Mortlock, appointed Accountant, Union Maritime Services, New Plymouth; formerlyAccounts Clerk, New Plymouth.Mr W. Raikuna, appointed Sales Manager, Union Tours, Union Travel Head Office, Auckland.Mr R. H. Sharp, appointed Assistant Ship Superintendent, Head Office Fleet Department,Union Steam Ship Company; formerly Assistant Manager, Auckland Marine Repair Works,Union Engineering Ltd.Mr B. H. Shaw, appointed Workshops Manager, Auckland Marine Repair Works, UnionEngineering Ltd; formerly Assistant Works Manager.Mr l. E. M. Stephenson, appointed Assistant Manager - Engineering, Auckland MarineRepair Works, Union Engineering Ltd; formerly Assistant Works Manager.November, 1980Mr J. S. Bigelow, appointed Accountant, AnchorShipping, Nelson; formerly Budget Officer,Union Maritime Services, Auckland.Mr B. A. Codd, appointed Operations Superintendent, Offshore Vessels, New .ZealandOffshore Services Ltd, New Plymouth; formerly Deck Officer, Sea Staff.Mr G. S. Harrison, appointed Stevedoring Supervisor, Union Maritime Services, Auckland;formerly Head Foreman Stevedore, Auckland.Mr B. J. Hendry, appointed Stores Controller and Purchasing Officer, Auckland Marine RepairWorks, Union Engineering Ltd; formerly Estimator, Auckland Marine Repair Works.Mr A. L. Key, appointed Wharf Superintendent, Union Maritime Services, Bluff; formerlyForeman Stevedore, Bluff.Mr E. Knewstubb, appointed Assistant Ship Superintendent (Auckland), Union Steam ShipCompany; formerly Workshops Manager, Auckland Marine Repair Works, Union Engineering.Mr G. S. Mander, appointed Accountant, Union Maritime Services, Lyttelton; formerlyAgency Accountant, Lyttelton.Mr G. C. Ricketts, appointed Agency Accountant, Union Maritime Services, Head Office;formerly Accountant, New Plymouth.December, 1980Mr B. W. Gall, appointed Manager, Union Tours, Union Travel, Head Office, Auckland;formerly Development Officer, Union Travel.Mr M. Madigan, appointed Port Manager, Union Maritime Services, Bluff; formerly lndustrialOfficer, Anchor Shipping, Nelson.Graham ManderMander Graham Ricketts Michael MadiganMr P. J. N. Rowe, appointed Freight Sales Representative, Union Maritime Services,Auckland; formerly Freight Sales Representative, Wellington.Mr K. T. Schuster, appointed Seacargo Clerk, Union Maritime Services, Auckland; formerlyFreight Clerk, Apia, Western Samoa.Mr R. K. Thomson, appointed to Union Maritime Services, Auckland; formerly Paymaster-Assistant Accountant, Lyttelton.lain GreenMichael JackRon SharpJohn BigelowBarry CoddWin KnewstubbGraham Graham Rickelts

Two bulk loading records, one involvingcoke breeze and the other coking coal,were sat at Lyttelton during October. The\"Bengal Career\" took on 34,565 tonnes ofcoal for Japan at net a rate of 577 tonnesan hour. That was in excess of l50tonnesmore an hour than tho rato set in loadingcoke breeze aboard \"Atlas Premier\"earlier in October. This previous recordset by \"Atlas Premier\" achieved a notrate of 422.16 tonnes per hour. Bothvessels w6ro stevedored bY theStevedoring Division of Union MaritimeServices Ltd,On October 4, the Statecraft Forest Relaywas run in Rotorua. Ninety-three teams fromall parts of New Zealand participated. UnionGroup, Owens Group and the New ZealandLumber Company were co-sponsors, provid-ing prizes totalling $1,500. Union Groupsponsored the Veteran Women's Class forthe second year in succession, in whichTokoroa won the event from Rotorua andManurewa.Union Steam Ship Company has re-cently been awarded two major con-tracts. One involves tho manning of thoSedco tl45 drill ship to operata off theTaranaki Coast. Certain crew membersjoined recently in SingaPore forfamiliarisation and the first full crew in-volving 20 men will commence duties inmid-December, The. second maior con-tract is from the New Zealand WheatBoard for the carriage of wheat from theSouth lsland to the North and fromAustralia during the coming three years'David Graham, General Manager of UnionMaritime Services Ltd, was recently ap-pointsd Justice a of the Peace.\"Holmdale\" recently completed the an-nual servicing of the weathor station atRaoul lsland. A helicopter was taken onboard at Wellington and was used suc-cassfully to ferry the storos and somepersonnel between thb vessel and shore.A number of managerial appointments inUnion Maritime Services have recently beenannounced. Allan McDonald, Port Manager atBluff , will become Port Manager atWhangarei at the end of January. GraemeBrown, Port Manager at Whangarei, and LesCharman, Port Manager at Mt. Maunganui,have been appointed Port Managers at Mt.Maunganui and Auckland respectively, bothfrom February 1, 1981.September 24 was World Maritime Day- an annual evont commemorating theday on which the lnter-GovernmsntalMaritimo Consultative Organisation wasestablished. IMCO, as the organisation iscommonly known, Provides a forum inwhich individuals from all nations con-cerned can regularly get together and dis-cuss matters of mutual interest. Morethan 100 nations, including New Zealand,are involved. The scope of the organisa-tion's work includes maritime safety, pro-toction of the maritimo environment,technical co-oporation, legal aspocts,particularly relating to marine pollutionand facilitation. The latter seoks tosimplify formalities and proceduros con-nected with ship arrivals and deparlures.WHO'SWHOMR S. D. JUDSONM.B.A., M.A., F.C.A.,ACIS, C.P.A.M.Group Planning ManagerThe town of Whitby, Yorkshire, well known because Captain James Cook wasbrought up thers, was th€ birthplace of Stephen Judson. He moved on to Kings College,cambridge, in 1964 and, in 1967, qualified with a Masters Degree in Natural science,with honours in physics. Accountancy appealed to him more than physics and, from1968 to 1971, he was employed by a firm of chartered accountants in London.stephen's noxt step was in seven lesgue boots for he moved to Malaysia in 1971 totake up a position as Financial Controller of Harrisons and Crosfield's rubber and palm oilplantation interests. While there, Stephen wrote a text book on plantation accountingwhich is still recognieed as standard a work on the subiect.New Zealand had always held an attraction for Stephen and, in 1975, he came to thiscountry. He ioined tho compsny in November, 1975, as Finance Manager. ln 1978 hewa8 ongagod in examining special management projects and .was subsequentlydceignatod Economist.Durlng 1979 snd to May, 1980, Stephen studied full time lor his Master of BusinessAdminietration (M.B.A.) and has been awarded the degree with distinction. He is nowGroup Planning ManEg6r, a position to which he was appointed in June, 1980'Outside tho Company, Stsphen is actively involved with the New Zealand Chamber ofCommerce a8 a mcmbor of their Economics and Finance Committee and also sits ontheir Taxation Committee, He is also associated with the New Zealand AdministrativeStaff Coll6gc, ruporvising finance topics from time to time'Becreational relief includes playing squash at club representative level, membershipof the French club and, at weekends, enjoying the role of gardenor and home handy-man.Stephen is a married man with two a y€ar-old daughter.

Captain J. Stoddart, Sea Staff, on Septem-ber 30, 1980, after 34 years' service.Mr K. R. J. Douglas, Assistant Ship Superin-tendent (Auckland), on October 31, 1980,after 43 years' service,M; l. A. Calder, Wharf Superintendent, Bluff,on November 3, 1980, after 25 years' service.Mr J. E. Gawn, Radio Officer, Sea Staff, onNovember 3, 1980, after 10 years' service.Mr E, H. Collins, Electrician, Sea Staff, onNovember 14, 1980, after 6 years' service'Mr E. E. Lee, Carpenter, Stevedoring Divi-sion, Wellington on November 21 , 1980, after29 years' service.ln March, 1937, the Union Company sub-sidiary in Auckland, the United RepairingCompany Limited, took Apprentice KeithDouglas into its workshops. After five years'training, he obtained, in January, 1942, his3rd Marine Certificate and ioined the Com-pany's seagoing staff as an Eighth Engineeron S.S. \"Wahine\" nine months later.ln January, 1943, he was appointed FifthEngineer, SS \"Waiotapu\", and two monthslater was elevated to Fourth of the samevessel. The S.S. \"Kaimiro\" received him asSecond Engineer in April, 1946, and exactlyseven years later, he joined the ranks of themighty as Chief Engineer of t.e.v. \"Rangatira\"in 1953.A year in such vessels as \"Konui\",\"Kaitangata\", \"Koromiko\" and \"Waimea\"paved the way to Keith Douglas' shore ap-pointment in March, 1954, to assist theSuperintending Engineer, before secondmentto Auckland Branch. After a brief 'spell inWellington, he returned to Auckland asAssistant to the Local SuperintendingEngineer. ln June, 1965, it was back to sea forKeith for about three months when hebrought the tanker \"Athelviscount\" to NewZealand from Durban.A landlubber again, Keith resumed shoreduties in Auckland as the Assistant LocalSuperintendent and remained in that positionuntil his promotion on March 23, 1973, toAssistant Workshops Manager, Auckland.Then followed promotion 11 months later toWorkshops Manager.Further promotion was earned by KeithDouglas when in January, 1976, he becameAssistant Ship Superintendent (Auckland), aposition which he held until his retirement.Throughout his career in the Union Com-pany, to Keith the successful completion of atask was the source of great satisfaction.Even when, in his managerial capacity, hecould have left the manual work to others, hewas prepared to don his engineering overallsand ensure the prompt completion of the job.Such dedication earned him the respect andregard of all those with whom he was associ-ated.As he begins retirement, Keith carries thegood wishes of everyone for the enjoymentof many years of retirement and enoughhours in every day to complete the tasks hehas set himself.To talk of Ted Lee is to speak of a sea-far-ing family of four generations. Ted's grand-father went to sea at the age of ten in theAmerican Navy. Subsequently he ioined theBlack Diamond Company as a Mate and,when the Union Steam Ship Company took itover, he joined the Company ' at PortChalmers, latterly serving as a hulk-keeper inhulks anchored in Wellington's depressionyears' \"rotton row\" off Kaiwharawhara.Mrs Lee, Ted's mother, gained practicalexperience in seamanship when she sailedher small cutter from the hulk on which shelived with her father to the shore to work ather job as a seamstress. From these begin-nings, she took to the sea as a Stewardess -in Union Company vessels. For '15 years sheserved in such vessels as \"Pateena\",\"Mararoa\", \"Wahine l' \"Maori ll\",\"Mapourika\" and \"Komata l\" when the theCompany carried passengers to Westportand there was one Stewardess to attendthem. Stories of Papeete and San Francisc6brought home by his mother whilst serving in\"Tofua l\" and \"Mapourika\" fired young Ted'simagination.His mind full of exotic fantasies, Ted in turnwent to sea as a bell-hop in the passengervessel \"Marama l\" in 1935 - the thirdgeneration member to be employed in theUnion Company, His career at sea lasted forabout nine years, taking him to AssistantSteward in \"Monowai\", \"Kaikorai\" and\"Tamahine\". Also included were four years in\"Rangatira l\" while the vessel was trooping.Ted's clearest recollection of service inthat ship was the occasion it was directed toSydney to uplift 200 stranded New Zealan-ders. These turned out to be future ratherthan past .countrymen - refugees fromHitler's Europe who could not speak a wordof English. He also recalled the occasionwhen, on \"Rangatira's\" way back from Suva,a Bristol Blenheim bomber flew by. The ship'saircraft recognition ability was faulty and thegun crew fired on the plane. The pilot made alow run alongside the ship, frantically signall-ing his identity and forcefully commenting onthe gun crew's ancestry and mentalcapacities.Finally, Ted became Chief Steward of\"Port Waikato\" while she was trading to theChatham lslands and taking up to 16 passen-gers. ln ahieving this higher grading, Tedhastens to explain that not only was he ChiefSteward - he was the only Steward.ln 1943, Ted shook loose from the sea andtook to carpentry as an adult apprentice.

Some eight years later, in '1951, he ioined theCompany again as a Carpenter when the car-penter's shop was located in Brandon Street,Wellington. ln those days carpenters werebusy beavers, particularly for fitting dunnageto cargo. At one stage Ted had six \"chip-pies\" under his control. The extent of theirwork can be gauged by the fact that, on oneoccasion, the \"Wainui\", carrying drums oftallow to Calcutta, required 32,000 lineal feetof dunnage to secufa the cargo.Over the years, Ted's skills were put togood use in the legal field. He made sc*aleworking models of accident sites for theClaims Department sdthat accidents couldbe demonstrated in Court. Larger iobs camehis way as well, such as constructing thedecking for the seacargo service truck atWellington.The Lee family sea-faring tradition con-tinues with two of Ted's three sons gainingtheir ssa legs. Son Bernie is at sea as a ChiefCook in our Company's vessels while Michaelis a Wireless Operator in the JardineMathieson vessel \"Asia Adventuress\".On November 21, Ted retired after 29years' service with Union Company. He isgoing to enioy his family life with three sons,two daughters and four grandchildren keep-ing in contact lith him' His first retirement actwill be to attend his youngest son's weddingon Waiheke lsland and then proceed with his6O-year work project at his Lyall Bay homelnd beach Proporty at Te Horo.May his plenned long retirement bring himplllturc and happiness.lan Caldcr bcgan his caroor in thewaterfront lndustry at tho €arly age of 12. Hisfirst lob was on thc wharf branding fertilisersacks. Maybe hc was pressed into this ser-vice by his father who was a Foroman on theBluff Waterfront for Southern StevedoringCo., or perhaps he was merely following hisown inclination. Whatever tho rooson lan hasbeen the ComPanY's emPloYee on thewaterfront most of his life.David Graham makes a presentation to lan Catder tighil at the Company and staff farewell tohim at Bluff on October 31, 1980.COMPANY MARKSWELLINGTONHARBOUR BOARD'SCENTENNIALenior members of the Wellington HarbourBoard, accompanied by executive officers,were r€cently entertained at a luncheon byUnion Shipping Group. Director Mr RussellPettigrew presented retiring Harbour BoardChairman Mr H. A. James with an inscribedsilver ice bucket to mark the Board's Centen-nial Year.Mr Pettigrew outlined the 100 year associ-ation between Union Steam Ship Companyand the Board and commented on their in-dividual contributions to the development ofthe region. He stressed the always willingresponse of the Board's Officers in the Com-pany's day-to-day business and particularlyin times of stress and emergencY'ln thanking the Union Group, Mr James,accompanied by Mr J. F. Stewart, GeneralManager of the Board, presented copies of aphotographic record, \"The Wellington Har-bour Board Collection\", to both Mr Pettigrewand Mr J. N. Keegan.Our photograph below shows, from left,Messrs R. H. Pettigrew, H. A. James, J. F.Stewart and J. N. Keegan.After serving with the Engineers in Egyptand ltaly, lan returned to watorfront work as awatersider. ln February, 1956, he ioined theCompany as an Assistant ForemanStevedore, a position he held until October,1959, when he became Foreman Stevedore.Subsequent promotions took him to HeadForeman in April, 1961, and to WharfSuperintendent on October 1, 1963. For abrief spell at the end of 1979 and the begin-ning of 1980, lan guided the destinies of theBluff office as Acting Manager.Retirement on November 3 oPened uPvistas of relaxation for lan. He will reJain hiskeen lifelong intersst in rowing; rugby claimshis attention, particularly as his son plays forth6 Bluff senior team; and gardening has astrong and continuing attraction - lan hasthe distinction of growing, under glass, alemon tree, grapes and tomatoes . ' . nomean feat in Bluff.While lan and Mrs Calder are planning a tripto the United Kingdom for 1981, they intendspending their retirement in Bluff, managingtheir garden to their own expert standard'Over the years, lan has built up a large groupof friends both inside and outside the indus-try who join in wishing many happy years ofretirement.

LABOUB WEEKENDAT THE MOUNTLabour Weekend 1980 presented the Bayof Flenty with a sub-tropical weekend,especially for the holiday influx of visitorsspending a few days away from home' Manyactivities were scheduled, giving visitors aselection on how best to spend their time'Union Group were involved in three maiorcrowd drawers'Union Travel, for the second year, spon-sored first prize in the NZ Country Music StarAwards. This event attracted \"pickers andtappers\" from all over New Zealand, all chas-ing the chance to win the \"Star Award\" and atrip for two to Fiii worth $1,000.Across at Baypark Raceway, the firstmeoting for the season got under way with abetter than av€rage crowd, probably due tothe lifting of petrol restrictions, The \"bigbanger\" evgnt always has the crowd insus,ense and Air Pacific presented air ticketsto the drivers for their excellent exhibitions'Slightly to. the north, the Harbour Board,blessed with exceptional weather, ex-periencod the biggest crowd ever assembledon Mount Maunganui wharvss, Over 30,000people strolled through the gates to se€mock operations Perform€d bY Portorganisations, For the Company's part, whatwas going to be a simple display turned into amaior crowd pleaser. lnitially, Terminal Man-ager Grant MacVey, with the help of ForemanDavid Cook and three volunteer watersiders,was going to movo cargo in and out of theForesi lndustry Terminal shed utilising an F45Lees forklift. A range of equipment was dis-played and the Company's audio visual wasshown at regular intervals, By mid-afternoonringmaster MacVey required a crowd con-troiler as hundreds of children awaited achance to ride on our F45s'Union Company's display was full of actionand, with the terminal operation and audiovisual, we certainly obtained wonderfulpublicity.Mr L, L, Montgomery, Superannuitant, for-merly Assistant Passenger Manager, Auck-land; at Auckland on October 3, 1980'Captain E, G. K' Meatyard, retired SeaStaff; at Wellington on October 5, 1980'Mr A. L. Towaon, Superannuitant, formerlyChief Clerk, Export Office, Svdnev; at Sydnevon October 7, 1980'Mr H, Yates, Superannuitant, formerlyBranch Manger, New Plymouth; at Gisborneon October 17, 1980.Mr C, D, E, Morton, Superannuitant, for-merly Claims Clerk, Sydney; at Sydney on Oc-tober 21, 1980,Mr D. Cook, Foreman Stevedore, Mt'Maunganui; at Mt. Maunganui on October 27,1980.WHO'SWHOMR J. W. ST. JULIANPacific Region Manager,Union Maritime ServicesLtd.Jack St. Julian joined the company as a Junior clerk in suva in January, 1941' lnDecember of the same year he ioined the Fiji Naval Volunteer Reserve and remained inthat service until demobilisation, returning to suva office in september, 1945. Whileworking at suva, he progressed through various dspartments until April, 1951, when heleft on appointment to Freights Clerk in Auckland Branch'He returned to Fiji in october, 1952, and, after spending'almost two months asrelieving sub-manager at Lautoka, he transferred again to suva. From May, 1953, JackbecamJ involved in various aspects of pasSenger work, remaining in that branch of thecompany,s activities until May, 1957, when he was promotod to Accountant.seven months later, in December 1957, came another promotion to chief clerk, inwhich position he remained until taking over the managership of Apia office in June,1962. ln December, 1966, Jack returned to Suva as Manager for Fiii, a position which heheld for 12 years until his appointment on May 1, 1979, as Pacific Region Manager'Jack represents the shipping lndustry on the Board of the Fiji Visitors Bureau and is amember of the Boad Transport Wages Council'sporting interests followed by Jack st. Julian are swimming, diving and an occasionalgame of g-ott. Hia main interest is boating and he is presently serving his second term asCommodore of the Royal Suva Yacht Club.A married man, Jack has a son, a daughter and one grand-daughter'

Sir,With regard to \"Recollections\" in the lastissue, the first Agent of the Company ap-pointed at Levuka, Fiji,-was C.D. St. Pinnockand he commenced a{official representativeon November 3, 1881. He resigned in Octo-ber,1884.Before anything as fancy as telephonesreached Fiji, pigeons were used and thismeans of communication would probablyhave been unique in Company history.ln a letter to James Mills dated January 19,1885, Ford wrote - \"l note by pigeongramthat you have sent me a new clerk.\" Then, onAugust 2, 1885, (Ford/Mills): \"As it is raininghard today I am afraid no pigeon will be upfrom Suva if \"Arawate\" has arrived,\"Joe HenrY,WellingtonaSir,Amongst ths mBny items of intorest in theJune issue of \"Under WaY\" is furtherreference to Skal Club, which was founded inParis in December, 1932, and is world-wide.Not very long after the Parish foundation, alively chap from Dunedin named lvanMitchell, founder of Mitchell's lnternationalTours, came back from overseas and invitedseveral of us in various parts of New Zealandto form a Skal Club. I think Roly Cadness,later our Company's General Passenger Man-ager, was also an invitee.Unfortunately events brought the NewZealand organisation to a halt.Then, in 1967, a larger-than-life, jovialEnglishman, Peter Wood, B.O.A.C. Managerfor New Zealand, invited group a of Aucklandtravel people to reactiviate Skal and, in thatsame year, Peter was the first AucklandPresident. Gilbert Harsley of Shaw Savill wasnext, then came the writer, followed byHarold Denton of TEAL and Pat Foster ofNew Zealand Shipping ComPanY.I hope that Peter Leighton and Roger Millerenloy their year of office as much as I enjoyedmine. Skal!J. A., Crawford-Smith,AucklandA \"flash-back\" to November and December,1955, reveals that 25 years of service with theCompany have been completed bY twomembers of the staff. Congratulations areextended by Under Way on behalf of allmembers of the Union Shipping Group to:Mr Tiny\" \" Vuijk, who joined the AnchorShipping and Foundry Company, now AnchorDorman Limited, in Nelson on November 15,1955, as a Fettler, an occupation he is stillassiduously pursuing at the present time.Mr Brian Stevens, who has been associ-ated with the Company's waterfront work inLyttelton since joining as a Permanent Handin the Gear Store on December 5, 1955. Hewas appointed Foreman Stevedbre inDecember, 1960. Later promotions were toan Assistant Wharf Superintendent in July,1972, lo First Assistant Wharf Superinten-dent in April, 1974, and to his present posi-'tion of Stevedoring Manager, Lyttelton, inJuly, 1977.SOLWAY SOJOURN IIThe fourth Management Development Course in the current series took '15 stalwarts awayearly in November to \"solway Soiourn Number Two\". The Solway Park Motor lnn, nearMasterton, was the setting for this morning tea break in the sun'From left, back row: lan Stephenson, Peter Hobbs, lvan Lambert, John Angwin, WarwickBullock, Ted Walker, and John Akers. Front row: Fred Ward, Keith Gellatly, Peter Coles, LaurieRay, Campbell Sun, Steve Parsons and Chris Gibbons'The reason the head count in the picture is only fourteen is - Graeme Peebles took thephoto!DOUBLE CELEBRATION AT SEAOn October 10, \"Union Auckland\" waswell on her way from Napier to Nauru lslandto load a cargo of phosphate. For ThirdOfficer Stuart Scott, the day was particularlysignificant and the ship's company made sureit didn't pass unnoticed. lt was Stuart's 20thbirthday and Cooks Nigel Wightman andJohn McKeown ensured the traditional cake,suitably enscribed \"Happy Birthday 3rdMate\", was baked and iced.But that was not all. Since ioining the Com-pany as a Cadet, Stuart Scott has made rapidprogress with his studies and, in August, last,had passed his Second Mate's examinations'However, he had to wait until he turned 20before his certificate could be awarded. Per-sons unknown made up for the delay by pre-senting him with \"king size\" epaulettes and afacsimile Second Mate's \"ticket\". Con-gratulations Stuart!

On a continuous assembly line in a dust free controlled atmosphere environment' sheets oflaminated glass are assembled at Pilkington Brothers NZ.) Ltd. Here the operators ilace thesecond sheet of glass over the plastic interlaYer' Later the glass sandwich will pass throughrollers to expel trapped air before curing.Our Gustomers (9)PI LKINGTON BROTHERSln 1826, in the heart of Britain's in-dustrialised north-west region, a smallcompany known as the St. Helens CrownGlass Company began operations. Today.mor6 than 150 years later, that companyis Pilkington Brothers Ltd, a major publiccompany with more than 60 subsidiaryand associated companies located in 18countries.One of these subsidiaries is PilkingtonBrothers (New Zealand) Ltd, a major glassconvorting enterprise employing some 240people in its two plants situated at LowerHutt and Auckland. Between them, the plantsproduce full a range of toughened and lami-nated safety glasses for architectural,security and automotive applications.As glass converters, Pilkington Brotherstransform ordinary annealed glass from localand overseas sources into the two maintypes of safety glass, toughened glass andlaminated glass. The maiority of these pro-ducts are marketed under the branch namesof 'Armourfloat','Armourclad' and'Bondlite'.Most float glass used for automotive andother specialist applications is imported fromPilkington A.C.l., otherwise known as PACI, inMelbourne. ln this trade the Union Company'svessels play a major role. At the present timesome 5,000 tonnes of float and patternedglass is imported annuallY.ln a reverse situation, the Union Companyalso handles exports of drawn glass toAustralia from New Zealand Window GlassLtd in Whangarei. This New Zealand ventureis iointly owned by Pilkingtons and AustralianConsolidated lndustries Ltd. Each year some4,500 tonnes of glass crosses the Tasman.EstablishmentPilkingtons began operations in New Zea-land in September, 1949, manufacturingtoughened safety glass for the automotiveassembly industry and general trade require-ments. ln the first year, output amounted to18,000 square metres, processed by a staff10of 18. Today, output of toughened glass issome 320,000 square metres.The most recent development at theLower Hutt factory has been the establish-ment of a plant for the manufacture of lami-nated glass. lnvolving an investment of some$'1.5 million in buildings and plant, the newcomplex was opened by the Prime Minister inNovember, 1979. ln the first year of opera-tion, 72,000 square metres has beenmanufactured.Laminated GlassLaminated glass is not new in concept andhas been import€d into this country for anumber of years. However, the commission-ing of the new plant now makes the productmore readily available as well as saving over-seas exchange and providing local employ-ment.The concept of laminated glass first cameto the attention of a French chemist at thebeginning of this century. Named Benedictus,he discovered by chance that a glass bottlewhich had contained a solution of celluloiddid not shatter into pieces when accidentlyknocked to the ground. The broken glass re-mained attached to the dried celluloid.It was his documented observations whichled, many years later, to the development oflaminated glass, a product now used exten-sively for motor'vehicle windscreens andsecurity and architectural applications. 'Laminated WindscreensLaminated windscreens, marketed underthe brand name of 'Bondlite', are now avail-able for a comprehensive range of motorvehicles. They are fitted as original equip-ment to a growing number of models, butPilkingtons have also tooled up to manufac-ture windscreens for the replacement market.At the present time some 45,000windscreens are broken on New Zealandroads every year.The main advantage of the laminatedt-(NEW ZEALAND) LTD

'Bondlite' laminated glass emerges from theAutoclave curing chamber and is checked by aquatity control inspector. The glass /sindistinguishable from an ordinary single sheet'of annealed glass.windscreen is that, when broken, it does notcraze and disintegrate into small pieces' ln-stead, it cracks at the point of impact and theglass remains attached to the plastic in-terlayer, retaining visibility and offering pro-tection against the weather.'Bondlite' laminated glass is also made fora wide range of other applications. lt is emi-nently suitable for use in situations wherethere is the likelihood of bodily contact withthe glass. Ordinary annealed glass will breakunder impact, resulting in sharp glass shreadswhich can cause serious injury. Laminatedglass will break but remains resistant topenetration, preventing a person from fallingthrough door or floor-to-ceiling a glass win-dow.ln thicker glass and plastic situations, lami-natod glass can withstand sustained violentattack. Known as 'anti-bandit glass' a thick-ness of 7.5 mm, consisting of two sheets of 3mm glass plus a 1.52 mm plastic interlayer,will withstand penetration following repeatedattack by such implements as crowbars andhammers.ln the ultimate, the glass can be manufac-tured as a multi-laminate strong enough towithstand penetration by a rifle bullet' Thisglass is used in high risk areas such as banks,payroll offices and in Prisons.ManufacturingThe manufacture of 'Bondlite' laminatedglass is a labour intensive one despite themodern machinery on the manufacturing line'It also requires great attention to quality con-trol and a controlled atmospheric environ-ment.The making of flat and curved (forwindscreens) laminated glass is similar ex-cept for the shaping process, when bendingis necessary. This bending is done by heat,which brings the glass to an elastic stagewhere it is allowed to sag to the shape of themould corresponding to the motor vehicle'sspecifications. ln all cases, the two sheets ofglass are shaped together, assuring perfectuniformity.Later, after careful cleaning of the glass, asheet of polyvinyl butyral plastic is placed be-tween the glass sheets. At this state it istranslucent in appearance. After warming,the glass sandwich is passed between rollerswhich expel as much trapped air as possible'Next - one of the most critical stages -is the curing in a pressure-temperaturechamber known as an autoclave' This hugepressure-cooker heats the glass underpressure and this achieves the final bondingprocess, also transforming the plastic into acompletely transparent substance.To AustraliaIt is this product which, for the past year,Pilkingtons have been exporting to Australiafor architectural purposes - a fine exampleof this country following the lead set by anumber of other developed countries in im-porting raw materials, injecting New Zealandskills and technology and re-exporting it to agrowing consumer market.ln this, the Union Company, through itsregular trans-Tasman service, makes a valua-ble contribution to New Zealand's economy'A genuine photograph of a ieweller's shopwindow glazed with 'Bondlite' anti-banditglass after a smash and grab attempt. Despitercpeated attack with a hammer and hand drill(both found by the police near the window) thethieves did not gain entry. Blood stains on theglass was evidence of the thieves'determination.11

ta,IE@...,..',l:i1i]i]irad;@&l,,'iiiiixlJi,i1}i]riln.{i|xj[*.Eh#fl},*'fi,.&i7r,,iiiimn'ffiIItrfi:ffi;ffiffm|fri@ffi]Yfl'III1,,0 U R MAN \" AT T'IAITAN G IBosun Day must surely be the company,s most remote Agent. He takes care of all shore arrangements on chatham lsland when,,Holmdale,,is in port. Dick offwood, Assistant General rrattic Manager, recently visited the lsland and brought back this reportabout Mr Day and the island on which he lives'Bosun's father had been a ship's masterand had settled on Chatham lsland about1910. He came originally from the lsle ofWight. At the outbreak of World War 1 thefamily returned to England and his father tosea. His parents came back to Chathamlsland in 1928 and Bosun joined them in thefollowing year. He didn't leave the island forforty years until, in 1969, at the invitation ofCaptain J. F. Holm, he made a visit to NewZealand. A second iourney came a year laterin order to be present at the wedding of hisdaughter. Bosun has no particular wish toleave Chatham lsland again.Bosun was aPProached and then aP-pointed Agent by the late Mr Sidney Holm in1948 and he has acted in that capacity eversince. ln addition, Bosun co-ordinates theengagement of labour on behalf of both the\"Holmdale\" and the County Council and alsois engaged by the County to tally at the ship'sside.ln his spare time, Bosun is the local handy-man, doing painting, paperhanging or layingfloor coverings, as well as pottering on thesix or so hectares of family property' His andJane's comfortable home has a commandingview of Petre Bay, the wharf and Waitangifrom its hillside site about two kilometresfrom Waitangi. Bosun has never learned todrive and continues to walk daily great a dealmore than most readers will be accustomedto.I had the uncommon opportunity of visitingChatham lsland in September last for the pur-pose of ascertaining at first hand the moredetailed aspects of the operation of\"Holmdale\" at Waitangi and meeting anddiscussing the Company's management ofthe vessel with users of the service'The Chatham lslands lie approximately 730km to the east of Lyttelton, although Napieris the closest New Zealand port, and areabout 963 square km in area. There are twomain islands, Chatham and Pitt, anotherlesser island South-West '- andnumerous rocky islets' Chatham was namedafter H.M. brig of that name and was dis-covered by EuroPeans in 1791.The original inhabitants of the group wereMorioris who formed part of the mainPolynesian migration to New Zealand 800-1,000 years ago and, after period of a contactwith their Maori kinsmen, developed theirculture and communal living in isolation, cop-ing extremely well with their harsh environ-ment.The Morioris became pacifists and did notsurvive the disruption to their way of lifecaused by the indiscriminate killing of sealsfollowing the arrival of whalers and sealers in1793, the loss of much of the scrub and treecover essential for the island birds, Europeandiseases and, most particularly, the largescale massacre by displaced New ZealandMaoris about 1835.The Chatham lslands are volcanic in originand a line of small cones can still be seen inthe north-west of Chatham lsland. Thetopography is now reduced to low hills andplateaux with limestone outcrops, sandy f latsand extensive peat deposits. There is a largelagoon on Chatham lsland, approximatelyone fifth of the total land area of the group,and a number of small shallow lakes' Thecoast line is a mixture of rugged cliffs andpleasant white sandY beaches.Despite the weather forecasts that we allhear, the climate is mild, although very windy'Sudden wind changes are the norm and the1.000 mm annual rain fall tends to come insqualls mainly associated with these windchanges. There are now very few trees andproviding wind breaks is a very real problem:a number of flax \"fences\" were in evidence'There is a reasonably large stand of karakatrees in the north east of Chatham lsland inthe vicinity of Hapupu Airport, and aboutthree hundred of these have been identifiedas having Moriori tree carvings on them'The first impression of Chatham lslandwhen arriving by air is of the vastness of theTe Whanga lagoon and to wonder where allthe sheep are. Apart from the large pastoraldevelopment by the Lands and SurveysDepartment at Whare Kauri (the originalname for Chatham lsland), the only groundcover in evidence is dun coloured bracken,with very small pockets of pasture fringing12Above: this panorumic view of Waitangishows, in the far distance on the left, theMobit Oit depot and, next to it, the PublicWorks depot. The light co.loured building onthe hitl in the centre is the hospital and, iustbelow it to the right on the foreshore, with thepeaked roof, is the Hotel Chatham. The largegroup of buildings on the foreshore to the rightof the hotel is the fish processing and packingfactory,COVER PHOTOGRAPH:Bosun Day, centre in the full colourcover illustration, is the Company'sAgent at Chatham lslands. On the left isCharlie Preece, a local sheep farmer,and, to the right, is Bosun's brother,Dennis, who is a fencing contactor andshearer.

Left: container terminals throughout the worldcome in different shapes and sizes. TheChatham lslands \"Seacargo Terminal\" is atleast different!the lagoon. The main thrust of sheep farmingis at the southern end of Chatham lsland andon Pitt lsland.The total population numbers about 600,of which approximately 70 people live andfarm Pitt lsland.The commerce of the islands dependsupon sheep farming and fishing, particularlyrock lobster. Paua is also taken as well assmall amounts of wet fish. Fishing now haslittle potential for further development andthe economic progress of the group willhinge on the successful breaking in of thebracken covered land suitable for pasture anda general increase in stock numbers.At the height of the rock lobster fishing.there were processing and packing facilitiesat Kaingaroa in the north-east, Owenga in thesouth-east and at Waitangi in the west' Thefacilities at Kaingaroa and Waitangi still exist13but the ruins of the four sheds are Owenganow detract from this picturesque bay.The roads are gradually being extendedand improved with the application of thegood basalt metal available, although it is stillsomething of an adventure to travel the 60-odd kilometres from Hapupu airport intoWaitangi. A new, and closer, airport is beingconstructed at the present time. Before theroads were improved, the isolated farmingand fishing communities depended verymuch on the shipping services provided byHolm Shipping and it was not unusual for twoof their vessels to be in the Chathams at thesame time, servicing such places as PortHutt, Waitangi West, Kaingaroa, Owenga,Waitangi proper, as well as surfing off suita-ble but more exPosed beaches.Fish. wool and live sheep were the maincommodities. Wool is still shipped in the tra-ditional single bales but, with the establish-ment of a meat works, the lambs are nowkilled on Chatham lsland. The works are man-aged on behalf of Government by CFM (Can-terbury Frozen Meat) and the frozen cartonedmeat is shipped to Lyttelton and marketedthrough CFM for the domestic market.The wharf at Waitangi was constructed inthe 1930s and is at present being rebuilt inferro-cement. At the same time it is beingslightly extended but will continue to restrictthe size of vessels that can use the facility toabout \"Holmdale\" draught and length. Thereis a reasonably wide wooden causeway con-necting the wharf to the congested area at itshead and the shed and lean-to shelter haveoutgrown the cargo volumes now beinghandled through them. There is little scope toeffect extensions as the wharf and the mud-dy access road are at the bottom of a cliff.The County acts as wharfingers, employsall the labour on the wharf and in the shedand provides two 6,000 lb Clark forklifts toassist cargo handling. Direct transfer totrucks is effected for larger items or full \"W\"or \"H\" containers, but LCL units are un-packed in the wharf shed to marks, often in-adequate, to await deliverY.

\"TAIERN DEVELOPMENTAT GHETA POINTThe tavern, looking from Evans Bay Parade.Readers of Under Way will be aware,'fromthe articles that have appeared previously, ofthe general development at Greta Point,Evans Bay, Wellington. Of particular interestat the moment is the progress of the Tavernwithin the whole development.Some two years ago, the Plans for thetavern and complimentary facilities weredrawn up. For a variety of reasons there weredelays, occasioned by the Town Planning andLicensing Commission requirements, butthese have been overcome and constructionis planned to start shortly. Once the workbegins, the tavern should be ready for usewithin six to sev€n months.The tavsrn will be constructed within theframework of the old Union Steam ShipCompany bulk store and bond. The originaltimber floor and cedar-beamed ceilings willbe retained and the accompanying photo'graphs of architect lan Athfield's designdrawings show the imaginative use of the in-terior of the present building.The design of the facility incorporates arestaurant with a patio leading off for thosewho enjoy outside dining; an ice creamparlour; a loung€ bar with seating for about100; a public bar to accommodate the samenumber; and a large bottle store. Themezzanins floor provides a lounge area forthose waiting to have their meals in therestaurant and'to enioy the view while doingso.While parking is being provided for about100 cars, facilities are also planned for thosearriving by sea. For those dropping in by air,as suggested in tho illustration of the exteriorview of the building, excellent first aidfacilities are held in readiness.All in all, the Patent Slip Victualling Com-pany, as the whole concept will be known,makes imaginative use of the existing build-ing, although extensive modifications willneed to be made. lt provides good facilitiesfor serving meals, caters for children in theice cream parlour, allows sightseers to vievv apart of the harbour, caters for a small numberL

who wish to drink on the premises and for alarge number who prefer to purchase their\"supplies\" for consumption elsewhere,Wellington's choice of dining out locationswill receive a great fillip when the tavern iscompleted and it is anticipated thatWellingtonians and visitors alike will welcomesuch a well-placed and well-designed facility.Right: The upstairs lounge area, with therestaurcnt in the background.Below left: the lounge bar.Below right: the restaurant.

Naval ArchitectBill Waters, reportson new developmentsin ship design . . .SILI CAGHIPS.MENACESORASSETS?Photograph by courtesy of Shell lnternationalMarine Limited, London.While many people wax eloquent on theevils of the silica chip microprocessor, thesemarvels provide the opportunity to put pre-war theories to practical use. HoWelse can aship moving in three linear and three rota-tional motions, occurring simultaneously, besuperimposed on to irregular waves comingfrom several directions?When \"Wahine\" was lost there was, inhindsight, a demand for a model test, creat-ing below surface (sea) and above surface(wind) conditions simultaneously. For verygood theoretical reasons, ali these \"full size\"conditions could not be reduced to the modelship scale and produced simultaneously.Only now, thanks to the developmentsmade possible by the silica chip, can a wholecomputer be made compact enough to fit in-side a ship model and provide the means ofcreating the same wind effect by fansmounted on it. For the first time, above andbelow water conditions can be reproducedsimultaneously.

Earlier this year a radio controlled woodenreplica of a Shell tanker was tested in the No'4a tank at the National Maritime lnstitut€,Fsltham, England. lt must be emphasisedthat, to make these tests possible, it requiredthe combined resources of an lnternationaltanker owners' forum (OCIMF) and theprospoct of being able to apply the results toa number of shiPs.But this is only the beginning and, now thatthe technique is established, each subee-quent test and research programme will addto the knowledge and, as in the Pa8t,meticulous and consistent laboratory pro-cedures will evolve guide lines and safety cri-teria applicable to other types and sizes ofship,Without doubt, the model shown and as'sociatad mod€l tosts must be among themost sophieticat€d ev€r contrivod.First, the ship muet be coneidered in twoparts, namely, the above wator and und€r-water forms. Techniquea for tosting each in-dividually are well eatabliehed but aro carriodout in different €stablishments.Wind tunnel tgsts us€ a wooden replica ofthe \"topsid6s\" and superstructures sot on aturntable within a wind.tunnel. Forces, turningmoments and flow patterns are recordedover the complete 3600 change of headingand in various wind speeds. Simply stated,the ship shape acts as an aerofoil 'anddevelops \"lift\" (across the sea surface) capa-ble of forcing the vessel off its course and re-quiring corrective measures either with therudder or by a change of course ordered bytho Master. No wave action is simulated.As can be seen from the photograph, thewood, fibreglass or wax model used forresistance and \"seakeeping\" tests has only afew inches freeboard and no attempt is madeto roproduce the superstructure' Model\"engines\" and rudder were radio-controlledfrom the side of the tank.Apart from the different laws whichgovern the full size-to-model correlation inwat6r and air, a ship operating as it does onthe air/water boundary is affected by wind-gen€rated waves and, while the moderntheory of streamline flow is giving usefulresults, it will be many years before allanomalies are eliminated.The third technique involves the generationof waves and a given soa stato correspond-ing to a particular area of the ocean corres-ponding to a selected wind strength usuallydefined by the Beaufort Scale used bymariners.The \"manoeuvring tank\" is square or rec-tangular, with wave generators along one endand one side. The generator may be a row ofIt's all in the eye of a needle' Thistiny microprocessor photographedin the eye of a needle with the aidof an electron microscoPe, is ac-tually 4.4mm x 5,3mm in dimen-sion and contains about 25,000log ica I functions. P hotogra ph, nterI Nationes, Germany.flaps or a series of inverted open ended\"buckets\" proiecting just below the surface,in which the pressure of compressed air incontact with the surface is regulated tocreate the required regular or random patternof waves. The electric control is derived froman input of 12 or 16 sine curves which havebeen found by statistical methods toreproduce in the model scale the wave pat-terns observed and recorded in that sea area.So now we have the input into two \"wakemakers\" - the remote control of model pro-pellers and rudders on the free-running modeland a control capable of maintaining themodel on the required heading in relation toth6 wavos (and tank). But the ship is movingthrough the wind which generated the simul-ated sea waves plus any swgll present fromdistant storms., The separate tests in the wind tunnel (orcoefficients derived from similar experimentson type ships) enable the response to windforce, direction and change of heading to befed into another \"computer\".Fans were fitted to the model as shown inthe photograph. The fan amidships produceda fore-and-aft force, while the two at theends pointing athwartships produced the'precise side force and moment. The fanswere controlled from the computer whichus6d the model ship's heading and the tabul-17ated wind tunnel t€st results to vary thespeed of the three fans' Thus, cause andeffect are carefully monitored, controlled andall vital characteristics recorded.Quoting the tank superintendent: \"Themodel shown contained a most remarkablecollection of electronics which, a year or twoback, would have spread across a fair sizedlaboratory. Some most interesting experi-ments become possible now that we can geta whole computer into a small model. Butyou can imagine my feelings in secing thisexpensive load narrowly escape sinking inwavesl\"The model's position was recorded using asonic \"probe\" on the model and detectors atthe tank corners, thus providing a completehistory of the model's position and heading inrelation to the tank sides. The model shown,along with others, was tested in simulatedForce 7 conditions, equivalent to waves 5metres high.The free-running model's movements arecontrolled by an experienced ship handlerand, as well as the routine research items, theassistance provided by the tow rope of a tugcan be fed into the fans as a known force sothat an experienced tugmaster can test thebest combination of tow ropes, helm andengine settings.But perhaps the reader is still asking \"Whatis a silica chip?\" lt is a manufactured waferbiscuit comprising several layers of minutecircuits \"printed\" on to laminates of silicaand, unbelievably, then wired into other cir-cuits. ln size it is no more than half a cen-timetre square.So whilst the intellectuals postulate on thesocial impact on us all, the above projoctproves that the new technology makes itpossible to control the multitudo of variablesprssent in a very abstruse theory, nevorforgetting that it is only a theory and thatcourage is needed to make those vitalsimplifying assumptions, and so help savehuman life, improve safety standards, techni-cal and economic efficiency'

-*.ffiWNICE RESPONSEll,\"ihiihi Colnool-q.9. t, 0a*1,,\"y-Tho lviarlne SuPerintendent,Union Steam ShiP Co.,P.O. Box L799,WEI.I,TITGTO}TDear Slr,Some nonths ago, Yollrto our school a length ofsround svringbridge. ThisInclosed PhotograPh shorisyor,'L for Your generositY.Cor:rpanv r'ias l<lnrl 611rrtt11lt t'tr rltrtt;rl'oused'mobr j.ng Ilatrsol' l'or ottt' pl try-hit arou bee[ rellrttr(rrlt irtt'l l'lro.soue C[iICf Cn S1., lrrtl I l,lrrrlryr]r'r (,o9l--o..%to,/ M/ -&,*iil;\"fla,y\"/tts24 llovornber, 1980HISTORICTABLE\"lnglorious End\", the story about H M'S'\"Nelson\" which appeared in Under Way inMarch last, prompted the memory of JohnWorrall, our retired Besident Director inAustralia. He recalled the Ostenfeld Tablewhich is now in the Mitchell Library inSydney.Captain Chris W. Ostenfeld, who died in1962, spent his lifetime at sea and com-manded many Union Company ships' He isprobably best remembered as Master in thetrbns-Pacif ic cargo vessels' He spent hisspare time and holidays over 17 years in mak-ing an inlaid table from 250 pieces of the tim-beis of 192 famous ships. One of thesepieces is a relic of H.M.S \"Nelson\"'He was collector a of Polynesian artifacts'curios of all kinds and pieces of old ships for50 years - from the days when he sailed inthe barquentine \"Senorita\". His was an ab-sorbing hobby, from which he conceived theidea of making an inlaid table to assemble theshipping relics into an orderly form'Many of the pieces of timber were easilyobtained because, when coal became thesource of power, many fine sailing vesselsbecame coal hulks. Old wrecks also yieldeditems and. as the collection grew andbecame known, many people who had speci-mens gave them to him. On a voyage fromHonolulu, a passenger remarked that he hadsomething no one else had and CaptainOstenfeld soon had a piece of the \"Bounty\"'At Carey's Bay, Otago, a rich ships' gra-veyard, he secured \"Don Juan\", a vesselwhich reputedly supplied slaves to thesaltpetre mines of South America, and alsothe \"Thomas and Henry\", which was built onthe Manning River in Australia in 1850 andwas the most popular passenger brig be-tween Australia and New Zealand'There are also two pieces of the \"Boyd\"cut out by the Maoris at the Bay of lslands in1 809.Captain Ostenfeld presented the table tothe Mitchell Library in 1955 in the hope that itwould inspire others to delve into the historyof ships and seamen.YourgP. D. ..i foiroP!lnct)rtl \"

UNION MARITIME SERVICESSport occupies the time of a number of ourstafi but, when we gather the facts, it wouldappear there are ulterior motives' Our five-a-.id. .o..\"t is doing very well - threegames, three wins. We have no problems infielding a full team as it is understood thereare a number of teams of the fair sex enteringthe fray. Enough said.aCliff Horne is our squash enthusiast' Fromwhat we heard recently, it's what happensafter the game that's interesting' During re-a cent aftei-game conviviality, we understanda member was seen trying to play the bag-pipes with a black cat under his arm'aYachting has got its air f share ofenthusiasti. We understand Brian Eaton felthis car did not tow his boat too well' After aspring clean of the yacht and removal of afew dozen from the cabin it now goes like abomb.aMaurie Tyler from our Gear Storebefriended a stray dog recently - or shouldwe say the dog befriended him' Apparentlyhe stopped his car to pat the pooch and'before he knew it, the dog was sitting on theseat beside him. Being a softhearted sort of abloke, Maurie took the dog back to work withhim. After just about driving the others mad'with the animal running around all over theplace, Maurie was told to ring the SPCA andhave it taken awaY.However, the next daY CaPtain Ross'Master of \"Ngahere\", was seen taking a walkdown to the local hairdresser to get rid of hisshaggy dog look and what should happen tohiml-ut a big, hairy English sheepdog decidedhe was just the perfect partner' An hour later'Captain Ross was still trying to hide from.thecreature and, it if wasn't for the two heroinesfrom the office picking him up in their car' hemight still be trying to hide' Maybe, now thathe has had his hair cut, he will be safe fromthese four-legged animali. We are beginningto wonder if there is something in the at-mosphere which makes us so popular withman's best friend.,,UNION ROTOITI\"Thie man ie apparently wanted dead oralive rr a rceult of his recent retirement partywhllc thc rhip wae in Melbourne' He is RadioOlllccr Tcd Gawn who has completed his lasttrlp ln \"Unlon Rotoiti\". Ted is a great ship-mat. and qultt t colourful character' He haslcd !n intcralting career and has told somemarvalloua talcl of escapades with thevarioul othar chlractsrs he has sailed with'He scrvrd ln a Rrd Croee hoepital ship duringtho war and tpani a coupl€ of years in theAntarctic with Slr Edmund Hillary's party'During Ted'e party, hie shipmatee anangedfor a singing telegrEm 8nd young a lass dulyarrived on board and sang the verse titled'\"Old Radio Officers Never Retire; They JustLose Their Frequency\"' Captain Aleck Som-erville presented him with a gift from bothcrews on \"Rotoiti' of a matching brass clockand barometer set.WATGH IT!A rocent incident at Wellington'while two sister shiPs were in Porttooether, PromPtod the suggestionthit ttre following circular may beappropriato.To Masters and Officers:A case has come to our notice re-contlv of Officers rushing aboardthe wrong vessel after rosteredtime off oi the weak excuso that itwas at the ro-ro berth. We mightmention in Passing that anyresemblance between Masters andCustoms Officers is also deeply re-sentod.Officeqs must realise that theCompani spends large sums of-on\"y oh ueggts at BOTH ends ofour vessels to avoid such mistakes'Pursers and Second Officers on\"Union Hobart /Union LYttelton\"mav find it easier to count the num-ber of letters in the names todifferentiate betweBn tho twoshios. Fleet Department have al-ways found this method of iden-tification most effective.

UNION MARITIME SERVICESPersonalitY of the OuarterHis interests are cars, swimming when hotenough and Denise Loasby, with whom he in-tends-taking tho fatal plunge on February 7'1981.aGraham Rickotts returned from Lautoka onOctober 6 but soon found himself being per-suaded that it would be a good idea to con-tinue his southward move iust a little furtherif'.n nr* Plymouth. Our loss was HeadOifice, Wettington's, gain and so, with a pooland darts \"r\"ning, we \"spirited\" a farewell toGraham as he found himself drawn to the biglights.oJohn Lykles has been transf€rred to themain office from the Port Taranaki ContainerFacility at Blyde Wharf, where the Companyhas tho stevedoring contract for self-loadingcontainer vessels - seven of which now callregularly at this port. John brings with him a.\"-n.\" oi humour and, of course, his 10-speedbike and running gear.aln John Lykles' place at tho Container Facility'we welcome our now personality' MarkStowart, who has recently roturned to NewZealand after six month working a holiday inLondon.aDon McPhail is still with our Branch afternine months as relieving Branch Officcr' Hisduties during tho timo he has been with uahave ranged from accounte, Cashlu rndShips' Agsnt, to chief stirror on tho pool tr-ble. BecJuse of hia ready acceptanco of thewide ranging and varied dutiss he har prr'formed in his endeavours to fill in for cvery'one 6lse, he has been honoured with lhi tlthof the 'PolYfiller Fella\".We havc not lost Louise Knebel' She has iustmoved further down the road to help withStores congestion and look after the St' Ber-nard dog tliey have employed to try and findJohn Neazor. .Ron Sharp hae moved in alongside JimWood and thi3 gathuing of the Clans has im-mediately promptcd the Naval Draughtsmento throw up t wcll to kccp out tho Scots' TheProperty Mrnagcr har kindly lcas€d spaco toAccounts Dlvlrlon, in cxchrngo for which hehas preacnnd iho Englncorr with hall a dozencopiee ol lart Yrar'r calanrtar'aDuring thh uphrrvnl, \"Mobilc Plant\"Everitt took rhfltar ln r doorway n'xt to Ac-countr, tlthoueh complrtntl about thc noiaehe waa mlhlng 0onilrru'd rtill loud and clear'tt\"goii.ttonr -wrnt lnto torco to ront himapt'aa in t ooncratt bucket on the crane nextdoor.aWr und.rrlrnd tho Fleet Manager has lostone round ln his continual battle againstgorcc. ln t aklrmish a few weekends ago' a6uah crrpt up {rom behind and bit his knee*tti.tt ttt. hld him low for a couple of days'aDon Morrlron hao bscn banncd from thew..klY rrlll. whllc inquiriea aro mlda 8a toho* i't. prlntl tho tlckets' Stu Grnham isriitrng brot prv lrom Property Dlvirion lor;;;i p;ld on rn unurcd offloe' Spood mrtric-iil. il. bmn placcd on roadq hadlng to heiri trottry ln an cffort to avoid the ruch toim.n n brlorr thc biscuite dirappmr' OneJ\"rion ftrr rlrladv bcen given a tickat foroverloadlng.Gavin Mortlock has been promoted toBranch Accountant and so continuos thework he more or less took over when GrahamRiiketts left us four months ago for Lautoka'Born in Hawera, Taranaki, Gavin was odu-cat6d at Otumoetai College, Tauranga' and'on leaving High School, worked 8s a toller(and associated duties) at the Bank of NewZealand in Tauranga.During April, 1976, he joined the UnionCompany at Tauranga Branch, firet aseistingin Aoencv work and evontually worked in theSeaJargo Terminal before transferring toNew Plymouth in October, 1978' Since then'he has been concerned with freight' dailycash, accounting work and all Branch workgenerallY.lvan Hobbs and his wife Collecn arrivedback rom f Fiji with healthy tane and numbera of intetesting and funny anecdotos' A lot offilm was taken while thoy were holidaying butour favourite photo is of a well knownStevedore climbing down a coconut palmwith onlY a towel around him'FLEETSince last going to proes, wo have had ad-ditions to st;ff and altorations to offioa ac-cornmodatlon, wlth psrtitions bilnl thrownup rnd torn down rnd fillng cablnrtr 9,\"C-!blrn dunco tround tht officr in an clfort toconf ulr vialtort thoroughlY'aWo wrlcomc Ron Sharp to tho EnglncartDlviaion and Lira Falleni to tho typlng tcction'20

There is no truth in the rumour that LisaFalleni's stilleto heels are 10 inches high; herfeet .iust look tall.DATA PROCESSINGln the EDP there have been startlingdev6lopm€nts. First and foremost, UnionCompany now has its own computer, which,for technical enthusiasts, is an IBM 4331.Applications are being developed to allowBranches to use terminals attached to thecomputer to record such diverse things ascrew movements and accounts amongothers. The information is stored on magneticdiscs which are capable of storing up to1,500,000,000 characters of information.aAnother piece of equipment oLtained is anew System Programmer, Diane Tucker, whosits up in the penthouse and responsible is forsetting up the base systems which allowusers to use the 4331. Diane spends her timeadding new products to the 4331's reportoireand troubleshooting when things go wrong.aRepresentatives of our staff have recentlybeen to Auckland/Tauranga and Lyttelton in-stalling the new DP systems/computerequipment. Needless to say the hospitality ofthesc Branches is well known, as is theirwillingncee to assist. Thank you, it is muchappreciatod by the people conc€rned. By theway, wo all know that Chrissy Bohonis onlygoes up to Mt Maunganui for the SCT'scooking. She's getting I monu tog€ther forher next trip up there.aRobyn Clarke has recently joined the teamas a Programmer and is a ray of sunshinearound the place. Speaking of places, hersSome of the team. Left to right: Michelle Moses, Gay Greenough,'Janice Burns, Diane Goldstein,Ken Marner, Terri Feehan, Steven Lust, Chris Bohonis and Judith Middleton.has been sold and Robyn will be needing thatsmile before December 10 if she is not tospend Christmas under canvas. Any offers?aOther faces that have been around forsome time, but which have not been officiallyintroduced, include Lynda Courtenay, whohas recently returnod to us from anenlightening 3-month C.l.T course, and DianeGoldstein, our trainee Data Controller whoalso does the typing for our section. JohnAnderson and Steven Lust are our only twomale additions in recent months to the pro-gramming team.aMeanwhile, back at the Computer Room,Michelle Moses has drafted two more Opera-tors to help tame the new equipment recentlyacquired. First, there's Terri, who is the latestaddition of the Feehan takeover bid of UnionCompany (starting at the sth floor and work-ing down). She's cheered up many a Pro-grammer's day with her smile and, as yet, un-daunted enthusiasm.Then, there's Paul McCormick, who willonly be with us for a short time. lts been atotally new experience for him and he won'tbe forgotten quickly. We musn't fo,rget MervDelany, our new Ops. Manager. We've kepthim busy recently sorting out all the newgear. He seems to be bearing up under thestrain, though.SOCIAL CLUBThis year, under the chairmanship of RonLane, has been an exceedingly busy one forthe youthful but eager Social Club commit-tee. Unfortunately, the year never really gotgoing until late April, when our A.G.M. washeld. Consequently, the number of activitiesthat could be fitted into the time availablewas reduced. There was, however, a variednumber of functions held during the year andwe are happy to report that the majority wereboth well patronised by staff and most en-ioyable occasions.aAn evening with a difference was held onWednesday, September 25, as the cafeteriaresounded to the calls of \"66 clickety click\"and \"88 two fat ladies\". Yes, we were play-ing Housie and, although the committee ap-proached the night with some trepidation, itsoon became obvious that it was an over-whelming success. There will, without doubt,be a repeat of this exciting occupation.Diane Tucker (left) and Paul McCormick21

Friday, October 10, saw a likely group ofpeople assembled at the N.Z. Squash Centrefor an evening of high speed action anddevastating skill. The numbers were sadlylow, due in the main to withdrawals at thelast minute by a number of players. This,thankfully, did not detract from the standardof play or the enjoyment of those participat-ing. For the record book, the competition waswon by Jim Dun of Property Division.aThe Black Pot pool competition for doubleshas been played for and won by the com-bination of Steve Wright and Barry Oswick ofWellington Branch and Seacargo respec-tively. ln an action packed and tense final, thelads came back from 2-nil deficit a to snatchthe game 3-2 from the luckless Dave Tannerand Eru Lang from TorY St. DePot.aThe Continental Evening, social highlight ofthe year, was held on Wednesday, November19, and was supported to the full by all staffto become one of the more memorable func-tions of the year.aThanks must go to our new Patron, JohnKeegan, Chairman Ron Lane and, most of all,to you the staff who supported the commit-tee.in its efforts throughout the past year.Merry Christmas!The Black Pot trophy is presented to BarryOswick by social club deputy chairman GrantLeishman while Steve Wright looks ongleefully.UNION TRAVELAs usual, the \"Union Travel Road Show\",currently touring the country, has been wellattended by prospective travel clients, Bothlan Derbridge and Bill Raikuna can be con-gratulated on the quality of their presenta-tion. For the uninitiated, our roving Timaruphotographer presents samples of the even-ing's entertainment.aOne of the many door prize winners receivescongratulations from Bill Raikuna, HeadOffice. Timaru Consultant Elaine Sternbergholds the goodies.e, lan DaudienceFrom Head Officlocal staff to theDerbridge introduced

a little grumpy, however. Seems his wifeElaine cooked his favourite ruit loaf f and left itto cool overnight, only to find their Tonkinesecats fat and contented next morning with bitsof cake and crumbs all over the kitchenbench.Travel Consultant John Neale - bronzed andfit from his Queensland holidaY.UNION MARITIME SERVICESPhotos taken during lan Calder's recentretirement function.Union Travel packs them in.\"Great place, Australia\", says Travel Con-sultant John Neale, back rom Surfer's holi-f a day. Seems he found the beach sceneryrather alluring. Specimen photos will be sup-plied on request.oMove over \"Dallas\" and J. R. Ewing andmake way for \"Woodbury Estate\" and Assis-tant Travel Manager Les Wilson. lt's back tothe land for Les and . wife Rae who nowdevote their weekends to riverside barbequesand other leisurely pursuits of the countrysquire. \"Actually it's hard work\", says Les,\"and l've got four cords of firewood to proveit.\"UNION MARITIME SERVICESUnion Maritime Services remain in goodheart. Port Manager Mike Sternberg remainsTimaru Travel Consultants Elaine Sternbergand John Neale welcoming guests.LEFT TO RIGHT: Allan McDonald. Port Man-ager, Bluff; lan Calder, retiring Wharf Superin'tendent; and Lindsay Key, newly appointedWharf Superintendent.Left to right: Mrs Yvonne McDonald and MrsCalder.Travelfive\".23Manager Peter Wallington \"takes

PETORUS JACK GAINEDFAME AND GOVERNMENTPROTECTIONBY GROUP ARCHIVIST TIM LOVELL.SMITHThere have been few animals who have found a niche for thcmrclvcs in the folklore of NelvZealand. Certainly one of the most famous was dolphin a who camc to be associated with theCompany steamers on the Cook Strait run.Pelorus Jack (or Jill - the sex was never determined) was an albino Risso's dolphin which,for twentyfouryears from 1888 to 1912, met steamers travelling between Nelson, Picton andWellington and 'escorted' them from Cape Francis to Collinet Point near French Pass and,likewise, in the opposite direction. Despite his name, Pelorus Jack did not frequent the near-byPelorus Sound, nor did he venture beyond French Pass.During the twenty minutes or so that Pelorus Jack travelled with a stoamer, he would pranceand frisk while blowing loudly, rubbing against the bows, sliding the length of the ship, thenbounding forward in the water to overtake her, apparently always conscious of the attentionof the passengers and crew as he \"played to the gallery\". Jack's night-time performance wasespecially spectacular, \"his body appearing as a trail of phospherescent fire and his leapingplay giving the appearance of flashing electricity.\"

$A'fUX$.{l'. I}[{i U0tR r{ rqt{,Stories sprang up about the mysterious white dolphin; his riding of the \"pressure wave\"which forms below the surface of the water by the forward motion of a ship was described as\"motionless swimming\" and this, together with his lack of interest in sailing vessels, wasascribed by many to a supernatural agency. The spirit of drowned a man was held by some tobe imprisoned in the body of the dolphin, the identity of the spirit varying accordingly to thestory. Maoris living in the Marlborough Sounds claimed, according to James Cowan, thatPelorus Jack's body held the friendly spirit of a mythological beast, the Taniwha.The Union Company steamer \"Penguin\" was caught up in the legends surrounding PelorusJack. He was populaily supposed to have been shot at by passenger a on the \"Penguin\" afterwhich'he ignored that ship. A more sinister version has him only accompanying the \"Penguin\"again on its last disastrous voyage in 1909. Pelorus Jack did vanish for some time after thewreck of the \"Penguin\". S.ome said it was a sign of mourning; others that it was of remorse.More prosaically, the life span of a Risso's dolphin is about twenty five years. ln 1888,Pelorus Jack would have been a young calf and, from the absence of any other sightings ofRisso's dolphins, probably orphaned. Risso's dolphins are a comparatively rare species in NewZealand waters but, like other dolphins, they are highly social and intelligent animals. PelorusJack may have also been a loner because of his albinism. The steamers, with their throbbingengines, would, unlike sailing vessels, give an appearance of life to an intelligent animal andthis may have served Pelorus Jack as a substitute for the companionship of others of his kind.The story about the shooting of Pelorus Jack is doubtful. There is no eyewitness account ofthe supposed event, nor was the \"Penguin\" ignored more than any other steamer, althoughJack did vanish occasionally for days at time. a Such rumours. however, and public pressure,did lead the Government in 1904 to publish an Order in Council forbidding the taking of anymember of the species of Risso's dolphin in Cook Strait.This Order gave Pelorus Jack widespread publicity and made him world famous, as can beseen from the front page of the London Weekly News. Postcards based on his photographwere much used and he may have been the first animal film star, as a short film was made ofhim which still exists.Pelorus Jack also proved to be financially beneficial to the Union Company. So manytourists travelled to see him that the commercially inconvenient and otherwise unpopularNelson-Picton-Wellington run was made profitable without any need for the Company tochange its timetable until after JacKs death.The last appearance of Pelorus Jack was in December, 1912. However, his memory lingereddn. A song, \"Pelorus Jack\", was still being sung in the 1930s by school children while, for along time, chocolate fish sold in sweet shops were known as Pelorus Jacks. The albino dolphinmay have been only minor feature a in New Zealand's and the Company's history, but no otherNew Zealand historical figure has ever been immortalized in chocolate.