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SORRY we're late with this issue ofUnder Way. We decided to delay publica-tion so that a full pictorial coverage of theUnion Nelson could be included in thisissue. lt's back to schedule with the Juneissue.llllderuauMARCH 1982Produced and edltedby ihelndustrial Relatlons andPersonnel DePartmentUnlon Shlpping GrouP LlmitedWelllngtonCOVER: On the bridge of \"UnionNelson\" at the inauguration of the newSealink service . . . Mrs Gair, wife of theMinister of Transport, the master of thevessel, Captain MurraY Hector-Taylor, MrGair and John Keegan.RIGHT: Mrs Gair about to unveil \"UnionNelson's\" name.BACK COVER: The new ship in CookStrait._:.&-a --..4-,r*.1 ]:l* -''. II-,lt\"l..{i,

Get'u@g0sIIunion llelsont Sealink seruice\"l name this ship'Union Nelson' and may God bless all who sail in her\"With these words, Mrs Gair, wife ofthe Minister of Transport, re-namedthe Company's new $8 million con-tainer vessel at the Port of Nelson,on March 30, by pulling a rope whichreleased flags to reveal the name onthe ship's bow.More than 70 guests, Union Com-pany people, and Nelson watersidersapplauded to give the vessel a finestart to her service in New Zealand.Later in the day the vessel leftNelson for Onehunga on the firstvoyage of the Union Sealink servicewhich will provide a 14-day, fully con-tainerised service betweenOnehunga, New Plymouth, Nelson andLyttelton.The Nelson weather did not live upto its reputation - an hour before theceremony, steady rain was falling andthe seats for guests were set up in-side a transit shed, not far from wherethe new ship was berthed.However, the rain had stopped bynoon when the guests arrived.Besides Mr and Mrs Gair, guests in-cluded the Leader of the Opposition,Mr Rowling and Mrs Rowling; theMayor of Nelson Mr Malone; the chair-man of the Nelson Harbour Board, MrR. Fletcher and Mrs Fletcher; and theboard's general manager, Mr F.f6f\":T P \" -*'* *''!1,.*' ;*.. ,e-It_*rr *; *** ll* * r' rflfr i'illq:i5',!,- *1l#*o.as*5#@ - =.-,1i rt --j::;r++frTtfr;Turn to Page 2

HISTORY IS iIIIIEm.v. uiltoN IlEuSoNBuilt: June 1980Type: Tween Deck0argo Gear: 2x20 tonne cranes1 x 40 tonne craneSeruice Speed: 13.5 knotsIleadweight: 4,950 tonnesTEU Gapacity: 218 (including reefe0From Page 1Baldwin; Mr and Mrs Keegan, Mr andMrs Jury, and Mr O. Hannigan, direc-tor of the Union Shipping Group.Recalllng the Anchor Shipping Com-pany's long association with the Cityof Nelson, Nelson's Mayor, MrMalone, sald that whlle many peoplewere sad to see \"Titokl\" leaving theOnehunga-Nelson service, it wasrecognised that \"Union Nelson\" wasan important development in thehistory of transport in Nelson.Harbour board chairman, Mr Flet-cher, said the board welcomed the ad-vent of \"Union Nelson.\"Mr John Keegan, recalled thepressure from the City of Nelson andthe harbour board to ensure that theOnehunga-Nelson service would bemaintained. Mr Keegan said \"UnionNelson\" would provide a more effi-cient service for the people of Nelsonby providing links with three otherTurn to Page 3

srGillFtG[lrII]IUESTiIEIITFrom Page 2ports and facilities for transtasmanand overseas transhipments.Following the re-naming ceremony,when guests followed the offlcial partyto the ship's side, there was a buffetluncheon in the nearby harbour boardoffices.Mrs Gair was presented with a giftto mark the renaming of the vessel,and a large framed photograph show-ing \"Union Nelson\" at sea waspresented to the Mayor of Nelson.Mr Gair told guests that the acquisi-tion of \"Union Nelson\" for the Sealinkservice was an important step forwardin the continuing development of theNew Zealand maritime industry.He said there had been and con-tinued to be a significant capital in-vestment in transport and it was im-portant that this investment was usedto the full.\"The Sealink service is of coursenot only coastal a service but is also afeeder for the transtasman and otherservices and I am sure the manufac-turers and producers of the Nelsonregion will make great use of therefrigerated containers of meat, fishand horticultural products.\"l sense that with this new servicethere will be a spirit of the get-up-and-go which is needed in all sectors ofthe economy if we are to maintain andimprove our way of life.\"To the Captain, officers and crewof the Union Nelson I offer my bestwishes for trouble free voyages in thisrelatively new ship.L{l{fi'fl::8{.,*,$,tol rt n:tu _reb,rir* -;{-rro-.7ly-;i'i\"To the Union Company I extendbest wishes for a commercially pro-ductive venture. And to the people ofNelson extend I the hope that they willmake good use of this service - forthe greater prosperity of the Nelsonprovince, and New Zealand,\" Mr Gairsaid.Functions to mark the inaugurationof the Union Sealink service were laterheld at the ports of Onehunga, Lyt-telton and New Plymguth.Loaded with 103 containers fiom Melbourne, \"Union Nelson\" powers her way through Cook Stlait.

ltEts0lt sGEltEShowlng visitors around the brldgeat the Port of IVeIson before therenamlng ceremony. From rlght,Mr Galr, CaPtaln MurraY Hector'Taylor, Mrs Galr and Mr OwenHannlgan.Talklng at the buffet luncheon lnNelson, are Mr Galr, Mr Rowllngand Mr Keegan.The colour photograph presentedto the Clty of Nelson . . . Mr andMrs Keegan, Mr and Mrs Galr andMr Malone.

I -_ITitoki prepares to depart\"Gone, but not forgotten\" couldwell be the words that best sum up thedeparture from New Zealand shores of\"Titoki. \"Her last days on the New Zealandcoast after 24 years' service werespent at the wharf in Nelson, only astone's throw from the newly-paintedand smart-looking Union Nelson.While \"Union Nelson\" was takingon the last of its cargo for its firstvoyage to Onehunga, the new crew of\"Titoki\" were busy painting on theword Panama as the port of registra-tion.Titoki's future is believed to be theSouth-east Asia trade.Her departure from Nelson meantthe end of a 1 12-year-old link betweenNelson and Anchor Shipping, because\"Titoki\" was the last ship to carry theblack and white colours of Anchor.\"Titoki\" was launched onNovember 30, 1957, in Holland. Dur-ing her 24 years on the New Zealandcoast, she became a familiar sight inOnehunga and Nelson, making a week-ly round trip, and taking about 28hours to cover the distance betweenthe two ports.By contrast \"Union Nelson\" willcarry about four times more cargothan \"Titoki,\" and will cover thedistance in 22 hours.More importantly, the new UnionSealink service will link Onehunga andNelson with the ports of NewPlymouth and Lyttelton, giving a fullycontainerised service and providingshippers with a convenienttranstasman and overseas facility.Titoki, berthed at Netson,prepares to depart from NewZealand. Having cofee on the wingbridge of \"Union Nelson\" Justbefore the yesse/ was re-namedare Mr Gair, Mr Keegan and MrHannlgan.

ln0nehunga. , ,r , and WellingtonThe master of \"Unlon Nelson\",Captaln Murray Hector-Taylor,thanks the chalrman of theAuckland Harbour Board, Mr MlckShanahan, for hls gift of a woodenmounted AHB crest to mark the ln-auguratlon of the ship'sOnehunga-South lsland servlce.Looklng on are the officer-ln-charge, Port of Onehunga, Cap-taln Boss Sutherland, and thepresldent of the Onehunga PortWorkers' Unlon, Mr Toby Peters.The occaslon was a Unlon Shipp-lng Group functlon to welcome theshlp to Onehunga on her flrstvoyage to northern North lslandports.The 40-tonne crane on boardUnion Nelson swlngs a contalneron to the wharf at Welllngton.There are also two 2O-tonnecranes on board, maklng theyesse/ self-s uff lclent,Mr Trevor Farmer, generalmanager of Frelghtways Holdlngs,Auckland, shares a Joke wlth DavldJury (lght) at the Company func-tlon to welcome \"Union Nelson\"to the Port of Onehunga.

ilaster: Illelson' willbe a faYouriteln tirelessly searching the SevenSeas, through shipbrokers, for amodern, well-equipped coastal traderfor the Sealink service, the UnionSteam Ship Company found not mere-ly the right ship for the right trade butone which will be a \"favourite\" withthe Anchor masters and their matestransferring from the \"Titoki\".That's the prediction of CaPtalnMurray Hector-Taylor, the Union Com-pany master chosen to command\"Union Nelson\" on her deliveryvoyage from Marseilles via Singaporeand Melbourne to Welllngton.Captain Hector-Taylor, anAucklander with 43 shlps and 22yearsof Unlon Company servlce ln hls log-book, lllustrated hls dellght ln the newshlp by recalllng a comment from theGsrman-born master who handed overto hlm ln Marselllee.\"Naturally, we had qulte a chatabout the shlp before he went ashoreand I took her over. He told me he hadcommanded her for elght months, andthat she handled very well.\"lt was obvlous he was most dlsap-pointed to be leaving her to transfer toanother command. He looked mostunhappy about it. That was certalnly agood sign.\"When Captain Hector-Taylor tookover the Union Nelson in the busYMediterranean port of Marseilles onJanuary 15 this year, she was theGerman-owned Liberian-registeredtrader Sunny Karina.She had been operating out of thenorthern ltalian port of Leghorn toports in Sicily, Crete, Spain and Por-tugal.His first Union Company commandwas the collier \"Navua\" in 1970. Hewas master of \"Union Auckland\" for2Vz years and last year commanded\"Sedco 445\", the oil rig supply andservicing vessel operating out of NewPlymouth to the Sedco oil drilling plat-form.Captain Hector-Taylor sees \"UnionNelson\" as an ideal shiP for theooastal container trade.Her two powerful on-board cranesglve her an independence and flexibili-ty that means she can work any wharfon whlch the axle-loading regulationspermlt traller-borne containers or fork-llftg,\" the Captain saYs.On her first call at the Port ofOnehunga (Auckland), she steamedthe 279 nautical miles from Nelson inunder 24 hours, although, for severalhours, she was sailing into the teeth ofa northerly gale.\"Although she won't normally besalllng from Nelson to Onehungadlrect - she'll be routed on Sealinkvla New Plymouth - she could com-fortably do the Nelson-Onehunga leg,berth to berth, in under 22 hours,\"an enthusiastic Captain Hector-Taylorsaid.Captain Hector-Taylor served hisapprenticeship in the mid-1950s in theBritish lndia cadet training ship \"Chan-tala\". He joined the Union Company in1960, sailing in the \"Kawaroa\" asthird mate.,#ffiffi,ffiThe Master of the Unlon Nelsonon lts dellvery voyage, CaptalnMurray Hector-Taylor.

[tlen who helgmake itpqssibleServlng a roast chlcken dlnnerfrom \"Unlon Ne/son's\" galley lsJim Savage.At the engine controls are theChief Engineer, Bill Grindlay (left),and Blll Gllhooley, formerly oi\"Tltokl,\" who was salllng as Se-cond Englneer on a famlllarlsationvoyage.

':,1.ffi\"Sparks\" f or the dellveryvoyage, Mlchael Starmer.ln worklng gear and unpacklngstores on arrlval in Welllngton lsthe Chlef Of f lcer, MalcolmMcFarland. He is holdlng acathode ray tube for the shlp'sradar.Illan behind the nameSailing in heavy seas'south ofNew Zealand, the Chief Engineerof \"Union Hobart\", Mr BryceSmith, earned himself a bonus.The Company had offered aprize of $100 to the staff memberwho could suggest the best namefor its new coastal container ser-vice.The photograph shows Brycereceiving his cheque from DavidJury, at the engine control panelof \"Union Hobart.\"Bryce said he had come up withseveral names for the new service,but he thought Union Sealink wasthe most appropriate.9

TGrayfish Gontainerwins plastics auardThe Plastics lnstitute of newZealand export award, sponsored bythe Union Steam Ship Company, wasmade late last year to a firm whichmakes plastic containers for the ex-port of live crayfish.A container of crayfish was broughtinto the Head Office boardroom whenthe outgoing Minister of Trade and ln-dustry, Mr Adams-Schneider, madethe presentation to Beta Plastics ofUpper Hutt.Mr Adams-Schneider, who that daycelebrated his 62nd birthday, wasgiven the crayfish as a birthday pre-sent by John Keegan.The managing director of BetaPlastics, Roy Bettison, received alandscape painting by well known NewZealand artist, E.B. Lattey.The company took the award fromfour other entrants for its achievementin designing and manufacturing apolystyrene container for exportinglive crayfish.During the 1980 season 1800 suchcontainers were used. The followingseason saw an 23Oo/o increase in thisnumber, and this season an expected10,000 containers will be used.Mr Adams-Schneider said BetaPlastics was an example of a companyassisting development of the plasticsindustry while also helping NewZealand export recei pts.He paid tribute to the Plastics ln-stitute and the Union ComPanY fororganising and sponsoring the award.,,n,.url##lilii.q_jrr,Mr Keegan, Mr Adams-Schnelder and Mr Bettlson.$Z million contractBill Butters, General Manager ofAnchor-Dorman Ltd, Nelson, returnedhome in February after five daYsnegotiations in Moscow with the Rus-sian fleet operators \"Sovrybflot\".There he signed a contract, valid un-til December 31, 1982, and worthabout $2 million, for the servicing ofthe big Russian fishing fleet workingNew Zealand waters.\"They also want us to servicevessels other than the joint ventureand licenced fishing boats - possiblyships from their Antarctic programmeas well\", Billsaid. \"Not only willwe beservicing these vessels at Nelson, butwe will also be overseeing work atother New Zealand ports\".Last year's contract was worth $1.6million to Anchor-Dorman.\"With the larger ships they are us-ing now - and inflation - we exPectto exceed that figure\", Bill said'GOTIPI]IY HELPS TO]IGISoon after cyclone lsaac hadalmost devastated Tonga, DavidGraham, who was in Fiji at thetlme, managed to establish atelephone llnk with our TongaManager, Lulu Faupula, whoreported that although thelr pro-perty damage was severe all staffhad escaped unscathed.Messages between Davld,Graeme Peebles at Welllngton andLulu at Nuku'alofa, revealed aneed for clothing and, wlthouthesitatlon, the social clubs atWelllngton and Auckland swunginto actlon. Staff at these twopolnts donated a substantialquantlty of ltems whlch were sentto Tonga in \"Forum Samoa\" atthe beglnnlng of APrll.Meanwhile, Lulu had beenauthorised to donate $1000 onbehalf of Unlon Marltime Servlces,to the Prime Minlster's HurrlcaneRelief Fund..

Following an assessment ofTonga's trading position after thedisastrous hurricane \"lsaac\", Nuku'alofa Manager, Lulu Faupula advisedthat all banana, taro and Produceshipments would cease for at least 1Omonths. The hurricane devastatedthese crops and only with favourableweather conditions will theY berestored within a year.On the brlghter side, deslccatedcoconut, coconut oil and copra mealswill contlnue to* be exP*orted. *\"Union Hobart\" has comPleted her100th transtasman voyage. Sinceentering the trade in September 1976,\"Hobart\" has been a regular caller atWellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin,Nelson and Sydney.Roselyne Lidstone, the first womanseagoing cadet engaged bY the com-pani has spent a period as Acting 3rdOfficer of \"Ngahere\". Since joiningthe company Roselyne has been join-ed in the fleet by Joanne Stanley andMarie Turner, both of whom are conti-nuing their studies. * *Following the retirement of PeterHewett, our London representative,reported elsewhere in this issue, ourLondon representation has beenassumed by Lord Euan Geddes who isprincipal of TNT (UK) Ltd, based inLondon. * * *One of the largest conventional-loading refrigerated ships in the world- the \"Matra\" - sailed from Bluff onFebruary 5, with full a load of meat forRussia. The loading of 5300 tonnes ofmutton in onlY 14 working days justmissed creating a port record. UnionMaritime Services were theand also the management develoP-ment course at the Waterfront Train-ing Organisation, Auckland. Betweenthese two he spent Periods inAuckland, Wellington, NaPier andMount Maunganui branches as well asin Head Office.****\"Union Rotoiti\" recently underwentthe same surgery as her sister shiP\"Union Rotorua\" in 1981 (see \"UnderWay\" June 1981). \"Union Rotorua's\"forward elevator was removed. Thework, which was carried out at NewSouth Wales State Dockyard, Newcas-tle, provides additional cargo spacewhich far exceeds the value of the lift'which received rather limited use.Sinking aircraft'slast momentsLate last year Brian Paulin, Assis-tant Audlt Manager at Head Office sawthe last traglc moments of a sinkingplane. He was a passenger in aPolynesian Alrllnes Hawker-Siddeley748, flying from Pago Pago to Apia, inthe course of visiting Pacific lslandsbranches.At the same time a 1o-seater Mit-subishi was being ferried from Hawaiito New Zealand by Robert Shewry ofTaupo.Brian saw the Mitsubishi flying wellbelow the 748 and in the oPPositedirection.\"About three minutes later the cap-tain of our plane told us through the in-tercom that a plane from Hawaii washaving fuel feed problems and we hadbeen asked to keep a look out for it,\"said Brian.He immediately related his sightingto the captain. The 748 turned aroundand about 20 minutes later the Mit-subishi was spotted uPside downfloating on the water.\"Three pieces of wreckage werefloating near it. We made about 15passes over and around the crashedplane, but did not I see any sign oflife,\" Brian said.The weather was good and the seacalm. Brian took six photographs withhis 35mm camera while the 748 wascircling for about 25 minutes.Stevedores.***Visitors to New Zealand duringMarch included lan CamPbell, PortManager at Suva and Lui 'Aho, asenioi assistant at Nuku'alofa. Bothwere here for training and familiariza-tion. lan attended Course No. 70 atthe New Zealand Administrative StaffCollege and also fitted in a week gain-ing [nowledge and exPerie.nce. ofooerations at Head Office, Wellington.'Lui 'Aho attended an in-comPanYmanagement skills course at TokaanuThts photograph was taken lust as th-e crashed plane began to slnk. No' tra-ce of the pttot was lound ln subseguent searches',, I rr frii:_ I i . lil:!;tl ll I : rirlri11

As nearly everyone in the Union Steam Ship Gompany will know, the Decembenlanuaryperiod last year, was plagued with delays on the Australian waterfront. Our ships, along withthose of other owners, were forced into long stays in port. While seafarers werophilosophical in accepting their lot, some resort to paper and pencil to recotd theirimpatience. Without further explanation we report the views of iust ttmo.Per ardua adAustralia againThe \"Union Rotorua\" was at sea forChristmas of course. Christmas Eveactivities were a bit low key and thepervading somnolence was only brieflydisturbed by the march of a few straywaifs whose carolling, like bagpipes.was better heard at a distance andfrom two decks awaY it was actuallYquite touching. Mercifully they soonreturned whence theY had gone, toresume their wassailing at the bar.Christmas DaY continued fairlYmuted, partly due to the exigencies ofthe service and largely to the sqmp-tous Christmas dinner followed by asedate congregation in the lounge.Many then gave uP the rest of the daYto gentle borborogyny and suPinesusurration.Arriving at Melbourne we found astrike. Nobody wanted us and wespent the New Year holiday tied up atwhat must be the best berth in theport, Station Pier, a Passenger ter-minal at the less fashionable end ofPort Melbourne beach. (\"Britannia\"berthed here.)Some people took the oPPortunitYto swim. One of these, a Chief Officerin search of a brass hat, with one eyeon promotion, seemed to be trYing tosteer his companion furthest out in thetide, meanwhile muttering impreca-tions to Jaws, the shark god. Even lhesharks were absent though, possiblyhaving a demarcation Problem and,giving up, the expectant Chris settledior nis'other eYe, bent uPon thetopless sunworshiPPers.The New Year was seen in tradi-tionally, begun with a barbeque ondeck attended bY manY friends, in-cluding bosom ones. The meats cook-ed up- by Jed the Master Marinaderand Max the SuPer Sizzler disap-peared at a trulY Rotoruan rate ofknots.Several gallons later the New Yearwas ushered in on the bridge with aspirited and prolonged performanceon the ship's siren bY the YoungestSiren, 12 years old in her first highheels. There ensured a long sessionof handshaking, the swoop and Peckor cling and slurp of opportunisticosculation and the ripping up of NewYear new leaves. (Well, it's hopedthat's what the ripping noises were.)Back in the lounge bar, knownhopefully to some as the Tender Trap,to'others as the Rotorua Disco, thenewly padded deck, recently improvedby kind favour of Ron SharPe, Provedtiirly attentive in deadening thedepiedations of massed dancers untilthe larger small hours and an ex-hausting time was had bY all.The instability of one or two guestswho had tagged along with ourbrethren, the \"Tasman Venturers\",made us wonder if the bulkheadsmight well have been Padded too.Moreover, a lengthy Cadette namedJoanne gave some leaPs that madeher wish even the deckhead were pad-ded. lt's not known if she alwaYsdances like that or if it was only Sparksmisbehaving again. AnYhow all theTasman types were beginning to leapup and down a bit since their sojournwas now being measured in weeksrather than in days. (4.57, finally.)The days.that followed were sPentin speculation about our future, cat-ching up on jobs put by for a rainy day,preparing for surveY, and generalmaintenance. Off-duty hours fled inshopping, exploring and social pur-suitb, with dancing practice on severalevenings. One notorious Hofbrau mar-cher was converted along with othersto Greek, good a thing because Greekdancers all hold each other up and canpostpone falling down for ages.A thorough test of the motorlifeboat provided a long trip to a finebeach and concomitant overexposureto comestibles and sunsine, with along desalination session in the barafterwards.Due to the succession of imPortantcricket matches the soft furnishings inthe Geriatrics Ward, or TV room, worea bit thin; in fact a few people actuallywent to a match at MCG to helPpreserve them.ln the end, with the ProsPect of ashift to Vic Dock and actual cargowork after almost three weeks in port,and then another shift to Newcastlefor survey and structural alterations,those of us who had joined tor a 21day round trip were pleased to hear ofrelief. We were to change crews andfly home for normaltime-off. Our greatrelief to hear of this was entirely dueto the situation on the home front anddefinitely not, as some rumours had it,because wb were all exhausted.

ii:iIIIiThe great 1lZgraln raceThis is the story of a voyage thatstarted normally, with the prospect ofa certain amount of monotony, an in-evitable background of commercialurgency, and hopefully, good compa-nionship and loyalty. ln fact, it startedrather better than usual, with a goodteam of men aboard, no delays, andthe certainty of being home forChristmas. From this promising begin-ning, we suffered a saga of wret-chedness including delays that werenot of our making, delays that were ofour making, an appalling plague ofdisabilities, followed by heroic effortsto get the ship to sea to compete inthe Great New Zealand Grain Race,and the determination to enjoyChristmas anywhere but Newcastle,even if it had to be at sea.Af ter a calm passage f romTauranga, we discharged a part cargoof paper products at Hobart ln goodtlme and wlthout lncldent, thence toMelbourne where we arrlved early lnthe mornlng to be greeted wlth thenews that wB were to sall for Newcas.tle on the eame afternoon. Althoughmany excellent reasons and severalflrst class storlee were produced toprove that thls was lmposslble, therest of our cargo was dlscharged andwe were on our way wlthln 10 hourswondering dlsconsolately how thls hadbeen accompllshed.And so we arrived in Newcastle wlthplenty of time to load and sail forAuckland, to have Christmas in NewZealand. There were two ships to loadbefore us, but with the speed at whichgrain is loaded, we anticipated a delayof three or four days only, and withplenty of time in hand thiscaused usnoworry.However at this stage, we becamevictims of the Australian way of life,An anonymous reporter records life on \"Ngahere\", alsodesperately trying to break away from delays in Australia andsail home to New Zealand -them in our wake if only we could getenough men to sail the ship.As the evening progressed the ten-sion mounted. The \"Ngahere's\" menwatched the shore impatiently for thearrival of the replacement, thendisgustedly watched the \"Ngapara\"go on her way. At last the new man ap-peared and was whlsked aboard tohave the formalities completed inrecord time. ln the meantime, with ourship on the top line, ready to sail, and't7 days after our arrival in Newcastle,one hour after the departure of the\"Ngapara\", less than five minutesafter the completion of clearance for-malities, and a mere eight hoursbefore all work in the port ceasedagain, we were clear of the berth andhomeward bound.After we had dropped the pilot, the\"Ngapara\" was still easily visible onthe radar, and her progress was wat-ched carefully and anxiously.Needless to say, when we caught upand passed them on our second dayout, they told us by radio that havingreceived orders for Tauranga, thenecessity for fast a passage no longerexisted, so that they had slowed downto an economical speed.Meanwhile we ploughed on at abreathtaking 1 1 knots, and aftercelebrating a satisfactory Chrlstmas atsea, arrived in Auckland in time tounload some of our cargo of muchneeded wheat before the shut downover the New Year holidays. The\"Ngapara\" arrived in Tauranga fewhours later.ln retrospect, we hope sincerelythat the \"Ngapara's\" report of reduc-tion of speed, was no more than a facesaver as we would not like them tohave to explain to authority, why theymissed the morning tide at Tauranga.Iwhlch, without going too deeply intothe subject included:o Grain elevator workers' picnic,o Grain elevators withdrawal oflabour,r Supervisors withdrawal of labour,o Banning of overtime,o Tug strike,o Telecom strike,o Electricial maintenance mens'strike,o Customs strike,. lmmigration Department strike,o Post Offlce drivers' striker Bowling greenkeepers' strkeOf course some of these did not af-fect us directly, yet they all con-tributed to an atmosphere of uncer-tainty and frustration, aggravated bythe heat, the flies, the absence of let-ters from home and not to mention thecrippling New Zealand dollar ex-change.The days dragged by, the airlinesdid a profitable two-way trade withmen from our ship, and replacementsfrom New Zealand, until even theAustralians became bored with thesituation, and we were able to moveunder the grain chutes to be loaded,ready to sail in just under eight hours.However, with our luck running trueto form, we were still a man short, sowe moved out of the loading berth toallow the \"Ngapara\" to load so that atleast one ship might get away to sea.Thus the ship that arrived after us wasready to sail before us, a sad blow toour sagging morale. Then, at the lastmoment, word was received that areplacement would arrive in time for usto leave immediately after the\"Ngapara.\"This intensified the rivalry that hadbuilt up over the previous few daysafter we had been told that the firstship across the Tasman would pro-bably go to Auckland where most ofthe crews lived. The master of the\"Ngapara\" was confident that theprize was theirs, as apparently hisship's speed could, only with difficul-ty, be kept below escape velocity,whereas we on the \"Ngahere\",recently out of dock with a clean hull,had no doubts as to our ability to leave13

\"JanuarY 1957 was a vintage monthfor the Union Steam ShiP ComPanY.Three youthf ul off ice juniors be. gantheir careers, probably with littlethought for the next 25 Years. Butthose years Passed quicklY andJanuary'1982 saw all three receivingwell deserved recognition of their firstquarter centurY.Christmas function attended by allNew Plymouth staff.From office boY to boss was to beBob Holdswqrth's destinY. Bobbecame the \"junior\" in the then HeadOffice Accounts DePartment onJanuary 28,1957. ln December 1975he was aPPointed to the other end ofthe scale, as Accounting Manager. Butmuch water Passed under the bridgein the intervening years. Bob has beenAuditor, Accountant at LondonBranch, lnsPector of Costs, BudgetAccountant and Management Accoun-tant.Bob and Sandra Holdsworth will bethe recipients of a Long ServiceAward in the near future.25 YEIRS O1IKeenest to get going after the good stead to represent the company1956/57 Christmas/N6il i\"\"i noiiO\"V. I\"d\"y in the Freight Sales andwas apparently Macloim' W\"'\"ig;tt'h. Mar(eting sc9ne.' At. a function inHe entered the wortd lrl'\"nipbi..'-ri-*'\", Christchurch ju-s1 before ChristmasOffice Junior in CnriiciuiJn E;;h last, Managing .Director John Keeganon January 7 , 1957. His future training preiented - Malcolm and his wifetook him through stearner-eiplr;'ffi Eiizauetn with a Long Service Award'Bookings, Accounts, claims and . A little further south, another officeFreishiS,'art ot'wtric-ti \"tooJ ni, in i!1i5#:ff:?9rl\",l#t[\":'\"+?L:?flviah in his early career but he was laterto move to SLva, to Head Office, toLautoka, to Wellington Branch, and inAugust 1977 lo New Plymouth on aP-oointment to Port Manager.' Mervvn and Pam Hunt were con-oratutdteo bv U'M.S. Generalf1\"nager, David Graham at the Pre-On December 4, 1981, JohnNorman comPleted 25 Years ofcontlnuous servlce wlth UnlonGroup havlng Joined the staff ofTrans Paclfic Passenger AgencY'London, as an Accounts clerk in1956. Two years later he was aP'pointed Accountant and has beenresponslble ever since for the ac-countlng slde of the London sub'sidiary,- renamed Paciflc andWorld Travel in 1973.A hard worklng and loYal Com'Danv man. John, at the Youngige'of 53 years still has much toc6ntribute io the ComPanY, and islooklng forward to the next 25years.14

Haggis andwhiskylucklandWish you avery happyLinda (Stop your tickiin Jock)MacMoller,Steve (Hoots Mon!) Mccinski...British Caledonian AirwaYs, aliasSouth Pacific Passenger ServicesSteve (Hoots Monl) McGinski, and Lin-da (Stop your ticklin' Jock) MacMollerin collaboration with the original John-nie Walker (Ross McDonald - UnionTravel Tours) made November 3O last,a day Aucklanders will not forget.St. Andrews is a verY special daywhen all Scots don their kilts, readRobert Burns, eat haggis and drinkwhisky (after 5.30Pm of course).All agents and interline partners inthe Auckland area were treated to awee dram of Scotch whisky (no prizesfor guessing which brand) and a cardfrom the airline wishing them a happySt Andrews Day. For those who didn'tknow who Robert Burns was a fewverses of \"Auld Lang SYne\", one ofhis more popular songs, was also onthe order of the day.St. Andre /s Day#mr*The world's largest selling Scotch Whisky.Born 1820 - still going srong.Ross, Llnda and Steve in disguise lnAuckland's Queen Street.

APIIGombinedoperationEverv ThursdaY members from the\",5J\"ilr.i,is'\"tuti, ns\"l9v sJatt--a11U;;;;\"i;;t;r starr combine to so toiii\"\"'uiipJtt t6t the servicins qlffir,t\"iunoiing oPerations for AirPacific.';ii;; the aircraft has landed and is*[it\"u\"rting-ihe terminal James Ryan:l\"P;fi#suioe tne Plane bY sisnalsto the Proper Parking area''\" rn'in5'iLinfir\", liurguret RYan, Ko\".o'i;;iiF;u attend to the checkinsil;i;;;;\"sers at the counter' rhei.j. \"Jtl-J \"uno trimming is alsooreoared evs' bY our staff'P' lirLir\" npia is the only portwhere women Prepare the load andiiirn sneets for Air Pacific''\"'iti\"t\"ini uit\"*tt has been cleared:i\"A','\"'s*:ui,. \"\"; lJ iJ i l,]'. \" !![ffii\"i\"il,iiiL \"\" stevedoring s!1fflii!\"n*gJ luggase and cargo from theaircraft.*';;;, the time of landing to the timewnen' \"eivicing aPProximatelY and loading is com-lii\"T\"a--i\"i;; 20minutes.While the cargo is being reloadedtn\"'i\"\"iO\" is Oeing cleaned' ashtraysItfiotiJll\".\"\"i oeits re-urransed andinf- ili\"ratt readied for newpassengers..l-. i:\"Forum Samoa\" on the outeroerii' i iPia. our stevedoring-ffii,igir'*ni operates the crane and-';;t\"\";;;\" achieve an average rate..o.f';; ;;;;\"tr;ii an nour and on this'r\":;\"!:'1,#\";;;\":L;i:;+:';i1'iil\"ri.'-ii, shiP was tn Port for 24hours.

MThe ltnton Travet bus in front of theWestern Samoa airqort terminal'Cargo belng loaded into the AlrPactftc alrcraft wlth Margaret Byanotvlng trlmmlng lnstructions so tl,atihe alrcralt ls balanced. Tamati Fauloade the alrcralt ln the background,poses. At time{ small repairs on containers are also performed here.'Within the gear shed we have slx employees who perform the maintenanceof eguipmint which includes the chatnging of oilfor the machines, mendingit ,iti, spllcing of wire sltngs and geieral maintenance of pallets andpallet slings.\"17

LYTTELIOlIRemarkable rafts inh a rb o u r ra G e l\"#ff:#i\"il\"T\"i\"TL'\"1\"\"1s''i\"I;The Lyttelton Harbour raft race Washeld on-December 6. A brilliant daydrew a total of 27 entrants from thevarious shiPPing comPanies in theChristchurch area, as well as theRailwaYs, Customs, LYtteltonEngineering and other local com-panies.Two rafts were entered bY us. Oneby our Mechanics named \"Jaws\"(right) was a catamaran affair builtirdm'44-gallon drums with a largesouare sail featuring the ComPanYflag. This remarkable vessel actuallycompleted the course f rom thedrydbck to Gladstone Pier and back -coming fourth.\"Jaws\" featured a true mechanic'sinnovation in the form of a rathersinister portable pump which was usedto spray the brine over opponents andspectators on the wharf .The vessel was crewed bY RaYThomas, Jim Frobisher and NeillClements.Steve Mitchell, Brian Stevens andtwo of his cohorts crewed theGearstore raft. This vessel, which re-mained nameless amounted to a plat-form on two rows of 44-gallon drumspowered strictly bY* muscle*s and oars.Our Christmas function was held onTuesday December 8 at the KowhaiLounge. Managing Director JohlKeegin and his wife rePresentedmanagement and in his address18The occasion also marked MalcolmWestgarth's 25 years service with theCompany. Mdcolm is our Christchurchsales representative.We welcome LYnne Parsons, ourorettv new face for 1982, to our^Ac-6owit\" PaYable Section ' SheoraOuated from Linwood High SchoolinO i\" this year continiuing studies ini\"tition t6 business Practice atChristchurch PolYtechnic' *Our first Korean fishing agencyvessel \"Dae Wang 105\" has given ourship agency man Kevin Ferguson afew headaches of a hard hittingnature. He says that just about everytime he enters and leaves the vesselhis head takes the brunt of somerather nasty navigational moments,due to the crampedness of this smallvessel's accommodation.'\"Dae Wang 105\" has been transfer-ring 150 tons of her squid catch to the\"Clnadian Reefer\" at the time ofwriting' * * *Other notable agency vessels tovisit Lyttelton include the UnitedStates Navy Supply vessel \"SouthernCross\" which took on supplies for theAntarctic, Denholm ShiPManagement's \"WellPark\" aphosphate carrier, and the ChevronTanker \"Carla A.Hills\".'t*3--',+6i,lTTJaws - wlth tts crew Ray Thomas, Jlm Froblsher and Nelll clements.

IIUHEIIIlISome of our terminal staff were ableto enjoy the Christmas break awaYfrom Dunedin, Reg Anderson, our Ter-minal Clerk, holidayed in Napier andWhangarei, while foreman TrevorWilson made Nelson his base for threeweeks and Dennis McAllister thoughtthat week in a Cromwell with its sear-ing heat would be enough for him.Captain Flobb, our TerminalSuperintendent, managed a quiet fewdays in Hawea, and foreman VinceBowe was left minding the store, andthumbing through travel brochures tosee where he could next sPend hisholidays.Ron McMurran, our accountant, andBoss Winefield, our crew man, went atdifferent times to Stewart lsland fortheir holidays and apart from a daYwhen the rains stopped, theY wouldrecommend it as a place for thoseseeking a quiet holiday.Our Port Manager, Geoff Grenfell,and his family holidayed in Glenorchyand Geoff spent most of his timemountain climbing, which he reckonedmade a nice change from work.Our staff Chrlstmas Party held lnthe board room of the AutomoblleBulldlng, gave our tame FatherChristmas a chance to relax after astrenuous year.Rather belatedly, a photograph otJlm and Jean Cochrane taken ln Lon-don at the end of thelr 3600 mtlesfast gallop around England, Scotlandand Wales ln a camper van, whlchthey dld last September.Equlpment Controller SharneHeyneman belng greeted by CaptalnCrlghton of \"Orlana\" at the Cap-tain's cocktatl party when the shlphad left Sydney on lts way to Lautoka,Suva and then back to Auckland.ib19

The first Union SealinkBY GROUP ARCHIVISTTIM LOVELL SMITHOn June 10, 1875, the first shiP to bebuilt specifically for the Union Steam Shipcomoinv arrived in Port Chalmers' Along*itn' nei sister-ship, the \"Taupo\"' the;;ftiw\"u\" was to open up the North lslandcoastal trade by runnlng a service fromDunedin through Lyttelton and Wellingtonto Picton, Nelson, New PlYmouth andOnehunga.- fne e-staOtishment of the new trade hadnot been without its Problems. Thestrongest of the local rivals to the UnionSteari Snip Company's expansion into.theNorth lslarid, the New Zealand Steam Ship-oino Company of Wellington, had earlierbot-*inO 6t .limes Mills' ambitions for hisIomoanv's field of operations and had at-temriteci to buy the \"Hawea\" and \"Taupo\"direbtlv f rom the builders for their own use'Lucftlv for the Union ComPanY, thebuilders, Dennys, had already providedmuch of'James Mills financial backing, andwere unwilling to see their own investmentcut. With the iurning of tables on the NZSSComoanv bv their merger with the UnionCombanv ai Dennys' insistence in 1875'tfl\" *uy wus clear for the inception of thefirst Union Sealink.A coastal service between Dunedin andAuckland, the two wealthiest cities in thecolony, provided a vital transport link at atime rivh6n the railways had not spread farf rom the'main cities, and had yet to providea reliable network of land communications'For passengers, cargo and mails, the six-dav' voyagE between Onehunga andDuhedin-provided the only practical meansof communication between New Zealand'sscattered settlements.With the advent of the two newsteamers on this route, and with the ab-sorption of the potential competition, itwas perhaps inevitable that the UnionSteum Snip Company would dominate thecoastal trade. Another cause for the suc-oesi of the \"Hawea\" and the \"Taupo\" intf'\"ii trade was the introduction oftimetables. Other ships had had time-iuOf\"\", but these two ships, e,v-en thoughtheir engines could only raise 800hp wereiOie to [eep to their times regularly' .- -This wus no mean feat for those days,considering the need for passengers,cargo anO hail to be loaded and unloadedat e-acn of the often undeveloped ports ontheir schedule.The \"Hawea\" and \"Taupo\" were sm.all(721 oross tonnage) and in common wllnlirost 6ail and steam ships of their day' car-ried cargo and passengers. However, theirsaloon-Class passenger quarters were con-sidered luxurious. Teak and satinwoodoanelling abounded in the smoking room'Suroon-iorp\"nion, main saloon, and themuin f'at\", along with mahoganY andmaole furnishings, settees padded in crim-son vetvet, and guilded mouldings' All .ofin\" turp\" were silver Plated, and thesolitarY bath was of marble.- One of the directors, in fact, had .ex-oressed doubt as to whether such a lux-urious vessel could ever pay its way'To modern eyes, much of this luxury ap-pears grand lirdeed. But it should beIememdereO that the cabins were all\"nur\"O, usually among four people, thatthere was a strict segregation of sexes'even husband and wife.Passengers who had been unable. to\"fuii-\" U\"\".tn in the cabins were expected;;';i\"ii; ihe Public rooms' which.stilli\"ff\"*\"i suiting \"i,ip practice in being fitted;;'iil p;op ieci,'wnere the noise andvibration from the propeller tunnel was onlytoo noticeable.The sanitary arrangements were few'Th; bath maY have been of marble, butthere was only one for the 75 passengersJ\"ii6o l. the saloon class' Until electricii.ntino was installed the air would haveUi\"n fi\"eW with the smell of paraffin fromthe lamps.\"'i'n\"i;- wu\" little to entertain theo\"\"\"\"no\"t\". Even the great VictoriansianOOv of amateur theatricals was\"The Hawea\"orecluded by the comparative brevity ofvoyage, while the library, though \"select'was small enough to fit under one oI Inesettees. Conditions for the 22 steeragepassengers were presumably worse'ln all, a six-day voyage from Dunedin toAuckland, on a diet of hot and cold roast,utton, beef and potatoes, as indicatedthe menu cards, maY not have been ascomfortable as it is often imagined to havebeen.;'sIu;+tllr-l\"m

i*ili\",-'**Saloon accommodatlon of theperlod showlng the plush-llned velvetseatlng and chandellers.Onehunga Wharf - the rtorthern ter-mlnus of tho lB90s.By 1878 the \"Taupo's\" run was extend-ed to cover the east coast of the Northlsland until she was wrecked off TaurangaHarbour in'1881. The \"Hawea\" continuedon the Dunedin-Onehunga trade until 1888when she was wrecked, apparently on anunchartered rock, in New Plymouth Har-bour. The growth of rail and road transportled to the demise of the passenger ser-vice, but for cargo carrying, the same portshave remained vital links in the coastaltrades.Letter to the EditorSir,Some readers of this publication,especially those who have done businessin great waters, will remember that sturdylittle vessel \"Nikau\" (248 tons) which plug-ged between Wellington and Nelson from1909 to 1954. Built like a Channel tug, andcommanded by Captain Robert Hay, shewould set out when even \"Arahura\", the\"bulldog of the fleet\" was glad to remain inharbour. lt was inevitable that that sort ofship, with that sort of skipper, would havesome adventures, and on one occasion\"Nikau\" almost certainly was saved fromdisaster by the prompt and courageous ac-tion of her stewardess, Nell Barry.Nell and my mother had been greatfriends from childhood as the families wereneighbours in Washington Valley, Nelson.She spent many years of her life asstewardess on board \"Nikau\". She lovedthe sturdy little ship; and I remember hertelling us, with considerable understate-ment, how she saved \"Nikau\" from capsiz-ing. She didn't make a fuss, and probablyregarded the adventure as part of the job,as she did practically everything else onboard at tlmes.\"We struck a southerly after we left Pic-ton\" she said. \"lt got worse and worse aswe got into the Strait and she was pitchingquite badly but nothing unusual for thatsort of weather. And then got I a real frightas she started to roll.\"l headed for the wheelhouse as Ithought I might be able to give thehelmsman a hand to hold her. I managed toget there without falling over, and foundJim out cold on the floor. He must haveslipped, and been clobbered by the wheelas spun round.it \"l knew enough to realise that beam onto the weather is not the place to be so Ileft him where he was and grabbed thewheel. I said a quick prayer, and swung onthe wheel, trying to get the old tub's noseinto the wind. remember shouting, \"ComeI round, y'bugger\".\"lt must have worked, as she began topitch again instead of wallowing like anempty barrel. But I had no idea where wewere heading, and I was yelling down thespeaking tube when Captain Hay ap-peared. He took the wheel, and I got Jimthe helmsman back on to his feet.\"Bob must have reckoned some sort ofcelebration was in order as he stood me awhisky when we tied up at Wellington.\"T.A. VincentLower Hutt(The writer is the father of Cecilia Vin-cent, well-known Manager of our LowerHutt Travel Office. \"Nikau\", of which hewrites, was in the Anchor Shipping Com-pany fleet - Editor)21

ilmnnE SIIELLIIE G0tlllulllGlllolls GLoSERPeter Bellamy, a Company Radto Officer, ls studylng. the'tii:iiai iourse tor tie New Zealand Certiflcate ln Elec--iiinics. The thtrd-year stage lncludes an assignment ln1-'Co^^rnlcatlon Engllsh\"-- the sublect to le an artlclesiti6Ote for a house-magazlne. We felt Peter's presenta'itoiiouta be of lnterestlo readers of \"llnder Way\" and ltts publlshed ln this issue wtth hts agreement'AUTOMANC WEATHER STATIONSThe maritime industry is at presentadiusting to a new technique in. co1ryi,]ni\"\"tions. Since 1922 when the SSAmerica made the first two way voicecommunic4tion bY radio, onlY .the\"ouioment' has imbroved, the methodoi cbmmunication has remained thesame.--in-in\" late 1960s single sidebandteleohone communication was in-troduced to the maritime industry, thisimoroved the standard of voice com-mrinication, but in 1976, the firstmiritime satellite network was in-tioOucea and this has revolutionisedship to shore communication.- h 1905, the first commercialsaiellite was launched. After the initialyears of evaluation, it was realisedihat this sytem was suitable for use inthe maritime industry, and in 1973' anAmerican consortium called ComsatGeneral applied to the Federal Com-munication Commission of America foru li\"\"nce to set up maritime a satellitecommunication network. This licencewas granted and, bY 1974, orders.forinJ iatellites and shore stations hadbeen placed.On FebruarY 19 1976, the firstsatellite was launched and after fewa days was held in it a geostatio.nary-or-bit 36,000km above the earth' tntsiiteititb covers the Atlantic area. lnJune the second satellite followed,and it covered the Pacific area. ln July,the first voice and telex service cameinto operation for the Atlantic area'The Picific area followed in August'ine tnirO and final satellite initiallywas used onlY bY the militarY but in1977 il was brought into full commer-SERVICE'APPI-ICATION. ENHANCEDWEATHER ROUTINGSHIPBOABD PERIPHERAL EOUIPMENT. SHIP EABTH STATION. AUTOMATIC WEATHEB STATIONANO SENSORS. AUTOMATTC POSITIONINGEOUIPMENTo MICRO COMPUTERr UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE ORTELEPRINTER INTERFACEconsortlum. The remaining '14% isowned bY the radio comPanies ofWestern Union, RCA and ITT'The sYstem Provides voice, telex,data, fascimile, and recently introduc-ed, an automatic weather service'Here is a simPle exPlanation of itsoperation:'The system consists of a controlconsole,-where the operator initiatesthe service required. The signals aretransmitted from a dish antenna whichis maintained correctly aimed at thesatellite bY a computer.The si6inal arrives at the satellitegreatly attenuated' !nq satelliteimplifies the signal and changes thesighd frequencY for the descent toth-e shore station where once again itis picked uP bY a dish antenna,+cial service and the network was com-plete.' By the end of 1976, there were fourshoie stations and 34 maritime in-stallations. The land stations havebeen increased to five, but bY earlY1981 there was 760 maritime installa-tions on vessels of 30 nations. Themajority of the installations are on oiltankers, but passenger vessels, con-tainer vessels and the offshore ex-ploration industry are rapidly realisingthe potential of the sYstem.The use of the sYsteq is not confin-ed to the commercial sector, asseveral private yachts are now fitted.Two of the best known vessels whichare equipped are the \"QE 2\", and the\"Calypso\", of Jacques Cousteaufame.The system is known as Marisat,and is 86% owned bY the Comgen

Gould it euerhappen1I,lltlaritime satellitestoday?From Page 22amplified, and passed to the controlconsole. The return transmission fromthe land station to the ship follows thesame procedure only the frequency isdifferent.One advantage of this sYstem is thequality of reception, compared to nor-mal high-frequency communicationswhich are prone to interference caus-ed by adverse weather, electricalstorms, the changing ionosphere(fadlng) and the serlous but less fre-quent eun-spot actlvlty.Another advantage ls the speed ofoonneotlon and operatlon by telex anddata. The telex operates at 66 wordsper mlnute and the data transmlssionshave recently been upgraded to han'dle 66 kbps, that le 66,000 dlgltalpleces of lnformatlon a eecond.Weighed agalnst theae advantagesis the cost, whlch Boomg hlgh at$20,000 an lnstallatlon and rental of$1275 a month. Agalnst the dally costof operation of a modern vessel, thesecharges can soon be Justlfled by ln-creasing the utilization of a vessel byfewer delays caused through normalcommunication methods.Already the Marisat network ls belngsuperseded, and in February 1982 ln-marsat came into operation. This is aninternational operation, whereas,Marisat is totally American owned andoperated. lnitially lnmarsat are to leasethe three Marisat satellites until theirown slx satellites are in operation.These six satellites will operate inthree pairs, each pair having one ac-tlve satellite and one spare. The threepalrs wlll cover the same areas at pre-sent covered by the three Marisatsatellltes. lnitially the land stations willbe lncreased by five, and will belocated around the world. is lt hopedthls number will increase to 32 by late1984,Wlth the advent of lnmarsat, is it ex-pected that charges will reduce, asthe greater number of land stationswlll ellmlnate landline charges which atpresent are added to the basic chargeof $10 a minute for a telePhone calland $4 minute a for other services. Forexample, a call from a ship at anchor atWelllngton to the agents in Wellingtonwould cost $US12.80 a minute.The rapid increase of thetechnology and research in the field ofsatellite communications will probablyresult in many innovations in thefuture. Maybe the next service to beintroduced could be video telephones- only time will tell.The following storY aPPeals to us,as in a way it is a nightmare tale whichwould have our dePartmental head,General Traffic Manager, Dick Off-wood, breaking into a cold sweat,should it ever haPPen nowadaYs.ln one of the many publications thatpass through our dePartment, wecame upon a commentarY aboutvessels of the now defunct Canadian\"Garth\" line. As well as resume ofa their vessels, their history and theultimate failure of the company, therewas a story that caught our attention.One of the oomPanY's full-riggers\"Garthwray\" (ex \"Wray Castle\" built1892) began an eventful voYage in1922, which led us to observe thatsometimes it is indeed fortunate that\"things aint wot theY used to be\".\"GarthwraY\" cleared the Firth ofForth in July, 1922, with a cargo ofcoal for lquique, in Chile. The vessel'spassage south to CaPe Horn wasLneventful. However, when she wentto round the Horn she received averitable \"dusting\". For weeks the\"Garthwray\" battled against the howl-ing westerlies which thwarted all at-tempts to go to weather. After the shiphad been some five months out on hervoyage, her Master finally gave up thebattle at Cape Horn and turned back toMontevideo.After a refit and rePlenishment ofsupplies, \"Garthwray's\" voYagerecommenced. But it was no use, asonce more the weather conditionsproved so severe that there was noway that the ship could round the Hornagainst the constant westerly gales. lnthe end the Captain Put uP his helmand turned eastward in an endeavourto arrive at Chile from the other side ofthe world.But the elements had not ceasedtheir violent attack on \"Garthwray\",as once more she sustained heavYweather damage and called in at TableBay, South Africa, for repairs. lt wqsnow'more than a Year since the shiPhad commenced her voyage upondeparture from Scotland.\"Garthwray's\" marathon voyagefinally came to an end when sheultimately arrived at lquique after atotal of 599 days at sea. Her total sail-ing distance had been over 30,000miles and in that time, one would im-agine, she had caused her ownerssome concern. Just irnagine the \"cap-tive time\" that would have been ac-crued.23

ILI]IK FORSOUTHLA]IIIBluff has been added to the Ports ofcatl of the Tasman Seacargo ExpressService.--J'Murutnu\" inaugurated this service.ourinf'ftfuv in the 6ourse of her normalilii\"\"-*\"\"tty cycle, will provide directfinf<s witn Syanby and Melbourne' Her\"\"nialL\" witt o-e from Auckland toSvO*V-U\"lbourne-Bluf f -Dunedin-Lyttelton-Auckland.-';in\"uit\"oty, some Australian bound\"rroo *iti need rehandling at DunedinInO-Lxtra time will be built into the!\"[\"ari\" to provide for this,\" Generaliiuilrc Munuger Dick offwood said'\" Oio*ing eiport cargoes will includetimber -haihly from Conical Hills -oeat from Woodlands, lactose fromEdenaate, oat Products from Gore;afso woot, spinning yarns, dried blood'tr\"\"r\"r. aho geneidl cargoes' lnwardUounO we will see steel, refractorYbri;ka for the aluminium smelter atii*ui point, kaolin clay and specialpJtps tor the Mataura paper mills, kraftand oeneral cargo.- Foi tne Southland Harbour Board,their foreslght in lnstalling the linkspan(left) two vears ago wlll be rewarcleo'ine'tinXsphn, originally installed by.lhqAJckland Harbour Board at the firstUnion Seacargo Terminal at FreybergWnirt, was P-urchased bY Southlandwith an eye to the future'Just like old timesThis is not a new Wellington'Lvitetion ferry but \"Union Hobart\"o6\"i \".ttv considerable tonnages ofcaroo between the two Ports't-ite last Year \"Union Hobart\"worted the oli Steamer Express Ter'minat at LYttelton, last used bYllRangatira\"-on September 14, 1 976'rirJ u-suat Seacarlo Terminal berth\"i'Cuattone Pier had been knockedoui of oPeration when the Coastal24Trader struck the linkspan while ber-thing.W-hile rePairs were being made,with some'ingenuitY on the Part ofLvttelton terminal staff and the Har'b'our Board, \"Union Hobart\" wasable to work the old ferry terminal'Unloading and reloading of the\"Union H-obart\" went smoothly, Ter'minal Superintendent Mike Gardnersaid.

llote in a bottletravels againstthe windA note dropped overboard by theChief Officer of the \"Tasman Enter-prise\" Tony Ekneligada drifted up theQueensland coast against the prevail-ing southerly current.The note was dropped overboard ina glass instant coffee jar on June 25,'1981 , 57 miles off Cape Moreton nearBrisbane and drifted up the coast 400miles.It was picked up - shell encrusted- at Blacks Beach, Mackay, threemonths and 23 days after it had beendropped in the water; an average of3.5 miles a day.Mrs Joy Taylor of Mackay foundthe jar at the northern end of BlacksBeach on an incoming tide and wroteto the Tauranga address enclosed inthe jar.Tony Ekneligada dropped the bottleoverboard while on the AM watch dur-ing the vessel's passage f romBrisbane to Tauranga.ftOn 14 November, 1981, Maxlne Pedro, Secretary to Marine Superlnten-d-ent, Captain D.A. Morrlson, was marrled to Roy Brlnck at the Assembly ofGod church in Lower Hutt. turned lt out to be one of those rare occasionswhen Fleet Department could get together to enloy themsetves andespeclally so on thls occaslon when everyone could loln a popular glrt lncelebratlng the great day ln her llfe.25

'9StE',trFix,it ends lifetime of service\",Alter \"talklng\" to each otherfro-i dtfterent iides ot the.nglld,'iitir tlewett meets head offlce'titex macnne operator Atleen Mld'itito, durlng his stay ln NewFor 44Years Peter Hewett has beenthe man oh tne end of the telephone ori\"r\"i in the Union Company's furthestflung outpost - London.-eirv this vear, 44 Years and onemonth after j6ining the Company as.aiunior cterx- in the London branch,Feier retired. Since 1972he has beentne London RePresentative of theCompanY.At function a held in the Saddle andSiifoin restaurant in the City ol Lon-Joili commercial area, John [9\"93nieterreO to Peter as the Mr Fix-it in tneU;it;d Kingdom and EuroPe, \"an ex-;;ii;rt exainPle of a dedicated com-pany man.\"'-iti'-' x\"\"gan also paid tribute. toPeter's wife, Maureen. Peter recelveoa oreslntation from Mr Keegan fromth5'Giil GiouP and from Lord Ged-lf\" on- O\"nalf 'of Bulkships LondonIixt.-Fritn\"r gifts were siven b1 thet*Jon staff if Seafast and Trans;;;i;i{ uin\"\", and from Pacific andwoiiO fruuel, of which Peter is adirector.ln February, Peter and his wifetrav'efiea to N'ew Zealand as guests. ofif,\" Corp\"ny. He visited head officeon nrtitU\"i \" of occasions, renewingI\"qu\"ini\"n\"es with many.of the staffth;-r\": and being guest at more thanone farewell function.Peter told \"Under WaY\" thathe had\"nlov\"a every minute of his 44 Yearswiin-tne Union ComPanY'Althouoh he was born in London andnas iiveA\"most of his life at Croydon'Fit.i iivi n\" has more friends- innJitrariilna New Zealand than in Bri'tain.'-';;bu\"t the years Maureen and haveI ,\"0\"'r\"iiv many friends in Australia;iln;* ,'\"aland. The ensasement ofoffi\"\"r\" for the fleet, visits by manage-*;;i to London, and the. at'ranoements for new tonnage' durlng;hi;i' I;; dealt with officers andi\"\"nni\"\"f staff from New Zealand'have been memorable'Maureen Hewett belng presented wlth.flowers by John Keegan' at thetonlon functlon; Peter looks on'Peter counts the work done inr\"giJio ;;Cunsatira\" as the highlight.,-t-rri\" career, ahd says that is it with;il; ;;b;;t'that h6 is reavins thqLl.ipi,,i,lt--*itr' the f uture or;Singatira\" still uncertain''i^/'#i i. he planning for.his retir-e-ment? More golf, more gardening' anomore worX in his greenhouse'\"'i6tJiI\"v\" work in his sreenhousen\"\"\"tlc6ii- i'quite a hobby'\" Heil;viJ-i;matdes, melons andcucumbers and is aiming at heating it Ifor greater all-year-round growth'.- Ait before returning to Britain'Peter and Maureen, and theirdauohter Sandy, who has a diploma inuusiness studies, are all in NewT\"rianO until May, catching up with oldfriends, and saying hello again to T?IyoiinJir'tri\"nds on the other side of the*oitO, f'riends which they have made in\" titetime of service to the Union Com'pany.Zealand,a

OBIIUIRIESMr. W.E. Wiggins, OBE, retired ChiefEngineer, Sea Staff; at Auckland onNovember 25, 1981.Captain A.R.Olsson, retiredTugmaster, Wellington; at Levin onNovember 26, 1981.When Athol Olsson died in Levin onNovember 26 last he took with himmemories of almost a lifetime on Well-ington Harbour.Born at Auckland in 19O7 he cameto Wellington when he was eight andspent the rest of hls childhood livingwlth hls famlly on the old hulks thatwsrs once anohored in the harbour.Hle father had glven up his job in theenglne room of coasters for that of ahulk-keeper,Young Athol's flrst \"sea home\" wasthe company'g hulk \"Takapuna\" -once a passenger shlp on the NewPlymouth - Onehunga service beforethe main trunk rallway was built. Herlast years were spent as a store shipoff Kaiwharawhara.The Olsson family later moved toanother hulk, the \"Adderly\", once afine clipper ship but later relegated tostoring coal.\"We kids used to sail our own boatsacross the harbour from the hulks toThorndon each day to go to school,\"Captain Olsson said at the time of hisretirement from the company in 1971 .\"lf the weather worsened during theday all the children - and they camefrom 13 hulks - would bed down forthe night on any hulk that might be tiedup alongside a ship. lt was an unwrit-ten law,\" he said.When he was 15, Athol went to seain the company's freighter\"Waiatapu\", but after two years hewent back to life on the harbour as adeck hand on the company's tug\"Terawhiti\".After 13 years in her he went to thesmaller tug \"Natone\" as Master. Forthe next 12 years Captain Olssonshuttled the \"Natone\", and at timesthe \"Terawhiti\", around the harbourand also went on some deep-seasalvage Jobs.After the war he was appointed tothe new tugs \"Taioma\" and \"Tapuhi\".During hls 49 years of service with thecompany he served on only five ships,four as Master.Over the years he assistedcountless ships in trouble. The \"Nor-thumberland\", \"Wanganella\" and\"Wahine\" were some of the morenotable ones.Strangely, after life a afloat, Atholand his wlfe Agnes retired to Levinaway from the sound of the sea. He issurvived by his wife Agnes anddaughter Maureen.Mr. W.W. Houghton, retired ChiefEngineer, Sea Staff; at Auckland onDecember 1, 1981.\"Under Way\" has often madereference to \"Watty\" Houghton, theman who, with his brother Reg, builtthe first catamaran in New Zealandbefore the turn of the centurY.Wathen Wallis Houghton joinedUnion Company as 6th Engineer of\"Moana\" on March 4, 1907. Heretlred as Chief Engineer of \"Kurow\"on October 1 , 1947, but his retire-ment was not to last for long. He soonrejoined the Company assisting in atemporary capacity in the AucklandMarine Repair Works where he was tocontinue until 1967 - 6'1 years afterfirst joining the Company.Watty died at the age of 98 yearsafter full a and eventful life. He is sur-vived by his widow Myrtle, to whomsincere sympathy is extended.Mr. G.B. Forbes, retired Electri-cian, Sea Staff at TauPo on ; December25,1981.Mr. W.A. Neazor, Accounts Officer,Union Maritime Services, Wellington;at Wellington on December 27, 1981.The esteem in which Bill Neazorwas held was clearlY marked bY thelarge attendance of Head Office andWellington Branch staff at his funeralservice in Wellington on December31,1981.Bill joined the company on 11January 1973 as a temPorarY clerk inthe Evans Bay stores. He latertransferred to the permanent staff inthe Stationery and Stores dePart-ments before being appointed to theaccounts department of Wellingtonbranch in February 1978.He could truly be described as oneof life's characters with a ready witand a friend to all with whom he camein contact.To his fiance, Dulcie, brother, John,and other members of his family,\"Under Way\" extends sincere sym-pathy.Captain E.A. Rate, Superannuitant,f ormerly Wharf Superintendent,Westport; at Westport on January7,1982.Mr. E.J. Dixon, retired Electrician,Sea Staff; at Auckland on February17, 1982.\"Watty\" Houghton27

l(athy Whelan Goes to Seaffiffi@fit\"i:Uf[f:\"\"j,i'|,!ffi.Tlo\"l[i]iet#'i\"d:iffi ;;;;;, ihiJe woros ror Soc - Editor''iiriorougrtly enjoved my stay in M.elbourn\"l.\"p\"l{!9moi[ ot tn-\" 6ayd snoppihg (naturally) and other timesliJni\"l\"inq, bui alt tob'so-on it came to the end and it-+rlT,T*i\"?iff*\";n me ror the trip home and REIIREIilEIITSatrJioiilt-,ii\"\"ii ii\"\"tlv sun-bathlng woathd' I waailiiii rJ,ttiri\" ort ol niy cabtn and oxp€rience the M. E.M. tngp.n, purcha€til,,gffi*\"x1#;-;;,***r**r,u, il;;1,';im;;\"'tw;3?.ff,\",iliiilsi!'; 1Ji1ry-i;fr*iffi'S*h'tr:?T;Hl*[flf,,:*rfi*iht;ff}jffi #*# \"ltftl$+tlffs,\"f*: * ffii:\"'*:tr*ff *ftu\"-*;m#rur?g}1fr;fl:'lt;lfm.lf:;i[*r* rilHi]ll];ii$'}d'm'::*Fir*'\"\" li\"\"ffirlr#'r;$Btsair,a?srr!!.]si',s:

O1I IHE iIOUEDecember 1981Dama Arulambalam, formerlYFinancial Accountant, Union SteamShip Company, has been aPPointedGroup Accountant at Group HeadOffice, Wellington.Chris Ardrey, an Equipment Con-trol Assistant at Union MaritimeServices, Wellington has moved toHead Office, Union Steam ShiPCompany, as a Marketing Assistant.Jeff Ainge, formerlY in GeneralTraffic, Head Office, has succeed-ed Chris at Wellington Branch.Linda Gideon, formerly AssistantTravel Manager at Porirua has beenpromoted to Travel Manager.Craig Pierson has transferredfrom Union Maritime Services,Credit Control, to Union Steam ShipCompany, Financial Accounts,Head Office. His chair in CreditControl is now occupied by PaulBurrows, formerly of Financial Ac-counts.Jack Wing, BCA, ACA, has joinedUnion Steam Ship Company atHead Office on appointment toFinancial Accountant. He succeedsMiss Dama Arulambalam.January 1982Don Ede recently took up thepost of General Manager - Ter-minals, Union Steam Ship Companyof Australia. He was formerly Assis-tant General Manager.Well known member of ourTongan staff, Mrs Sia Simiki wasappointed Travel Manager, Nuku'alofa on January 1.The acquisition of a number oftravel sales outlets in Australiabrought a number of new TravelManagers onto our staff . AtAdelaide, Union Travel Manager isGloria Scott; at Penrith, SharonClark; at Blacktown, W.E.Chambers; and Dorothy Swaine isat Carlingford.John Brennan, BCA, (no relationto Ken) has joined Union MaritimeServices as Assistant AgencY Ac-countant at Head Office.Wellington travel \"sPecialist\"lvan Lambert has been aPPointedTravel Manager, Hastings.Bon Lane, has taken uP the newposition of Systems Co-ordinator -Operations in the OPerationsDepartment of Union Steam ShiPCompany, Head Office. He wasformerly Senior Systems AnalaYst,Head Office, Data Processing.Sepuloni Faupula of Nuku 'alofastaff has transferred from UnionMaritime to Union Travel.Mike Dwyer, formerlY TravelManager at Nuku 'alofa was aP-pointed Travel Manager,Christchurch earlY in February. Hesucceeded Brian Carmichael, longtime member of the Company'sstaff who resigned recently to takeother employment. Less than twomonths later Mike was again on themove, this time to Brisbane, wherehe has been aPpointed TravelManager. Bill Mikkelsen stepped in-to the breach, for the second time,as Acting Travel Manager,Christchurch.David Southwood of UnionMaritime Services, Wellington, hasbeen appointed WellingtonManager, lnterisland Express Ser-vice. He succeeds David Tannerwho has transferred to UnionMaritime Services, WellingtonBranch.More Moves Page 30Tony PlckerlngI,trMlchael DwyerDon Ede29

TED THOMPSON RETIRES -The Union Group farewelled Mr E'G' lhompson (left),.tiiino Oeneral Secretary of the New Zealand Water-;i;'Work;.llJaeratiori, at a small function in HeadOffice on November 19.- i; ihomp\"on'\" name has been synonymous withtne -Watertr6nt lndustry and the labour movementiniouonout New Zealand for many years' But his,\"\"oE\"tiJn with Union Company dates back beforeWorld War ll.\" H\" w\"J s\"rving in \"Awatea\" at the time of her lossuu'enemv ictionitt the coast of North Africa in 1942'rtG\" in'1'Awit\"\"\" that he met BillMcGarry, later Cap-i;i\" W A McGarry, with whom he was maintained'qcon-i\"\"t ever since. A message from Captain McGarry wasread at the farewell function.'-i;JFil;J tne watertront Workers' Union after theApril 1982bur new ProPerty Manager isTonv Pickering, formerly Agencytrlinlger, Union Maritime Servicesat Head Offlce.- goO Seamer, former ProPertYtvta-naoer. has been appointed SalesM\"ni6\"r. for New Zealand, Unionsi\"u6-snip ComPanY, at Head of-fice.\"Unlon Rotorua\" sailed from Well-inot6n'on January 30, leaving behind a'nlliiir'rq t\"\"ord -for the port' ln lessiion \"isnt hours, 7701 freight tonneswere discharged.\"-i\"rrinir Superintendent, CaptainPeier Tate, commented that thel'i\"tii\"to\" *as a tribute to all those in',irr\"J iitne terminal; there had beenin\" - uito\"t co-oPeration f romevervone involved.\"';tin'ion noiorru\" was on a sPecial,ouiol io Wellington with backlog a ofi;;Fi. mainlY - cKD comPonents'*ni6n nuo been delayed by inclustnalfroblems on the Australian watefironr'soBr oFwar and subsequently became a deleg-ate, Assistanteenerat Secretiry, ahd later General Secretary, theoo\"f n6 held foi some years until his retirement'Fo*erJt, he is by no mean-s sltting back, he retains hisVii\"-Ft\"iioenoy of the Federation of Labour and hasUeLn appointed to the board of the Shipping Corpora-tion of New Zealand.Chief General Manager David Jury, in-acknowledgingr\"i;\"-'rong- iltlce -to the Waterfront lndustry'oli\"ntea fiirnwlth a framed photograph of \"Awatea\"H6;h;ti oi u,iion steam shtp companv' Manasinso\"ir\"\"toi, ,fohn Keegan, speaklng on behalf of the group;;;hbL-, gavl ilr Thompson a copv. of \"Glamour6ii6\"'iriin.ifinion steam Shtp companv\"' the recentlvpublisheO book by Jack Churchouse'Port reGordil0RE il0UES (From Pase 2e)March 1982'Jo\" getnam, formerlY Assistanttrtanioer. has been appointed Ac-iing P-ott Manager, Union MaritimeServices, APia.- A new Position of SalesReoresentative, Anchor ShiPPing'f.f\"i\"on, has been taken uP bY5t\"on\"h Fitzgerald, formerlY. atUniSn frlaritime Services, Dunedin'- AooA wishes are extended toCharlie Low, Travel Manager'WestPort, on his resignation fromthe ComPanY. ' Jonn ifva-n ir, Port Manager at,qoii. wad farewelled during them?,nin. He has the good wishes ofus all on his taking uP a new Posl-tion in the transport field Westernin Samoa.- We wetcome Robert Billing whohas ioined Head Office staff asSyst6ms DeveloPment Manager'EDP Department.

ITITIRUllnlon Travel's newest smlllnglace at Tlmaru ls Sharleen Eissett(talt), She started on March and1 iakis ln her strlde accounts workand typlng. Sharleen's fast learn'lng dboui travel sales as well.Welcome aboard.Down at the Port, \"NgaPara\"was a recent caller to load a cargoof wheat for the North lsland. CaP'tatn Btlt Ross, left, and Chlef Of'ftcer Mlchael Hallaran are wlthForemen-Stevedore Brlan Dlxon.Captain Phear was aPPointed to\"Holmdale\" on October 7, 1981 .Ftoly Dion joined the Company in theUnited Kingdom on FebruarY 8, 1966as an Acting Second Officer for thedelivery voyage of M.V. \"Ngahere\".Following arrival in New Zealand hewas appointed Third Officer of\"Tarawera\" and was promoted to Se-cond Officer of \"Athelviscount\" inSeptember 1966. Two months laterhe was promoted to Acting Chief Of-ficer of the same vessel. Since thattime, apart from brief Periods on\"Karetu\" and \"Ngahere\", RolY hasserved continuously as Chief Officeron the coastal tankers.Captain Dion was appointed Masterof \"Ngakuta\" on January 19, '1982.Congratulations and best wishes areextended to both CaPtain Phear andCaptain Dion.GOIIGRITULIIIO]IS IOTWo llEW GlPTllllsCaptain Peter Phear and CaPtainRoly Dion have received their Appoint-ments to Command. Peter Phear join-ed the company as an APPrenticedCadet in February 1959. After gaininghis Second Mates Foreign-going Cer-tificate he was promoted to Third Of-ficer in March 1964 and to Chief Of-ficer in May 1966.As Chief Officer he sailed in manYcompany vessels including\"Maheno\", \"Maori\", \"Rangatira\",\"Union Sydney\", and the Rail Ferries\"Aranui\" and \"Aramoana\".From December 1975 untilFebruary 1978 he was seconded toTidewater Marine in the Offshore OilService, initially as Chief Officer andfinally as Master of \"Northern Tide\".He later returned to our service, on\"Union Auckland\" and the coastaltankers, as Chief Officer.Overheard . . .Conversation overheard in General Traffic when asenior staff member asked an up'and-coming youngexecutive to do an exercise.- Senior Staff Member: You wil! need to pro'rata thatrate.Young Executive: What does pro-rata-mean?Senlo-r Staff Member: t don't know! Whatever dothey teach you youngsters at school these days -think, think.Young Executive: ls it Matt Rata's brother?-ilw

Some new, and a few not so new, faces on the fifth floor ofHead Office building. On this floor, and ln these photographs,we have people from Financial Accounts, Management Ac'counts and Credit Control.%rHEIII OFFIGE IGGOUIITIIIG IIIUISIOJI. . .@\"W;i Aiderson reJolned He.adt!il;{tlItrAccounts Recelvable Clerk,CourtneY.Oftlci Accounts staff ln Octoberifter returnlng from an overseas holl'day whlch lasted about two Years'miry-tou ts DatlY Rates Offlcer lnManagement Accounts DePartment'Tony Langdon tooks after Accountreconi;tltattons. He has been wlth theCompanY now about 3% Years,howivei, this is the first tlme we haveteatured a Photo of hlm'Janlce works tn the codlng and bat'chlng centre.Janlce Burns transferred tromData Processlng to Flnanclal Ac'counts at the beglnnlng of the year'-;ffia'New recrult Kerrl32

Sydney party catchesspirit of GhristmasThe annual Sydney SuperannuitantsChristmas party was held at the Flying AngelHouse, on December 2. This continues toprove a popular venue, and 31 retired staffattended, together with Captain Warren andChief Engineer Crabbe of the \"UnionRotoiti\". The vessel was in port at the time.This series of photographs catches thespirit of the party even though the shots area little hazy.Sorry we haven't been able to name thefaces.33

![il[RU, . r perhaps christchurch, Lyttetton and Dunedin should atso be lncluded ar ellwere represented at this siaff Christmas party held at the Motor lnn, Oamaru'on December 10'Oamaru Travel Manager, StuartMcDouallwlth Mrs Bob O'Brlen.lngton and flance Mlchelle Kenzler.Unlon Travel staff - Elalne Stern-berg (Tlmaru) and Bruce Falrbalrn. (Dunedln).gLyttelton staff - Bob O'Brlen, andBrlin Stevens wlth Stuart McDouall(Oamaru).Mrs Stuart McDouall (Oamaru) w'Lyttetton Foreman, George Flfe'

The Auckland staff Christmas party held at the Hotel lntercontinental onDecember 9. A total of 274 attended the cocktails and buffet meal functionand the photos show how much they enjoyed it.During the course of the evening Managing Director John Keeganpresented a Long Service Award to Captain and Mrs H Fuller.The Annual Desk Sailors' Raft Race this year was won by Union Engineer-ing. Union Maritime Services Paddlers finished third, but were beaten at thepolt when they were unable to get their raft out of the tide and on to the'beach between the flags. The fact is the drums had rusted and were half fullof water and were lusitoo heavy to lift out in the split second required.Union Engineering also won the trophy (a silver tray)for the w_omen's raceand Union Maritime Services were second. The organisers, Sea Services, dida brilliant job, obviously at some considerable expense providing entertain-ment throughout the day for the young and not so young.*q_El.,r.. 6/&{*/and Mrs R OwensKeegan.From left: Dennis Wood, EshleY BeebY, Dave Mundie.de Sllva, Moira Smith' Jimand JohnI(tlI{Captaln and Mrs H Fuller and JohnKeeganJlm Cote, Brtan McCormlck, Duncan Kent, Assle Culley'superannultants, Norm Watts, Terry o'Brlen, Peter Bennett, and lan Gray

IGreat spirit among 1x1ir)3i\"::ffnt+i,i\"#-r:Hi !ffi Ipushing former world OK dinghYbhampions like Peter Lester andRick Dodson, the future of ourmore Yachting medals for NewFinn yachtsmen li:tl::r*r,*\"ii!\"sxgi;I on uerratr or the New Zearand senerated a srcat spirit amons li3l,ll,J\"\"l\",iri:r,TtlTrg X\"!l-Flnn Assoclatlon please accept Finn yachtsmen from all parts of petitors-to attend, but wlth helpour grateful thanks for your com- the country. irom a few companles such aopani,i f inancial assistance As president of the.association yours the costg are belng mlnlmlr'iowjrOs the running cost of Union it was pleasing to me to see a.pair LO. I am also awart ol thrShipping Finn Week held at Plim- of up and coming.teenagelsl Jjll generous subeldlea your comptnymerton. Cutler and Greg Knowles I'lis.l!.|g ilves to frelghtlng bortr lor lnlrr-The contest was a great suc- consistently in the top 10..wlth iatlonal compclttton rnd oncess from all points of view and talent like this coming through and behalf of all yachtemcn would llkcIlx' to record my appreclatlon lor thls',1,$ ln the last four Ycars Newi,, z#\"nJ r,as rron-\"pprdrtmitety to if*\"T.'.:F, ;;;fi'-;h;;pril;[ap; ranjrns t*,,i from youth events to kealers and I t )tries can match a record such such as -dttthis. this. Your company ls playing an an rr.,,r,r.;:iimportant part ln helping to main- 111.,.,,1,1,1,i;,r r1,rii ;r 1l , , .. r,douot ll many oI rns rarge cuull' \"*], Itries can match a record as -Gr7 IYour comPany is PlaYing Iimportantpartlnhelpingtomain-11'\";1.1,1,i;.:li,rii,;t{'ld#ffi{X,ft;*q.1;i* #,. r,\\ rirriGr*..sr. And among those taking part at Our reporter, Peter Clarke, one of' B Plimmerton was Peter clarke' better the contestants in the national Flnn4# --,.tr.,:ir: known to us as Second Engineer, events.,:; ni:I,#-.;':';-' recently on \"KOtUku\". Peter takes Up::,. :iit, , the story. . . Zealand in the Olympics. This series isrrr* *rtx ,r+, On January 10, 30 Finn skippers actually the qualifying contest for theffi\" assembled at Plimmerton, near near Well- Los Angeles pre-Olympic pre-Olympic regatta, theassembled at Plimmerton, Well- Los Angeles regatta, th.eington, for the Union Shipping. Olympic biggesi test for our medal hopefulsFinn Week. became involved as I I own bJfore 1984.a Finn KZ 25 and am a member of the I was particularly pleased whenWellington Finn Association, the Union Shippping agreed to sponsorDavld Jury presents the lJnion Engineerlng Troph to the wlnner of thehosts. I am strictly a social sailor in the contest. This ensured its success.n;-,f,i#-'\"2liii.\"iidi-eaittiii:i iiirtnoi dlen wae one o, the that I raoe (badlv) .onlv. .on the Particular thanks should so to Davld'.riii{n\" iiiiiirii.*tiiai-igam ana wo*ed ctosely wt h ttnton shle. weekends at club level and have no' ,,g etuue tn publct.htg the.t n thtgt ghoua Nov Zat n.t. u\"pn\"-ifJi\"-- oJ --t\"p,.senting New ffun 'o Ptg' 9?)li36

ilil ETESTIIE WORTIIWhen Ann Jackson (right) is notswimming she is Personnel Ad'miniitriti-on Officer at Group lnd-usirialRelations and Personnel, Head Office.'Her duties stretch across just about alladministrative functions of the depart-ment from records to salaries to pen-sions.But it seems she sPends most of therest of her time submerged in the seaor in anY one of number of swimminga baths in the Wellington region'For the seventh successive YearAnn has been chosen for the NewZealand women's water polo team andthis time she has been appointed cap-tain.The team toured Australia late inMarch. Ann is one of four UPPer Huttgiiis in the team and she says the Well-ington area generally is strong-.inwomen's water Polo this Year' lnetour of New South Wales is a lead uPto the World Cup which is to be held inCanada ln '1983.ln FebruarY, Ann showed she hasstrength and endurance for swimmingpursuits other than water polo. Shewas first home ln a fleld of 19 startersin the annual KaPltl lsland to themainland swlm.This vear the event attracted Par-ticipant6 -irom Manawatu and Well-iniion clubs as well as localFr\"rroaraumu and Raumati swimmers'fne winning time of t hour 45 minutesg9.Z teco-nds comPared more thanfavourably with other years' Tide con-ditions forced swimmers up towarosWuiX\"nu\" as they fought the rip' Tenminutes seParated Ann from the se-cond place-getter who had won theevent ln 198b. Ten of the original 1Oswimmers finished the race.With the end of summer Ann has notbeen rqsting. Following her successesat the 'national surf lifesaving cham-olonships at Dunedin early in Marchifre wab selected as a member of theNew Zealand women's lifesaving teamto tour Britain in August. lt doesn'tseem she wlll have much time for herwinter sport of hockeY, this YearlThe final results were BruceDeegan first, Rick Dodson second,and Leith Armit third. Both Bruce andRick were selected to go to the Pre-Olvmpic reqatta in Los Angeles latertnis Vear. I managed to come 26thoverall.I had been having awful dreams ofcoming last. Fortunately there werethree 6thers who were as good or badus me and we had exciting racing atour end of the field.lncidentally, the difference betweenthe first and-last was never more than18 minutes over 12 a mile course'Peter Lester raised a few eYebrowsbv announcing that he couldn't stayi6r the prizegiving that afternoon as hewas gettingharried at 2.30pm' Thathis fJture wife watched the morningrace as well confirms that yachties arecertainly more than slightlY mad'Glen -Garlick of Wellington won theUnion Engineering Handicap prize'This was the first time a handicaporize had been awarded, and as therenow exists Union Engineering a trophyit will become a regular feature.Union Shipping'ssponsorship of theevent made it possible for the Well-ington Finn Association to run a con-te-st that was a great success and en-ioved bv all associated with it'' 'l wouid like to thank the Union Ship-oino Group on behalf of the Wellingtonhni Rssdciation for that assistanceand I would also like to reiterate myinanXs to David Jury for presenting theorizes. lt was a particular pleasure foryachtsmen to receive their prizes froma yachtsman.- Peter ClarkePlain sailingFrom Page 36Jury for giving up his valuable sailingtime to present the Prizes.The invitation race to be sailed onthe SundaY was cancelled due togO-gS fn6t northerlies' However'iome of the braver, or rather morecomoetent competitors ventured outbefore the cancellation.- Td Wettington locals were treatedto an amazlnd and impressive displayof yachting from Bruce Deegan anoLeiin Armit-. Bruce came tearing downor\"i tn\" club on a broad reach'6ou\"r\"O in spray and looking for all theivorld ; if bni6Ying it, gYbed o.1 tfebottom marX 'ariO sailed casually in'Most demoralising.\" fn\" tit\"t race t-he next day was sail-ed in a 15 knot northerly, perfect c!n-ditions. Rick Dodson won with uuyMinnering second, Freerk KemPkersi'dirJ;-;n; Bruce Deesan.lgu{n' Imand,geO 27th. However, did win I onhandicaP.-iice'two to be sailed that after-noon, *\"s PostPoned due to lack ofwinO.' tnis was most unfortunate asiiielocuts had used their knowledge togei sii boats within the top 10, myselfincluded.H;a three to seven continuedfrom Tuesday morning through untilthe final day, Saturday. Weather con-ditions varied from 30 knot guststwnen the local hardware and YachtInunOf\"t\" did a roaring trade) to themuch imProved 12'15 knot nor'thwester on the last daY'

I\"F-lilaureendoesn't play Gricket for kicksA cricket career that blossomedfrom playing in the streets with localbovs io ihe international arena is notgoing to end quicklY or quietlY if[rlauieen Peters has her waY - andhusband Henry, Central Region SalesManager, Weliington shares that view'National womens' cricket tour-namLnts hold few surPrises forMaure\"n these daYs. Mother of two'Murr\"\"n takes each season as itcomes.\"Whether I PlaY dePends on howoood mv mother-in-law and husbandire.Heniy is keen that I keep playingand the -children go to their nana'seach SaturdaY,\" said Maureen.Since making her Wellington debutas 16-year-old, Maureen has a missedonly two national tournaments - bothwn6ri she was giving birth to herchildren.\"lt seems long time ago a now\" shesaid. \"l onlY started PlaYing forEastern in the senior oompetition as a13-vear-old after first joining the clubwh6n I was nine. That's 25 Years ofclub cricket.\"Once established as a seniorcrliXeter she regularly opened theUrttino for her club and Wellington'lnesiaays she bats a little lower forWettinqton, but is bowling with thesame -almost total control' She wasone of six Wellingtonians for the 1982Hun\"\"tt\" Vita-Fresh World Cup squad- because of her abilitY to bowl theball on the Proverbial sixPence'Maureen first comPeted for NewZeiland in the 1973 World CuP inEnotanO and then returned to PlaYGsis against lndia in Dunedin in 1977and aglainst Australia at the Basinn\"s\"rvi in 1975. While in England in1973 she was named in a World 1 1 toollv World CuP champions, England'' '''l can't muck around when l'm play-ing games\" she said. \"Whenever Ihave taken something uP, whether itbe squash, tennis or basketball, I havetaken it seriouslY - I don't PlaY forkicks. \"She was also a Hutt ValleYrepresentatlve basketball player from1960-1973 and now plays inter-clubtennis after featuring as a WellingtonC-grade squash player for a number ofseasons.And her message - \"lt took meouite a few Years to get where Iwanted to and practice and dedicationwere really necessary. Today the 1a-iority of youngsters do not put in thehouis ot- practice.\" This disappointsMaureen.';i;';::;Tff;]tr\"1on asatnst Austraua tn the wortd cup sertes, at Ranstora on'Februarv 7, 1e82'u

Bright prospects for timher tradeBy MR D. O. WALKER, MANActNc DnEcroR oF NEW ZEALAND FOBEST PRODUCTS WRlrlNGThe Australian market fol NewZealand radiata pine is expected tofurther improve. One of the market'smajor suppliers, NZ Forest ProductsUmitea had budgeted to sell 35'000cubic metres of radiata in Australia inthe 12 months to March 1982, an an-ticipated increase of 9000 cubicmetres. On todaY's Prices, sales of35,000 cubic metres rePresent morethan $12.5 million, an increase ofmore than $5.25 million over theprevlous year.Mr Walker said the Australian timbermarket maintained a good level of de-mand ln 1980-1981 and greater con-r:ontratlon of effort is to be directedtownrds salos of timber in Australia intlro near future.\"Auatralla has been a good marketlor tho longor lbre f New Zealand woodurrd wlll contlnue to be so,\" he said.Australla lmports 20 to 25 Percentof all lts tlmber. Slnce most of its in-digenous tlmber ls hardwood, the bulkof the country's lmPorts are soft-woods from New Zealand, SoutheastAsia, and North Amerlca. Although,from a New Zealand point of view, themarket is somewhat static at the mo-ment - resulting from an over-supplvof timber from North America - NZFPis confident it can improve its marketshare considerably in the very nearfuture. At present the company sellsabout nine percent of its total produc-tion to Australia. The long-term aim isto increase this to 20 Percent.Australia also grows radiata Pine,and increasing supplies of homegrowntimber are coming onto the market'The country is also continuing to plantlarge areas. ln qualitY, there is nosignif icant dif f erence betweenAustralian and New Zealand radiata.Some people in the Australian tradepredict that by the Year 2000,Australia will be exporting radiata.However, this is unlikely to affect NewZealand to any great degree becausethere will always be a requirement forspecial grades and sizes.Overall demand for radiata inAustralia is increasing. During the lastthree to four years especially therehas been a big swing bY the buildingindustry towards radiata. This hasbeen accentuated somewhat by the in-troduction of a light framing buildingcode whereby the lending authoritiesagreed that because of the increasing(Turn to Page 40)IN THEIR HOUSE JOTIRNAL, 'FOREST PRODUCTS NEWS\"14.ff#tri.1%Wdtf4wri3fl':,:;W w..r|: r'1 1:'t'i't:t; 4'tla!'' t' : \": )t 'New Zealand radiata pine goes lnto the framing of a sydney suburbanhouse.

t'TForest Products optimisticahout timber tradeFrom Page 39price of timber and the possible shor-tage of all types of timber in the longterm, conservation measures shouldbe introduced. Although this hasreduced the timber content of housesby about 25 percent, it has allowed forthe use of readily available grades andsizes of radiata. Along with this,Australia's construction industry isbouyant.During the last four to five Years,uses of radiata have expanded. Pinefurniture has become enormouslYpopular in Sydney, Brisbane andMelbourne. This is a market that NewZealand can contribute to significant-ly, because this country is able to sup-ply the high quality wide board sizesthat are essential for the manufactureof furniture.Radiata is also being used exten-sively in interior decorating and forshop fittings. Again, wider and thickersections are required, and NewZealand is able to meet these needs.Currently about 2O percent of NZFP\"-exports to Australia are used for pur-poses other than construction, in-cluding furniture and shop fittings.The bulk of the timber sold inAustralia is from Kinleith, Whakatane,and NZFP subsidiary Hutt Timber &Hardware Company, Tokoroa. About4O percent of the exported timber iskiln-dried and processed by anotherNZFP subsidiary PTY lndustries,Putaruru. All timber is exportedthrough the Port of Tauranga toSydney for distribution in New SouthWales and Brisbane; and toMelbourne, Victoria.ln addition to selling sawn timber,NZ Forest Products is helping its sub-sidiary The Taupo Totara Timber Com-pany with its current promotion ofremanufactured lines such as woodenstaves and culverts. These are to beexported in kitset form.ln summing up, Mr Walker said\"There is every reason for optimismabout the future of Forest Products'Australian operation. Australia is grow-ing and expanding and our marketshare is expected to grow and expandwith it.\"[ ]rllSTER'SIIIUIGESo you'd like to go to sea sonand have a bit of fun son.So you'd like to go a rovingand drlnk a drop of rum son.And do you think it would be funsonwhen she's rolling out Your triPesonand the mate ls uP there calling,look allve, and get on deck son.Cold nlghte on the fo'csleheadsonwhen you'd rather be ln bed son.But you can't go and walk awaY80nbecause there You've got to staY80n,for last trlp at the shipping officeyou slgned on as the bo'sun.And by chance you should meet aglrl sonln a port like Montreal sonand you'd like to settle downand live ashorebut you can't do it l'm afraid sonfor you haven't got trade a sonand the Labour Office have thosemen by the score.So you go home to mum sonand never mind the fun sonyou'll forget about the rovingand, er, keeP awaY from the rumson' - charles smithForeman Stevedore,Mount Maunganui

Grand oldlussie ladyretires in llZAuckland's highly poPularMuseum of TransPort andTechnology, (MOTAT) tookpossession of one of its Prizenew acquisitions from Australiain March . . . a genuineMelbourne street tram.The grand old lady whichwas retired from Melbourneservice last year, was donatedto Motat by the Victorian StateDepartment of Tourism.The long awaited exhibitmade a grand entry to NewZealand, arriving on UnionRotorua in Auckland.Trailer mounted, the 16tonne tram was easily hitchedto an awaiting motorised unitiurrl paraded off the roll-on -roll of f vessel in front oflclcvrsion and daily newsIrrtr r li; plrolot;raphers.

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