USSCO Under Way December 79

HOUSE JOURNAL OF unrcncomPilill DECEMBER 1979

l|rd0r PLASTIGS UAU MRD WINNER DECEMBER 1979 Wrightcel New Zealand Limited has been awarded the Union Steam Ship Company q Plastics lnstitute Export Award for 1979. This ,l Produced and edited t annual award, which is sponsored by the I by the Company, recognizes noteworthy success by Personnel DePartment, a new exporter in the plastics field. Union Steam ShiP ComPanY of N.Z. Wrightcel, a Feilding comPanY, has Ltd ., achieved considerable success rn the export Wellington of plastic wine packs and press tags and also nylon polyethylene laminate. ln making the award at a function in Union Company's Head Office building on October 1 1, the Minister of Trade and lndustry, Hon. Mr L. R. Adams-Schneider, said that Wrightcel's ex- port growth from $94,000 in 1976-77 to $688,000 in 1978-79 was, \"quite remark- COVER PICTURES able\". Front: Captain's cabin, 1880's. See Pictured is the General Manager of \"Recollections\", Page 3l Wrightcel, Mr Les Evans (left), receiving the Award, a Guy Ngan sculPture, f rom Mr Back: fast cargo. A new exPort trade Adams-Schneider. ln the background is Mr rolls aboard \"Union Rotoiti\" at Mount Murray Calvert, President of the Plastics ln- Maunganui. StorY on page 2. stitute, and Mr John Keegan (PartlY obscured).

FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR Six rrronths ago, I sent a message to Under Way expressing some pride, humility. warmth and confidence to be rolrrrning to Union Company. Having now been with you for nearly four months, during which time I have renewed many lrrorrdships and made many new ones throughout the Company, these four words have assumed an even greater rneaning tO me. The appointment of a Chief Executive in Wellington marks an important phase in our development and a note of confidence by Directors in my colleagues in management which has only been possible through the support they have received f rom each and everyone of you. I fully share this conf idence. Several top Management appointments have been announced and some changes in our corporate structure have recently been forecast. David Jury, Chief General Manager, and David Graham, General Manager of the Stevedoring and Agency Division, both have the considerable knowledge and depth of experience, coupled with enthusiasm, to guide our ship operating and shore servicing divisions towards greater efficiency and improved profitability. The Travel Division under Ken Keech's leadership is also making great strides and the Workshops are being ably guided by their respective managers under Don Shelton's co-ordination. lam often asked where the Company is going. Certainly we appear to have cut back on some services, the fleet is smaller than it was several years ago and we have fewer staff . However, it is also important to recognise that, in our fleet of owned, chartered and managed ships, we carry more freight than we ever have and that fleet has a capacity for even greater productivity. We are seeing signs of a more enlightened approach to trans-Tasman trading and I believe we can expect considerable progress in this area. We have made very significant growth in our Stevedoring and Agency operations and the Travel Division has expanded and substantially increased its revenue. Overall, our financial results are improving and we are in a much better position to consider opportunities for diversification and expansion into new trades. Growth and expansion will lead to greater opportunities for all. But progress will call for support from everyone in controlling costs and, most important of all, the provision of a first-class service to our customers. They depend upon us for fast, efficient and reliable services, while we are even more dependent on them for our very existence. lnevitably, as the years go by and the Company progresses, those who have given so much to it move on. lt is with a touch of sadness that we reflect that this will be Brian Cole's last Christmas in active service. He has devoted 44 years of his life to the Company and, in these last few months, as Executive Director, he is continuing to be of immense support to me with his wisdom and counsel. Brian will retire in April next with heartfelt good wishes from us all. The coming Christmas and holiday season will find many of you enjoying well earned vacations. while others will be maintaining our services both on shore and at sea. To you all, particularly those who are separated at this time from their families, I extend sincere greetings for Christmas and health and happiness in the Ne.ar Year. A^^ up-

-\" SEABORNL SIXYOUNG MEN SAY IITHANK YOUII FI RE The University of the South Pacific School of Agriculture was founded in i965 and was initially known as the South Pacif ic Regional College of Tropical Agriculture. ln January, 1979, it ENGINES became an intergrated part of the University of the South Pacific, based at Laucala Campus, Fiii. The School of Agriculture in Western Samoa consists of 77 acres of land which houses the A consignment of f ire engines was shipped University and haslhirty additional acres adioining. lt is situated about three and a half miles recently from Mount Maunganui to from Apia. New Zealand's Freedom from Hunger Campaign provided for the construction of Melbourne in \"Union Rotoiti\" (see back cover three lecture rooms, two teaching laboratories, an administration building, two hostels, a picture). Destined for the South Australian dining room-kitchen block, five staff homes plus the library and other teaching facilities. The Fire Board, Adelaide, they were driven over- Samoan Government also contributed with the construction of workshops, a piggery and land for the last stretch of their journey. poultry home, animal and plant propagation houses and a veterinary clinic. The shtpment marked the beginning of a Courses offered at the school range from Diploma to Degree level. For the diploma course, potentially big export trade by Mills Tui each student is required to spend six months on practical work over a period of three years as Trarlers Ltd of Rotorua. The cabs and chassis well as undertaking and passing the prescribed subiects as set out in the University Calendar. were first imported from Australia and built The bachelor degree course takes three and half years to complete and spans over seven up by Mills Tui into machines of extremely semesters, of which the first two are taught at Laucala Campus, Fiji' sophrsticiated design. Their Rotorua factory is currently assembling another order, this time of snorkel-type machrnes. For the diploma student, fees for the whole academic year are roughly WS$509. This is quite a substantial increase from the 1978 figure of $140. However, with the help of some local The whole operation once agarn demonstr- scholarship donors such as Union Steam Ship Company, a fair number of students leaving ates how fast and efficient shipping services secondary schools are able to continue their studies to a higher level' aid New Zealand expertise in developing New Zealand's overseas trade. The total school roll is 114, with many overseas students from the Cook lslands, American Samoa, Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Tuvalu and the Gilbert lslands, but the maiority are local students' All \"foreign\" students are on scholarships paid for by their respective governments and there are ,,K/ARITANE,, .oln\" *ho are under the New Zealand Aid Scheme. As the majority of students are of local LED origin, Western Samoa hopes that a fair number of sponsors can be secured in the future so that a few more of these students, expecially those who cannot afford the fees charged by the THE WAY University, are able to continue with their studies' RECORD CARGOES ln the March issue of U nder WaY we Early in September, Union Rotorua\", on \" Recently, the six Western Samoan students being assisted by the Company went to a \" reported that Ngakuta\" had recently photographic studio and had a group picture taken. They enclosed a print with a letter which become the first Company vessel to call at voyage 55, lifted a record cargo of 17,37 1 freight tons from New Zealand to Australia. Ballast Head, Kangaroo lsland, South said: This load consisted of 458 seaf reighters, 81 Australia. Captain H. M. Dillner has proved us We, the recipients of the lJnion Steam Ship Company scholarships are all very grateful for the containers, 21 refrigerated containers, 473 wrong by 16 Years! ln command of unit loads and 16 vehicles. \" Karitane\", he called at Ballast Head in opportunities made possible to us by this generous aid. ln particular, we wish to extend our November, 1963, where the ship loaded gyp- si,incere thanks and appreciation to the Manager, Mr John Byan, and the Company for their But, lust one month later, this record was sum for Westport. Captain Dillner believes financial support as well as taking an interest in our academic progress' to fall when \"Union Rotorua\" sailed from Mt' \"Karitane\" was one of the very first vessels la Manuia. Soifua, Maunganui with 17,639 freight tons the - to load at Ballast Head and recalls that the Sami Lemalu, Levesi Tupe, Lanisi Faimoa, Falefa Savea, Leatofi Malama, Fiapaitofi Manuafu largest general cargo ever shipped from New loading facilities were still under construction That gesture made the help which Union Company had given gladly all very worth while' Zealand to Australia. at the time.

NEW SOUTH EAST ASIA SEBVICE UNION FIJI i1 x\\ * ^ T '.\"i:,'\"oli.'Hr:;'':: ffi N r,,r,l.'1\":,J^'3:Ifl ST R I KE S ( November I when \"Tahiti Maru\" loaded at ', 6 Auckland. Owned by the Daiwa Line of GOLD #,?yynq Japan, \"Tahiti Maru\" was the first ship of a two monthly service for which Union Com- l|.[.[.il6 pany is managing agent throughout New Union Fiji came away with a glitter at the Zea la nd. recent South Pacific Games in Suva when members of the staff Frank Bower and The new service is significant because of Louisa Nansen, Suva, and Claude Campbell, the established port of call pattern it offers Lautoka returned wrth three gold medals. New Zealand exporters. lt enables direct - * i shipments to a number of ports which, in the Jr A * Ji past, have required trans-shipment. ln the Louisa who was featured in our September ,,i. l q? issue, was a member of the victorious Fiji i past there has also been a shortage of con- j Louisa Nansen and Frank Bower, Suva. tainer space available to those ports. Netball team, while Frank and Claude teamed $ up rn the Fiji Men's Hockey team for their gold medals. \"This new service is a good omen for New Claude Campbell, Lautoka For Claude Campbell, the Sixth South Zealand trade, and quite a big venture from Pacific Games will be a treasured memory. our point of view,\" said Marketing Manager Frank and Louisa have put together nearly Claudy, who is a member of the Company's Paul Romanos. Freezer and dry cargoes will twenty years of service with the Company, ing the national netball scene since leaving Freight and Agency Staff at Lautoka, was the be handled by two vessels in what is antici- during which time they have each risen to the school. Like Frank, Louisa capped her sport- baby of the Fiii Hockey team and is a young pinnacle of their respective sporting careers. pated will ultimately become a three ship ser- ing ambitions during the recent Games with a man who has a reputation to live up to: his vice. \"Tahiti Maru\" sailed from Auckland on gold medal in the sport to which she has father is considered to be one of the greatest For Frank, 1979 surely must have been the November 12 with 1 ,200 freight tons for Vila, \"icing devoted so much time. hockey players Fiji has produced. He indeed Santo, Honiara, Kieta, Guam, Keelung, Kaoh- on the cake\" as far as his sporting life lived up to that reputation during the Games siung and Hong Kong. is concerned. For those few who remember, and showed he has a long and promisrng Frank, as an 18-year old f resh out of high career ahead of him. school, was a member of the Fiji Athletics team which participated in the First South Frank's, Louisa's and Claudy's three gold Pacific Games in 1963. He won a Bronze medals will be hard to emulate, particularly On Saturday, December 15, the Medal then and had to wart somewhat Member of Parliament for patrently for 16 years before he struck the when one keeps in mind that their respective teams had untarnished records throughout Wellington Central, Mr K. M. Com- goal this trme in hockey with a Gold! the Ga mes. ber, officially opened New Zea- - land's first indoor tennis centre. During these 16 years, Frank has been a Other guests included the Mayor of member of the Suva Men's Hockey team Wellington, Mr Michael Fowler, and which has retained the prestigious Hedstrom TONGA AISO SHARES the Member for Miramar, Hon. W. Shield for a record 10 years in succession. He L. Young. Located in a building con- was also Captain of the Fiji Hockey team THE HONOURS structed by the Company at Greta which toured New Zealand in 1974. Point, the sight of the old Lui'Aho, from our Nuku'alofa Office, was Wellington Marine Repair Works, selected to represent Tonga in their National Louisa Nansen needs no introduction to the centre is leased to and operated these pages. As descnbed in the last issue, Soccer Team at the South Pacific Games. by Wellington businessman Mr she has achieved all she possibly can as far as Although Tonga did not achieve the same Jake Gotlieb. Fiji netball is concerned, playing for Fiji in the success as Fiji, congratulations are also due World Cup in Auckland and always dominat- Lui'Aho, Nuku'alofa to Lui on his selection.

Mr N. Goodchild to Sales Manager, Executive Printing (1977) Ltd, Auckland. Mr D. A. Graham to General Manager, Stevedoring and Agency Division; formerly Manager, Branches. Mr D. C. Jury to Chief General Manager; formerly Deputy General Manager' Mr H. M. N. Henry to Tours Manager, Union-Citco Travel, Rarotonga' Mr l. J. Last to Travel Consultant, Sydney; formerly at Wellington' Mr G. N. Livick to Accountant, Anchor-Dorman Ltd', Nelson' ..f!| :li:!:i :: :.. :'..r:i:t: WM f .,r\\ MANAGEMENT Mr R. J. Durant Mr K. W. Brennan Miss C. H. M. Bohonis \" APPOINTMENTS SEPTEMBER, 1979 AT THE TOP Mr P. D. Beswick to Travel consultant, oamaru; formerly at christchurch. Mr R. J. Durant to Regional Travel Manager, Australia (Melbourne); formerly Travel Manager, Melbourne. t Mr G. A. Edwards to Foreman-stevedore, Napier; formerly at Lyttelton' t t Brian Cole, General Manager since January, 1972, has assumed the title , a Mr J. N. Keegan to Managing Director and Chief Executive' of Executive Director. Until his retirement in April, 1980, Mr Cole will continue to act as Deputy to the Managing Director in all aspects of group Mr N. R. McDermott to Travel Manager, lnvercargill' management. Mrs K. E. Vermeer to Officer-in-Charge, Union Travel, Balclutha' Mr D. C. Jury a DavidJuryhasbeenappointedChiefGeneralManager,withdirect responsibility for the overall management of the Company's ship ocroBER , 1979 Mr K. W. Brennan to Head Office Accountant; formerly Central Region Accountant, operations' Wellington. o Mr G. C. L. Dixon to Travel Manager, Auckland Commercial' David Graham has been appointed General Manager, Stevedoring and Mr W. E. T. A. Framhein to Travel consultant, wellington; formerly at Porirua. Agency Division. He will be responsible for the continuing development of Mr C. J. Gibbons to Development Accountant, Head Office; formerly Financial Accountant' our total ship servicing and agency operations, also terminals and Head Office. stevedoring. o ln announcing these appointments, Managing Director and Chief NOVEMBER, 1979 Executive John Keegan stressed the very considerable knowledge and Miss C. H. M. Bohonis to Computer Operations Manager, Head Office; formerly Assistant to experience these executives will bring to their positions. He congratulated Data Processing Manager. both David Jury and David Graham on behalf of all the staff and wished Mr D. A. Grahartr Mr B. S. Cole to Executive Director; formerly General Manager' them success in the challenges ahead.

MEBVYN HUNT WINS TRANSPORT AT'IARD Mr lvan Thomas, Resident Director in New Zealand for the Thomas Nationwide Transport Group and f ormer General Man- ager of New Zealand Railways, recently named the winners of two Travel Awards for WHO'S New Zealand transport students sponsored by TNT. This is the third year in which these WHO Awards have been made. Mervyn Hunt, Union Company's New Plymouth Manager, and Philip Rawles of New Zealand Railways, Auckland, will leave New Zealand in mid-February, 1980, for a six- week tour of Australia to study transport techniques in that country. Mr Rawles is now Senior Training Officer in the Railways at Mr K. G. KEECH Auckland after some 14 years in which he had wide traf f ic operating experience. He is a General Manager, Member of the Chartered lnstitute of Transport and an Associate of the N.Z. ln- Union Travel stitute of Management. Mervyn Hunt has been with Union Com- pany for the past twenty-two years. He is a Ken Keech joined the Company on September 2, 1974, as the Manager of Union Mem ber of the Chartered lnstitute of Travel, Head Office. A Melbournian by birth, Ken began hrs commercial career when he Transport and of the N.Z. lnstitute of Travel. provide air fares as well as accommodation, joined the General Television Corporation there in 1960 as a mail boy.Four years later, living and travel expenses during the period he joined Air New Zealand in Melbourne and subsequently nroved to Sydney where he The TNT Group will arrange an itinerary of the students'stay in Australia. The suc- was their Australian Markettng Manager. ln 1972, Ken returned to Melbourne to join with the necessary contacts in road, rail, sea cessful applicants will subsequently prepare American Express as their South Regional Manager. lt was from that last named or air transport as may be suitable to further papers for presentation at a Section Meeting position that he joined Union Travel. the knowledge of the winners. The Group will of the Chartered lnstitute of Transport. The year 1968 saw Ken complete his studies at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated B.Com. with honours in Marketing. LINK SEVERED As well as his Union Travel responsibilities, Ken is also a Director of the Travel Agents'Association of New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand Institute of A link with the past was severed with the recent death in London, in her 91st year, of the Travel, the Australian lnstitute of Travel and SKAL. He is a Drrector of Union Citco widow of the late Brigadier N. S. Falla, a former Managing Director of the Company. Brigadier Travel, Rarotonga, a Director of Pacific and World Travel, London, and Managing Falla contributed an outstanding career of 47 years to the Company. He began as an office Director of Executive Printing (1977) Ltd., Onehunga. junior at Westport in ,l898 and, after holding many key positions, was appointed Managing Direcror in 1 934, then Chairman in 1936. He also had a distinguished war record in two wars - Because, rn the course of his ruork Ken has to spend so much time away from his wife as an Artillery Officer in World War I and as a Brigadier commanding the Base of the Second and two sons, he lists his main interest as \"pottering around home\". However, he does New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Maadi in Egypt in World War ll. He and Mrs Falla were have a keen interest in music and swimming. returning to New Zealand from a business trip when he died suddenly at sea on November 6, 1 945.

later, the vessel was wrecked leaving Westport at a spot within easy walking dis- tance of the Avery home. Most convenient. Bernie joined the \"Fairburn's\" replacement vessel, \"Te Aroha\" , for a short time, leaving Mr L. H. Loadman, Clerk, Auckland Branch, her to join his first Union Company's vessel, on July 31, 1979, after 5 years' service. \"Kartigi\", as an Ordinary Seaman. Promotion to Able Seamen came while serving in the Mrs G. M. M. Murray, Telephonist, Head \"Kaikorai\" and Bernie spent several pre-war Off ice, on September 24, 1 979, after 1 5 years as an A.B. in the Company's \"speedy\" years' service. trans-Tasman passenger vessel \"Awatea\". Mr H. R. Bruce, Supervisor, Head Office Ac- Service as a deck officer with Union Com- counts Department, on October 5, 1979, after pany commenced for Bernre when in Febru- 43 years' service. ary, 1941, he joined \"Kaimai\" as Third Mate. His apporntment to Master was made in July, Captain B. E. Avery, Sea Staff, on October 1 957, when he took command of \" Karu\" ' became a popular and well known local per- 7 , 1979, after 37 years' service. Prior to his retirement, he was Master of sona lity. \"Ngatoro\". ln all, Bernie Avery served in more Mr J. Barnhoorn, Carpenter, Seacargo Ter- than forty of the Company's ships in a seago- Len has not yet made plans for the future minal, Wellington, on October 23, 1979, after ing career which spanned 45 years. After but, as he is a keen golfer and yachtsman (a 19 years' service. such a long association with the sea, Bernie is sport which his wif e, Lois, also enjoys on looking forward to participating to the full in Heads, Lyttelton. But the connection with their own yacht \"Lagmohr\"), he reckons he'll Mr E. A. Phillips, Senior Clerk, Stevedoring his favourite pastime of bowls. find it no trouble at all to fill in the summer Department, Wellington, on November 30, shipping was alreadY strong. months, after which he will be looking for 1979, after 25 years' service. All the friends and associates who have ln 1919, the AverY familY moved to part time emPloYment. tt come to know him over the years will be t \"Seaway Westport and it was there that Bernie Av- i Mr D . K. Scott . Chief Engineer wishing both Bernie and Mrs Avery many Len and Lois have our best wishes for t Princess\", on November 30, 1979, after 37 ery's interest in the sea was aroused. From happy years of retirement. many happy years ahead. years' service. his earliest days, the young Avery watched the various vessels trading into Westport' a Later, his trips lnto the town were by the o Mr L. A. Owen, Foreman Stevedore, most convenient form of transport by Wellington, on Decemb er 21 , 1979, after 25 The sandhills and dunes of Lyall Bay have years' service. rowing dinghy. ln fact, he spent most of his gone, replaced by a seawall, a roadway and spare time on the Buller River and at the Sig- Len Gilmour, Secretary, Anchor Dorman nal Station with his father. Limited, began his retirement on August 31, an airport yet, on the eve of his retirement, Henry Bruce could still recollect with affec- ANCHOR-DORMAN LTD 1 979. tion his early days in his birthplace suburb of These early nautical beginnings, coupled Mr L. B. Gilmour, Secretary, Anchor-Dor- with at least a measure of his father's seafar- Len was born in Dunedin where he com- Wellington seaside Lyall Bay. Dramatic man Ltd, Nelson, on August 30, 1979, after ing blood in his veins, led to an early decision menced work in 1939 as a cadet with the though the geographical changes may have 18 years' service. to take to the sea. Out of a f amily of four Dunedin City Council. Later, during the war, been, Henry, himself has remained remarkably boys and a girl, Bernie was the only one who he saw service with the R. N. Z.A.F . in the unchanged over the years and the quiet but followed a seafaring career. Pacific lslands. After the war, he worked for determined approach he applied to his career o J.S.Mclness and Sons, Public Accountants, in in the CompanY will be missed. ln the early 1930s, jobs wer'e diff icult to Dunedin. It was from a Lyall Bay home to an Evans The loss with all hands of the Kaiapoi Ship- come by. The Seamen's Union was a closed Bay job that Henry moved in October, 1936, \" ping and Trading Company's Kairaki\" off shop which increased the difficulties of going Len moved to Nelson in 1954 as Secretary when he took up his pen as a Junior in the Point Elizabeth on September 25, 1914, for- to sea. However, in March, 1934, the oppor- of Buxtons Ltd, a position he held until March Evans Bay Stores off ice of the Company's tunately had little effect on Captain B. E. Av- tunity finally presented itself and Bernie 16, 1961 , when he was appointed Company Stores and Repairs DepartrTent. There he re- ery's life because his father had the good for- joined five other hardy seafarers as Cook and Secretary of Anchor Shipping and Foundry mained until called for military service in July, Co. Ltd. During his 18112 years' service with tune to leave the vessel on its previous trip to Boy in the Karamea Shipping Company's 1942. From then until December, 1945, he \" take up a position as signalman at Adderly auxiliary schooner Fairburn\". Two years Anchor Company he made many friends and 1

all classes of vessels, particularly at the Seacargo Express Terminal. o ..MARAMA\" Mr T. M. Shaw, Timekeeper, Stevedoring Division, Auckland. Mr Shaw commenced Congratulations and good wishes and the duties on September 13, 1gS4, at Auckland apprecration of Directors and Manag_ement and has since clocked up a quarter century on HAS A for loyal service are extended to the following the Auckland Waterfront scene. members of the staff who recently com- BIRTHDAY pleted 25 years' continuous service. o PARTY Mr A. H. Wares, Chief carqo Taly Crerk, Mr G. Roe, Foreman Stevedore, Stevedoring Dvision' wellington' Gerry began as a Per- stevedoring Division, r-vt,Jrio\"nl nr..i w.r\". joined the starr at Lytrerto;;;Ju\"\"le, idsa, lT\"it -ci!:-.T11 years malntalnlng our gear :iy-'-:Il\"i ]'.-'ll1: -\"r*, On March 6, 1969, Lady Blundell, wrfe of and, during the last quarter \"\"n,rry, has been and spent many Steamer Express Terminal in tip top Sir Denis Blundell, then New Zealand's High closely associated with ,,\"\"iiJj,i, :l-tn\" spent most of his time serving rn the New Commissioner to the United Kingdom, companv ship which n\". \"jr\"j'\"iiriu,0o,,1 3?,1[li3l;,li^J:; iJ;il\".:T,':,ftfiil:l Zealand Forces in ltaly, eventually rejolning launched Marama\" at the Caledon yards, \" the Company in Wellington Branch Accounts. Dundee, Scotland. Just over ten years later, . ,he Seacargo Terminal. in August last, \"Marama's\" sponsor revisited a Then f ollowed stints in the Passenger her ship, when Captain A. P. Sulikosky and Mr Mr O. B. Simmons, Foreman Stevedore, Booking, Out Freights and ln Freights Depart- and Mrs B. S. Cole hosted a luncheon party Stevedoring Division, Wellington. Well Captain J. Robbie, Sea Staff. Jim Robbie's ment of Wellington Branch. During the 1951 on board for Sir Denis and Lady Blundell. Also known on the Wellington waterfront as service dates back to November 26, 1954, waterf ront strike, Henry essayed a sea career present were Mr and Mrs R. E. Harris-Daw Barney, he joined the Company on August 2, when he was engaged in the United by serving in the Wellington-Picton ferry, ss and Mr S. J. Gough, Chief Engineer of 1954, and, for many years, was a familiar Kingdom. The \"Kaitoke\" was his firstship as \"Tamahine\", as a Steward. He has been try- \"Marama\". Our photograph below shows Sir sight to those involved with the West Coast 3rd Officer. He was appointed Master of ing to forget the experience ever since. Denis and Lady Blundell chatting with Captain coal trade. He stevedored many colfiers but, \"Kanna\" in 1965 and, since then, has com- Sulikosky. in more recent years, has been involved with manded numerous vessels mainly in the ln October, 1962, Henry was promoted to Trans-Tasman trade. Senior Clerk, Head Office Accounts, and, through the years since then, has been asso- O ciated with the Ships' Wages Section, Com- pany Assets. At the time of his retlrement on Mr R. G. Offwood, Assistant General Traffic October 5, he was Coding and Batching Manager, Head Office. On December 13, Supervisor. 1954, Dick checked in as an Office Junior at Dunedin. He subsequently served on the Sea Henry's main aim is to enjoy a quiet retire- Staff as a Purser and was later appointed ment with his wife at therr home in Branch Manager at Rarotonga and later at Maungaraki. The anticipation of a holtday in Apia, then Assistant Manager, Wellington. He Canada to visit a marned daughter will no took up his present position in December, doubt provide fuel for enjoyment, as will the 1 975. time now avarlable to enjoy more of the a society of his other married daughter and his so n. Mr J. McNally, Assistant Travel Manager, Christchurch. John is a West Coaster, having After 43 years of service, friends joined at Westport on December 13, 1954. tlrroughout the Company will miss Henry but He later moved to Christchurch and held a wish hrm and Maureen the most enjoyable of number of positions in various departments retirements and trust that good health con- bef ore moving to the Airways Department tinues to accompany them both in all the which was subsequently incorporated in the yea rs a head. Travel Division.

\" aircraft and was credited with two prob- this dinner was the first formal recognition of come alongside so that the passengers could disembark to save the trip up to Picton and ables\", but two torpedos and many bomb the \"Awatea\" since her loss and so was a back for, in those days, Tory was renowned hits ensured her loss. small reunion for our three guests. for its fishing, with the whaling station situ- \" Three of the survivors f rom Awatea\" R. T. Jackson, ated there. Mr Perano would often cross but, were able to be at our dinner and the photo Lieutenant R.N.Z.N., as his f ast boats would come alongside, there was no need to stop or slow down' (on the right) shows from left: ' Executive Officer Often we would see the little chasers rushing o out to harpoon whales; therr harpooners Front Row - Mr E. H. Collins (now Electrician standing at their guns in the bows ready for in m.v. \"Union Hobart\"); Rear Admiral E' C' action. Sometimes we would see the mother Thorne (Former C.O. \"lrirangi\"); Mr G' Huston Dear Sir: \"Tuatea\", steaming back towing the (retired Engineer, Union Company)' ship, H.M.N.Z.S\"'lrirangt\" While cleaning some old boxes I dis- catches with her. Waiouru Rea Commodore C. J. Steward (D'C'N'S'); covered an early copy of Under Way and was Again, should passengers warrant it, the Lieutenant Commander D. D. Davies (C'O' very impressed with the rmprovement in the \"Tam\" would again stop opposite Ruakaka Dear Sir: \"lrirangi\"); Mr D. Mason (former Shipwright new f ormat. I really enjoy f ollowing the Bay so that the launches could pick up folk and f ormer Deck Repairs superintendent, doings of many old friends and feel sadness, T.S.S. \"Awatea\" Commernorative Dinner Union Company); and Lieutenant R' T' too, to hear of the Passing of some' desiring to go out towards the main entrance. Here Captain Hill would signal with a morse Jackson (Wardroom Mess President) On November 2, 1979, the Wardroom' However, I consrder you are doing a great lamp to one of the Berrymans who resrded in H.M.N.Z.S. \"lrirangi\" hosted a guest night to Admiral Thorne was the guest speaker. His iob, so keep it uP. a house up the Bay. Apparently one of them mark the anniversary of the loss of the war service included many convoys in the had been a radio operator at sea with captain \"Awatea\" during the North African landing in Mediterranean and lndran Oceans' Com- ln the daYs of which I wrrte, the Hill in some previous ship and so they would 1942. modore Steward was our distinguished \"Tamahine\" was very much a family ship have quite a long chat on the lamp' Captain would estrmate his E.T.A. in Picton and the guests. and, if a sufficient number of passengers It is the tradition, inherited from the R'N\" warranted it, she would stop just inside the Berrymans would rrng Picton to advrse the to sit down each October and commemorate ltWaSparticularlypleasingtolearnthat Tory channel entrance and launches would wharfies who would come down to handle the Battle of Trafalgar. This tradition is not the lines. too relevant to \"lrirangi\" where we share our officers' Mess with the Army Training Group. About that time, too, we emPloYed the Thus the opportunity was taken to com- first lady wireless operator, Gladys can- memorate the event that occurred in the not remember her second name. I recall she Mediterranean, (Nelson's own great theatre loved horse riding. one day she was thrown of war), which involved an amphibious land- and found sitting a bit of a problem so she ing and recognised the other fundamental had her meals standing up for some time branch of sea power, our Merchant Service. after, much to our amusement! , The ''Awatea\" New Zealand's Prestige Mr Perano often used to send us down passenger liner, was built in 1936 f or the New whale steaks and we really enloyed these' Zealand-sydney run. She was converted for a troop transport in 1940 and was subse- ln those days, there were very few trees on quently armed and altered to be a landship the approach to Picton except on one point (infantry), with assault craft at her davits in- where a lone pine stood and this was our clue stead of lifeboats. She sailed with the First to go off to our various stations for standby convoy to North Africa and, after the initial in berthing. One day a fire swept the hillside landings, was employed carrying petrol to and, for a time, we were quite lost as to when advanced airfields in Algeria. Many German to take uP our Posltions. air attacks were sent against the invasion fleet and, on November 1 1, the \"Awatea\" Rather a strange coincidence now: after was singled out by dive bombers and tor- something likei 40 years, I spend most of my pedo planes. time in Ruakaka Bay, having a holiday home there not far from the old farmhouse men- lntheattack,\"Awatea\"shotdownfour

tioned prevously, and I own a launch called A specia'| thank vou to the captain and \"Tuatea\" the same name as the whale crew of \"Union Rotorua\". T0l(MNU GBADUATES NUMBER chaser mother ship, although I did not name lllll AFTER OCTOBER COURSE her. A. Aubrey I took part in the old \"Rangatira\" salvage Mrs Aubrey's husband, Dean, is Electrician on operation after she went ashore just inside \"(Jnion Rotorua\". She accompanied him re- Tory Channel so, you see, I have had a long cently on a round voyage to Australia. - Edi- association with the Sounds and used to tor. cruise there for many years in our yacht. Only once did lgo into Ruakaka Bay and never considered it of sufficient interest to revisit o yet I have ended up living there most of - my time now. Dear Sir: \" Barnacle Bill\" I am a 4O-year-old Norwegian professional Another interesting anecdote of old engineer, married with two daughters, 13 and \"Tamahine\" days from \"Barnacle Bill\" will 10 years old. lam writing to you because lam appear in the future Editor. hoping that you, maybe among your staff, - can f ind someone interested in correspon- dence and/or exchanging stamps with me. Age no concern. Thanks for your help. a Jan Erik Nybo Venaasen 8 Dear Sir: N-5043-HOP NORWAY Would it, I wondered be like invading man's last bastion with all its attendant prob- lems? But, no, it turned out to be a delightful At Tokaanu, a group of Company staff holiday touring the many attractions of TRANS - IASIIAN -/rcrtse stcrut. (above) relaxes during a break in a Manage- Sydney and Melbourne, with the added ment Skills Course conducted by John Akers. pleasure of luxury sea transport and accom- fb^ /y'/,'t\"^^- This was the sixth such course and it saw the modation. |IRA]lr .'. ?- - GRAPE total of attendances reach 100. COCKS ST VINC}-T.IT ,.@ BMl{LEi DRY WHITE 5,oo Seagoing men are, as a rule, a reticent lot, UoNTANA CABERRTf, SAWTGNoN 5.OO ORIIO\\DS SiLIITLRNE 5.OO 2.rO Front row, left to right: David Weitzel, but improve on knowing them better; they A IIORE OO},IPREIiENSIVE WINE IIST Michelle Cunniff e, Margaret Muller, Diana are proud of their ship and we gained endless AVAILABI,E FROII IOUR WINE STEAIARD Pickard, Lillian Chan, Mark McArthur. aaaaaaaaaaaaaraaaa inf ormation on the marvels of radar, GBIIILING CN 1[HE. QUATER DECE WESRTTNGXI? AI,E BIRIOIN SIEA.K STEINTTGER 95c stabilisers and all that goes to make up the aa*ta+aaaaaa D.B.E}PORT 95\" irj,s.5lre ctr TEE_3&ME LEOPARD LAGER 9tu modern ship. T'c),i:il CEICEEN Back row: Alan Whiteman, Malcolm n*traaalll'taa TERTII].IAL TOAST CI{EESE AVATLABLE Westgarth, Brian Paulin, Brian Pitcaithly, 5gJ.S'rrSG 0N Tm .[l[ nmE aaaaaaaa+aa+aa-a This was truly a !uxurious and restful holi- Plit( . AEPLE SAUCE ESEL EAUI sPEcAn Alistarr Hannah, John Akers, Wayne Crad- day which I would recommend to all wives I,i{UB AI,ID UII{[ SAUCE H'rtH^ 1.lo each dock, Barry Henderson, Mark Moore, Assis- rraaataaa*aa (despite the problems of fitting in with school gTlEBoanp r,c.a!,IEq SKIPPIR tant Personnel Manager Harry Baynes, Jack holidays and shipping schedules!). Having I,IINTED TTEW POTATOE.g STEIIABDESSES ADA, PHIILruTNA Cowley and David Keegan. BALIID KiiIvlAR.t \"' i.il; TE one's smallest whim catered to and even rfi,SE GRD},T{ SPII{ACE CIi;AL!ED WIOi,EEXRNAI, CORN breakfast tn bed (husband's duty), a bar ac- s jitrttaraa*aa 4*, count and endless spending money for the .DI:CF. CARGO .t r To prove that its not all work and no play, ^/,L/ SIJJAMSETPS D1IFT /rr'?- Mfr market places of Australia almost made up I'-t-CfFfC DSLIOHI ,/y',ru-' / on the lef t is the menu for the last dinner, J T.TLAI{IIC S1INXAES suitably endorsed by all those present, in- f or the loneliness and disrupted lif e of a ) laa*aaaaaaataaaa seagoing wife. hW 6 easr ?Auut,t. cluding the manager of the Hotel.

-[ 4 ilrffi Mr F. T. Rowelt, Superannuitant, formerly Local Superintending Engineer, Wellington; at Wellington on October 23, 1979. Mr W. J. Holmes, Superannuitant, formerly Branch Manager, SydneYl at Sydney on Octo- Mr T. P. Grace, Superinnuitant, f ormerly Branch Manager, Hobart; at Adelaide on Sep- ber 27, 1 979. tember 3, 1979. Mr P. D. Crosby, retired Foreman Stevedore, Mr C. F. Pert, retired Accounts Clerk, Head Auckland; at Auckland on November 1, 1979' Office; at Wellington on September 21, 1979' Mr E. H. Turnbull, retired Chief Steward, Mr K. Salthouse, Chief Off icer, Anchor Sea Staff; at Auckland on September 27, Shipping Sea Staff; at Wellington on Novem- 1 979. ber 5, 1 979. Mr F. E. Goodmanson, retired Foreman Stevedore, Auckland; at Auckland on October Mr T. Griffiths, retired Chief Steward, sea staff; at Auckland on November 7, 1979' 22, 1979. Mr A. G. Aitken, Superannuitant, formerly Noet Claridge, with Mr Tim Cahitt of the Maritime Museum, examine the inscribed ashtray from \"wahine\". The \"Record of a Disaster\" is on the left. Local Traffic Manager, Auckland; at Auckland Mr Aselemo Koroidabuli, retired Delivery a piece of railing recovered from on October 23, 1979. Clerk, Suva; at Suva, on November 8, 1979' REGALLING A FATEFUL EVENT Mr Noel Claridge was on the bridge of the New Zealand and overseas as well as many uxrotl Co:l fo Brtz.lt 'A{Rtt At 3hl,{5 Oe:l. \"Wahine\" when it struck Barrett's Reef on photographs. The scrap book is a most com- April 10, 1968. He remained there throughout prehensive record of that fatef ul day and, ac- the morning, only leaving when the order was cording to Mr Tim cahill of the wellington tfr given to abandon ship. ln order to save the Maritime Museum, is eagerly examined by log book and ship's papers, he emptied out a the large number of tourists and visitors who carton of biscuits and used the plastic lintng call at the Museum daily. As well as the scrap bag to wrap them up and protect them from book, Noel has managed to salvage a piece the water. when the boat deck was at water of the \"Wahine's\" railing which, after much level, Noel was among the last to leave the polishing, he presented, suitably inscribed ship and, after some difficult moments, with a \"Wahine\" ashtray, to the Maritime clambered into one of the liferafts clutching Museum at Wellington. ' I L,nunt lhe- Shi Ps Aa,re b\"rs t,/ the precious documents in his arms' Many hours of loving care by Noel Claridge b ^* lhis is r[dicula,ts.,(/ It was at the suggestion of Captain Pugh- have resulted in a piece of history being per- t'{,:^ t{z.','o qo't f|e ,$ lot ryMJt d'A) williams that Noel started his scrap book manently preserved for present and future ntdla!*+g +\"tUrm a! 6rr'to f ibt' which includes newspaper clippings f rom generations. 10

since she took part in the Normandy land- ings as \"Empire Jane\". Our heartiest congratulations go to Shamron Murray, four months old, and to her parents, Mr and Mrs Conrad Murray, Lautoka. f=-E il \"Union Auckland \" became the f irst Shamron was judged Champion Baby at the ship, on October 5, to use the new bulk Sugar Festival held at Lautoka in October. F,*fu ii+n;1i ;,1i,,,:,: loading facilities for sugar at the port of T Lautoka. Later on in the same month, \"Union Company\", our sponsored 18- \"Ngakuta\" achieved the record hourly footer yacht, is achieving quite notable loading rate under the new loaders success on the Auckland yachting scene highest to date at the port. -the this season. Skippered by Martin Robertson, she has been at sea almost ev- ery weekend but, early in November, was Allan McDonald, Port Manager at Bluff, was elected Chairman of the Local Branch of the victim of a spectacular capsize which the Port Employers' Associaton at its recent broke her mast. Annual General Meeting. The New Zealand Seamen's Union cele- \"Kawatiri\", a name carried by three brated its centennial in October. ln Port former Company vessels, has been Chalmers a century ago, a chemist, a revived. Westport's new S5.5 million publican and a seaman met and founded the dredge, recently completed by Whangarei Union. The chemist was one George Fawcit Engineering and Construction Ltd ., was Dodds who chaired a meetrng called by named \"Kawatiri\" by the wife of the George Sa ngster, an executive member of Minister of Transport, Mrs McLachlan, on the Federated Seamen's Union of Australia. September 8. Built for the Ministry of The publican was Thomas Dodson, whose Transport, \"Kawatiri\" is the largest steel bar was a meeting place for seamen at the ship constructed in New Zealand. port. Les Charman, Port Manager of Mount The annual \"Run for Fun\", sponsored by HEAIY LIFT The Dominion newspaper and Rotary, saw Maunganui, was recently re -elected to 4,000 winter-whitened Wellington bodies ex- the executive of the Tauranga Chamber posed to a sunny October morning. Union of Commerce. A leading New Zealand plastics manufac- shrink-wrapping, was carried as deck cargo. Company staff made up two teams and both turer, Consolidated Plastics lndustries Ltd, is made the f irst one hundred teams home. Suva Branch has moved into attractive \" the proud owner of a plastics injection The H ikinui\" was not the last crane to Union Company men were 22nd home and newly renovated premises in Harris Road. moulding machine delivered from Australia handle the moulder. Once safely secured on a Union Company ladies 100th. The modern surroundings provide first class \" aboard Union Rotoiti\" and unloaded re- Kenworth transporter, it travelled by road to facilities for the Freight and Agency and cently at Auckland by the f loating cra ne Consolidated Plastics' seven-acre Ellerslie Stevedoring staff. Union Travel will occupy a \" Hikinui\". factory where another crane unloaded it, The Company's former tug 'Taioma\" completely refurbished office at the front of following a spectacular backing operation by which was donated to the Tauranga His- our Thomson Street building, enjoying a the Kenworth. toric Museum by Company Director Mr prime city site. The rest of the building is Weighing 84 tonnes, the $600,000 Bob Owens now stands as a memorial to being developed into the shopping mall men- machine made the journey from Melbourne The largest machine of its kind in the coun- merchant seamen killed in two world tioned in the September issue of Under Way. to Auckland in two parts. lt was the heaviest try, CPI's new moulder offers New Zealand wars. Union Company has donated pla- machinery cargo so far carried aboard industry enormous import savrng potential. ques commemorating three ships lost in \" Rotoiti\". Seventeen tonnes of the machine, Able to accept moulds weighing up to 15 World War ll. 'Taioma\" will also serve as Graeme Peebles, Personnel Manager, including its microprocessor unit, were car- tonnes, it can make items which have pre- an historic exhibit in her own right. She has been elected President of the ried in a container, while the 67 tonne clamp viously had to be imported either built-up or will be equipped with a taped commen - Wellington Division of the New Zealand unrt, looking somewhat ghostly in its white as components. tary and photographs detailing her history lnstitute of Personnel Management. 11

Er I SEA-AI R GARGO Captain Clarrie Hunt reports on \"Holmdale's\" voyage to Raoul lsland. WHO'S Voyage 174 must be an \"historic first\" for the company - the first time that a helicopter has been used in the discharging and loading of a vessel of N.Z. registry. (Two small N.Z.- WHO registered fishing vessels, the \"Ranginui\" and \"Hotonui\", were, some years ago, fitted with heiicopter pads and were used for game recovery but they had been re-registered as fishing vessels as far as I am aware). The machine used was a \"Llama 3158\" of Wellington. A shore crane was used in the Helicopters (N.2.) Ltd. lt was dismantled and operation. loaded into number two hold of the vessel while lying alongside Oueen's Wharf 4 in \"Holmdale\" departed Wellington at 6.00 \"The Workers\", mv \"Holmdale\" at Raoul lsland. From left, standing: Bill Nelson, Srd Officer; Mr W. R. HOLDSWORTH A.C.A.) Rod Grout, 2nd Officer; Bill Netson, Wiper; Brian McEvoy, AB: Stan Foster, AB: Terry Rodgers, AB: John Jeffery, AB: Bill Nelson, O.S.; Peter Clarke, 2nd Engineer. Kneeling in front: Fred de Jager, 3rd Engineer; Jim Witson, helicopter pilot; and Murray Wilkinson, helicopter mechanic. Accounting Manager (The three Bitl Nelsons is not a printer's error - the Wiper and Ordinary Seaman are father and son. the 3rd Officer is not related). Bob Holdsworth was appornted to the position of Accounting Manage Head Office on December 15, 1975. He was born in Lower Hutt and joined the Company's staff as a Junior Clerk in Head Off ice Accounts on January 28, 1 957. Bob passed his Prof essional Accountancy Examinations in 1963 and continued to gain general Union Company accounting experience in Wellington Branch for seven months from December, 1964, to July, 1965. ln 1966 he became Auditor, Head Office, a posrtion he held until being transferred to the London Branch in March, 1969, as Accountant. A year later he was seconded to P. & O.S.N.Co., London, retrtrning to Head Office, Wellington in March, 1971. Bob became lnspector of Costs at Head Office rn July, 1971, Budget Accountant in February, 1972, and Management Accountant in May, 1974. His appointment to Accounting Manager followed in December, 1975. Bob Holdsworth's interests are many and varied. He has played rugby and represented Wellington as an under- 18 year old. Squash and indoor basketball featured in his sporting actrvrties but he now concentrates on his golf. On the sedentary side, Bob's interests include membership of the Wellington Vintage Wine Club, treasurership of the New Zealand Federatron of Film Societres and the collecting of contemporary New Zealand art. Bob is a married man with one son. 12

?:lt:::.n ',' ,1.,.;j \"'.illi. from delays awaiting moderating condltlons. Saturday, however, was the best daY weather-wise and all discharge was com- pleted by 10.20 a.m. and back-loading got under way. There was only a small amount and the helicopter landed back on board the vessel at 1 1.45 a.m. dismantling and restow- ing the machine and its various parts and pieces, like the assembly, took somewhat longer than the writing. We sarled at 4.00 p.m. for Wellington. For the record, the flying time involved was 14 hours, giving a rate of 12 tonnes per hour, or a sling of 800 kilograms every three minutes a vast improvement on surf- boats rates. lf two surf boat had been used, much more time would have been lost due to unworkable conditions at the ship and at the Fishing Rock. Once we had the helicopter air- t borne it was not worrred by swell. Only when f Id* the wind went over 25 knots did operations come to a halt. The consignees' goods were put where they were required with no further carriage being needed. About to touclt clown. Photo by Fred de Jager,.?rd Engineer. Mr James Wilson, the pilot, and Mr Murray Wilkinson, the mechanic, deserve a special Right: Airborne chickens: crates of mention for their courage and skill. chickens about to flY ashore. p.m. on Friday, August 31, and afte:' ex- Unfortunately, by this time the wind had periencing adverse weather between East greatly increased a nd it was necessary to Cape and Raoul lsland, anchored in the delay take off until later in the afternoon. At south-east anchorage of the island at 9.00 5.30 p.m. Pilot James Wilson considered ..MARAMA\" p.m. on September 4. The passage took conditions were reasonable and prepartions RETURNS TO some 20 hours longer than estimated and the were begun. As the motor was being run-up south-east anchorage was made because to full power, a resonance developed be- tween the makeshtft wooden bridging, the FAIUI ITIAR T'IATERS strong north-westerly conditions and a westerly swell prevarled on the northern, or steel hatch cover and the machine. The take working, coast. off had to be abandoned for the night and the The recently announced withdrawal of \"Marama\" from the Pacific lsland's route breaks a vessel was secured for sea. long established Company service but in no way severs our association with the Pacifrc While the weather remained unsurtable at nations. the northern anchorage, I decided to rig the We shifted to the northern coast the 'copter in the lee of the island where we were following morning and, as the weather was The decision follows discussions with the Pacific Forum Line which is introducing the new at anchor. All hands turned to on this work moderating, with the swell down to four feet, roll on-roll off container vessel \"Forum Samoa\" into the Pacific lslands trade. Union Company and the pieces were brought out and assem- all hands turned to reconstruct the platform and the Forum Line acknowledge that the long term needs of the trade will best be served if bled. Briefly written but not so briefly per- and re-position the helicopter. At 10.00 a.m. over-tonnaging is avoided and, for this reason, \"Marama\" is being transferred to the Trans- formed with a strong wind blowing and it was flown off and by 10.45 a.m. the first Tasman trade. rough seas on a rolling vessel in frequent cargo - chickens - was airborne and on its heavy rain squalls. This was a machrne valued way. . . the fastest they will ever fly! Dis- The Company has been appointed cargo booking agent for Forum Line at Auckland and at $450,000 and there was no corner store or charge continued until stopped by failing light Tauranga and all lslands ports served by \"Forum Samoa\". Our branches at Lautoka, Suva, Apia panel beater handy if any part was lost or and operations ceased for the day. and Nukualofa will continue their familiar responsibilities in representing and marketing the damaged. However, the 'copter was assem- new service and will act as stevedores as well at Apia and Nukualofa. Stevedoring at Fijian bled and ready to take off by 2.00 p.m. Drscharge continued most of FridaY, apart ports is the responsibility of the Ports' Authority. 13

-I The Committee of lnquiry into the wheat, flour, and bread industries recommended Our Gustomers (5) to the Government in 1963 that an Authority be lormed to replace the Wheat Committee. The New Zealand Wheat Board was established by the Wheat Board Act 1965 and assumed the wheat and flour marketing operations which, for the previous 30 years, had been carried out by its predecessor. The wheat Board is an lndustry Board and comprises the Minister of Trade and THE NEW ZEALAND lndustry as Chairman, his Deputy and other members appointed for their experience in wheatgrowing, flourmilling, breadbaking and the grain, seed and poultry industries, WHEAT BOARD together with officers from two Government Departments' FUNCT!ONS the North lsland in accordance with popula- tion distribution. The Board's f unctions, as set out in Section The Board is required to buy all milling ll of the Act, are to exercise a general control standard wheat offered to it by growers. This of the acquisition and marketing of wheat applies even in the event of a surplus of and flour; to encourage wheat growing in wheat and the effect of this, with the price New Zealand; to ensure adequate supplies of fixed and announced by Government in ad- wheat and flour; to promote and organise the vance of each harvest, is to provide New orderly development of the wheat growang sr Zealand growers of wheat with a guaranteed ll!,- ...{$ Xt and flour milling industries; and to promote { :s greater eff iciency within those industries. market at a guaranteed price. The prrce is a :,,.. $. matter f or negotiation between the Board and growers each year. As the result of this, The prrncipal activities pursued by the the Board makes a recommendation to Board in carrying out these functions and as Government, but it is Government which ac- required by the Act and Regulations, are that tually f ixes the grower's Price. the Board is the sole marketing authority for all wheat of milling standard quality as ln the event of the crop proving short of defined by the Regulations, with certain need s, the Board purchases suf f icient wheat minor exceptions. ln most seasons, only a overseas to make good the deficiency, ar- small part of the crop fails to reach this stan- ranges shipment of the wheat to New Zea- dard. The Board buYs the wheat f rom land and sells it to mllls and other buyers on growers and sells it to millers and other users arrival. Over the years, the imports have tra- and, in doing so, employs the services of ditionally corne from Australia, the handiest authorised brokers - grain, seed and pro- source of supply. duce merchants whom it appoints for this - purpose. On the Board's instructions, these Wheat was regularly imported over a long brokers buy and sell on its behalf and channel period of years until 1 968 and 1969 and again the wheat to mills or other buyers or to South in 197 2 and 1 976, when the crop proved lsland users. surplus to requirements. 25 ,415 tonnes of un- dergrade wheat were exported in 1968 and Shipping and other transport arrangements milling standard exports in 1969, 1972 and are made by the Board and it employs gra- 1976 were 65,341, 30,492 and 14,217 tonnes ders to establish the standard of the wheat respectively. 20,000 tonnes carried forward accepted for shipment. A computer system from the wheat surplus to requirements in processes the payments to growers and 1976 helped to make New Zealand self -suff i- debits to buyers. crent in 1977 . Approximately 95 per cent of the wheat is The Board acts as selling agent of the New produced in the South lsland, but about two Zealand flour mills for the'sale of all flour, thirds of the wheat and flour are consumed in bran and pollard. Last year, 96 per cent of the 14

ln the course of selling flour, the Board WHEAT AND FLOUR OUALITY NEW ZEALAND WHEAT BOARD operates a quote system amongst mills AND UNION COMPANY which confers on each a def inite share of the Over the years, considerable advances trade. Over the years, many high-cost, re- have been made in the development of For many years, the Company has enjoyed dundant and obsolete f lour mills have gone wheats suitable to New Zealand conditrons in the confidence of the New Zealand Wheat out of existence and their trade has been ab- the direction of higher yielding and better Board in the movement of wheat, both along sorbed by others better placed to mill it. quality strains. This activity is in the hands of the New Zealand Coast and from Australia. the Crop Research Division of the D.S.l.R. More recently, the Company, in conjunction The Board's turnover last year amounted with the New Zealand Wheat Board, has re- to approximately $106 million, of which ap- ln other directions, too, attention is given opened the movement of bulk wheat into proximately $46 millron related to wheat to qualrty safeguards, both in wheat and in Wellington. trading operations and $60 million to flour flour, with all the testing work carried out by trading operations. The Board's system has the Wheat Research lnstitute, another branch As well as carrying bulk wheat in specially proved to be of low-cost in operation. Prices of the D.S.|.R. All wheat produced in New f itted conventional vessels (\" Ngahere\" and of flour are fixed the Department of Trade Zealand is sublected to a mini-bake test and \" Ngapara\" ) and in the chartered vessel \" and lndustry on the application of the Board. wheat for mitlrng purposes is purchased on Dunedin\", the Company has successf ully the basis of this test and other characteristics carried the commodity in \" bulk described in the Regulations relating to the seaf reighters\". A standard seafreighter was grade for milling standard wheat. modif ied by provision of strengthened end and side panels, a tie bar across the top of \"liner'. POLICY The system enables the best of the wheat the two centre posts, and a to be selected for and used in the production of flour. The Board establishes grades for The strengthened panels are painted The present policy is for New Zealand to yellow to distinguish them. The liner is made be self-sufficient in wheat production. This, flour and the flour produced by each mill is from polythene and is placed inside the of course, is never achieved in practice regularly and frequently tested and graded. seafreighter to \"line\" it, with a flap that because production of wheat as an The test on each mill's flour and the recom- comes over the top when loaded to com- agricultural crop can be affected by the vag- mended bake to use rs advised to all New pletely enclose the cargo. There is a special arres of weather and economic conditions, Zealand bakers by the means of a Flour \" chute\" at one end which is placed next to includrng comparative returns from compet- Classif ication List issued by the Wheat the small trapdoor in one end panel of the ing crops and other farming actrvities. These Research lnstitute about twice-weekly. These urrit, through which the wheat is easily and factors are seldom static and it is found that, systems have been developed to ensure that conventionally discharged. These units move, although the aim is for self -sufficiency, either the interests of flour users are protected. ln in the main, from Lyttelton to Wetlington and Left: bulk wheat loading. a surplus or a def iciency arises each year. the end result, good quality wheat, flour and Mount Maunganui. The arrangement of a bread are produced and the exceptions are freightment is normally one of \"door to Above: seafreighters of wheat in front of bulk Over the period of the Board's existence, comparatively few. lt happens at times, door\"; that is, the Company arranges for the sr/os. the scale of wheat production achieved has however, that the crop in some districts can carriage of the bulk units from filling facilities been higher than in any comparable period in be affected by adverse weather, in which at Ashburton or Christchurch to the mill door sales were made direct by the Branch offices New Zealand history. Other cropping ac- case any resultant difficulties tn using the at Wellington. of the Board and 4 per cent by agents ap- tivities have also greatly expanded, notably wheat can be largely overcome by appropri- pointed by the Board in districts where there barley and maize production. ate safeguards. Union Company provides such facilities are no Branch offices. and services as mentioned above. The Com- The practrce in those seasons when The New Zealand market for wheat con- pany recognises the need to cater for rn- ln selling f lour, the Board, through its surplus production of wheat is likely to occur tinues to be for about 75 per cent higher dividual customer requirements and has Branch offices, actually receives and collects is to retain an amount from growers'pay- scoring wheat a nd 25 per cent lower scoring. worked closely with the New Zealand Wheat the ind ivid ua I o rd ers of ba ke rs, b isc u it ments to cover possible losses and costs in ln accordance with the Board's programme Board to investigate the problems and op- manuf acturers and other users, grocers, marketing surplus wheat. lf the amount re- for the improvement of wheat and flour portunrties associated with the transportation merchants and the like, orders out the flour tained is not required or is not fully expended, quality, South lsland wheat sent in containers of wheat. One of the outcomes was the more from mills, makes shipping and other then the amount or any unused balance is and seafreighters to North lsland mills has efficient modified seafreighter system. transport arrangements, pays transport ac- returned to growers. lf it proves insufficient, been segregated into two broad quality divi- counts, invoices customers, collects ac- a retention rs made from growers' payments sions. lnvestigatlons are continuing into the With continued close working relationship, counts and makes payment to mills, accept- in the following year to meet the loss carried practicalrties of similar segregation of the we look forward to further improvements ing the del credere risk on sales. f orward. shrpments by bulk vessel. and continued mutual growth. 15

The Gargoes We GaIU: The following article appeared in the March-April edition of \"Gateway\",Ihe Journal of the Port of Tauranga, and is reprinted'here with the kind permission of the Bay of Plenty Harbour Board. PULP The Fourdrinier section, or wet end, of the Number 3 paper machine at the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Mills at Kawerau' Sometimeinthel2thcentury,apatriarchofconstantinoplewrotetoa literary friend that he would not be able to produce a copy of Demosthenes' speechesasnoparchmentwouldbeavailableuntilspring,whenpeoplebegan eatingmeatagain.Behindthisstrangeconnectionwasthefactthat,asno sheep were slaughtered during Lent, there were no sheepskins to provide copyists' Parchment. This deplorable situation has, since then, largely been remedied and, eight centuries later, can be exemplified by mentioning that the latest newsprint machine installed at Tasman Pulp and Paper company Limited would, in one THICKNER SCREEN GROUNDWOOD G RINDEB ,fi, PULP year,runningatfullcapacity,produceatotalpaperareaofsomelgfi)km2' Converted into terms of sheep Skin parchment hbout 1m2 per sheepl this annual production from only one machine would correspond to the yeild from more than 2,000 mitlion sheeP. STOCK CHEST FLOW CHART OF THE NEWSPRINT PROCESS PROPORTIONER Newsprint is produced from a mixture of grinding wood on groundwood pulp, made -by trindstones, and chemical pulp, made by iooking wood chips in huge digesters' The MIXED STOCK CHEST pulp mixture flows onto the paper machine where, as the water is removed. the wood fibres adhere together forming a paper ribbon' FOURDRINIEB 16

Union Company has been carrying pulp, since the time production exceeded demand for local consumption, from Mount Maunganui to Australian Ports. Woodpulp is processed to varying specifications depending on its intended end use - newsprint, grease proof wrapping, f ine writing or printing papers - and is often blended with pulps f rom other sources to give the paper strength. Pulp is now used by papermakers in Burnie, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. lt lends itself to carriage in unit load or conventional vessels. When carried ro-ro,12tonnes is stowed and lifted on a Company-owned \"newsprint flat\". The normal method, when conventional tonnage is employed, is to handle eight bales as a unit using a \"preslinging wire\". The wire remains around the pulp for the voyage to facilitate and expedite the discharge. The base pulp is further processed into the well known newsprint and kraft paper. The former is carried by our conventional vessels to the South lsland ports of Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and, occasionally, Timaru. Reels of Kraft paper are produced in a multitude of sizes for as many end uses - sackraft for multiwall paper bags and linerboard for corrugated carton manufacture to name but two. Kraft is normally carried in unti load vessels in paired Seafreighters, with an average of six tonnes per unit, although it carries equally as well, depending on the type and reel size, on newsprint flats. The commodity is handled and stowed in conventional vessels in a similar manner to other reeled paper products. We carry kraft paper primarily to Sydney, Melbourne, Launceston - and Hobart to a lesser extent - by transhipment services to Brisbane and Adelaide. Since forestry products were first exported Part of this story is the manufacture of f rom the Port of Tauranga in 1954-55, over pulp and paper used in vast quantities by 5.6 million tonnes of pulp, newsprint, and mankind in a countless variety of publica - kraft paper have been shipped throughout tions, packaging, stationery, and the like. the world. Thousands of hectares of forestry World consumption of paper and pulp in areas, mainly of quick growing pinus radiata, 1946 was 30 million tonnes annually, is now have provided the raw material for New Zea- around 150 million tonnes and, by 1990, is land's two largest mills at Kawerau and expected to be something like 250 million CHIP SCBEENS Kinleith which have cut almost 50 million m3 tonnes. Did you know, for example, that of trmber annually, or about 12,000 tonnes almost 300 grades of paper are produced at from some 15 hectares dailY. New Zealand Forest Products Kinleith Mill, or that eight grades of newsprint alone are pro- Forestry exports, of which 50% are ship- duced at Tasman Pulp and Paper Coy's mill at ped out of this Port, have averaged a little KawerauT Have you ever idly wondered how STOCK CHEST SIOCK WASHERS newsprint, this magazine paper, or any other over 8%o of New Zealand's total export earn- SULPHATE PULP ings in the last four years and, for the year paper for that matter, was made? ending September 30, 1978, earned $281 .9 APE million. This somewhat over-simplified article de- scribes processes carried out at Tasman's The planting, husbanding, harvesting, pro- plant to produce wood pulp. The torn edge of [Tb cessing and marketing of the vast forestry any paper will reveal countless tiny wood fibres, the characteristics of which determine resources throughout New Zealand, the CALENDER STACK WINDER largest pine areas of which are in the port's the properties and quality of the paper or DRYER SECTION rmmediate hinterland, is a fascinating but board into which they are manufactured. complex story. Trees are composed of these fibres, 17

sheathed in cellulose and cemented together BLEACHING by lignin, their long direction parallel to the trunk. The brown colour is almost totallY removed by a three stage process carried out These tiny wood f ibres must f irst be sepa- in large towers and the pulp is thoroughly rated to produce wood pulp, the basic paper washed on drum filters between each stage. and paperboard material, and this is done either mechanically or chemically. lnitially mixed with chlorine gas, rendering Mechanically, the fibres are torn apart by some of the colour compounds soluble in the rotating a log lengthwise agarnst a massive second stage caustic soda treatment, the water cooled grindstone and the ground pulp is finally treated with bleach liquor, simi- wood pulp produced from this process is lar to the household variety. At this stage, the largely used in newsprint manufacture. stilt slightly yellowish pulp is suitable for newsprint and various grades of paper and Chemically, as in the kraft process, the pa per boa rd. fibres are separated by using caustic soda and sodium sulphide to dissolve the lrgnin A f urther, more gentle, 5 - stage process and this produces a much stronger wood with alternate washing, using chlorine dioxide pulp. But, being dark brown, considerable ex- instead of bleach liquor to avoid an attack on pense and complex operations are involved in the cellulose which could degrade the pulp of bleaching it white. its strength characteristics, produces a high quality almost pure whrte paPer. PULP MAKING CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE Wood from sawmill residues and from The chlorine gas, caustic soda and bleach small diameter trees is f irst reduced to wood liquor are produced by electrolysis of salt A Pacific triple trailer unit transports logls lrtsrrr tlte torest to the railhead at Murupara from where chips which are then continuously fed into a brine, the gas evolving at the positive they are hauled to Tasman's'mills at Kitwerau. \" massive digester\" containing the chemical electrode and caustic soda at the negative. solution. Cooked f or 21lz hours at 177oC and 827 KN/M2 (120 p.s.i.) to dissolve the lignin, The bleach liquor is made by dissolving successive evaporators and produces \"heavy the plant for electric power generation and the resultant \"black liquor\" solution is sepa- chlorine in a caustic soda solution. Sodium black liquor' 65% dissolved solids, 35\"1, heating. Crude turpentine is produced as a rated from the fibres by hot water washing chlorate is also produced from brine by water - which rs burnt with the addition of by- product f rom condensation of relief gases \"Tall and screened to remove undissolved tree another process and, heated with brirre and saltcake by spraying into a recovery boiler emanating f rom the digesters. oil\", the knots and \"shives\" which are unseparated sulphuric acid, gives off the chlorine dioxide furnace. The wood substances burn off, the resinous material characteristic of pine \" fibre bundles. gas used in bleaching. molten sodium-based chemicals left orr the woods, collects in the black liquor\" as furnace hearth are run off and dissolved in sodium soap and f orms a foamy scum on the Pumped to a large vat, the dilute liquid water to form mainly a sodium carbonate surf ace when air is bubbled through the weak fibres are drawn by vacuum through a fine solutron (\" green liquor\" ), which is then mixed black liquor solution. Skimmed off, it is mixed wire gauze covering a large \"vacllrrm cylinder with quick lime in a caustrcizing plant to con- with sulphuric acid to produce crude tall oil, mould\" which produces a continuous sheet vert it back into caustic soda and sodium which is sold principally to Japan and of pulp fibres. This sheet passes through two CHEMICAL RECOVERY AND BY- sulphate (\"white liquor\" ) ready for the chip Australia. mechanical rotary presses to squeeze out the PRODUCTS cooking process again. water, a pre-dryer and then into the long hot The pine tree contributes much to the air pulp drying chamber where the sheet The \"black liquor\" in the cooking process The process of burning in the recovery economy of New Zealand and pulp and paper passes over and under a maze of rollers, to contains 15% dissolved solids from wood boiler produces very hot gases which, by making are but part of the story of its useful- emerge in dried form for cutting, baling and and chemicals and 85% water, termed passing around banks of boiler tubes, raise ness both to our country and its export \"weak m a rkets. sale. black liquor\". This latter is fed into steam, at 4,481 KN lM'(650 p.s.i.) used by 18

FROM LOGS TO STEEL BEAMS The Company was one of the first irr this part of the world to use roll on-roll off methods for other than short sea passages. Perhaps of more significance was the early adoption of the unit-load concept instead of cargo on wheels and \"Maheno\" and \"Marama\" were, in effect, built around a solid \"block stow\" of a cargo unit the well known \"Seafreighter'. - The concept has now expanded into the stern ramp, hybrid-type ship which accepts any YT size of load, provided it has been \"unitised\", and the present roll on-roll off fleet is perhaps ! best described as comprising \"unit load carriers\" rather than \"to-ro\" vessels, a term more commonly interpreted overseas as meaning passenger carrying car ferries. \"Hawea\" and \"Wanaka\" were, in fact, the first ro-ro vessels designed for heavy (forklift) axle loads. This type of basic specification creates cargo decks which can tolerate the concentrated deck loads associated with some unit loads. Two unusually large, or awkward, units are illustrated. The \"pole pack\" was developed by South lsland Australian hardwood timber importers. after discussion with us, to enable the transition from conventional vessels lifting the poles to ro-ro services. They are a simple \"U\" wirh a securing chain that can be tensioned, thus r:onverting the poles into a unit load that is capable of being lifted by forkhoist. Tine pockets irr() Unnecessary as the unit will not slip on the steel-to-wood contact surface if lifted at its porrrl ol llitlance. Ilrc \"r;tr:cl flat\" rs an equally simple and interesting development to handle the variety of lypr',, ,rrrl l('n(lths of steel products - angles, bars, plate, box section (RHS) and railway lines. llrl (.orrrp,rrry lrirs at;ain been favoured with the carriage of Broken Hill Proprietary steel prorhrr;tr;, ()n(lurirtrn(l f rom works at Whyalla, South Australia, and Newcastle and Port Kembla, New liorrtlr Wrrkr:;, to Wcllington and South lsland ports. Before we could secure this business, we lrlrl t() (k:lcrnnrc lrow steel could be carried in our unit load vessels to provide a tight stow, maxinrrsu tlrrr r;p,rr:rr lrcrnt; used in the vessel and out-turn the product to the complete satisfactrorr ol lrollr r,rrpplrcr ;rrtd purchasers. The Austrir[irrr lypr: spr:r:r;rl (i. I metre steel \"bolsters\" were considered but rejected on the grounds of cost. 8cr;irrrsc llrrr sy:;lcrrr wirs on trial, it was decided to evaluate the conversion of UNION TRAVET EXTENDS the Company's nowsl)nnt llirtr;. Ihc technical aspects were satisfactory and a decision was made to have the work t:irrrrrrrl orrt lry LS.T. Consolidated in Auckland and Bicknell Engineering NORTH AND SOUTH in Masterton. The end members of the flats were renrove(l and replaced with heavrer sections to provide Two new Branches of Union Travel have recently been opened. At the beginning of greater strength and rigidity and also provide corner fittings. When not in use, the four September, Balclutha Branch opened its doors as a sub-Branch of Dunedin. We portable corner posts can be stowed in a recess specially cut into the wooden decking of the welcome Mrs Karen Vermeer who has been appointed Officer-in-Charge. unit. Hardwood bearers have been bolted to the decking to give something for the steel to bite into, with reduction in the tendency to move. Over 700 of the former newsprint flats have been Just one month later our fourth branch in Fiji swung into action. Mrs Madhaven hoisted modified in this manner and, for ease rn identification. have been given distinctrve orange Union Travel's name over a new office in Labasa. This Branch will operate as a sub- paintwork and have been renumbered. office of Suva. 19

AN UNUSUAL UNION STEVEDORING TRA/EL CONTRACT MANAGERS' CONFERENCE By lvan Hobbs, Stevedoring Supervisor, New Plymouth 1979 M.v. \"Gabriella'' berthed at Blyde Wharf, The cars each weighed 14 tonnes and were and weight printed on. This made the pre- New Plymouth at 9.00 a.m. on May 11, 1979, attached to short sections of rail and were planning of the loading a much easier task. to discharge a small tonnage of general fitted with four lifting lugs. From these lugs, There was a large range in the size and This yea r's conf erence was held in cargo, four containers and two unpacked ca- rubber-sleeved wire straps led to two weight of the various pieces f rom the Wellington at the Shaw Savill Lodge f rom ble cars for Wellington and to load an transverse spreaders which, in turn, were smallest of 1.5 cubic metres and three tonnes September 3 through untrl September 6. onshore oil rig on account of Oil Drilling and connected to a 20 foot spreader beam. The in weight, to the largest at 165.45 cubic Similar to last year, the Division held a Exploration (Borneo) LtO. for shtpment to the straps and transverse spreaders were ship- metres and 37 tonnes. All the larger and regional meeting on the Monday and, during Middle East. ped out with the cars but, in place of a 20 heavier pieces were fitted with lifting lugs this time, the Travel Managers arrived from foot spreader beam, a 20 foot container and, in some cases, were pre-slung. throughout the network. On Monday evening spreader was utilized for the New Plymouth a welcome cocktail party was held in the But, f irst, a brief description of the discharge. This proved the perfect set up. On the Saturday, the loading got away conference room, a chance for all the partici- \"Gabriella\". She was built in Holland in 1974 to a good start with a steady work rate being pants to meet, some for the f irst time. for the Trans Capricorn Container Line, has a maintained and a total of 35 lifts loaded. On dead-weight of approximately 2,500 tonnes An item worthy of note was that the paint- the Monday, work was interrupted by the The Travel Managers'Meeting officially work on the cars was of such a standard that, and is a specialised heavy-life ship. Special Watersiders' monthly stop-work meeting started on the Tuesday morning with Ken had they suffered even minor scratching, a features included in her design are two 160 and very heavy rain. A total of 16 lifts were Keech formally opening the conference, tonne swinging derricks which can lift 320 specialist would have had to be flown out loaded. followed by Alan Notley's \"State of the from Switzerland to repair the damage. tonnes in tandem, strengthened decks, tanks, Union Company\" presentation. pumps and special stabilizers for heeling con- Tuesday saw only minor interruptions from trol and a removable 'tween-deck and Once out on the hard, one car was loaded weather and the closing of the lower hold. A This year's keynote speaker was Ted 'tween-deck pontoons that can be placed at on to a road tra nsporter f or delivery to good work rate saw the completion of the Spraggon from J.P. Young & Associates. Wellington. A delay occurred at this point 'tween-deck three different heights in the hold. by mid-day. Approximately half Ted's excellent workshop session was while heavy steel plates with lugs attached to the 'tween-deck space was left for Australian headed \"service Means Saies\". Good partici- eliminate side movement were welded to the loading. Deck cargo consisting of ten mast pation took place during this presentation trailer unit of the transporter. The second car The last particular feature was to be a sections was completed and these, com- and, by all accounts it was a very worthwhile most important factor during the loading had to await the return of the transporter bined with 'tween-deck and lower hold segment of the conference. Ted has been as- operation, as empty space had to be kept to before beginning its journey to Wellington. tallies, gave a total loading of 81 pieces. sociated with Union Travel for a number of \"top an absolute minimum. The discharge com- years and his ability in selling\" fellow menced at 10.00 a.m. using the Harbour The ship's crew then opened up the lower Unfortunately, the vessel was unable to salesmen makes him an obvious choice for Board's \"Lima\" crane, with the general cargo hold to make ready for loading. ln preference sail until Wednesday, May 16, due to the ex- sales lectures. The rest of this day was spent first out and followed by the then controver- to the swinging derricks, the \" Lima\" crane treme sea conditions, but we had had a very with Head Office personnel, Roger Hoskins sial cable cars. According to some sources, was used for the loading as it was estimated enjoyable stevedoring experience with max- chairing \"New Zealand Marketing 1980\" and one of the conditions of shipment was that that this would save between six and eight imum co-operation from all concerned. then Bruce Gall and Phillip Markwick on their the cars had to be discharged at Wellington, hours' working time. accounting and budgeting subjects. but the discharge went ahead according to Footnote: The boss (wt. J. H.) was \"wrap- plan. (tfre New Plymouth Stevedoring Divi- The shippers worked very hard to prepare ped\". Even without his guiding hand, (he was Tuesday evening was, spent in a more in- sion likes to think that its reputation was the the oilrig for loading, with each piece num- enjoying a well earned vacation) we managed formal way with various staff members ex- key factor in retaining tfre lob!) bered and with measurements, cubic area to show a profit! posing themselves as entertainers, taking a

Possibly one of the most important events participants sales trainrng \"The American of the Annual Meeting is the award ceremony Way\". Roger and Bruce had a chance to and this took place during the presentation spend a couple of weeks in Dallas at an airline dinner on the Wednesday nrght. The awards training school being sold American sales this year were for Salesman of the Year; Top technrques. Before the regional roundabout Office; Tours Award; and Best Region. and close of the meeting, Executive Printing Manager Ron Bell spoke to the conference, As this was Alan Notley's last Travel Man- detailing the part Executive Printrng plays in agers'Meeting as the Executive Director of the Union Company family tree. Union Travel, Peter Leighton was called During the summary and close of the Front row, left to right: Philip Markwick, Sales EltV Swinard, Manners Street, Wellington; upon to make a presentation on behalf of the meeting, participants had a chance to meet Controller, H ead Office; M ark Stretch, Graeme Manson, Tauranga; Brian Car- Travel Division. Mr John Keegan, who had returned only a Blenheim; Ken Keech, General Manager, michael, C hristchurch; E ric Richards, matter of hours from the U.S.A. to take up Head Office, Auckland; Richard Durant, Wellington. Thursday, the final day, commenced with his new position with Union Company. Regional Mitnager, Australia; Michael Roger Miller and Bruce Fairbatrn showing the Macpherson, Pakuranga; Terry Drayton, Back row, left to right: Bruce Fairbairn, Brown's Bay. Dunedin; Chris Drumm, Rarotonga; Rai Naidu, Regional M anager, Pacific lslands; lan Der- Second row, left to right: Stuart McDouall, bidge, Sa/es Promotion Manger, Head Office, Oamaru; Roger Thomas Timaru; Roger Miller, Auckland; Terry Dickerson, Hastings; Roger Regional M anager, Northern; Steve Parsons, Hoskins, Marketing Manager New Zealand, Porirua) G io M arenghi, Manager, London; Head Office, Auckland; John Morris, Regional John Ryan, Apia; Bill MaY, Manager, Manager, Southern; Chris Smith, Auckland. Carefree, Australia; Lulu Faupula, Tonga. Above right: Alan Notley (left) receiving a Third row, left to right: Peter Leighton, farewell present from Peter Leighton. Regional Manager, Central; Cecilia Vincent, Lower H utt; Bruce G all, Sa/es Development Right: Union Tours'award winners George Officer, Auckland, Head Office; Sue Clayton, Cole (left) and Chris Smith (right) with Union Assistant to General Manager,Head Office, Tours Manager Russell White. Auckland; Alan N otley, Wellington; S heryl Duffy, Levin; Russell White, Manager, Union Tours; Jessie Tutton, NaPier. light-hearted look at their rmpressions of fellow workers. The Wednesday morning Fourth row, left to right: lain Flyger, session started with Paul Romanos outlining Palmerston North; George Cole, Sa/es Man- market trends and opportunities in the Union ager, Northern Region; Viveg Mudaliar, Company and detailing all the subsidiaries of Lautoka I Ba; Eoss Southee, New Plymouth; the Company.

Here we are again to tell some of what all ager of Manners Street office. Well done and Summer is drawing near and the bank the lovely ladies out at Lower Hutt have been keep up the good work. Nice to see more of courtyard makes a great place to sunbathe. up to for the past year. our sex moving into positions of power. So it has become habit to make it the lunchtime meeting place. Anyone want to o a loin us? o First, we must welcome our new staff Cecilia Vincent had a month in the U.K. and members, Johanna Ramakers and Kay Paris in June. She seems to be back in the We all wish you a merry Christmas and Turner. Both girls joined us in August. Johan- swing of things again now but who wouldn't resolve to survey the scene again next year. na surprised us all one morning by explatning be after six months? \" her slightly late arrival was because my bicycle broke down\". Original and true. Kay is o a member of the Wainuiomata Leo Club so watch out all Lions. Rosemary Cotter and Jendy Powell are still among the others working hard as usual, re- o cently conning people into coming to support the raft race. Jendy has just become the Vicki Emery has left to become a part-time proud mother of quads. Her cat, Katie, pro- \"Ngahe re\" lady of leisure and is enjoying herself tremen- duced four healthy kittens. dously. For those who have read the movement o sheets lately and noted that \"Ngahere\" and o the Ngakuta\" are occasionally going to \" Once again we would like to thank Debbie Ballast Head and have wondered where it is, Congratulations to Fiona Baker who has Freeman of Dunedrn office who helped out we hope to enlighten you a little. Ballast Head been promoted to Assistant Manager, and here whilst Fiona was tripping around the is a single jetty on the northern side of Elly Swinard who has left us to become Man- States. Kangaroo lsland, situated about sixty miles south of Adelaide. a \"Ngahere\" was the second vessel to call \" there, having been preceded by Ngakuta\" How proud we were to receive the Office some months previously. Having loaded pulp Of The Year Award for 1978-79! Other and paper rn Mt Maunganur and discharged it offices may care to take note that we have at Hobart and Burnie, we set sail for Ballast reserved wall space for further awards. Head. During this part of the voyage we were delayed for over two hours when a flashing o light was sighted. After some investigation, it turned out to be the emergency beacon on a partly submerged rubber liferaft. Our star- This year's Christmas Party was held at Claridge's Cabaret. Apart from Peter board lifeboat, under the command of Chief Leighton and Greig Herbert, people came Officer Suckling, was lowered and sent to in- from as far as Masterton to help us celebrate. vestigate and rescue the occupants. Upon reaching the liferaft they found no sign if life. However, they retrieved it and landed it o ashore later. Subsequent investigation showed that it Lower Hutt talent: From left, standing: Fiona had belonged to \" Sydney Trader\" , a small Baker (Assistant M anager), Jean H ibberd, ro-ro operating between Tasmania and the Cecilia Vincent (Travel Manager) and Kay Australian mainland ports. lt was explained Turner. Sitting: Jendy Powell, Rosemary Cot- that the liferaft had been washed overboard ter and Johanna Ramakers. by heavy seas. 22

We must also congratulate the Union Company table tennis team in winning the 'B' Grade section 1 title but, without the support of ex-members of the staff, the Company wouldn't have been able to field a team. The player were: Ron McMurra Union Com- pany; John McFarland Seabridge; David Accounts Palmer Columbus Maritime; and Kevin Thomas self employed. - On the weekend of Septem ber 28 - 30, eleven f rom the of f ice decided to descend o upon Mt. Ruapehu for a weekend of skiing. The Branch entered an office staff-only They started out in a hired minivan whrch left team in the lnterhouse competition and won the office promptly at 5.00 p.m. - too soon three out of its first four games to get into for Michael Sansom, who wished to dispose the semi-finals. of his office clothes but this gave time for managerial staff to wish them bon voyage O and a safe return. With Jrm Cochrane using some of his holi- They travelled about two hours when days to help out at various school camps, we someone wanted to stop for a while. They thought readers would be interested to know then travelled on to Matamata for a bite to that he always volunteers to assist with the eat, which everybody d id at every other more dangerous and exciting exercises, like snack bar, until they eventuatly got under way absailing, rock climbing and rrfle shooting but with the f uel tank reading approximately half he has to pause sometime and here, in proof , f ull. is a photograph taken by a teacher of Jim grving a practical demonstration in the gentle \"Ngahere\" alongside at Ballast Head loading gYpsum. Part of the gypsum mountain can be seen \"spine art of bashing\". The lourney from there was qutte une- in the lower right corner. ventful until they got to Tokaanu, started to Arriving at Ballast Head, we discovered a forbidding, desolate coastline from which protruded a steel frame supporting a con- veyor belt loading system and a jetty. The berth was exposed to north-easterly wrnds which forced the ship hard up against the berth, so the main engines were used to With the winter sports season having assist in the many shifts which were required finished, two members of Accounts Depart- to load the vessel evenly and safely. ment, Sharon Swallow and Stephen Frtzgerald, can now concentrate on summer The gypsum was just like a white crystal sports. However, in Stephens case, a 'duck' mountarn and bulldozers were used to push it in his first cricket match shouldn't be hard to on to the conveyor belt. Loading by this improve on. But congratulations to Stephen, method was very efficient and so, fourteen who played for the Taieri Rugby Club hours after we arrived, we set sail drrect for under- 19 team which won their grade, and to While looking through some family photo- Dunedin. Sharon, who played for the Taieri Ladies graphs recently, a staff member came across Hockey Team which finished midway in their this now historic photograph (right) and won- grade. dered how many people in Union Company could name him from it. Answer in the next issue of Under Way. 23

- climb the hill towards the mountain and sud- arrival, eleven weary bodies hit the sack at been shifted into Stevedoring and we denly had a surge from the engtne. As the approximately 2.30 a.m. welcome as his replacement, Glen Travis. gauge was still reading half full, they laughed it off but, alas, only got half up the hill when Saturday brought cloud and downcast the van gave a final cough and stopped - with no snow in sight until they reached the o out of gas. \"Top'o the Bruce\". Members for the ski par- ty, clad rn just about all the clothes they had \"Big\" loss at Head Office They sent John and Bernard into the dark brought with them and clutching their equip- Congratulations go to ex-mclrr, ri.rr of Ac- with hopes of getting some gas, the only way ment as though they were amateurs, went counts Hanu Patel who gave brrth to a boy, Behind every good man there's a good being through the local police. This was ob- their separate ways. Some managed to ke,'I' Amit, on October 13. woman, so the saying goe and no more tained with real difficulty. ln the meantime, on their feet while a few liked the thougnt of so than in Head Office. Margaret Lightfoot another group - Margaret, Trisha, Linda and sitting down better. has been the Assistant-Personal Secretary to Graeme - decided to check the situation out the General Manager of the Company's and set sail for Turangi, the females thumb- After a rather eventful day of ups and Stevedoring and Agencies Division, David ing a lift. downs, a smorgasbord meal at the Chateau Graham. Margaret joined Union Company in bistro bar came as a relief . Then the stiff and We!lington Branch in November, 1966, and, Fortunately a very helpful Maori gentleman sore meandered back to the skotel to drown apart from a few months in the late 1960s, stopped. They accepted a ride gratefully, ex- their aches and pains in the best way they had been Private Secretary for David right up plaining their problem. Mr Tarewa (\"Boy\" as knew how. to her retirement on November 16. he is known to his friends) offered his assis- tance with a supply of petrol that he had Before they knew it, Sunday was on them Davtd warned both Margaret and husband stockpiled for his daughter. She was sup- and, as the weather proved miserable, only John de Bode, a Permanent Hand in our John (Purser on \"Union Rotorua\") of the dire posedly travelling from Auckland that day but half were game enough to ski the slope. The Gear Store, is an enthusiastic jogger, so much consequences to their careers should they be had phoned to say she was not coming. remaining half cleaned out the skotel and so that he arranged his holiday to Australia to foolhardy enough to enter the \"family way then returned the keys, thanking the manage- enable him to participate in the City to Surf stakes\", currently all the rage, particularly in \" Boy tl'r€n offered to take them back to the ment for thelr hospitality. run sponsored by the Sydney Sun\" Wellington (look out for a baby gallery van but, when they arrived at the spot, the newspaper. The course was from the Sydney feature in the next March Under Wuy). I Town Hall to Bondi Beach, a distance of 14 I van had gone. Apparently, to this group, At 1.00 p.m. everyone rendezvoused at the I \"Top 'o kilometers. John was one of approximately Joking aside, we're sure David joins all t , someone else had got behind the wheel and the Bruce\", and slowly (for the sake endeavoured to start the engine and, being of the van) edged their way down the moun- 25,000 participants and completed the those in the Company associated with successful, had proceeded in the general tarn. The f inal stop before the long trek home course in 87 minutes. The photograph shows Margaret and John in extending best wishes direction of Turangi in pursuit of the original was for the ski enthusiasts to have a well- John enjoying well earned ref reshments at to them for what could be the first baby of two groups. earned dip in the heated spa pool. the finish of the run. the 1980s. When John and Bernard got back, theY We left the skotel at about 1300 (in nautical found a guard informing them that the bus terms) for a pleasant trip back to Auckland. was mobile and that it had headed off Once back the driver started to drop mem- ACCOUNTS towards Turangi. After the initial reaction of bers of the by then dilapidated party off at panic, the whereabouts of the bus was their various destinations. This proved quite a Our apologies for not putting in an ap- established. Boy (their new Maori friend) said, task, with one living at Papatoetoe, three at pearance in the last Under Way, but not \"Get in the car and we will look for them\". So Glenfield, three at Te Atatu, one at Mt. Albert much had been happening around Head off they went again. and one at Blockhouse Bay. Office Accounts for a while. However, changes a plenty have been taking place re- No complaints have been heard since. lt After driving around Turangi's shopping cently. centre they spotted the van four doors down certainly was a change from shipping! f rom the Police Station, once again out of o gas. They filled it up with four gallons from O Boy and then proceeded to the emergency service station in Tokaanu where, after tank- Thomas (The Pun) Petherick was one fine ing up to the brim, they headed towards With the advent of Daiwa Line services in day mysteriously nabbed QV lnsurance and higher places namely, the Skotels behind New Zealand, there have been a couple of Compensation to be replaced by Grant - (Dunedin) Leishman from the ranks of Credit Chateau Tongariro. After celebrating a safe changes in the office. Michael Sansom has

Control. Kate Walton, last seen lurking in Fi- an immedrate conference to decide how to Joe Henry really put his foot in it recently. Since his arrival in the Company, Jules Ellis nancial Accounts, was eagerly snapped up by rid this Department of its scourge. The \"Marama\" had been running so well for hasn't really had much of a mention, possibly Credit Control, but rumour has it that greener so long, steering clear of disputes and delays, because he doesn't do anything, work in- pastures lie beyond the realms of USSCO for O that Joe decided a trip up to Auckland to in- cluded. But, away from the office, his work our Kate. We welcome the additron to Finan- spect his pride and joy was in order. Well, load increases and we would like to con- cial Accounts of Denise Staples, Credit Con- At the time of writing, feverish prepara- you guessed it: the moment Joe booked his gratulate him on the additron of a baby trol's latest loss. Kathy Patchett, our resident tions were taking place tn order to assure the tickets, everything went wrong and the daughter, Jon Vanessa, to his family. successful punter, has been moved a whole celebration of Dave Feeha n's a nd Shelley \"Marama\" ended up being delayed about a six feet to Ships Wages Section. Doing a Mellody's marriage on the planned date. All week. The moral of the story would seem to swap with her, Tom Cockroft has been had wrsh them well and were waiting for the be: \"Get Joe to check out our oppositions' moved to Kathy's job. shout with eager anticipation. vessels to muck up therr timetable.\" a o o ln closing, we wish you all a Merry Talking of swapping, Lynsday Allan and Christmas and, fellers, watch out for the David Southwood returned from Outward Keryn Craddock have done one but, as Keryn Happy New Leap Year. Bound looking very healthy and fit. A couple rs married and Lyndsay is not, perhaps of days back in G.T. soon fixed that and now Lyndsay got the better deal. he's ba ck to the good old Stork\" , as we \" know him. GENERAL TRAFFIC o It's that time of the year again. Working o On Friclay, October 5, a fond farewell was into the wee small hours of the morning has given to Henry Bruce after 43 years wrth the been necessary in order to relate the happen- Company. We all wish Henry and Maureen a ings to all avid G.T. followers. long and happy retirement. One of the big mysteries around the Department has been what or who has Guy o Harris found at the hospital? Having spent o two weeks visiting their physiotherapist to The biggest event was Sandy McNab's have a pair of crutches removed from under All Wellington residents beware! Be on the business trip around the world to check on all his arms, he recently returned from a ski trip look out f or a 197 4 blue Ford Escort called our Branches in Greece, Turkey, England, Hol- with a ski. What is so unusual about that, you land and Singapore, to name but a few. He may ask? lt was sticking out the back of his Gladys owned by Lyndsay Allan and a 197 1 blue Triumph called Dougal owned by Glenys came back looking very disappointed to head. The story goes that he crashed into a And last, but by no means least, here he is Wilson. lf seen, approaclr with extreme cau- report we had no Branches in those countries ski, which isn't really out of the ordinary, but introducing Stu E. Conley, this edition's tion, as these cars when occupied are con- but he had a tremendous time looking for this was one of his own. That, of course, re- Mate of the Month. Stu measures in at 5 feet sidered dangerous. Do not attempt to inter- them. To be fair, he did have a few weeks of quired a few hospital visits. Now he has 71/z inches short and tells us he weighs 75 cept but please immediately contact the holidays to use up. booked in for a few nights for knee modifrca- kilograms. He is a youthful 23 years old with tions. We just hope this nurse is worth all the nearest traffic officer in order to clear the pain he is putting himself through. bloodshot green eyes and black hair and was road for them. a born under the star sign \"Sagittarius\". His in- terests include soccer, drrnking, membership of a squash club, of which he is president, We think Don Shaw may be able to shed a Denrse Drummond has also been doing a bit of travelling. She went for a holiday, cruis- some light on the subject as he tried to break and collecting cut out automobiles from the ing around the South lsland all very nice, a few ribs on a modified newsprint platform back of Weetbix packets, which are assem- - Christopher Gibbons has recently been but she is now committed to the Company to gain medical attention. Fortunately, the bled by Dave Southwood as Stu hasn't yet banished to the \"Third Floor\" and is not to learned how. for the next five years to repay all the holi- platform was well made and suffered no associate with us mere mortals ever again. days she has taken in antrcipation. Her damage. The hospital staff showed no con- Speaking of mere mortals, Brian Paulin re- parents who accompanied her are glad the cern for Don's agony and sent him straight Mr Conley was born at Mosgiel and joined cently had the extreme gall to publicise how our Dunedin Branch straight from school, holiday is over. back to work. much he earns a minute. Suffice to say, all working there for 1 t/z years, in which time his other members of Head Office Accounts had only claim to fame was writing off two 25

pushbikes. with that experience under his As \"Union Lyttelton\" was in port, an in- More on Les Wilson's South American So- belt, he was transferred to Head office where vitation was extended to interested players journ: An eye catching window display of he has been for the last four years' He now and Chief Engineer Keith Bainbridge, Second souvenirs and mementos procurred by Les helps run the Conventional Vessels, that rs Engineer Peter Clarke and Purser Steve Kellett while on his trip evoked much favourable when he is not being disciplined for lack of participated. comment from the public, plus a number of work, to which one might add, he is no inqurries from prospective travel clients. stranger. Semi-finalists were: John Withirrgton Wellington Seacargo Terminal; Tony o Whereas our last Mate of the Month, (\"Wuzzy\") Ferrier - a \"ring-in\"; Ross Vercoe Denys Carpenter, was known for his suave - husband of Vivienne, Stores Department; appearance, Stu is still trying to reach those and Purser Steve Kellett. The finalists were Congratulations to Roger Thomas, Travel standards. Poor Stu has a long way to go' Ross Vercoe and \"Wuzzy\", with Ross man- Manager, Timaru, recipient of Union Travel's aging to win in two sets. Salesman of the Year Award. Our thanks to As far as music goes, Stu enioys listening Head Office for recognising Roger's efforts. to Genesis, the Beatles and singing dirty rug- A small presentation was made to the win- by songs. With all that behind him, it's no ner and runner-up. Games were generally of a a wonder he idolises AndY CaPP. good standard and many were closely f oug ht. stu has only two ambitions in life. The first News from the Shipping Division indicates is to collect a full set of Weetbix cards (his all are in good heart. Foreman Brian Dixon, favourite food), before they change to a new now back at work, looks bronzed and f it after subject. The second is to retire before he is his recent holiday stint. Just shows what Timaru air and sunshine can do. sacked. Above: Travel Manager Roger Thomas: \"1 Footnote: lf Stu was ever to lose his bachelor o don't care if the flight's full, mY daughter status, his f uture 'father-in-law' must own a wants to go to Disneyland right now\". pub or be a Weetbix manufacturer' Timaru's roving photographer has been o hard at work over past weeks and examples Below: Travel Consultant Les Wilson with his of his efforts are included here. South American display. With that, G.T. signs off with a reminder that the next edition includes the usual who's ,\"'''%r* who and what happening, as well as another Travel Consultant John Neale, our inveter- t ,.# ffi;,r\"' ,,,t,,,,;1:., Mate of the Month. Be sure not to miss your ate f itness f iend, no longer bikes to work. *, rtL: wi H J't t:, 4); - copy. Seems an inebriated customer of the \"Old W* * Bank\" Tavern took a liking to John's ten- speed bike and was last seen heading in the direction of the Washdyke Tavern. \"Still haven't got it back\", John says. \"The police WELLINGTON SOCIAL CLUB have retained it as evidence.\" o Squash Evening The annual Squash Evening was held at the Les Wilson, just back from a South Ameri- 1\\trb(*XAlt ehm@ofitbb gouthAmffiir lffiffi* John Reid Courts, Kelburn, on Friday, Octo- can \"famil\", passed through Tahiti on his w, ber 19, 1979. Entries totalled a modest 20, way. Staff lunchtimes are now spent perus- which included learners through to some ing his photos from the Club Mediterranee. w talented players. Games commenced at 7.00 Les claims most of the slides he took are p.m. and continued through until after 11.00 somewhat overexposed, a fact well substan- p.m., with results being decided on a \"best of tiated by those privileged to view. lffi three\" basis. All players managed to com- plete at least three games during the evening. 26

replaces Wendy Ferguson. Sue is keen on All the staff pitched in recently during the horses and has found a house with a vacant redecoration of our offices and the lsland paddock adjacent but has yet to find a horse. Harbour Bard penned a few lines: \"Bubbles\" Ross Gibb joined us in August and his interests revolve around rugby, hockey and yachting. The roller rolls, the paint brush brushes. Martin swears until Sue blushes. Blood comes to Lindsay's face in rushes. . . o And Alan Shore works quietlY on. - Wendy Ferguson married ex-Company Chief Officer and now Southland Harbour Bord Pilot John Henderson in June. They are The undercoat looks rather nice; now living in lnvercargill and Wendy, we un- It damn well should at such a Price. derstand, is settling into the domestic For a while Mac thought they'd charged him routine. twice. . . And \"Bubbles\" looks quietly on. - o Bill Ditfort retired to his farm at Greenhills Soon preparations will be done. in August and is now considering shifting to Then staff will start to have some fun Nelson or Blenheim or Napier or Kaitaia or Picking all the colours under the sun Above: Travel Consultant John Neale somewhere. While Calder' quietly gone. strange how he alwaYs seems to grab the at- tractive clients. o Below: Chief Officer Bill Compson hard at Choices of colours come thick and fast - \" work during a recent call of Kuaka\" at Our rugby supporters club consisting of Must be something to last and last. Timaru. Allan McDonald, lan Calder, Lindsay Key, That base white looks like a plaster cast, Martin Finnerty and Alan Shore made the trek So just keep on - and on. to Dunedin for the Pumas test match, des- cending on Jim and Jean Cochrane for a cou- Somehow or other, despite the best inten- ple of nights. A very understanding person is trons of our scribe, Bluff notes seem to get Jean. Dunedin Branch very kindly arranged a As the job moves to a close thought about a week after the set deadline. social evening to coincide with their arrival The writer of this removes his nose. This time, maybe, we'll make it. and all Dunedin staff are thanked for a most I don't really care for the colours you chose convivial evening. And l'll just be moving on. - o Capt. Fred Kelner kept insisting that \"Erne\" wasn't due in Bluff until the following evening and that they needn't have bothered Since we last corresponded, there have been some changes in our personnel. We coming up to see him, really. Thanks also to would like to welcome to our ranks Foreman Alistair Hannah for laying on the transport to get everyone to a restaurant. There, you can Alan Shore, a volunteer fireman who has a disconcerting habit of disappearing from the get six passengers into a Mini, Alistair! Jim pub when the siren goes and wandering back Cochrane is still calling for a swab from Mar- sometime later, picking up the conversation tin and lan who claimed not to have played Our Social Club has been active throughout as if he's never been away. darts for, oh, 15 or 20 years. the year and the photographic evidence shows how enjoyable the f unctions have Also new to our ranks is Sue Twomey who been. 27

Above: \"a rose between two thorns\" L: Jeanette Dickson, Lindsay KeY, Wendy Ferguson. Above: on a \"mYSterY \" bLts tour - LindsaY pant since David Norman moved down to the Key, Allan McDonald, Wendy Ferguson and Port. We are begrnning to have doubts about lan Calder. him as he has drsplayed a passion for a fruit Below: \"The Meanieq'\" - lan Calder, Lindsay salad plant which he regularly talks to while Key, Allan McDonald. polishing the leaves and expresses much pleasure when another shoot sprouts forth' lf it wasn't for the weekly visits of seamen \" \" f rom either the Austral Tide\", Northern Tide\" or \"Pacific lnstaller\", \\Me wonder what would happen. However, we must add he does an excellent job consrdering the unusual Due to the uncanny coincidence of draw- demands and irregular sailings of the Maui ing his own name out of the hat, our reluctant supply vessels. Personality of the Ouarter is Murray Dixon, Oil Services Crew Wages Clerk. lt should be Murray has been with the Company for srx noted that this is one of the very rare photo- years, progressing from Junior to Cashier and graphs taken of Murray and it was by no then Wages Clerk. With the development of means a srmPle feat to obtain it. the petro-chemical industry and exploration field, New Plymouth office is in a boom period Murray is a Taranaki born and bred lad well with a bright future for all the staff working addrcted to the local brew and the New here, including Murray. Plymouth Boys' Soccer Club. Because of a certain f emale interest, he is now breaking a into tennis among other things this summer, his excuse being to keep fit for next year's soccer season. KeeP fit for what? Robyn Andrews, our personality of the quarter last time, entered fqr the second year Murray is Lord of the upstairs portion of running the Miss Taranaki Beauty contest. \" the office, or Brldge\", being the sole occu- Unfortunately, yet again she was unplaced'

This shows the quality of the female sex we While Michelle was away, we had Sherrin resident author has taken the first step on the telex this office for an appointment - with- have in Taranaki. Robyn, however, insists that Brnt working part time for Union Travel and road to the altar. Gavin Mortlock announced out delay! Diners and American Express cards her lack of a placing is due to a lack of full- she proved a very helpful asset. Thanks very his engagement on August 25 to Denise accepted. ness in a certain vital statistic. We're not sure much for your assistance, Sherrin. Loasby. All at Union Company New Plymouth which area that could be, but we're going to wish them all the best for the f uture. The Harris-Daw estate situated in the Bay have fun finding out. of Plenty hinterland beneath the Kaimai o Ranges is also providing work for Wayne. Or- ders for fruit, too, can be telexed to this o office. All consignments will be sent 'freight Accountant Graham Ricketts suddenly forward'. decided that it was about time he took a holi- Branch Manager Merv Hunt will be spend- day and consequently went off to Blenheim O ing more time out of the office than in it next for two weeks. He did not, however, leaving year following receipt of the T.N.T. Transport us with a mountain of work and, due to this Captain ''Bluey\" Avery was farewelled at award. Consequently, he will be off to happy state, the rest of the staff decided to two very enjoyable staff functions. His fre- Australia for six weeks around the end of let him go, subject to the condition that he quent visits to the off ice are missed by us all, February to study transport techniques. This, returned before the next set of monthly ac- particularly the girls who received his un- coupled with the usual four-week holiday he counts were due. The diversification of our staff interests divided attention. has from the end of December to the end of and expertise is clearly evident in two ven- January will mean not much will be seen of a tures that have recently come to fruition. O him. However, we extend our congratulations to Merv and wish him many happy hours The Vienna Beauty Salon, under the man- We look forward to meeting those of you studying in Australia. agement of Livestock lnternational Ltd's lan who will be holidaying here at the Mount this By the time this is in print, Keith Miller, one Houlahan's wife, has opened and bustness is of our Wharf Foremen, will be back at work in booming. Anyone f rom Head Office spending yea r. o Mt Maunganui. We were all sorry to see him their holdiay at Mount Maunganui should go but wished him well back at the Mount. His replacement is Barry Graham who joined us from the local waterside labour force. We After a long vacancy, we finally now have a new Travel Manager, Ross Southee. Ross are sure he will fit in and prove to be more and his wife, Joy, hail from Napier and ap- than competent after more than 20 years as a parently he has learnt all his tricks from Peter waterside worker. Welcome to Union Com- Hobbs, so he should be well clued up on both pany, Barry. We know your Foreman's iob shipping and travel operations. He is f ast will be full of surprises. mastering the pool table and has actually managed to beat Accountant Graham a Ricketts once which was a great boost to his ego. We welcome Ross and Joy to New Plymouth and hope they enjoy their associ- ;rtion with local operations. A certain secrecy hangs over the Container Facility at present. We tried to find out what had been happening there over the past few o months, but all we were told was that the Container Stevedoring staff continue to break all records and that more information Whrkr Ross lrirs l)o()tt tirkirrg c)ver, Michelle will be forthcoming in the next issue. Wtlsott hits t)o()n I(,(:ullttritttrtl; irr Whakatane f rom a kidney stoltc oJ)()ritttrltt. She was away \"?luey's\" friends, left to for approximately two months, bttt is now fit o right: Carol Chinnock- and well and returned to work on November Smith, Julie Bryant, Capt 12. All personnel involved with Travel were \" Bluey\" Avery, Louise pleased to see her back to ease the work load The f inal item of interest is the announce- Newbold and Francis Pur- somewhat. ment that our Freight Accounts Clerk and ton. - 29

At a recent Branch shippers f unction, clients joined ComPanY staff over a glass of wine and varieties of cheese . . . and so did the resident cameraman' Featured here are four of his results. ON GOURSE AT TATUM PARK Format for laying out the cheeses and various Mount Maunganui Branch Manager Les Charman other nourishments. eating Fena cheese while Julie Bryant looks on. President of the local Export lnstitute Feo Stanton and the Pearce brothers, one on either side, dis- Rex cameron, lreland and co, reaching for the cussing the merits of Totara wines' garlic bread to kill the blue vein cheese' The Sth shipping lndustry Training Board Management course for Ships' officers was held at Tatum park near Wellington earlyln September. Union Company participants were, back row' Messrs D. Reid, E. V. Jones, ani captain M. J. Lock; first, second and third from left. ln the ii. pound are second and third from left respectively. ,,$ front row, captain w. w. Ross and Mr A. S. The course director, Mr Gavin Dobie (slTB), and the course administrator, Mr T' Stock (NZ Railways), are in the centre front row.

I .l I d J -,( ^d ..{ ^{ .d NEW HOME FOH A SHIP'S CABIN \\i', { :g By Jack Churchouse, Curator of the Wellington Harbour Board Maritime Museum lf ever an exhibit in the Wellington Harbour. Board's Maritime Museum glows with appreciation following \"*t\"i.ir\" i.rioration it is tne 1o0-year old Captain's cabin from the And well ii might' for what I had confidently ,,Te Anau.' in her heyday and dressed with ftags for a special occasion at Dunedin \"r\" nit''; t'\"\" i.ont Ahove: the ,,Te Company's steamer \"o'\"')' about 1gg5. of 1,652 ,ons, the Anau\" was built in t 8i9 by witliam Denny and Brothers of believedwouldbeutu,r.o\"\",pvingthreeorfourmonthstookalmostthreetimesaslongas the Dunlbarton, Scotland, for the Union Steam Ship Company which employed her in their that, indicating t1.,\" oiruJil-\"ili Jru,\" in which it was received. lt also illustrates t)assengerandcargoservicebetweenNewZealandandAustralia'lnabout1890'thethree thoroughness of the restorer, Mr Stan Emmens' a master builder of Wainuiomata' whom I yitrrlswereremovedfromthleforemastandtheonlysailcarriedthereafterwasastaYsailonthe assisted. l()reDtast to steadY her. Thecompletedcabinreflects,too.hisdedicationtothealmostdauntingtask,hisskilland attention to detail. Nothing but the best was good enough. The teak structure' with its mahogany interior fittings,'iffi fii\"irffv ueen renuitt; indeed vJere the timber available it would have been quicker to construct another' The cabin is almost as old as the company for which the ship had been built in 1879' lndeed' LT\" the,.TeAnau,,wastneseventtrvesselbuiltforthem,comingfromtheyardsofWilliamDennythe Anur\" was designed for and Brothers ot Ou.O\"rioi, i\"oifunO. Of 1,652-tons, tfl\" trans-Tasman service, having accommodation to, iia passengers and a cargo capacity of about 1,200 tons. She cost 145'909' I As larger and more modern ships entered service for the company, the \"Te Anau\" was withdrawn f rom the int\"r\"ltoniuL trade and emptoyeJin ir,e coastal run between Auckland and I I I Bluff.lnlg2lshewaslaidupatPortChalmersandthen,inlg24,strippedofherfittingsbefore Board' The-\"Te Anau\" was towed to Wanganui' where I being sold to the WangJn'iHu'uo\" the Board's Chief Englne;r, fVf|. Httt\"A' had the-Captain's cabin removed before the ship was .r\"[., the end of the breakwater off Castlecliff' ,,Te possibry wi.th passengers and friends, pose on the bridge Left: the Anau's,, comprement, ggs. The captain is o.n the eiposed open bridge beside the bowler front at Dunedin in February, l hatted gentlemrn, *nirc'in'\" Auun\"-\"\"\"' stands bY the wheel behind the binnacle and an officerleansonthetetegraphtotheengineroom.ThethenvarnishedCaptain'scabinisbelow them, with its two brass portholes gleaming' 31 rrlllllllll

iI iI l{ {l .-,,r+'11*i ',f .$+.i::S:' V( u.... \"lt The \"Te Anau\" in her old age at Auckland, before she was laid up at Dunedin in 1 921 . By this time her passenger accommodation had been removed and she was emploYed in the East Coast trade between Auckland and Bluff. After being taid up for three years, the \"Te Anau\" was towed to Wanganui and sunk at the end of the basin wall off Castlecliff, where she can be seen to this day. The cabin was transported to Mr Haszard's home in Cornfoot Street. where it was occupied The tin roof was first removed and the thick layer of pitch covering the wooden deck prised by his young son. ln 1931, the property was sold to the Elliot family, their daughter, Nora, off. Marine plywood was glued in its place, thereby making the cabin waterproof. The teak talking possession of the cabin, which she used as a study and refuge. ln 1959 she had the shelter, which had been added subsequently, was demolished when the interior fittings were cabin removed to her brother's farm at Kai lwi, where it lay in a paddock, to all intents and taken out. purposes abandoned and neglected. Finally, in July, 1978, Miss Elliot, who was by then living in Auckland and was looking for a home for her treasured historic relic, offered the cabin to the The cabin was then placed on a chipboard floor as the deck to which it had originaly been Wellington Harbour Board's Maritime Museum. Her claim to be the owner of a Captain's cabin bolted had rotted. Then began the seemingly never ending task of knocking out the panels was accepted with some disbelief. lndeed, it sounded highly unlikely. which made up the interior and exterior of the cabin. Scraping off the paint, sanding them down and repairing or replacing the beading before sealing each panel back in place again. Finally, the twelve panels and the door were completed. Then the exterior as well as the roof or When next in Wanganui the opportunity was taken to go to the farm to inspect the cabin. lt deck were primed and undercoated and the interior given a coat of varnish. was among outbuildings and looked quite out of character. Portholes proclaimed it was from a ship, but there the association appeared to end. The exterior, as Miss Elliot has advised, was in The deck head inside the cabin was next stripped down and sanded and the beading placed a lamentable state of dilapidation, even though the rusted tin roof gave some protection from in position again when it was painted. Varnish was removed from the interior fittings and the the elements. A door inside the almost collapsed porch bore the word Captain on a brass plate wardrobe, settee, chart table, bunk, bookcase and shelves were refitted and varnished and and, carved into the frame above, \"Certified To Accommodate Master\" proved that this deck screwed back in place. The interior was then given two coats of varnish and the exterior of the house had once been a ship master's cabin. cabin a final coat of white paint. The velvet curtains for the door, bunk and port holes and the settee (all made by the Board's riggers) were fitted. The locks were repaired, brass work The door was opened gingerly and another world entered - a sanctum indeed, despite its cleaned and lacquered, thereby completing the restoration. dimunitive size and excitement reigned as fittings were examined, doors, drawers and cupboards opened. The fact that the interior was intact made the cabin impossible to resist ln August the cabin was transported to the Maritime Museum and placed in position on the and Mr Stan Emmens generously volunteered to undertake the restoration. The cabin was ground floor. Shortly afterwards, Miss Elliot came to Wellington and officially \"opened\" the carted from Wanganui to Wainuiomata and, for the next nine months, almost every weekend cabin which is now a maior exhibit. lndeed, the Captain's cabin is unique and it is unlikely there was devoted to the almost daunting task. is another relic such as this anywhere in the world.

prior to the hutk of the \"Te Anau\" being sunk off Castlectiff, the Chief Engineer of the Wanganui Mr Jack churchouse inspectinq the interior of the cabin before restoration contmenced' Harbour Board, Mr H. V. M. Haszard, had the Captain,s cabin removed and taken to his home at 91 Cornfoot Street, where it was occupied by his son' Hayden' M iss N ora E lliot oPening\" the restorecl l OO year-old Captain's cabin front the \"Te Anau' on \" August 28. M iss E lliot, who now lives in Aucklancl, owned the cabin irom 1931 until 1978 and foltowed with great interest irs res toratiort. Almost completely restored with the final panel to be painted' rlr ?#r5Sr5#T \\

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