OFFICERS AND CREW.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 195, 16 August 1907, Page 5

OFFICERS AND CREW.

The following are the names of the officers and crew of the Constance Craig: — CAPTAIN FTNLAY MORRISON. H. HANSON, A.B. E. PETERSON, Mate. T. BROWN, A3.

H. LEWIS, Second Mate. M. KEOGH, A3. F. MACIN, Cook and Steward. J. NELSON, A.B. l. McDonald, a.b. a. stein, a.b. A. MALLAR, A.B. R. ROBERTS, A3.

A Press Association telegram from Gisorne supplies fuller particulars of the shipd company as follow:—

Captain Finlajr y«~*£sa (Sydney); E. Peterson, Mate (Sydney); H. Lewis, Second Mate (Anglesea), aged 48; Mac Donald, A.8.; H. Hansen (Brooklyn), aged 28; T.Brown (Perth), aged 26; M. Keogh (Liverpool), aged 24: A. Stein, Roberts, P. Mackin(cook and steward); A- Mallar (Norway), aged 34.

The following men joined the Constance Craig at Gisborne to replace others transferred to the barqufintinellma: Lewis, Mailer, Hanson, Brown, Keoghj and Nelson. CAPTAIN MORRISON. Captain L. Morrison, who was in command of the Constance Craig when that vessel left Gisborne, is a well-known skipper in the inter-colonial trade. Born in Scotland about 40 years ago, he came out to the colonies at an early age and took up residence in Melbourne and Sydney. With a natural taste for the sea and a seaman's life he shipped before the mast when still young, and soon worked his way up to a command. He sailed in several vessels engaged in the Australian—New Zealand trade, and will be remembered as being the master of the barque Royal Tar, also of the Craig Line, when she was wrecked on Shearer Rock, off Tiritiri, some six years ago. AN AXTCKLANDER ON BOARD. The crew of the Constance Craig include at least one Aucklander, Mr B. Stein, who is a son of Captain P. A. Stein, of the Northern Co.'s steauer Ngatiawa. Young Stein, who is only eighteen years of age, joined the Con* stance Craig about six months ago aa an ordinary seaman. Prior to that he was on the barquentine Pendle Hill for about eighteen months.

THE CONSTANCE CRAIG.

The Constance Craig was built at Sunderland (England) in 1893, but was then known as the Margarita. She was purchased by Messrs J. J. Craig and G. T. Niecol, and arrived at Auckland rigged as a barqueatine. After making several trips in the inter-colonial trade her rig was changed to that of a barque, and subsequently Mr Niecol disposed of his share in the vessel, the name of which was altered to Constance Craig, when Messrs Craig changed the names of all their vessels to denote the ownership by the affix "Craig." About two years ago the Constance Craig was sold to Captain J. Kennedy and Mr E. J. Chrisp, of Gisborne. Since then she has been regularly engaged in the Gisborne, Hokianga, Sydney, and Newcastle trade, and has made a number of smart passages. She is a steel vessel of 494 tons.