Crayfish Boat Broken Up

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31117, 21 July 1966, Page 1

Crayfish Boat Broken Up

(New Zealand Press Association) WHANGAREI, July 20. Waves pounded the 25-foot crayfish boat Daphne to pieces on the rocks of Taiharuru Point, east of Whangarei, on Tuesday.

The Daphne had been holed on Monday night after breaking its moorings, patched temporarily yesterday morning, and left to float off the rocks with the rising tide. She belonged to Messrs H. Ahast and E. Imeson, of Wilson's avenue, Whangarei. A Taiharuru resident, Mr B. Smith, noticed three small holes in the boat yesterday, the rest of the craft being intact. With Messrs R. Kivell and S. Matthews, also from Taiharuru, the owners patched the boat and left it until the tide rose. But the wind rose with the tide and high waves rolled in to pound the boat to pieces. Only the motor was worth salvaging. BATTLED SEAS The 50ft Gisborne fishing trawler Dawn, battled mountainous seas throughout last night in a fierce southerly storm on the way from Waipiro Bay to reach port at 7 o’clock this morning. This ordeal was the experience of a young Gisborne skipper on his first trip from the port of Gisborne in charge of a ship. Mr R. Phear, and his crew, Mr H. Norrie. Mr Phear paid tribute to the trawler's owner, Mr R. Hyam, a former skipper of the Dawn, Mr F. Madsen, Mr G. Greco, his father, Mr J. Phear. and the operator of the fishing fleet radio, Mr C. Smith, who stood by at the

Warden of Ports.—ln an 80ft square white marquee in the grounds of Dover College, the former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies, will today be installed as the new Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports,—Dover, Julv 20.

radio for nearly 12 hours giving advice, checking positions and depth reading and instruction on how to repair the broken bilge pump. The voyage from Waipiro to Gisborne is normally made in six hours and a half. It took the Dawn and her crew 18} hours for their trip home. SHIPS DELAYED Three coastal vessels arrived In Auckland late today after being delayed by high winds and heavy seas further north. The freighter Kweichow radioed Auckland last night advising she had hove to in heavy seas 180 miles northeast of North Cape.