CRIPPLED STEAMER WITH PHOSPHATE CARGO
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[ AUCKLAND, Feb. 23. 1 With one engme out of eommission the Bauk Line's 5154 ton motorship 5 Olivebank is steaming at half speed for : Auckland to discharge the first cargo of Ocean Island phosphate to enter port since earlv in the war. One of the ves- ; sel 's tvvin propellers struck an object ' when she was steaming from Nauru to Ocean Island. Hhe loaded a full cargo at Ocean Island and is making 5^ knots 011 the voyage to Auckland where she is 1 expected on Friday. The Olivebatik will enter Calliope dock for repairs. Btill rccovering from the eileets of wartime sea attacks and the Japanese occupation, Nauru and Ocean Island re•sumed exporting phosphates last _A-ug-t ust. In September the first Nauru sliipment arrived at Auckland in the Moraybank. As Auckland has been drawing largely ou phosphate supplies from the French Paciflc possession of Makatea, no further shipment has since arrived from Nauru and that carried by ,the Olivebank is only the second sent from the group.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1947, Page 2
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