LAKE WANAKA.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 222, 10 February 1874, Page 6

LAKE WANAKA.

(FROM ; A CORRESPONDENT.) • <»l I 'i. wioi February 4, On a previous, occasion When I wrote to you, 1 mentioned 'thai a craft,was <>ri the stocks at Pigeon Island, and that it was expected to he ready in eight months of 50.., jlt is now my pleasing duty, to have to chronicle the completion arid successful launch of phe veseel referred to! The launching was delayed for some time on account of the unfavourable state of the Lake, but +he morning of the 2nd inst. presented a fitting opportunity, and at 7 a.m., the dog-shores having been knocked away, the vessel glided with a quick but even movement into the Lake. In the absence of any of the fair sex, (in consequence of distance and the early hour of the day,) the ceremony of baptism was performed by Mr R. H. Wallace, who named her the " Nun," in commemoration of a visit paid to the island a few days previously Try the Lady Superior of a Dunedin convent. The Nun I is a schooner of about fifty tons, and was ! built by Mr Alfred Pnni, who was also, the builder of the schooner Eureka, which has been trading on the Lake for the last five years. She has been constructed With the view of engaging in the trade of the Lake ; and it is to be hoped that, while she : will doubtless confer a benefit on those residing in the vicinity, she will also prove a remunerative speculation to the owner. Suited for the Lake as the Eureka may be, and doubtless is in many respects, Mr Pinn, in his new craft, has repaired the faults experience taught him had been made in the former vessel. The manner in which she has been planked is deserving of every commendation, and it is to be especially noticed that she is built of strong natural timbers. Unlike the Eureka, her standing gear is of wire. It is expected that she will be ready for trading in ten days, and T trust that the spirit exhibited by the builder will be repaid byl such a trade as will remove any chance of that constant confinement.to one place habitual to a Nun. ' Shearing is mainly over throughout this: district, and the stations by contrast appear duller than usual.