STEAMER RUNS ASHORE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 84, 3 January 1935, Page 3

STEAMER RUNS ASHORE

Mishap to Golden State

ACCIDENT ON RECENT TRIP A narrow escape from being wrecked during her recent voyage from New Zealand and Australia to America was experienced by the American steamer Golden State, which arrived at Auckland from Los Angeles early on Sunday morning, states the “New Zealand Herald.” The accident occurred when the steamer was proceeding from Sydney to Kahului, Hawaiian Islands, to load a sugar cargo for San Francisco. When approaching the group on October 16 at 1.30 o’clock in the morning the Golden State ran ashore at Maalaea Bay, Maul Island, where she remained fast for 36 horn’s. Fortunately the weather was fine and the sea smooth. The place where she stranded was a sandy bay and practically no damage was done. After being towed afloat by two tugs and the coastguard cutter Itaca, the steamer was taken to Honolulu, where she was examined by divers. No repairs being necessary the vessel loaded a quantity of raw sugar at Honolulu and then proceeded to Kahului and completed loading more raw sugar, which was discharged at San Francisco where the steamer was docked for further inspection before she- loaded her present cargo at Pacific Coast ports for Auckland, Wellington and Australia.

Captain A. J. Larsen, who was in command of the vessel when she stranded, remained behind in San Francisco. He was relieved by Captain J. H. Hansen, who is making his first visit to New Zealand since he was in command of the steamer Golden Harvest when she was stranded on Barret Reef, near Wellington Heads, on June 30, 1033, and was very extensively damaged. The Golden state is expected at Wellington to-morrow.

An offer of £5OOO for two meals a day for the rest of his life, exclusive of wine and cigars, cash paid in advance, was lately made by a patron of a London restaurant. He is 40 years of age. America holds many towns which have taken their names from English places. There are thirteen Bristols, thirteen Oxfords, nine Plymouths, seven Yorks, seven Baths, and six Cambridges. Translations of the Scriptures were made in 11 new languages in 1933, the total number of Bibles distributed throughout the year being 10.993,203, in 678 languages.