IN GRIP OF TIDE
NEW MOTOR-SHIP
TROUBLE AT AUCKLAND
(Pjr Telegraph—l'ress Association.) AUCKLAND, May 25. In the grip of a peculiar and powerful set of the flood tide, the new 12,000----ton Blue .Star Line motor-ship Melbourne Star, was not made fast alongside the wharf until 5.30 p.m. For over an hour the big ship lay ab~ut' 100 yards off and parallel to the wharf with straining eight-inch manila lines fjrom her bow and stern. With her powerful twin screws working first ahead and then astern and assisted by the Harbour Board's tug William C. Daldy, she would come close to the quay, only to be swept away again by the tide. „_**,. It was with a deep report that first one of the bow' lines carried away and then one from the stern. Laden down to her marks with a lull cargo, the ship put terrific strains upon the lines, and it was only, skilful handling of the vessel by the*pilot which prevented more gear from being broken. Unfortunately the Harbour Board's other tug, Te Awahina, is on the slipway undergoing her annual overhaul. With two tugs it is considered that the Melbourne Star could have been berthed in much quicker time.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1937, Page 7
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201IN GRIP OF TIDE Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1937, Page 7
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