SHIPPING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20044, 16 September 1939, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE VESSELS DUE AT GISBORNE Pukeko, Auckland, to-night. Wninui, southern ports, to-night. Pakura, Wellington, September 21. Margaret W., Auckland, September 21. COASTAL TRADE The Wainui. cleared Wellington at P. 20 p.tn. yesterday for Gisborne and is due here to-night. After discharging produce from South Island peris and Wellington on Monday the ship departs for Napier. The Karitanc is on route from Westport and Grcymouth to Napier and Gisborne and is to discharge coal, timber and posts here next week. The Pukeko, from Portland and Auckland, has been delayed in working Coast hays and i? expected to arrive at Gisborne at 7 p.m. to-day. On completion of working on Monday she proceeds to Napier, thence Portland .and Auckland. The Kopara is expected to load at Auckland on Monday for Coast bays, Gisborne and Napier. The Margaret W. was due at Auckland about 3 p.m. to-day from Gisborne, Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay. On Monday and Tuesday the ship loads at Auckland lor the Coast and Gisborne. The Pakura loads at Wellington today and on Monday for Napier and Gisborne. She is to discharge here about Wednesday or Thursday. LOSS OF THE OLIVEBANK The loss of the Finnish four-masted barque Olivcbank, which struck a mine off the Danish coast on. Friday, recalls the part that the war of 191418 played in the last days of the sailing" ships.. The disappearance of sail was accelerated by the large number of vessels sunk during the war. If sailing ship owners were able to keep their vessels out of the danger area they earned large freights, but the craft were easy victims of the German submarines, and many were lost. During the vvar, Captain Gustav Erikson, who later became owner of the Olivcbank, had a fairly large fleet., and was fortunate in losing only two ships by submarine attack.