SALE OF STEAMERS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1921, Page 4

SALE O F STEAMERS.

.JOHN ANDERSON SOLD FOR £-Jooo. ( ill! IST( 11 r HOI 1. I )<’<• 8!uu iif llie best I. iiiiwii "I ill'’ small- ,|- steamers which niiiki; tlicir licjul,|H;irH'is 111 l.ytti-hmi 11 to Cygnet fill Jolltl Andel'Xllll which fill’ Mill MV .VCIII > Inivc Ik-cii engaged in (lie Peninsula 11 udu and which arc also well-known to tin- [iiil.li.- on ,-m-i-ou n t of being used fur excursions to the various hays in the Uttulton llarhiuir on public holidays, were i life red for sale hy public auction \es(crd:i\ afternoon hy Messrs hul’S. M'Croslic. Ltd., on account ol the trustees in the assigned estate ot Stevciisan. Stewart and Co., ship •owners. There was a I a roe attendance of the I ul.lie. Mr ('. K. dimes was the auctioneer. The conditions of thw sale provided that a deposit op 10 per rent, mint he paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance on December 21st. The John Anderson is insured for fiii and the Cygnet for fIoOOO. hotli tinlicics Indue held hy the Alliance Office, prior to i-onimcni-ing the sale i lie am t iniieer said that £I2.()fHI had ' ••••n spent in renovating the two r es-

s-.ls last- year .and buyers had an opportunity of get tint' very good nine for their outlay. Tlie sale was being '•old at a most iinnropitiotis time for the vendors, which was a fact much in favour of tlio purchasers.

The first boat oH'-ied for sale was l lie .1 dim Anderson. The first hid was £IOOO. and the bidding increased by f-tt;i) |,ids to £2.C00 when the auetion•er agreed to take an otfei* of C'-kOoO. ■it whi. h orii-e the vessel was knocked lowii In Mr George A. Wood, of Hokitika. Air Wind intends to take the vessel to the West Const for trading tin-re. The ('v rnei was | b.-n oil'--red for sale, the first hid being £3.non. The bidding ruse by (wo CCiO bids to £IOOO. wlii'ii the auctioneer agreed to aeeept £IOO bids. The bidding then rose to £lllO. at which figure the vessel was passed in. The Cygnet is an iron steamer of CM tons register. 120 tons capacity. She was bail' hi |by Davis and Clow, Abingdon, and was for some years engaged in the R.arainatta river trade. Her dimensions are: Length 120 ft. Irani 17ft 3in. depth Rft 7in. She has a <-yA<><l «,f about fen knots. About fourteen months ago, on a trip from Kaikoiira to 1 yt tel ton. she sprang a leak, and it was only as a result of strenuous elfoi-fs by the master and crew that she arrived back in port. She was plaei d on the slip, where site remained lor many months, being fitted mil with m w plates; in fact practically tin- whole of the hull was renewed. whole other repairs and impriivcinonts were earned out. including the building of a raised foroeitstle. The Cygnet is now engaged in the l.yttelton-Akaron Kaikoiira and Motueka trade.

The John Anderson was built in Lyl--11-111in thirty years ago by Messrs Anderson. Lid. and has been engaged in tin- Peninsula trade ever since, except for a short jteriod, when she was trawling. Ahull! two years ago her hull was rebuilt, and a new boiler was fitted. The .loliit Anderson is fifty-two tons register, fore,-five toils capacity and has a. speed of eight knots.