BIG LINER ASHORE.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 January 1924, Page 4

BIG LINER ASHORE.

rBY fib . LLOT< Ar 11 —V £H }*nr.BS j Tin: POUT KJ.MOTT'S POSITION. CiISnoHNK, Jan. If. Xt!!!Ii‘ITHIS cnii' avoni's {() J.'M't a nip" a>hnre am! thus prevent the ship .slipping; oli' the reef were made this morn* in,;;, hut th-mph roekets. floats and hunts I.:ire been lined. the efiort so inr ha s !‘n uiu-m-ee'--i’ul. (oinmunication with iho ship l' didieult ovine; to the surf' ami iiie ahsruco ol anyone with semaphore knevk'due. CurmnumVation, however, is hoi lie kepi i: ]; hy means oj a hlarkhoard creeled on ihu heaeli. Hood assistniife is In'inc; p;iven hy a Hjuin; of willing; workers under the direel ion of the llomera seiiouhna uer. A \3nrdiiji i> now slandinp; hy ami the Awithou has arrived. Ai noon tin* wind and sea were deereasinp; and there i - praet jealiy no dano'er.

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THE CARGO. WELLINGTON. Jan. 1,1. About fifieeit tons of cargo were on board tile Roll Elliott for Wellington. T.ylielton and Dunedin, ('insisting mainly ol motor cars, oil. ami geitoar! merchandise. Seventy automobiles were on board; thirty-six for AVellingtoit. twenty-one for Lyttelton and thirteen for Dunedin. Abo sixteen cases of auto parts for Wellington and many others ,or tlm South Island. The Railway Department, has in the cargo four packages of signalling material, eleven boxes and six crates of automatic flagmen, and a considerable quantity of lubricating oil for Wellington and Dunedin; al.-o on tlm ship's manifest there are six cases of typewriter l ! and twelve cases phonographs for Wellington. The remainder of the cargo consists of general merchandise, embracing a wid** variety of goods, including rubber tyres, photo • films, photo apparatus, photo paper, perfumery requisites, stationery, cotton goods, hardware and soft goods.

VESSEL OX EVEN K EEL. GISBORNE, dan. U A report from To Arolm at 2 p.m. stated that the Port Elliott remain* fairly firm on an almost even keel, with no list. The Runt lias arrived from Napier, and is standing by. Difficulty is being experienced in unloading. The tides, at them best, are only moderate and are decreasing daily. The sea and wind conditions are unfavourable. Delay i- also being caused by the necessity of -euiug up two nil winches on j board the wreck. LESSON FROM PORT ELLIOTT. GISBORNE. January 11. When the East Island lighthouse was transferred to the mainland the doubt was expressed by coastal skippers as to the wisdom ol' the move, it lining pointed out that- in thick dirty weather a vessel would have to stand into the danger zone to pick up the light. To meet this difficulty Pniliament has voted a sum for a light at Mataknoa Point, but tile light lias not yet been installed. The Port Elliott stranding emphasises the importance of the Alatakaoa light. j