ROUGH TRIP
FRUIT CASES SMASHED. (Per Press Association — Copyr.ght.) AUCKLAND 1 , -September 11.— A litter of smashed, packing cases and loose bananas in the hold provided proof of the heavy seas, that the Ka retu had met with off the coast in the week-end gale. The vessel arrived from Suva this morning with a cargo of bananas, tomato-es, and ku in eras. So heavy were the seas, said one of the- officers, that the banana eases shifted, and a number were smashed and their contents scattered over the floor of the hold.
“I have never known such cargo to shift before,” said the officer, “so the seas were fairly big. Luckily we were not ploughing straight into it, otherwise' it would have bceu a dirty trip.
“We ran into it about 4 o’clock yesterday morning, and we have bad it over since. About 10 o’clock, when the cook was preparing a- meal an extra big sea- struck the ship, and a big not of boiling soup was knocked off the stove. Unfortunately, the cook was rather badly scalded, on the back. We attended to him, and his injuries wer-e uot serious.”
Even this morning, with the full force of the gale spent, high seas were running outside.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1933, Page 7
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207ROUGH TRIP Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1933, Page 7
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