SHIPPING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1977, 15 May 1919, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Every al'l'orl is liainy made in secure a vassal lo taka up ilia Quean of i lia Soul if,s ' runniiiix between Wallinyl on am! Koxton, hnl so Lir a vassal lias no! been obtained to la!;a up ilia parmaiiaiil running'. TSiassrs Levin and Co., Lid., Lava arranged for lisa Blenheim lo load in Wellington to-morrow for Coxlon, and sha will arrive hara aboidi midday on Saturday. L is possible) slia will make !wo Irips on ilia presanl spring lidos, lull will no) ha a Ida lo work Ilia port on main lidos. LiTorls arc also being inada jo get I ha Blenheim or soma olhai' sail aide vassal to visit this port naxt spring i kU i >.

AI -yesterday's meeting of the Harbour Hoard, .Mr Hock reported 11 1 ,■ 11 ho had interviewed Mr Follow, local in:>nn”or for Messrs Levin :ind Co.. Ltd., and ho had assured him I hat his (inn had dono, am! were doing. tla'ir ulmo>t to gel a hoal lo replace iho Omen of tho South as quick!v as possible. as 1 hoy wore

as anxious as the Hoard was lo hoop Iho port open, and 1 hey imped vorv soon to have another liont running.

The Queer. of (In' Mouth is still hard am! Cast on tho rocks al Capo Campholl. The vessel has Keen ahandoiiod lo I lie underwriters. bn! they are taking' no action, as limy ooiisidor it practically impossible to salvage any I king.

Tho Magisterial enquiry into the i auso id' the wreck of tin* Queen of the South will open in Wellington at 1(1 a.in. on Saturday, before Mr D. (I. A. Cooper, S.M.

There are keen expressions of regret in all directions at the loss oi the Queen of the South. ‘‘Tim Queen," ns the vessel was fnmilinrly'known, had traded between Coxian and Wellington continuously for •'!() years, and was looked upon as pari and parcel of (he Foxlon port. The regret fell by Iho community al (im mishap lhal has overtaken her may be likened lo a death in tho family, so well-known-had the vessel become. Although the wreck of I he “Queen’’ is a serious commercial Joss, it is safe to say that it is from a sentimental point of view that, (here are the most, expressions of regret. Tin; Queen of the South was fdmirably adapted for tho .Foxlon trade, being able lo carry a fairly large cargo on a comparatively light draught, and was able to work the port at times when vessels carrying a much smaller cargo would not attempt it. It will be a very hard matter indeed to get a vessel that will be as suitable for the Foxlon trade. At yesterday's meeting of the Foxton Harbour Board a motion was passed in-

strmding the secretary to write to the owners of the vessel, conveying (ho regret felt by members at the untimely end of this old and favourite h'culer to our port.