BARQUE QUEENSLAND.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 239, 29 September 1876, Page 2

BARQUE QUEENSLAND.

To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail.' a_ Sik— Your correspondent signing himself " Tom Bowline" seems to be a very clever T gentleman; no doubt he is a chip of the old s block. He informs the public that the bui- _ wark stanchions were unshipped to facilitate unloading. Now what can you say to this, , Mr Bowliue,|when I say that the vessel did . not have the bulwark stanchions shipped d when she was coming into this port. No, v because they were snugly stowed away ii somewhere. Our pilot could not get the i* men to como out on deck for fear of being .' washed overboard; they had to watch their fchance, and when they saw a sea coming b on board they would dart into the deck-house. s< Now, if tills is consistent with the good aud j_ successful management of a large vessel then I will admit my nautical knowledge to s ' be limited. What protection, I would ask, is a mere rope rove through stanchions against tl men being washed overboard? Not wishing to tire your patience auy longer with a dis° cussion on such a bungling piece of naval P ; architecture (the result of a miserly greed ai on the part of the owners to make the vessel cj carry move than she ought to by placing the i L hurricane deck on her) as the barque i Queensland, — I am, &c, ie Veiute Sans Peub. " September 29, 1076, (_