"Holmdale, Ahoy!"

NZ Truth, Issue 1145, 10 November 1927, Page 6

"Holmdale, Ahoy!"

pvUNEDIN, Lyttelton, > Wanganui, U Wellington and Picton — all these ports are familiar with the sleek and more or less greyhound lines of the s.s. "Holmdale," that trim little cargo ship which is the apple of the eye of her skipper, Captain "Billy" Williams. Not for "Billy" are the brass buttons, gilt braid and the rigid etiquette of a large passenger liner. His "Holmdale," with her hatches closed down on a full cargo— and Captain Williams cares not a jot for anything else. The New Zealand coast is a dangerous one. Sudden storms, 'heavy winds and a dozen unknown dangers are ever waiting for the mariner whose care relaxes but for a moment. . yet, siiffice to say, the owners of the "Holmdale" sleep soundly m their bods o* nights — even those on which bleak; cold winds howl outside their doors. "They have confidence m their skipper. Give "Billy" a cool, fine night with the "Holmdale's" engines beating m well-oiled rhythm, with starboard " and portside lights burning brightly and the masts swinging black against the stars. These are all he and every other sailorman wants.