HINEMOA MAKES' FIRST CROSSINC

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5325, 11 February 1947, Page 4

HINEMOA MAKES' FIRST CROSSINC

(Press Assn —

INTER-ISLAND SERV* IMPROVED FACIUTi* FOR TRAVELIERSB

-By Telegraph—Con^m

WELLINGTON, Last « A large crowd gatheredoH Lyttelton ferry wharf ' J to farewell 'the new inter-]X steamer express, Hin^B which left Wellington obB first trip to Lyttelton at1® p.m. The first sailing niM new ship aroused great pS interest and nearly 1000 o9 ers farewelled her froinB ferry wharf while many pS lined the Eastbourne 9 wharf and Queen's Wharf, 9 The accommodation was 9 boolced and the passengers cr$9 all the decks and portholes ^9 sailed. No bunting was ^0^9 was dark before the Hinemoa p9 through the Heads, but the^H was a . gay sight with its coloured streamers. H The ground was covered wiil9 fetti, several couples having 9 tbe sailing of the ship coincide^9 their weddlng day. Many largt^H quetg of flowers were sent tiH newly-married couples. H As tbe Hinemoa left the 'wkiHj Nelson passenger steamer, hm H left Queen's Wharf and follom9 Hinemoa down the harbour, qH an attractive sight. H •7 For the first time in nianx9 red-capped porters were on dsH the ferry wharf. In future' ttienH be two men on duty eack ni^S carry passengers' luggage froisH to the ship. A puhlic addresss^B has been installed on the wharf^B the gangways so that all instn^H to passengers are audible :iB wharf. H A ship-to-shore radio teltH service was expected to be in ns^H the first time • to-night wkH Postmaster-General, Mr. F, Es^B carried out the first test irc:H post oifice, but the telephonesfflH expected to be in use until nextlH day, as they are to be testedocB trip this weelc. H A new system of embarkatiaB disembarlcation of passengen^B

introduced to-night. Now thcH Rangitira and Hinemoa being run as one class shipspsH gers will board the vessels tvHj and "B" gangways instead ofbjH and second class gangways. fiH way "A" is in the foiwaidpxW the ship and will be ' used by SH whose berths number from cB '400, while passengers whose tfl number from 401 upwards gangway "B" in the stern of This new system was intrcdiB relieve the congestion which iislS evident lately at embarkatioti.,fl barkation at Lyttelton will alsaiH place in the same way. R To help passengers find t'fl apppropriate gangways with tie liR difficulty the Railways DejMtffliR will make up a speical express hR from Christchurch for Lyttelton* follows: " A " entrance six soefl class carriages, ons caiiiage H women and children, three fct-R carriages and twc- vans; "B"H trance, the engine, six seconlR carriages, three first-class carnR