HERE AND THERE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 14

HERE AND THERE

Work on boats has not yet commenced in earnest, which is somewhat unusual. Probably the fact that boats were pulled up late in the “summer has made boat-owners late in starting for the coming season. The star boat competitions In California take place this week. England and France are both represented; there was a possibility of New Zealand being represented also. One of tbe shipping companies having offered free transport for a boat. The difficulty of financing the trip for a crew was the stumbling block. * * # Mr. Col. Wild expects to be able to deliver the new launch for Mr. H. O. Wiles in time for the Labour Day cruise. The report presented at the ninth annual meeting of the Whangarei Cruising Club shows that the club has enjoyed a successful year. Following are the officers: Patron, Mr. A. J. Murdoch; president, Mr. W. Skinner; vicecommodore, Mr. W. Reynolds; rearcommodore, Mr. R. Carmichael; secretary (pro tern), Mr. A. K. McLeod. Boat-owners at Devonport who pulled up their boats on the point east of Duder’s Wharf will have to be ready to move their craft early this season. Yesterday morning the Devonport Borough Council started a gang of 12 men making a park of the area. The borough has adopted a comprehensive scheme of improving the waterfront, and boat-owners will not be permitted to haul up their boats just where they fancy after this season.