TOAST TO PENYBRYN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1067, 3 September 1930, Page 16

TOAST TO PENYBRYN

HARBOUR BOARD PRAISES CAPTAIN AND CREW APPRECIATION OF ACTION Yesterday afternoon the chairman and members of the Auckland Harbour Board paid their tribute to the master of the Penybryn, Captain Thorval Salvesen, for the work he did in going to the aid of the Tahiti. Mr. M. H. Wynyard, chairman of the board, said that on behalf of the members of the Harbour Board he desired to express his appreciation of the captain’s action in so promptly answering the S.O.S. call of the Tahiti when that vessel was foundering in the Pacific. Such action, though only what was to be expected from the high standard of ethics existing throughout the mercantile marine, was the more commendable because of the fact that in going to the assistance of the Tahiti the Penybryn ran short of. coal and exposed herself to some danger on that account. The deputy-Mayor, Mr. A. J. Entrican, spoke of the dependance of sailors all over the world when it came to the question of duty. The finest thing which could be said of Captain Salvesen was that he had done all he could. Mr. D. Carter, Auckland manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, said how his company had appreciated the services of the Penybryn. The vessel’s arrival had given a sense of security to all on the stricken Tahiti. “VERY LITTLE, REALLY" In reply, Captain Salvesen said lie had been deeply touched by the tokens of appreciation. He had done very little, really. Mr. Brown, on behalf of the Auckland agents for the Penybryn, Spedding, Ltd., said that very few people realised the important part the Pesiybryn had played in going to the rescue of the Tahiti. Captain Salvesen did not sleep for 24 hours, nor the chief officer for 45, The officers had vacated their quarters and prepared other space to accommodate the passengers from the Tahiti in readiness for any emergency. Those present drank the health of Captain Salvesen and his men in the customary manner.