Still "A Pain In The Neck"
p. 17 · Read in the full issue
WHEN the small steamer "Make”, re cently purchased in Auckland, N.Z., by Messrs. W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd., sailed from Sydney for Rabaul on September 24 to enter the New Guinea trade, W.R.C. officials heaved a sigh of relief. The little 500-tons vessel was tow ed to Australia by the “Salamaua” in August and, by her pleasant habit of slip-
ping the towline and wandering off alone to explore the Tasman, she gave Captain Andrew Smith and his crew on the “Salamaua” so much trouble that she was tartly referred to as “a pain in the neck”.
Twenty-four hours after she left Syd ney, the “Mako” put back to port—en gine trouble had developed near Cape Hawke, Northern New South Wales. Re pairs were made and the vessel, under Captain Cruickshank, left again for Ra baul on September 27.
The “Make” in Sydney, just before she left for New Guinea.