Advert for NORTHERN STAR and SOUTHERN CROSS to South Africa on 29th January 1965

SOUTH  AFRICA

By

SHAW  SAVILL  LINE

Travel  by  the  One  Class  Tourist  Liners

s.s.  NORTHERN  STAR

s.s.  SOUTHERN  CROSS

Sailing from Southampton

30^th October 1964,  29^th January,  23^rd April,

9^th June,  20^th July 1965

CAPE  TOWN  -  Fares from £87

DURBAN  -  Fares from £98

SHAW  SAVILL  LINE,  95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

(CENtral 8761)

10  HAYMARKET,  LONDON  S W 1

(Whitehall  1485)

Or  Local  Travel  Agent

Advert for NORTHERN STAR and SOUTHERN CROSS to South Africa on 29th January 1965

SOUTH  AFRICA

By

SHAW  SAVILL  LINE

Travel  by  the  One  Class  Tourist  Liners

s.s.  NORTHERN  STAR

s.s.  SOUTHERN  CROSS

Sailing from Southampton

30^th October 1964,  29^th January,  23^rd April,

9^th June,  20^th July 1965

CAPE  TOWN  -  Fares from £87

DURBAN  -  Fares from £98

SHAW  SAVILL  LINE,  95  BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

(CENtral 8761)

10  HAYMARKET,  LONDON  S W 1

(Whitehall  1485)

Or  Local  Travel  Agent

Shaw Savill Line's NORTHERN STAR leaves Southampton on a Round-the-World Passenger Cruise

CHITRAL scheduled to finish a 77-day round voyage to the Far East

Sail  The

World

18  MAGICAL  P & O – ORIENT VOYAGES

TO  THE  SUN — FROM  £287  TO  £2550 

Steal the time —  from 66 to 131 days — and you can actually revel in the magic of a P & O – Orient Winter Round Voyage for much the same as it costs to stay at home !

Prices vary enormously.   For example, £287 could buy a Tourist berth;  £315 a berth in a one-class liner.   £2550 entitles you to the glory of a first-class suite !  There’s a host of in-between prices.   But whatever you pay you visit fabulous, faraway places.   You bask in glorious sun.   You inhale salt sea airs.   Your ship is air-conditioned throughout.

   You’ll agree – a P & O – Orient round voyage is sheer magic !

Examine the 6 sample voyages outlined below, then see your Travel Agent or send direct for a free illustrated brochure WINTER VOYAGES to P & O- Orient Lines,  14 Cockspur Street,  London  S.W.1.

ROUND VOYAGE : U.S.A./CANADA/FAR EAST and AUSTRALASIA

1. CHUSAN  (131 days)  First and Tourist Class

12^th March – 21^st July 1965 

2.  ORSOVA  (104 days)   First and Tourist Class

1^st May-13^th August 1965 

ROUND VOYAGE  :  FAR EAST

3.   CHITRAL   (77 days)   First Class only

16^th Nov. 1964 – 1^st Feb. 1965 

4.   CHITRAL   (75 days)   First Class only

6^th Feb. - 2^nd May 1965

ROUND VOYAGE  :  AUSTRALASIA 

5.   HIMALAYA   (66 days)  One Class Tourist

29^th Nov. 1964 – 3^rd Feb. 1965 

6.   ORCADES   (73 days)   One Class Tourist

11^th Jan, - 25^th March 1965

YOU’LL  NEVER  FORGET  THE

PLEASURE  OF  SAILING

P & O -  Orient  Lines

Docker John Gunn dies after accident on Burns & Laird's "Lairdsburn" at Ardrossan Harbour

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 5th February 1965.
Mr. John Gunn, 53 Barrie Terrace, Ardrossan, was struck by a steel plate while engaged in his work as a docker at Ardrossan Harbour on Tuesday.
He was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary.

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 12th February 1965.

DOCKER DIES FROM INJURIES
Mr. James Gunn (62) 53 Barrie Terrace, Ardrossan, who, as reported in our last weeks issue, was injured while engaged in his work as a docker at Ardrossan Harbour on Tuesday 2nd. February, died in Kilmarnock Infirmary last Friday as a result of his injuries.
Mr. Gunn had been struck by a steel plate while discharging cargo from a ship in the harbour.
He is survived by his wife and family.

From "The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald" dated 2nd April 1965

DOCKER STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL PLATE
Formal verdict returned

While steel plates were being loaded by cranes on to S.S. Lairdsburn at Ardrossan Harbour on 2nd February, some of the plates fell from the cranes on to the deck of the ship and struck John Fleming Gunn, a docker.
Mr. Gunn was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary where he died on 5th February.

At a Fatal Accident Inquiry conducted by Sheriff Substitute Thomas M. Croan, held at Kilmarnock last Friday, a jury, after hearing evidence, returned a formal verdict.

The first witness was Mr. Anthony

Martin, 31 Dykesmains Road, Saltcoats, Harbour Foreman at Ardrossan.
In evidence he said that two cranes were being used to load the plates; they were working together and were using slings; the plates were held by clamps.
He was ashore and heard a rattle of falling sheets; then he heard shouts coming from the ship.
It appeared to him that the grip of one of the cranes had come loose.
John Gunn was acting as hatchman that day and he seemed to be lying underneath a plate and some men were lifting the plate.
He organised arrangements to get the injured man ashore and after receiving first-aid, Mr. Gunn was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary.

SAW PLATES FALL

Mr. James McKay, 38 St. Andrews Road, Ardrossan, said that he was acting as hatchman at the forward end; John Gunn was hatchman at the after end.
Steel plates had been shipped from Ardrossan for years and he had known them, on occasion, to slip from the clamps.
On the day of the accident he saw some smaller plates begin to fall and he shouted a warning.
Some of the plates went into the hold, and one, about 10ft by 4ft struck Gunn.
Cross-examined, witness said that Gunn was standing between the side of the ship and the hatch.
He had to stand there as he could not have done his work from the after coaming.

John O'Hare, 2b Central Avenue, Ardrossan, said that he had been operating one of the cranes loading the Lairdsburn.
When two cranes were working together the cranemen had to be very careful and four clamps were used on each crane to secure the load.
The heave was being lowered into the hold when the load separated and the only reason for this was that the plates were not interlocked enough; the clamps had been gripping all right.
The plates ought to have been closer together and the load ought not to have been so long.
Five plates had come away from the main load and four fell into the hatch.

PROPERLY FASTENED

Cross-examined, Mr. O'Hare said that in his opinion Mr. Gunn could have have positioned himself on the after coaming.
"If I had been doing his job, that is where I would have been."

Charles McLaughlan, 12 Stanley Road, Ardrossan, said he was fastening the clamps and they were all properly fastened.

John Brown, 72 Stanley Road, Ardrossan, said he was first-aid man at Ardrossan Harbour and he had attended to John Gunn after the accident.
He had a laceration on the right wrist, a cut on his eye and he complained that his shoulder was sore.
After attention, he had been taken to Kilmarnock Infirmary.

John Fairbrother, 39 Lumsden Place, Stevenston, said that he was in charge of the cargo handling gear at Ardrossan Harbour.
At the time of the accident, four sets of slings and clamps were being used.
The gear had been checked on the morning of the accident and was in good order.
After the accident the gear was re-examined and was still in good order.
In answer to Sheriff Substitute T. M. Croan, witness said that he himself had examined the gear on the morning of the accident.

Angus Gunn, 53 Barrie Terrace, said that his father died in Kilmarnock Infirmary on 5th February.
The cause of death stated on the death certificate was gross trauma of the right lung and chronic bronchitis.

IRISH FIR arrives in Rothesay Dock, Clydebank to load 1,753 tons Spent Oxide for Bordeaux (France)

The vessel loaded a cargo of spent oxide for France.

   What is spent oxide ?   

It is iron oxide that has been used in gas manufacture to purify coal gas by removing chiefly hydrogen sulfide and sometimes cyanogen, that generally has formed a coating on shavings and sawdust, and that may be used as a source of sulfur and of cyanogen compounds.   You will be pleased to now know that.

SOUTH AFRICAN SEAFARER closes at Glasgow for receiving cargo for South and East Africa

Harrison Line's PLAINSMAN closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for East African Ports

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA closes at Birkenhead for receiving cargo for East and South Africa

Ellerman's CITY OF LANCASTER closes at Birkenhead for cargo for Aden, Calcutta and Chalna

Australian National Line's BULWARRA expected to leave Sydney for Brisbane and Darwin (Australia)

HIMALAYA scheduled to finish a 66-day round voyage to Australasia

Sail  The

World

18  MAGICAL  P & O – ORIENT VOYAGES

TO  THE  SUN — FROM  £287  TO  £2550 

Steal the time —  from 66 to 131 days — and you can actually revel in the magic of a P & O – Orient Winter Round Voyage for much the same as it costs to stay at home !

Prices vary enormously.   For example, £287 could buy a Tourist berth;  £315 a berth in a one-class liner.   £2550 entitles you to the glory of a first-class suite !  There’s a host of in-between prices.   But whatever you pay you visit fabulous, faraway places.   You bask in glorious sun.   You inhale salt sea airs.   Your ship is air-conditioned throughout.

   You’ll agree – a P & O – Orient round voyage is sheer magic !

Examine the 6 sample voyages outlined below, then see your Travel Agent or send direct for a free illustrated brochure WINTER VOYAGES to P & O- Orient Lines,  14 Cockspur Street,  London  S.W.1.

ROUND VOYAGE : U.S.A./CANADA/FAR EAST and AUSTRALASIA

1. CHUSAN  (131 days)  First and Tourist Class

12^th March – 21^st July 1965 

2.  ORSOVA  (104 days)   First and Tourist Class

1^st May-13^th August 1965 

ROUND VOYAGE  :  FAR EAST

3.   CHITRAL   (77 days)   First Class only

16^th Nov. 1964 – 1^st Feb. 1965 

4.   CHITRAL   (75 days)   First Class only

6^th Feb. - 2^nd May 1965

ROUND VOYAGE  :  AUSTRALASIA 

5.   HIMALAYA   (66 days)  One Class Tourist

29^th Nov. 1964 – 3^rd Feb. 1965 

6.   ORCADES   (73 days)   One Class Tourist

11^th Jan, - 25^th March 1965

YOU’LL  NEVER  FORGET  THE

PLEASURE  OF  SAILING

P & O -  Orient  Lines

CITY OF LEICESTER at Aden February 5 for London

CITY OF RIPON at Hull February 5 from Yokohama

ENGLISH STAR at Port Said February 5 for Liverpool