Kawatiri and Konini ,Greymouth May 1968

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DescriptionThe Kawatiri and Konini ,Greymouth May 1968. Konini was taking coal to Wellington, no info on KawatiriDate of Photo1968Map^[1]ContributorMoe Bowes

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Location (city or town)GreymouthLandmark (Place)Greymouth portOrganisation (eg business)KoniniKawatiriEventShips Kawatiri and Konini

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Date Created23rd June 2019CommentsBob Laing The K boats were green and white the other line was black and white

Geoffrey King originally the cargo carrying ships had black hull and buffy colour superstructure and an orangy red funnel with black top.Passenger carrying ships always had the green hull colour etc as in the picture

The Coast coal trade in the 1960-70s was carried by two shipping lines …See More

Geoffrey King Bob Laing Black and white belonged to Anchor Doorman basd in Nelson registration alos in Nelson with Nancarrows being their agent in Gremouth and the Green with yellow ships were Union Steam Ship Company line with port of Registration usually Wellington sometimes Dunedin and or Auckland. They had offices in both Greymouth and Westport and in later years in Greymouth Nancarrow were the agents for the Union Comany

Your memory is better than mine

Bob

Ian Schroder puriri was an anchor company ship but similar colour to the union co ships

Geoffrey King Ian Schroder Anchor black hull white superstructure Union Co Green with white superstructure

Lyn Whittle They stopped dredging the river so it’s not that deep anymore

Pamela Jones These boats look huge!

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Kawatiri and Konini ,Greymouth May 1968

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