Meanwhile in order to keep the mutton frozen, the engine had to be kept going at full speed night and day; owing to the heat not even a rest for an hour to overhaul it could be thought of, and it says a good deal for Captain Cowan and his engineer that they managed to keep the engine running without a breakdown for so many months.
Orders came out from home that the mutton was to be sold; whereupon Captain Cowan rashly sold some of it to the rebels—the Government at once issued a warrant for his arrest—and he had to be smuggled aboard the New Zealand Shipping Co.’s steamer Norangi, the mate being left in charge. After this very trying experience Captain Cowan, feeling that he needed a rest, retired from the sea.
“TIMARU.”
Photo by De Maus, Port Chalmers.
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“WELLINGTON.”
At Picton, Queen Charlotte Sound.
Lent by F. G. Layton.
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