Thomas Ritchie II Shipping

Thomas Ritchie II Wild Wave

The Timaru Herald

Printed and published by the Proprietors, A.G. Horton & Co. at their Office, George Street, Timaru, in the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand Saturday,

November 26, 1864 page 4

Arrived. Nov. 25 - Wild Wave, schooner, 40 tons, from Dunedin

Saturday, December 3, 1864 page 4

Arrived. Nov. 28 - Wild Wave, Schooner, 40 tons, O'Brien, from Lyttelton.

Saturday, December 17, 1864 page 4

Arrived Nov. 12 - Wild Wave, schooner, 40 tons, O'Brien, from Lyttelton. Passenger - R. Thatcher, J. Small.

Sailed. Jan. 24 - Wild Wave, schooner, 93 tons, Black, from Lyttelton, G.G. Russell & CO. agents. 250 bales wool. G.G. Russell & Co

Friday February 9 1866

Arrived Feb. 7 - Wild Wave, schooner, 93 tons, Black, from Lyttelton, in ballast

Sailed. Feb. 17 -Wild Wave, schooner, for Lyttelton. Passengers - Mrs and Miss Hornby. Exports: 242 bales wool.

West Coast Times

Tuesday 15 August 1865 pg2

Captain Black, of the Wild Wave. The lengthy passage of the schooner had caused the consumption of all the water on board, the daily allowance for some time being reduced to less than a punnikin; and even this scanty supply had all but run out, when the steamer Lyttelton was observed on her trip upward from Hokitika. The signal of distress was hoisted, but though the steamer passed do closely that no doubt could exist of the signal being seen, yet no notice was taken, Captain Palmer going straight on his voyage. The schooner was becalmed at the time so that there was no chance of running anywhere for a supply of the vital element. The Wallaby turned providentially turned up, the captain of which having a little more Christianity and humanity in his composition, at once bore down on seeing the signal, and sent a cask of water on board. We trust we shall never again have to report conduct like that of the commander of the Lyttelton, so utterly unworthy of a seaman and a gentleman.