LUXURY LINER OTRANTO

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 14

LUXURY LINER OTRANTO

Coming Here Next Month The 20,009-ton luxury liner Otranto, owned by the Orient Line, will visit Wellington early next -mouth. She is due bore from Australia, via Auckland, on the morning of February 9, aud "will sail on the following morning for Sydney. .She will be commanded by Captain L. V. James, D.S.C. ARAHURA’S SAILING. The Nelson-Wellington ferry steamer Arahura will not return from Nelson on Saturday night, as she usually does, but will remain there over the week-end. sailing for M’ellington at midnight on Sunday. This is because, owing to the Nelson waterside workers picnic on Saturday, no work wifi be done tiiat day on the local wharves. For the same reason, the Arahura evil! carry no cargo when, she sails from M’ellington on Friday night. MAIMOA FOR GISBORNE. The Shaw, Savili steamer Mainioa leF Sydney yesterday morning for Gisborne where she is -to commence loading on January 29. She will complete at Napier, Picton and M’ellington, being due here on February 10. On February 13 the vessel will sat finally for London, via the Panama Canal and Kingston. ! ■ PENNYWORTH DUE. Canadian National Steamships' chartered steamer Pennyworth, en route from Canada, via' Australia, radios that she expects to reach M’anganui, where she is to commence loading, at daybreak on Monday. She xvill complete at Lyttelton and Bluff, whence she will sail on February’ 14 for New York, Boston and Halifax. PORT HUNTER AT CRISTOBAL. The Confmonweaith and Dominion Line have -been advised by cable that the Port Hunter, which left Liverpool on January 5 for Auckland. M’ellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin .and New Plymouth, sailed from Cristobal to pass through the canal on Wednesday. The vessel is due at Auckland on February 13, and here about February 17. SURREY LEAVES CURACAO. Tlie Federal Company’s steamer Surrey, which left Falmouth in ballast on January 5, cleared Caracas Bay last Sunday afternoon. The Surrey is due to commence Homeward loading at Oamaru on February--18. RA.NGITANE AT LONDON. The New Zealand Shipping Company hate • received cabled advice that their motorliner Rangltane, which left M’ellington on December 21 for London, arrived there last Tuesday. NORTHUMBERLAND DUE. The Federal Company have received advice by radio from the Northumberland stating that she will reach Auckland on Saturday morning. She brings cargo for discharge at Auckland, M’ellington and Port Chalmers. Later she will load for London and the M’est Coast of the United Kingdoirf. OMANA TO SAIL. The Union Company’s Omana. front Edithburg, Adelaide and Melbourne, is to sail from Australia to-day with cargo for discharge at New Plymouth, Auckland, M’ellington and Lyttelton. MARAMA'S CRUISE. The' Union Company’s Marama. due at M’ellington from Australia on Monday, will leave the same day for a cruise of the Marlborough Sounds. She will spend all of Tuesday, M’ednesday and Thursday in Hie sounds, and will return to Wellington on Friday, sailing later that day for Sydney. M’AIPAHI IN FIJI. The Union Company's steamer Waipahl, from Newcastle and Sydney, was due yesterday at Lautoka, and at Sura to-mor-row. She will sail from Fiji on January 31 for Auckland. KARAMEA TO SAIL. The Shaw. Savili ship Karamea. now completing her Homeward loading at Napier. will leave there to-morrow night for London, via the Panama Canal. TALKIES FOR MAIL STEAMERS. Equipment for showing talkie pictures has recently been supplied to both the mail steamers running to San Francisco, the Maunganui and Makura. Talkies -had already been installed in the Vancouver mail steamers, and the Monowai and Marama in the trans-Tasman service, and provide one of the most po-pular forms of entertainment on the vessels. THREE NEW MOTOR-SHIPS. The Blue Star Line's new motor-ship Imperial Star, which left Belfast in ballast on January 3 on her maiden trip to New Zealand, is due at Auckland to commence her Homeward loading on February 4. She will load afterward at Wellington, due here on February 7. Timaru, Bluff and Port Chalmers. The Imperial Star is one of three new . 10,090-ton motor-ships owned -by the Blue Star Line, which will visit the Dominion on their maiden trips in the next few months. The two others, the New Zealand Star and the Australia Star, leave the United Kingdom on March 20 and April 13 respectively. Whereas the Australia Star and the Imperial Star are coming out in ballast for Homeward loading only, the New Zealand Star will be bringing cargo for discharge at Lyttelton. Port Chalmers «and New Plymouth. MESS-TABLE GOSSIP. Captain M’. TV. Fish, lately of the Ngatoro. has been transferred to command the Talune at Sydney, relieving Captain N. MacKenzie, who is completing his holiday. Mr. C. H. George, chief officer of the Ngatoro. is also transferring to the Talune, relieving Mr. J. D. Lundie for holiday. Mr. It. D. Brebner has joined the Opihi as chief officer, relieving Mr. F. D. Johnson for further orders. . When the Totara recommissioned yesterday at M’ellington. she was in command of Captain N. C. McMillan. With Captain McMillan were Mr. A. Fisk (chief officer), Mr. D. Nobbs (second offlcerl, Mr. It. Thomson (chief engineer), Mr. N. It. Kitching (second engineer). SCHOONER HUI A. The Nobel auxiliary sclioone r Huia, with a cargo of explosives for Auckland. M’rllington aud Greyniouth, sailed from Me'bourne on January 23 for Auckland. NGAKUTA DISCHARGING. The Union Company’s Ngakuta, which arrived late on M’ednesday night from Newcastle and Sydney, will sail to-day to complete discharge at Napier and P'cton. She will then load again nt M’estport and Greyinoutli for Melbourne. SUBSIDY REVISION IN U.S. Shipping circles in the United States are eagerly awaiting the result of President Roosevelt’s examination of -the subsidy question. It is announced that he has already received the preliminary report of the interdepartmental committee set up in June last and now awaits that of Post-master-General Farley, who has been conducting the mail contract Investigation. Informed opinion in the United States expects the President to follow closely the direct subsidy programme put forward by the U.S. Shipping Board, states the “Syren and Shipping.” This scheme provides for subsidies based on differentials in buildin? and operating costs, with an additional amount under the heading of “trade penetration.” The President has also received many requests to subsidise the construction of a liner to compete with the Queen Alary, the Normandie, the Bremen and Europa and the Hex. In an interview given on this question. Mr. P. A. S. Franklin, of the United States Lines, lias declared that American shipowners can do nothing in the wily of building without State assistance. "Tlie construction and operation of all these European liners.” he declared, “depended on Government help, and the United States must follow that example.” It is, of course, very flattering to find Mr. Franklin exhorting his own countrymen to “follow our example.” but might we remind him with equal modesty that we hare merely followed theirs? WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. Tlie following vessels were expected to bo -within range of the undermentioned wireless stations last night:— AUCKLAND: Aorangi. Australia. Benliolni. Golden Cloud. Kallugo, Mamari, Monowai. Monterey. Northumberland. Pennyworth. Queen Eleanor, Recorder, Sussex Thistie.'tlen M’alkawa. Walpawa. WELLINGTON: Cambridge. Canadian Britisher, Comliebank. Karamea. Marama. Mariposa. Mataroa. Ngakuta. Niagara. Port Alma Port. Chalmers. Rangatira. Rangitnne.' Itangitata. Rangitikl, Tamahine. M’ahine. CHATHAM ISLANDS: South Sea.

AM’ARUA: Bear of Oakland, Indieu. Jacob Ruppert. Maheno. Makura, Maunganui, Rotorua, Wanganella.