SHIPPING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20035, 6 September 1939, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE YESTERDAY’S DEPARTURES Pakura, m.v., 3.5 p.m., 719 tons, C., W. Coldieutl. for Lyttelton. VESSELS DUE AT GISBORNE Kcpara, Auckland, to-morrow. Margaret W., Auckland, to-morrow. Pukeko, Auckland, to-morrow. Paua, Wellington, to-morrow. COASTAL TRADE The Wainui is expected to clear Napier to-day for- Wellington, thence South Island ports to load again for Gisborne and Napier. The Margaret W., which left Auckland last night for Gisborne, is dm here to-morrow morning and is expected to sail later for Tolaga Bay and Tokomaru Bay. The Kopara left Auckland at 7.30 p.m. yesterday for Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. The ship arrives here tomorrow morning and sails the same day for Napier. The Pukeko was expected to sail from Auckland last night for Coast bays and Gisborne, arriving here .tomorrow. The Paua is due at Gisborne tomorrow from Wellington to discharge bulk benzine and other cargoITALIAN SHIP DIVERTED Private advice .'was received in Sydney last week that the Italian motor shin Remo, bound to Australia from Genoa, called at Colombo last Tuesday to land British passengers. Site then left for an unknown destination. AWAITOU FOR SURVEY ' The Richardson Company’s motor vessel Awahou, which has been laid ut) in the stream at Wellington for some months, berthed there on Monday for survey.

GERMAN LINER COLUMBUS The German liner Columbus, which

is reported to have sought the neutral waters of Vera Cruz, Mexico, is a North German Lloyd vessel of 32,581 tons gross. She was built at Danzig in 1922 and is capable of a speed c; about 21 knots. The Columbus has been in the Atlantic trade between New York and Bremen, via Cobh, Cherbourg, and Plymouth. Another enemy merchant ship reported to be at Vera Cruz is the HamburgAmerika liner Orinoco, of 96G0 tons. She has* been trading from Hamburg to Cuba and Mexico. SI-11PPING TELEGRAMS Auckland.—bailed, Margaret \V., 10.5 pan., for Gisborne.