BUSY WATERFRONT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 105, 24 December 1931, Page 6

BUSY WATERFRONT

MARY LARGE VESSELS IN WELLINGTON DURING FORTNIGHT BIG LINERS DUE The Wellington waterfront has been very quiet for many months pdst from from to-day until after the New Year, it will assume its usual busy summer appearance, and there will be few workless watersiders. Altogether between December 19 and December 31, 18' overseas vessels, aggregating approximately 155,000 tons gross, will have visited Wellington, and of these 12 are due before Christmas Day. The Shaw, Savill steamer Raranga arriyed from Auckland to load for London, and the Union Company's Waihemo, from Napier, to discharge Pacific Coast cargo. The Swedish steamer Faxen arrived early yesterday morning from Continental, South African and Australian ports, via Auckland. To-day will see the arrival of the New Zealand Shipping Company's motor liner Rangitane from London and Southampton, the j Huddart Parker steamer Ulimaroa, | from Sydney, and the Shaw, Savill | steamer Tairoa, from Wanganui, to j load for London, Avonmouth, Liv- 1 erpool and Glasgow. On December 23 the Federal steamer Cumberland iS' due from ! New Plymouth to load for London; I fche Shaw Savill liner Mataroa, from Napier, also to load for London, and the Atlantic-Union Oil Company's tanker Brunswick from Melj bourne, to discharge bulk motorspirit from Los Angeles. The following day the Swedish motor-ship Tisnaren is due from Auckland to discharge Pacific Coast cargo; the G. H.' Scales Ltd.'s chartered steamer Benlawers from Tolaga Bay, to load | wool for London, Hutt and Dunkirk; and the Texas Oil Company's motortanker New Zealand from Auckland. There will then be a break in the arrivals until Sunday, December 27 when the New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-liner Rangitata is due from Lyttelton to complete loading for Southampton and London. The Union Company's liner Monowai is due from Sydney on December 28. On December 30 the Canadian National steamer Canadian Challenger is due from New Plymouth to discharge cargo from Montreal and Gulf of Mexico ports, and to load for New York, Boston and Halifax; and the Japanese motor-ship Sydney Maru, from Melbourne, to discharge Japanese cargo and to load for Japan. The C. and D. Line motorship Port Fremantle is due on December 31 from Auckland, to discharge London cargo ; and the American steamer Golden Cross, from Auckland, to discharge Pacific Cqast cargo. Most of these vessels, owing to the falling off in the imports, will not remain in port for more than bwo or three days, and the port will not-be quite so busy as it was this time 12 months ago.