The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 53, 25 May 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Mr. T. Downs has been engaged as third engineer of the Wainui, vice Mr. A. Frain.

Mr. H. Black has replaced Mr. J. M. Saunders as third engineer on the Putiki.

Captain A H. Howie, late chief officer of the Sussex, has been appointed to the command of the Corinna, which has just been recommissioned, and the following are the officers: Chief, Mr. T. Dee; second, Mr. S. B. Ward; third, Mr. H. J. Kemp; chief engineer, Mr. A. O. Inverarity; second, Mr. W. M. Jackson; third, Mr. A. Limbrick. Messrs. L. A. Calvert and A. G. Weld have joined the Wairuna as second and third engineers respectively, relieving Messrs T. J. Nicholson and D. Cullen, who are on holiday lave. Mr. A. R. Wicks has joined the Waikouaiti as chief engineer, and Mr. T. Melville has joined the Kaiwarra in a similar capacity.

WEST CALERA COMING. —CabIe advice received by Henderson and Macfarlane states that the American steamer West Calera sailed from Los Angeles last Saturday, May 21, for Auckland, Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney. She is due here about June 15.

MIDDLESEX FOR HOME.— A departure from Wellington this morning was the Federal steamer Middlesex, bound for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool via Panama. MATAROA TO COMPLETE* —To complete loading the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mataroa leaves Lyttelton to-morrow for Wellington. She sails from Wellington on June 4 for Southampton and London via Panama. THE TONGA . .1 RO. —The No- iland Shipping Company reports that the Tongariro, now loading at Bluff, will leave there to-morrow for Lyttelton and Wellington. The vessel is due at Wellington on June 1, and will sail from there on June 2 for London.

HINEMOA REPORTS. —According to a wireless message received by Spedding, Limited, the Government steamer Hinemoa arrives at Auckland to-morrow from Niue Island. She loads here to-morrow and sails at 5 p.m. on Friday for Norfolk Island.

MARYLAND DUE TUESDAY.— Radio advice received by Messrs. Robert Millar and Company from the steamer Maryland, states that the vessel expects to arrive at Auckland on Tuesday next. She is bringing a cargo of raw sugar from Cuba to discharge at the Colonial Sugar Company’s refinery at Chelsea. PERSIAN PRINCE SAILING.— Messrs. Robert Millar and Company advise that they expect to dispatch the steamer Persian Prince tomorrow afternoon in continuation of her voyage to Lyttelton, New Plymouth and Wanganui. She will not go to Australia as was originally projected, but will complete the discharge of her cargo of sulphur from Texas at New Zealand ports.

TO COMPLETE LO ADI NG.-— The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advise that the Raranga, which was loading in the Wanganui roadstead yesterday, is expected at Wellington to-morrow to fill up. She will sail from there next Saturday for London, via the Falkland Islands, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro.

lONIC LEAVES HOME.— News l.*s been received by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the lonic, after loading at London, sailed from Southampton on Friday afternoon for Wellington, where she will disembark her North Island passengers. The vessel will then proceed on to Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff to discharge her cargo.. The lonic is due at Wellington on June 27. '

SYDNEY STEAMERS.— The Union Company’s Maunganui leaves Auckland at 3 p.m. to-morrow for Sydney and the Marama sails from Wellington at 3 p.m. on Friday for Sydney. The Maunganui is due at Sydney on Monday, and the Marama on Tuesday next. The Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa, which arrived at Sydney yesterday from Auckland, sails on Friday for Wellington, where she is due next Tuesday.

THE PORT DENISON.— The C. and D. Line steamer Port Denison leaves Wellington to-day for London via St. Vincent.

MARGARET W. FOR SYDNEY.— The four-masted auxiliary schooner, Margaret W., which arrived in New Zealand waters some time ago from Sweden, has been undergoing an overhaul at Auckland. She went out into the stream yesterday and adjusted compasses, and it is announced that she will sail about the end of the week for Sydney to complete her overhaul.

OIL VESSEL FOR NORTHERN COMPANY. —The new oil vessel, Hauturn, which has been built at Glasgow for the Northern Steamship Company, left the Scottish port on Saturday last for Auckland, via Panama. She is a shallovf-draught vessel constructed of steel and fitted with twin internal combustion oil engines of the very latest design. The 11 autl.ru, which was built especially for the East Coast trade, is expected to arrive in about two months’ time.

PORT AUCKLAND TO LOAD. —To commence loading for Home the C. and D. Line steamer Port Auckland arrived at New Plymouth at 3 p.m. yesterday from Sydrtey. She leaves the Taranaki port on Saturday for Auckland, and arrives here on Monday next. She sails from Auckland again on June 1 for Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, Wellington and Wanganui to complete, and leaves the latter port finally on June IB for London via Panama.

SHAW, SAVILL AND ALBION STEAMERS. —Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Company have been advised that the Corintliic, at present en route from London to Wellington and Auckland after completing discharge here, loads at Auckland, Napier and Wellington, and sails finally from Wellington on June 29 for Southampton and London. Matatua cleared Liverpool on •May 21 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, and is due here about June 28.

Ihe Athenic, at present en route from Home to Australia, later comes to New Zealand to load, and is due at '^ U l c^ a b°ut July 14. She is scheduled to clear this port on July 16 for Southampton and London via Panama.

T.Ir AHITrS . PASSENGERS. The R..M.S. Tahiti, which arrived at ington on Monday from Sydney, brought the following passengers: l 1 irst-class: Mr. H. J. Angel], Mr. I. E. .Bennett, Mrs. Bennett, Master P. Bennett, Miss M. Bones, Miss E. Black, Mr. P. Bruzzo, Dr. H. F. Bernau, Mrs. Bernau Miss A. H. Bernau, Mr. W. M. Black, Mrs. Black, Sister M. Bernard Mr. A. L. Cropp, Mr. A. Clark, Mr. a! M. Du Croz, Mrs. Du Croz, Mr. H. M Dodwell, Mrs. J. A. Erskine, Sister m! J rancls, Mr. M. Fraser, Mrs. Fraser, Mr. H. P. S. Familton, Mrs. Familton, Mr. P. B. Field, Mr. F. Goldberg, Mrs. F. L. Heckler, Mr. W. S. Harmer, Mr. H. C. Hunter, Mr. H. Heath, Mr. N. Keyson, Mr. F. Macleod, Mrs. Macleod, Mr. \Y r . L. Moore, Mr. A. McLellan, Bishop C. B. Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. W. Northam, Mr. E. S. Paul, Mr. W. E. Roote, Mr. W. G. Sear, Mrs. Sear, Mr. V. Shipway, Mrs. Shipway, Mr. H. L. Spring, Mr. G. H. Scott, Mr. A. S. West, Mr. S. B. Ward. Second class: Miss M. Armstrong, Miss C. Arnott, Miss A. Foster, Mr. A. Gascoyne, Mrs. Gascoyne, Mr. J. R. Hazelton, Mrs ILazelton, Mi*. W. Kinmont, Mr. W. Little, Mr. W. M. Larson, Mr. R. Mahs, Mrs. Mahs, Mr. C. N. Manning, Mr. L. J. Murphy, Miss B. Nakin, Mrs. M. Nelson, Miss I. Nelson, Mr. R. N. Rigarlsford, Miss J. Salmond, Mr. W. Shakespeare, Mrs. Shakespeare, Master J. Shakespeare, Miss E. I. Saunders, Mr. W. J. Small, Mrs. R. Teplitzsky, Mr. R. Thompson, Mrs. R. W. Wall, Miss A. Wardlaw; and 9 third-class. For through ports: First-class—Mr. J. Andrews, Mrs. Andrews, Mr. F. H. Coon, Dr. H. C. Carden, Mrs. M. Chance, Mrs. H. Ij. Dickensor, Miss M. Edmondson, Mr. W. Ferguson, Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. F. W. Eggleston, Miss C. Gilmore, Miss A. Howlison, Mr. I. Hyams, Mr. F. Joney, Mrs. Joney, Mr. F. K. Lamb, Sir W. H. Moore, Lady Moore, Mr. R. McGeachy, Mrs. L. F. Murray, Mrs. M. McCauley, Miss H. McCauley, Mrs. F. Moreton, Mr. F. Mooney, Captain G. Nobbs, Miss L. Nobbs, Mr. H. C. Price, Mrs. Price, Mr. O. J. Rudda, Mr. J. Reid, Mr. D. J. Shultis, Mrs. Shultis, Miss B. Shultis, Mr. R. M. Spencer, Mr. G. F. Shave, Mr. H. W. Smith, Mr. E. Sparkes, Mr. A. J. H. Shannon. Mrs. Shannon, Mr. R. Watt, Mrs. J. Woods, Mr. J. L. Young. Second-class: Mr. C. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mr. H. R. Black, Mrs. E. Duncan, Miss C. R. Duncan, Mr. G. Elletson, Mrs. Elletson, Miss M. Heerey, Mrs. N. M. Porter, Mr. L. F. Willmott; and 36 thirdclass, including feight Chinese.

VARIED CONSTRUCTION. Of all the shipbuilding yards in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, none is at the present time engaged in such varied construction as that of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Limited, Govan. The vessels building there include five motor ships, four oil-tankers, several barges, and a steam tug. The same yard has just completed a floating dock for the Entre Rios Railway, a caisson for Monte Video, and a vessel of special construction for the Far East, while its output for last year included a water-carrying boat for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, a floating crane pontoon, and 16 barges. The Govan yard has been most fortunate during the depression of the last three years—the order for 21 motor-ships for the Bank Line, now completed, and various other contracts having kept the employees working steadily while other establishments have suffered very severely. DIESEL-ELECTRIC TANKER. A contract has been placed by the Atlantic Refining Company, of Philadelphia, d company which already possesses a number of Diesel-electric vessels, for a Diesel-electric oil tanker. Their J. W. Vandyk, built in America in 1918, is the largest Diesel-electric ship in operation at the present time. She has a gross tonnage of about 5,000, hut the new ship to be built at Greenock will be at least 5,000 tons larger. The vessel will be the first constructed on the Clyde for propulsion by machinery of the Diesel-electric type. The Diesel engines are to be of the Carels-Ingersoll-Rand type, and will be constructed by the Carels Company of Ghent. The electric transmission gear will be provided, as already stated, by the British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd., Rugby. All the machinery will he fitted in the vessel at Greenock by the shipbuilders, Messrs. Scott and Co.

AMERICA AND ALIEN CREWS.— The Bill dealing with crews on board foreign vessels calling at American ports, although it passed the Senate, did not come up for consideration by the House of Representatives before the close of the session. The Bill sought to prevent any vessel from bringing into a port of the United States, as a member of her crew, any alien, who, if he were applying for admission into the United States as an immigrant, would he subject to exclusion. There was, however, an exception in the Bill whereby a foreign ship manned entirely by nationals of the country under whose flag she was sailing might be allowed to do business in an American port on ordinary terms.

PORT ONEHUNGA—

TO-DAY’S ARRIVAL RARAWA (5.30 a.m.), 1,077 tons, Bark, from New Plymouth.

The Arapawa is due back from Raglan, Kawhia and Port Waikato at 6 a.m. to-morrow morning and sails later the same day for Wanganui. The Ngatiawa is scheduled to sail at 2 p.m. to-morrow for Hokianga. The Rarawa arrived this morning from New Plymouth and sails at 3 p.m. to-morrow on the return trip.

MANUKAU HEAD SIGNALS. Owing to local landslips the Manukau Heads signal-station flagstaff with yard has been dismantled. In future all signals will be exhibited from a steel lattice-work flagstaff, with a cross-yard which lias been erected at a position 065 degres, 200. feet from the site of the old flagstaff. The lat-tice-work flagstaff is situat # on the existing transit line (069£ degrees), of the main lighted leading beacons.