The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 167, 5 October 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

TAIMUI DEPARTS.—At 5 p.m. yesterday the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tainui sailed from Wellington with passengers;, mails and cargo for Southampton and London via Panama. MIDDLESEX DUE MONDAY.—To lift further cargo for Home, the Federal steamer Middlesex leaves Timaru on Friday for Auckland, and is due here next Monday. From- here the Middlesex proceeds on October 15 to Wellington, where she completes and finally departs on October 22 for London via Panama.

KAIAPOI LEAVES HOBART.—The local office of the Union Company have been advised that the cargo steamer Kaiapoi. en route from Bunbury with timber for Auckland Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, left Hobart at 10 p.m. on Monday for Auckland, where she is due about Tuesday next.

MESOPOTAMIA’S AGENTS. Advice has been received that Spedding, Ltd., have been appointed local agents for the tramp steamer Mesopotamia, which is at present en route from Java with raw sugar for the Sugar Works at Chelsea. The vessel is expected to arive at Auckland about the middle of next week. EPSOM WITH PHOSPHATES.—A. S. Paterson and Co. advises that the Watts, Watts steamer Epsom, which is at present- discharging Juan de Novo phosphates at Port Chalmers, leaves on Friday for Auckland, where she is due next Tuesday to complete discharge. MARYLAND DISCHARGING. The tramp steamer Maryland, which arrived at Auckland ■ yesterday morning from Java, :is expected to complete discharge by next Tuesday, when she will be dispatched for Westport to bunker before proceeding probably to Nauru Island to load phosphates for Auckland. SYDNEY STEAMERS.—The Ulimaroa {-.ails from Auckland at 11 a.m. on Friday for Sydney. The Maheno and the Marama both sail from Sydney on Friday, the former at noon for Wellington, and the latter at 3 p.m. for Auckland. All the vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning.

THE BARON BELHAVEN. —The Hogarth Shipping Company’s steamer Baron Belhaven is expected to arrive at Auckland in about a week’s time with is. fuff cargo of nitrate of soda from Chile. The vessel, which left Iqique on September 15, will discharge 1,000 tons of nitrates here and then proceed to Sydney to complete. Messrs. R. Millar and Co. are the local agents.

MELBOURNE SERVICE.—The local office of the Union Company advises that the passenger steamer Manuka was to leave Melbourne at 10 o’clock this morning for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. She is due at Bluff next Monday, and at Wellington the following Thursday, sailing again from Wellington on Saturday, October 15, for Melbourne direct.

WEST CONOB ARRIVES. The American steamer West Conob arrived in the stream at Auckland shortly after 1.30 p.m. to-day from Pacific Coast ports. She is to berth at 2.30 p.m. at the King’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo under the auspices of Henderson and Macfarlane. On completion of her discharge, she is to load at Auckland for Melbourne, Port Moresby and Hong Kong and is expected to sail on Friday evening.

PERSIAN PRINCE IN DOCK. Henderson and Macfarlane advises that the tramp steamer Persian Prince, which has been discharging Nauru phosphates at Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, was docked at the Hatter port yesterday for cleaning and painting. She is to leave to-day for Westport for bunkers before proceeding to Cairns for loading. MATAROA LOADING. The Shaw. Savill and Albion liner Mataroa, now loading at Port Chalmers, leaves to-night for Lyttelton, thence New Plymouth, Wellington, Napier and Auckland to complete. She is due here on October 24, and the agents, A. S. Paterson and Co., hope to dispatcli her finally at daybreak on October 29 for Southampton and London, via Panama.

THE CADADI AN — Although she has not yet reported, the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer Canadian Scottish is expected to arrive at Auckland in about four days’ dime. The vessel left Montreal on August 25 and goes from Auckland to Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff and Napier to complete discharge and commence loading for the homeward trip. .. •

SITHONIA FROM TEX AS.—Reported to have cleared Panama last Saturday, the steamer Sithonia is due at Auckland about the end of the month with a fuff cargo of sulphur from Galveston, Texas. The vessel, after discharging 3,000 tons "here, will proceed to Lyttelton, Dunedin. Wanganui and Sydney to complete. RIBERA REPORTS —According to a radio message received by the New Zealand Shinning: Company. the tramp steamer Ribera, en route from Montreal to New Zealand and Australian ports, is expected to arrive at Auckland on Saturday evening. ♦The vessel has cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Brisbane and Sydney. AORANGI NEARS SUVA.—Advice received bv the Union Company states that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi is due at Suva at 2 p.m. to-morrow from Vancouver and Honolulu and leaves later in the afternoon for Auckland and Sydney. She is expected to arrive here on Sunday afternoon and is announced to sail at 11 p.m. on Monday in continuation of her voyage to Sydney.

ATHOLL DISCHARGING. —At present discharging New York cargo at Auckland under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company, the A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer Atholl will now leave at 10 a.m. to-morrow for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Wanganui to complete. From Wanganui the vessel will proceed to Westport for bunkers before entering the phosphate trade from the Pacific Islands. WESTMORELAND LEAVES WELLINGTON. —The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company, has been advised that the Federal steamer Westmore* land sailed from Wellington at 5 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due at noon to-morrow. She is to berth at the Queen’s Wharf to complete her loading, and her departure for London has been fixed in the meantime for daybreak next Tuesday. FAR EASTERN SERVICE. —The Straits Steamship Company’s twin-screw turbine steamer Kedah, which was launched recently at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers, Ltd., has many interesting features. Intended for an express service between Penang and Singapore—which she will carry out more quickly than is possible by rail—she is 310 ft. in length between perpendiculars, 50ft. Sin. in moulded breadth, and 17ft. 9in. in moulded depth from the main deck. The peculiar requirements of the service, climate and otherwise, have been fulfilled in her design and construction with a care for detail which renders her a notable little ship. The passage takes 21 hours, a.nd everything possible has been done to make it a pleasant one. The staterooms are comfortably furnished and provided with every modern convenience. PACIFIC TRANSPORT FROM NAURU. With 7,500 tons of phosphates from Nauru Island, the Houlder Line steamer Pacific Transport arrived at Auckland >esterday afternoon and berthed at King’s Wharf to discharge, The vessel, formerly under nine months’ tune charter to the Andreiv Weir Line, has been rechartered for another period. Since January last she has been trading between Nauru and Ocean Island and Australian and New Zealand ports, visiting* Port Chalmers, New Plymouth and Lyttelton a few months ago. The Pacific Transport left Nauru for Auckland on September ~1 and experienced a very rough trip, averaging only 6.6 knots. She was caught bv the-strong south-east trade winds, and had to fight her way through high head seas, with the result that she is two days behind schedule. The Pacific Transport is a vessel with a history. She was built in 1913 at Northumberland for the Empire Transport Company, and was engaged for some time in the Baltimore-River Plate coal trade. In 1917, when bound from London to Calcutta she mistook the cruiser Emden for the Indian pilot boat at the mouth of the river Hoogli, and set after her at a. modest eight knots. Needliess to say the notorious German vessel wasn't long in getting away. Captain D. Saunders is in command, and he has with him the following officers:—Chief, Mr. A. Nyblad; second, Mr. J. Williams; third, Mr. C. Ellis; chief engineer, Mr. B. Snoswell; second; Mr. J. Scarth; third, Mr. L. Cherry; fourth, Mr. A. Murrell: wireless operator, Mr. C. A. Devine; chief steward. Mr. A. S. Wilson. The local agents, Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane. Ltd., adivse that they hope to dispatch the Pacific Transport next Tuesday for Westport to bunker before proceeding to the islands again to load for Australia.

TOFU A SAILS SATURDAY. The Union Company advises that the Island passenger steamer Tofua will leave Auckland at 11 a.m. on Saturday for Fiji. Tonga, and Samoa, taking passengers, mails and cargo. ROTORUA ARRIVES SUN DAY. —With passengers for disembarkation at Auckland and cargo for discharge at Auckland and Wellington, the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotorua is expected to arrive at Auckland on Sunday afternoon from London and Southampton, via Curacao and Panama. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Hinpmoa, Tutanekai, Rotorua, Kaiapoi, Kaitangata, Ribera, West Islip. Chatham Islands. —Turakira, Canadian Scottish. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Arahura, Ngaio, Tamahine, Tainui, Pakeha, Aorangi, Niagara, Anamba. Westmoreland, Ivia Ora, Poolta. Port Gisborne. Awarua.—Waikouaiti, Somerset, City of Batavia, Epsom. PORT OF ONE HUNG A—DEPARTURE YESTERDAY ARAPAWA (3.30 p.m.), 291 tons. Burk, for Wanganui. ARRIVALS TO-DAY NGAPUHI (7.30 a.m.), 703 tons. Bark, from New Plymouth. from Nelson. The Anchor steamer Kaitoa, which arrived at Onehunga this morning from the South, is to be dispatched at noon tomorrow for Nelson and West Coast ports. The Ngapuhi arrived at Onehunga this morning from New Plymouth. She is to be dispatched again at 3 p.m. to-morrow for the same port. The Hauturu, due at Onehunga at 6 o’clock this evening from Hokianga, sails again to-morrow at 4 p.m. for Raglan, Kawhia and Port Waikato. The Arapawa left Onehunga last evening for Wanganui. She returns again on Saturday morning, and sails later the same day for Hokianga.