The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 188, 29 October 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

THE MESOPOTAMIA.—Having completed unloading sugar at Chelsea, the steamer Mesopotamia sailed for Newcastle last evening to replenish her bunkers. TOFU A DUE TUESDAY.—The Union Company advises that the Island passenger steamer Tofua, which left Suva at 8.-39 a.m. yesterday for Auckland, is expected to arrive here on Tuesday morning. MATAROA SAlLS.—Shortly before eight o’clock this morning- the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Mataioa took her departure from Auckland, bound for Southampton and London, via Panama. MANUKA FROM MELBOURNE.— Cabled advice received by the Union Company reports tnat the Manuka left Melbourne at 11 a.m. on Wednesday for Wellington. The vessel Is due at Wellington on Monday, and is to leave again the following afternoon for Melbourne, via the South. TAIN U I LEAVES COLON.—Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company that their liner Tainui left Colon on Tuesday morning, en route from Wellington to Southampton and London. The vessel sailed from Wellington on October 4. TANKER BUCCINUM REPORTED.— The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company’s tanker Buccinum is reported to have sailed from Tarakan, Borneo, last Wednesday, with oil for New Zealand. The vessel was built at Middlesbrough in 1910, and her former name was the Berwindmoor. Her tonnage is 5,237 gross. H.M.S. VERONICA RETURNS.—H.M.S. Veronica returned yesterday afternoon from a five months’ cruise to the South Sea Islands. She berthed at Sheerlegs Wharf. Before leaving port again the warship will go into dock and refit. THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH. The Canadian Scottish is expected to leave Wellington this morning for Auckland to complete loading for New York, Boston and Halifax. The vessel is due on Monday afternoon and will berth at Prince’s Wharf. Early on Wednesday morning she is to be dispatched for New York. OMANA FROM GISBORNE. The Lamb steamer Omana is expected from Gisborne to-morrow morning. She will berth at King’s Wharf to complete unloading coal and poles from Australia, and to load tmiber for Sydney. NO REPORT FROM SIT HON lA. Although up to 1 p.m. to-day she had not reported by wireless, the steamer Sithonia, from Texas, is expected at an early date. The vessel with berth at King’s Wharf to unload sulphur to the agency of Messrs. R. Millar and Co. The remainder of the sulphur cargo is for discharge at Lyttelton, Dunedin, Wanganui, and Sydney. PORT HARDY TO LOAD.—The C. and D. Line advises that the Port Hardy is fixed to load in New Zealand for New York. Boston, Halifax, and London. She will commence loading at Bluff on November 26, and next will proceed to Lyttelton. Dunedin. Gisborne, and Auckland, and will sail finally from the lastmentioned port on December li. TURAKINA TO LOAD.—The Turakina is fixed to take the loading berth in New Zealand for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, and Glasgow. She is due at New Plymouth on November 22 to complete discharge and to commence leading. The vessel will subsequently load also at Auckland. Napier, Wanganui. Wellington, and Lyttelton, and is to sail finally from the latter port on December 15.

j LABURNUM AND HA PA I TO DOCK. —H.M.S. Laburnum, to refit, and the } Auckland Harbour Board's dredge Hapai for overhaul and survey, are to go into Calliope Dock on Monday morning. AORANGI CLEARS SUVA.—Cable advice received by the Inion Company states that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi arrived at Suva at 6.30 p.m. yesterday from Auckland and left again at 10.30 p.m. for Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. I ATHOLL TO LOAD.—Henderson and Macfarlane advises that the tramp Steamer Atholl leaves Westport to-day for Ocean Island, thence Nauru Island, to load phosphates for New Plymouth and Wanganui. ROTORUA IN PORT.—An arrival in the stream at Auckland last evening was the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotorua, from Gisborne. She berthed at the Queen’s Wharf this morning to continue her loading, and is to leave here on Wednesday for Napier and Wellington to complete. The liner sails finally from Wellington on November 10 for Southampton and London, via Panama. ULIMAROA LEAVES SYDNEY.—According to cable advice received by the local office of Huddart, Parker, and Company, the passenger steamer Ulimaroa sailed from Sydney at noon yesterday for Auckland, where she is due next Tuesday morning. Besides mails and cargo for this port, the vessel is bringing 270 passengers, and on arrival here she will berth at the Central Wharf. RUAPEHU TO LOAD.—The New Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Ruapehu left Dunedin yesterday for Lyttelton and Bluff, to complete discharge of her London cargo. The vessel will then commence loading at Timaru on November 11, and is to load afterwards at Auekland and Wellington. She is due here

on November 15, and will sail finally from Wellington on November 23 for Southampton and London. via the Panama route.

GERMAN MOTOR-SHIPS. The four new motor-ships that are shortly to be placed in service between Germanv and the Pacific Coast by the Ham burg-Ame-rican Line are to be named after four of Uie principal cities on the .Pacific Coast. Lhe new vessels will be named the San L* rancisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland. The ships are twin-screw, with a speed of 13 knots, 9,000 deadweight tons, and will be equipped with about 1,200 tons of refrigerating space

NEW TRAWLER FOR LYTTELTON. —A new motor trawler for the Lyttelton fishing fleet was launched on Tuesday afternoon at the boat-building yard of Messrs. Miller and Tunnage, at Port Chalmers. The fishermen present at the launching admired the smart little vessel, and they considered that she represented the type of fishing craft that will soon be popular, now that the -north reef” is becoming exhausted as a fishing ground, and the more distant Nuggets is claiming attention. The new trawler, which was christened the Gannet as she took the water, has a straight stem and counter-stern, and is designed by her builders to carry a ketch rig for sailing purposes if required. Her dimensions are: Length, 46 feet; beam, 12 feet; draught, 7 feet; and moulded depth, 5 feet 9 inches. An English crude oil engine, weighting four tons, and developing 30-h.p., will provide a speed of eight knots, the comparatively heavy weight of the machinery being'intended to promote efficiency in actual trawling. Her modern equipment includes a oneman control of the machinery and steering from the wheelhouse. The hull is of kauri, and the decks of teakwood The Oannet is built to the order of Mr. W. Coffey, who intends to use her for fishing at Lyttelton.

TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO SERVICES. —The Union Company advises the following movements of steamers engaged in the trans-Pacific cargo services:— The Waikawa left Los Angeles yesterday for Papeete, Wellington, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Napier, Nelson, and New Plymouth. She is due at Papeete on November 9, and at Wellington on November 21.

The Waitemata left San Francisco on Tuesday last for Auckland. Wellington. Melbourne, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on November 18.

The Waihemo, from Bluff, arrived at Dunedin on Thursday, and is expected to clear the latter port to-day for Lyttelton, thence Wellington, Napier, and New Plymouth.

The Wairuna left Suva on October 20 for Vancouver and San Francisco. She is due at Vancouver on November 9.

The Hauraki left Wellington at 12.45 p.m. on Thursday for Melbourne. Adelaide, and Sydney. She is due at Melbourne on November 3.

The W'aiotapu will leave Sydney on November 2 for Vancouver and San Francisco, via Suva and Fanning Island. The forward loading dates at the Pacific Coast are approximately as under:—

The Wairuna will load at Vancouver and San Francisco in November for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Beauty Point, and Sydney.

The Waiotapu will load at Vancouver and San Francisco in December for Auckland, "Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney.

The "Waihemo will load at Vancouver and San Francisco during the second week of December for Apia. Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and New Plymouth.

The Hauraki will load at Vancouver and San Francisco late in December and early in January for Auckland Wellington.* Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. The Waitemata will load at Vancouver and San Francisco late in January for New Zealand and Australian ports.

CAPTAIN COOK’S WORK. The Government of the Territory of Hawaii has decided on a comprehensive histori % 1 celebration and pageant to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the discovery of Hawaii by Captain Cook, from August 15 to 20, 1925. It is proposed to invite a delegation from Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, besides the United States and Canada. The plans comprehend a visit from warships of the British, American and Australian fleets.

At Kealakekua Bay, Island of Hawaii, where the great English navigator fell, on Februayr 14, 1779, a bronze tablet will be erected, with an inscription to mark the event of his death at the hands of the natives. It is anticipated that there will be a solemn dedication of a monument on the Island of Kauai, where Captain Cook made his first landing. At Xapoopoo, a tablet will also be placed, to mark the spot where William Wattman, a member of Captain Cook’s crew, was buried, and where Cook himself read the burial service.

A monument already exists on the Island of Hawaii, erected there to the memory of Captain Cook by the crew of the British warship Fan tome, on ground given to the British Government by the sister of Queen Liliuokalani. This little strip of ground is still vested in Great Britain, and presents the novelty of British-owned land within American territory.