The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 208, 22 November 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

NIAGARA SAILS 10 P.M. —Owing .to the large cargo to be shipped, the L mon Company have postponed the departure of the R.M.S. Niagara from Auckland until 10 o’clock this evening, when she will leave here for Suva, Honolulu, \ ictoria and Vancouver. MAKURA FOR SYDNEY.— The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the R.M.S. Makura, en route from San Francisco, via ports, leaves Wellington at 3 p.m. to-day in continuation of her voyage to Sydney. WAITE MATA SAILING. —In continuation of her voyage from Pacific Coast ports, the Union Company hopes to dispatch the cargo steamer Waitemata from Auckland at 3 o’clock this afternoon for Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. RUAPEHU POSTPONED. —The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Ruapehu, which arrived at Auckland this morning from Tokomaru Bay, and berthed at the Queen's Wharf, will complete her loading here and sail at 4 p.m. on Friday, instead of Thursday, for London direct, via Panama. . TURAKINA AT NEW PLYMOUTH.— The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been advised that the steamer Turakina arrived at New Plymouth this morning from Port Chalmers and leaves on Friday afternoon for Auckland, where she is due next Sunday. After lifting the local portion of her cargo here the Turakina will proceed to Napier, thence Wanganui, Wellington and Lyttelton, to complete her loading, sailing finally from the latter port on December 15 for Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Panama.

PORT DARWIN TO COMPLETE.— !At present loading at Wellington, the C. j and D. Line advises that the steamer Port Darwin will leave there to-morrow ; for Napier, where she completes and I finally departs on November 29 for London, via Panama. PACIFIC TRANSPORT REPORTS.— According to a radio message received by Henderson and Macfarlane, the tramp steamer Pacific Transport is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland at 10 o’clock to-morrow night from Nauru Island. The vessel, which is bringing a full cargo of phosphates for discharge at this port, will berth on Thursday morning at the King’s Wharf. MAHIA LEAVES LYTTELTON. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advises that the steamer Mahia sailed from Wellington this morning for New Plymouth to commence her loading for Home. From New Plymouth the vessel will fill up at Wanganui, thence Wellington and Port Chalmers, and is scheduled to sail finally from the Otago port on December 15 for London, via Punta Arenas. CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL.— The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Federal steamer Westmoreland is fixed to leave Liverpool on January 21 with general cargo to dischai'ge at Auckland, Napier. Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She will be followed by the Somerset, which is to sail from Liverpool on February 4 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff. CRUISERS DUNEDIN AND DIOMEDE —The cruisers Dunedin and Diomede are scheduled to leave Wellington to-morrow and to reach Auckland on Friday. The two warships will remain in port over the week-end and next Monday they will leave for the Hauraki Gulf, where they will carry out gunnery exercises until December 9. Afterwards they will return to Auckland. CROSSKEYS AND WEST CALERA. — With a cargo front Pacific Coast ports the American steamers Crosskeys and West Calera are scheduled to reach Auckland on December 1 and December 4 respectively. The Crosskeys will unload at Auckland, Launceston and Melbourne, and the West Calera at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. Henderson and Macfarlane are the local agents.

THE AT HEN IC.—Wireless advice is expected shortly from the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Athenic, which is scheduled to reach Auckland next Friday from London and Southampton with passengers. mail and cargo for New Zealand. She will unload a quantity of general merchandise at Auckland and the remainder at Wellington, Lyttelton and Fort Chalmers. A. S. Paterson and Co.. Ltd., are the local agents. DRIFTING RAFT RECOVERED.-The raft which was adrift in the Hauraki Gult on Saturday piorning has been recovered and brought to Auckland. It was lost from the tug Wakanui, which left Tapu on Friday night, and afterwards experienced very boisterous weather in the Firth of Thames. The heavy seas caused the backbone of the raft to break adrift. The remaining portion of the raft the tug towed to Waikawa. She left again at daylight on Saturday to search for the missing logs, which she located at mid-day. She took the derelict raft in tow and reached Auckland at 4 o’clock yesterday morning. MAUNGANUI ARRIVES. —At 7 o’clock this morning the Union Company s passenger steamer Maunganui arrived in the stream at Auckland from Sydney, and after pratique was granted berthed at the Central Wharf to land her passengers, mails and cargo. The vessel Jpft Sydney shortly after 3 p.m. last Friday and experienced good weather for the run across the Tasman Sea. The following passengers arrived by the Maunganui:— First Saloon.—Mesdames Stevenson, Johnston, McLeod-Craig, Headland, Forbes-Smith, Kinsey. Kirk, Clay, Johnston, Poole, Gale,. Osborne, Goss, Birch, Marshall, Houghton, Fulton, Clow, Robertson, Haultain, Sanders, Moritzen, Marks, Gibson, »Coles, House, Misses Stevenson, McLeod-Craig, Livingston. "Brennan, Darling, Kirk. Clay, Nixon, Houghton, Mandeno, Wilkinson, Fay, Robertson, Sanders (2), Pavitt, Dr. Stevenson, Messrs. Johnston. Mumford, Marshall. Barclay, Court, Green, Marriage, Johnston, Poole, Haultain, Gale, Goldsiend, Bristow, Osborne, Bennett, Goss, Foster, Garrett, Dr. Kerr. Banks. Davis. Houghton, Coyler (2), Clow, Headland. Baenzizer,* Moginehendy (2), Birch, Rentoul, Sanders, Brundell, Staughton, Lowe, Coles. Second Saloon. —Mesdames Burroughes, Bigwood, Moore, McHugh. Yeoman, Turti 11. Gittes. Bullock, Holmes, Mather, Dally, Mcßeath. Rodgers, Misses Douglas, Davies, Watson, Cribbs, Arnold, Dakin, McEnnis, Holmes (2), Dally, Ask. Firth, Rodgers, Messrs. Dance, Ellis, Duckman, McHugh, Ellis, Turtill, Gittes, Bullock, Baird, Goath, Thorpe, Langstaff, Sevan, Masters Turtill, Gittes, Dally, Thorpe, Holmes; and 76 third-class, including 20 Chinese. Included in her cargo are transhipments ex the following vessels: Aki Maru, Automedon, Almkerk. Yngaren, Mooltan. Koranui, Mundalla, Saros, Zealandia, Changte, Tasman, Ormonde, Yesake Maru, Cathay. Trianon, Cranfield. Macumba, St. Albans, Corimal, Canberra, Bombala, Orungal. Hobson’s Bay, Time, Goulburn, Corrimal. The Maunganui is scheduled to leave Auckland at 3 p.m. next Friday on her return trip to Sydney. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—W. M. McArthur, PacificTransport, Tofua, Hinemoa, Niagara. Waitemata. Chatham Islands.—lonic, Athenic. Wellington—Maori, Wahine, Ngaio, Tamaliine, Arahura, Aorangi, Kekerangu, Norfolk, Cape Comorin, Otokia, Corinthic, Mahia, Makura, Waikawa, Australind, Waipahi, Sithonia, Port Curtis. Awarua.—Tahiti, Manuka, Karetu. C. A. Larsen, Sir J. C. Ross, N. T. Neilsen, Alonso, Tutanekai, Paua, Queen Eleanor. PORT OF OWEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY NGAPUHI (5 p.m.), 703 tons, Bark, for New Plymouth. ARAPAWA (5.20 p.m.), 291 tons, Pert, for Wanganui. The Kaitoa, sailing at 5 p.;n. to-day for Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth, returns to Onehunga about Wednesday next to load again for the same ports. The Hauturu leaves Onehunga at 4 4 p.m. to-day for Raglan, Kawhla, and Waikato Heads, and is due back on Friday morning. The Ngapuhi arrives at Onehunga tomorrow morning from New Plymouth, and sails at 4 p.m. on Thursday on her return trip. The Arapawa left yesterday afternoon for Wanganui, and is expected back at Onehunga on Friday morning.

CORi NT HIC AT NAP»ER.—T ft plete her loading for Home, th* c COnu SavAlbion Company the White Star liner Corinthic Napier this morning for Wellington^?* l is to ieave Napier on Saturdav 7* Wellington, where she is due'on?«£. J° r to embark her passengers before?!** ceeding the same day f or South am m 0 ' and London, via Panama. utna mp loll POPULARITY OF MOTOR. SHIP* Trials were recently carried out bv 1 largest and highest -powered motor isenser liner yet completed. This fßaturnia. which was to have j Trieste to Buenos Ayres on her m i voyage on September 21. j Monfalcone by the Cantiere Navale at ! tino for the Coeullch Line. Trl*«:te. «v' e '' i a twin-screw vessel of 23.500 tons *rJL land a sister-ship. Urania, is buhdht [at the same yard for the same os wS! 5 ; The Saturnia carries 2.500 passengers i ’ ■ four classes, and her propelling machin ery consists of two sets of eight-crlira ; four-cycle double-acting engines of ! Burmei-ter and Wain type, built bv Stabilimento T- -nice Triestino the in. , i horse-rower developed being about There are. in addition, six These] iary engines, developing altogether «-V i.h.r. She will be followed in Vov-Iw? by a **lll larger vessel, the AngStw whose gross tonnage is nearlv 33 U * viewing the question of the' future ,2” sibilities of oil-engined liners, the Ship” points out that there are 15 . U T vessels now in service of from **-2 tons gtoss up to 22,000 tons gross VIY with one exception, all the owners r these ships who have further tonnari under construction are again internal combustion machinery in thenew liners. At the present time ther* are 26 motor passenger ships being built' and these range from 9,000 tons trrnx« V,2 to r. 3,000 tons gross. There seem to be any doubt that this numbeis greater than that of steam-dri’en tenser vessels, of equal tonnage, ultho.-i it. is only a comparatively short ti~ since the first large oil-engined liner wat built.

CAST STEEL CHAIM . —The Beardnio-e Foundry at Glasgow has put to tl»e %red--of the vast business of which it is a £art an achievement of much more th-n ordinary importance. In recent rears engineering developments have laid obligations on steel foundries to manufartu-' and supply, under Increasingly rigid tests products which had previously been exclusively the work of the forger. Chains in iron have, for example, beer known practically since that material was f irs . forged, and have all, as a muter of course, suffered from the handicap tha* in the weld necessary in every link the human element played a part. The softness of the material, to ensure as p* r . feet a weld as possible, considerable affected their useful life. Froposab submitted from time to time to manufacturers that these chains should be mad* of cast steel eventually Interested the Admiralty, and at its suggestion various firms attacked the problem experimentally. In the end Messrs. Beardmon succeeded in producing a finished cast steel chain which passed the rigid te«* requirements laid down. The specification called for a 12 J fathom :iin cast steel stud link chain with the necessary shackle. A testing length was to be selected by the inspector anywhere fror the finished chain and subjected to the following test:—Shock test—two singllinks each to stand 13 blows with a oneton tup -without sign of fracture, vis. t-ft-o blows at 10ft. two Mows at 15ft, and eleven blows at 20ft. A three-link sample from the test length was to stand without sign of fracture a proof load of 204 tons, the overall elongation not to exceed lin at this load. The sample was then to be loaded till fracture occurred, and to give a breaking load of not less than 306 tons. Thereafter, the who> chain was to stand a proof load of tons. The high standard required will be appreciated when these figures are compared with the tests required in the case of a standard Sin wrought iron cable chain. These are:—Tup test, nil; proof load, 143.8 tons: breaking load, 218.7 tons. The proof load stipulated for the cast steel chain is, it will hr observed, the

breaking load accepted for the wrought iron chain. .