The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 232, 20 December 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

KUROW FOR NEWCASTLE.-—The local office of the Union Company advises that the collier Kurow leaves Auckland on Friday for Newcastle, where she will probably load again for Auckland.

YOSERIC FOR NEW ZEALAND. —Advice has been received that the tramp steamer Yoseric has been fixed to load Australian hardwood at Bunbury about the middle of January for New Zealand ports.

AORANGI SAILING.—In continuation of her voyage from Sydney the Union Company's R.M.M.S. Aorangi is nowscheduled to leave Auckland at 6 o'clock this evening for Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver.

WAIHEMO CLEARS SAMARANG.— Cable advice received by the Union Company states that the cargo steamer Waihemo sailed From Samarang last Saturday with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is due here on January 7.

MARAMA AT WELLlNGTON.—Telegraphic advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the passenger steamer Marama arrived at Wellington at 9 o’clock this morning from Sydney and leaves at 3 p.m. on Friday on her return trip to Sydney.

VERONICA AND LABURNUM. H.M.S. Veronica left Auckland yesterday morning for Point Fitzroy, Great Barrier, to carry out gunnery exercises. On Thursday in company with H.M.S. Laburnum she will carry out firing practice in the Hauraki Gulf, and return to Auckland the same day. H.M.S. Laburnum is due back at Auckland on Friday.

SUSSEX LEAVES SINGAPORE.—CabIe advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the Federal steamer Sussex sailed from Singapore yesterday for Auckland, where she is due on January 9. The Sussex also loaded at Calcutta and Rangoon for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. ULIMAROA AT SYDNEY. —Cable advice received by the local office of Huddart Parker and Company states that the passenger steamer Ulimaroa arrived at Sydney this morning from 'Wellington and leaves at noon on Friday for Auckland, where she is due next Tuesday morning. The Ulimaroa will be the only passenger steamer arriving in New- Zealand next week from Sydney. RIMUTAKA AT WELLINGTON. —Last evening the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Rimutaka arrived at Wellington from London and Southampton. This morning the vessel was berthed to land her passengers and mails, and tonight she proceeds to Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and Napier to discharge her cargo. Passengers for Auckland leave Wellington by the 2 p.m. express to-day and arrive here to-mororw morning. Luggage is coming forward by the Kamo, which sails from Wellington on Friday for Auckland.

SALE OF THE ESSEX.—Advices have befn received to the effect that the wellknown Federal Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Essex, which has been a regular trader between the United Kingdom and New- Zealand and Australian ports for a considerable number of years, has been sold to Belgian buyers. the price reported being about £-0,000. The Essex is rather an old vessel, having been built In 1902 at Clydebank, Scotland, by J. Brown and Co. She is a screw steamer of 7,219 tons gross, a d 4,401 tons net. SURAT WITH RAW SUGAR.—With a full cargo of raw sugar from Bank Line tramp steamer •p url “. in the stream at Auckland earl} ."I*® morning and berthed later at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company s at Chel sea to discharge The vessel, which is under charter to Andrew wen, lett fcaia verry on November IS and experienced mainly fine weather for her trip across to New Zealand. Toward the end of last week she encountered strong south-west-erlv gales, and these continued for set - eral days, delaying the vessels arrival hv twelve hours. Otherwise the voyage of the Surat was of an uneventful nature. The Surat was built in 1917 at Glasgow by Messrs. C. Connell and Company, Limited, for the Bank Line. She is registered as 3.519 tons gross. Captain G. L. Porter is in command oi the Surat, and associated with him are tlie following officers: Chief, Mr. J». O’Donnel; second. Mr. S. J. Pethurst; third, Mr. .T. S. King; chief engineer. Mr. J. H. Reddock; second, Mr. W. Mann; third, Mr. C. W. Shepherd; fourth. Mr. G. S. Barnes; wireless operator, Mr. S. P. K. Tallewin.

Messrs. Robert Millar and Company are the local agents. The future movements of the Surat are unknown. TAMAROA’S PASSENGERS. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Tamaroa, which arrived at 'Wellington on Sunday from London and Southampton, brought the following passengers:— First-class. —For Wellington: Mrs. M. Barrington, Miss TT. Bupknall, Admiral Sir J. Fergusson, K.C.8., K.C.M.G., Miss S. Fergusson, Mrs. A. Harcourt, Miss H. Harcourt, Miss A. Lobban, Mr. J. MacEwan, Mr. J. Maudsley, Mr. J. McLean, Mrs. McLean, Mrs. M. Oram, Miss M. Richmond, Miss E. Richmond, Colonel R. Robinson-Embury, C.M.G., Mrs. Robin-son-Embury, Miss J. Robinson-Embury, Mrs. E. Rithschild, Master K. Rothschild, Master J. Rothschild, Miss B. Slingsby, Mr. J. Snell, Miss M. Spencer, Mrs. R. Stevens, Mr. J. Strang, Mrs. Strang, Mr. F. Wall, Mr. G. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson. For Auckland: Mr. V. Esch, C.V.0., Mrs. Esch, Master V. Esch, Mr. L. Hansen, Miss P. Hansen, Miss P. Hansen, Mr. H. Hansen, Miss R. Heath, Miss J. Robertson, Miss J. Shuttleworth, Miss L. Shuttleworth, Mr. W. Warren, Mr. A. Wells. For Lyttelton: Mr. A. Borthwick. Mr. P. Borthwick, Sir F. Boys. Mrs. E. Boys, Mr. J. Hall, Mrs. Hall. Mr. H. Xicoll, Mr. B. Price, Mrs. A. Tipler, Mrs. E. Wills. For Port Chalmers; Mrs. F. Batchelor, Miss M. Bloomfield, Mr. J. Bloomfield. Miss B. Dawes, Dr. T. McKellar, Mrs. McKellar, Master T. McKellar, Mr. S. Paterson, Mrs. Paterson, Miss P. Paterson, Miss M. Paterson, Master A. Paterson, Miss D. Robertson. Mr. A. Robertson, Mr. A. Sinclair. For Napier: Mr. T. A’Bear, Miss E. A’Bear, Miss S. A’Bear, Mrs. A. Beattie, Mr. T. Clark, Miss E. Clark, Mr. C. Cormack, Mrs. Cormack, Miss V. Curlett, Mr. A. Maclntyre, Mrs. MacIntyre, Master D. Maclntyre, Master IL Maclntyre, Miss S. Maclntyre, Miss E. Maclntyre, Miss E. Morgan. For Gisborne: Miss N. Atkin, Mr. R. Barker, Mrs. Barker, Miss P. Barker, Master D. Barker, Master R. Barker, Miss V. Barker, Mr. L. Burnard, Mrs. Burnard. For Timaru: Mrs. G. Elworthy, Miss C. Elworthy, Miss E. Elworthy, Miss J. Elworthy. For Sydney: Mr. P. Bell, Mrs. Bell, Master P. Bell, Miss T. Bell, Miss H. Davis, Miss B. Gatehouse. Sir P. Perry, K.8.E., Lady Perry, Miss N. Perry, Miss M. Perry, Miss A. Pollock, Mr. R. Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Mr. A. Walker, Mrs. Walker. For Melbourne: Miss H. Xicoll. For Adelaide: Rev. T. Davis. For Hobart: Mr. A. Mitchell, Miss E. Mitchell; and 302 third-class.

The Tafnaroa leaves Wellington on Saturday for Auckland and is due next Monday to complete her discharge of London cargo.

TAHITI AT WELLINGTON rv, from San Francisco and way Union Company's RM.S TihiuSL®* at Wellington yesterday and !eavJr TITM o'clock to-night in continuai na 11 voyage to Sydney. net

MESOPOTAMIA COMINS-r™, tion has been received by Macfarlane that the tramp stimS potamia sailed from Makatea Sunday with a lull cargo or ohoSU** for discharge at Auckland w -- expected about December 30. -5

MAUNGANUI FROM SYDNEY ttpassengers, mails, and cargo ney ; **• . Union Company / ins*J& Martin) arrived in the \ essei, wmen it it a»dney last Frie* experienced a very fair weather across the Tasman. She broug shipments of cargo from the foil ***** vessels: Saikoh Maru, Uiim**-*. * Hautman, Mishima Maru. I’m Ormara, Palebang. Taming,Hawl’ Molojii, Time. Regina dTialta, EsrJiS* Bay, Magdeburg. Maheno. City of Oronsay, Elmshorn. Oste*-le\' Corrimai. Burwah. ’* * Ux &ha,

The following passengers arrived n., morning by the Maunganui. Saloon: Mesdames 'Bennett. Bentu, B&ynard, Warbick, Bryant, May. ther, Hughes. Devereux, iiacLawr' Jackson. Perkins, Swarbrick, Solomoni! McGregor, .Munrc, Mercer. jw 8 lens. Poods, Bush. Reedy. Lyons'. Hi*' son, Paul, de Jongh. Whitlock. Chem Wilson, Harvey, Sutton. Watts, Gr*» : ’ Henderson, Egerton. Holmden, Coot*-' Marr, Kitson. Turnbull. Block, Whiu‘ side. Kemp ton, Coughman, Holmes Jam«; blisses Bennett, Lambeth. Baynard, Lynr' Deste, Bremner, Obat. Maxwell t2), L©» ther, Murray, Bedford, Rssbothair,*

Lloyd, Hughes Duncan. Kidner. Heni# Holloway. Alleridge, Henry, Meldrun Zimmer, Turner, Potts, Hooper. And#son Bullock, Wade, Pickett, AlieriSr* Barling, Barker, Durant, York, Asrrrtr' Be van. Abbot, Hutchinson, Carr Dufe’ car. Henley, Coogar. Lawry. Murray

Bush, de Jongh, Cherry, Miles. Harvey (3), Sutton. Kendall, Brackebush L»r kins, Watkins, Woolley, McNaughtciL Dobie, Norman, Barnett, Leaver, Phiiiit* Dodds. Knight. Cherry. Field. Mon?’ Larking, Wood, Cooper. Tarrant, Mar(2), Kitson (2), Ray (2), Hervey, Gra\* (2), Couchman, Blaxnires, Bellingharr'Messrs. Bentley. Warbick. Dandy, Yer. non, Bryant. Nable, Nightingale. Tripped Allem. Ralph. May. Highes, McCarthy* Orford. Cawley, Blair. Potter, Fleming* Squirrill, Devereux, Pearce, Money, Morgan, Burke B arras s. Atkinson, Jones' Jacobs. Price, Connoley, McLauren. Perkins (2), Flavel. Swarbrick, MeGnnr Cotes, Burroughs, Barnett, Maiden. M e~i eer, Matden, King, Reedy. Conbin. Hitse* (2), Paul, de Jongh, Whitt lock, Wilson. Cook, Wylie Caws, S'mythe, Riddle, Duncan, Dare (2), Henderson, Dodds, Bei: Miles*, Hawk. Professor Fgerton. Dr. Holrnden. Marr, Symes, Kitson, Blue*. Gray, Whiteside, Thyer, Palmer. Guv, Richards, Holmes. James, Hender. Second saloon: Mesdames Fraser, Braline, O’Connor. Robinson. CraigiV.

Taylor Stanley. Ross. Sayegh. Clarke. Johnson. Locke, Whittle, Johnston. CUf« ford. Nathan. Wilson, Brooks. Binna, Cleaver? Misses Bownam. McKanjue, Davis, Waters (2). Taylor, Kendon. Wood. Wedge, Miller, Einsaar, Skelton, Scurry, Davies, Thompson, Coleman. Patrick, Roberts, Bradbury. Gill, Lawder, Serio, Coulthard, Johnson, Jones. Negus, Locke, Robertson. Chate. McLeod, Rout, Poole, Trevail. Hansel!. Wakling, Slater. Fullslove. White. Miles. Forest. O’Reiley, Freeman, Edmonds. Evans, Woolley, Stewart. Grigg. Harris, Knowles; Messrs. Courtney, Mason, Elliott. Mfeyo, Waters, Montgomery, Marks. O’Brien, Stanley, O’Connor, Sayegh (2), O'Brien, Campbell. Cody, Shakespeare, Ussher. Jamieson, Whittle, Freetman, Moeser, Johnston, Roche. Marks. Smart; and 75 steerage, including 17 Chinese. The local office of the union company advises that the Maurganui is to be dispatched on her return trip to Sydney at eleven o'clock on Friday morning nen.