The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

MAUNGANUI LEAVES SYDNEY.— ' The Union. Company's. intercolonial j steamer Maunganui sailed from Sydney at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon with passengers, mail and cargo for Atick- [ land. She is due on Tuesday morning, i CANADIAN BRITISHER —The Canadian Britisher is reported to I have reached Colon last Wednesday, en I route from Halifax to Auckland, Well- ; ington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin, j She is due at Auckland about April 8. j COAL FROM NEWCASTLE. —News I has been received that the Australian ; steamer Iron Crown left Newcastle on > Wednesday with the second shipment of . coal for the New Zealand railways. The j vessel is due at Wellington on Monday j morning. PHOSPHATES FROM OCEAN ISLAND , —Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., has I i received advice that the steamer Gambia i L River is to leave Ocean Island shortly with phosphates for discharge at Lyt- - telton and Auckland. RADIO FROM THE PIAKO. —The I New Zealand Shipping Company has received a radio message from the Piako. stating that the vessel expects to arrive at Auckland on Thursday morning next . with general cargo from New York. The - vessel will complete discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin tind Bluff. RON A ON MONDAY. —The Colonial Sugar Refining Company has received a ■ radio from its sugar steamer Kona, stating that the vessel will arrive at Auckland early on Monday morning with a full cargo of raw sugar from Fiji. The * vessel will berth at Chelsea and put out : the remainder of her cargo at Sydney. MAKURA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. i —From San Francisco, via Papeete and Rarotonga, the Royal Mail liner Makura L is due at Wellington at daybreak on Monday. After landing passengers, mail and cargo for New Zealand she will resume her voyage to Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. [ THE TAINUI AND NORTHUMBERLAND.—En route from New Zealand to London, the Shaw. Savill and Albion [ liner Tainui and the Federal Line L steamer Northumberland are reported to have reached Panama last Wednesday. ; The Tainui was dispatched from We!l----i ington on February 15, and the North.im- ‘ berland from Napier on February 16. HINEMOA SAILING TUESDAY.—Ow- ■ ing to repairs being neees:>ary to her , steering gear, which has b?en twisted, the New Zealand Government steamer : Hinemoa will not sail from Auckland for . Niue Island till noon on Tuesday next. ‘ This means th.at the vessel will not arrive back at Auckland from her next * trip till March 27. KIA ORA AT COLON. —Reported to have reached Colon last Wednesday, the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Ivia Ora is en route from Liverpool to New j Zealand. She is bringing general mer- . ehandise from West Coast ports of Great . Britain for discharge at Auckland. 'Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. Her arrival at Auckland is scheduled for March ' 27. IK ALA REPORTS. —A wireless report received from the steamer Ikala states that she will reach Auckland at noon on Tuesday. The vessel is running under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Eastern Canadian service. She has general merchandise from St. John (New Brunswick) and Sydney (Cape Breton) for dis charge at Auck- * land, Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin and . New Plymouth. L HERMINIUS SAILED.— After discharging over 6,000 tons of basic slag ' and loading a quantity of refrigerated ! and general cargo at Auckland, the An--1 erdeen White Star steamer Herminius . sailed last evening for Opua. Gisborne, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, Bluff arid Port Chalmers. to complete loading. She is to be dispatched from , Port Chalmers for London on April 4. TRANSPACIFIC CARGO SERVICES.— The Union Company advises the following movements of steamers engaged in the trans-Pacific cargo services: The Waikawa will clear New Fi.\ - mouth to-day for Nelson, thence Lytte.ton, Dunedin, Bluff, Westport and Auckland to complete discharge of her inward cargo. She is due at Nelson on l Sunday. „ ._ _ , , . The Waitemata. from Pacific Coast, \ la i Apia, is due at Auckland on Monday and will proceed thence about Wednesday to s Wellington. Melbourne and Sydney, t The Wairuna, from Newcastle, via Suva, is due at Vancouver on March li. r and will proceed thence to San Francisco i to complete loading for Auckland, Well- ; ington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydr Ue fiie Ilauraki was to clear Sydney yes- - terday for Melbourne, and sail thence to ■ Adelaide to complete discharge of her > inward cargo. She is due at Melbourne on Monday. . The Waiotapu, from Newcastle, arrived at Suva at 5 a.m. on Thursday last, and will sail again about Thursday next for Fanning Island, and thence to Vancouver, - San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Waihemo is expected to clear San L Francisco to-day for Auckland, W elling- , ton, New Plymouth, Melbourne and Syd--5 ney. , , ■ The forward loading dates at the . Pacific Coast are approximately as fol- . lows: — The Waiotapu will load at A ancouver, 3 San Francisco and Los Angeles early in s April for Papeete. Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. 3 The Waikawa will load at Vancouver, D San Francisco and Los Angeles early in May for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth, also Bluff and Nelson if there is* sufficient inducement. [ The Hauraki will load at Vancouver j and San Francisco late in April and early -in May for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne. Adelaide and Sydney. 5 The Waitemata will load at Vancouver . and San Francisco during May for New Zealand and Australian ports, t The Waihemo will load at Vancouver 6 and San Francisco during June for New Zealand and Australian ports. f ; i Mail Services will be found on r Page 12.