FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 309, 21 March 1928, Page 2

FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

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TIDES—PHASE* OP THI MOON March Full Moon, 6th .. .. .. •• 10.57 p.m. Last Quarter, 3 sth 2.50 sum. New Moon, 22nd .. •• .. .. 7.59 a.m. First Quarter, 28th .. •• •• .. 11.24 p.m. SUN Sets, Wednesday, 6.2 p.m. Rises, Thursday, 5.55 a.m. HIGH WATER Auckland, Wednesday, 6.24 a.m., 6.47 p.m. Auckland, Thursday, 7.17 a.m., 7.40 P Onehunga, Wednesday, 10.1 a.m., 10.19 V Onehunga, Thursday, 10.54 a.m., 11.17 Manukau Heads, Thursday, 10.49 a.m., 11.12 p.m. Kaipara Heads, Thursday, 9.54 a.m., 10.17 p.m. ARRIVALS—YESTERDAY RONAKI (8.45 p.m.), 129 tons, F. Kasper, from Portland. RANGITOTO <8.60 p.m.). 696 tons, E. Wann, from Thames. TO-DAY AWAHOU (9.10 a.m.), 407 tons, Jones, from Gisborne. MATANGI (7 a.m.), 1,349 tons, E. Dolling, from Tauranga. ARAPAWA (5.15 a.m.), 291 tons, Burk, from Hokianga. PAKEHA (11 a.m.), 7,899 tons, CliftonMogg, from Gladstone. CLEARED FROM PORT—YESTERDAY TIROA (4.40 p.m.), 206 tons, Clark, for Gisborne. TOA (5.30 p.m.), 210 tons, McDonald, for Coast. , WAIMBA (5.40 p.m.), 454 tons, Whalstrorn, for East Coast Ports. TANIWHA (9.40 p.m.). 263 tons, J. Freeman, for Paeroa. HERBKINO (10.15 a.m.), 464 tons, Savage, for Portland.

TO-DAY WAIUKU (10.30 a.m.), 76 tons. Shirley, for Waiheke. KAWAU (11 a.m.), 99 tons, Olsen, for Kawau. YOSERIC (11.25 a.m.), 6,240 tons. Lee--1 ton, for Wellington. HAUITI (noon), 148 tons, Morgan, for Coromandel. INWARDEXPECTED ARRIVALS Pakeha, Gladstone To-day Ngapuhi, New Plymouth .. .. To-day Omana, Brown’s Bay .. .. To-day Waiuku, Waiheke To-day Apanui, Houhora To-day Awahou, Gisborne To-day Gambia River, Ocean Island March 22 Apanui, Great Barrier 22 Kawau, Kawau .. ~ 22 Hauiti, Kopu and Turua .. .. >. .. 22 Kaimanawa, Westport .. .. .. .. .. 22 Taniwha, Paeroa .. 22 Port Adelaide, London, via Wellington 22 Waiuku, Surfdale 22 Rangitoto. Thames 22 Claymore, Whangarei 22 Ngapuhi. New Plymouth 22 Wingatui, Southern ports 22 Cambridge, Napier 23 Clansman, Russell 23 Rangitoto, Thames 23 Arapawa, Kawhia 23 Omana, Warkworth •• 2a Matangi, Tauranga 23 Kamona, Westport 2o Waiuku, Surfdale 24 Rangitoto, Thames 24 Taniwha, Paeroa 24 Hauiti, Coromandel .. .. 24 Waipu, Kerepeehi 24 Claymore, Kawau, Mangawai .. , 24 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth 24 Hauiti, Omiha .* 24 R.M.M.S. Aorangi, Vancouver ...... 25 Hauturu, Hokianga •« 25 Matangi, Tauranga .. •• 25 Remuera, London 25 Hinemoa, Niue Island .. •• >• •• 26 Marama, Sydney .. .. .. . • •» •• 27 Kurow, Southern ports 27 Waiuku, Surfdale .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 Rangitoto, Thames .. .. .. •« •• 27 Taniwha, Paeroa .. . • .. •• .. 27 Hauiti, Coromandel .. .. •• •• •• 27 Waipu, Kerepeehi .. 27 Claymore, Whangarei .. •• •• •• 27 Omana, Warkworth •• *• •« •• 27 Kawau. Matakana ....»•••#••• 27 OUTWARDPROJECTED DEPARTURES Yosefic, Wellington .. . To-day Waiuku, Waiheke .. To-day Rangitoto, Thames .. .. .. ... To-day Hauiti, Kopu and Turua .. •• .. To-day Kawau, Big Omaha .. .. .. •• To-day Omana, Brown’s Bay .. .. •• To-day Apanui, Great Barrier .. •• •• To-day Matangi, Taurhnga To-day Awahou, East Coast Bays .. To-day Middlesex, New York and London Somerset, Wellington .••..•.••••• 22 Waiuku. Surfdale .. .. 22 Claymore, Whangarei .. .. •• .. .. 22 Waipu, Kerepeehi .. .. .. •• .. .. .. 22 Rangitoto, Thames .. ~ .. .. .. .. 22 Taniwha, Paeroa 22 Omana, Waiwera 22 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth ........ 22 Rangitoto, Thames .. .. .. .... .. 23 Waiuku, Surfdale •• *. 23 Matangi, Tauranga .. .. 23 Hauiti, Coromandel .. .. 23 Hauturu, Hokianga .. .. 23 Omana, Warkworth .. .. 23 Oliva, San Francisco ............ 23 •Tofua, Fiji 24 Cambridge, London .. .. .. .. .. 24 Motu, Awanui .. .. 24 Waiuku, Surfdale .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Hauiti, Omiha 24 Taniwha, Paeroa .. .. .. •• .. .. 25 Claymore, Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. 25 R.M.M.S. Aorangi, Sydney .. .. .. •• 26 Rangitoto, . Thames .. .. •• •• .. •• 26 Hauiti, Coromandel .. .. .. •• •• •• 26 Waipu, Kerepeehi •• •• 26 Apanui, Mercury Bay 26 Omana, Warkworth .. .. .. •• .. .. 26 Kawau, Matakana . • •• .. 26 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth .. •• .• .. 26 Clansman, Russell .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Paroto, Tutukaka 26 Waiuku, Surfdale • • • 27 Taniwha, Paeroa 2,7 Claymore, Whangarei .. .. .. -• IN PORT AND WHERE—WESTERN WHARF FLORA (U.S.S. Co.). OLIVA (W. and W.). NORTH WALL WHANG APE OLS.S. Co.). WAIPORI (U.S.S. Co.). KAJTOKE <U S.S. Co.). JULIAN’S WHARF KURNALPI (S.A.). PRINCE’S WHARF PAKEHA (A.S.P.). KATOA (U.S.S. Co.). QUEEN’S WHARF MIDDLESEX (N.Z.S. Co.). SOMERSET (N.Z.S. Co.). KING'S WHARF ECHUNGA (D. and Co.). CENTRAL WHARF AWAHOU (W. and W.). TOFUA (U.S.S. Co.). DEVONPORT H.M.S. PHILOMEL. IN STREAM KAWATIRI (U.S.S. Co.). REWA (Scales). WAINUI (U.S.S Co.). KAIWARRA (U.S.S. Co.). IRIS (P.C.8.) IN DOCK SOUTHERN CROSS (M.M.).

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ROUND THE COAST—WELLINGTON. March 20.—Sailed: Port Adelaide (5 p.m.), for Auckland; Gale (5-30 p.m.), for Wanganui; Titoki (6 p.m.), for Nelson; Opihi (6.45 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. ' LYTTELTON, March 20.—Arrived; Breeze (12.10 p.m.), from Timaru; Storm (12.30 p.m.),- from Wellington; John (4.30 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Waikawa (6.10 p.m.), for Dunedin; Storm (4.10 p.m.), for Dunedin; Breeze (5.10 p.m.), for Wellington; Wahine (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington; Westmoreland (5.15 p.m.), for Timaru. DUNEDIN, March 20. —Arrived: Corinna (10.30 a.m.), from New Plymouth; Calm (11.45 a.m.), from Bluff; Waipiata (12.25 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Port Napier (2.50 p.m.), from Port Kembla; Poolta (5.30 p.m.), from Westport; Poolton (6.40 p.m.), -from Westport. Sailed; Oreti (4.45 p.m.), for Invercargill; Corinthic (6.20 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Karetu <,7.5 p.m.), for Melbourne, via Bluff; Calm (9.30 p.m.), for Wanganui. BLUFF, March 20.—Arrived: Kurow (1.15 p.m.), from Dunedin. Sailed; Kaikorai, for Sydney. LYTTELTON, March 21.—Arrived: Maori (6.35 a.m.), from Wellington; Corinthio (9.35 a.m.), from Port Chalmers. WELLINGTON, March 21. —Arrived: Cygnet (1.20 a.m.), from Kaikoura; Ngaio (5.30 a.m.), from Nelson; Wahine (6.55 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kanna (7.30 a.m.). from Port Craig. OVERSEA—FREMANTLE, March 20.—Arrived: Osterley, from London. MELBOURNE, March 20.—Arrived: Kaitangata, from Bluff. COLON, March 20.—Arrived: Tongariro, en route from Liverpool to Auckland; Newby Hall, en route from Galveston to Auckland; Port Caroline, en route from New Zealand to London. Departures from Panama: Port Melbourne, en route from Auckland to London. SOUTHAMPTON, March 20.—Sailed: Maui Pomare, for Apia and AucklandSAN FRANCISCO. March 20.—Sailed: West Islip. HONOLULU, March 20.—Sailed: Lubrico. NORFOLK, March 20. —Sailed: Sydford. INWARD BOUND—CANADIAN BRITISHER (C.N.S.S.), left Halifax February 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin; due Auckland April 10. COWDEN LAW (R.M. and Co.), left Galveston, Texas, March 7, for Auckland and other New Zealand ports; due Auckland April 15. GAMBIA RIVER (H. and Macf. Ltd.), left Ocean Island March 8 for Auckland and Lyttelton; due Auckland March 22 for bunkers. HURUNUI (N.Z.S. Co.), left London March 16 for Auckland, Dunedin and Bluff; due Auckland April 22.

lONIC (S.S. and A. Co.), left London March 1, Southampton March 2 for Auckland. Wellington; due Auckland April 9. KIA ORA (S.S. and A. Co.), left Liverpool February 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin; due Auckland March 31. KING EGBERT (N.Z.S. Co.), left Antwerp on February 9 for Auckland; due Auckland April 1. MAHIA (S.S. and A. Co.), left London February 24 for Suva, Dunedin, Lyttelton, New Plymouth and Nelson; due Dunedin April 6. MAUI POMARE (Spedding), left Liverpool March 7 for Auckland; due Auckland April 28. NEWBY HALL (N.Z.S. Co.), left New York March 7, and Newport News March 10, for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Sydney; due Auckland April 14. PORT ALBANY (C. and D. Line), left New -York Februray 25 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin; due Auckland April 10. PORT AUCKLAND (C. and D. Line), left London March 16 for Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and New Plymouth; due Wellington April 22. PUKEKO (R. and Co.), left Plymouth March 7 for Auckland; due Aucklaxld April 23. RADIX (Shell Co.), left San Francisco March 17 for Auckland; due here April 7. REMUERA (N.Z.S. Co.), left London February 17 via Southampton for Auckland. Wellington, Napier; due Auckland March 25.TONGARIRO (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool March 3 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin; due Auckland April 9. TURAI>INA (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool March 17 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; due Auckland April 24. WAIHEMO (U.S.S. Co.) left San Francisco March 12 for Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Melbourne and Sydney; due Auckland April 7. WEST CONOB (H. and Macf.), left Los Angeles March 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Bluff; due Auckland April 2. AT NEW ZEALAND PORTS—DISCHARGING CORINTHIC (S.S. and A. Co.), left London February 2; Southampton February 3, for Wellington, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton; arrived Wellington March 12, at Lyttelton March 21. IKALA (N.Z.S. Co.), left St. John January 31 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Australia; arrived Auckland March 13; at March 19. KING EDWIN (N.Z.S. Co.), left Port Arthur, Texas, January 31 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth and Australia; arrived Auckland March 7: at Wellington March 18; leaves there March 22.

OLIVA (Shell Co.), left San Francisco February 19 for Auckland; arrived here March 18; thence March 23 for San Francisco. PIAKO (N.Z.S. Co.), left New York, February 11 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Bluff; arrived Auckland March 14; at Wellington March 19. PORT ADELAIDE (C. and D. . Line), left London February 3 for Wellington, Auckland and New Plymouth; arrived Wellington March 15; left Wellington March 20 for Auckland; due here March 22. SOMERSET (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool February 7 fpr Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff; arrived at Auckland March 18; leaves here March (R. and S., Ltd.), left Bunbury February 21 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; arrived Auckland March 13; left here March 21. WAUvAWA (U.S.S. Co.), left Los Angeles January 21 for Papeete, Napier, New Plymouth, Nelson, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff; arrived Napier February 27; at Dunedin March 21. WAITEMATA (U.S.S. Co.), left Los Angeles February 14 for Apia, Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney; arrived Auckland March 12; at Wellington March 19; leaves there March 21. WESTMORELAND (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool January 21 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and New Plymouth; arrived Auckland February 2S; at Timaru March 21. WEST NIVARIA (H. and Macf.), left Los Angeles February 6 for Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton; arrived Auckland March 3; at Wellington March 16. LOADING ANGLO-COLOMBIAN (Scales), at Port Chalmers March 19; thence March 22 for Dunkirk, via Panama. ARGYLLSHIRE (N.Z.S. Co), at Bluff March 19; thence March 21 to Port Chalmers, Wellington; thence March 27 for Hull and London, via Panama. CAMBRIDGE (N.Z.S. Co.), at Napier March 15; thence March 23 for Auckland, due here March 25; thence March 27 for London. Avon mouth, Glasgow and Liverpool. via Panama. CANADIAN HIGHLANDER (C.X.S.S.), at Bluff March 20; thence Wellington, Napier and Auckland; due here March 29; thence March 31 for Halifax, via New York and Boston.

• CORNWALL (N.Z.S. Co.), at Wellington March 17; thence March* 23 for Lon- ‘ don and West of England ports, via Pan- j 1 ama. | DEVON (N.Z.S. Co.), at Wellington i March 18; thence March 21 for Nelson. I Picton, Lvttelton and Wellington; thence* April 5 for Montevideo, London and Hull. HERMINIUS (ex Waimana), S.S. and A. Co.), at New Plymouth March 17; thence ' March 21 for Bluff, Port Chalmers, Wanganui and Wellington; thence April 5 for London, Avomnouth, Glasgow and Liverpool.

MAHANA (S.S. and A. Co.), at Wellington March 17; thence March 22 at o p.m. for London, via Panama. MIDDLESEX (N.Z.S. Co.), at Auckland March IS; thence March 22 for New York, Halifax, London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Panama. PAKEHA (S.S. and A. Co.), arrived Auckland March 21 from Gladstone, Australia; thence March 22 for Opua, Wellington, Timaru, Port Chalmers and Bluff; thence April IS for Montevideo, London and Hull, via Cape Horn. PORT HUNTER (C. and D. Line), at Wanganui March 19; thence March 23 for Wellington; thence March 28 for London, via Panama. PORT NAPIER (C. and D. Line), arrived Port Chalmers March 20 from Australia; thence Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier and Auckland; due here April 2; thence April 6 for New York, Boston and London, via Panama. ROTORUA (N.Z.S. Co.), at Napier March 15; thence March 22 for Lyttelton and Wellington; thence March 31 for Southampton and London, via Panama. RUAPEHU (N.Z.S. Co.), at New Plymouth March 15; thence March 24 for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington; thence April 3 for Southampton and London, via Panama. INTERCOLONIAL—MARAMA, at Sydney March 20; thence March 23 for Auckland; due here March MAUNGANUI, at Sydney March 20; thence March 23 for Wellington; due Wellington March 27. ULIMAROA, from Auckland, arrived Sydney February 28. Laid up at Sydney March 3, and sailing indefinitely postponed. MANUKA, at Melbourne March 18; thence March 21 for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyt- j telton and Wellington; due Bluff March 25. PACIFIC MAIL—AORANGI, R.M.M.S., sailed from Vancouver March 7 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland and Sydney due here March 25 due Sydney March 30. MAKURA, R.M.5., at Sydney . March 17; thence March 22 for Wellington, Rarotonga, Papeete and San Francisco; due Wellington March 26; due San Francisco April 13. NIAGARA, R.M.S., sailed from Sydney March 8, for Auckland, Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver, arrived Auckland March 12, left Auckland March 13; due Vancouver March 30. TAHITI, R.M.S., at San Francisco March 16; thence March 21 for Papeete, Rarotonga, Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington April 9; due Sydney April 14. COASTAL MOVEMENTS— The Waiuku was dispatched for Waiheke this morning. She is due back at Auckland this evening at 6 p.m. The Rangitoto sailed from Auckland for Thames early this afternoon and is expected back at this port at 11 o’clock to-morrow morning. The Hauiti was dispatched for Kopu and Turua this morning and is due back at this port at 2.30 to-morrow afternoon. The Matangi is scheduled to sail from Auckland for Tauranga at 7 o’clock this evening. She is expected to return to Auckland at 7 o’clock on Friday morning. The Apanui sails for Great Barrier at midnight to-night. She is due back at Auckland on Friday evening at 6 o’clock. The Torea left Auckland for Mercury Bay and Tairua this afternoon. The Kawau was dispatched for Kawau, Takatu, Ti Point, Little and Big Omaha this morning. The Omana sailed for Brown’s. Bay, Arkle’s Bay, Manly, Deep Creek and Silverdale early this afternoon. She is due back at Auckland at 8.30 this evening. The Waiuku is 'announced to sail for Surfdale, Ostend and Omiha at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow. She is due back at Auckland at 6 o’clock to-morrow evening.

The Taniwha is due to arrive at Auckland from Paeroa at 3 o’clock to-morrow morning. She is to sail again on her return trip at 11 p.m. to-morrow. The Claymore is expected to arrive at Auckland from Whangarei at 3.30 a.m. to-morrow. She is announced to sail again for the Northern port at 6 o’clock to-morrow evening. The Waimea sailed for Gisborne and Napier last evening. She is due back at Auckland on Sunday. The Richardson Line steamer Awahou arrived at Auckland this morning after being delayed at Gisborne by bad weather. She berthed at the Central Wharf and it is announced by the local agents, Messrs. Watkin and Wallace, that she will sail this evening for Hick’s Bay, Tokomaru Bay and Gisborne. The Union Company’s steamer Katoa sails from Auckland at noon to-morrow for Lyttelton direct. From there to Katoa will proceed to Dunedin. The Kaimanawa sailed from Napier at three o’clock yesterday afternpon er^ route from Westport to Auckland. The vessel is due here to-morrow morning. The Wingatui is reported to have sailed from Picton at four o’clock last Monday evening for Auckland, en route from Wellington. The vessel should arrive here to-morrow, and after discharge has been fixed to proceed to Wellington. The Kurow arrived at Bluff at one o’clock yesterday afternoon from Auckland and other northern ports. The vessel is expected to leave there to-night for Lyttelton to complete loading for Auckland direct. The Waipiata. arrived at Dunedin at eight o’clock yesterday morning from Auckland. The vessel is scheduled to leave there this evening for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. The Kamona is reported to have sailed from Westport at nine o’clock yesterday morning for Auckland. The Kartigi loads at Westport about Saturday next for Auckland. The Poolta has been fixed to load at Greymouth next Saturday for Auckland.

GAMBIA RIVER CALLING.—Wireless advice received by Henderson and Macfar lane, Ltd., from the steamer Gambia River, states she is putting into Auckland to-morrow morning to replenish her bunkers. The vessel is en route from Ocean Island with a full cargo of phosphates for discharge at Lyttelton and Auckland. Owing to the shortage of fuel on board necessitating the vessel calling at Auckland first, she will berth at King’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo of 3,500 tons before proceeding to Lyttelton to unload the remainder. PAKEHA FROM AUSTRALIA. To commence loading for Home, the Shaw, SaviU and Albion steamer Pakeha arrived at Auckland this morning from Gladstone, Queensland, and berthed at Prince’s Wharf. The vessel was to have arrived at daybreak, but was delayed yesterday by a strong south-easterly gale. To-morrow evening, the Pakeha is to be dispatched from Auckland for Opua to load meat, thence to Timaru, Bluff, Wellington and Port Chalmers to complete. She is to be dispatched finally from the last-named port on April 18 for Montevideo, ‘London and Hull, via Cape HorA. A. S. Paterson and Company are the local agents. LOS ANGELES.—The annual report of the Board of Harbour Commissioners of Los Angeles makes very interesting reading, for it indicates in the clearest possible fashion the astonishing rate of development of one of the most thriving ports in the United States. Its site was first discovered in 1542, and then named Bahia de los Humos (Bay of Smokes), being altered about half a century later to Ensenada de San Andres, and again in the early seventeenth century to San Pedro. By this latter name it was known until 1910, when the city of Los Angeles itself, which is some 25 miles north-west of the harbour district, acquired San Pedro and also Wilmington, incorporating them both within its own boundaries. The port now consists of two distinct parts, the outer harbour, formerly known as San Pedro, and the inner harbour, or Wilmington, and these together have approximately 40 miles of waterfront, the channel from the outer harbour to the lower end of the quays being 400 feet wide, and between the wharves at San Pedro and East San San Pedro fully 1,000 feet wide. It then opens into a turning basin, 1,600 feet in diameter, opposite the West Basin. At the entrance the depth of water is 40 feet, lessening to 30 to 35 feet in the main channel, and 35 feet alongside the quays.