FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 2

FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

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TIDES—PHASE* OF THE MOON March Full Moon, 6th 10.67 p.m. Last Quarter, 15th 2.50 a.m. New Moon, 22nd 7.69 a.m. First Quarter, 28th 11.24 p.m. SUN Sets, Friday, 5.59 p.m. Rises, Saturday, 5.57 a.m. HIGH WATER Auckland, Friday, 8.07 a.m., 5.32 p.m. Auckland, Saturday, 5.54 a.m., 9.21 p.m. Onehunga, Friday, 11.44 a.m.,. 0.9 a.m. (Saturday). Onehunga, Saturday, 12.31» p.m., 0.5 S a.m. (Sunday). Manukau Heads, Saturday, 12.2 G p.m., 0.53 a.m. (Sunday). Kaipara Heads, Saturday, 11.31 a.m., 11.5 S p.m. ARRIVALS—YESTERDAY KAWAU (2 p.m.), 99 tons, E. Olsen, from Big Omaha. PORT ADELAIDE (4 p.m.), 8,422 tons, Swan, from Wellington. HAUITI (2.15 p.m.), 14S tons, Morgan, from Kopu. APANUI (5.10 p.m.), 243 tons, Donovan, from Great Barrier. WAIUKU (5.50 p.m.), 76 tons, Shirley, from Waiheke. PONO (6.45 p.m.), 56 tons, Heatley, from Coast. TO-DAY MATANGI (6.45 a.m.), 1,349 tons, Dorling, from Tauranga. CLANSMAN (7.15 a.m.), 635 tons, Pert, from Russell. CLEARED FROM PORT—YESTERDAY SOMERSET (5.40 p.m.), 9,773 tons, Price, for Wellington. KATOA (5.50 p.m.), 2,454 tons, Gray, for Lyttelton. PAKEHA (8.10 p.m.), 7,899 tons, Clifton Mogg, for Opua. HIKURANGI (5.45 p.m.), 290 tons, George, for Whangarei. CLAYMORE (6.15 p.m.), 260 tons, A. Johnson, for Whangarei. INWARDEXPECTED ARRIVALS Clansman, Russell . .. ... .. .. Today Rangitoto, Thames To-day Oraana, Warkworth To-day Kamona, Westport To-day Waiuku, Surf dale March 24 Rangitoto, Thames 24 Taniwha, Paeroa 24 Hauiti, Coromandel .. 24 Waipu, Kerepeehi 24 Claymore, Wheng-arei 24 Kawau, Mangawai 24 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth 24 Hauiti, Omiha 24 Cambridge, Napier ’ 25 R.M.M.S. Aorangi, Vancouver 25 Hauturu, Hokianga 25 Matangi, Tauranga 25 Remuera, London 25 Pa.ua, Wellington 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 Hineraoa, Niue Island * 27 Kartigi, Westport 27 Poolta, Greymouth 28 Waiuku, Waiheke .. 28 Apanui, Houliora *. 28 Omana, Brown’s Bay 28 Matangi, Tauranga 28 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth -28 Huia, Grafton 2S Waiuku, Surfdale 29 Rangitoto, Thames 29 Taniwha, Paeroa 29 Hauiti, Turua .. 29 Claymore, Whangarei 29 Kawau, Kawau .. „ 29 Apanui, Great Barrier .. .. .. 29 OUTWARDPROJECTED DEPARTURES Middlesex, New York and London To-day Rangitoto, Thames To-day Waiuku, Surfdale .. To-dav Matangi, Tauranga To-dav Hauiti, Coromandel To-daj r Hauturu, Hokianga .. To-day Omana, Warkworth To-day Oliva, San Francisco To-dav Tofu a, Fiji .. March 24 Motu, Awanui 04 AVaiuku, Surfdale ;** 7> 4 Hauiti, Omiha ’ ~ 04 Taniwha, Paeroa .* * Claymore, Whangarei .. .. \\ 25 RJM.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 .. .. 27 Claymore, Whangarei .. .. .. .. .* 27 Cambridge, London 28 Hinemoa, Norfolk Island 28 Waiuku, Waiheke 28 Rangitoto. Thames 28 Hauiti, Kopu 28 Kawau, Kawau 2S Omana, Brown's Bay .. .. 2S Matangi, Tauranga 28 Apanui, Great Barrier 2S Pono, Mangapai 28 Waiuku, Surfdale 29 Rangitoto, Thames 29 Taniwha, Paeroa 29 Waipu, Kerepeehi 29 Claymore, Whangarei 29 Omana, Warkworth ..29 Ngapuhi, New Plymouth 29 IN PORT AND WHERE—WESTERN WHARF FLORA (U.S.S. Co.). OLIVA (W. and W.). IvAIM ANA W A (U.S.S. Co.). NORTH WALL WHANGAPE (U.S.S. Co.). WAIPORI (U.S.S. Co.). KAITOKE (U.S.S. Co.). JULIAN’S WHARF K URN ALP J (S.A.). PRINCE'S WHARF WINGATUI (U.S.S. Co.). KAMONA (U.S.S. Co.). QUEEN’S WHARF MIDDLESEX (N.Z.S. Co.). TOFUA (U.S.S. Co.). SOUTHERN CROSS (M.M.). KING’S WHARF GAMBIA RIVER (H. and Macf.) ECHUNGA (D. and Co.). CENTRAL WHARF PORT ADELAIDE (F. Co-op. A. Co.). DEVONPORT H.M.S. PHILOMEL.

IN STREAM KAWATIRI (U.S.S. Co.). REWA (Scales). WAINUI (U.S.S. Co.). KAIW ARRA (U.S.S. Co.). IRIS (P.C.8.). ROUND THE COAST—WELLINGTON, March 22.—Arrived: John (2.40 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Progress (S.lO p.m.), from Port Waikato. Sailed: Maliana (6 p.m.), for London; Waitemata (6.50 p.m.), for Melbourne', Maori (7.50 p.m.), lor Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, March 22. —Arrived: Pakura (5.30 p.m.), from Tokomaru Bay. Sailed: Calm (5.10 p.m.), for Wellington; Kartigi (3.30 p.m.), for Westport; Wa- . hine (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington. DUNEDIN, March 22.—Sailed: Kahika (5.15 p.m.), for Oamaru; Port Napier (6.20 p.m.), for Lyttelton. BLUFF, March 22. —Arrived: Canadian Highlander (8 a.m.), from Port Chalmers. Sailed: Kurow (1.25 a.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, March 23.—Arrived: Kurow (6.50 a.m.), from Dunedin; Maori (6.40 a.m.), from Wellington; Kennedy (5.5 a.m.), from Foxton, Port Napier (10.30 a.m.), from Dunedin. WELLINGTON, March 23.—Arrived: Mako (1.30 a.m.), from Napier; Opawa (1.50 a.m.), from Blenheim Ngaio (4.45 a.m.), from Nelson; Wahine (7 a. 111.), from Lyttelton. OVERSEA—SUVA, March 22.—Sailed: Aorangi (noon), en route from Vancouver to Auckland. SYDNEY, March 22.—Sailed: Makura (5 p.m.), for Wellington. BALBOA, March 21. —Sailed: lonic, en route from Southampton to Auckland. SYDNEY, March 23.—Arrived: Rona, from Auckland. NEWCASTLE, March 23.—Arrived: Iron Crown, from Wellington. 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. 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 11. 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, and Southampton March 20, for Apia and Auckland; due Auckland May 1. NEWBY HALL (N.Z.S. Co.), left New York March 7, and Newport News March 10, ferr Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Sydney; dye 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 Auckland April 23. RADIX (Shell Co.), left San Francisco March 17 for Auckland; due hero April 7. REMUERA (N.Z.S. Co.), left London February 17 via Southampton for Auckland, Wellington, Napier; due Auckland March 25 at 6 p.m. TONGARIRO (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool March 3 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin; due Auckland April 9. TURAKINA (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 GAMBIA RIVER (H. and Macf.), left Ocean Island March S for Auckland and Lyttelton; arrived Auckland March 22. IK ALA (N.Z.S. Co.), left St. John January 31 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Australia; arrived Auckland March 13; at Wellington March 19; leaves there March 24. KING EDWIN (N.Z.S. Co.), left Port Arthur, Texas, January 31 for Axickland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth and Australia; arrived Auckland March 7; at Wellington March 18; leaves there March “°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; leaves there March 24. PORT ADELAIDE (C. and D. Line), left London February 3 for Wellington, Auckland and New Plymouth; arrived Wellington March 15; at Auckland March 22. SOMERSET (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool February 7 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff; arrived at Auckland March IS; left here March 22. YOSERIC (R. and S., Ltd.), left Bunbury February 21 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; Arrived Auckland March 13; at Wellington March 23. WAIKAWA (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. WESTMORELAND (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool January 21 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and New Plymouth; arrived Auckland February 2S; at Dunedin March 21. WEST NIVARTA (FI. and Macf.), left Los Angeles February 6 for Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton; arrived Auckland March 3: at Wellington March 16; leaves there March 23. LOADING ANGLO-COLOMBIAN (Scales), at Port Chalmers March 19; thence March 23 for Dunkirk and the Continent, via Panama ARGYLLSHIRE (N.Z.S. Co.), at Dunedin March 22, thence March 21 for Wellington; thence March 31 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 28 for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Panama. CANADIAN HIGHLANDER (C.N.S.S.), at Bluff March 22; thence Wellington, Napier and Auckland; due here March 30; thence March 31 for Halifax, via New York and Boston. CORNWALL (N.Z.S. Co.), at Wellington March 17; thence March 24 for London and West of England ports, via Panama. CORINTHIC (S.S. and A. Co.), at Lyttelton March 21; thence Dunedin and Wellington; thence April 11 at 6 a.m. for Southampton and London, via Panama. DEVON (N.Z.S. Co.), at Nelson March 22; thence Picton, Lyttelton, and Wellington; thence April 5 .for Montevideo, London, and Hull. HERMINIUS (ex Waimana), S.S. and A. Co.), at Wanganui March 22; thence Bluff, Dunedin, and Wellington; thence April 5 for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow, and Liverpool. MIDDLESEX (N.Z.S. Co.), at Auckland March IS; thence March 23 for New York, Halifax, London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Panama. PAKEHA (S.S. and A. Co.), arrived Auckland March 21 from Gladstone, Australia; at Opua March 23; thenc-e Wellington, Timaru, Port Chalmers and Bluff; thence April IS for Montevideo, London and Hull, via Cape Horn.

| - PORT HUNTER (C. and D. Line), at i 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 Aus- | tralia; at Lyttelton March 23; thence Wellington, Napier and Auckland; due here April 12; thence April 16 for New York, Boston and London, via Panama, i ROTORUA (N.Z.S. Co.), left Napier ! March 22 for Lyttelton; thence Welling- ! ton; 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 27. 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, sailed from Melbourne March 21 for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, 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.S., from Sydney; left there March 22 for Wellington, Rarotonga, Papeete and San Francisco; due Wellington March 26; duo San Francisco April is. NL4GARA, 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., from San Franciso, left there March 21 for Papeete, Rarotonga, Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington April 9; due Sydney April 14. COASTAL MOVEMENTS— The Waiuku sails from Auckland for Surfdale, Ostend and Omiha at 6.30 p.m. to-day. She is expected to arrive back at this port at 9 o’clock on Saturday morning. The Hauiti ■was dispatched for Coromandel this afternoon and is due to arrive back at Auckland at 12.30 a.m. tomorrow. The Matangi leaves Auckland for Tauranga at 7 o’clock this evening. She is due to return to this port at 7 o’clock on Sunday morning next. The Pono is announced to sail from Auckland'for Mangapai, Parua Bay, One Tree Point and Waipu at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The Kawau sails from this port for Kawau Islnr.d, Leigh and Mangawai at 6 o’clock this evening. She is due to arrive back at Auckland at 5 o’clock tomorrow evening. The Taniwha is expected to arrive at Auckland from Paeroa at 4.30 a.m. tomorrow. She will sail again for the above port at midnight on Sunday next. The Omana arrived at Auckland early this afternoon from Waiwera, Mahurangi and Warkworth. The Waipu is due to arrive in port from Kerepeehi at 2.30 to-morrow morning. She is to sail again for Kerepeehi on Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The Claymore is timed to ” arrive at Auckland from Whangarei at 5.30 to-mor-row morning. She is to sail again for the Northern port at 10 o’clock on Sunday evening. The Kurow left Bluff at 1.30 a.m. yesterday for Auckland, via Lyttelton. She is expected to sail from the South Island port at six o’clock on Monday afternoon next. The Waimea sailed from Gisborne at half-past five yesterday evening and arrived at Napier at six o’clock this morning. She is expected to sail from there at five o’clock this evening for Auckland, where she is due on Sunday. On Tuesday next the vessel leaves here again for Gisborne and Napier. The Gunbar is due back at Auckland from the East Coast on Tuesday morning next and will be dispatched again the next day for Napier, Gisborne and East Coast bays. The Westport Coal Company’s steamer Canopus is due to arrive at Auckland with a quantity of coal from Westport on Sxinday next. She will berth at the King’s Wharf. GAMBIA RIVER DISCHARGING. — At present discharging 4,000 tons of phosphates from Ocean Island at King’s Wharf, the tramp steamer Gambia River is to be dispatched from Auckland on Monday next for Lyttelton to put out the remainder. Henderson and Macfarlane are the local agents. WAIPIATA FROM THE SOUTH.—The Union Company’s steamer Waipiata left Oamaru at one o’clock this morning for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton and Auckland. The vessel will probably clear Timaru at eight o’clock this evening, and should arrive here about the end of next week. After discharge here she will proceed to Lyttelton, Dunedin, Oamaru and Timaru. MARAMA FROM SYDNEY.—With passengers, mails and cargo for Auckland, the Union Company’s intex*colonial passenger steamer Marama is to be dispatched from Sydney this afternoon. The company’s Ma.unganui will also leave Fort Jackson this afternoon,, taking passengers for Wellington. Both vessels are due at their respective New Zealand ports early on Tuesday morning next. ATLANTIC LINERS.—Even if we discount the proposals to establish i€ service across the Atlantic with vessels which would make the voyage in four days, also the suggested 30-knot Italian ships, the situation in regard to the construction of new liner tonnage at the present time is one of extreme delicacy and interest, says the “Motor Ship.” There is every indication that matters are coming to a head in various directions, and it is opportune that the Augustus, the largest motor-liner yet built and a vessel exceeding the tonnage of the Mauretania, should just have started on her maiden voyage. If a ship of 32,650 tons gross, with a speed of nearly 20 knots, can be satisfactorily constructed as an -oil-engined craft, it is not a very great step to undertake the production of the mammoth transatlantic liners which are now in question. A few years ago the opinion was widely held among shipowners and shipbuilders that liners of the future would, for the most part/ be vessels of moderate dimensions and speed. Such a view is, in fact, still maintained by some owners and acted upon (as exemplified in the policy of the Hamburg-Amerika Line), but it does not now represent the general attitude of mind. Of this, evidence is to be found in the construction of two 46,000-ton steamers for the North German Lloyd, and the vessels, probably larger than anything afloat, which are to be built for the White Star Line ant) the Cunard Steam Ship Company. The Compagnie Generale Transatlantique will also lay down a liner larger than the He do France (besides two inter-mediate-class ships), and in Italy plans are prepared for vessels bigger than the Augustus. The Swedish-American Line, on the other hand, will order a liner of about 20,000 tons gross, whilst Norwegian and Danish owners of passenger ships may possibly adopt a similar policy in the near future. All the vessels involved will be engaged on the transatlantic service, but even on the South American route very big liners are likely.to be ordered, since French, Spanish and Italian owners all have definite plans for passenger ships larger than those now in operation. It is already decided that in many of these liners Diesel engines will be utilised. Internal-combustion motors can now be constructed without any element of risk suitable for the largest ships, and if, for instance, we assume that an output of 60,000 b.h.p. be reauired on quadruple screws for the new White Star liner, this can be obtained with 12cylinder engines of a type of which numerous examples have been in service for two or three years merely by increasing the cylinder diameter 2Jin. A stationary engine of 15,000 b.h.p. has already been built. The saving in the fuel used with such an installation compared with the best results yet achieved with steam would amount to approximately 250 tons of oil daily, and, as owners of motor-ships are continually finding, the reduction in the fuel bill is but one of the many advantages conferred by the adoption of oil engines. The problem of increasing the cylinder dimensions to a certain extent does not now possess any terrors for the manufacturer, since builders are prepared to construct 25,000 s.li.p. engines having a cylinder diameter of 1,050 mm. compared with about 900 mm., which now represents the maximum adopted.