The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 326, 11 April 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

lONIC FROM SOUTHAMPTON.—With 200 passengers, as well as a quantity of mail, and general merchandise, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s royal mail steamer lonic arrived in the stream at Auckland at half-past 10 last evening from London and Southampton and berthed this morning at Queen’s Wharf to land her passengers and commence the discharge of her cargo. The lonic sailed from London on March 1, and the following day cleared Southamtpon. |For the first week across the Atlantic she had a very rough passage, but conditions moderated and remained fine till the- vessel arrived at Colon on March 18. Several passengers were taken on there and the lonic cleared Balboa the same evening. Fair weather continued till the vessel arrived at Pitcairn Island, where a stop of two hours was made for the convenience of the passengers on March 30. From then the weather was fair, the vessel’s arrival being delayed for several hours by stormy weather last week. Captain A. E. Jackson retains command of the lonic, and associated with him are the following officers:—Chief, Mr. J. Evans, first, Mr. G. Steele; second, Mr. J. Quayle; third, Mr. J. V. Walker; fourth. Mr. W. Nicoll: fifth, Mr. A. E. Harvey; chief engineer. Mr. W. Scott, R.D., R.N.R.; surgeon, Mr. T. L. P. Harris, M. 8., Ch.B. (Edin.); purser, Mr. E. N. Kettle; chief steward, Mr. J. Vincent. The following passengers arrived by the lonic:—First class: Mr. .T. Hetherington, Miss N. Kessler, Mr. A. Pryce, Mr. E. Stallard, Miss Simson, Mr. and Mrs. Down and child, from Colon. Second cl.ass: Mrs. M. Easton, Mrs. K. Elder, Mr. \V. Henderson, Mrs. E. Kean, Master G. Kean, Mrs. J. Poole, Master A. Poole, Mrs. M. Wheeler, Mrs. K. Bennett, Mrs. M. Cavit, Mr. G. Corby, Mr. L. Duckett, Miss J. Gilchrist, Miss V. Ousey, Mr. A. Poole, Mr. R. Poole. Mr. R. Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, Miss M. Wright, Mrs. J. Hamiltoai, Miss M. Hamilton. Mrs. E. McDonald, Miss INI. McDonald, -Sir. M. Shaw, Mr. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Stephenson, and 166 steerage.

The lonic, after putting out the local portion of her cargo, will commence loading. She is expected to sail next week for Wellington to complete discharge, and will then proceed to Southern ports to load for Home, returning to Wellington before sailing finally. Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. are the local agents.

CORINTH 1C SAILS.—A departure from j Wellington this morning was the White ! Star liner Corinthic, bound for SouthI ampton and London, via Panama. ARGYLLSHIRE DEPARTS. —The Shire i liner Argyllshire, which has been dedayed at Wellington, cleared there this morning for Hull and London, via Panama. HINEMOA SAILING. At five o'clock i this afternoon the Government steamer I Hinemoa leaves Auckland with passengers, mails and cargo for Niue Island. _ She i is expected to return here about April 21. H.M.S. DIOMEDE SAILED. —HALS. Diomede sailed last evening on a cruise |to Southern ports. The date of her return I has not been annouficad, on: she is to be despatched from Auckland for England on May 11?. KING EGBERT SAILS SATURDAY. — The tramp motor-ship King Egbert, which is discharging basic slag at Auckland. leaves here on Saturday for est Australia, where she is to load for South Africa. CASSIOPEE TO UNDOCK. The French warship Cassiopee, which went into dock yesterday morning for cleaning and overhaul, is to be undocked to-mor-row, • when she will return to Central Wharf. On Saturday she will depart for Noumea. SYDNEY STEAMERS. The Maunganui leaves Auckland at 3 p.m. on Friday for Sydney and the Marama from \\ ellington at the same tune. Doth vessels are due at the New South Wales port next Tuesday morning. COLLIERS FROM NEWCASTLE.—The local office of the Union Company have been advised that the colliers Kaiapoi and Kaponga both leave Newcastle to-day for Auckland where they are due next Tuesday. AO RAN G I FOR VANCOUVER. continuation of her voyage from Sydney, the local office of the Union Company advises that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi leaves Auckland at five o’clock this afternoon for Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. PORT VICTOR SAILS.—The C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Victor left Auckland this morning for Gisborne, thence Napier, Welington, and Lyttelton to complete her loading. She is to clear the Canterbury port, finally toward the end of this month for London via Montevideo. SYDN EY-FIJI CARGO SERVICE. — The local office of the Union Company lias been advised that the trans-Pacific cargo steamer Waitemata leaves Sydney next Saturday, via Suva, for Vancouver. She is to load cargo at Sydney for transhipment at Suva to the Tofua for Tonga and Samoa.

PASSENGERS ON ORAMA.—The following passengers for New Zealand are travelling by the Orient liner Orama, which is due at Sydney from London tomorrow:—Mr. and Mrs. W. Henderson, Miss J. G. Webster, Mrs. McGregor, Mr. W. Tyzack, and Mr. W. N. Sievers. KAITANGATA IN PORT. Shortly before 11 o’clock this) morning the Union Company’s cargo steamer Kaitangata arrived in the stream at Auckland from South 'Australian ports via Melbourne. She was later to berth at the King’s Wharf and, after discharge here, she proceeds to Portland. TOFUA FOR AUCKLAND. Arriving at Suva at 9.15 p.m. yesterday from Apia, Samoa, the Union Company advises that the Island passenger steamer Tofua leaves the Fijian port at 4 p.m. to-morrow for Auckland, where she is due next Monday. CARGO FROM THE EAST.—The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the Federal .steamer Sussex sailed from Calcutta last Friday morning via Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, and Samarang for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at Auckland early in May. COW DEN LAW REPORTS.—Messrs. R. Millar and Co. have received wireless advice from the steamer Cowaen Law, stating that she will arrive from Galveston, Texas, next Saturday. The vessel has a full cargo of sulphur for discharge at Auckland, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Newcastle. THE MARGARET W. The fourmasted auxiliary schooner Margaret W., which was to have loaded at Hokianga for Port Stephens, returned to Lyttelton, where she arrived Yesterday. She is to load at Lyttelton'to-day to-morrow for Tauranga, Thames and VVhangarei. From Whangarei she will go to Australia. SULPHUR FROM TEXAS. The French steamer Leopold L. D. has been chartered to load sulphur at Texas for discharge at Auckland, New Plymouth and Geelong. The vessel was built at Birkenhead, England, by Caram< I!, Laird and Co., Ltd., in 1917. She is 5,140 tons gross, and her former name was the War Cypress. PORT NAPIER TO COMPLETE.— To complete her loading, the C. and D Line s steamer Port Napier leaves Gisp.m. to-day for Auckland, where she is due early Friday morning;. Heather, Roberton and Co., the loading agents, expect to dispatch the vessel finally irom this port on April 17 for Lonton Via Panama » New York and BosREMUERA DUE ON MONDAY.—The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been advised that the liner Remuera leaves Napier on Friday evenforTokoma.ru Bay and Auckland. She is due here next Monday, and, after loading at Auckland, proceeds to Wellington, where she completes and finally departs on April 28 for Southampton and London, via Panama. WESTMORELAND LOADING. —The Federal steamer Westmoreland was berthed at the King’s Wharf yesterday to continue her loading. The local agents, the New Zealand Shipping Company, are endeavouring to dispatch the vessel from Auckland on Saturday for Wanganui, thence Wellington to complete her loading. The Westmoreland is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on April 24 for Hull and London, via Panama. BUCHANNESS FROM TEXAS.—No w ireless advice has yet been received from the steamer Buehanness, which is expected to arrive at Auckland toward the end of this week with a. full cargo of case oil and petroleum products from Texas. The vessel will unload 1,250 tons at Auckland and the remainder of the cargo at Cairns and other Australian ports. Robert Millar and Company are the local agents. THE CANADIAN BRITISHER.—The local office of the Canadian National Steamships advises that the Canadian Britisher is to be dispatched from Auckland this evening for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge of her general cargo from Canadian ports. The vessel will also commence loading in the South and is due back here about April 27 to complete, before sailing for New York, Boston and Montreal. TUTANEKAI FOR SAMOA.—The Government steamer Tutanekai, which was to have left Auckland after the holidays to resume her work at the East Coa'st lighthouses, is now to go to Samoa with the newly-recruited military police. The vessel is at Queen’s Wharf, where she is being fitted with extra accommodation, which will also be available for the marines who were landed at Samoa bv the cruisers Diomede and Dunedin, and who will return by the Tutanekai. The vessel is scheduled to sail for Samoa on April 21.

WEST ELCAJON COMING.— Advice has been received by Henderson and Macfarlane that the American steamer V es -t Elcajon sailed from Los Angeles on April - with Pacific Coast cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lvttelton, Timaru and Napier. The vessel is due at Auckland on April 27. KINTYRE IN THE STREAM.—TiI#' tramp steamer Kin tyre, which lias been discharging Ocean Island phosphates at the King s M harf, was moved into the stream yesterday, where she completes the repairs to her engine-room. Afterwards she proceeds to Wanganui to complete discharge, thence she goes to Westport for hunkers en route to Nauru Island to load again for New Zealand or Australia.

KAITANGATA ARRIVES.—With a full cargo of gypsum and general cargo fi om Australia, the Lnion ConipanVs steamer Kaitangata arrived in the stream at Auckland shortly after 11 o’clock this morning and berthed at noon at Prince’s Wharf to put out the general cargo. The vessel loaded at Adelaide and at Edithburg, where she’ took on several thousand tons of gypsum and completed at Melbourne, where general merchandise was loaded. The Kaitangata sailed finally from Australia on April 2, and for the next two da vs experienced very fair weather. On the evening of April 4, however, conditions grew worse, and for the remainder of the voyage the vessel encountered stron°northerly winds, accompanied bv almost continuous rain. She shipoeda "reat deal of water, but no damage was 'done ~_C a£ -t ain A B - SLzar in command of the Kaitangata. The Union Company advises that it hopes to dispatch the Kaitangata late this evening for Portland, to discharge the gypsum. She then proceeds to Napier and Wellington to load.