The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 329, 14 April 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain S. A. Robinson is command of the Port Napier, which arrived at Auckland on Thursday evening from Brisbane, via Southern ports, ana he has associated with him the following officers: Chief, Mr. D. J. H. Bradley; second, Mr. C. R. Townsend; third. Mr. W. Eastre; fourth. Mr. A. G. Knell: chief engineer, Mr. F. Parkin: second. Mr. E. Massey; third, Mr. A. Gow: fourth. Mr. M. Johnstone; fifth, Mr. Y. Broome: chief refrigerating engineer. Mr. R. Duff us: second, Mr. N. Stewart: wireless operators, Messrs. L. Newman and D. Koloe: chief steward. Mr. R. Gibbs; surgeon, Dr. R. Young. HERTFORD AT SOUTHAMPTON.—a! cable message to the New Zealand Ship- '• ping Company reports that the Hertford! arrived at Southampton on April 11 from f Wellington, en route to London. The ! vessel left Wellington on March 3. HORORATA AT COLON.—Cabled ad- j vice has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Hero- [ rata arrived at Colon on April 5 from London, en route to Auckland and Well- ‘ ington. The vessel is due at Auckland on Maiy 4. FRENCH WARSHIP CASSiOPEE.After a nine days’ stay at Auckland, during which time she has been docked for cleaning, the French warship Cassiopee is to sail at four o’clock this afternoon for her station in the Eastern Pacific. From Auckland the warship will first proceed to Noumea. THE CANADIAN TRANSPORTER.— The Canadian National Steamships have been notified by cablegram that the Canadian Transporter arrived at Panama last Monday morning from Halifax, and sailed again on the following morning for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. THE CANADIAN CHALLENGER.— Cabled news has been received by the Canadian National Steamships that the Canadian Challenger arrived at Panama on the morning of April 7 from Auckland, and sailed again on April S for New York, Boston and Montreal. The vessel left i Auckland on March 8. NEWBY HALL DUE.—Although no radio has been received by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company, the A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer Newby Hall is now due at Auckland from New York. The vessel is bringing cargo for discharge at. Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Sydney. WELLINGTON-PICTON SERVICE. — The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the Tamahine will leave Picton for "Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on April 20 instead of April 21, and will leave "Wellington for Picton on Monday April 23, at 7 p.m. There will be no sailing from Wellington to Picton on Anzac Day, the Tamahine will leave Wellington at 8 a.ra. on Thursday, April 26, for Picton, and will leave Picton at 2.30 p.m. the same day for Wellington. RADIO FROM BUCHANNESS. A radio was received this morning by Messrs. Robert Millar and Company from the tramp steamer Buchanness, stating that the vessel expects to arrive at Auckland at half past seven to-morrow evening. She is bringing a cargo of case oil from Port Arthur, Texas, for discharge at Auckland, and Australian ports. FLOATING TREE SIGHTED.—A warning to mariners was broadcast by wireless last evening from the General Post Office to the effect that the Union Company s steamer Tamahine has passed a large floating tree in Cook Strait nearly midway between Ivarori Rock and Tory Channel. The tree is reported to be a menace to shipping. JRANCISCO MAIL STEAMERS. —The Tahiti, from Wellington, arrived at Sydney this morning. She will leave again on Thursday next for Wellington. Rarotonga. Papeete and San Francisco. The Makura, from Sydney, via ports, arrived at San Francisco yesterday, and will sail again next Wednesday for Papeete, Rarotonga, Wellington and Sydney. MAIMOA TO LOAD.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advises that the Maimoa is due at Wellington on April 27 from Gladstone (Queensland) to load f or London. The vessel will subsequently load also at Timaru, Lyttelton, Wanganui, Waikokopu, Gisborne and Wellington again. She is due back there on May 18 and will sail from Wellington finally on May 22 for London, via Cape Horn. MAMARI TO LOAD.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advises that the Mamari left Brisbane on Wednesday morning for New Plymouth, .where she is due on Monday, to commence loading for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool. The vessel will also load at Wanganui, W ellington, Gisborne and Auckland. The Mamari is due here on April L 9 and will sail from Auckland on May 2 for London and West Coast ports via Cape Horn. VANCOUVER MAIL STEAMERS.—The Aorangi, from Sydnej-, left Auckland on Wednesday, and arrived at Suva this morning. She will sail this afternoon for Honolulu and Vancouver. The Niagara, from Vancouver, left Honolulu on Wednesday for Suva, Auckland and Sydney. She is due at Suva on April 20, and at Auckland on April 23. She leaves for Sydney at 10 p.m. the same day. TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO STEAMERS. —The Union Company advises the following movements of steamers engaged in the trans-Pacific cargo servicesThe Waikawa left Auckland on April 4 for Honolulu, Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles, to load for Apia, Napier, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at Honolulu on April 20. o The Hauraki will leave Sydney on April 23 for Suva, Honolulu, Vancouver and San Francisco, to load for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. The Waitemata will leave Sydney today for Vancouver, San Francisco and J-*' °s Angeles, via Fiji, to load for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. .. The Waihemo, from Auckland, is due at Wellmgton to-day, and sails on Tuesday for New Plymouth, thence Melbourne and Sydney. The Wairuna left San Francisco on April 10 for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on May 5. The Waiotapu, from Newcastle, via Suva and Fanning Island, arrived at Vancouver on April 10, and loads at Powell River, Union Bay, and Ocean Falls, clearing the last-named port on April 26 for San Francisco direct, thence Los Angeles, to complete loading for Papeete, Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. The forward loading dates at the Pacific Coast are approximately as follow: The Waihemo, at Vancouver and San Francisco during June and July, .for New Zealand and Australian ports. The Wairuna, at Vancouver and San Francisco during July and August, for ■^" T i!?kland and New Zealand outports. The Waiotapu. at Vancouver and San Francisco during August, for Wellington and Australian ports. The Hauraki. at Vancouver and San Francisco during August and September, .I , Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne. Adelaide and Sydney.

PORT NAPIER SAILS WEDNESDAY. —Now completing hw hmAns - * A 1; - land under the agency of Heather, Roberton and Company, the C. and i> Line's steamer P »rt Nap < r is exi to leave here at daybreak next " ednesday for New York. Boston and London, via Panama. TOFUA DUE MONDAY. —About midday on Monday the Union Company’s Island steamer Tofua is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland from Suva. After pratique has been granted, the vessel will berth later at the QueenV Wharf to land her passengers, mails and cargo. WESTMORELAND SAILS. —A depari ture from Auckland this morning was the Federal steamer Westmoreland tor , Wanganui, thence Wellington to complete her loading for Home. The vessel is scheduled to clear Wellington flna’ly on April 24 for Hull and London, via Panama. REMUERA TO LOAD. —To continue her loading, the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Remuera is due at Auckland to-morrow from Napier. From here the liner proceeds to Tokomaru Bay thence Picton and Wellington to complete and sails finally from Wellington on April 28 for Southampton and London, via Panama. COWDEN LAW ARRIVES. —An arrival at Auckland this morning was the Law Shipping Company’s steamer Cowden Law with a full cargo of sulphur from Texas. The vessel berthed at 10 o’clock at King’s Wharf, and commenced discharge. The Cowden Law* loaded at Galveston early in March, and sailed from there on March 6. After a fair weather passage the vessel reached Colon on March 12. and cleared Balboa the following morning. A call was made at Tahiti on April 1, where the Cowden Law spent two days bunkering. A strong southswell prevailed for the remainder or the voyage. The Cowden Law, which was at Auckland last in August, 1925. was builT in 1918 at Port Glasgow, by Napier. Miller. Ltd. kelson is in command of the Cowden Law, and associated with him are the following officers:—Chief, Mr. Rendell: second, Mr. Bryce; third. Mr. D. J. Coutts; chief engineer. Mr. Hamilton; second. Mr. Bray: third, Mr Fergusson; fourth, Mr. Caulev; operator, Mr. A. A. Hastings. Robert Millar and Company aie the local agents, and thev advise that thej' hope to dispatch the Cowden Law on Wednesday next for Lyttelton. Well- *® W PI - vmouth to complete STUDy OF FREE PORTS.—Mr T V , c iiaim.an of the US. «lir n - Ping Board, announces that at the in°f th s Shipping Board the joint Ih?w mnl n ° f activities in progress with Department has been extended ln cindo a study of the probable effect °f th a P ""A,?l? terminal development of the establishment of free ports or foreign trade zones in the United States immed el y rec °snised that while the immediate convenience of the free port tioT? of Sht , about through the elimination of customs restrictions, the main put poses are particularly related to the to elojiseiit of trans-shipment and rein- oV IT ’, 1 r nt trad ,? and the strengthenmg of the merchant marine: that the economic cornerstone of the free port is 1“ factor, and that improvement ln the load factor of vessels has been accomplished at certain foreign ports bv t?ad„ of transshipment of d the a h ® nw zone - Pr cvious studio Y 1 ® desirability of -establishing free fum? m the pmted States have not muue fully apparent their probable effect in reducing the turn-around and iessenin" the expenses of the ship in port and n sh?ns° Pl /-'f b ftter cargo opportunities for sely. related to problems of the merchant marine is the question of ade §mte e s "and An the states and the provision of ehannciq properly located and of sufficient depth ana Width to meet the needs of tic classes of vessels which the port is iik- i . to attract. Mr. O'Connor feels that the !“ est !°” of establishing free ports in the United States should be fullv invewgated as a possible means of advancin ' nine TT-A ° f A "? er ican ports and “hipping.. Assistance m the study is helmrendered by the State Department" " ’JO *., bas directed consular officers tJ. submit needed information regardin tree ports abroad. B ~P A<' IFIC SHIPPING OUTLOOK. A - ‘bough freights and charters on the Pacific Coast have moved rather slowiv durmg the opening month of 1928, belief i theory would indicate that the depression should be followed bv remunerative business in 192 S and 1923 it iJ, Pointe<r out in the current issue' of Pacific Coast Shipping,” the official orf?” »e ,he General Steamship Corporation. One of the more hopeful signs on the horizon is the development of other sn’d SO FjrrYY.® me ? tS the United Kingdom Europe. Lumber is steadily assure.ea . ter position in berth and semiberth business, especially in Combin - tion cargoes of wheat and lumber Quoted around 70s to 7r,s. it is no inconsiderable amount of liner and tramp space. Other commodities are moving in increasingly large volume and new ones are being constantly developed The liner situation in the Australian trade also is in a better position than the charter market. Nominally, the cargo rate is about 13 dollars. Since the employment ef time-chartered tonnage for the carriage of smaller lots of lumber has not worked out satisfactorilv over the last several months, the lumber movement is more than ever dependent U P°!> lin er space. _ Thus parcels are firm at 14 dollars. Not a few Japanese steamers were taken for lumber to Japan in January, but tonnage of the same flag l* aS n b !l e ?i of£erin ?T so freely at 8 dollar? to 9 dollars that there has been small chance for recovery of rates. These quotations still prevail, although as much as 30 dollars has been paid. Tntercoastal , 1S f. n exception to the general market in that it is definitely stronger, but it is not figuring much as yet in the charter division. No tramp tonnage is actively in the market, but charter rates are nominally 13.50 to 12 dollars. The reguiar line s report that parcel offerings l f. r ® easily sufficient at 12 dollars, to which figure the rate was dropped after one of the carriers cut the rate overnight to 8 dollars. Since th~n a formal conference to control lumb. rates has been established, and it was agreed to advance the quotation from 3.- dollars to 12 dollars 50 cents for March and to 13 dollars for April.

MATAKANAS AGENTS. T* Savill and Albica 'learner on Wellington*. ***L> ?: due her about May S. I n"''*? . _n B r l u port in the United Kingdom Ai mg only by London ina"^; £lO5 457 "21 in 1 i ? Iroun '-e4^ tb'coaJ stopp.igV. l '‘ 1,55 " dDe VICE E -WiJh R a G ! B « E A 0” M *'L SI, tin,- require- 'f. r ’ tl,e ' tramilJSf?* U il h. wetn Em r within ‘ three moniLj'u kL'fe* 1 Comroe* w W, Mr b5 ’ H,'.' , U S - f voyages Will be' made* 1? vice is established. The sueee.?-f u i JJ' ation of the proposed sen ice (that mail will be carried to Europ,?" hours, while the return trip win r “ * 10 more hours. It is sa-d that this w wuh the four'-day vice now being planned in U.SJU WITHIN WIRELESS RANGEThe following vessels are be within range of the un-y—----wireless stations during the wtek-.ii Auckland. Buchanness, MauneTL"' Tofua, Xordic. Aorangi. HlntX Mamari, Port Xicholson. KaUtnol r ponga, Newby Hail. Westtnoraue' King Lgypt, Lassiopee, TmJu Remuera. ■ Chatham Islands.—Corinthic. * . Wellington.—Maori, Wahine.’ Nfraiaih hura. Radio Paun. Kia Ora, Niagara. Manuka. Port Victor V rama. Pakeha, Port Adelaide fw*' Waipahi. **** Awarua.—West Conob. Spinnance- V. retu. Port Albany, Waikouaiti w.|T Somerset. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY HAUTURU (.3.45 p.m.), 270 ton*, ler-ackson, for Ilokianga. ARRIVAL TO-DAY ISABELLA DE FRA IN E ($ a m \ i»t tons, Texiera, from Hokianga. The Isabella de Fraine arrived Or* hunga this morning from Uokiaiura. Sb loads on Monday and Tuesdav next. sails at five o’clock on "Wednesday ing for Hokianga again. The Xgapuhi is due at Onehua** 4 half past seven to-morrow evening tnn New Plymouth, a day late- than i*s to suit race patrons. She sail* at fat o’clock on Monday afternoon on th» n turn trip. The Hauturu arrived at Onehunri . six ° clock to-morrow morning -row Hokianga. She left One hunga ve«*2afternoon. 9 «■**«*? The Totara Is due at Or-ehuns, ** andUelsoh 11 Pu;ton to loa 'l for fteta