The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 345, 4 May 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Captain Roop is now master of the Canadian Transporter, which is due at Auckland to-morrow from Halifax. Captain E. Harris is master of the Otokia, and has the following' officers:— Chief, Mr. L. Gillon; second, Mr. T. Dee; third, Mr. D Luckett; chief engineer, Mr. F. Mouatt; second, Mr. E. Mackley; third, Mr. W. Williams; wireless operator, Mr. C. Ward. KAIKORAI FOR AUCKLAND.—The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the Kaikorai leaves Newcastle to-day for Auckland, where she is due next Thursday. WIRRAL DUE WEDNESDAY —En route from New York, the A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer Wirral leaves Suva to-day for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is due here on Wednesday and the New Zealand Shipping Company will act as the local agents. CANADIAN BRITISH ER DUE.—Due at Auckland to-morrow from southern ports via Wellington, the Canadian Britisher will complete loading at Auckland for Canada and the United States She is to be dispatched finally on Monday for Montreal, via New York And Boston.

PORT BOWEN AT LONDON. —New* by : cable has been received by the C. and j D. Line that the Port Bowen arrived at London on May 1 from Auckland. The i vessel sailed from Auckland on March j 20. LEOPOLD FROM TEXAS.—En route from Galveston. Texas, to Auckland, the i steamer Leopold L.D. arrived at Colon on Wednesdav. The vessel is due here on !June L MAIL BY THE NIAGARA.—The chief postmaster has received advice stating that the Royal Mail steamer Niagara, j which left Sydney yesterday afternoon ] for Auckland, has 455 bags of mail for ] this port. SOUTHERN CROSS SAILING.—A projeered departure from Auckland this afternoon is the Melanesian Mission steamer ; Southern Cross on another of her I periodical cruises to the mission stations I in the Solomon Islands. SYDNEY STEAMERS. —The Maunganui ■ and the Marama both leave Sydney toi day, the former vessel for Auckland and j the latter for Wellington. Both steamers ! are due at their arrival ports next Tues- ' day morning. HINEMOA DUE DAYLIGHT TO-MOR-ROW.-^-A radio message received by Speddmg Ltd., states that the Government steamer Hinemoa is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland at day- j light to-morrow from Norfolk Island. On ; Tuesday the vessel leaves Auckland for j Rarotonga. CARGO FROM PACIFIC COAST.—Hen- j derson and Macfarlane have been advised that the American steamer Golden Coast (West Nivaria) replaces the Golden Forest * (West Togus), and leaves Los Angeles ' on May 30 for Auckland, Wellington and j Lyttelton. WAIPAHI DUE WEDNESDAY NEXT. : —Leaving Suva at noon to-day for Auck- j i land, the Union Company advises that the ! Island fruit steamer Waipahi is due here j j next Wednesday. The following day the j i vessel sails from Auckland for Raro- ! tonga, Aitutaki, and Mangaia to load for j this port. CUMBERLAND LEAVES LIVERPOOL. ! —Cabled news has been received by the f i New Zealand Shipping Company that the | Federal steamer Cumberland left Liver- t pool on April 2S with general cargo to ! discharge at Auckland, Wellington. Lyt- : telton and Dunedin. The vessel is due j at Auckland on June 6. AORANGI CLEARS VANCOUVER.— The local office of the Union Company . have been advised that the R.M.M.S. | Aorangi, which left Vancouver last Wed- ■ nesday for Sydney via ports, is due at Auckland on Sunday, May 20, and sails the following day for the New South . Wales port. RIMUTAKA AT COLON. —The New Zealand Shipping Company have been notified bv cablegram that their liner Rimutaka arrived at Colon last Sunday morning from London and Southampton, and left Panama the following day en route to Wellington and Auckland. The vessel is due at Wellington on May 25, and at Auckland a week later. NIAGARA LEAVES SYDNEY. —Cable advice received by the Union Company reports the departure of the R.M.S. Niagara from Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due on Monday morning. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday the Niagara leaves here in continuation of her voyage to Suva, Honolulu, Victoria, and Vancouver. OTOKIA DUE SUNDAY.—-Advice received by the local office of the Union Company* states that the tanker Otokia leaves Wellington at 5 p.m. to-day for Auckland, where she is due on Sunday. On Monday the tanker is to be docked for cleaning and painting and on Tuesday it is hoped to dispatch the tanker for San Luis, California, where she loads again for Wellington. WAIRUNA DUE 4 P.M. TO-DAY.—A furth ol, radio m § ?age received by the local >fice of the Union Company states that the trans-Pacific cargo steamer Wairuna is now expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland at 4 o’clock this afternoon from the Pacific coast ports. Later she will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to land the local portion of her cargo. At 5 p.m. on Monday she leaves here for Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. THE VOYAGE OF AN ADVENTURER. —An attempt to cross the Atlantic in a three-ton lifeboat is now being made by J. J. Smit, a Dutch navigator, in what ! is claimed to be a non-sinkable boat designed by P. C. Scbuttevaer, of Holland, who also is making the trip as first mate, with another navigator as second mate. The boat is 241 ft long and draws 3ft. She - depends entirely on sail for propulsion. The vessel has a triangular keel and j water ballast. The cabin is enclosed and the steering may be controlled from in- ; side in heavy weather. YANKEES ON AMERICAN SHIPS. There’s some consolation in the fact that 55 per cent, of the seamen shipping on American merchant vessels in 1927 were American seamen, but more hope is kindled because 55 per cent, represents a steady and decided increase throughout the last five-year period, says the “Nautical Gazette.” Information recently made public by the Bureau of Navigation shows than in 1922 the percentage was 47.6; in 1923 it was 50.2; in 1924 it. was 49.4; in 1925 it was 50.6; in 1926 it was 53 and in 1927 it was 55 per cent. The figures do not include officers. MAIL SERVICES THIS DAY Surf dale, etc., 3.30 p.m. Putiki and Onetangi, 3.30 p.m. Tauranga, Te Puke, Whakatane, Opotiki, etc., 4.30 p.m. Wellington, Wanganui. Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay), 5.30 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1928 Whangarei, Dargaville, etc., 6.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Waiharara. Kaimaumau and Rangiputa (also Awanui, Kaitaia, Waipapakauri), 10.30 a.m. O’Brien P. 8., 12 noon. Awaroa, Cowes, etc., 12 noon. Turua, 7.45 p.m. SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1928 Wellington. Wanganui, Palmerston North, Hastings and Napier (letters only), 5 p.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (also Gisborne and Tokomaru Bay), 5.30 p.m. OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS Great Britain. Ireland and Continent of Europe, all South American States, via Montevideo, per Main Trunk (Kia Ora, from Wellington), Tuesday, May 8, at 5 pun. Correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe must be specially addressed “per Kia Ora.” Australian States, Ceylon, India, Straits Settlements, China, Japan, and South Africa, per Main Trunk. Limited (Makura, from Wellington), Mon- ! day, May 7, at 5 p.m. Parcels at 11 | a.m., Saturday, May 5. Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, Canada, United States of ' America, Mexico, West Indies Xalso ! Fiji, Apia, Pago Pago. Hawaiian ! Islands), per R.M.S. Niagara, via Vancouver, Tuesday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Parcels for Fiji and America, at 3 p.m., Monday, May 7. Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, Central America, Cristobal, also Pitcairn Island (Panama Canal), per Main Trunk (lonic, from Wellington), Monday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Correspondence for Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of ! ; Europe must be specially addressed I “per lonic.” INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS I S.S. Ihumata, due Auckland May 4 (11 bags Australian mail). R. Makura, due Wellington May 7 (456 bags English and American mail). S. Waikouaiti, due Bluff about April j 30 (39 bags Australian mail). S.S. Maunganui, due Auckland May 8 ! (Australian mail). R.M.S. Niagara, due Auckland May 7 i (Australian mail). INLAND PARCEL POST Parcel mails close at the Parcels Of- | fice, Albert Street, twice daily, at j 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Express-transit parcels received up to time of closing letter-mails. Express-transit parcels for Main j Trunk close at 5 p.m. WM. J. GOW. Chief Postmaster. |