The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

t* LAMB STEAMER OMANA.—The I Lamb steamer Omana is to sail on Tuesday for Onerahi an% Hokianga to com- [ plete loading timber for Sydney and Melbourne. THE MARGARET W.—The four- . masted auxiliary schooner Margaret W. : left Newcastle on Wednesday' with a t .full cargo of hardwood timber for discharge at Kopu and at the mouth of the 1 , Motu River, Bay of Plenty, !; N.S.S. CO. HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS.—Owing to next Monday being a holiday (King’s Birthday), the North- , ern Company’s steamers Taniwha and _ Claymore will not be dispatched toi morrow, as is usually done, for Paeroa and Whangarei respectively. They will i sail instead at midnight on Monday. The Rangitoto will also be dispatched for Thames at midnight on Monday and the > Matangi for Tauranga at 6.30 p.m. The • other steamers of the company will reo suine their time-tables on Tuesday.

WEST CARMONA SAILS. The American steamer West Carmona sailed yesterday afternoon for Wellington and Dunedin to complete unloading cargo from Pacific Coast ports. PAUA SAILING.—After completing the discharge of her cargo of case and bulk oil at Auckland, the Shell Company’s tanker Paua is to be dispatched at six o’clock this evening for Wellington direct. FRUIT STEAMER W AIP A H L——The Union Company's fruit steamer Waipahi was to leave Auckland early this afternoon for Rarotonga. Aitu, Mauke, Mangaia, and Aitutaki to load for this Port. MAUNGANUI LEAVES SYDNEY. — Cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the Maunganui left Sydney at 3 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is expected on Tuesday morning. AY MERIC LOADING PHOSPHATES. —Advice received by Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., states that the Weir Line steamer Avraeric is expected to leave Nauru Island shortly with phosphates for discharge at Auckland and Wanganui. PORT NAPIER LEAVES BOSTON.— Cabled advice from Boston states that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Napier lt-ft there on Mondav last for Halifax and London, to continue discharge of New Zealand produce. [ she sailed from Auckland on April IS. VERONICA AND LABURNUM. —The sloops Veronica and Laburnum are to leave shortlv for the Pacific islands. Their programmes have not yet been completed, but the Veronica is expected to leave for Suva on Tuesday. The Laburnum will be absent from port for several months. PIAKO LEAVES NEWPORT.—A cable message to the New Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Piako arrived at Newport News on Monday from Auckland, and sailed again on Tuesday for New York, Boston, Halifax and London. She left Auckland on April 2S. H.M.S. DUNEDIN FOR GULF.— H.M.S. Dunedin will leave for Hauraki Gulf next Tuesday to carry out exercises extending over 10 days. On returning to port she Avill prepare for her annual cruise to Southern Pacific Islands and will probjfoly leave at the beginning of next month. NORTHUMBERLAND LEAVES PANAMA.—CabIed news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer Northumberland arrived at Panama on Monday from Liv-. erpool, and sailed again on Tuesday for New Zealand ports. The vessel is due at Auckland on June IS. THE MAUI POMARE. —From England, Via Samoa and Niue Island, the Government’s new motor-ship Maui Pomare arrived at Wellington last evening. After refitting at Wellington, the vessel is to sail for Auckland on Thursday to load for Niue Island and Samoa. She is due at Auckland next Saturday and leaves on June 3 2 for the Islands. Speddmg, Ltd., are the local agents. AORANGI ARRIVES MONDAY.—The Royal Mail liner Aorangi is due at Auckland from Sydney about six o’clock on Monday morning. She will berth at Prince’s Wharf to land passengers and mail from Australia, and to load cargo

and mail and embark passengers for Island ports and Canada. She is scheduled to resume her voyage to Vancouver, via Suva and Honolulu, at 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning. HINEMOA FOR AUCKLAND.—Advice received by Spedding, Ltd., states the Government steamer Hinemoa was due at Suva yesterday to replenish her bunkers and to load fruit. She was to sail this morning and is expected at Auckland next Friday. After unloading her cargo at Auckland the vessel is to be laid up indefinitely, and will probably be sold. WAI OTA PU DUE TO-MORROW.—The Union Company’s trans-Pacific steamer Waiotapu will arrive from Los Angeles, via Papeete, at one o’clock to-morrow afternoon, according to her wireless advice. She will berth at Prince’s Wharf to unload case oil and general merchandise from Pacific Coast ports. From Auckland the vessel will go to Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney to complete discharge. RUAHINiE AT WELLINGTON.—With ! passengers, mail and cargo from Lon. 1 don and Southampton, the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Ruahine arrived at Wellington at 3 p.m. yesterday. Passengers for North will leave Wellington by train at two o’clock this afternoon, and will reach Auckland to-morrow morning. The Ruahine’s cargo is for discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Auckland. She is. scheduled to reach. Auckland on June 15. TAINUI DUE AT MI DNlGHT.—Further wireless advice received from the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tainui states that she will reach Auckland from London and

Southampton at midnight to-night. She will berth to-morrow morning at Prince’s Wharf to land 138 passengers and a large quantity of parcel mail for New Zealand, as well as general merchandise for Auckland. The remainder of the cargo is for Wellington. A. S. Paterson and Co. are the local agents. NEW UNION CASTLE LlNEßS.—Orders have been placed by the Union Castle Line with Harland and Wolff for two new motor liners. One will be a 20,000-ton twin-screw double-acting-engine vessel, similar to the Carnarvon Castle, and a sister ship at present under construction for the South African mail service, while the other is for the owners’ East African service, and of about 10,500 tons. The exact type of machinery for the smaller vessel has not yet been decided, but Harland and Wolff will build the engines for both ships. RADIO FORECASTS.—A special service of coastal weather forecasts to ships at ; sea by means of wireless telephony was recently inaugurated by Amalgamated Wireless (states the “Daily Telegraph’’). This service is intended for those ships trading on the New South Wales coast which are not fitted with wireless telegraphy apparatus. The messages are transmitted from A.W.A. Radio Centre Pennant Hills, and are sent out twice daily (Sundays excepted). On subscribing to the service a vessel is supplied with an efficient valve receiver capable oi picking up the messages, and which can be quite easily handled by any person on board without any special knowledge of wireless. TOFU A AT APIA. —The Union Company’s Island steamer Tofua reached Apia from Tonga yesterday morning and

is to sail at four o’clock this afternoor for Suva and Auckland. She is due a Auckland on June 11.

NIAGARA FROM VANCOUVER.—The local office of the Union Company advises j that the R.M.S. Niagara, which left Van- 1 couver last Wednesday, via ports, for j j

Auckland and Sydney, is due here on i June IS, and it is hoped to dispatch her N the same evening for the New South ! ? ; Wales port. TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO STEAMERS. . —The Union Company advises the fol- - lowing movements of vessels engaged in ? I trans-Pacific cargo services:— j The Waiotapu, from Pacific Coast ’ , . ports, left Papeete on May 23 for Auck- ! ‘ land, Wellington, Lyttelton, Melbourne, j J v and Sydney, and will sail thence to New- j castle, Vancouver direct. She is due j , at Auckland to-morrow. j j The Waikawa left Los Angeles on May i i 15 for Apia, Napier, Lyttelton. Dunedin, j Bluff and New Plymouth, and. will sail j ] thence to Westport, Suva, Vancouver, i j > She is due at Apia to-day and at Napier . on June 11. The Hauraki left San Prancis o on May i . 1 2S for Auckland. Wellington. Melbourne, \ , Adelaide and Sydney, and will go thence ! I to Suva and Vancouver. She is due at v Auckland on June 19. > The Waitemata will leave Ocean Falls r on June 7 for San Francisco and Los [ Angeles to complete loading for Well- \ . ington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. : • She will clear Los Angeles on June 15 and is due at Wellington on July 10. The Waihemo left Suva on May 31 for \ Vancouver, San Francisco, and Los An- - geles to load for Auckland. Wellington, i i Melbourne and Sydney. She clears Los • . Angeles on July 12, and is due at Auck- < land on August 5. The Wairuna will leave Sydney on June j J ; 11 for Fiji, Fanning Island, Vancouver, - San Francisco, and Los Angeles to load for Auckland, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin. ! { New Plymouth, also Bluff or Nelson if j there is sufficient inducement. She will ' ■ clear Los Angeles on August 17. The forward loading dates at the j j Pacific Coast are approximately as fol- j low:—■ The Waiotapu will load at Vancouver, ! ! San Francisco and Los Angeles during j , August for Papeete, Wellington, Mel- ij bourne and Sydney. The Waikawa will load at Vancouver *. and San Francisco during September for \ Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. The Hauraki will load at Vancouver and i 1 San Francisco in August and September for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. The "Waitemata will load at Vancouver j| and San Francisco during September for New Zealand and Australian ports. The Waihemo will load at Vancouver and San Francisco in October and No- i vember for New Zealand and Australian I ports. The Wairuna will load at Vancouver i and San Francisco during November for ' ) New Zealand and Australian ports. <| WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to f be within range of the undermentioned \ wireless stations during the week-end:— Ijj Auckland.—Tainui, Waiotapu, Poolta, | \ Ranja, Tofua, Kanna, Waikouaiti, Iron > Monarch, Aorangi, Gambia River, \ Maunganui, Waipahi, Cumberland. jj Chatham Islands.—Cumberland, Canadian Challenger, Maimoa, Hororata. /Wellington.—Maheno, Wahine, Ngaio, , Arahura, Tamahine, Port Curtis, Horo- J rata, West Carmona, Matakana, Tura- $ knia, Norfolk, Kairanga, Marama, Ni- j gara, Kalingo, Queen Eleanor, Poolta, ? Tahiti. \ Awarua. —Tahiti, Makura, Manuka, Kaj retu. ■ PORT OF ONEHUNGA—--1 DEPARTURES YESTERDAY 2 HAUTURU (4 p.m.), 270 tons, Jackson- ! - Fowler, for Hokianga. ! ARRIVAL TO-DAY r RARAWA (7.15 a.m.4» 1,077 tons, Bark, j 1 from New Plymouth. 2 The Rarawa arrived at Onehunga this morning from New Plymouth. She will ’ leave again at 3 p.m. next Tuesday, on 7 the return trip. The Hauturu, which sailed last everiing for Hokianga, is due back again at ' 6 o’clock to-morrow morning.