The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 389, 25 June 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —The Maheno nas been transferred to the Sydney service, and is in command of Captain A. T. Toten. His deck officers are;—Chief, Mr. N. J. Siepen; second, Mr. F. W. Young; third, Mr. A. J. Herbei't; fourth, Mr. J. C. R. Sadlier. Captain G. B. Morgan, late of the Maheno, is at present atvaiting orders at Wellington. The Kaitoke was recommissioned at Auckland on Saturday under the command of Captain J. Rankine. Mr. H. S. Collier is chief officer, and Mr. G. M. Schofield is acting second; chief engineer, Mr. R. S. Dickie; second. Mr. H. Martin; third, Mr. A. G. Weld; fourth, Mr. J. L. Hunter. Mr. R. Ainsworth is joining the Ngakuta at Sydney as second officer, relieving Mr. T. H. Davis, who will await instructions at that port. Mr. F. C. Ronalds, who has been ashore on sick leave, has joined the Waipiata as chief engineer. Mr. I. R. Gilmour is chief engineer of the Corinna temporarily. Mr. J. C. Willis has joined the Waitomo as third engineer, relieving Mr. W. S. McLean, who is to join the Hauraki. Mr. J. S. Hardy, late seventh engineer of the Tahiti, has joined the Wahine in a similar capacity. Captain AY. Martin is to take command of the Royal Mail steamer Niagara at Sydney, relieving Captain T. V. Hill, who is to go on holiday leave. Captain Hill will later take command of the Aorangi, relieving Captain R. Crawford, who is also to go on holiday leave. WAIPAHI SAILS THURSDAY. The local office of the Union Company hopes to dispatch the Island fruit steamer Waipahi from Auckland next Thursday for Rarotonga, Mangaia and Aitutaki to load again for this port. MINERIC’S DISCHARGE. Spedding, Limited, advise tha* the Weir Line steamer Mineric completes her discharge of Java sugar at Chelsea on Thursday, and then sails for Westport for bunkers before proceeding to Nauru Island tQ load phosphates for Australia. PORT ADELAIDE AT LONDON. Cabled news has been received by the C. and D. Line that the Port Adelaide arrived at London on "Wednesday morning from Port Chalmers. The ship left the Otago port on May 9. GOLDEN COAST DUE.—The American steamer Golden Coast is now due at Auckland to-morrow from the Pacific Coast. The vessel is bringing general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton. Henderson and Macfarlane will act as the local agents, and the vessel will berth rt the Prince’s Wharf,

MAHANA LEAVES LONDON. The Sl-.aw, Savill and Albion Line steamer. Mahana, is reported to have sailed from London on Friday for Auckland and Wellington. She is due at Auckland on July NEW HUDDART PARKER STEAMER. —lt is understood that tenders have been sent in by shipbuilders for the construction of a steamer for Huddart. Parker, Ltd., says the Sydney “Daily Commercial News and Shipping List." MATAKANA SAILS TO-DAY. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company reports that the Matakana will leave W ellington at 5 p.m. to-day for London, Avonmouth. Glasgow and Liverpool, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. AYMERIC AT WANGANUI. —To complete her discharge of Nauru phosphates the Weir Line steamer Aymeric arrived at Wanganui on Saturday afternoon from New Plymouth. On Friday _ next she leaves the former port for "Westport for bunkers, thence she proceeds to Nauru to load again for New Zealand. TEKOA FROM LONDON. —An expected arrival at Auckland to-morrow is the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tekoa from London, via Suva, with cargo for discharge at this port and at Wellington. She will berth at the Prince’s Wharf. RUAHINE SAILS. —The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruahine left Auckland yesterday morning for Gisborne, thence Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington to complete her loading for Home. She is to leave Wellington finally on July 7 for Southampton and Lonj don, via Panama. A QUEER CARGO. —We have for years reported the movements of vessels carrying various cargoes to Australia, says the Sydney “Shipping Gazette," but a steamer bound direct to Sydney at the present time is carrying one of the most unusual cargoes—it consists of cork. The vessel concerned, the Queen Olga, left Lisbon on June 1. ULIMAROA RESUMING. A further cable advice has been received by the local office of Huddart, Parker and Company, advising that the passenger steamer Ulimaroa is now expected to leave Sydney on July 6 for Auckland to pick up her time-table running in the intercolonial services STEAMER BOUGHT FOR WHALING. The Spanish steamer Cadiz, 3,66 S tons. has been sold to Norwegians to be used in whaling. The Cadiz is fifth steamer recently bought by Norwegians for a similar purpose. Three of the vessels were the Shaw, Savill and Albion liners Athenic and Medic, and the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Opawa. SALVING THE IRON CHIEF.—The schooner Shannon, which is being converted into a salvage vessel, will be ready for sea about the end of the month, and her first commission will be the salvaging of the cargo of the stranded steamer Iron Chief. It is said that there is at least £5,000 worth of sleepers on that vessel, without considering any other item. THE ONLY SAILER.—The barquentine Alexa, the only oversea sailing vessel now owned in Sydney, arrived there recently from the Gilbert Group with a cargo of copra, and was towed by the tug Bustler to an anchorage in Double Bay. The Alexa left Butaritari during May and had contrary winds until making the Queensland coast, thence west to south-west winds until making port. PORT CURTIS DELAYED. Advice has been received by Heather, Roberton and Company that the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Curtis has been delayed at Wanganui. She leaves there to-day for Opua, thence Auckland and Napier to complete loading. The vessel is due at Opua on Wednesday, and Auckland on Friday morning. It is hoped to dispatch the Port Curtis finally from Napier on July 3 for Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Las Palmas. PORT CURTIS DUE TUESDAY.-Due at Opua on Monday from Wanganui, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Curtis is expected at Auckland on Tuesday morning to continue her loading under the agency of Heather, Roberton and Company. She leaves here again the following day for Napier, where she completes her loading, and finally sails on July 1 for Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool via Las Palmas. CUMBERLAND TO LOAD.—The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that on the completion of her discharge at Port Chalbers of her Liverpool cargo, the Federal steamer Cumberland will commence her loading at the Otago port and subsequently fill up at Bluff, Timaru, Lyt-. telton, Picton, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington. She is due at Wellington on July 16, and will sail from that part on July IS for London, Antwerp. | Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via "'anama. MAUI POMARE SAILS 4 P.M.—Besides nails and cargo the new Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, which leaves Auckland at four o’clock this afternoon for Apia, Samoa and Niue Island, is taking the following passengers:—Messrs. Nlinkmueller (2), Anderson, Carruthers, Partridge, Paterson (2), Professor MacMillan Brown, Rev. D. Neild, Head, Mesdames Anderson and two children, Par- | tridge, O. F. Nelson, Paterson, Head, | Misses Corbett, Hagen. CANADIAN CHALLENGER DELAYED —The Canadian Challenger, which sailed | from Auckland yesterday week for WellI ington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and j Bluff, experienced an exceptionally* rough { passage down the coast, taking nearly a I week to reach the capital. In conse- ! quence of this delay, the vessel’s loading i itinerary has had to be altered. She will commence loading in the South after putting out the remainder of her Halifax cargo, and then returns to Wellington and Auckland to complete. She was originally due back here on July 1, but will not arrive now before July 10. She is expected to sail finally the same dav for Montreal, via New York and Boston. MAUI POMARE SAILS TO-MORROW. —Trouble with the steering gear has delayed the Government’s new motorship Maui Pomare at Auckland during the week-end. With 17 passengers, as well as cargo and mail, the vessel was to have sailed on her initial voyage from Auckland to Niue Island and Apio on Saturday afternoon. Owing to repairs to the electric steering machinery beinc necessary, the departure of the vessel was postponed until to-day. The work, however, will not be completed until tonight, and it is hoped the Maui Pomare will sail at 10 a.m. to-morrow morning. The following passengers are sailing with the vessel: Messrs. Klinkmueller (2), Anderson, Carruthers, Partridge, Paterson (2), Professor MacMillan Brown, Rev. D. Neild, Head, Mesdames Anderson and two children. Partridge, O. F. Nelson, Paterson, Head, Misses Corbett, Hagen. TRANSPACIFIC STEAMERS. The Union Company advises the following movements of steamers engaged in the transpacific cargo services:— The Waitemata left San Francisco on June 13 for Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. She is due at Wellington on July 9. The Waihemo from Suva arrived at Vancouver on Friday, and will complete loading at San Francisco and Los Angeles for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. She will clear Los Angeles on July 29, and is due at Auckland on August 5. The Wairuna will leave Suva on June 30 for Fanning Island, Vancouver, San Francfisco and Los Angeles, to load for Auckland, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. She will clear Los Angeles on August 17. The Waiotapu will leave Melbourne on June 29 for Sydney and Newcastle, and sails then to Vancouver direct. She will complete loading at San Francisco and Los Angeles for Papeete, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney, and clear Los Angeles on August 2S. The Waikawa will leave Lyttelton tomorrow for Dunedin, Bluff and New Plymouth, and thence Westport, Suva and Vancouver. She loads at Pacific Coast ports during August for Apia, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. The Hauraki will leave Wellington tomorrow for Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, and thence go to Suva and Vancouver. The forward loading dates at the Pacific Coast are approximately as follow The Hauraki will load at Vancouver and San Francisco in August and September for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne Adelaide and Sydney. The Waitemata will load at Vancouver | and San Francisco during September for New Zealand and Australian ports The Waihemo will load at Vancouver and San Francisco in October and November probably for New Zealand outports. A steamer will load at Vancouver and San Francisco during November for Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. The Wairuna will load at Vancouver and San Francisco during December for New Zealand and Australian ports.

L.N.E.R. PORTS.—“Ports of the London and North-eastern Railway. 1925.” is the title of a useful volume which has just been published by the docks and overseas trade department of the L.N.E.R. The work is a mine of information, is profusely illustrated, and contains numerous plans of the various docks (says “Fairplay"). In addition to a general description of Harwich. Lowestoft. Immingham, Grimsby. Hull. River Tees. River Tyne. Silloth. Blyth. Burntisland. Bo’ness, Alloa. Methil. and Tayport. there is much of interest on the subject of steamship services, harbour, quay, dock, and dry dock accommodation. transit sheds and warehouses, and river staiths. EXAMPLE MADE.—The serious delay caused to ships through seamen deserting in the Dominions was commented upon at West Ham Police Court, London, last month, when James Enever. a ship’s fireman, was prosecuted by the New Zealand Shipping Company on a summons for deserting his vessel. Mr. Francis Peregrine prosecuted, and said that Enever signed on the Essex for the round voyage on March IS, 1927. and on June 24 he deserted in Brisbane. He came home on the Orvieto. arriving on March 29. Mr. Peregrt«e had been instructed to press this matter vigorously, as shipping companies were suffering considerably because of the tendency of seamen to desert in Australia. The reason was that the rate of wages was higher there, and as a result of the desertions ships were held up, involving the companies in serious loss. Defendant alleged that the ship was alive with vermin, and the vessel was practically sinking from the time she left Capetown. Mr. Peregrine said this was not so, and pointed out that there was never any complaint laid to any Consul or port official about vermin or the ship being unseaworthy. It was stated that defendant earned £ls 12s on his homeward voyage. Mr. A. P. Quicke, Deputy-Stipendi-ary, ordered the forfeiture of this amount, saying he did so to impress seamen with the serious nature of the offence. OLD LLOYD’S FAREWELL SCENES. The proceedings at the Royal Exchange when Lloyd's closed down for the last time in the old rooms were of a lively character (says “Fairplay’’). After lunch business became impossible, for the rooms were filled by those connected with the business who wished to witness the closing scenes. Paper streamers and seat pads were flying about, bringing down clouds of dust from the roof, and there was much cheering, but the crowd was too packed for anything in the form of a “rag." The old clock, for some reason, ceased to function after 3.45. but at four o’clock the Lutine bell rang, and the chairman mounted the rostrum to make a final spech. Mr. Mackinnon said that few of those present could make the change without a feeling of regret, and that the feeling was especially great for those who, like Tiimself, had spent the greater part of their lives in that room, and had sat in the same seats as those occupied by former generations of their name. They had. of course, had their troubles and their grave anxieties, but he believed that what they would remember, when they thought of the old Lloyd’s, would be the many delightful associations of relationship, of friendship, and of business which had made so pleasant the years they had spent in those familiar surroundings. Some of these they would take with them to their new home, but others could only be memories, and they looked forward with hopeful anticipation to the life there, and what it would mean to future generations. After the speech the dense crowd sang “Auld Lang Syne." followed by “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow," and then dispei-sed to allow the work of removing the vast equipment to proceed.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to bq within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland: Tofua. Golden Coast, Tekoa. Marama, Maui Pomare, Raranga, Port Curtis. Chatham Islands: Hurunui, Plpiriki. Wellington: Maori, Wahine, Taraahine, Arahura, Maheno, Ruahine, Matakana. Canadian Challenger, Otokia, Plume. Awarua: Makura, Maunganui, Tutanekai, Karetu, Waikawa. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS SATURDAY HAUTURU (7.30 a.m.), 270 tons, Robinson, from Raglan and Kawhia. ARRIVALS YESTERDAY ARAPAWA (7 a.m.), 251 tons, Pert, from Wanganui. RARAWA (7.30 a.m.), 1,077 tons, Bark, from New Plymouth. DEPARTURES SATURDAY HAUTURU (3.30 p.m.), 270 tons, Robinfor Hokianga. The Hauturu is expected to arrive at Onehujiga at six o’clock to-morrow morning from Hokianga. She loads and sails at 3 p.m. the same day for Raglan and Kawhia. The Rarawa is to be dispatched from Onehunga at three o’clock this afternoon for New Plymouth. The vessel Is due back again as usual early on Wednesday morning. The Arapawa leaves Onehunga at three o’clock to-morrow afternoon for Port Waikato. She is due back on Thursday, when she will be dispatched for Wanganui. The Anchor steamer Kaitoa is expected to arrrre at Onehunga on Wecy nesday from the South to load for Nelson onl> 7 .