The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 404, 12 July 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain W. D. Cameron has returned from his holidays, and has resumed command of the Wahine. Captain B. B. Irwin, of the latter vessel, has transferred to the Maori, relieving Captain A. IL Prosser, who is awaiting instructions. Mr. W. Henderson, chief officer of the Kairanga, and Mr. Lundle, chief officer of the Wahine, exchanged ships at Wellington last week. Mr. T. H. Davis has relieved Mr. C. H. George as second officer of the Hauraki. Mr. F. H. G. Clark has been appointed third officer of the Waiotapu. PAKEHA LEAVES BALBOA.—Cabled news has been received by tbe Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the Pakeha left Balboa on Sunday afternoon for New Zealand ports, en route from Liverpool. The vessel is due at Auckland on July 31. MAHANA LEAVES BALBOA. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company has been notified by cablegram that the Mahana left Balboa on Monday afternoon for New Zealand ports, en route from London. The vessel is due at Auckland on July 31. CAMBRIDGE LEAVES LIVERPOOL.— Cabled news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer Cambridge sailed from Liverpool on Saturday with general cargo to discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is due at Auckland on August 15. ARAWA’S PROGRAMME.—To complete her discharge of London cargo the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Arawa left Auckland yesterday afternoon for Wellington. Later the vessel loads at Wanganui, thence Port Chalmers, Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington, and is expected to clear the latter port finally on August 4 for Southampton and London via Montevideo and Teneriffe. PAPANUI LEAVES NEWPORT.— Cabled news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Papanui, en route from Montreal and Sydney (C. 8.), lelt Newport News last Saturday with general cargo to discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The vessel is due at Auckland on August 11.

GREYMOUTH TUG.—The Greymouth Harbour Board’s tug Westland was released from the Cobden lagoon, where it had been docked to undergo an inspection, prior to its being utilised for the Stewart hydro-pneumatic scheme last Thursday. The tug was laid up over two weeks ago. Unfortunately, when the inspection was completed, it was found that the vessel had become deeply embedded in the shingle. As the depth of water on the bar (19ft) is sufficient to enable vessels to leave and enter the port, the Stewart scheme will not be put into operation until the necessity arises.

CANADIAN HIGHLANDER IN PORT. —An arrival in the stream at Auckland early yesterday afternoon was the Canadian Government steamer, Canadian Highlander, with a cargo of general merchandise from Montreal. The Canadian Highlander sailed from Montreal on May 27 and Sydney on June 1. Colon was reached on June 11, and Balboa was cleared on the following day. The weather was generally fair until last Friday, when the wind freshened from the north-east. On Saturday the wind reached gale force and rough seas caused the vessel to ship water fore and aft. On Sunday and Monday the wind continued blowing hard, but from directions almost all round the compass. At midnight on Monday the wind steadied in the west, and blew with the force of a strong gale. All Tuesday the steamer had difficulty in making headway against the storm, and in the afternoon the speed decreased to two knots. Late at night the storm moderated and the vessel's speed increased, but boisterous conditions continued almost to port. Captain R. St. A. Robertson is in commond and the following are the officers: Chief, Mr. W. Johnstone; second, Mr. F. Smith; third, Mr. R. Rendall; chief engineer, Mr. W. Middleton; second, Mr. J. Mahon; third, Mr. D. James; fourth, Mr. H. Holden; wireless operator, Air. O. K. Myers; chief steward, Air. J. Rutherford. The local office of the Canadian National Cteamships advises that it expects to dispatch the Canadian Highlander tomorrow evening for Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin, to complete discharge. She will commence loading in the South and completes at Auckland early next month for Alontreal, via New Y'ork and Boston. BRYNJE ARRIVES.—With a cargo of over 2.000,000 feet of hardwood for the New Zealand Railways, the Norwegian motor-ship Brynje arrived in the stream at Auckland at four o’clock this morning, and berthed later at King's Wharf, where she will put out the whole of this cargo from Bunbury. The vessel sailed from the West Australian port on June 27 and experienced very rough weather right from port to port. The wind blew strongly from the west and the south-west, but being astern did not hamper her progress very appreciably, the Brynje averaging 10 knots for the trip. Alountainous seas were shipped continually, but the vessel came through the storm in a fine manner, being loaded well down with cargo. She has a cargo capacity of 6,900 tons, bringing 6,063 tons from Australia this trip. The Brynje is owned by the same company as the motor-ship Brand, which was at Auckland last year. She was constructed by A. S. Borgestad, at Porsgrund. 26 months ago, her owner being a former Prime Alinister of Norway, Air. Gunnarknndsen. She is at present under a 12 months’ time charter to the American Trading Company, and takes cargoes from the Pacific Coast of the States to Australian ports. She has three masts, one small dummy funnel and two Diesel engines, each, of 1,100 h.p. Captain O. Righ is in command of the Brynje and associated with him are the following officers: Chief, Air. John Alichaelson; second, Air. Lars Grotnraas; third, Air. Hyalanar Hansen; chief steward. Air. Ludwig Nelson; chief engineer. Air. Hans Olsen; second. Air. N. Berg Nielson; third, Air. Olaf Olsen; fourth, Air. Trigwe Halvarsen.

The vessel carries a crew of 26 all told, all being Norwegians. She also has accommodation for several passengers. The local agents. Alessrs. Robert Alillar and Company, advise that they hope to dispatch the Brynje about the end of next week for San Pedro for bunkers. She then proceeds North to Portland, ete., to load lumber and case oil for either Alelbourne or Sydney.

AORANGI'S MAILS. —The chief postmaster advises that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi. I which is due at Auckland on July lo from Vancouver, has 866 bags of Engiisn and American mails for this port. SULPHUR FOR NEW ZEALAND. — The Norwegian motor-ship Lionel has been chartered to load sulphur at Galveston for New Zealand ports. The Lionel is a vessel or' 5,653 tons and was built in 1926. TOFU A FOR ISLANDS. —The local office of the Union Company advises that the Island passenger steamer Toftia will leave Auckland at 11 a.m. on Saturday on her return trip to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. AORANGI AT SUVA.—Due at Suva this morning: from Vancouver and way ports, the local office of the Union Company advises that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi leaves again at 2 p.m. for Auckland. She is due here on Sunday next and sails at 1 p.m. the following- day for Sydney. VALACIA SAlLlNG.—Heather, Boberton and Company advises that the Cunard steamer Valacia should finish discharge of the local portion of her west of England cargo to-night and will leave Auckland at daybreak to-morrow for Wellington, thence Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete. MAUI POMARE FOR NORFOLK.—Due at Lyttelton on Monday next from Apia, Samoa and Niue Island, the Government motor-ship Maul Pomare later comes to Auckland and is due here on July 20. Spedding, Limited, the local agents, hope to dispatch the vessel again the same day for Norfolk Island. WAIPAHI LEAVES RAROTONGA. — Advice has been received by the local office of the Union Company that the Island fruit steamer Waipahi left Rarotonga at 10 p.m. last Monday for Auckland, where she is due next Tuesday morning. OLIVEBANK COMING. —The Finnish steel four-masted barque Olivebank has been chartered to load phosphates at Ala he, India, for New Zealand ports. The Olivebank was built in 3892 by Messrs. Alackie and Thomson, of Glasgow, and is owned by Air. G. Erikson. She is reported to have left Mahe on June 28.

PORT DENISON SAILS.—The C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Denison left Auckland yesterday afternoon for Lyttelton, thence Wellington to fill up for Home. The steamer is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on July 17 for London via the Cape Horn route.

SYDNEY STEAMERS.—The Ulimaroa leaves at 11 a.m. to-morrow for Sydney and the Marama and the Maheno both leave Sydney for New Zealand, the former for Auckland and the latter for Wellington. All the three vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning.

NORFOLK DELAYED.—The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been advised that the Federal steamer Norfolk has been delayed at Gisborne by bad weather, and is now expected to clear there this afternoon for Auckland, where she is due to-morrow to complete her loading for - Home. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel probably on Saturday for London and west of England ports via Panama.

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WATCH-AND-WATCH ROUTINE.— Complaint was made at the annual meeting of the Alercantile Alarine Service Association that there were still some shipowners who send their ships to sea with only two officers, a practice which necessitates a man keeping watch and watch about. Haying had ourselves in the past some experience of a two-watch ship, we can appreciate the feelings of those who have to work under this system, writes the “Syren and Shipping.’’ We have met men who boast that they can get to sleep in five minutes after turning in, but they are fortunate exceptions to the general rule, and it can be taken for granted that the officer in a two-watch ship never obtains more than 3J hours’ sleep at one time. For 12 hours out of the 24 he must be on his feet on the bridge, and in his watch below there are important duties about the deck to be attended to. It is admittedly difficult to earn profits in the coasting and short-sea trades, and the employment of three officers would perhaps be deemed by some owners an unwarrantable extravagance, but that is small consolation to those who have no alternative but to submit to the watch-and-watch routine.

THE FUNNEL QUESTION.—In its first vesel, the Selandia, the East Asiatic Co. started a fashion by eliminating the funnel, and in the majority of the ships which this company has built since there has been no funnel. None will deny that these vessels are attractive in appearance, and it is, therefore, all the more surprising that in the two new motor ships which the owners have recently ordered it is intended to have two tunnels, widely spaced, low and of elliptical section, not unlike those which are fitted on the Asturias, allowing for the difference in the size of the vessels. The reason given is that the new liners will thus have a distinctive appearance, but we have little doubt that the main factor which influenced the. minds of the owners is that passengers prefer funnels, and in these vessels a larger number of passengers is to be carried than in the other East Asiatic Co.’s motor ships. It seems that —at any rate, where passengers are carried—motor ships will always have to be provided with funnels, however unnecessary they may be if viewed from the strict utilitarian standpoint.

THE LARGEST SHIPS IN THE WORLD.—In the following chart are listed the 20 largest liners and the five largest motor-ships which are now actively engaged in the world trade. It takes into consideration all steamships from 24,000 tons upward and all motorships from 22,000 tons upward. It is to be noted that the Alajestie is about 2i metres longer than the Leviathan, which seems to have the greatest gross tonnage—only because of American measuring methods. According to the British system of measurement the Levia than would have 54,282 tons.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland: R.F.A. Nueula, Scalaria. Aorangi, West Cusetta, Dundrennnn. AVaitomo, Waipahi, Maui Pomare, Kaikorai, Valacia, Willnston. Chatham Islands: Port Curtis, Ttuahine, Borderer, Port Huon. Huntingdon. Wellington: Alaori, Wahine. Xgaio, Tamahine, Port Dennison, Cumberland, Niagara, Norfolk, Dunedin, Rotorua, Waitemata, Waikawa, Arawa. Awarua: AVaikouaiti, Karetu, Taranaki, Tekoa, Northumberland. PORT OF ONEHUNGA KAITOA (8 a.m.), 319 tons, Alartin, from Nelson. DEPARTURE TO-DAY ARAPAWA (10 a.m.), 291 tons, Pert, for Wanganui. The Arapawa sailed from Onehunga this morning for Wanganui, after being delayed yesterday on account of the Alanukau Bar being unworkable. The Rarawa sails at three o’clock this afternoon for New Plymouth. The Anchor steamer Kaito arrived at Onehunga this morning from Nelson. She sails to-morrow with a cargo of phosphates for Havelock only. The vessel ■ will probably return to Onehunga next week to load for Nelson and Picton. The Isabella de Frame was delayed at Onehunga yesterday on account of the Alanukau Bar being unworkable. She is now’ expected to sail at three o’clock this afternoon for Hokianga. The Hauturu is du«" at Onehunga tomorrow' morning from Raglan. Kawuia and Port Waikato, and will be dispatelied at 3 p.m. the same day for Hokianga.

Steamships. Leviathan Gross Tons. .. 59.957 Lengrth (metres) 276.60 Majestic .. .. 56,551 279,01 Berengraria . . 52,226 269.29 Olympic . . . . 46,439 259.SI .A quitania . . . . 45,647 264.74 He de France 43,500 230.93 Paris 34,569 224.13 Homeric -. .. 34,351 228.90 Roma 32,583 215.03 Columbus .. 32,354 228.44 Mauretania 30,696 Statendam 28,150 Belgenland 27,132 204.32 Cap Arcona . . 27,000 210.18 Empress of Scotland 25,160 Adriatic .. .. 21,563 216.15 Conte Biancamano 24.416 Puilio 24,281 189.07 Rotterdam 24,149 198.24 Baltic 23,884 Motor-ships. Augustus . . . 33,000 \ulcania .. .. 25.000 182.57 Saturnia .. .. 25,000 182.57 Alcantara .. . 22,1 SI Asturias .. .. 22,071 192.14