The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 408, 17 July 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

THE ULIMAROA. —With passengers and cargo from Auckland, the Huddart Parker steamer Ulimaroa was to have arrived at Sydney this morning. She left this port on Friday last. THE CANADIAN HIGHLANDER.—The Canadian Highlander arrived at Wellington at 11.10 p.m. yesterday from Montreal, via Auckland. She proceeds from there to Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin to complete discharge, and then commences loading in the South for Canada again. PAKEHA FROM HOME.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Pakeha, with general merchandise from West Coast ports of Great Britain, is scheduled to reach Auckland from Liverpool on July 31. The cargo is for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. L D. Nathan and Co., Ltd., are the local agents. MAHANA WITH EXPLOSIVES. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Mahana is due at Auckland from London about July 30. The vessel has 250 tons of explosives, which will be unloaded at the anchorage off Motuihi Island. Afterwards she will come into port to unload general merchandise for Auckland. The other discharging ports are Wellington and Lyttelton. A. S. Paterson and Company, Ltd., are the local agents. BRYNJE SAILING THURSDAY.— Messrs. Robert Millar and Company advise that the Norwegian motor-ship, Mrynje, which is discharging Bunbury hardwood at King's Wharf, is expected to complete on Thursday next. The vessel will sail at 4 o’clock that afternoon for San Pedro for bunkers before proceeding north to Pacific Coast ports to load lumber and case-oil for Australia. The vessel is under charter to the American Trading Company. WAIPAHI 6 A.M. TO-MORROW.—The Island fruit steamer, Waipahi, has reported by wireless to the local office of the Union Company that she has been delayed by bad weather ,and now expects to arrive at Auckland at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Cook Islands. The vessel is announced to sail again on July 25 for Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Mangaia. She will berth at King’s Wharf on her arrival in port to-morrow morning. SCOW WAIKONINI SINKS.—The scow Waikonini, owned by Winstone, Ltd., sprang a leak and sank alongside the company’s wharf at Freeman’s Bay about four o’clock yesterday morning. The vessel was submerged, until the water covered the top of the cabin. The vessel is a deck scow and was loaded, with shingle from the Hauraki Gulf. At low tide the water was pumped out of the hull by the Harbour Board's firefloat, and afterwards the cargo was unloaded into the company’s yard. The vessel d'id not suffer any injury, but the fittings in the cabin and the crew’s effects were considerably damaged. At highwater yesterday afternoon the scow was towed to the slip for repairs. PORT HUON TO-MORROW.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor ship, Port Huon, reported by wireless last evening that she is being delayed by bad weather and does not expect to reach Auckland from London till tomorrow morning. She was formerly expected to arrive this afternoon. Besides cargo for Auckland, Wellington and New Plymouth, the vessel has the following passengers for New Zealand: Dr. A. Stewart (medical officer), Mr. IC. D. P. Murray, Mrs. R. Stewart, Mrs. E. L. Rixon, Mrs. E. E. Johnston, Miss D. P. Seymour and Mr. M. O. Johnston. On arrival the Port Huon will berth at the west side of Queen’s Wharf, to discharge the local portion of her cargo to the agency of the Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Auctioneering Company, Ltd. ROTORUA’S VOYAGE.—From London and Southampton, via Panama, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua arrived in the stream at Wellington late on Friday night after an uneventful voyage and berthed shortly after nine o’clock on Saturday morning. The vessel left Southampton on June 8 and experienced adverse weather conditions for the first two days out. The Rotorua arrived at Panama on June 23, and sailed from Balboa the following day for Pitcairn Island, which was reached on July 3. From Balboa to Pitcairn fine weather was experienced, but after leaving the island heavy winds with head seas were met until her arrival at Wellington The Rotorua brought the following saloon passengers: Mr. L. Arnold, Mrs. M. G. Brodie, Mr. T. Carrigan, Mrs. E. A. Cloggie, Commander Nelson Clover, R.N., Mr. W. L. Dawes, Mrs. Dawes, Mrs. E. M. Good, Mr. A. P. Hamilton, Mr. R. W. Hatt, Rev. W. Hardy Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Miss D. Johnson, Mr. G. C. N. Johnson, Master J. R. G. Johnson. Master B. L. C. Johnson, Miss C. M. Johnson, Mr. O. I. Kempthorne, Rev. C. C. Martin - dale, Miss C. B. Muir, Mrs. M. D. O’Neill, Miss F. G. Redman, Mrs. G. Robertson, Mrs. H. Valentine Simpson, Mrs. A. M. Thompson, Miss M. Twomey, Miss T. N. West-Watson, Mr. C. E. Woodburn, Mrs. E. M. Young, Miss C. E. Young, and 196 third-class Captain J'. L. B. Hunter retains command of the vessel, and has associated with him the following officers: Chief, Mr. J. G. Almond; second. Mr. A. D. Landles; third. Mr. L. Griffiths; fourth, Mr. T. M. Devitt; chief engineer, Mr. G. Little; second, Mr. J. M. Smith; third, Mr. J. M. Burdis; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr. J. F. Ditton; chief steward, Mr. T. Brain; chief wireless operator, Mr. K. Harwood: surgeon, Dr. H. H. Crickett. The vessel, which is at present at Lyttelton discharging, proceeds to Timaru .iuid Port Chalmers to complete.

NORFOLK SAlLS.—Having completed loading in New Zealand the Federal Line steamer Norfolk sailed from Auckland at seven o’clock this morning for London, Glasgow, Liverpool and Avonmouth. PORT DUNEDIN HOME.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s motorship Port Dunedin, which sailed from Wellington on May 29, is reported to have reached London last Sunday. MAHENO AT WELLINGTON. —The intercolonial passenger steamer Maheno arrived in the stream at Wellington at 7 o'clock this morning from Sydney. She leaves again next Friday o nher return trip. ELVER 1C DUE. —Although she has not yet reported by wireless, the tramp steamer Elveric is due at Auckland on Friday with a cargo of raw sugar from Java. The vessel will discharge at Chelsea to the agency of Messrs. Robert Millar and Company. PAPANU! REPORTED. —The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui is reported to have cleared Colon last Saturday in continuation of her voyage from -Montreal, New York, Sydney (Cape Breton) and Newport News to Auckland, Napier. Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is scheduled to reach Auckland at the beginning of August. WHANGAPE FOR CHINA. —The Union Company’s steamer Wliangape, which has been sold to the Chinese, and is under overhaul at Western Wharf, is very nearly ready for sea. The officers, engineers and crew, including 4S Chinese, arrived at Auckland by the Marama from Sydney this morning. The Whangape is expected to sail for overseas about the end of the week. WAIPIATA FOR PORTLAND.—The Union Company’s steamer, Waxpiata, which arrived at Auckland yesterday morning from Southern ports, is to be dispatched at 9 o’clock this evening for Portland to load cement. The vessel returns to Auckland again to load general cargo for Wellington. Lyttelton. .Dunedin. Oamaru and Timaru. She sails toward the end of the week. MAUI POMARE POSTPONED.—The New Zealand Government motor-ship, Maui Pomare, reported by wireless this morning that she will not arrive at Lyttelton from Apia via Niue Island till tomorrow, and in consequence will not reach Auckland till Saturday. The local agents, Messrs. Spedding, Limited, therefore have postponed the vessel’s departure from this port for Norfolk Island till 3 p.m. on Monday next. AMERICAN COASTAL TRADE.—In the earliest; days of this Republic, says the “Port of New York,” the policy adopted by the foundei's strongly discriminated in favour of American and against foreign ships in our coastwise carrying. It was not at first by law made unlawful for foreign ships to participate in our coastwise ti'ade, but, by law, it was made so costly to foreign ships thei'e to compete with American, as to exclude foreign ships from that carrying. Then, in 1817, and ever since, it has been, by law, unlawful for any but American-built and American-owned ships to engage in our coastwise carrying, our coastwise laws from time to time being extended to our new possessions as we acquired them, except in the case of the Philippines, Guam and the Virgin Islands. The djomestic carrying of the United States, thus wholly reserved for American vessels, is the richest field of maritime endeavour in the world, and foreign shipowners just fairly itch to find a means of entering it, by hook or by crook. Attempts to circumvent the law have been repeatedly made, but have so far proved futile. TRAINING IN SAIL.—In a letter to the ’’Syren and Shipping,” Commander F. G. Cooper, R.D., R.N.R., A.1.N.A., writes: — “We pride ourselves on being a great maritime nation, but it will no doubt surprise the man in the street to learn that we have only one square-rigged oceangoing ship left under our flag—Garthpool (ex Juteopolis), a four-mast barque of 2,500 tons, built as far back as 1891. She is homeward-bound from Australia, and on arrival will, no doubt, follow her predecessor, William Mitchell, to the scrap heap. And yet nearly all other maritime nations retain their faith in the sailing ship as a means of training seamen. Even Soviet Russia runs the four-mast barque Tovaritsch (ex British Lauristan, built in 1892) for the purpose of training officers for her merchant navy, and the following countries still have sailing ships for the same purpose, viz.: Germany. United States, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Poland. Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Brazil. If all these nations consider it necessary to train their seamen in sail, ai'e we wise to abandon that training? Under modern conditions, and with the addition of motor power for use entering and leaving harbour and making headway through the doldrums, I maintain that the revival of the sailing ship would be of immense advantage to the future ‘generation of officers and men of our merchant navy. The only trouble that can be foreseen would be the difficulty of manning. The officers and seamen of British nationality who are t<s-day available for service in sailing ships are few, and we should be compelled to seek them abroad. AORANGI SAILS. —Taking the following passengers as well as mails and cargo the Royal Mail liner Aorangi left Auckland at 2.40 p.m. yesterday in continuation of her voyage from Vancouver to Sydney:— First Saloon.—Mr. and Mrs. F. Loisel, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. T :ekor and child. Miss Ludlow, Miss Gorbell, Mr. W. R. Wright, Mr. C. F. and Mis.s Ward, Miss Dunlop, Mr. J. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. A. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ryan, Mrs. Harrison, Mr. J. Barry, Miss Hirsch, Mr. and Mrs. M. Moscoviteh, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Peirce. Mr. J. C. Fei'rier, Mr. R. E. McDougall, Mi's. Alexander, Sir Ben and Lady Morgan, Miss Maddock, Miss Doud, Miss McDougall, Mrs. Ferrier, Mr. W. R. Paterson, Mr. T. D. Scott, Mr. WStacey, Mrs. Halstead. Mr. H. Longdon, Mr. H. V. Schofield, Mr. H. Wilkinson, Mrs. Wilkinson, Mr. Willis, Mr. H. W. Hale, Mrs. Stewart, Sir B. P. Blackett, Mrs. Hogan. Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Raphael and child, Miss Friedlander, Mr. E. Park, Mr. G. Sarc, Mr. C. Ellis, Mr. R. G. Booth, Mr. A. D. Ballon, Mr. and Mra W. BBell, Mr. J. L. Phillips, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Hyams, Mr. F. Pitchford, Mr. T. McWilliams, Miss Newton, Miss Cameron, Mr. B. Segal, Miss Derry, Mr. and Mi's. A. Davis, Mr. L. D. .1. Nathan, Mrs. O’Connor, Mrs. Neil. Mr. and Mrs. M. Irving, Miss Hislop, Mr. C. R. Appleton. Mr. C. E. Seagar, Miss Wallis, Miss Foreman. Mr. M. E. Gander, Miss Gaddum, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. and Miss Curtis, Mrs. Clulow, Mr. J. Pratt, Mr. W. Jordan, Mr. M. J. Harris. Second Saloon.—Mr. E. McMullan, Mr. .T. R. White, Mr. D. Midgley, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Parker and child, Mr. E. Montague, Mr. and Mrs. J. Andresen, Mr. and Mrs. M. S. and Miss Cameron and child, Mrs. Dudley, Mrs. Fitzer, Mrs. Creine. Miss Smith, Mr. A. Colebrook, Mr. R. S. Longsdale, Mrs. Pederson, Misses Bell (2), Mrs. and Miss Pearson. Mrs. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hall, Mrs. Chestnut. Miss Salisbury. Miss Scai'borough, Mrs. Nairn, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. H. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. E. Leach and child. Miss Poulson, Mrs. Sutherland, Mr. L. Thomson, Mr. G. Brasell, Mr. G. Oreenbank, Miss Lehmann, Miss Hackett, Mrs. Hickford, Mrs. Sinton; and 63 thirdclass, including seven Indians. MARAMA FROM SYDNEY.—-With passengers, mails and cargo from Sydney the Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer, Marama, dropped anchor in the stream at Auckland shortly before 9 o’clock this morning. The vessel sailed from the New South Wales port on Friday last and experienced a fair weather trip across the Tasman. The Marama, which berthed at 10 o’clock at Queen’s Wharf, has transhipments of cargo from the Changte, Maheno, Ormonde, Burwahm, Yarra, Moolton, Frieberg, Kamala, Niew Zeeland, City of Winchester, Time, Ormiston, Moreton Bay, Madras Mary, Tango Maru. The following passengers landed from the vessel this morning:— First Class: Misses Andrews, Banks, Comfort, Mortyn, Mackey, Pepper, Ross. Rayner, Simon, White (2), Warne, Mesdames Andrews, Ainsworth, Astley and 2 children, Byrt, Carpenter, Crammond, Dodd, Edwards, Ellis, Fennelly, Gregory, Goldstine and child, Kinnimont, Little, Lawrence, Lynn, McDonald, McKenzie, Parnham. Radford, Vasey, ■Wright, Warne, Messrs, Andrews, Andreas (2), Aaron, Aldridge, Alves, Astley, Bell, Campbell, Court, Cattell, Crowther, Colley, Carter, Clifton, Carpenter, Crammond, Davys, Dobson, Dodd. Eddelston, Ellis, Flores, Dr. Fennelly, Fitzherbert, Farrell, Green, Goodfellow, Goldstine, Howes, Harper, King, Larkin, Little, Lawrence. Ling, Lynn, Moran, Mitchell, Miller, Maddocks, Moller, Mack, McDonald, McKenzie, Parnham, Piper, Radford, Raymond, Shaw. Storey, Thompson, Victor, Vernon, Wilson (2), Dr. Wallis, Wright, White, Young. Second Saloon: Mesdames Allen, Barnes, Ganiev, Johnston, Jones, Robson, Misses Kilpatrick. Pitt, Rankin (2), Waugh, Wight, Messrs. Allen, Chisholm, Dunn, Einholm, Johnston, King, Kerner, Mengel, McMorrow, Mclnnes, Newman. Power, Prentice, Selby, Warner, Young, and 93 steerage, including 4S Chinese. The local office of the Union Company advises that the Marama is timed to sail again at 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon next on her return trip to Sydney.