The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 413, 23 July 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL Captain J. Bain is in command of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company’s tanker Scalaria, which is due at Auckland to-morrow from San Francisco via Wellington to complete the discharge of her cargo of bulk oiL and associated with him are the following officers: Chief, Mr. J. F. White; second, Mr. R. Colbridge: third, Mr. J. Town; chief engineer, Mr. G. N. White; second, Mr. T. W. Ash; third, Mr. G. Livingstone. The vessel has a crew of 36 Chinese.

The following are the engineers of the s.s. Balls Head: Chief, Mi'. I. R. Gilmour; second, Mr. J. W. McGill; third, Mr. L. Shuker.

Mr. E. M. Denby has joined the Waipiata as acting second engineer. Mr. I. McKenzie has left the motorship Hauraki at Sydney for examination leave.

MAUNGANUrS MAIL. The Chief Postmaster has received advice that the mails which left Wellington on June 20 by the R.M.S. Maunganui, via San Francisco, will arrive in London on J uly 26.

COPTIC FROM LIVERPOOL. On her maiden voyage the new Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-ship Coptic was scheduled to clear Liverpool on Saturday for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin.

NEW C. AND D. LINER.—The local office of the C. and D. Line has received cabled news of the launching of the Port Fairy, another of their new motor-ships for the Australian and Xew Zealand trade.

WAIPAHI SAILS NOON WEDNESDAY.—At noon on Wednesday the local office of the Union Company hopes to dispatch the Island fruit steamer Waipahi from Auckland for Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Mangaia to load for Auckland again.

THE CANADIAN BRITISHER. —Cabled advice has been received by the Canadian National Ship Line that the Canadian Britisher arrived at Panama on July 12 from Montreal, and sailed again on July 13 for New Zealand ports. The vessel is due at Auckland on August 8.

OMANA SAILING.—To continue unloading poles and coal from Port Stephens and Newcastle, the R. S. Lamb steamer Omana is to be dispatched from Auckland on Wednesday for Gisborne. She will later return to Auckland to load timber, and after completing at Dargaville and Hokianga sails for Australia. SCALARIA WITH OIL.—To complete the dicharge of the remainder of her cargo of bulk oil from San Francisco, the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's tanker Scalaria is due at Auckland from Wellington to-morrow. The vessel will berth at Western Wharf.

ELVERIC TO-MORROW. —According to radio advice received on Saturday from the master of the vessel by the local agents, Messrs. Robert Millar and Company, the Weir steamer Elveric is expected to arrive at Auckland to-morrow with a full cargo of raw sugar from Java. The vessel wlil berth at Chelsea to discharge. KAITUNA WITH PHOSPHATES. The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the Kaituna is due at Suva on Thursday from Wellington, and later proceeds to Noumea; thence Surprise Island, where at the latter place she loads phosphates for Auckland.

CUMBERLAND COMPLETING. —Now at Wellington completing her loading, the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been advised that the Federal steamer Cumberland is expected to clear there to-morrow for London, Antwerp, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Panama.

PORT BOWEN DUE TO-MORROW. Due at Auckland to-morrow from New York, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Bowen will berth at the Prince’s Wharf to land the local portion of her cargo under the agency of Heather, Roberton and Company before proceeding to Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete.

MAHANA'S PROGRAMME. Due at Auckland on July 31 from London, the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Mahana later proceeds to Wellington to complete her discharge of inward cargo. She will then take the loading berth in New Zealand, her ports being Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, Xapier, Waikokopu and Auckland. She is due back here on August 31, and is scheduled to sail finally fi'om this port on September 5 for London, via the Cape Horn. A. S. Paterson and Company will act as the local agents.

KAIKORAI FOR AUCKLAND. Bn route l'rom Sydney and Newcastle, the local office of * the Union Company has been advised that the collier Kaikorai is to leave Suva on Wednesday for Auckland, where she is due on July 31.

NORTHUMBERLAND TO LOAD. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Northumberland, on completion of discharge at New Plymouth, will commence to load at that port for London. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to load also at Auckland (August 6 to August S), Gisborne, Waikokopu, Napier, .Lyttelton, Wanganui and Wellington. The Northumberland is due at Wellington on August 27, and will sail from there on August 28 for London, via Panama.

MAUI POM ARES PASSENGERS. The Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, which leaves Auckland at 10 o'clock this evening for Norfolk Island, is taking the following passengers:—Miss H. Hamilton, Mr. H. Turner, Mr. R. S. Thompson, Mr. G. W. Blythe, Miss M. Graten, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sw T ales, Mrs. J. Todd, Mr. J. Brown, Mrs. M. Brown, Mr. K. Gilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. S. Blakie and child, Mr. W. J. Laird, Mrs. E. Haggett, Mrs. M. Milltone, Mr. and Mrs. A. Channel-, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Wickham, Miss A. Whittle, Mr. A. K. McEwin, Mr. E. W. Opperman, Mr. T. Waddell, Mr. J. A. Frogley, Mrs. M. K. Bevan, Mr. T. Todd, Mrs. E. Winter, Mr. H. Anderson, Mr. E. R. Evans, Mr. and Mrs, G. A. Davidson and three children, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Renfrew, Mr. A. Nobbs, Mr. and Mrs. T. Hamilton, Mr. H. M. lveymer, Mr. A. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Ritson and child, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ashworth,

U.S.A. NOT SELF-SUPPORTING.— Among the popular convictions held by many American citizens is the theory that the United States is a self-supporting nation, capable of maintaining its institutions and standards of living upon its own products alone; that imports from foreign countries consist largely of luxuries, and that such other commodities as are imported could, and would if necessary, be produced in the United States, but are now purchased' abroad because it is easier and cheaper to so procure them. To those sharing such a belief m America’s economic independence, analysis of the import trade of the United States in 1927 will bring some surprises. Agriculture as an industry commands the services of 25 per cent, of the workers of the country and 10 per cent, of its entire population. More than 10 per cent, of the total products of the industry are exported to foreign countries and constitute in value more than 40 per cent, of the entire export trade of the United States. On the other hand, the value of agricultural products imported is greater than the value of the exports, and agricultural imports constitute in value 43 per cent, of all imports.

HUNTINGDON ARRIVES.—An arrival in the stream at Auckland shortly before 11 o’clock this morning was the Federal Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Huntingdon with -a cargo of general merchandise from West Coast ports of Great Britain. The vessel, which loaded at Newport, Avonmouth, Glaigcnv and Liverpool, sailed finally from last-named port on June 9. Her cargo includes a quantity of stone for the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and several 26-ton machinery lifts for Wellington.

The Huntingdon experienced a fair weather passage across the Atlantic, and arrived at Colon on the morning of June 27. After bunkering there she cleared Balboa at midnight the same night. Ideal weather prevailed for the remainder of the voyage across the Pacific.

Captain F. Ashworth is in command of the Huntingdon, and associated with him are the following officers: Chief. Mr. H. A. Fryer; second, Mr. P. Calcutt: third, Mr. H. Letts; fourth, Mr. A. D. Wilson; chief engineer, Mr. D. Graham; second Nlr. T. Spence; third, Mr. H. Boyes; tourth, Mr. James; fifth, Mr. C. Richardson; sixth, Mr. H. Bucknell: seventh, Mr. R. Browne; chief refrigerating engineer. Mr. J. Long; second, Mr. Laurinson; chief steward, Mr. J. Wade; wireless operator, Mr. Mugridge. The New Zealand Shipping company is the local agent and advises that it hopes to dispatch the Huntingdon on Saturday next for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete the discharge of her cargo.

THE MACPHERSON COLLECTION. \\e are informed by the Society for Nautical Research that a private individual, who prefers to remain anonvnious, from patriotic motives, is unwiilVI s - 1 -/? se ® the Macpherson Collection of Maritime Prints leave Great Britain, and has offered to donate the sum of £lO for every £IOO the society receives in response to its appeal for the purchase* of the collection over and above the amount already collected, says “Llovds Gazette ” This donation is subject to the proviso that the purchase price is £90,000, which sum Mr. Macpherson has intimated he is willing to accept. The society has already received over £30,000. leaving about £60,000 still to be raised, so that the present offer is equivalent to a gift of about £6,000. The items in the Macpherson collection, excluding the atlases and printed books, numbered 11,382, and included fine paintings and the best example of every engraving that illustrated the maritime history of Great Britain. It consists of the following sections:—(l) Naval Actions: (2) Naval Ships; (3) Portraits; (4) Sailing Ships; (5) Steamships: (6) Yachts; (7) Seaports; (8) Discovery; (9) Whaling; (10) General; (11) Atlases and Charts. Of these, each of the first seven stands unchallenged as the finest and most complete record of its subject, while the aUases and sea charts comprise the most complete series in private ownership. MOTOR SHIPBUILDING. Although the idea of records can he exaggerated, if they represent steadily accelerating progress rather than a sporadic advance, they deserve not to be passed over unnoticed, says the “Motor-Ship.” In March a larger tonnage of motor-ships was completed than has previously been recorded since the first oil-engined vessel sailed on her maiden voyage, and the output of their machinery as well as the number also constitutes a record. There were 25 such vessels—considering only larger ships—of 209,000 tons deadweight capacity, equipped with machinery of 101,000 i.h.p. Since the beginning of the year 51 motor-vessels of 467,000 tons d.w.c. (or its equivalent) have been commissioned, compared with : 22 of 165,000 tons during the correspond--1 ing period last year. Of the 25 vessels which ran trials last month, 17 were-*>uilt in British yards and 15 were for British shipowners, which is a larger proportion that the normal. Twenty-four motorships have been turned out from United Kingdom yards during the course of the past three months, whereas during the whole of 1927 the total number was only 39. These figures all seem to indicate that both that country and the rest of the world the tonnage and number of motor-vessels completed in 1928 will represent a marked advance on the vear 1927. Other developments maturing during the past month indicate the vitality of the motor-shipbuilding industry at the present time. The highest-powered single-acting engine yet built, for installation in the biggest and fastest singlescrew motor-ship, was tested, while the highest-powered motor cargo vessel yet delivered ran trials.