The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 441, 24 August 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—The O. and 33. Line reports the following changes of masters in command of its various vessels:—Captain J. Ferris to Port Denison; Captain \V. Gilling (ex Port Bowen) to Port Dunedin; Captain S. E. A. Gregory (ex chief officer Port Hunter) to Port Napier; Captain G. S. Hall (ex chief officer Port Adelaide) to Port Albany; Captain S.' W. Hay ter (ex Port Hobart) to Port Gisborne; Captain G. W. Hearn to Port Bowen; Captain J. J. Hudson (acting - master Port Melbourne) to Port Pirie; Ca_ptain J. Jack to Port Nicholson; Captain C. N. Jones (ex Port Brisbane) to Port Wellington; Captain F. H. ICearnev (ex Port Fremantle and Port Pirie) to Port Melbourne; Captain W. S. Mason, D.S.C., to Port Hardy; Captain R. Needham (ex Port Albany) to Port Campbell; Captain P. J. Reynolds (ex Port Campbell) to Port Brisbane; Captain C. A. Robinson (ex Port Napier) to Port Hunter; Captain I. R. Sawbridge to Port Darwin; Captain L. H. Swan to Port Adelaide; Captain R. Williams to Port Victor; Captain A. H. Brown to Port Carpline; Captain J. C. Compton to Port Huon; Captain S. C. Cottell (ex Port Hunter) to -Port Hobart; Captain R. Craven (ex Port Gisborne) to Port Fairy; Captain R. S. Durham, D.S.C., to Port Auckland; Captain W. J. Enright to Port Curtis; Captain F. Farmer (ex Port Dunedin) to Port Fremantle.

ZEALANDIC FOR AUSTRALIA. Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savill and Albion tVinpany that their cargo vessel Zealandie left London on Tuesday afternoon for Australian ports. AORANGI LEAVES VANCOUVER.— The t'nion Company advises that the Aorangi left Vancouver at noon last Wednesday for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney. She is duo at Auckland on September 9. KAIWARRA LEAVES NEWCASTLE. —Cabled news has been received by the Union Company that the Kaiwarra cleared Newcastle at 7 a.m. on Wednesday with coal for Wellington. She is due there on Monday. MAKURA DUE MONDAY.—Continuing her voyage from San Francisco and Papeete, the Makura left Rarotonga on Tuesday for AVellington. The vessel is due there on Monday morning, and will leave the following afternoon for SydSYDNEY STEAMERS.—The .Ulimaroa leaves AVellington this morning for Sydney, and the Maheno and the Marama both leave Sydney to-day for Auckland and AVellington, respectively. All the three vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning. GOLDEN HARVEST DUE. Henderson and Macfarlane have not yet received radio advice of the time of arrival of the American steamer Golden Harvest, formerly the AVest Calera, which is due at Auckland to-morrow from the Pacific Coast w r ith cargo for discharge at this port, Wellington and Lyttelton. MAUI POMARE FOR NIUE ISLAND. —Spedding, Limited, advises that the Government motor-ship Maui Pomare is due at Auckland next Tuesday from Norfolk Island, and will leave again the following- day for Niue Island and Apia, Samoa, to load for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. WESTMORELAND LEAVES PANAMA. —Cabled news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer AVestmoreland arrived at Panama last Friday from London, and sailed again on Sunday fpr New Zealand ports. The vessel is due at Auckland on September 10. PHOSPHATES FROM NAURU. —' Henderson and Macfarlane, Limited, advises that the steamer Kintyre will leave Nauru Island next Friday with a cargo of phosphate for Auckland and Lyttelton. She is due at Auckland on September 31. The steamer Atholl is to leave Nauru on September 15 for New Plymouth and Wanganui. THE SALT ERSGAT E.—Advice has been received by Henderson and Macfarlane, Limited, that the steamer Saltersgate is expected to leave Wanganui tomorrow to load 3,150 tons of coal for Pago Pago at Westport. She will then proceed to Ocean Island, where she will load phosphate for Lyttelton and Dunedin toward the end of September. CARGO FROM NEW YORK.—Although no radio advice has been reveived by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company, the A. and A. Line's chartered steamer Trevorian is expected to arrive at Auckland next Monday from New York with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. NORTHUMBERLAND TO COMPLETE.—To complete her loading, the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Federal steamer Northumberland leaves Wanganui to-morrow for Wellington. The vessel is to clear Wellington finally on August 28 for London, via Panama. NIAGARA LEAVES SYDNEY. Cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the R.M.S. Niagara left Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due next Monday morning. She leaves here again at 11 a.m. the following day in continuation of her voyage to Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. TRADE WITH THE EAST.—Upon completion of the present voyage - from Calcutta to New Zealand the Union Company’s chartered steamer Sussex will be withdrawn from that service. Toward the end of September she will leave New Zealand for the Pacific Coast She left Calcutta for Auckland on August 7. The vessel has been engaged in tne -Eastern trade for many years. COPTIC FROM LIVERPOOL. No radio advice as to lier time of arrival has been received from the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s new motor-ship Coptic, which is due at Auckland next Monday from Liverpool with West of England cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. A. S. Paterson and Company will act as the local agents. MAHANA’S MOVEMENTS. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advises that the steamer Mahana left Timaru last evening for Wellington and leaves Wellington again on Monday for Napier, thence Waikokopu and Auckland to complete her loading. She is due here on September 5, and is scheduled to sail finally from this port on September S for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. A. S. Paterson and Company will act as the local loading agents. WAIRUNA’S CARGO. The Union Company’s transpacific cargo steamer Wairuna has now been fixed to load sugar at Fiji for Vancouver after unloading Pacific Coast cargo in New Zealand. She will not be available for cargo from New Zealand for Pacific Coast ports. She left Los Angeles on August U> for Papeete, Auckland, Napier,- Lyttelton. Dunedin and New' Plymouth, being due at Auckland on September 13. PORT HUON TO COMPLETE. The Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company has been advised that the C. and D. Line’s motor-ship Port Huon should clear Gisborne to-night for Auckland, where she is due to-morrow night to complete her loading. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel from this port next Wednesday for New York, Boston, and Lojidon, via Panama and Cristobal. P. AND O. BRANCH SERVICE. Henderson and Macfarlane, Limited, nave received advice that the P. and O. via Cape service has been renamed *he P. and O. branch service. Commencing with the steamer Barrabool, which is to leave Sydney on February 27 next, each alternate vessel w'ill proceed to England, via Suez, calling at Colombo, Port Said, and Malta. The new' service will also provide a monthly sailing via the Cape as well as via Suez. REMUERA SAILING.—The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Remuera leaves Auckland at 5 p.m. to-morrow for Bluff, where she continues her Homeward loading. From the Bluff the vessel proceeds to Port Chalmers, thence Lyttelton, Wellington, and. back to Auckland to complete. She returns here on September 30, and is scheduled to clear this port finally on September 15 for Southampton and London, via Panama. ORIENT LINE STEAM ERS.—The Union Company, agents for the Orient Line, advise the following movements of steamers:—The Orama, from London, is due at Sydney on August 30. The Orsova, from London, is due at Colombo on September 8, at Fremantle on September 18, and at Sydney on September 27. The Ormonde, from Sydney, is due at London on August 30. The Osterley, from Sydney, will leave Fremantle on August 27, and is due at London on September