The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 477, 5 October 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

WAIPAHI SAILING.— At 3 o’clock this afternoon the local office of the Union Company hopes to dispatch the Island fruit steamer Waipahi for Suva, where she will load for this port. CANADIAN TRAVELLER COMING. — With general merchandise from Eastern Canadian ports for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne, the Canadian Traveller left Quebec on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN BRITISH ER.—The Canadian Government steamer Canadian Britisher, which, after loading at New Zealand ports, left Auckland on September 3 for New York, Boston and Montreal, arrived at Panama on Wednesday. VESTVARD SAILED. —The Norwegian motor-ship Vestvard, having discharged thet local consignment of her cargo of case oil at Western Wharf, left at 5.30 p.m. yesterday for Napier, Wellington and Australia to complete discharge. CANADIAN WINNER REPORTS The local office of the Canadian Government Mercantile Marine has received a wireless report from the steamer Canadian Winner, stating that she expects to arrive at Auckland from Montreal on October 13. MAKURA LEAVES 'FRISCO.— CabIe advice received by the Union Company states that the R.MiS. Makura left San Francisco noon last Wednesday, via Papeete, Rarotonga and Wellington, for Sydney. She is due at Wellington on October 22, ana at Sydney on October 27. HERTFORD LEAVES PANAMA.— Cabled news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer Hertford arrived at Panama on Sunday from Liverpool, and sailed again on Monday for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and New Plymouth. She is due at Auckland on October 23. CANADIAN CONQUEROR REPORTS. —The Canadian Government steamer Canadian Conqueror has reported that she expects to arrive at Wellington from Montreal next Wednesday. The vessel will discharge and load in the South, completing her cargo for Eastern Canadian ports at Auckland. NIAGARA CLEARS SUVA. —Cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the R.M.S. Niagara, en route from Vancouver and way ports, left Suva at 11.15 o’clock this morning for Auckland. She is expected to arrive here at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, and is announced to sail again at 11 o'clock the same evening for Sydney. lONIC’S MOVEMENTS. —L. D. Nathan and Company advise that the White Star liner lonic leaves Auckland daybreak on Sunday for Port Chalmers, thence Lyttelton, Napier and Wellington, to fill up for Home. She sails finally from Wellington on October 26 for Southampton and London, via Panama. WESTMORELAND TO COMPLETE. — The Federal steamer Westmoreland is to leave Wellington next Tuesday for Auckland, where she is due on October 11 to complete her loading under the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The vessel is scheduled to sail finally from this port on October 18 for London, via Panama. ULIMAROA'S PASSENGERS. —The Ulimaroa, which left Auckland this morning for Sydney, took the following passengers:— Saloon: Messrs. B. Kissen, Wood, McCartney, Turkington, B. Packman, Goodall, I. Kahn, Boyle, F. Bickford, Callaghen, O. Holet, Lichenstein, Rt. Rev. Chaparambi, Rt. Rev. Tharayil, Messrs. F. G. Fraser, A. S. Oxley, H. Hayward, W. Smith, C. Marks, Mclntosh, J. H. Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. Hemmen, Mrs. E. Gressier, Miss D. Hoile, Miss M. Clark, Miss K. Bergemaij, Dr. Buckley Turkington, Miss De Tourett, Miss B. Edwards, Sister M. Kayes. Mrs. T. Clegg, Mrs. Davies and boy, Mrs. M. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. J. Barnett, Mr. McCall, Mr. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones, Mr. J. Dott, Mr. D. Dott, Mr. and Mrs. Knapp,, Mr. Mabb, Rev. J. O’Boyle, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wilson, Mr. G. Dear, Mr. S. Barclay, Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Morrin, Mr. R. J. Allen, Mr. J. W. Allen, Mr. F. G. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Findlay and three children, Mrs. Bailey and three children, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Woollams, Mrs. Heskett, Miss V. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, Mrs. Mahon, Mr. and Mrs. Mo'noghan, Miss G. Forsyth, Miss A. Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. S. Clark, Mrs. Selkirk, Miss Graham, Miss Brady, Miss Graham, Mrs. W\ Thomson, Mrs. L. Morileau, Mrs. Love and girl, Mi§s Holloway, Miss A. Hill, Miss M. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. Nowlan, Mr. E. B. McKay, Mr. E. H. Short, Mr. W. A. Hart. Mr. C. Wilson, Mr. Tregurtha, Miss M. Dysart, Miss Whyteman, Mrs. E. H. Short, Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Bamkin, Mr. Watson, Mr. B. Wilson, Mr. McNicol, and 53 steerage, including 4 Chinese.

OMAN A DUE.—To load for Australia, the Lamb steamer Omana is due at Auckland to-morrow morning from Napier. TOFUA’S DECEMBER TRlP.—Advice received from the local office_of the Union Company states that the Tofua will leave Auckland at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 3, instead of Saturday, December 1, for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. DANYBRYN SAILS NEXT THURSDAY —Spedding, Limited, advises that the Danybryn will complete her discharge of Java sugar next Thursday and will then leave Auckland for Westport for bunkers. Her other movements have not yet been fixed. KAIWARRA FOR NEWCASTLE. —The local office of the Union Company advises that the collier Kaiwarra, which arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon from Westport, leaves here next Tuesday for Newcastle, where she will load for Wellington. MAUN GAN UI FOR SAN FRANCISCO. —According to cable advice, the Union Company’s R.M.S. Maunganui left Sydney yesterday afternoon for Wellington, where she is due on Monday morning. The liner leaves Wellington again at 3 p.m. on Tuesday for Rarotonga, Papeete and San Francisco. MARAMA AND MAHENO.—The Marama and the Maheno both leave Sydney to-day for New Zealand, the former vessel for Auckland and the latter for Wellington. Both steamers are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning. CREWS ON BRITISH VESSELS.—An interesting report has been published giving the number, ages and nationalities of seamen and distribution of crews employed on vessels registered in the United Kingdom. From this it appears that, on March 31 last year, on 4,619 steamers, of 8,986,573 tons net and 14,954,617 tons gross, 189,202 seamen were employed, of which 124.120 were British, 15,676 foreign, and 49,406 lascars. Out of a total of 200,525 employed in sea trading vessels, 70,395 were employed on deck, 71,525 in the engine room, 48,962 were “stewards,” and 9,643 wireles operators, etc. British, other than lascars, accounted for 66 per cent, of the total number of seamen on trading vessels, against 65.8 per cent, on March 31, 1926, in both years about 8 per cent, were foreigners, while the proportion of lascars decreased from 26.2 per cent, in 1926 to 26.0 per cent, in 1927. It appears that the number of men employed a 100,000 tons gross of shipping was* On deck of passenger vessels, 470, against 466 in other vessels; in the engine room, 542, against 430; and stewards, etc., 847, against 141. The total crew required to run a passenger vessel averaged about SO per cent, greater than that of a vessel of a similar size employed otherwise.

AMERICA’S FOREIGN TRADE.—In 1027 more than 70 per cent, of the entire water-borne foreign trade of the United States ws s conducted with 12 countries. Canada ranks first with imports of nearly 9,000,000 tons and exports of 12,000.000 tons. Second in rank is the United Kingdom, with imports of 1,300,000 tons and exports of 8,500,000 tons. Imports from Cuba aggregated 4,800,000 tons and exports 2,300,000 tons. Mexico sent imports of 5,400,000 tons and took 500,000 tons of exports. German imports were nearly 1,000,000 tons and exports 3,800,000 tons. Japan comes next with imports of 275,000 tons and exports of nearly 4,000,000 tons. Holland ranks seventh with imports of approximately 675,000 tons and exports of 2,700,000 tons. Chile sent 2,250,000 tons of ores and nitrates and took 860,000 tons of American export products. Imports from France were 475,000 tons and exports to that country 2,500,000 tons, a decrease from the previous year of more than 25 per cent. Belgium ranks tenth with imports of 1,300,000 tons and exprts of 1,600,000 tons. Argentina furnished 870,000 tons of imports and absorbed 2,000,000 tons of exports. Italy sent 400,000 tons of imports and purchased 1,600,000 tons of American exports.

AUSTRALIAN PORT CHARGES.— When will Australians insist on reforms in their ports? (asks the “Shipping World”). As a writer in t “The Times” points out, statistics of the cost of loading with general cargo six steamers at Australian ports last year show that the port charges, stevedoring and commission were found to represent more than 27 per cent, of the gross freights. Moreover, the loading costs did not include the “running expenses” of the ships while in port, such as crews’ wages, and the direct loading expenses amounted in each ease to several thousands of 'pounds. In the case of South African ports, the corresponding costs were 16.5 per cent, of the freights, while for vessels loading in India the proportion was 9.25 per cent. “Since the distance from Australia is much greater than that fron\ either India or South Africa, the port expenses in the Australian trade would have represented a still larger percentage if calculated on the lower freights for the shorter distances.” Comment was recently made on the position at Sydney, and these figures point the same moral. Australian trade is being seriously handicapped. One shipowner in London recently remarked, “I will have as little as possible to do with Australian ports.” OVERLOADED SHIPS.—We learn that steps are being taken with a view to strengthening the powers of the Board of Trade -to deal with cases of overloaded ships entering the ports of this country (writes the “Syren and Shipping”). Only very rarely are the offenders British shipowners, against whom the Board of Trade has ample means of enforcing its regulations. Unfsrrtunately, the position in regard to foreign ships is not so clear. A more serious side of the problem, however, is how to stamp out the practice of overloading that is undoubtedly prevalent in many ports of the world. Apart from the danger arising from the unseaworthiness of the ship, owners who make money in' this way are competing unfairly against those who observe the regulations, and it goes without saying that the enforcing of rules against overloading by the maritime countries generally would be welcomed by no one more heartilv than by the British owner. Already a Load Line Convention has been signed by many nations, but it is one thing to procure an agreement and another to get it carried into effect. The United States has only recently taken up the question, because formerly she was for the most part engaged in coastwise traffic, where load-line regulations were deemed to be not so essential, but a Bill designed to .introduce a load-line is now before Congress. Japan has also lately set about securing the same object.

ANTONIO FOR LYTTELTON.—Now undergoing repairs to her propeller at Auckland, the steamer Antonio is expected to leave here next Wednesday for Lyttelton to complete discharge of her phosphates. From Lyttelton the vessel proceeds to Westport for bunkers, thence Papeete and Makatea to load for New Zealand or Australia. Henderson and Macfarlane are the local agents. MAUI POM ARE DUE.—According to a radio message received by Spedding, Limited, the Government motor-ship Maui Pomare is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland late this evening from Norfolk Island. She will berth to-morrow morning at the King’s Wharf to land her passengers, mails and cargo. Next Thursday the Maui Pomare docks for cleaning and painting. On October 16 the vessel leaves Auckland for Niue Island and Apia, Samoa. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland. Marama, Moeraki, Maui Pomare, Ulimaroa, H.M.S. Veronica, Baron Inchcape, Canadian Transporter, Golden State, Waipahi. Chatham Islands.—Rimutaka, Ruahine, Pakeha'. Wellington.—Arahura, Aorangi, Maori, Maheno, Ngaio, Tamahine, Wahine, Antinous, Kintyre, Tutanekai, Niagara, Canadian Conqueror, Kairanga. Awarua.—Makura, Maunganui, C. A. Larsen, Sir J. C. Ross, Paua. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY RARAWA (4.45 p.m.), 1,077 tons, Bark, for New Plymouth.* HAUTURU (5.20 p.m.). 270 tons, Fowler-Jackson, for Hokianga. ARRIVAL TO-DAY ARAPAWA (7 a.m.), 291 tons, Robinson, from Port Waikato. The Arapawa arrived at Onehunga this morning from Port Waikato. She sails again at 3 p.m. to-day for Wanganui. The Rarawa is due at 7.30 a.m. tomorrow from New Plymouth. The Hauturu, which left yesterday for Hokianga, returns again on Monday morning. At 3 p.m. the same day she sails for Raglan, Kawhia and Port Waikato.