The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 483, 12 October 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

NIAGARA’S NEXT TRIP. —The Royal Mail liner Niagara, which is ejcpected at Sydney from Auckland to-day, will leave again for Auckland next Friday. The vessel is due here on Monday, October 22, and will sail at 8 o’clock the next evening for Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. NORDHVAL FROM PACIFIC COAST. —The steamer Nordhval, under charter to the Union Company, will load at Vancouver on November 5, completing at San Francisco, for Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney. The vessel is expected to leave San Francisco about November 13, and should arrive at Auckland early in December. HANNINGTON COURT COMING. Bringing nitrates for discharge at Auckland, and Sydney, the steamer Hannington Court left South America last Saturday. She is expected to arrive here about November 6. T.he Hannington Court is a single screw steamer of 5,184 tons gros, and is owned by the Court Line, Ltd. CERAFUS ON MONDAY.—The steamer Cerafus, with a cargo of phosphates from Nauru Island, is expected to arrive at Auckland at noon on Monday, according to wireless advice received by the local agents, Henderson and Maefarlane, Ltd. After discharge of the local consignment of her cargo, the vessel will go to Wanganui to complete unloading. CANADIAN WINNER REPORTS.. A further radio message received by* the local office of the Canadian National Steamships states that the Canadian Winner is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland late to-morrow evening or Sunday morning from Montreal. The vesse! has cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Australian ports. She will berth at the Prince’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo. PORT DARWIN SUNDAY.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s steamer Pcirt Darwin is due at Auckland from Liverpool on Sunday at 10 a.m., and will berth at Queen’s Wharf to commence discharge of her cargo of general merchandise from West of England ports on Monday. The vessel also Ca uF°* f Wellington and Lyttelton. She will start loading for Englarid at Timaru on November 1, but the rest of her loading programme has yet to be fixed. MARAMA BAlLlNG.—Besides mails and cargo, the Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Marama, which leaves Auckland at 3 p.m. to-dav for Sydney, is taking the following passenFirst saloon: Misses O. Clarke, R Donnelly, M. Barnes, I. M. Wilde, M. Alison, R. Katterfeldt I Williams, E. C. demon, Mesdames E. Gibson, Aubin. M rt«^\ lddup ' A* S. Donnelly, Nathan, V. M. Taylor and child, A. M. Paterson, Duncan, C. Parkmgton, E._ J. Campbell, E. M. Abbott, Kock, C. Wilde, E G Heather and child, M. Alison, J. demon! McLaren, James, Messrs. L M Moss A. A. Morrow, W. C. Hildebrandt, W. j! P. Fitzgerald, R. A. Barstow, Dr. Aubin, E. Healey, If. IT. Magson, Q. Springhalt Nathan, J. A. Duncan, B. S. Bennett. G. Willis, A C. Kock, G. Rundell, N. Wilde, W. L. Wtiide, A. J. Kemp, H. Faunce, A., W. McLaren, A. J. Learmouth, V. W. Birtwhistle. J. T. Coote, Dr James, F. R. Lindsay, J. D. Clemon. J. J. B. Veale. Second saloon: Misses R. Richardson and child, C. C. Hobson, D. E. Lave, A Maguire, F. F. Downes, K. Dean, C. McDermott, Mesdames E. M. E. Hobson, G. A. Gardiner, E. Smith, Iverson, E. Maguire, E. M. Brewster. E. Bavlev and three children, Marshall and child, E. Whisker, E. A. Hazell, Johnson and ohild. B. McDermott, Messrs. W. Workman. W. S. Chapman, F. Parkin. I. M. Hows, C. Shepherd, J. Rose, W. Johnston, J V. Iverson, A. Parkingion, W. H. Baker,* R G. Roberts, Nelson, H. Marshall, J. Johnson. and 32 steerage, including five Indians.

MAILS HOME.—The acting chief postmaster has received advice that the mails which left Wellington on September 11 per R.M.S. Makura, via San Francisco, arrived in London on October 10. DANYBRYN FOR BUN KERS.—The steamer Danybryn yesterday completed discharge of her cargo of sugar from Java at Chelsea and last evening sailed for Westport, where she will replenish bunkers preparatory to sailing for Ocean Island to load phosphates. WAIPAHI LEAVING SUVA.—The Union Company’s special iruit steamer Waipahi, which arrived at Suva from Auckland on Wednesday morning, was expected to leave this morning on her return trip to Auckland with a cargo of Island produce. The vessel is due here early next week and is announced to sail again for Suva on October 18. WAIRUNA DELAYED BY RAIN.— Heavy rain hindered cargo operations on the Union Company’s trans-Pacific cargo steamer Wairuna at New Plymouth yesterday, and the vessel will not leave for Auckland until to-morrow. She is expected to arrive here on Monday, and after, loading will sail for Apia, Farming Island and Vancouver. WESTMORELAND IN PORT.—The Federal steamer Westmoreland arrived at Auckland this morning from Wellington and berthed at the King’s Wharf to complete her loading under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel from Auckland at daybreak next Wednesday, October 17, for London, via Panama. ANTONIO SAlLED.—Repairs to her propeller having been completed, the steamer Antonio left Auckland for Lyttelton yesterday. There the vessel will complete discharge of her cargo of phosphates from Casablanca before going to Westport to replenish bunkers and load coal for Papeete. From Papeete she will go to Makatea Island to load another cargo of phosphates for New’ Zealand and Australia. RUAHINE AT .WELLINGTON.—Late last evening the New Zealand ShippingCompany s liner Ruahine arrived at Wellington from London and Southampton. She has passengers, mails and part cargo for Wellington, and cargo lor Lyttelton. On completion at Lyttelton the vessel commences loading there and fills up at Wellington and Auckland. She is due here on October 26 and is scheduled to sail finally from this port on November 10, for Southampton and London, via Panama. RIMUTAKA ARRIVES. At 11.30 o’clock last evening the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Rirautaka arrived in the stream from London and Southampton, and berthed this morning at the Queen’s Wharf to land her passengers, mails and part cargo. The vessel loaded in London and embarked her passengers, and mails at Southampton, leaving the latter port on August 30. Fine weather was experienced until the Azores was passed, when she ran into unsettled and boisterous weather. On September 9 a phenomenal electrical storm was encountered, there being 40 Hashes of lightning to the minute. The Rimutaka passed through the Mona passage, in the West Indies, 60 miles ahead of the hurricane which did so much damage in that part. Through the passage and until she reached Colon on September 16, the vessel experienced heavy north to north-west swells. Transit through. Panama was granted the following day, and the vessel continued on her way. Good weather was then encountered until the vessel was 2,000 miles off the New Zealand coast, when she ran into heavy westerly winds and seas, which lasted until she arrived at Auckland. On September 22% Mrs. Ashworth, who was returning to New Zealand with her husband, died and was buried at sea. Trimmer J. Matthews disappeared during the night of September 17 and 18. He was last seen at 3 a.m. on September 18. Tne Rimutaka has cargo for discharge at Auckland, Port Chalmers and Nelson, and -is expected to leave here on Monday. (_a.ptain E. Holland is now in command °L tlie Rlrau taka, and has the following officers with him:—Chief, Mr F C Pretty; second .Mr. H. S. Cash more; third, Mr. I'. Cooke; fourth, Mr E M Foster; chief engineer, Mr. H. M Liscombe; second, Mr. M. E. Foughy; third Mr. C. H, Mayne; fourth. Mr. R. il’ Town: chief refrigerating engineer, Mr. J. Sibbald; chief wireless operator. Air C. T. A. Shearer; surgeon. Dr. A. N T ! Witham; steward-in-charge, Mr. W Swift. The passenger list of the Rimutaka was published in The Sun last Wednesday. . THE SAILOR'S HEALTH—"A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conyemency of every kind, and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger. When men come to like a sea life they are not fit to live on land Men go to »ea before they know the unhappiness oi that way of life; and when they have come to know it. thev cannot escape from it because it is then too late to choose another profession; as indeed is generally the case with men when they have once engaged in any oartlcular way of life.” Thus said the dear old pedantic, scholarly Doctor Samuel Johnson (writes the ''Syren and Shipping ). We cannot now bring him to book for such an outspoken criticism concerning the conditions of sea life as he understood or imagined them. De mortuis nil nisi bonum. The question with which we are chiefly concerned is whether any part of the doctor’s tirade against sea life applies to the latter-day conditions in our Merchant Navy. We agree that in many cases it is true that once a sailor always a sailor. In other words those who succumb to the G f the sea cannot escape from the glamour of the ocean, and its ways, despite surroundings which, compared with those obtaining on shore,may be regarded by some as having little to commend them. The statement that there might be better air in a gaol than the living quarters of a ship and greater "conveniency” was never a factor in determiinng whether men went to sea or stayed ashore. Your true ocadog is not likely to trouble himself oyer such matters, which is a reason, of course, why the owner should spare no effort to further the sailors’ health and comfort.

PORT DENISON FROM LONDON.— : The Commonwealth and Dominion Lane’s 1 steamer Port Denison, with a cargo of general merchandise from England, London for New Zealand ports on Wednesday SPINAGER AT LOS ANGELES.—The motor-tanker Spinager. which left Auckland on September 17. after discharging portion of a cargo of bulk oil. arrived at Los Angeles to load a fresh cargo on Wednesday. DAYLIGHT SAVING.—The Northern j Company advises that beginning on Sun--1 day. the week-end vessel leaves Cowes Bay at 4 p.m.. Orapin at 415 p.m.. j Awaroa at 4.45 p.m., and Surf dale at 5.30 j p.m. for Auckland, and the other vessel i leaves Ostend at 5 p.m., and Omiliu at j 5.30 p.m. for Auckland. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Veronica. Kinwood, Kaiwarra, Canadian Winner, Port Darwin, Oaman, Lionel. Danybym. Marama. Chatham Islands.—Canadian Explorer. Ivaramea. Wellilngton.—Maori. Wahlne, Ngaio, Arahura, Tamahine. Eavonscar, Ruahine, Tutanekai. Baron Incheape, Ulimaroa, Maheno, Poolta, Australia, Antonio. Awarua.—Maunganui, Makura, Port Hunter, Golden State. Calarsen. Sir J. C. Ross, N. T. Xilson, Alonso, City of New York.