The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL. —A cable message to the New Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Federal steamer Westmoreland left Liverpool on Saturday with general cargo to discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is due at Auckland on February 18. TAHITI LEAVES RAROTONGA. —The Union Company has received cabled advice that the R.M.S. Tahiti, en route from San Francisco, via Papeete, arrived at Rarotonga at 8.30 a.m. last Monday, and left again at 10.30 p.m. the same day for Wellington, where she is due at 6 a.m. next Monday. The vessel will sail at 3 p.m. the following day for Sydney. HERTFORD LEAVES PANAMA.—The New Zealand Shipping Company is in receipt of cabled news that the Federal steamer Hertford arrived at Panama on Saturday. morning from Auckland, and left there a.gain on Saturday afternoon for London and West Coast ports of Great Britian. The vessel sailed from Auckland on December 15. BRUNSWICK WITH OlL.—The new new Diesel-electric oil tanker, Brunswick. owned by the Atlantic Union Oil Company, on her way from San Pedi'O, will now go to Melbourne and Sydney prior to coming to New Zealand.! She will proceed from Sydney direct to Wellington, and is due there about February 5 to put out part cargo. The vessel will afterwards come to Auckland to unload the remainder. COPTIC TO LOAD.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company has been notified by cablegram that their motor-ship Coptic, which left London on Tuesday morning with general cargo for Australia, will subsequently load in New Zealand about the middle of March for Home. This will be the Coptic’s second visit to New Zealand, sshe having been here last September. P. AND O. LINE OIL BURNERS. — The P. and O. Line steamer Baradine, which is to sail from Sydney on June 4, has been converted into an oil burner with increased speed. All this company s steamers of this particular class will be changed to oil burners similarly. This will make them at least equal to all other vessels in their class of trade. These steamers are fitted with a special ventilating system for the Suez Canal route. SOMERSET’S ITINERARY.-Tlie New Zealand Shipping Company reports that another alteration has been made in the loading itinerary of the Federal steamer Somerset. The vessel left New Plymouth on Wednesday evening for Wellington, where she berthed yesterday morning at the Glasgow Wharf. She is to leave W ellington to-morrow for Lyttelton, and is due back at Wellington again on January 22 from Lyttelton, to fill up. The Somerset Will sail finally from Wellington on January 24 for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool. ZINGARA’S RECORD RUN. The Hokitika “Guardian” of last Monday i n ? otor slli b Zingara, which t last Monday afternoon for Wellington, arrived in the roadstead on Saturday night, and berthed on Sunday morning at six o’clock, making the round trip m about 5J days, which probably constitutes a record between Hokitika and \\ elhng-ton. During- that time she had to land the. equivalent in timber and eargo of 800 tons, so that the run must be Considered a very good one.” ROTORUA’S PASSENGERS.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua, which left Wellington last evening for Southampton and London, via Panama, took the following passengers: Saloon: Mr. .R. R. Anson, Rev. M. Broughton, Miss D. H. Bennett, Mr F ii Llar et, airs. A. C. Evans, Miss e! Hermngton, Miss E. Hunter-Brown, Mr ftvi 1 ' T lvey ’ ¥, rs - Mr. S. A. Joyce, Mrs Joyce, Miss P. M. T. Joyce, Miss SrV„ M V L |, t . ,re ' nsM ?- Rev. T. McDermott, -vrf leS ? e ' T M t H - E - Racey, Mrs. Pacey, Miss J. L. Face}-, Miss D. E. M. Ragsdale, Miss M. E. Richards, Miss H Valentine Simpson, Mrs. B. M. ShirrefHilton Master G W. Shirref-Hilton, Mis. l. Howard Tripp, Miss M. R Tripp. Miss R. H. Tripp, Mr. L. Lev: cester; 08 third class.

STEAMER FOR WARKWORTH.—Instead of Monday the Northern Company advises that the Omana will leave Auckland at 3 p.m. oil Tuesday for Warkworth. MATA KAN A STEAMER.—The Northern Company advises that an aleration lias been made in the Matakana service. Starting this Monday the Kawau will leave Auckland at noon for Matakana instead of on Tuesdays. NIAGARA CLEARS VANCOUVER.— The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the R.M.S. Niagara left Vancouver at noon last Wednesday, via ports, for Auckland and Sydney. She is due here on January 28.

THAMES SERVICE.—The Northern Company advises that the Rangitoto will leave Auckland at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday for Thames, and leaves the Thames at I*o a.m. oil Wednesday for Auckland. Also the Waipu will leave Auckland at 3 p.m. next Wednesday for the Thames. THAMES RACES.—At 6.45 a.rn. tomorrow and on Monday at the same time the Northern Company is dispatching the passenger steamer Rangitoto for Kopu, which is about the same distance to the racecourse as from the Thames Wharf. The vessel leaves Kopu at 6.30 p.m. each day on her return trip to Auckland. SYDNEY STEAMERS.—The Ulimaroa left Wellington shortly after noon to-day for Sydney, and the Marama and the Maunganui both leave Sydney this afternoon for Auckland and Wellington respectively. All the three vessels are due at their arrival i_>orts next Tuesday morning. AO RAN GI LEAVES SYD.N EY.—Cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi left Sydney at 12.30 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due on Sunday evening. It is expected to berth the liner the same evening, and at 3 p.m. next Tuesday she will leave this port for Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. REMUERA SAILS TUESDAY.—The local office of the New Zealaiid Shipping Company advises that the liner Remuera now sails from Auckland at noon on Tuesday for Napier, thence Lyttelton and Wellington to fill up for Home. The liner is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on February 2 for Southampton and London via Panama. RUAPEHU’S PROGRAMME—The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the steamer Ruapehu is due at New Plymouth to-day from Napier to complete her discharge of London cargo and to commence her loading for her return voyage. From New Plymouth the vessel proceeds to Nelson, thence Auckland, Lyttelton and Wellington to fill up for Home. She is due here on January 19. and is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on January 31 for* Southampton and London via Panama. A YEAR’S SAlLlNG.—Details of the performance of the motor-tanker Lumen were given recently and indicated that during one year the vessel was at sea 311 clays and covered 71,900 miles. This record was exceeded recently by the Scottish Minstrel, a tanker owned by Tankers. Ltd. She left Antwerp on September 1. 1927, and up to August 31, 1928, had been under way 334 days out of the 365, having completed 73.553 miles. The average stay in each port, excluding 14 days for dry-docking, hull repairs and modified surveys of motors and boilers, was 2 days 4 hours, in which time the vessel was moved from berth to berth under her own power. The Scottish Minstrel is a ship of 9,930 tons deadweight, and is fitted with two 1.250 b.li.p. six-cylinder V lekers airless-injection engines. TREWIDDEN IN PORT. —Under charter to the Canadian National Steamship Line, the Plain steamer Trewidden arrived in the stream at Auckland early this morning from Halifax, and later berthed at the Prince’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo. The vessel sailed from Halifax on November 29 and experienced good weather for her run to New Zealand. The vessel has cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Geelong. It is hoped to dispatch the Trewidden from Auckland this evening Captain W. Rowe is in command of the vessel and has the following officers with him: Chief, Mr. U. Crocker; second. Mr. P. Moultan: third, Mr. G. Cappleman; chief engineer, Mr. A. Cook; second, Mr. R. Hogan; third, Mr. H. Cowles; fourth, Mr. J. James; wireless operator, Mr. L. Wilmott; chief steward, Mr. J. B. Cower. NEW CANADIAN LlNEß.—Steamship passenger traffic on the St. Lawrence route has developed so rapidly since the Great War ended that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company now feels justified in placing a first-class liner of 40,000 tons gross register on the South-ampton-Quebec route. Contract for a vessel of this size, to be known as the Empress of Britain (most appropriate title for the flagship of the fleet) has been given to John Brown and Company, Ltd., Clydebank. Scotland, which firm has already built several ships for Canadian Pacific Service. The new Empress of Britain will be 730 ft long, 97ft. wide, and, with a speed of 24 knots, will be able to make the trip between Southampton and Quebec in five days. While this new ship will not be of the mammoth type now under construction for certain British and German lines for service between Europe and New Y'ork, she will mark a very distinct advance, both in size and speed, over any ship heretofore operated between Canada and British ports. Her accommodation will be luxurious and she will be capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers in first, second and third classes. She will be 50ft longer and 25ft wider than the Empress of Scotland, now the largest vessel in Canadian service, and her gross tonnage will exceed that of the “Scotland” by 15,000 tons, and it will also be exactly double that of the new “Duchess” liners. No other shipping company has, for many years, carried out such a construction programme as that which the Canadian Pacific will complete by building the new Empress of Britain, which, during a period of four years, from 1927 to 1931, includes five super-cargo ships of the “Beaver” class, four 20,000-ton “Duchesses,” the new Empress of Japan now building for trans-Pacifie service, and the ne-\v Empress of Britain for the Atlantic—also two new vessels for British Columbia Coast service. When tlie two new • Empresses” are completed, the Canadian Pacific fleet of trans-Atlan-tic and trans-Pacifio ships " will total 465,367 gross tons, in daily service and operating on routes that stretch twoI thirds of the distance around the globe.