The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Air. 11. Simmonds, second engineer of the Kaiwarra, has transfererd to the Waitemata in a similar capacity, relieving Mr. J. K. Vigers for private leave.

Mr. A. K. Liddell has rejoined the Waimea at chief engineer in place of Mr. R. G. Houghton, who is ashore to receive orders.

Mr. M. Henderson has joined the Komata as third engineer.

THE GOLDEN FOREST.—No wireless advice has been received yet from the Oceanic and Oriental Line steamer Golden Forest, which is due from Los Angeles next Wednesday. She has cargo from Pacific Coast ports for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Geelong, and Melbourne. HERMINIUS'S ITINERARY.—Having discharged nearly 7.000 tons of basic slag from Antwerp at King’s Wharf, the Shaw. Savill, and Albion steamer Herminius left Auckland for New Plymouth, Nelson, Napier, Waikokopu, Wellington, Bluff, and Port Chalmers yesterday morning to load refrigerated and general cargo for London. She is to be dispatched from Port Chalmers for London on April 7.

MATAROA.—The Shaw, Savill, a J? d „. Alblon liner Mataroa is to sail for \Vellington this afternoon in continuation of her voyage from London.

R.M.S. TAHITI.—The Royal Mail liner Tahiti, which is due at "Wellington from' San P i ancisco to-morrow, is to resume her voyage to Sydney at ten o’clock on Wednesday night.

tt °. tok * a leaves SAN PEDRO.—The Union Company has been notified by cablegram that its tanker Otokia sailed from San Pedro last Wednesday for Wellington with a cargo of fuel oil. She is due there about March 31. HORORATA LATE.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Hororata is now expected from Napier on Wednesday, to complete loading for England. She is to be dispatched from Auckland for London, via Panama, next Saturday. PAKEHA SAILING.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Pakeha sails from Auckland for Picton and Wellington tomorrow morning to complete loading for She is to be despatched from \V elllington for Londo.n via .Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, on March 24. CANADIAN WINNER GOES TUES'The local office of the Canadian National Steamships advises that the Canadian Winner will be dispatched from ° T n Tuesday- afternoon for L . yttel ton, Timaru and Dunedin to complete discharging operations. T ,!* GD ? N *r EAVES panama.— J b s. s Leen received bv the New Zealand Shipping Company that the .Federal steamer Huntingdon arrived at Panama last Tuesday from Liverpool and sailed again on Wednesday for New Zealand ports. She is due at Auckland on March 2S.

TOFUA RETURNING.—Advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the Island passenger steamer Tofua left Apia, Samoa, at 5 p.m. last Friday for Suva and Auckland. She is expected to clear the Fijian port on Thursday-, and is due here next Monday. MARAMA DUE TO-MORROW.—Due at Auckland to-morrow morning from Sydney, the Unio‘n Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Marama will probably- berth at the Prince’s Wharf to land her passengers, mails and cargo. The vessel is scheduled, to leave here at 3 p.m. next Friday on her return trip to Sydney-. PORT MELBOURNE COMPLETING.— At present completing her loading at the Queen’s Wharf, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Melbourne is expected to sail from Auckland on Wednesday for London via Panama. The Farmers’ Coop. Auctioneering Company are the local agents. PORT PIRIE TO COMPLETE.—To complete her loading under the agency of the Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Company, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Pirie arrived at Auckland this morning from Wellington, and berthed at the Central Wharf. It is hoped to dispatch her on Wednesday- from London via Panama.

PLUME WITH BULK OlL.—The local office of the Vacuum Oil Company has received advice that the " company's tanker Plume is due at Auckland with bulk oil from San Francisco about April 1. She will also unload at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The vessel is reported to have reached San Francisco last Wednesday.

RUAHINE'S PROGRAMME. Now completing her discharge at Auckland, the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Ruahine commences loading at this port and leaves on Thursday for Tokomaru Bay, thence Napier, Lyttelton and Wellington to fill up. The vessel is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on April 3 for Southampton and London via Panama and Curacao.

RANGITIK! CLEARS PANAMA.— Cable advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company- states that the company’s new motor-ship Rangitiki reached Colon from Southampton last Tuesday, and sailed from Balboa on March 7. The vessel is on her maiden voyage, and has passengers and mail for New Zealand, and cargo for discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff. She is now scheduled to reach Wellington on March 24. PASSENGERS FOR HOME.—The Argyllshire, which sailed from Wellington on Saturday- morning for London, via Panama, took the following saloon passengers: Mr. J. B. Gauntlett, Mr. Unwin, Mr. Ormsby, Mr. Drake, Mrs. Nixon, Miss Nixon, Mrs. Enderby and child, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Master Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Asser, Miss Asser. Miss Drake, Mr. McGibbon, Mr. Ulph, Miss Crawshaw, Miss Ulph. Mrs. Hay- and two children, Miss Morton, Mrs. Bright and child.

MAUI POM ARE SAILS.—The Maui Pomare, which put into Auckland on Saturday morning for repairs to her refrigerating machinery, and to unload a quantity- of bananas, which were becoming spoiled owing to the failure of the cool storage sy-stem in the holds, completed discharging operations in the afternoon, and the vessel resumed her voyage to Lyttelton and Wellington. The vessel is expected to return to Auckland on March IS, and to sail the following day for Norfolk Island.

EX S.S. AND A. STEAMERS.—Owing to the strike in the German shipping yards, the work of refitting the Mamari and the Arawa for the purpose of carryring motor-cars from America has been delayed. The third of the cargo vessels, the Matatua, sold by the Shaw Savill Company to Mr. Arnold Bernstein, of Hamburg, is at Wallsend slipway, Newcastle, and work on her is proceeding. The idea of the interested syndicate is to fit the steamers so as to send American cars to Europe unpacked, but bolted to specially constructed decks. These particular ships especially- attracted the ey-es of the buyers because of their fine measurements, which would enable them to put in an extra deck, and thus carry many- more motor-cars. After seeing many- other ships, the buyers selected these three as having the finest facilities for their purpose. All three vessels were in first-class working order, as the Arawa and Matatua had come straight off their running, and the Mamari had been laid up only for a short time at Falmmith.