The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 711, 10 July 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

OIL FROM BORNEO. —The Norwegian tanker Heron is expected at Auckland tomorrow night with a full cargo of bulk oil from Balikpapan, Borneo, for the Shell Company. She will unload a quantity of the cargo at Western Wharf and the remainder at Wellington. CERASUS LATE.—A. S. Paterson and Company, Limited, has received advice that the tramp steamer Cerasus is due at Auckland from Lyttelton on Monday. The vessel will complete dischargingphosphates from Juan De Nova, Mozambique, at this port, and she will afterwards be docked for cleaning and painting. NEWTON PINE DUE.—Henderson and Macfarlane, Limited, advises that the steamer Newton Pine is expected at Auckland about the end of this week with a full cargo of phosphates from Casablanca, Morocco. She will unload a quantity of the cargo at King’s Wharf, and the remainder at New Plymouth and Wanganui. TAHITI DELAYED.—-Accoi'ding to cable advice received from. Sydnev the Union Company’s R.M.S. Tahiti, which is scheduled to leave there tomorrow for San FTuncisco, via ports, is now to leave the New South Wales port on Friday. The vessel has ben docked at Sydney owing to her touching a reef when entering Papeete on her way south last trip. CANADIAN CONQUEROR REPORTS. —Wireless advice received by the Canadian National Steamships from the Canadian Conqueror states she will arrive from Montreal next Monday night. Thevessel is bringing general merchandise from Eastern Canadian ports for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. CANADIAN SCOTTISH REPORTS. The local office of the Canadian National Steamships has received wireless advice from the Canadian Scottish stating she will arrive from Montreal at noon next Tl_ie vessel is an addition to the National Steamships’ regular monthly steamer, and will unload cargo for New Zealand at Auckland. Afterwards she will go to Australia to complete discharge. MAHIA AT GISBORNE.—The Shaw, savill and Albion Company’s steamer Mahia arrived at Gisborne this morning from Napier, and sails tomorrow for Auckland, where she is due on Friday to complete her loading for America 'and England. She is scheduled to sail finally from this port on July 16 for New York, Boston and London, via Panama A. S. Paterson and Company will act as the local agents. ITALIAN STEAMERS FOR SHIPBREAKERS.—The Italian steamer Principe di Udine, 6,100 tons deadweight, and with large passenger accommodation, built in 3908, and owned by the Llovd Sabaudo Soe. Anon, per Azioni. Genoa been purchased by the Stabilimento Metallurgno Ligure, of Sestri Ponente for 1,570,000 lire, and will be broken up’ This vessel visited Australia last year In connection with the improved services between Italy and Australia, brought into being by the Australia-Italia Line. She made on or two voyages, but was then withdrawn.

ISLAND FRUIT STEAM ER.—The Union Company’s Island steamer Waipahi was due at Rarotonga from Auckland on Monday, en route to Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia. PORT CAMPBELL AT LONDON.—The C. and D. Line have been notified by cable that the Port Campbell arrived at London on Friday from Wellington. The vessel left there on May 25. TOFU A SAILS ON SATURDAY.—The local office of the Union Company advises that the Island passenger steamer Tofua is to be dispatched from Auckland at 11 a.m. on Saturday next on her return trip to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. PORT ALMA LEAVES COLON.— Cabled advice has been received by the C. and D. Line that the Port Alma left Colon on Friday for Wellington, Auckland, and New Plymouth, en route from London. She is due at Wellington on July 25. NIAGARA NEARS SUVA.—According to a radio message received by the local office of the Union Company, the R.M.S. Niagara is expected to arrive at Suva at 5.30 a.m. on Friday from Vancouver via ports. She leaves again at noon for Auckland, where she is due on Monday next. The vessel is scheduled to sail from Auckland at 5 p.m. next Tuesday for Sydney. A PAN U I TO RESUME.—The Northern Company advises that the Apanui, after undergoing overhaul, is to resume runi • ; on Monday, when she will be disfor Mercury Bay. The Wa iota hi, which has been relieving the Apanui, will be transferred to the Whangarei service, in place of the Claymore, which return to Auckland on Saturday, will be withdrawn for overhaul on her KENT DUE FRI DAY.—Further advice received by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the Federal steamer Kent leaves Gisborne at 9 o’clock tomorrow evening for Auckland. She is due here on Friday, and will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to complete her loading. The vessel is scheduled to sail finally from this port on July 16 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Panama. HURUNUI'S MOVEMENTS.—The New eZaland Shipping Company’s steamer Hurunui is to leave Wellington for New Plymouth tomorrow to complete discharging cargo from London. At New Plymouth the vessel will commence loading for her homeward voyage, and she win later load at Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. She is due back at Auckland on July 29, and is to be dispatched for New York, Boston and London two days later. BARON JEDBURGH ARRIVING.— Messrs. R. Millar and Co. have not yet received any radio report from the vessel, Baron Jedburgh, inward bound from Cuba with a cargo of raw sugar. She should be sending wireless advice of the time of her arrival at any time now. According to the reports from the Ellerman and Bucknall vessel, City of Salisburv, which was in touch with the Baron Jedburgh on her way to Auckland, the Baron vessel should be showing up about Friday. She Will be unloading her full cargo here. KING GRUFFYDD WITH BASIC SLAG.—After a stormy passage of 69 days from Antwerp, the King Line steamer King Gruffydd arrived in the stream at Auckland at 2.30 o’clock this morning. She later berthed at King's Wharf to discharge the local portion of her full cargo of basic slag from the Belgian port, to the agency of tho New Zealand Shipping Company. The King Gruffydd cleared Antwerp on May 1, and struck the first rough weather in the English Channel three days thereafter. From then on she encountered a succession of gales right across the Atlantic Ocean and down to Newport News, where she put in for bunkers on May 25. She left there the following evening, and enjoyed fair weather down to Colon, where she arrived on June 3, having averaged a speed of nine knots, which was her best for the whole trip. She bunkered again at Colon, passed through the Panama Canal, and cleared Balboa on June 4. Favourable conditions then prevailed as far as Pitcairn Island, but after passing there the King Gruffydd ran into very severe weather, which prevailed almost as far as the New Zealand coast. Bor five days it was exceptionally violent. Tho vessel met with a southerly storm, and had to battle against head winds and seas, and on account of her “deadweight” cargo she laboured heavily. Last Saturday night the weather became very rough, and the next morning she was struck by the worst sea of the trip. It mounted as high as the bridge deck, and the well decks and cabins were flooded. Water also found its way down into the engine-room. Throughout the whole voyage only minor damage was done. Captain L. W. Litton commands the King Gruffydd. and he has with him the following officers:—Chief officer, Mr. T R. Simnionds; second Mr. A. G. Purvesthird, Mr. A. E. B. Brown; chief engineer, Mr. A. S. Barnard; second. Mr. A. "Walker; third, Mr. A. E. Coverdale; fourth, Mr. R. W. Turnbull; wireless operator, Mr. E. C. Carter; chief steward, Mr. A. Barton. The New Zealand Shipping Companv hopes to dispatch the King Gruffydd on Tuesday next for New Plymouth, to complete discharging.

MAI MOA DELAYED.—The departure of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer Maimoa, which is now completing her loading at Wellington, has been postponed until tomorrow afternoon, when she clears Wellington for London, via the Cape Horn route. SYDNEY STEAMERS.—The Ulimaroa sails from Auckland at 11 a.m. on Friday for Sydney, and the Malieno and Marama both leave Sydney on Friday, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for Wellington and Auckland respectively. All the three vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning. ANGLO-INDIAN’S BERTH. —Although no radio message has been by Robert Millar and Company from the steamer Anglo-Indian, which is inward bound from Galveston, Texas, the vessel is expected at Auckland about Saturday according to advices received from the Hororata, which arrived here last evening. Tho vessel is bringing sulphur for discharge at Auckland and Australian ports and will berth at the Central Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo. HORORATA FROM HOME. —At 5.30 p.m. yesterday the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Hororata anchored off Motuihi to land explosives. The vessel is inward bound from London. She loaded all her cargo at London and left there on May 31. During the first two days out the vessel experienced heavy fog, otherwise her trip to Panama was made in good weather. She arrived at Panama on June 16, where she coaled. Transit through the Canal was given the following day. Good weather was still experienced until June 30, when she ran into a southerly gale with heavy westerly swells, and these conditions lasted until Tiri was passed. On Sunday and on Monday last the weather chopped round to all quarters of the compass. Although the vessel experienced some very heavy weather, no damage was done to the Hororata. It is expected the vessel will berth at the Queen’s Wharf tomorrow evening to continue landing the local portion of her cargo. Later she proceds to Lyttelton, Dunedin, and New Plymouth to complete discharge. Captain C. Matthews is in command of the Hororata and has the following officers with him:—Chief, Mr. A. Lettington; second, Mr. F. Tether; third, Mr. E. Quick; fourth, Mr. T. L. Jones; wireless operator, Mr. A. Smith; surgeon, Dr. H. Golder; chief- engineer, Mr. A. Mac Ewan; second, Mr. G. Fell; third, Mr. A. .Johnson; fourth, Mr. C. Shepherd; fifth, Mr. L. Erlson; sixth. Mr. Taylor: seventh, Mr. A. Turner; refrigerating engineers, Messrs. A. Lloyd and A. Gurgan; electrician, Mr. A. Hazelwood; steward - in-charge, Mr. J. Mackins.