The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 737, 9 August 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

RONA LEAVES SUVA.— According: to cable advice, the Colonial .Sugar Company’s steamer Kona left Suva last evenmg for Auckland and Sydney. Slie is due here on Wednesday next. VESSELS DELAYED. —Owing to the heavy rain loading and discharging operations on various vessels at Auckland has been hampered, consequently the departure of the vessels has been postponed in several instances. M ARAM A TO WITH DR A W.— Leaving Sydney this afternoon for Auckland, the Union Company's intercolonial passenger steamer Marama is due here next Tuesday. After discharge the vessel undergoes her overhaul and survey at this port, CARGO FROM PACIFIC COAST.—En route from the Pacific Coast, the Union Company’s trans-Pacific cargo steamer Waiotapu, which left Papeete at noon last Tuesday for Auckland, is due here about August 17. After discharge here the vessel proceeds to Melbourne and Sydney to complete. TOFUA SAILING. —The Union Company’s Island passenger steamer Tofua was undocked last evening and was berthed at the Central Wharf this morning. She leaves here at 11 a.m. tomorrow on her monthly trip to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. CARGO FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA. —The local office of the Union Company has been advised that the steamer Kaitangata is to load at Adelaide at the end of next week, completing at Edithburg, Melbourne and Hobart, for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. PORT MELBOURNE'S AGENTS.—The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company has been advised that the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Melbourne, which left London last Saturday, via Suva, for Auckland and Port Chalmers, will come to their agency. She is due here on September 18. RUAHINE'S PROGRAMME. Due at Napier this morning from Gisborne, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruahine sails again tomorrow for Lyttelton, thence Wellington, to fill up for Home. The vessel is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on August 21 for Southampton and London, via Panama. HORORATA'S MOVEMENTS. The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the steamer Hororata, now loading at New Plymouth, leaves there on Monday for Wanganui roadstead, thence Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Gisborne to fill up. She is now expected to clear Gisborne finally on August 24 for London, via Panama. CARGO FROM THE EAST.—Under charter to the Union Company the Federal steamer Narbada left Calcutta last Saturday for Penang, Singapore and Samarang to complete loading for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. She is expected to pass Thursday Island on August 25, and is due here about September 4. REYNOLDS REPORTS.—The New Zealand Shipping Company received a wireless message yesterday from the steamer Reynolds, en route from Montreal, stating that the vessel will arrive at Wellington tomorrow morning. After putting out part cargo there the vessel will proceed to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, to discharge” the remainder. MAKURA FROM VANCOUVER.— Cabled advice received states that the Union Company’s R.M.S. Makura arrived at Suva at 6 o’clock this morning from Vancouver, via ports, and leaves' again at noon for Auckland, where she is due next Monday. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday the vessel sails again for Sydney. The Makura will be the only passenger steamer leaving Auckland next week fur Sydney. CUMBERLAND LATE—The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been advised that the Fedex-al steamer Cumberland will be late in arriving at Auckland. She now leaves Bluff this afternoon for loading at Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. The vessel is due here ou August 26, and is scheduled to clear this port finally on August 2S for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Literpool. via Panama. NEW JAPANESE MOTOR-SHIPS.— The Osaka Shosen Ivahushiki Kaisha Line has decided to build four motorships to replace steamers now’ in service, and has placed the order with the Mitsubishi Dockyard at Nagasaki. The *\rst vessel will be commissioned in June, IJoO, the rest following between then and November, 193 e. Thev will have a tonnage of 5,300 gross, and a cargo capadty of 14,000 tons, including 750 tons for sjlk room, 1,000 tons cargo oil tank'; and 300 tons refrigerating chambers. Tim tessels which will be provided with the best cargo-handling facilities are to maintain a monthly service, via Panama and having a speed of 16J knots will be among the fastest on the .ShanghaiAtlantic Coast run, via either Panama or buez. TRANS-PACIFIC cargo services. —The \\ airuna left Los Angeles on Tuesday for Lyttelton, where she is due on September 2, and will go thence to iSiined*n ' kelson. Xew Plymouth and Xapier. The \\ aikawa, from Suva, is due at Vancouver tomorrow. She will load for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. The Waihemo was to leave New Plvmouth yesterday for Westport and go thence to Vancouver. She will clear Westport on Friday next. The Waitemata left Sydney on August 3 for Suva, where she is due tomorrow and will clear there on August 21 for Honolulu and Vancouver. The Hauraki, from Los Angeles, arrived at Auckland on Sunday, and will leave tonight for Wellington, where she is due on August 11, going thence to Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. She will return to Vancouver direct. The Waiotapu, from Los Angeles, via Papeete, left the latter port on Tuesday for Auckland, where she is due on i August 17, going thence to Melbourne and Sydney, and returning to Vancouver, via I Fanning Island.

HURUNUI SAILS. —The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Hurunui, whose loading was delayed by rain, sailed shortly after seven o’clock this morning for New York, Boston, and London, via Panama. TUTANEKAI DUE.—Due tomorrow from Wellington, via East Coast lighthouses, the Government steamer Tutanekai will attend to Hauraki Gulf lights next week, before proceeding round the North, Cape lighthouses. v DUNROBIN AT CHELSEA. —At 2.33 o’clock this morning the cargo vessel Dunrobin arrived in the stream from Cuba. She later proceeded to Chelsea Wharf, where she is now' engaged in discharging her cargo of raw sugar. MAUN GAN UI FOR SAN FRANCISCO. —The Union Company's R.M.S. Maunganui left Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday for Wellington, where she is due on Monday. She sails again the following afternoon for Rarotonga, Papeete, and San Francisco. LUMEN DUE TOMORROW. The Shell Company’s tanker Lumen, according to her last radio message, is due in the stream at Auckland from San Francisco tomorrow' afternoon. She will berth at Western Wharf to put out the local portion of her cargo, and later proceeds to Wellington to complete. KIA ORA TO COMPLETE.—The Shaw', Sa.vill, and Albion Company advises that the steamer Kia Ora leaves Port Chalmers today for Wellington, w'here she completes her loading and finally departs next Wednesday for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow', and Liverpool, via the Cape Horn route.

KARAMEA LEAVES BALBOA. —Cable advice received by L. D. Nathan and Company states that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s motor-ship Karamea left Balboa on August 8 for Auckland. The vessel, -which is en route from London with cargo fox* discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Napier, is due here on August 27.

CANADIAN CONQUEROR RETURNING. —The local office of the Canadian National Steamships advises that the Canadian Conqueror was to sail from Wellington for Auckland this morning. She is expected to arrive here on Sunday and berths at King's Wharf. On Monday she will start her final loading for New York, Boston and Montreal, and efforts are to bo made to dispatch her for those ports oil Monday niglit.

ULIMAROA SAlLS.—Besides mails and cargo, the Huddart-Parker's steal ter ITimuroa, which left Auckland this morning lor .Sydney, took the following pasSaloon.—Mr. Chisholm, Mr. 11. Tinker Mr. Wellings, Mr. Taylor. Mr. Hu Hedge! Mr. Thompson, Mr. J£. Knight, Mr. T. Franklin, Mr. S. F. 'Williams, Mr. W. «. L)agg, Mr. C. Boyle, Mr. Lumb, Mr. and H. T. Morton, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Maiden, Mrs. S. Wicks teed, Miss Kent, Miss K. Casey, Miss M. Casey, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. 11. Clarke, Miss F. Sevmour. Miss B. Price, Miss Blacker, Miss Benson, Mrs. Ayres, Mrs. Valentine, Mrs. Clarkson Dodds, Mrs. McCaskill, Mrs. 11. B. Morton, Miss Morton, Miss Prv, A*r. D. Detrick, Mr. J. Bund, Rev. F. Palmer, Mr. Revel*, Mr. J. Duffy. Mr. G. Dishman, Mi'. W. Dagg, Mr. W. Bowies, Mr. C. A. Brunt. Rev. IT. Kennv, Mr. V. McCaskill, Mr. R. M. Dalby, Mr. Thomas, Rev. Robertson, Mr. McKenzie, Air. \V. Boyes, Mr. Frost, Mr. J. Miller, Mr. K. Stewart, Mr. Cargill. Air. and Mrs. Green and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Straclian, Airs. Mitchell, Mrs. Brunt, Miss R. Mitchell, Air. and Mrs. Blair, Aliss Simmonds, Air. and Airs. AV. Edwards, Aliss S. Bond. Miss Fairlie, Mr. and Airs. W. J. Brooke, Airs. G. Lewis, Mrs. J. B. Detrick, Mr. and Airs. Lewis, Mrs. Booth, Aliss Booth, Aliss Partridge, Aliss K. Ferguson, Airs. R. Stewart, Airs. P. Stewart, Aliss D. 11. Stewart, Aliss D. Stewart, Miss Boyes. Miss Briggs. Air. Frost, ATr. McGuire, Air. Roberts, Air. McCarty, Air. Hair, Mr. A. Street. The vessel also carried 94 second class passengers, including 13 Chinese. IMPROVING THE ST. LAWRENCE— A start is being made on the 1,500,000dollars remedial works being undertaken by the Department of Marine and Fisheries of the Canadian Government for the improvement of navigation on the SL Lawrence, and designed to raise the water level in Alontreal Harbour to provide a minimum of 30ft draught at all periods of the year. The works are to take the form of submerged dams or weirs at two points. The most westerly one will be built opposite Ropentign>\ about 17 miles below' Alontreal. At 4o miles below the port, a series of these submerged dams is to be built across the channels separating the Sorel Islands. The lower w ork is the first to be proceeded with, and it is expected that these structures will be completed by December of next year. The operation of the submerged weirs or barrages. extending part of the way across the river, but not blocking the ship channel, will be such as to curb the St Lawrence in its rush to the sea. thus raising the water level in Alontreal Harbour. Department of Marine officials anticipate that the projected works will result m an increase of depth at AlontStS: 2ft * T . n recent years there has has been much discussion of decreased water levels m the port, attributed in part to the diversion of water at Chicago for sewage disposal purposes, approximating some 10.000 cubic feet a second expected that the scheme now in hand will result in restoring a •satisfactory level. ° a waL

CANADIAN HIGHLANDER REPORTS.—A wireless message received at noon yesterday from the Canadian National stearier Canadian Highlander stated that the vessel was 640 miles from this port, and was meeting with heavy weather. The vessel is en route from Montreal with motor-cars ancP general merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Ly ttelton, Tiraaru. and Dunedin. She is due here about Sunday. PORT GISBORNE AT NEW PLYMOUTH.—The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company has been advised that the C. and I>. Line's motorship Port Gisborne, now at New Plymouth loading, leaves there tomorrow for Wanganui roadstead, thence Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland to fill up. She is due here on August T 3, r.rvi is scheduled to sail finally' from Uri* port the following - day for New York, Boston, and London, \ ia Panama. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE—v The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: Canadian Highlander, Walt*»mata, Golden Eagle, Waiotapu. Hauraki. Wirral, Hurunui, Kaiwarra, Kalingo, Kawatiri. Lumen, Makura, Mamma, Pipiriki, Port Alma, Tutanekai, Ulimaroa, Voco. Chatham Islands: lonic, Tainui, Rimutaka, Wellington: Maori, Wahine, Tamahinc, Ngaio, Arahura, Aorangi, Cerasus, Reynolds, Kuahine, Diomede, Plujue, Maheno, Canadian Conqueror, Otokia, Kaiapoi, Port Curtis. Awarua: Kia Ora, Tahiti, Maunganui, PORT OF ONEHUNCA—ARRIVALS YESTERDAY JIAUTURU (6.30 p.m.), 270 ton.', .Tack-son-Fowlpr, from Raglan and Kawhia, DEPARTURES YESTERDAY IsGApr HI (4.15 p.m.), 703 ton.'. Bark, for New Plymouth. Hokianga is due from Hokianga on Sunday. Hauturn is leavinp for Hokianga at 3 o'clock this afternoon. _ Ngapulii is expected from New ”•>* mouth at 7.30 a.m. tomorrow. Arapawa, arriving from Westport via Kaipara on Monday ,n«. ruing, is *" - ned : uled to sail for Opun ike and Wanganui at 3 p.m. the same day. Kaitoa. Anchor Shipping and 1-ounot'-Company’s vessel, is now due at Or.chunga from Nelson on Thursday nex-. She is to load for l'icton only.