The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 794, 15 October 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Advice has been received of the death of Captain T. Tregoning, who died suddenly at Trieste, Italy, when visiting that port as master of the Hain Line steamer Tremeadow. Captain Tregoning was well known in New Zealand and visited Auckland on a number of occasions when in command of the Tremeadow and also the Trekieve. CARGO FROM AUSTRALIA. —To load for Auckland and other New Zealand ports, the Union Company’s steamer Kaitangata is due at Devonport, Tasmania on Friday from Melbourne. FRUIT STEAMER WAIPAHI.—The local office of the Union Company advises that the Island fruit steamer Waipahi will leave Auckland on October 22 for Apia, Samoa, to load fruit for this port. POOLTA WITH TIMBER.—The local office of the Union Company has been advised tnat the steamer Poolta is to -load timber at Grafton toward the end of this month and will complete at Newcastle for Auckland. CHRISTMAS SAILINGS.—The local office of the Union Company advises that the inter-colonial passenger steamer Marama, which leaves Auckland on December 20 for Sydney, will sail at noon that day instead of 3 p.m., her usual time of sailing. PHOSPHATES FROM MAKATEA. — Advice has been received by Henderson and Macfarlane that the steamer Mariston left Makatea last Saturday with a full cargo of phosphates for discharge at Auckland and Lyttelton, She is due here on October 24. MARAMA AND MAHENO.—The Marama arrived at Sydney at 5 a.m. today from Auckland and the Maheno at 6.30 a.m. from Wellington. At noon on Friday the Maheno leaves Sydney for Auckland, and at 3 p.m. the Marama sails for Wellington. Both vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning. RANGITIKI CLEARS PANAMA.— Cable advice received by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the liner Rangitiki, en route from London and Southampton, arrived at Colon on October 11 and sailed from Panama the following day for Auckland and Wellington. The vessel is expected to arrive here on November it PORT MELBOURNE TO LOAD.—The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Melbourne, which left Xew Plymouth at 11 p.m. yesterday, is expected at Auckland tomorrow afternoon to continue loading refrigerated and general cargo for England. At daylight on Friday she is to sail for Gisborne, Xapier, and Wellington to complete loading. From Wellington the vessel will be despatched for London, via Montevideo:

COAL FROM PORT KEMBLA. —Advice has been received by the local office of the Union Company that the collier Ka-watiri is to leave Port Kenibla with a cargo of coal tomorrow for Auckland, where she is due next Tuesday. PORT GISBORNE AT LONDON. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Dine motor-ship Port Gisborne is reported to have reached London, via New York, Boston and Halifax, last Saturday. She was dispatched from Auckland on August 27. RIMUTAKA CLEARS PANAMA.— Cable advice received states that the liner Rimutaka, which loaded in Xew Zealand and sailed from Wellington on October 18, arrived at Panama last Friday and left Colon on Saturday for Southampton and London. HORORATA AT PANAMA. —En route from Auckland to New York, Halifax, and London, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Hororata is reported to have reached Panama last Saturday. She sailed from Auckland on September 20. TUHOE REPLACES OTIMAI.— The Northern Company advises that the Otimai has been further delayed in the Bay of Plenty, and will be replaced by the Tuhoe, which is scheduled to leave Auckland for Opotiki and Kutarere at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. CARGO FROM NEW YORK. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Darwin is scheduled to clear New Yoi'lc during the second half ot this month with cargo for discharge at Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin. MAHIA LEAVES LONDON. —Advice has been received by L. D. Nathan and Company that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Mahia sailed from London on October 12 with general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Napier. The vessel is due at Auckland on November 19. . CARGO FROM LlVEßPOOL.—Accordu}g to cable advice, the Federal steamer Kent left Liverpool last Saturday with yv est of England cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. She is due here on November 19 and the New Zealand Shipping Company will act as the local agents. PASSENGERS FOR WHANGAREI RACES. —The Northern Company advises that the Clansman is to leave Auckland for Onerahi at ten o’clock on Friday night with passengers and horses for the Whangarei races. The passengers will be conveyed from Onerahi to the racecourse by motor-buses. The Clansman will leave Onerahi on the return trip at eight o’clock on Saturday night and will reach Auckland about eight o’clock on Sunday morning. NEWCASTLE HARBOUR.— The district council of the Farmers’ and Settlors’ Association at Tamworth (Xew South Wales) has decided to bring before the Government the cost of maintaining Newcastle Harbour, on which £4,000,000 has been spent. Members described as a waste of money the sums spent in attempting to deepen the Newcastle bar. as the harbour -would silt up again within 24 hours. It was decided, also, to point out the advantage of developing Poi t Stephens. SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS. —The Norwegian whaling, factory steamer Sir James Clark Ross, which has previously yisited Lyttelton and Port Chalmers dur- J ing the last six years, made her first appearance at Wellington when she arrived at 9.30 o’clock on Saturday night from Sandefjord, Norway. Since her last visit to New Zealand the Sir James Clark Ross has been converted into an oil-burner, the work being carried out at Kiel* Germany. The vessel left Sandefjord on August 15, and had a fine weather voyage on the whole. When off the Bermuda Islands lightning struck the mainmast, and split some heavy radio aerial insulators, but did no other damage. A sudden squall came up at eight o'clock in the morning, and a loud detonation startled all on board when the lightning struck the mast. A call was made at San Pedro, where a stay of three and a-half days was made to load 8,600 ; tons of fuel oil, which will be sufficient to carry the ship to the Ross Sea and back to Welllington. The Sir James Clark Ross will leave Wellington today for Paterson Inlet, to pick up her five chasers, en route to the whaling grounds. Captain G. Thorstensen is in command, and his officers are:—Chief, Mr. Chr! Jacobsen; second, Mr. A. JBerntsen; third. Mr. K. Jensen; fourth, Mr. L. Olsen; chief enginer, Mr. G. Svendsen; second, Mr L Hansen; third, Mr. O. Jacobsen; fourth, Mr. A. Larsen; wireless operators, Messrs. Chr. Syverud and E. Otness. TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO STEAMERS. —The Union Company advises the following movements of vessels engaged in the trans-Pacific cargo services:— The Waikawa left Wellington on October 10 for Melbourne and Sydney, and returns to Vancouver, via Fiji. The Waihemo left San Francisco on September 28, is due at Auckland on October 22, thence to Wellington, Nelson Melbourne and Sydney, and returns to Vancouver via Fiji. The Waitemata left Los Angeles on October S for Napier, where she is due on November 3, thence to Lvttelton. Dunedin. Bluff, Nelson. New Plymouth. She will leave Westport early in December for Vancouver direct. The Hauraki cleared Ocean Falls on October 6 to complete loading at San Francisco and Los Angeles for Auckland Wellington and Australia. The Waiotapu left Suva on October 4 for Vancouver, via Fanning Island. The V airuna left Wellington on October 3 for Vancouver direct. The Tyr left Melbourne on September 30 for San Francisco direct. Forward loading dates at Pacific Coast ports are approximately as follow: The Wairuna loads during the first half of November for Napier, Lvttelton Dunedin, New Plymouth and possibly Auckland. She is to clear Los Angele« on November 14 and is due at Napier on December 9. The Waiotapu loads during the first half of November for Papeete, Auckland Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. She is to clear Los Angeles on November 15 and is due at Auckland on December 30. The Waikawa loads during: December for Auckland. Wellington. Bluff, Hobart and Beauty Point. She is to clear Los Angeles on December 19 and is due at Auckland on January 3.

RIMUTAKA FOR LONDON. —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Rimutaka, which is to leave London on November 12, will bring cargo to discharge at Wellington, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, and New Plymouth. She is due at Wellington on December 24. MANUKA AT BLUFF. —The Union Company’s Manuka, which left Melbourne last Wednesday, arrived at Bluff at 10 a.m. on Sunday, She left again yesterday for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellilngton, is due at Wellilngton on Friday, and will leave again the following day for Melbourne direct. ULIMAROA AT WELLINGTON. —The Huddart-Farker steamer Ulimaroa arrived at Wellington from Sydney this morning and passengers and mail for North are expected to reach Auckland by train tomorrow morning. The vessel is to leave Wellington on her return trip to Sydney on Friday morning. KAI KORA 1 FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—En route from Edithburg, Wallaroo, the Union Company’s steamer Kaikorai is to leave Adelaide on Friday, and Melbourne on October 22, with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Portland, New Plymouth, Castlecliff, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. PORT HARDY’S CARGO. —The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Hardy, which is scheduled to reach Auckland on November 4, has nearly 4,000 tons of general merchandise from West Coast ports of Great Britain for discharge at. this port. The remainder of the cargo is for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin.