The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 815, 8 November 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain J. W. Burgess, assistant superintendent of mercantile marine at Wellington, has been appointed to the command of the Government steamer Tutanekai, in succession to the kite Captain J. Bollons. On the death of the latter Captain Burgess was appointed acting-master of the Tutanekai.

Captain A. 11. Davey, late of the Tahiti, is at present in Melbourne for the purpose of obtaining his pilotage exemptions for that port.

Captain Manning:, who was in command of the Otago Harbour Board’s new dredge Otokau on the voyage out from the Clyde, had associated with him the fol-

lowing officers: —Chief, Mr. D. S. McLeod; second, Mr. J. K. Rigden; chief engineer, Mr. T. Lothian; second engineer Mr. P. P. Perry; chief steward, Mr. D. Mcßobbie. The second engineer belongs to Wellington. Mr. Lotliian, the chief engineer, has been guarantee engineer for Fleming and Ferguson for the past 26 years. During that period he brought out the Timaru dredge at the time of the Christchurch Exhibition, and he also brought out the Westport dredge Eileen Ward. Mr. Lothian will remain by the Otokau for twelve months.

MAILS HOME.—The acting-chief postmaster has received advice that mails, which left Wellington on October b per R M.S. Makura, via San Francisco, arrived in London on November 5. TOFU A AT SUVA. —The local office of the Union Company advises that the Island passenger st,earner Tofua, which arrived at Suva at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday from Auckland, leaves at 4 p.m. today for Tonga and Samoa.

POOLTA WITH TIMBER.— - With Australian hardwoods from Grafton, Port Stephens, and Newcastle, the Union Company's steamer Poolta was to clear the latter port yesterday for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Greymoutli.

MAUNGANUI UNDOCKS. —The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui* was undocked this morning and berthed at the dock wliarf. Tomorrow she will adjust compasses before proceeding alongside the Western Wharf to complete her overhaul and survey.

REMU ERA SAILING. —Efforts are being made by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company to dispatch the liner Remuera at 4 o’clock this afternoon for Napier, where she completes her loading, and finally departs on Tuesday next for Southampton and London, via Panama. POLAR EXPEDITION. —Spedding, Ltd., advises that the City of New York will leave Dunedin about December 15 for the South Polar regions with supplies for the Byrd Expedition. She will be followed at the end of that month by the Eleanor Boling. Both vessels are at present undergoing overhaul at Dunedin.

SITHONIA CLEARS BALBOA. Advice has ben received that the steamer Sithonia, with a cargo of sulphur from Galveston, Texas, cleared Balboa on Tuesday last for Auckland and other New Zealand ports. She is expected to arrive here about December 3. A. G. Frankham, Ltd., is the local agent for the vessel.

DORRINGTOM COURT REPORTS. According to a radio message received by Henderson and Macfarlane, the steamer Dorrington Court is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland at 6 p.m. tomorrow from Antofagasta, Chile. un Sunday she will berth at the Kiligli Wharf, where she will unload the local portion of her nitrates before proceeding to Australia.

CANADIAN EXPLORER RETURNING.—The local office of the Canadian National Steamships advises that the Canadian Explorer is to leave Wellington for Auckland tomorrow morning. Due here on Monday afternoon she is to berth at King’s Wharf to complete loading for New York, Boston and Halifax. On Tuesday she is to be dispatched for those ports.

TREGONELL SAILS MONDAY. I-lenderson and Macfarlane advises that the Hain Line steamer Tregonell, which is waiting in the stream at Auckland until the congestion at Westport is relieved, will undergo boiler inspection here. However, it is now hoped to dispatch the vessel on Monday for the coal port for bunkers before she proceeds” to Fiji to load for Home.

PORT HUNTER TO LOAD.—Due at Auckland at 6 p.m. tomorrow from Bluff, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Hunter will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to continue her loading under the agency ot Heather, Roberton, Ltd. On Tuesday next she leaves again for Tokomaru Lay, thence Gisborne, Napier and Wellington to fill up, sailing finally from the latter port on November 27 for London, via Banama,

, HELM ORDERS.—Strenuous opposition to the proposal to discontinue the use of the words “port” and “starboard” when giving steering orders on board ships, yC as contained in a statement made bv the Court of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners at their annual meeting last month. The statement referred to the recent Convention of Safety of Life at Sea, which agreed that after next June steering orders shall be given in the direct sense and added—“the point of utmost importance now is to decide on the words that are to be used in the helm order, and this, it would seem is purely a matter for seamen.” Various suggestions had come under consideration. including such phrases as left, right, left wheel, right wheel, steer left and steer right.

The master mariners feel that under no consideration whatever will British seamen abandon the terms to which they and their forefathers have been accustomed —namely, “port” and “starboard." They consider that the general preference of seamen would be for a continuance of the use of the simple expressions of “port” and “starboard” in the direct snse. If, however, a safeguard is considered necessary, it is suggested that a recommendation should accompany any regulation that is that officers should use the word “steer” before the helm order, in other words, that it would l>e advisable for a period to give the ordei “steer starboard,” instead of the direct order. It jvould quite naturally, in a short time, contract itself into' the old expression “port” and “starboard” with the new meaning.

Sir Burton Chadwick presided over the meeting and reported that the membership had been filled for some time, and that there was a long and growing list of waiting candidates. In accordance with the articles of association, one-third of the Court of the company retired and the following members were elected in their places:—Commodore C. A. Bartlett, Captain A. R. TT. Morrell, Commodore W. Marshall, Commander L. Ward. Captain E. A. Veale and Lieut.-Commander J. Hamilton Blair.

CITY OF DALHART REPORTS. Dalgety and Company has received a further wireless message from the City of Dalhart stating that she expects to arrive at Wellington this morning from New York. The vessel will put out. part cargo there, and will also load for Singapore and Bombay. She is to leave again on Saturday night for Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle, to complete both her discharging and loading. KAITOKE FROM GLADSTONE. With a cargo of 4,300 tons of coal for discharge at this port, the Union Steam Ship Company’s collier Kaitoke arrived in the stream from Gladstone, Queensland at 6.10 o’clock this morning, and later berthed at King’s Wharf. Gladstone was cleared on November 1 and good weather was enjoyed throughout the trip. Captain R. Davies commands the Kaitoke. The vessel will probably return to Australia.

HUNTINGDON'S RECORD CARGO.— Bringing a record cargo of 16,550 tons of merchandise, machinery and general cargo, the steamer Huntingdon, an infrequent visitor to Australian ports, arrived at Melbourne on October 31 from Liverpool. At Melbourne 5,250 tons of general cargo was discharged.

Included in the cargo consigned to other Australian ports were four giant

. okker planes for Australian Airways, a new company, which is shortly to commence operations between Sydney and Brisbane. - Owing to their size, the bodies of these planes had to be stowed in special receptacles on deck.

WAIPAHI WITH BANANAS. The Union Steam Ship Company’s Island fruit steamer Waipahi arrived from Apia, Samoa, at 6:20 p.m. yesterday. She is now berthed at Prince's Wharf discharging her part corgo of bananas which was all loaded at Apia and is all for this port. The vessel cleared Apia at 5.30 p.m. on October 31, and experienced fine weather during her trip, with a little rain on Wednesday last. Captain G. B. Hoddinott is in command of the Waipahi.

At 5 o'clock this afternoon she is to move to Central Wharf, where she will load cargo for Napier, and is to sail for that port at noon tomorrow.

MAHENO SAlLS.—Besides mails and cargo, the Maheno, which left Auckland shortly after 11 a.m. today for Sydney, took the following passengers:—Saloon: Misses E. R. and A. Spinetto, Young, C. "V. Mobberley, M. Arlington, I. Crooke, L. B. Waite, M. Mills, V. B. Wilson, J. M. Boyd, M. Low, A. W. Gibbons, L. J. E. Chauvel, M. G. Titter ton, J. and L. Scott, Maxwell, B. Fraser, H. A. Clarke, S. I. McLaughlin, Sisters Clementine, Landais, E. M. Grant, M. E. O’Meara; Mesdames A. Garroway, M. Thode, M. Thomas, C. M. Young, M. Mallard, R. Dawson, P. Sharpe and infant, E. C. Prince, B. Waite, I. C. Twining, E. H. Gibbons, E. G. Titterton, N. Kingdom, F. L. Richards, E. P. Bone, A. E. Green; Messrs. W. H. Goodridgc, H. Stokes, A. C. Davis, G. W. Bousche, C. M. Young, J. Shaddock, R. 11. Smythe, C. S. Arlington, V. Kirk, F. Baker. L. Carter, F. L. Richards, E. 11. Gibbons, C. F. Bone, W. L. Tatterton, M. J. R. Mcßae, G. M. Coote, A. E. Green, Dr. R. G. Dudding, Rev. E. Fletcher; and 60 steerage, including six Indians and 10 Chinese.

NEW C.P.R. LINERS.—On leaving England for Canada recently, Mr. William Baird, steamship passenger manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, had something to say on the shipping policy of his company. After referring to the fact that it had placed upon the Atlantic and Pacific 3 5 powerful ships, totalling 247,700 tons, within the past nine veaS he referred to the Empress of Britain, of upwards of 40,000 tons, with a speed of 24 knots. He stated that this ship had been designed so that every first-class cabin would have its own sea view end fresh sea air. This, lie added, was 'an important innovation in travel comfort on the Atlantic. Mr. Baird also referred tc. the Empress of Canada, the noble, of the Blue Riband” of the Pacific. This ship, he pointed out, ha.d been newly re-equipped and re-engined on the Clyde, and had already beaten her own speed i ecords "without undue pressure Xext year the company would place in commission on the Pacific between Vancouver, Japan, China, and the Philippines, a new steamship of 2.,,000 tonand 21 knojs speed, the Empress of Japan SAFETY AT SEA.—To determine what - lf k e ta k pn in respect to the installation of wireless on interState ships, as advised at the conference of Premiers, held in May last, a conference of members of inter-State Marine Boards was held at Melbourne on October

It was resolved that recommendations he made to the next Premiers' conference that legislation be introduced by each State, empoweriiiE regulations to be passed governing the installation of wireless on mter-State ships. The class of ressel _to which the regulations will of PP each S St°a.e? “ tD th ° governing body

A further resolution was carried recommending that the next Premiers’ conference he asked to arrange for a technical officer of the responsible maritime department in each State to submit from time to time information in respect tions Urther im E rovementa to the regula-

1 During the conference an automatic alarm signal device was demonstrated, and some discussion ensued regarding the voluntary installation of similar apparatus on interstate ships.

PASSENGERS FROM ENGLAND. - The Shaw, Savill and Albion line steamer Mataroa is expected to leave Southampton today with passengers, mail and cargo for Wellington. She is due on December 10. TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGERS. - The Canadian National Railways, in conjunction with Anchor Donaldson, the Cunard Line Canadian Service, and the White Star-Red Star Canadian Service, has arranged for weekly eastward sailings from Halifax to Liverpool, London and Channel ports during 1929-30. There will be a similar service from England to Halifax, Montreal and Toronto. The first steamer under the new eastward service will leave Halifax for Plymouth. Cherbourg and Hamburg on December 8. arid the service will be continued until April 21. NEW PASSENGER SERVICE. Henderson and Macfarlane advise the early inauguration of a transpacific** passenger service by the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company. The company at present maintains a monthly cargo service between the Pacific Coast and New Zealand, its vessels being named wit’* the prefix “Golden.” Recently the vessels commenced carrying refrigerated cargo as well as ordinary merchandise, and mail contracts have also been in operation for some time. It has not been definitely decided when the passenger service will be inaugurated, but as each vessel returns to San Francisco passenger accommodation will be installed.. Firstclass passengers only will be carried. The single fare from New Zealand to San Francisco will be £4O 10s and to Honolulu £2B 10s. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— Auckland.—Tofua, Trongate, Oldham, Canadian Transporter, Remuera, Dorrington Court, Rangitiki, Maheno. Waikawa. North Pacific, Port Hunter. Chatham Islancs.—City of Mobile. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Ngaio, Arthur a, Tamahine, Mariston, Marama Ulimaroa, Kaikorai, Keelung, Norfolk. Corinthic, lonic. Awarua.—Karetu, Waitemata, Kalins'’Manuka, Tahiti. Makura, C. A. Larsen Sir J. C. Ross, Southern Prinees:Kosmos. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY ARAPAWA <3-15 p.m.), 251 ton?, F«“ for Wanganui. „ KGAPUHI <4.5<1 p.m.), 703 tons, Barrfor New Plymouth. ARAPAWA. which sailer! yesterdsi afternoon for Opunake and Wanganui. ariving back in port on Monday mo y ' ing. She is to leave that afternoon it. Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato HeadsHATTUBU, due from Raglan, and Waikato Heads at 6 o’clock torn? row morning, is to be dispatched at now tomorrow for Hokianga. HOKIANGA is expected from Hokiant 1 on Sunday. KAITOA is arriving at Onehunga cs Wednesday next to load for Nelson. NGAPUHI. due at 7.30 a.m. tomorro* from New Plymouth, is scheduled to » on the return trip at 3.30 o’clock on day afternoon.