The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 845, 13 December 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—The Kailoke was recommissioned at Auckland today by Captain E. J. McLellan, who lias the following officers with him:—Chief, Air. W. J. Freeman; second, Mr. R. D. Stewart; third, Air. A. S. Fergusson; chief engineer, Air. P. Alorrison; second, Air. L. B. Clark; third, Air. IT. B. Alackav; fourth. Air. J. Aliller; chief steward, Air. C. H. Babbage. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s liner Alataroa, now* at Wellington, is still under the command of Captain W. A. R. Kershaw, who has the following officers with him: —Chief, Air. W. G. West; second, Air. S. Eadon; third, Air. H. A. Hill; chief engineer, Air. J, Gordon; second, Air. W. W. Evans; third, Afr. O. Charters; surgeon, Dr. C. B. Tudehope; purser, Air. E. Cordery; chief steward, Air. A. E. Demeza. Captain N. Hocking, well known as a master in the Canadian National steamships, has been replaced on the Canadian Conqueror on her present trip to New Zealand by Captain AY. G. McConachy. Captain Hocking has been transferred to the Canadian Winner.

RANGITATA LEAVES COLON.— Cabled news has been received by the Hew Zealand Shipping Company that the new motor-liner Rangitata left Colon on Tuesday for Auckland and Wellington, en route from London and Southampton. The vessel is due at Auckland on the afternoon of December 20. PHOSPHATES FROM MOROCCO.— Cable advice has been received by Henderson and Macfarlane that the steamer Rio Dorado left Casablanca, Morocco, on December 8 with a cargo of phosphates for discharge at Auckland, Hew Plymouth and Wanganui. She is expected here about January 19. SYDNEY STEAMERS.— The Ulimaroa was to leave Wellington at noon today for Sydney, and both the Marama and the Maunganui sail from Sydney at 3 p.m. today for Auckland and Wellington respectively. All the three vessels are due at their arrival ports next Tuesday morning. DURENDA 'FROM CALCUTTA. —According to cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company, the steamer Durenda left Calcutta last Wednesday morning for Sydney, Auckland and Wellington with Eastern merchandise for discharge. She is expected here about January 10. AORANGI RETURNING. —The local office of the Union Company has been i advised by cable that the R.M.M.S. j Aorangi, which left Vancouver at noon on- Wednesday via ports for Auckland and Sydney, is due here on Sunday, December 29. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel again the following evening for Sydney. NIAGARA LEAVES SYDNEY. —Cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the R.M.S. Niagara left Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due on Monday morning. She will' berth at the Prince’s Wharf, and at 11 a.m. on Tuesday will leave again for Suva, Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver. MANUKA LEAVES MELBOURNE.— Cabled news has been received by the Union Company that the Manuka left Melbourne at 10 a.m. on Wednesday last lor Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. She is due at Bluff on Sundav, at Wellington on December 20, and will leave there again on December 21 for Melbourne direct. < r, AL V-. AND,A ARRIVING.— The steamer Callandia is expected to arrive in port late tonight or early tomorrow morning trom Wellington to complete unloading her cargo of petroleum products from Port Arthur (Texas). She is to berth at Western Wharf and on Monday afternoon is to sail for a destination not yet announced. A. G. Frankham, Ltd., is the local agent for the Callandia. KAIKORAI WITH COAL.— Early this morning the Union Company’s collier Kaikorai arrived in port from Port Kembla with a cargo of coal for discharge at this port. The vessel left Port Kembla on Saturday afternoon last and had srood weather throughout her trip. The Kaikorai is going out of commission and will lay up at Auckland. She was paving off today. Captain J. G. Watson is in command. MAH ANA'S BERTH. —Due at Auckland at midday next Tuesday from Liverpool, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Mahana will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo under the agency of L. D. Nathan and Company. From this port the vessel proceeds to Wellington, Lv<--telton and Dunedin to complete discharge. PORT HARDY TO LOAD.— To complete her loading under the agenev of the Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Hardy is due at Auckland next Tuesday from Tokomaru Bay. She will berth at the Central Whp.rf. On Saturday, December 21, the Port Hardy leaves Auckland for Halifax and London, via Panama. CAMBRIDGE SAI LI IMG— Efforts are being made by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping- Company to dispatch the 1-ederal steamer Cambridge from Auckland at noon tomorrow for Wanranui, thence Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Wellington to fill up for Home. She is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on December 28 for London and West Coast ports of England, via Panama. NORFOLK DUE TOMORROW To continue her loading under the agency of Zealand Shipping Comptny, the Federal steamer Norfolk is due at Aiukland about noon tomorrow from Timaru She will berth at the Queen's Wharf an.’ about Tuesday next she leaves again for Gisborne, Wellington and Napier comf plete loading, she is scheduled to clear via P panama. y °" Decembel ' 27 London CANADIAN CONQUEROR IN PORT adiao ,v,o Ca i' K ° „ of & ene ral Eastern Can- " ' chan ‘b-'' :e , the Canadian National Steamships vessel Canadian Conqueror Svdnev s ‘ ream f ™ni Montreal and Sydney (Cape Breton Island) earlv this morning and later berthed at Prince s " H rg ' e tlie local portion. The ; v ess el cleared Montreal on October 26 and on November 2, and made a direct passage to Auckland, via the Panama Canal, which was cleared on throughout! 3 * G °° d Weather was enjoyed In command of the Canadian Conqueror is Captain W. G. McConachy and he has with him the following officers: Chief officer, Mr. A. Webster; second Mr Clarke; third, Mr. E. Travers; chief engineer, Mr. P. Murphy; second Mr H Wilson; third, Mr. D. Junor; fourth Mr’ M. Humphries: wireless operator. Mr G* Huzzy; chief steward, Mr. PI. Singleton* The local office of the Canadian National Steamships advises that the Canadian Conqueror is to be dispatched tomorrow afternoon for Wellington. Lyttelton. Timaru and Dunedin to complete unloading. While she is down South the vessel will start loading for New York Boston and Halifax, taking on cargo at Dunedin. Wellington. Napier and Auckland. She is expected to arrive back at » Auckland In the first week in Januarv and will sail from here.

KAIMIRO REPORTS. —The Union Company has received a wireless message from its new cargo steamer Kaimiro reporting that she expects to arrive at Wellington on Monday from Birkenhead. CARGO FROM MELBOURNE. —After discharge at Auckland, the Union Company’s steamer Kartigi, which is due here tomorrow from Greymouth, proceeds to Melbourne, where she loads toward the end of December for Auckland. ORIENT LINE STEAMERS. —The Union Company, agents for the Orient Line, advise the following movements of their steamers: — The Orama, from London, is due at Sydney on December 19. The Otranto, from Sydney, is due at London on December 19. The Orontes will leave Sydney on December 21 for London, where she is due on January 30. UNION COMPANY’S NEW STEAMERS.—The Kaimiro, the first of five new cargo steamers built or building in Britain for the Union Steam Ship Company, is due at Wellington early next week from the Mersey, via the Panama Canal. Captain J. Rankine is in command of the Kaimiro, which was built at Birkenhead by Cammell, Laird, and Co., Ltd. A sister ship, Karepo, from the same yard, sailed from England on November 28 for Wellington under the command of Captain W. Hender. Both ships are bringing cargoes of coal. The Kamiro and Karepo are somewhat similar to the Kartig; class. Designed on the self-trimming cantilever system, each ship is 284 feet in length between perpendiculars. 46 feet in moulded breadth, and 20 feet 9 inches in depth, and about 2,400 tons gross register, and has been constructed under special survey to Lloyd’s Register’s class 100 Al. The latest requirements of the Board of Trade, the New Zealand Navigation Acts, the Australian Navigation Acts, and the;. agreement with the New Zealand Seamen’s Union have been complied with. There are five watertight transverse bulkheads dividing the vessel into three large cargo holds, machinery space and forward and after-peak tanks. Double-bottom ballast tanks are fitted for the full length of the vessel. The propelling machinery is installed aft, and large self-trimming coal bunkers are arranged convenient to the boiler room. There are, in addition, large reserve bunkers. Each of the three cargo holds has two large hatches. The cargohandling appliances include four steel derricks at each of the vessel’s three masts capable of five-ton lifts. while two steel gaffs are fitted to each mast capable of one-ton lifts. These operate in conjunction with 12 steam. winches, four to each mast. The other deck machinery includes a steam windlass, a warping winch on the poop, and steam tiller-type steering gear controlled bv telemotor from the navigating bridge. Tinpropelling machinery consists of a set of triple expansion engines fitted with a thrust block of Mitchell type. The steam is supplied from two single-ended cylindrical boilers of large capacity, fitted‘with Howden's forced draught. Other ships under construction for the Union Steam Ship Company are a cargo st .®?: ry ? er the Waipiata type, another with insulated cargo space which will re- ?- a no e * the Corinr)a » and one, of about 2,000 tons gross register, which will be named Talune, for the Sydney-Tasmar.ian . cargo service. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS YESTERDAY ■ T HAL THRU (12.45 p.m.). 270 tone Kawhia FOWler ' from Raglan and DEPARTURES YESTERDAY ; Pm ) - 703 ton9 ’ Bark ' n<^ K for I Holclani 0 a. P m) - 270 tons - ARRIVAL TODAY KAITOA (6.0 a.m ) 319 ’ from Nelson. 19 tonwf Martin, , Hokianga aV noon l ° sail for 1 vt™ < h?J AXGA ’ due from Hokianga on Monday morning, is to sail at 3 p m that ; da T jA o T^A Specifll * rip to Hokianga.* ar nved this morning from : Nelson with passengers and cargo \t : and" Motueka?" *** ‘ S ldav!ns NGAPUHI. arriving from New pi v- ; mouth at ~30 a.m. tomorrow, is sailing on the return trip at 3.30 o’clock on Monday afternoon.

MAILS ARRIVING.—The Uhlef Postmaster advises that, the ILJd-S. Tahiti, from San Francisco, due at Wellington tm Sunday, December 15, has 755 bap* of English and American mail for Auckland, which is expected to reach Auckland on Monday morning next by the Limited. The R.M.S. Niagara, due nt • Auckland on Monday next from Sydney, has 177 bags of Eastern and Australian mail foe Auckland. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected 14 be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland.—Niagara, Marama. Tofua, Waitemata, Brunswick, Falsterbo, Kin? Edgar, Golden Rod. Maui Poir.are, Golden Eagle, Port Hobart, lonic, Herminus, Kaponga, City of Rayville, North Pacific. Chatham Islands. —Rangitiki, Mahana. Wellington. Maori, Wahine, Tana* hine, Arahura, Ngaio, Acrangi, Weirbank, Kaimiro, Iris, Ulimaroa, Benchuchan, Gretaston, Akera, Beulah, Otokia, Maunganui, Mahia, Port Hardy. Awarua.—Makura, Tahiti, Manuka, Hiremoa, Kent, Golden Coast. Kaituna, Gabrieila. Sir J. C. Ross, C. A. Larsen, Southern Princess, Kosmos, Poolta