The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 880, 25 January 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—The Karma is to recom- . mission at Wellington today under command of Captain E. A. Stein. His deck officers will be:—Chief, E. J. Deed; second, Mr. R. B. Steere; third, Mr. H. E. Petre. WARSHIPS RETURNED. The warships Laburnum and Veronica returned from Hauraki Gulf yesterday, the Laburnum in the afternoon and the Veronica in the evening. Both vessels will stay in port until February 4, when they are to tave for an extended cruise to Southern ports. MAKURA LEAVES SYDNEY. —Cabled news has been received by the Union Company that the Makura left Sydney at 4 p.m. on Thursday for Wellington. She is due there on Monday morning, and will leave again the following afternoon for San Francisco, via Raratonga and Papeete. CITY OF WELLINGTON TOMORROW. With New York cargo for discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, the A. and A. Line’s chartered motor-ship City of Wellington is due here tomorrow morning. She will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to unload the local portion under the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. MAUNGANUI LEAVES SYDNEY.— According to cable advice received by the local office of the Union Company, the intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui left Sydney at 3 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due on Tuesday morning. She has been allotted a berth at the Central Wharf. GOLDEN CLOUD REPORTS. According to a radio message received by Henderson and Macfarlane, the O. and O. Line steamer Golden Cloud is due at Auckland at seven o’clock on Monday morning from Los Angeles. She wjll later berth at the King’s Wharf to unload the local portion of her cargo before proceeding to Wellington, Timaru and Dunedin to complete discharge. MAUI POMARE DUE. From Apia, Samoa, and Niue Island, via Wellington and Lyttelton, the Government steamer Maui Pomare is due at Auckland this evening, and berths at the King’s Wharf. At 3 p.m. on Monday she leaves here for Norfolk Island. Spedding, Ltd., will act as the local agent. LUCERIC ARRIVING. —At 5 p.m. today the Bank Line steamer Luceric is due at Auckland from Galveston, Texas, and later berths at the King’s Wharf to discharge 2,200 tons of sulphur under the agency of A. S. Paterson and Company. On Tuesday next she leaves here for Sydney and other Australian ports to complete discharge. RANGITATA TO LOAD. Leaving Tokomaru Bay tonight for Auckland, the New Zealand Shiping Co.’s motor-ship Rangitata is due here tomorrow morning, and will berth at Prince’s Wharf to continue her loading for Home. Next Thursday she leaves here for Napier and Wellington to complete loading, and is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on February 8 for Southampton and London, via Panama. CORNWALL TO COMPLETE.—Leaving Gisborne at midnight last night for Nanier and Auckland, the Federal steamer Cornwall is due here next Wednesday to complete her loading under the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. She is scheduled to clear this port finally on February - 4 for London and West Coast ports of England, via Panama. PORT DARWIN’S PASSENGERS. — The C. and D. Line steamer Port Darwin, which left Lyttelton at 11 p.m. on "Wednesday for London, via Panama, took the following passengers:—Mrs. Macdonald, Mr. Nicholls, Miss L. Garling, Mr. and Mrs. Garling, Professor and Mrs. Mills and family, and Mrs. A. E. Hurley. Dr. Macdonald accompanied the vessel as ship’s surgeon. NORTHERN COMPANY’S VESSELS. —The Northern Steamship Company announces that on account of Anniversary Day, the following alterations have been made to its schedule:—A steamer will be dispatched for Surfdale, Ostend and Omiha at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. There will be no scow to Paeroa on Monday, and on Tuesday the Tuhoe is to sail for that port at 4 p.m., relieving the Taniwha, which is to remain in port for Wednesday excursions. On Tuesday, the Claymore, which is sailing at 8.30 p.m. for Whangarei, is to call at Kawau en route. On the same day the Otimai is to leave at noon for Opotiki and Kutarere, the Toa at 3 p.m., for Whakatane, and the Kawau at 10 a.m. for Kawau, Takatu, Ti Point, Little and Big Omaha, instead of on Wednesday. There will be no boat to Manly and Arkle’s Bay on Monday, and the Omana is scheduled to sail at 11 o’clock that morning for Kawau, Mullet Point and Matakana, instead of on Wednesday. The Pono is announced to clear port for Mercury Bay and Tairua at 4 p.m. on Monday in place of the Tuhoe. ITALY’S SUPER-LINE R S.—Arrangements have been made for the construction of two fast super-liners for service between Italian ports and New York. An official announcement issued by the Lloyd Sabaudo Company states that the contract has now been signed with the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino for the construction of the first liner. The ship will have a speed of about 26 knots, which will enable it to make the passage from Naples to New York in about seven days. The tonnage will be something over 40,000 gross, and propelling machinery will consist of high-pressure turbines incorporating the latest improvements. It is of interest to note that the owners after careful consideration have decided to entrust the designing of the boilers to Messrs. Yarrow and Co., Ltd., of Scotstoun, Glasgow. The boilers will be constructed at the Andrea Engine Works at Trieste. It is expected inannouncements will shortly be made with regard to the construction of the other liner for the service of the Navigazione Generale Italians. In all probability this liner will be built in one of the Genoa yards, tut as yet no announcement has been made with regard to her propelling machinery. The lengthening of the piers at Genoa in order to take the new 40,000 tons liners is already under consideration, and t is also possible that the dry-dpcking accommodation at Genoa will be improved in order to make possible tlie dry-docking of these larger liners.

ANTONIO SAILS. The steamer Antonio undocked this morning, and sailed for Westport to load coal ior Papeete; thence she proceeds to Makatea to load phosphates for Honolulu. TOFU A SAILS. —Besides mails and cargo, the Union Company’s Island passenger steamer Tofua, which left Auckland this morning for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, took the following passengers:— Saluon: Mr. .r. V. Broadhi-use, Mr S. 1. Kronfeld. Mr. W. R. Feck. Mi. V. 11. Colton. Mr. IV. J. Candler. Mr. and Mrs. K. K Karin ire, Mr. ana Mrs. J. K. Thompson, Mr. and .Mrs. L>. W. Hoodless and child, Miss Smith, Mr. and Mrs K. 1> Instead, Mr. P. Walker, Mr. K. Johnston, Mrs. Williams. Miss Shaw, Bro. K. Fernarrova. Mr. and Mrs. r>. S. Thompson Miss Weston. Mr. A. S. Meredith. Mr’ W E. Sheppard, Mrs. Morgan and child, Mr. A. P. Porter. Mr. J. O. Christmas Mr. G. Haalett, Mr. A. 1,. Kidson. Mr It. O. Maddox. Miss Mills. Mrs. Kcele■-ion and two children. Miss Ottden. Mrs Elton and child, Mrs. and the Misses Garnett. Mrs. Selwood and child, Mr. and Mrs. J. Judd and five children. Mr. M. G. James, and eight steerage, including one Chinese and three Indians. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations during the week-end: — Auckland. —City of Wellington. Australia. INlaui Pomare. Port Dennison, Frances Massey, Oharlbury, Golden Cloud, airuna Niagara, Ulimaroa, Rotorua. Skagern, Surrey, Coptic, Tofua, AnC hat ham Islands.—Mataroa, Port DarWenVngton. —Maori, Wahine. Tamahine, Arab lira, Karepo, Port Dunedin, Cumberland, Aorangi, Dunedin, Durenda, Indien, Marama, Mahana, Rangitata, Rimutaka, Cornwall, Dionyssios Stathatos, Makura, Frances Massey, fort Denison. . Awarua. —Whakakura, Makura. Tamm, C. A. Larsen. Sir J. C. ltoss. Southern Princess, Kosmos, Tahiti, City of New York, Eleanor Boling, Kaling-o, Armadale, Hinemoa, Tutanekai, liaretu. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY HAUTTJRU (5 p.m.), 270 tons, Jack-son-Fowler, for Hokianga. ARRIVAL TODAY NGAPUHI (5.20 a.m.), 703 tons, Bark, from New Plymouth. ARAPAWA is to leave Westport on Mondav for Onehunga, via Kaipara. HAUTURU, due at six o’clock tomorrow morning from Hokianga, sails at 4 p.m. on Monday for Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato Heads. . HOKIANGA is expected to arrive from Hokianga on Monday. NGAPUHI arrived from New Plymouth this morning and is to be dispatched on the return trip at four o’clock on Monday afternoon.