The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 881, 27 January 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain R. J. Baldwin, formerly of the Union Company, who took the Koromiko up to the East some IS nupnths ago, is now master of the Kittawa, owned by Messrs. Williamson and Company, Hong-Kong. The vessel is at present running under time charter between Rangoon and Singapore. Captain R. L. Davies is standing by in Newcastle and is to take command of the Karetu in place of Captain George Ruxton, who will go on holiday. The following engineers have been appointed to the Kaikorai:—Chief, Mr. I. R. Gilmour; second, Mr. J. J. Matthews; third, Mr. H. Stewart; fourth, Mr. H. Vartha. Mr. Iv. J. McLeod, late second engineer of the Manuka, has joined the Narbada in a similar capacity. Mr. R. F. Barrett has joined the Tofua as third engineer. Mr. C. C. Richardson is joining the Kanna as chief engineer, in place of Mr. A. MacDonald. Mr. S. H. Head has joined the Kanna as second engineer, relieving Mr. J. T. Wilson for holidays. Mr. D. Kerr is joining the Poolta as chief engineer, relieving Mr. H. J. Knewstubb for holidays. Captain J. Bruce has been appointed to temporary command of the Poolta, relieving Captain G. D. Fraser for holiday leave. TANKER AUSTRALIA ARRIVED. —On her first visit to New Zealand the Texas OiW Company’s large motor-tanker Australia arrived from San Pedro, via Australian ports, yesterday afternoon. The vessel has 2,275,000 gallons of petrol for New Zealand. She is unloading 750,000 gallons into the company’s tanks at Freeman's Bay and will discharge the remainder at Wellington and Dunedin. ROTORUA DUE TOMORROW.—Inward bound from Liverpool, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua has sent radio advice that she expects to arrive in the stream here at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning. She has been allotted a berth at Queen’s Wharf, where she will land her passengers and mails and part cargo from West Coast ports of the United Kingdom. To complete unloading she will later sail for Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. RANGITATA IN PORT.—To continue loading refrigerated and general cargo for England, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rangitata returned to Auckland from Tokomaru Bay last evening and is at Prince’s Wharf. The vessel will complete loading at Napier and Wellington. With passengers and mail she is to be dispatched from Wellington for Southampton and London, via Panama, on February 8. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel for Napier on Wednesday.

. NIAGARA FROM VANCOUVER.—Due m the stream at 1 p.m. today from Vancouver, via way ports, the Union ,Slnp Company’s liner Niagara was allotted a berth at Prince’s Wharf. She will land passengers, mails and cargo, and is announced to resume her voyage to Sydney at 5 p.m. tomorrow. MAUNGANUI DUE TOMORROW.— Due here tomorrow morning from SydP e ,Y» the Union Steam Ship Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maungah?3 b ® e , n allotted a berth at Central Wharf. The vessel is scheduled to sail on the return trip to Sydney at 3 p.m. on I? riday next. SALE OF HIRERE,—The small steamer Hlrere left Auckland for Bluff on Saturday I ?° rnm S- . The vessel, which was ?'fT years in the Auckland coastal Pu rch ased by a Southern ini ’v.,7* Ch c C ® ndß ualn S her as a fishing boat. She is a wooden vessel of 4S 2" s fjoss and was built at Auckland in 1897 tor the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company About two years ago she was Y Cha YL by W - MccSllum. who has sold her to her present owners. „ ,-V C , eRIC , FROM GALVESTON.—. With 8,650 tons of sulphur from Galveston, lexas, the Andrew Weir steamer Luceric arrived on Saturday evening, she is unloadmg 11,000 tons of cargo at King’s Whan, and will unload the remainder at bydney, Port Kembla, Geelong and Port Lincoln. The vessel sailed from Galveston on December 15 and experienced stormy weather during the passage to Panama. Colon was reached on December 24, and Balboa was cleared the same day. Exceptionally fine weather prevailed during the vessel’s voyage across the Pacific. The Luceric’s crew number 74 all told. She has European officers, Chinese seamen and Indian stokers. Captain J. Mann, who has his wife with him, is in command, and the following are the officers:—Chief, Mr. A. Ellis; second, Mr. R. M. Yates; third, Mr. B. H. Jackson; chief engineer, Mr. R. Bunting; second, Mr. H. M. Scott; third, Mr. R. Kelly; fourth, Mr. W. Currie; wireless operator, Mr. A. R. Partridge. A. S. Paterson and Company, Limited, are the local agents. THE CITY OF WELLINGTON.—Running under the auspices of the A. and A. Line, the Eilerman-Hall Line steamer City of Wellington arrived at Auckland from New York and Newport News on Saturday evening. She has a general merchandise cargo for discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Cargo for Auckland is being unloaded at Queen’s Wharf to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The vessel sailed from New York on December 21 arid Newport News on December 24 and cleared Panama on New Year’s Day. Generally fair weather prevailed during the voyage. Captain H. Spencer is in command and he has with him the following officers;—Chief, Mr. W. J. Jones; second, Mr. R. N. Alum; third, Mr. J. Owen; chief engineer, Mr. R. Webster; second, Mr. F. Kilgour; third, Mr. J. Martin; fourth, Mr. Brown; fifth, Mr. Will; wireless operator. Mr. Symington; chief steward, Mr. R. Deighton.

RANGITANE AT WELLINGTON.On her maiden voyage, the New Zealand Shipping Company's new motor liner Rangitane—the third of the trio of the ‘•Rangi” class built by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank—arrived at Wellington on Friday night from London and Southampton, via Madeira, the Panama Canal and Pitcairn Island, and berthed at Pipitea wharf. The Rangitane brought 60 first saloon, 41 second saloon, and 100 third class passengers. The ship has a large general cargo to land there and will proceed to Auckland to complete discharging. _ T Captain A. W. McKeilar, R.D.. R.N.R., formerly of the Ruapehu and Remuera, is in command of the Rangitane, which has a register of 16,732 tons gross, and 11,02 b tons net. His officers are as follow: — Chief officer, A. E. Lettington, D.h. C. (ex Hororata); second officer, J. J. xoungs, R N It. (ex Tongariro); third officer, A. VV. Marshall (ex Rimutaka); fourth officer, A. Brown; Doctor L. De Courcy Harston (ex Ruahine); senior wireless, W. E. Smith (ex Hororata); junior wireless, P A. Fleming; chief engineer, G. Orrmston (ex Rangitiki); second engineer, A. Johnson (ex Kaikoura); third engineer, L. Holman (ex Rangitiki); fourth engineer, S. Smith; and seven junior engineers; chief refrigerating engineer, J. Watts; second refrigerating engineer. S. Broatch (ex Somerset); chief electrician, I Piggott.; two junior electricians, steward in charge, W. C. James (ex. asst supt. purser, ex Rimutaka); head steward, H. Anker (ex Rotorua.). The Rangitane has a crew of 194 all Rangitane is expected to leave Wellington for Auckland oil Saturday next. She will complete discharging heie and will commence loading for her homeward voyage. The vessel will also load at Napier, Lyttelton and Wellington. She is to be dispatched finally from Wellington for Southampton and London, via Panama, on March 1. THE ROMANCE OF BRITISH S HIP - PING.—An interesting address on this subject was delivered recently by Mr. W. T. Todd, secretary of the rsoitn or England Steamship Owners’ Association, states the “Syren and Shipping.” Starting from the days of crude skin coracles and dug-outs, he mentioned the fact that the ancient Britons called their craft “clols,” from which was derived the modern word keel. This was used until fairly recent times to describe a type of barge used largely in the Tyne district, and the speaker referred to the task which he personally had to perform in 1921 in translating the complicated tariff for trimming coal from so much a keel into an equivalent charge a ton. Mr. Todd dealt with the Elizabethan adventurers, the East India Company, the Atlantic packets, the tea and wool clippers, the dawn of the steam era, and present-day developments. In passing, he remarked that there was no trade or industry so hedged in by “grandmotherly” legislation as shipping. Since the great Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, which consolidated all previous measure* and contains no fewer than 747 clauses, there have been something like 30 Acts of Parliament specially devoted to the Merchant Navy and its activities. Mr. Todd gave a few instances of the truth of Tony Weller’s famous statement that the “law is a hass,” but he added that of late years the relations between shipowners and the Government had vastly improved.

BRITISH SHIPPING. —In the course of an important review of the British transport problem from the standpoint of the shipowner, which was submitted to the Royal Commission on Transport, Sir Norman Hill urged that the smaller ports should be developed in order that coastal shipping may play its full part in the movement of British trade, as it once did, and suggested that there should be closer co-operation between all the transport agencies by land and by sea, reports the “Shipping World.” “As a nation,” he said, “we are getting all the advantages to be derived from the foreign competition that is bearing so heavily on all our industries, including the shipping industry. The British shipping industry has no ‘home market’ or ‘preference’ in any other market, as all our ports and all our sea carrying trades, both foreign-going and coastwise, are open to ships under all flags. It is in receipt of no subsidies, aids or reliefs, direct or indirect, from the State, and therefore the freights the industry earns in open competition with the shipping of the world are the only funds out of which the cost of providing the service can be met and a return on the capital employed earned. The British shipping industry has, since the war, at enormous cost, provided more efficient and more economical ships, but with the limited extent to which the carrying power of those ships is being used owing to the lack of cargoes, it has not generally since IS2O earned sufficient to cover its working expenses and depreciation. That is a condition that cannot continue much longer without imperilling the existence of the British shipping industry.” WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland.—Tofua, Wairuna, Ulimaroa, Maunganui, Rotorua, Skegern, Surrey, Nordhval, Maui Pomare. Chatham Islands.—Port Darwin, Mataroa. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Tamahine, Arahura, Frances Massey, Marama, Indien, Port Sydney, Kent, Coptic, Cornwall, Rimutaka, Antonio, Aorangi, Dunedin, Dionyssios, Stathatos, Wakakura. Awarua.—C. A. Larsen, Sin J. C. Ross, Southern Princess, Kosmos, City of New York, Eleanor Boling, Port Dunedin, Kalingo, Armadaleskaimiro, Hinemoa, Tutanekai, Karetu, Poolta.