The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

THE AORANGI.—The Union Steam Ship Company’s liner Aorangi, which arrived at Vancouver from Sydney, via ports at 6 p.m. on Thursday, is announced to clear that port on Wednesday next for Sydney, via usual pots. She is due at Auckland on February 23. SOUTHS AUSTRALIAN LOADING.— The Union Company advises that its cargo vessel Kaimiro is scheduled to load at South Australian ports about the third week of this month, completing at Melbourne and probably Hobart, for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, New Plymouth, Portland and Auckland.

PERSONAL.—Captain A. H. Prosser is now in command of the Maori, vice Captain B. B. Irwin, who has taken command of the Wahine, relieving Captain Y. D. Cameron for holiday leave. Captain YT. Whitefleld has taken temporan' command of the Kahika, relieving Captain G. W. Godfrey. , Captain R. L. Davies is standing by in Newcastle, and is to take command of the Karetu in place of Captain G. Ruxton, who will go on holiday.

Mr. M. M. McArthur, of the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company’s staff, has passed his examination for a certificate as master in the home trade.

MAILS REACH LONDON.—The chief postmaster has received advice that mails which left Wellington on December 33, 1929, per the R.M.S. Tahiti, vja San Francisco. arrived in London on January 30, 1930. GOLDEN CLOUD S AIL E D—The American steamer Golden Cloud sailed for Wellington, Timaru, and Dunedin yesterday afternoon in continuation of her voyage from Pacific Coast ports. MELBOURNE PASSENGER SERVICE. Having left Melbourne on Wednesday morning, the Union Company's intercolonial passenger steamer Maheno is due at Bluff tomorrow, and at Wellington, via Dunedin and Lyttelton, on February 7. he is scheduled to leave Wellington on February 8 on her return trip to Melbourne, via Bluff. RIO DORADO REPORTS.—Wireless advice received by Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane from the steamer Rio Dorado states that she will arrive from Casablanca, Morocco, at daybreak on Monday. The vessel’s phosphate cargo is for discharge at Auckland, New Plymouth, and Wanganui. She will berth at King's Wharf. PORT DUNEDIN DUE MONDAY.— The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company has received advice that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Dunedin cleared Wellington for Auckland at 7 a.m. today. Due here early on Monday morning, the vessel is to berth at Central Wharf, and will complete at this port her loading for England. She is announced to sail finally on Wednesday evening for London, via Halifax. RAMGITANE DUE TOMORROW MORNING.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s new motor-liner Rangitane, which cleared Wellington at 5.10 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, in continuation of her voyage from London and Southampton, has sent a radio message that she expects to arrive off Rangitoto Island at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning. The vessel has been allotted a berth at Prince’s Wharf, and is to complete discharging her cargo from Horne at this port. She Is to start her loading for the return trip as soon as discharging is completed. PACIFIC COAST LOADINGS.—-For-ward loadings of Union Company steamers at Pacific Coast ports are approximately as follow: The Wairuna will load during the first half of March for Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. She is to clear Los Angeles on March 15, and is due at Wellington on April 13. The Kairanga will load during the middle of March for Napier, New Plymouth, and possibly Wanganui and Nelson. She is to clear Los Angeles on March 20, and is due at Napier on April IS. The Waiotapu will load during March for Papeete, Auckland, and Australia. She is to clear Los Angeles on March 23, and is due at Auckland on April 20. THE KING GEORGE V. EXPLOSION. —The Board of Trade has issued a report of a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances attending an explosion from a water-tube boiler on board the turbine steamer King George V., which occurred on July 19 last, when the vessel was between Loch Ranza and Pirnmill. It was found that the explosion was caused by shortness of water in th~ boiler, which lad to overheating of the tubes to such a’ degree that one of them bulged, and finally ruptured under the stresses set up in the material by the internal pressure. BRYNYMOR IS “ECONOMY” SHIP.— The steamer Brynymor, launched at Burntisland, Scotland, recently, is the seventh of the Burntisland Shipbuilding Company's “economy” type ships. The principal dimensions are 382 feet 6 inches by 51 feet 6 inches by 27 feet 6£ inches, with a tonnage of 7,750 dead-weight. The vessel is of the single-deck type, with poop, long bridge and forecastle, and has large hatchways and clear holds. She is fitted with the latest type of deck machinery, and discharging gear. Water ballast is provided in double bottoms, and large fore and after peaks. In the holds for the carriage of grain cargoes, steel centre-line bulkheads and shiftingboards are fitted, and one of the special features of the vessel is the arrangement of cargo and bunker spaces to provide for ease of interchangeability. THE SPEEDY COPTIC. —One cf the fastest ships in the New Zealand trade is the Shaw, Savili and Albion Company’s motor-liner Coptic, now on her fourth vovage from London to New Zealand. The Coptic has been in service for sixteen months, and during that period has covered almost 100,000 miles. This must be very close upon a world’s record for a freighter, and has been contributed to not only by the speed of the ship, but by the excellent cargo-handling facilities both aboard ana ashore, which have given her quick dispatch from London, from New Zealand ports, and from Australian ones extending round the long coast from Fremantle to Cairns in North Queensland. Lik<> all motor-ships, the Coptic had to be “run in,” so that her first voyage established no outstanding times. On her third trip, though, a record went by the board, for she travelled from London | to Fremantle in 29 days, calling en route iat Port Said, Aden and Colombo. Her actual time at sea was 28 days, and her average speed (151 knots) is the fastest yet recorded on this cargo run. Actually her time was a day less than that taken by the P. and O. mail liners, though these big steamers make more ports of call. This new service established by the Coptic and her three sisters, the Karamea, Zealandic and Taranaki, enabled English cargo to be landed in Sydney in 41 days, the same as that taken by the mail boats. On her record trip the vessel finished discharge in Cairns, 15,000 miles from the port of departure, in 56 days, and during that time had delivered 11,000 tons of cargo. How marked a contrast is this with the sailing ship conditions which still hold in the memories of many or even with the conditions existing a bare ten years ago. On the New Zealand coast, too, the Coptic has shown a fast turn of speed, and claims a record for any vessel between Wanganui and Lyttelton. This trip she covered a few months ago at a speed of 16.2 knots, while her recent performance of 3 days 3 hours from Suva to Auckland eclipses all but mail boat speeds. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—arrivaI yesterday ARAPAIVA (8.30 p.m.), 291 tons. Pert, from Kaipara.

THE ANGLO-CANADIAN. —The Geo. H. Scales Company, advises That the Anglo-Canadian, which is under charter to that company, is not expected to arrive at Wellington until tomorrow from Port Pirie. WESTMOOR LEAVES ANTWERP. — The New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice that the motor-ship Westmoor was dispatched from Antwerp on January 26 with a full cargo of basic slag for discharge at Auckland. She is due about March 14. ULIMAROA FROM SYDNEY.—The Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa was dispatched from Sydney for Wellington at midday yesterday with passengers, mail and cargo. She is due at Welling--1 ton on Tuesday, and will sail on her return trip to Sydney next Friday. | MAUNGANUI SAILED. —The Union ! Company’s intercolonial steamer Maunganui sailed for Sydney yesterday afternoon with passengers, mail, and cargo. The vessel is due at Sydney on Tuesday morning, and next Friday she is to be despatched for Wellington. PLUME DUE THIS EVENlNG.—Wireless advice from the Vacuum Oil Company’s tanker Plume states that she will arrive from San Francisco at 5.30 p.m. today. The vessel has a bulk oil cargo to be unloaded into the company’s tanks at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. and Dunedin. Cargo for Auckland will be unloaded at Western Wharf. THE CANADIAN HIGHLANDER. — Now loading at Wellington, the Canadian National steamer Canadian Jlighlander is to sail on Monday for Napier and Auckland to complete loading general cargo for New York, Boston, and Halifax. She will be despatched from Auckland for New York about the end of next week. THE FERNDALE —The Aberdeen - Commonwealth steamer Ferndale is expected to leave Gisborne for Auckland this evening to complete loading refrigerated and general cargo for London. The vessel is loading under the auspices of the Shaw. Savill, and Albion Line, and L. D. Nathan and Co., Ltd., is the local agent. A berth has been allotted her at Prince’s Wharf, and she is scheduled to sail for London on Wednesday. P. AND O. THIRD-CLASS ACCOMMODATION. —Passengers from New Zealand and Australia intending to retufn third-class from London by the P. and O. Koval Mail Line steamers Mongolia and Moldavia, which are scheduled to leave London for Sydney, via Suez, on September 5, and November 28, will be interested to learn that it has been definitely decided to reserve all third-cabin accommodation in these steamers exclusively for returning Australians and New Zealanders, and independent travellers. This means that passengers of the migrant class will not be carried on these voyages. Arrangements for accommodation can be made through the Sydney office of the company. The company also wishes it to be known that in future all Royal Mall steamers not calling at Hobart will leave Sydney at 4 p.m. on day of sailing, instead of noon as heretofore. Vessels calling at Plobart will leave Sydney at noon on the advertised dates.