The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 889, 5 February 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

NUCUL.A UNDOCKS TOMORROW.— At present in Calliope Dock refitting and having a new propeller installed. the Royal Fuel Auxiliary Nucula is to undock at noon tomorrow. THE MAUI POMARE.—Expected In the stream from Norfolk Island at about 12.30 p.m. today, the Government motorship Maui Pomare was allotted a berth at King's Wharf, where she lands her passengers, mails and cargo. Spedding, Ltd., is her local agent. CORNWALL SAILS TOMORROW.— Now at Queen’s Wharf completing her loading for London and West Coast United Kingdom ports, the Federal steamer, Cornwall is now announced to sail on her Homeward voyage p.m. tomorrow. The New Zealand Shipping Company is her local agent. HERMINIUS LOADING.—To commence loading for New York, Boston, Halifax, and London, the Shaw Savill steamer Herminius arrived at Wanganui on Sunday from Port Chalmers. She is to leave there again today for New Plymouth, thence to Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland, and is to sail finally from the last-mentioned port on February 25. COPTIC TO LOAD.—The Shaw Savill motor-ship Coptic, which arrived at Wellington on Monday morning from Port Chalmers to complete discharge of her London cargo, is to leave there today for Napier to commence loading for London. She will subsequently proceed to Auckland and Wellington. She is due at Wellington on February 17, and will leave on February 20 for Timaru and Lyttelton, and is to sail finally from the last-named port on February 28 for London, via the Panama Canal. TAMAROA DUE TONIGHT.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s liner Tamaroa is due off Rangitoto Island at 9 o’clock tonight from London and Southampton, according to her wireless advice. The vessel is now to berth at Central Wharf tomorrow morning to land her passengers and discharge the local portion of her cargo. She later proceeds to Wellington to complete unloading. Her Auckland agents are L. D. Nathan and Company.

PORT ALMA’S LOADING CANCELLED.—The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company has received advice that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Alma will not load in New Zealand, as -was intended. She will be replaced by another of the company’s vessels. TAHITI FROM SAN FRANCISCO.— From San Francisco, via Papeete and Rarotonga, the Royal McLil liner Tahiti is due at Wellington next Monday morning. After landing passengers, mail and cargo for New Zealand, she is to resume her voyage to Sydney at four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. RIO DORADO AT KlNG’S.—Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane announce that the steamer Rio Dorado, now at King’s Wharf discharging the local portion of her phosphate cargo from Casablanca, Morocco, is to be dispatched p.m. on Tuesday next for Plymouth and Wanganui to complete unloading. THE PORT BRISBANE.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Brisbane will reach Lyttelton from London at daybreak on Saturday, according to her wireless advice. The vessel’s general merchandise cargo is for discharge at Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff, Timaru, and New Plymouth. THE RANGITI Kl. —On her third voyage to New Zealand, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitiki is to leave London on February 13, and Southampton the following day, for Wellington and Auckland. The vessel is due at Wellington on March 19, and at Auckland about March 25* PORT DUNEDIN SAILS THIS EVENING.—The Farmers’' Co-operative Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Dunedin, at present finalising her loading for Halifax and London at Central Wharf, is to be dispatched for the former port this evening. THE KALINGO.—The Northern Company has received advice that the Lamb steamer Kalingo was dispatched from Port Stephen for Auckland at six o clock on Monday evening. The vessel has a cargo of hardwood timber and poles for discharge at Auckland and East Coast ports. She is due on Sunday and goes to Central Wharf. KAIRANGA FOR PACIFIC COAST.— The Union Company’s Kairanga was to leave Wellington yesterday for Lyttelton. From the Canterbury port the vessel proceeds to Westport for bunkers,, thence to San Francisco, via Suva and Honolulu. She is to load at Pacific Coast ports du\%,g March for Napier and New Plymouth, and also possibly for Wanganui and Nelson. FERNDALE SAILS TOMORROW. Running under the auspices of the Shaw, Savil! and Albion Company, the Aber-deen-Commonwealth Line steamer Ferndale, at present at Prince’s Wharf completing her loading for London, is announced to clear port on her Homeward voyage tomorrow evening. L. J>. Nathan ancl are local agents for the Fendule. ULIMAROA AT WELLINGTON.— \\ ith passengers, mail, and cargo from Sydney, the Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa arrived at Wellington at six o clock yesterday morning. Passengers and mail for the North will reach Auckland by train this morning. The vessel is to sail on her return trip to Sydney on Friday morning. She is the only Sydney passenger steamer arriving at and leaving New Zealand this week. CANADIAN CHALLENGER REPORTS • —Wireless advice received from the Canadian National steamer Canadian Challenger states that she will arrive from Halifax tomorrow morning. The vessel has a general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. The vessel has been allotted a berth at Prince’s Wharf, and she will probably be dispatched again on Saturday for her Southern ports of discharge. KARAMEA’S ITINERARY.—A. S Paterson and Company, Ltd., advise that the Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-shio Karamea is due at New Plymouth from Australia next Monday to commence loading in New Zealand for London and \\ est Coast ports of Great Britain. The vessel’s loading ports are New Plymouth, Napier, Gisborne, Opua, Auckland and Wellington. She is scheduled to reach Auckland on February 22, and to .sad from Wellington for London on March 6. UNION COMPANY’S NEW STEAM—Two of the Union Company’s fine new cargo steamers, the Kaimiro and Ivarepo, have been completed and are ll aw in service in New Zealand waters. Of the remaining three which are now building, the Talune, a vessel of 2,500 tons gross register, for the Sydney-Tasmania cago service, has been named for some time. Ihe last two vessels have now had names allotted to them. The bigger 9 1 - two, a vessel of 2,800 tons gross, 4V3 1 ’t , on * roughly, the same lines as the » aipiata, and destined for the same ser—vice, will be named the Waimarino. The other, a vessel of 1,500 tons gross, which will take the place of the Corinna in the Dunedin - Wellington - Nelson - New Plymouth run, is to be named the Wainui. KIEL’S PROJECTED SHIPPING EXHI BIT I O N .—Says "Fairplay”: A report received by the Department of Overseas trade from the British Consul-General at Hamburg states that preliminary notices have been circulated of an exhibition to be held at Kiel between August 30 and September 21, 1931, styled the “Xordische I* afen-, Schiffahrts- und Verkehrs-Auss-tellung,” and a company, the Ausstel-lungs-Gesellschaft m.b.h., Kiel, has been formed to run it. The exhibition is being held under the auspices of the Kiel municipal authorities in the Nordseehalle a large building with a floor space of approximately 8,000 square metres erected some three years ago by the municipality of Kiel for exhibition purposes, and invitations for support are being exrended to port authorities and all branches of in dustily interested in port construction, shipbuilding and allied industries The closing date for application to exhibit is July 31, 1930. Full particulars may be obtained from the exhibition offices, r,9, Holtenauerstrasse, Kiel. There are also offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Danzig.

PAKEHA LEAVES ANTWERP.—Advice received by L. D. Nathan ar.d Co., Ltd., states that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Pakeha left Antwerp on Monday with a basic slag cargo for Auckland. She is due on March 10. BRUNSWICK DUE: SHORTLY.—The electrically-driven tanker Brunswick is expected at Auckland from San Pedro on Sunday with a full cargo of bulk oil for the Atlantic Union Oil Company. The cargo will be urloaded at Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. SPANISH CUSTOMS FINES.— Says “Lloyd’s Weekly Shipping Summary”: An example of the extreme severity, of Spanish Customs Regulations in connection with shipping occurred at a Spanish port recently. A British tramp steamer arrived to load cargo and the master presented the customary list of stores and provisions to the Customs Guards (Carabineros) when they boarded him. During the subsequent search by these guards they discovered and impounded some cases of condensed milk, overlooked by the steward when making out his list, and some tins of assorted jams found in the forecastle, being surplus of unconsumed rations supplied to the crew, over which the master and steward have practically no control. These goods were removed to tlie Custom House, where the leviable duty was assessed—rt the highest tariff rate, seing that a certificate of origin was not available—-and an equal amount was imposed as a line. This was equivalent to some £63. The unfortunate master, naturallv, explained the reasons of the oversight in making out his list, and appealed for a more reasonable punishment; but in vain, the Customs authorities maintaining that they, had been most considerate, seeing that the Ordinances authorised a fine of five times the duty. As shipowners are aware, similar cases occur very frequently at all Spanish ports, and although H.M.’s Embassy at Madrid does its utmost to support protests or appeals, the efforts are but seldom successful. Sometimes the result, after a delay of a year or two, or more, is that the Treasury consents to forgo a part of its share in the spoil, but seldom is the proportion allotted to the “Carabineros” pardoned; they would be discouraged, no doubt, and their zeal for duty would diminish if not remunerated by these fines, chiefly paid bv the foreigner ignorant of the multifarious articles and clauses of Spanish regulations. Experience teaches, of course, and masters, of vessels accustomed to trade with Spain are very careful to have their lists in order.

DIESEL-ENGINED TRAIN FERRY.— The twin-screw motor-driven train ferry Carmen Avellaneda, which has been built by A. and J. ilnglis, Limited, Pointhouse, Glasgow, for the Parana River service of the Entre Rios Railways Company, Limited, has carried out successful official trials in the Firth of Clyde says “Fairplay.” Constructed in compliance with the requirements for Lloyd’s Register’s 100 A 1 class, she is 355 ft 6in in length, 57 ft 6in in breadth, 19ft 9in in depth, and of 2,235 tons gross. Her service will be to transport railway trains across the Parana River between Argentina and the province of Entre Rios—a distance of about 60 miles, which will be covered in close upon four hours Four sets of rails run practically lor the whole length of the vessel. They are laid to the standard gauge and are secured to the steel deck by < hairs and bolts, heavv buffers being provided at the after end of each pair of rails. To keep the end of the ferry in line with the apron of the loading bridge when loading, four steel sockets are provided at the bow end, which receive the sliding pins of the ro I?’ , J , he hull is strongly built and the deck is strengthened by longitudinal trusses and stanchions along its entire length with channel section deck beams at each frame. The bridge deck is arranged forward or amidships, and is raised high enough the trains to pass underneath it. It is supported by columns of latticed steel construction with lattice girders beneath. On this bridge deck is a house containing the.- captain’s rooms and three rooms for pilots. A wheel,is uilt above the surrounding superstructure with windows designed to give an all-round view. The accommodation for the ship’s officers, engineers and crew is on the main deck forward of the engine room. The deck maehinerv comprises an electrically-driven windlass forward, and an electrically-operated reversing capstan aft. Steering gear of the hydraulic-electric type is employed Fu-l 2** *? curled in two oil-tight bunkers in tront of the engine room below the accommodation deck. The propelling maS s been constructed by Harlan,l and AV olff. Limited, Glasgow, and consists of two eight-cylinder, four-stroke single-acting oil engines of the latest Harland-E. and it. trunk piston tvpe They have a cylinder bore of 400 mm and a piston stroke of 750 mm and hieach been designed to develop’over l'4oo runnrng at a normal speed °£ resolutions. On the measured mile at Skelrnorlie a. satisfactory speed wnth<: v . essel f ully loaded. There was also a six hours’ continuous mos't r^atfsf actor U y\ C ° ev * r > worked

MAMILIUS FROM ANTWERP.—An expected arrival next Sunday is tht Shaw. Savill and Albion steamer Mamil* ius from Antwerp. The vessel has a bast* slag cargo for discharge at Auckland L. D. Nathan and Company. Ltd., an the local agents. She will berth at Kina’* Wharf. WARSHIPS SAILED.—'Th- warship* Laburnum and Veronica sailed for Southern ports yesterday and they will b« away from Auckland for nearly thre* months. The Laburnum proceeds first to New Plymouth and the Veronica to Tan* ranga. Both warships are scheduled to return on April 2S. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland. —Tofua, West Loquassuck, Waikawa, Bradavon, Antigone, Veronica, Laburnum, Canadian Challenge-, Kona, Port Dunedin, Cornwall, Kalingo, Brunswick. Chatham Islands.—Mamilius. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Tamahin**, Arahura, Dunedin, Rotorua, Port Brn • bane, Charlbury, Mahan a, Rangitatn, Port Denison, Ri mu taka. Port Piri*, Plume, Canadian Highlander, Australia, Otokia, Westmoreland, Toyohik> Mnru. Awarua. —City of New York, Eleanor Boling, Tahiti, Makura, Hinemoa, Tutarekai, Maheno. Cumberland, O. A. Larser, Fir J. c. Ross, Southern Princes. 1 , Kosmos. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS YESTERDAY HAUTURU (4.30 p.m.), 270 tor..?, Jacks no-Fowler, from Mokianga. HOKIANGA (5.45 p.m.), 271 ton«. Ke - nedy, from Hokianga.