The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 894, 11 February 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Owing to indisposition. Captain A. H. Prosser, who has been in command of the Maori, had to come ashore at M'ellinfrton on Saturdav. Captain G. B. Morgan, of the Maherio, took charge of the Maori and Captain J. I>. Frew, late of the Xarbada. is taking the Maheno to Melbourne. Mr. F. McConville, chief engineer of the Kaiwarra. is now* on holidav leave in Christchurch. Mr. J. H. Xewton has joined the Karetu as chief engineer, relieving M!. J. Mclnnes for holiday leave. Mr. P. Menhennet has joined the Maori as fourth engineer, relieving Mr. G. Williamson for holiday leave.

FERNCLIFF TO LOAD.—Advice has been received by Henderson and Maciarlane. Ltd., that the Norwegian motorship Femcliffe is to load at Gulf of Mexico ports during March for Auckland and Australian ports. NIAGARA SAILS 4 P.M.—The L'nion Steam Ship Company’s liner Xiagara is announced to resume her voyage from Sydney to Vancouver, via Suva. Honolulu and Victoria, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. She is berthed at Prince's Wharf. MAUI POMARE SAILS 3 P.M.—The Government motor-ship Maui Pomare is to be dispatched at three o'clock this afternoon for Xiue and Apia. The vessel is berthed at King's Wharf. Spedding, Ltd., is her local agent. KALINGO SAILS TOMORROW.—To complete discharge of her cargo of Australian hardwood timber and poles, the Lamb steamer Kalingo is to be dispatched tomorrow for Onerahi, Wanganui, and Greyraouth. RANGITANE SAILS TOMORROW.— The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that its motor-liner Rangitane, now at Prince’s Wharf loading for London, js to be dispatched p.m. tomorrow £or Xapier, Lyttelton and Wellington to nil up. The vessel is scheduled to clear Wellington for Southampton and London, via Panama, on March 1. COPTIC SAILS SATURDAY.—At present at Queen’s Wharf loading for London, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s motor-ship Coptic is to be dispatched from here at daybreak on Saturday for Wellington, Timaru and Lyttelton to complete loading operations. She is scheduled to sail finallv from Lvttel ton February 2S for London, via Panama. A. S. Paterson and Co. is the local agent. RADIO FROM BRUNSWICK. The local office of the Atlantic Union Oil Company has received a radio message from the tanker Brunswick, inward bound from San Pedro, stating that she expects to arrive in the stream here at 10 a.m. tomorrow. She will berth at VV esetrn Wharf to put out the local portion of her cargo of oil into the comPanys tanks at Freeman’s Bay, and is to sail later for "Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney to discharge the remainder. BAMUEB WITH AUSTRALIAN —The big Finnish four-masted barque Herzogin Cecilie, which brought a cargo of Baltic timber to Melbourne, &nd then proceeded to "Wallaroo, where she loaded a cargo of wheat for the United Kingdom or Continent, left on Saturday, January 25, on her homeward voyage. The Herzogin Cecilie, which has a reputation for fast sailing, will probably be the first sailer to arrive in the English Channel from Australia. small Finnish barque Favell left Adelaide the next day for the Channel, wheatladen. f T AC,F,C CARGO SERVICES. The Waikawa. from Los Angeles, was due at Hobart on Saturday and proceeds c>° Feauty Point, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, and returns to Vancouver direct. The Waitemata. from the Pacific Coast, is due at Auckland on Friday next and proceeds from here to Wellington. Bluff. Port Chalmers. Wellington. Westport and V ancouver. The Waihemo was to leave Los Angeles on Sunday for Xapier, where she is due on March 5, thence to Lyttelton. Dunedin, Xelson and New and returns to Vancouver, via Westport. The Hauraki was to leave Los Angeles pn February 8 for Auckland, where she is due on March 2. thence to Wellington, Melbourne. Adelaide and Sydney, and returns to Vancouver, via Fanning Island. The Wairuna, from Lautoka, is due at Vancouver on February 21. The Waiotapu left Suva on February 6 for Vancouver, where she is due on February 28. MAHENO’S PASSENGERS.—The following passengers sailed from Wellington on the Union Steam Ship Company's inter-colonial passenger steamer Maheno which cleared that port for Melbourne, via. Bluff, on Saturday evening last:—Saloon.—Mrs. Archer and infant, Rev. IL W. Brownrigg, Mrs. H. M. Berch, Mrs. M. I. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. Cooley and infant. Miss X. Chuck, Miss L. M. Cameron. Mrs. M. and Miss K. Cunningham, Sister Carroll, Mr. H. J. Cowan, Mrs. J. Davy, Mrs. L. J. Duncan, Mrs. B. M. and Miss B. W. Dixon, Mr. H. W. Ferrar, Captain Frew, Master T. Ferraro, Mr. R. Graham, Mrs. G. F. Harding and infant, Mrs. A. I. Isaacs, Miss X. Jarvis, Mrs. K. Kay, Mr. and Mrs. and Master Lewis. Master W. Murton, Mr. T. McCowan, Mrs. R. Morrison, Mrs. A. F. Marfieet, Mrs. E. E. Moore and two children. Miss Pearce. Miss Peake, Mr. J. L. Pettiluga, Miss E. Royal, Mrs. M. Robertson, Mrs. M. Stanley, Captain E. A. Stein, Miss E. Thone, Mrs. Willey, Mrs. B. A. Weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Young: and child.

MARAMA IN PORT.—An arrival in port this morning was the Union Steam Ship Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Marama from Sydney. After pratique had been granted the vessel berthed at Queen’s Wharf to land her mails, cargo and the following passengers:— First class: Messrs. A. Anderson, W. Adams, M. Brown, E. Blomfield, F. Barnett, W. Berry, H. Burton, D. Campbell, A. Clark, H. Colquohon, R. Deansley, A. Ditescheim, M. Donner, E. Eastman. A. Gilder, G. Horne, J. Huntly, R. Harper, J. Hill. J. Kane, JJ. Leykand, H. MacKenzie, A. Mack, F. McLiver, A. Magson, A. Manson. G. Pass. G. Oman, A. Osborne, J. Pakenham, M. Reiner, C. Sheath, J. Spangenburg, J. Shaw. J. Sumner, S. Tatham, J. Vose, F. Zahra, Mesdames Adams, Casey, Coward and child, Cambridge, Dew, Donner and child, Eastman, Fenton and child, Gilder, Geddis, Harper, Hill and child, Leykand, Mackenzie, Mack. McLiver, Pass, Robson, Robinson, Shaw, Sumner, Slessareff, T. Dawson, Tatham, Misses P. Anglam, D. Anglam, A. Burrell, L. Clark, A. Dods, M. Drysdale,. E. Davenport, E. Gubb, K. Geddis, I. Hower, P. Lewis, I. Xewell, E. Peake, S. Potter, W. Renshaw, E. Sinclair, F. Stevens, S. Spotswood. E. Winslade, D. Watson. Second class: Brother Cormack, Messrs. C. Hargreaves, R. Jaine, D. Jeff, A. Jeffs, W. Low, F. Lynn, G. McKenzie. G. Ogden, G. Pearce, O. Petterson, K. Rayner, J. Stuart. A. Wilson, L. Willis, Mesdames Green, McMurtrie, O’Leary, Ogden, Pearce, Rayner, Thomas. Wilson, Misses S. Berry, E. Dray, P. George. Nr. Hay, G. Jones, I. Pearson, L. Refshaw. I. Young, and 77 steerage, including four Chinese. The Marama is scheduled to sail on her return trip to Sydney at 3 p.m. on Friday next. _

KAIRANGA SAILS TOMORROW.—The * Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Kairanga is to be dispatched tomorrow : for Honolulu, San Francisco and Los Angeles. THE TAMAROA —L. D. Nathan and Co. | advise that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Tamaroa is to sail at $ p.m. on 1 Thursday for Wellington, to complete discharge of her general merchandise cargo from London. FUTURE OF PULVERISED FUEL.— Commenting on Lord Inchcape's spee- h ; at the general meeting of the P. and O. i Company in December last, “‘The Loo-:- i out Man” in “Fairplay” says: It is nvt i in the inevitable darkness of the future that Lord Inchcap>e would have us dwell, j but rather on how black it will be, if we i do not get a grip on ourselves and refuse to be hypnotised by those who are j taking advantage of that state of mind which such an upheaval as a world-wide : war necessarily leaves behind it. It has j given the moralisers their chance, ai d j they are taking full advantage of it. ! Fortunately, however, sane orthodox ! nationalism has by no means been swept « oft’ its feet, and the P. and O. Company i in itself offers many instances of how the directors and managers have proceeded : composedly, but alertly withal, on their way, and have, within safe limits, ai- i lowed nothing to interfere with rational progress. As regards pulverised coal, for . example, they have been looking carefully into the question of its use in the j cargo ships which they will have to build in the near future for those whom Lord } Inchcape described as ' our allies.” to . replace older vessels. It is of great in- ; terest to note that, in his opinion, there j seems every prospect of a successful future for it—especially in cargo vessels. , So much so. in fact, that: “A steamer of one of our allied companies was recently fitted with half of her generating plant for pulverised fuel, and the results were so satisfactory that she is now being fitted with the other half, so that she will run entirely with pulverised fuel, which finds its way into the furnaces as easilv as oil and is much cheaper.” There ire several systems on the market for the burning of powdered coal; and in use it has proved so successful in one of the steamers of the Xew Zealand Shipping Company, which was not originally fitted for this fuel, as to induce the P. and O. Company to build two boats specially equipped for this purpose, which should encourage other owners to inquire more closely into the matter and see Whether tfr? .9 la i ms th<? .inventors are justified. All that can be said with certainty at the moment is that, the results so far obtained have been satisfactory in many respects, and that, if Lord. Inchcape’s anticipations are borne out, it should not be long before pulverised coal will be at least in more general use than it is at present. Incidentally, I may mention that i * ess f s - T. and J. Harrison have already for^therr^ k 6 systsm on a vessel building

WH,TE STAR COMMANDS.—The commanders of seven ships of the White i Star” Line were affected by changes made j during the last few weeks. Two of the captains, Walter H. Parker, of the Olym- 1 pi . ? a P d Hickson, of tha Adriatic ! retired, and five others shifted to fin the i vacancies thus created. U ine Ca P t J lin , Hus face r. White, who com-. rn^l<^T d the Homeric until last August Rim ;e h uUt e a h substitute captain Parker in* has • succeeded Captain S2nev D f h th,V c ' Captain James ivearnej, or th€: Baltic, succeeded Gao,t ain T ™?H- S n° n i" the AdrSuc aptam th» W u assumed temporary pasture" of CapUdin H wS!t r i C £■' Sfn Evan Dav?". 3 f° f tha f>. hi P- S Spl and late of the’NvesTernland command of the Baltic. taken command of" the I.Turt n Uc,‘ To^tafce Liverpool to New York HhSrSy CapSS J. B. Bulman will leave the ArahiN+A i!S e raXffi n Trkn t t lle uaptain Ti ant, and Captain P r commander of ’ the ♦TT 111 . t)e promoted to the comserved In tl th<» A T ablC ' c , a Ptain Vaughan the f nd oth cr ships in prtwar'davs. land trade as an White, the new' commander of the Olympic, second la >-e PS t ship of the White Star fleetT has beef fn the employ of the line 31 fears h! entered the service as a junior officer I^l9 6 and is h a from 1914 to % ,etlre,i commander of the in a i£id i £uc d "w in command the tifteate3* aS £ eld a mas ter’s cerunca.e years. He started his at IS, and joined the White Star 189? pn?«r=t rth officer of the Cufic in 1899. His first command was the Rim on - ski in the Canadian run. He vL a S ant commander of the Olympic and the af?ir St a iK?*LSS5 B T rS “ und alter a lew .years shore service at Liverpool commanded the Cedric. Medic Ceramic. Adriatic and Megantic * Captain Warner, of the Homeric has been at sea 43: years, starting in sail at 16, succeeding to command of the Glery, f ° f ,t he r? len Lhir and joining the staff of the Koval Mail Steam Packet _ Company after a war-time career*

NEW MEDITERRANEAN PASSE*. GER STEAMER.—The Knight of -Malta, a f:ne-modelled single-screw mail and passenger steamer, which has been built to the order of Cassar Company, Limited, Malta, by Swan. Hunter and Wighan. Richardson, Limited, at their Neptune Works. Xeweastle-on-*Tyne. has comcompleted a very successful tiip, says “Ftiirplay.” She has been specially belli to carry on the mail and j a.*senger aervice between Malta and s>racuse, and is also suitable for trading to other Mediterranean ports. The latest Board of Trade requirements for a passefefV ship have been complied with.- -Xag vessel is about 270 ft long by 37ft beats, has been constrarect under special vey to Lloyd’s Register’s highest dm, and will carr>- over 2.000 tons deadweight on a draft of 151 ft. She has two funnels, a poop, bridge, and topgallant forecastle, a straight stem and an elliptical stern. There are two steel decks and a double bottom for water ballast. Accommodation has been provided for 63 first-class passengers is deckhouses on the bridge and upper decks. The public rooms include an entrance hall with a music room, panelled in birch —the furniture is in polished birch—and a dining saloon, the lower pants of the walls of which are panelled in mahogany anc. the upper parts painted. The dining-room furniture Is in mahogany. There is also a smokingroom in oak and a large shelter at ibo forward end of the promenade deck. A number of the cabins are single-berth rooms and the others two -berth roefng. The second-class are accommodated in four-berth rooms, and Agve a dining saloon with fiimiture in mahogany. There are two cargo hatches, each served by a tubular steel 5-ton derrick and steam winch. There are also a steam windlass, steam steering gear with telemotor control, electric light throughout. an electrically-driven refrigehnW plant to cool the provision chambers, an ice-making plant, a wireless installation, etc. The propelling tnachinery consists of a single set of triple-expansion steair. engines, supplied with steam from three multitubular boilers, the whole of which have been built at the Xeptune Engine Works. On the trial trip everything worked to the entire satisfaction of si! concerned, and a speed of over 152 knots I was attained. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE-- ; The following vessels are expected to ‘be within range of the undermentioned h wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: Port Pirie. H.M.S. Laburnum. Brunswick, Sierra, Canadian Hy* lander, Northumberland, Karamea, W»J: | temata, Rio Dorado, Xiagara, MMi Pomare. Chatham Islands: Mariana. Cornwall. Wellington: Maori, Wahine, TamahwA I Arahura, H.M.S. Dunedin, Aotyj* ! Rimutaka, Kerminius, Ra ngitata. R°torua, Tahiti, Anglo-Canadian, Tutaw* kai. Awarua: Sir J. C. Ross, C. A. \ Southern Princess, Kosmos, City of *7® York. Makura, Maheno. Turakma Hinemoa, Plume. Argyllshire, Kir® ll *' I Charlbury. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—AF.APAWA sails this afternoon at thrs> ! o’clock for Opunake and Wanganui. ! HAUTURU i.» due on Thursday J a.m. from Raglan and Kawhia, and » the same day at 3 p.m.. for j HOKIANGA is expected to san Thursday at 3 p.m. for HokiangaNGAPUHI is expected tomorrow naj' ing at 7.30 from Xew Plymouth. a“ sails for the same port the following « at 4 p.m.