The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 905, 24 February 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Captain J. E. Dawson, harbourmaster at Wellington, left Wellington on Friday by the Tamaroa on a trip to Napier and Waikokopu. Captain E. Harris is now in command of the Narbada. Captain A. T. Toten has been appointed to command the Tahiti, and Captain W. Martin has been appointed to command the Maunganui. Mr. C. K. Cannon has relieved Mr. C. A. Barker as third officer of the Tamahine. Mr. W. S. Hall, chief engineer of the Waikouaiti, is now on holiday leave. Mr. F. Mo watt has rejoined the tanker Otokia as chief engineer. Mr. V. Boivin, third engineer of the Otokia, has resigned to take up a shore appointment. ' Mr. P. J. Burns, engineer of the Terawhiti, is now on holiday leave, his place being taken by Mr. J. J. Matthews. KENT LEAVES PANAMA CANAL. — Cabled news has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer Kent, which left Pioton on January 29 for . London and West Coast ports of Great Britain, left the Panama Canal on February 19. PORT NAPIER LOADS AT NEW YORK. —The 'Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Napier is reported to have arrived at New York from England last Monday. The vessel is to load at New York for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is to sail on March 1. NORWAY’S NEW SHIPPING. —Vessels being constructed in Europe for Norwegian owners total over 1,000,0 DD tons dead-weight. This fleet consists of 65 motor tankers aggregating 694,000 tons dead-weight, 37 ordinary motor vessels of 253,000 tons dead-weight, and 26 steamers of 75,000 tons. MIDDLESEX TO LOAD. —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Federal June steamer Middlesex, now in Australia, is to load in New Zealand for Rotterdam, Hamburg and London. Her loading ports are Bluff. Lyttelton, Picton, Wellington and Napier. She is to be dispatched from Napier for Rotterdam on April S. CORINTHIC LEAVES BALBOA.— Cabled news has been received by the Shaw Savill, Company that the liner Corinthic, en route from London and Southampton to Auckland, left Balboa on Thursday afternoon. The vessel is now due at Auckland on March 15. L. D. Nathan and Co. will act as the local agents. CUMBERLAND LOADING. —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Cumberland now loading at Wanganui for London and West Coast ports of Great Britain, subsequently loads at New Plymouth, Auckland, Gisborne, “Wellington and Napier. She is due here on March 2 and will sail finally from Napier on March 15 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. NARBADA REPITTED. —After a prolonged stay at Port Chalmers, having the insulation removed from three holds, the Union Company’s Indian trader Narbada left Port Chalmers for Port Kembla on Thursday to bunker before she proceeds to Calcutta. The vessel is to take the March - April loading at Calcutta and Eastern ports for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin.

PORT WAIKATO IN AUSTRALIA.— The new motor-ship ort Waikato, under its owner, Captain W. Watchlin, which left Leith on December 10, via Suez, is now on> the Australian coast. She left Melbourne recently for Manning River to lift Australian hardwoods for Auckland. The new vessel is expected in Auckland about the middle of March, and will trade in intercolonial and coastal trade. Watkins and Wallis are the local agents.

MAKURA LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO.—CabIed news has been received by the Union Company that the Makura left Sail Francisco at 2 p.m. last Wednesday for Papeete, Rarotonga, Wellington and Sydney. She is due at Wellington on March 10 and will leave again the following day for Sydney. THE TAHITI.— The Royal Mail liner Tahiti arrived at Wellington from Sydney this morning. She will resume her voyage to San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete tomorrow afternoon. MAURETANIA’S SPEED. —The Cunard liner Mauretania, which arrived at Plymouth on January 3 from New York, accomplished the crossing in four days 23 hours 3 minutes, at an average speed of 25.42 knots, her fastest crossing of the year with the exception of her record-breaking trip in August last. This was the liner’s thirteenth voyage since she resumed her place in the Atlantic service in April. On each east-bound crossing in this series she has averaged over 25 knots, the average speed eastbound for the whole period being 25.39 knots.

HERMINIUS SAILING. —Efforts are being made by L. D. Nathan and Co. to dispatch the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s steamer Herminius from Auckland at daylight on Wednesday for New York, Boston, Halifax, and London, via Panama. GOLDEN WEST REPORTS. —Radio advice received by Henderson and Macfarlane states that the O. and O. Line’s steamer Golden West is due at Auckland next Friday morning from Los Angeles. After discharge here, the vessel proceeds to Wellington and Lyttelton to complete. KAIMIRO DELAYED. —Advice has been received by the local office of the Union Company that the steamer Kaimiro has been delayed at Edilhburg by heavy rain, and is now expected to clear there today for Wallaroo, where she completes loading for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland, and Portland. HAURAKI DUE FRIDAY. —A further radio message received by the local office of the Union Company states that the motor-ship Hauraki is expected to arrive at Auckland on Friday afternoon from the Pacific Coast ports. After discharge here, she proceeds to Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney to complete. LARGO LAW REPORTS. —The steamer Largo Law will arrive from Antwerp tomorrow, according to her wireless advice. She has a basic slag cargo for discharge at Auckland and New Plymouth. Cargo for Auckland will be unloaded at King’s Wharf. The New Zealand Shipping Company will act as the local agents.

KARAMEA’S MOVEMENTS. —A. S. Paterson and Co. has been advised that the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s motor-ship Karamea leaves Gisborne at 5 p.m. today for Opua and Auckland. She is due here next Friday to continue her -loading, and later goes to Wellington to complete. The vessel is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on March 8 for London. Avonmouth, Liverpool, and Glasgow, via Panama.

REMUERA REPORTS AGAlN.—Further wireless advice received from the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Remuera states that she will arrive at Auckland from London and Southampton at ten o’clock tomorrow morning, instead of seven o’clock. She will anchor at Motuihi Island to unload explosives before she comes into port to discharge general cargo. Passengers will be brought to Auckland by tender, which is expected to berth between 1 and 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the western side of Prince’s Wharf.

AORANGI IN QUARANTINE. —The Union Company’s R.M.M.S. Aorangi arrived from Vancouver, via Honolulu and Suva last evening, and anchored in the stream. Owing to there being a case of smallpox on boatd, the vessel was not granted pratique, and did not berth to land passengers, mail, and cargo for New Zealand as was intended. Instead, the Aorangi proceeded to the quarantine anchorage at Motuihi Island this morning to allow the vessel to be fumigated. After the work has been completed, the through passengers for Sydney will re-embark on board, and the Aorangi will then return to Auckland to embark New Zealand passengers for Australia. The vessel will not berth at Auckland, but will embark passengers in the stream. The cargo for New Zealand will remain on board, and the vessel is scheduled to sail for Sydney at noon tomorrow. Passengers joining at Auckland will be taken to the Aorangi by a ferry boat, leaving the Ferry Wharf at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

BUFFETED BY CYCLONES. Damaged from nose to stern, the steamer Luciston, 5,017 tons, arrived iri Brisbane River on February 6, in tow of the tug Coringa. She had been buffeted severely while drifting helplessly in cyclones, and ran on a reef twice. It was 12 weeks ago that the steamer left Sydney for Ocean Island for a load of phosphates, and nine days after the cyclone threw her on to a reef through the anchors dragging. After floating off undamaged the cyclone shook her again, and she again struck a reef. The tide brought relief, but • the cyclone still raged. It was found that the steamer’s stern frame was damaged, and it was held in position by a stout steel hawser. The propeller, too, had been damaged. Six miles an hour was about the maximum speed, as the strain had knocked about one boiler. At one time it was thought that disaster would be caused by the tempestuous seas. The vessel, in fact, simply limped into Brisbane. Captain MacDonald said the vessel had been drifting about a month. It had been made fast to a buoy, but a storm broke her away and cast her broadside on to a reef. He tried to get an anchorage agaih after refloating. The engines were set at full speed to counteract drifting, but the stern struck a reef. Afterward he found the rudder was not responding a<-r-urately. He kept the vessel moving till a tug came. The master’s intention, it is stated from another source, was to take the steamer to Japan. However, officers of the vessel set out in a statement that they did not consider the ship seaworthy for the trip to Japan, but assured the captain that the officers and crpw would give every assistance to take it to the Australian coast.

RANGITANE FOR HOME.— The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Com* pany has been advised th»i Uu- niur Rangitane is to leave Wellington at noon next Saturday for Southampton and London, via Panama. MAUNGANUI DUE 6 A.M. TOMORROW —According to a radio message received by the local office of the Union Company, the intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui is due in the stream at Auckland at 6 a.m. tomorrow from Sydney. After pratique has been granted, the vessel will berth at the Central Wharf about S a.m. to land her passengers, mails, and cargo. Ste is announced to leave here at 3 p.m. on Friday on her return trip to Sydney. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: Aorangi, Tofua, Maui Pomare, Maunganui. Hauraki, Ulimaita. Falsterbo, Frances Massey, Golden XV est. Largo Law, Raranga, Valacia, weirbank, Remuera, Salvus, Oldham, Golden Cloud. Chatham Islands: Port Victor. Wellington: Maori, Wahine, Tamahine Arahura, Dunedin, Niagara, Marama, Argyllshire, Canadian Challenger, Cum» berland, Karamea, Rio Dorado, Turskina, Coptic, Otaki, Tahiti, Port Pine. Tamaroa. Awarua: Sir J. C. Ross, C. A. Larsen. Kosmos. Southern Princess. City of York, Eleanor Boling, Makura, Karetu, Wakakura, Benvenue. PORT OF ONEHUNGA — ARRIVALS SATURDAY NGAPUHI (10.15 a.m.), 703 tons. Bark, from New Plymouth. ARAPAWA is due at Onehunga on Friday from Westport, and will leave the following day for Wanganui. HAUTURU is to leave for Raglan. Kawhia, and Waikato Beads at four o’clock this afternoon, aid is due bacK at 6 a.m. on Thursday. HOKIANGA is due at Onehunga tomorrow from Hokianga, and sails on Thursday at 3 p.m. for the same port. NGAPUHI is to leave at 4 p.m. today for New Plymouth. She returns to Onehunga at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday.