The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 914, 6 March 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

VESSELS DOCKED. —The Gisborne dredge Korua and the mission steamer Southern Cross went into dock yesterday lor overhaul. MARAMA FROM SYDNEY. —The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Marama is to leave Sydney tomorrow afternoon for Auckland. She is due here on Tuesday morning next. ULIMAROA FOR SYDNEY. The Uuddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa is to be dispatched from Wellington at noon tomorrow' for Sydney with passengers, mails and cargo. HAURAKI SAILED.—The Union Company’s motor-ship Hauraki sailed for Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, last evening in continuation of her voyage from Pacific Coast ports. FORT HARDY LEAVES LONDON.— Cabled news has been received by the C. and D. Dine that the Port Hardy left London on Saturday last for "Wellington. Auckland and New Plymouth. She is due at Wellington on April 7. CORNWALL ASHORE.—The Federal Dine steamer Cornwall is ashore at Curacao. She is resting on her port bows, and her port turbine is out of action. The vessel was dispatched from Auckland for London on February 7.

MAKURA FROM SAN FRANCISCO.— The Royal Mail liner Makura is due at "Wellington from San Francisco, Papeete and Rarotonga on Monday morning. She is to resume her voyage to Sydney on Tuesday. NIAGARA LEFT VANCOUVER.—The Union Company advises that the liner Niagara cleared Vancouver at noon yesterday for Sydney, via Victoria, Honolulu, Suva and Auckland. She is due at this port on March 24. THE WAITE MATA.—The Union Company advises that the Waitemata was to leave Bluff ytjsterday for Port Chalmers, where she will go into dry-dock. The vessel will then come on to Wellington, and from there proceeds to Westport, Suva and Vancouver. THE KAIMIRO.—From Adelaide, Edithburg, Wallaroo and Hobart, the Union Company’s cargo steamer Kaimiro was due at Dunedin this morning. At noon tomorrow she is to leave there for Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland and Portland. THE AORANGI.—The Royal Mail lineiAorangi is scheduled to leave Sydney this aiternoon for Vancouver, via Auckland, touva, Honolulu and Victoria. She is due at this port on Monday morning, and is announced to resume her voyage at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next. GOLDEN WEST SAILS 5 P.M. Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane advise that the O. and O. Line’s steamer Golden .Vest is to be dispatched at 5 o’clock this afternoon lor Wellington and Lyttelton to complete discharging her cargo from the Pacific Slope. RONA FROM SUVA.—No further radio advice has been received from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s steamer Rona, and it is expected that she will arrive at Auckland tomorrow morning from Suva. The vessel is to discharge raw sugar and sails later for Sydney. U LIMAROA'S TRANSHIPMENTS.— The Huddart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa, which arrived at "Wellington on Tuesday morning, brought transhipments ex the Marella, Nellore, Naldera, Eridan Tricolor, Otranto and Kyokkah Maru. She is timed to leave again at noon tomorrow on the return trip to Sydney. FERN DALE SAILS 6 P.M. Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane advise that the Norwegian motor-ship Ferndale, now at Kings Wharf unloading the local portion of her cargo from Gulf of Mexico ai ? cl fading cargo for Australia, is to be dispatched at 6 o’clock this evenfor Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to complete discharge.

WEIRBANK SAILS TOMORROW.— Spedding, Ltd., advises that the motorship Veirbank, which is to complete discl2**S* m °t lier cargo of sugar from Peru a U e J sea Wh arf to-day, is to be dispatched at 3 p.m. tomorrow for Makatea Island to load phosphates for New Zeaand. She will first take in oil bunkers at \V estern Wharf. SOMERSET LOADING.—The Federal Dine steamer Somerset left Wellington on Tuesday night for Nelson to continue loading for New York, Halifax and Dondon under the agency of the Mew Zealand Shipping Company. She will subsequently load at Wanganui, Napier, Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay and Auckland, and is fixed to sail finally from here on March 26. c THE KARAMEA SAILED.—The Shaw, j fcavill and Albion motor-ship Karamea was dispatched for Wellington last evening to fill up with New Zealand produce lor London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow. She is expected to clear Wellington for London on Monday. When the. Karamea leaves she will have a m «?, s L« aluable car §"° aboard, comprising 84 000 carcases of mutton, 38,000 boxes of butter, 11,000 crates of cheese, 2 5,000 cases of apples, also wool and general cargo. WELL I NGTON -PICTON SERVICE.— The Union Company advises that the Tamahme, which is to leave Wellington at 2.15 p.m. next Monday, will proceed via Queen Charlotte Sound en route to Pic ton. She is leaving Wellington earlier than usual in order to reach Picton on schedule time. Next Wednesday the vessel will go on the slip at Wellington for cleaning and painting, and she will be dispatched for Picton at midnight the same night. MATAKANA LEAVES TOWNSVILLE. —Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savin and Albion Company that the Matakana left Townsville at 6 a.m. on Sunday last for Napier to commence loading for London and West Coast ports of Great Britain. She is due at Napier on Sunday next and will subsequently load at Gisborne, Auckland, and Wellington. She is due there on March 21, and will leave on March 26 for Lvttelton to fill up. The vesesl is scheduled to sail finally from Lyttelton on March 29 for London. Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal.

THE PORT NAPIER —ln rontinua- ‘ tion of her voyage from New York, the Commonwealth and Dominion Line i steamer Port Napier is reported to have ! cleared Newport News last Monday. The vessel is on route to New Zealand with : cargo for discharge at Auckland, Well- | ington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. | MAUI POMARE AT WELLINGTON.— I The Government motor-ship Maui Fonure arrived at Wellington at 9 o’clock this morning from Lyttelton to complete discharge of her Island fruit. She is exAuekland°nmf slioulVarrive here on' Saturday evening, when she will berth at ! Prince’s Wharf. She is announced to sail from here at :> p.m. on Monday for Nor- ! folk Island. Spedding, Ltd., is her agent CANADIAN EXPLORER S FAST TRIP. —Thirty-six days from Halifax to Auck--1 land was the smart passage put up by the I Canadian National Steamships steamer i Canadian Explorer, which arrived here at ! 7 o’clock this morning. Fine weather all 1 the wav helped the vessel’s speed. The j usual time taken on this trip is 44 days. ; The Canadian Explorer has about 1.500 \ tons of general cargo to discharge here, i and expects to leave on Saturday mornj ing for Wellington, Lytelton. Timaru and Dunedin to complete discharge. Captain W. Wyman is in command, and ! with him are the following officers: — Chief. Mr. C. Stewart: second, Mr. H. Everett: third. Mr. T. Cotton: chief engineer, Mr. G. Longfield: second, Mr. •(. Spedding; third. Mr. R. Balfour; fourth. Mr. G. Grant; chief steward. Mr. C. Todhunter; wireless operator, Mr. R. Dukeshire. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless statings tonight. Auckland: Tofua. Rona, Waihemo. Canadian Challenger, Canadian Cruiser, Tutanekai, Waikawa. Brunswick, Ferndale, Golden West. Aorangi. Chatham Islands; Port Denison. Coptic, ■ I Rangitane, Port Pirie, Corinthic-, Hertford. I Wellington: Maori, Wahine, Tamahinc, I Arahura, Niagara, Dunedin, Mamilius, j 1-lauraki, Maui Pomare, Westmoreland, Chiloil, Karamea, Matakana. Avvarua: Sir J. C. Ross, C. A. Larsen, i Southern Princess, Kosmos, City of j I New York. Eleanor Boling. Makura. | Tahiti, Maheno, Northumberland. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS TODAY I HADTURU ,6.30 a.m.), 270 tons. Pert, from Raglan and Kawhia. HAUTURU (6.30 a.m.), 270 tons. Pert, ing from Raglan and Kawhia. leaves again for Hokianga at 3 p.m. today. NGAPUHI is to leave for New Plymouth at 4 p.m. today. She should return at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday. REGULUS is to leave at 4 p.m. today with cargo for Nelson, Picton and West Coast ports of the South Island.