The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 929, 24 March 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

KALINGO FROM AUSTRALIA. —The Union Company advises that the steamer Kalingo is to clear Port Stephens at daybreak tomorrow for Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Picton and Greymouth. LARGO LAW’S r VlSlT.—After the tramp steamer Largo Law had embarked two seamen to replace those who deserted at New Plymouth, she remained at anchorage off Motutapu on Saturday morning to allow the engineers to effect minor repairs. She resumed her voyage to Makatea Island early this morning. MAUNGANUI DUE 7 A.M.—The Union Company's intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui, inward bound from Sydney, has sent wireless advice that she expects to arrive in the stream here at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. After pratique has been granted the vessel is to berth at Queen’s Wharf to land her passengers, mails and cargo. The Maunganui is announced to sail on her return trip to Sydney at 3 p.m. on Friday.

TAINUI AT LONDON.—The Shaw.! Savill and Albion liner Tainui is reported to have reached London from M ellington i on Friday. She sailed from "Wellington on February 12. NUCULA LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO. —The Admiralty oil tnaket Nuculu ! is reported to have left San Francisco for Auckland last Friday. She is due about April 15. KAPONGA PAID OFF-—The Kaponga's crew was paid off on Saturday, and the vessel was withdrawn from commission, owing - to shortage ot coal at West Coast ports. She is now anchored in the stream off Parnell. COPTIC AT PANAMA.—The Shaw. Savill and Albion motor-ship Coptic is reported to have reached Panama last Wednesday, en route from Lyttelton to London. She sailed from Lyttelton on February 2S. RANGITIKI AT PRINCE'S.—The New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-liner Rangitiki arrived at Auckland early this morning from Wellington to complete unloading general merchandise from London. She berthed at Prince's Wharf. PORT DUNEDIN AT LONDON. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Dunedin is reported to have reached London from Auckland, via Halifax, on Friday. She sailed from Auckland on February 5. HERMINIUS AT PANAMA.—En route I from Auckland to New York, Boston, i Halifax and London, the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Herminius is reported to have reached Panama on Friday. She sailed from Auckland on February 26. j PORT HARDY CLEARED PANAMA. — Reported to have cleared Panama last! Wednesday, the Commonwealth and j ; Dominion Line steamer Port Hardy is en » route from London with a general merchandise cargo fpr discharge at Auckland, Wellington and New Plymouth. She is due at Auckland on April 7. Heather, Roberton, Limited, is. the local agent. j. SOMERSET LOADING. —The Federal steamer Somerset arrived in port yesterday afternoon from Tokoraaru Bay to complete loading for New York, Halifax and London. She berthed at Queen’s Wharf to fill up under the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and is announced to clear port on her Homeward voyage p.m. Wednesday. BRITAIN’S 1929 FOREIGN TRADE.— Great Britain’s foreign trade during 1929 was far from encouraging. Imports increased £25,000,000 over 1928 but exports decreased £4,500,000, resulting in the adverse trade balance increasing from £0'51,736,000 in 1928 to £382,294,000. The surplus of imports last year was almost as large as in 1927 when the country was suffering severely from the after effects of the industrial troubles of 1926. British industry continues irregular, but i substantial improvement has lately oc- ; curved in the coal industry. On the other ■ hand, the textile trades have suffered a considerable setback, largely owing to unr favourable conditions prevailing in * eastern markets. MELBOURNE-TASMANI AN SERVICE. > —As a part of the policy of the Austra- " lian Federal Government, additional con- > sideration has been giyen to the method I for accomplishing a rearrangement of the I steamship and mail services between Melbourne and Tasmania. It is proposed i (says the "Age") to establish a distinctly ‘ ! Commonwealth line, which shall be under . j the control of the Federal Government, and shall be in a position to maintain _ the service at all times. 1 ! The Government will, it is expected, I have a new oil-burning steamer built at s Cockatoo Dock, Sydney, for the purpose of heading the fleet. Three boats will _ be engaged in the service. It is likely -i that the Nairana, now in commission under control of the Postal Department, _ wilL.be taken over from its present ownv ers by arrangement, and that the Loon- . gana may be purchased, as a reserve " ship, to be used in case ’of emergency. The Loongana has been running many years on the line, and has seen the best years of its life. It was considered a wonderful addition to the value of the service when it was first brought out. The Nairana is a comparatively modern steamer, though if the Federal Govern- " ment should take it over it may be ° thought desirable to make some addiL> tional improvements. The steamer which it is proposed to 5 build at Cockatoo Dock will have the most 3 > modern equipment in comfort, and will . be of much the same tonnage as the -1 Nairana. Meantime, as a temporary pro:s vision, the Lonongana will c ontinue on the Burnie service beyond the date on lt which it would ordinarily be succeeded lt by the Oonah. A TRYING VOYAGE.—With weather- ’ stained and blistered hull bearing evidence of her trying experience with fir« and cvclonic weather in the Indian Ocean ~ t the Norwegian tramp steamer Torvanger 6,564 tons' gross register (Captain L Danielsen) arrived at Melbourne on Feb i 7 ruary 17 to discharge 8.000 tons of Knglisl c coal. According to the ship’s officers c the Torvanger, an oil-burner converted t< coal for the long voyage to Australia, lef Hull on December 12 for Melbourne, vis IV South Africa, and after an uneventfu passage to the Cape, left Durban on Janu u * ary 15. after taking on board 1.700 ton n of* bunker coal. Soon after leaving por ’ the vessel, heavily laden, ran into ex ceptionally dirty weather, and for n-arl 24 hours she was raked by seas, whic swept overboard 100 tons of bunker cor carried on the well deck. Early or. th Monday morning, eight days out frox I Durban, the ship was again beset bv mis I fortune. A member of the crew, notice I ing a thin wisp of swoke curling iror.i th * bunkers, amidship, and in close proximit , : to the engine-room, drew the attentio j of the ship's master t< > this indication c a. - i lire. Captain Danielsen immediately s« all available members of the crew to wor on the smouldering bunkers. After i tie hours of incessant .labour in which .tl ed* officers and men worked together, tl e- men, with soaked cloth across their fact ed to avoid asphyxiation got to the seat • ay the lire at daybreak on the followir •ct morning, and by utilising the ship's hos< gc they soon gained control over the hr Commenting on the fire, ship's office' said a catastrophe had been avoided on on by the men’s heroic and untiring effor er If the fire had reached the cargo or ti engin < . he men. most of them inexperienced at tl at work, had shifted and trimmed over 2 ■a- 1 tons of coal before the fire was subdue to | The Torvanger had a company of 40 « s- : told during the voyage, including the wi n- of the captain and the wife of the chi •e- j engineer. Officers and members of tl

NIAGARA IN PORT. —An arrival-in port at about 12.30 p.m. today was the Union Company's Royal Mail liner Niagara, en route from Vancouver* to Sydney. After pratique had been granted the vessel berthed at Queen’s Wharf to land passengers, mails and- cargo. She is scheduled to resume her voyage at 5 p.m. tomorrow. DUTCH SHIPPING. Dutch oversea shipping was generally unsatisfactory during 1020, the Department of Commerce is advised, with the exception of the East Indian lines, due to prevailing low freight rates. Ten companies out of Hi failed to pay any dividends, and the situation during the year lacked any us- 1 ] tallied improvement, says the ‘'.Nautical Gazette.” RADIO FROM TASMANIA. —The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company lias received a wireless from the company’s steamer Tasmania, inward bound from Liverpool and other West Coast ports of the United Kingdam, stating that she expects to reach Auckland at midnight on Friday. The vessel has a cargo of general merchandise for unloading at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. GREYMOUTH BAR BADLY SHOALED —Owing to the continued fine weather, the Greymouth bar has become badly shoaled, and at the present time these is about eight feet less water than was there some weeks ago. The result is that only the smaller types of vessels can b<* sent through, and even they can carry only about half-cargo. It is understood that this will have a serious reaction on the coal and timber exports. WESTMOOR WITH SLAG. - With 7,500 tons of basic slag from Antwerp, the Moor Line motor-ship Westmoor arrived vesterday morning and is unloading at Central Wharf. She left Antwerp on j January 26, and continuous westerly j gales delayed her passage across the j Atlantic until the West Indies were ■ passed. Thereafter conditions improved for the remained of the voyage. The vessel cleared Balboa on February 21. Captain JL M. Starling is still in command and he has with him the following officers: —Chief, Mr. F. B. Lamb; second. Mr. X. Dawson; third, Mr. J. Brunder; chief engineer, Mr. W. Smart; second, Mr. .T. Spinks; third, Mr. H. Thomas: | fourth, Mr. E. Judd; wireless operator. Mr. McMinn; chief steward, Mr. T. Jefferson. The New Zealand Shipping Company is the local agent. SINNINGTON COURT'S ROUGH PASSAGE. —The steamer Sinnington Court, with 5.700 tons of basic slag from Antwerp, arrived in port yesterday morning after a rough passage via the Cape oi Good Hope. She berthed at King’s Wharf, j and unloads her whole cargo there to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The vessel sailed from Antwerp on January 10. Heavy seas repeatedly broke on board and flooded the decks in the stormy weather encountered during the passage down the coast of Africa. One sea smashed part of the lower bridge and lifted the lifeboats in t.he chocks. A one-day call was made at Durban to replenish bunkers. The Indian Ocean crossing was marked by strong winds and rough following seas until March 9. From then on generally fair weather was experienced. Captain J. Korn is in command, and has with him the following officers:— Chief, Mi*. H. L. Young; second, Mr. F. Jones; third, Mr. G. F. Ockleford; chief engineer, Mr. F. Burn; second, Mr. W. R. Robinson; third. Mr. J. A. Clark; fourth. Air. R. X. Hull; wireless operator, Mr! T. Quard; chief steward, Mr. T. G. Garbutt. OLD SAILER SOLD. —The steel fourmaster barque Star of Greenland, 1,944 > tons net register, has been sold by the - Alaska Packers Association of San Frant ciso to the Rydberg School Ship InstituI tion, of Stockholm, and will be used as - a school ship on long voyages. This fine ; old sailer was formerly known as the - “Hawaiian Isles,” and was built by C. - Connell and Company, Port Glasgow, ir - 1592, who designed her for the lumbei i trade between the Pacific Coast and Aus- ! tralian ports, principally for carrying bit • lengths of timber for the Broken Hil i Proprietary Company at Port Pirie. Dur - ing the IS years she was engaged in th* - lumber trade she occasionally made ; ■ voyage to Sydney, and on her first visi •' 1 to that port she presented a grand sigh i with her four tall masts and her darl f hull, as she was towed to an anchorag* t in Darling Harbour, where the lumbe k was discharged. On her first voyage fron 4 Swansea to Francisco she was at sea fo e ISB days, but she has made quite a num e ber of fast passages. Once she mad s the voyage from Delaware Breakwater t •f Honolulu in 128 days, and Kahaulea t g Philadelphia in IDS days. In 1910 th s ship was sold to the Alaska Packers ». Association for the salmon trade for th r considerable price of £15,000. The y j owners have again renamed the . esse t and she is now known as the Abrahar e j Rydberg, and sailed from San Francise e on January 25 for Dublin with a cargo c e ! barley. Instead of going through th >0 Panama Canal she will sail via Cap 1. I Horn, and being fitted with wireless sh II j probably will be reported at d iff ere r e periods on her long voyage to the Chan -f ! nel. Xe.xt year the Abraham Rydber tc i will probably make a voyage from Euror j to Australia.

CITY OF LINCOLN TOMORROW.— The Ellerman and Buckna.ll steamer City of London, inward bound with a cargo of Lincoln, inward bound with a cargo (Use for discharge at Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin and Wanganui, is due in port from New York at 2 o’clock tomorrow morning, according to her wireadvice. The vessel, which cast a* propeller blade during the voyage, is to go into Calliope Dock to have a new blade fitted, and will later berth to unload the local portion of her cargo. The New Zealand Slipping Company is the agent for the City of Lincoln.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the. undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland.—City of Lincoln. Largo Law, Maunganui, Moeraki. Tofua, Tutanekai, Ulimaroa. Ventura. Chatham Islands.—Tasmania, C. A. Larsen, Port Napier. Wellington.—Maori, Waliine, Tamanine, Arahura, Aorangi. H.M.S. Laburnum. Marama, Kartigi. Northumberland, Port Caroline, Port Brisbane. Awarua. —Tahiti, Hinemoa. Southern Princess, Sir J. C. Ross, City of New York. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS TODAY HAUTURU (8 a.m ), 270 tons.. JacksonFowler, from Hokianga. HOKIANGA (7 a.m.J, 271 tons, Kennedy. from Hokianga. HAUTURU arrived from Hokianga hi* morning and sails for Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato Heads at 4 p.m. tomorrow. HOKIANGA. which arrived this morning from Hokianga, sails again for tnat port on Thursday. XGAPUHI is to leave for New l. i>mouth at 1 p.m. today. REGULUS has been delayed and ww now arrive at Onehunga on March, at to load for Nelson and W est Coast ports of the South Island.