The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 953, 22 April 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Captain A. Almond is in command of the tanker Daghestan, which arrived at Wellington" on Thursday morning last from San Pedro, and his officers are:—-Chief Mr. R. A. Goodrick; second. Mi‘. W. H. Donkin; chief engineer, Mr. S. Welton.

Mr. W. S. Hall has joined the Tofua as chief engineer, relieving Mr. P. E. Brewer for holiday leave. Mr. Martin has joined the Tofua as second engineer, in place of Mr. Pike, who is ashore sick. Mr. J. G. Ballantyne has rejoined the Ivomata as chief engineer, after holiday leave.

The Kurow recommissioned with the following engineers:—Chief, Mr. J. Rankine: second, Mr. F. McMaster; third Mr. L. Jellyman; fourth, Mr. H. Vartha Mr. T. H. Downes has joined the Waipiata as third engineer, relieving Mr. J. Stewart for holiday leave.

CARGO FROM A USTR ALI A.— Advice received from the Union Steam Ship Company states that its cargo steamer Pooka is due at Grafton toward the end of this month to load for Napier, Dunedin and Bluff. She will complete her cargo at Newcastle and/or Port Stephens with timber for Auckland and Napier. AORANGI SAILED.—The Royal Mail liner Aorangi, which arrived from Vancouver on Sunday morning, unloaded the Auckland portion of her cargo at Prince’s Wharf yesterday, and sailed shortlv after midnight for Sydney. The vessel ‘is due at Sydney on Friday morning, and she is to sail on her return vovage to Vancouver via Auckland. Suva and Honolulu, the following Thursday.

THE WAI KOUAITI. —The Union Company reports that the Waikouaiti will leave Sydney on Thursday for Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. KALINGO LEAVES GREYMOUTH.The Union Company reports that the Kalingo left Greymouth on Saturday for Sydney and Newcastle, thence to Goff's Harbour to load for Timaru and Wanganui. ULIMAROA AT SYDNEY. —The Hud-dart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa reached Sydney from Auckland at seven o’clock yesterday morning. The vessel is scheduled to sail on Thursday and to reach Wellington next Monday. KENT FROM LIV E RPOO L.— With general merchandise from West Coast ports of Great Britain, the Federal Line steamer Kent is scheduled to leave Liverpool for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff next Saturday. She is due at Auckland on June 3. ROTORUA AND ARGYLLSHIRE.— The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamers Rotorua and Argyllshire are reported to have reached Southampton from New Zealand last Saturday. The Rotorua was dispatched from Wellington on March 16, and the Argyllshire from Lyttelton on March 13. RUAPEHU LOADING.— The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruapehu will leave Oaniaru tomorrow for Timaru, Port Chalmers and Wellington to complete her Homeward loading. She is due at Wellington on May 1, and will sail nnajly from there at daybreak on May 3 for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal. w,^ ELBOURNE PASSENGER SERVICE.—The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maheno is scheduled to leave Melbourne on Thursday for Wellington, via Bluff, Dunedin, and Lyttelton. She is clue at Wellington on May 2, and is to be dispatched for Melbourne, via Bluff, the following day. THE MAH I A. —An arrival at Welling - ton this morning was the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Mahia from Cardiff in ballast. The vessel will load New Zealand produce for England at Southern ports, and then come to Auckland to complete her cargo. She is scheduled to Hpach Auckland on May 8, and to sail for London, via Montevideo, eight days later. RUAHINE DUE 4 P.M. —A radio message received by the New Zealand Shipping Company from its liner Ruahine, inward bound from London and Southampton, states that she expects to arrive in port at 4 o’clock this afternoon. The vessel has passengers for New Zealand and general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Nelson. She has been allotted a berth at Prince's Wharf. CITY OF WINNIPEG DUE TOMORROW.—The New Zealand Shipping Company has received wireless advice from the Ellerman and Bucknall steamer Citv of Winnipeg, inward bound from New York, stating that she expects to arrive in the stream here tomorrow morning. The vessel, which is under charter to the A. and A. Line, has a cargo of general Eastern American merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She will put out the local consignment at Prince's Wharf. HUNTINGDON DUE TOMORROW.— The Federal Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Huntingdon has sent a radio message stating that she expects to reach Auckland from Liverpool at 9 o’clock tomorrow night. The vessel has a cargo of general merchandise from West Coast United Kingdom ports for unloading at Auckland, Hawke’s Bay ports, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. No berth had been allotted the vessel this morning. She comes to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. WAIOTAPU FROM LOS ANGELES.— The Union Company’s cargo steamer Waiotapu arrived in the stream at 2 o’clock this morning from Los Angeles. She has case oil and general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington. Dun•edin, Melbourne and Sydney. She berthed at 8.30 a.m. at Queen’s Wharf to unload the local consignment of the cargo. The vessel left the Californian port on March 25, and experienced a fair weather passage all the way. She made a call at Papeete, leaving there on April 11 for this port. The Union Company hopes to dispatch her for Wellington oh Thursday. Captain D. Todd is in command, and has with him the following officers:— Chief, Mr. H. Browne: second, Mr. J. Lyons; third, Mr. J. L. Russell; chief engineer, Mr. A. Coad; second, Mr. Q. Monaghan; third, Mr. .1. Hutton; fourth. Mr. A. Alexander; fifth, Mr. H. Napier; j chief steward, Mr. W. Birtwhistle; radio j operator, Mr. J. R. Mclntosh. WAINUI REACHES WELLINGTON.— After a passage of 65 days from Falmouth. the Union Company’s new cargo steamer Wainui arrived in the stream at Wellington at 6.30 p.m. on Saturdav. On her long run the Wainui experienced about a fortnight’s heavy weather in the Atlantic and some ten days of equallv bad conditions in the Pacific, especiallv when nearing the New Zealand coast. This varied weather proved a good test for the vessel’s sea-going capabilities, and the officers, though glad that their long trip was over, spoke in glowing terms of the vessel’s behaviour in the heavy weather, and of the stoutness of her construction. Owing to the long run across the Pacific the water supply was running verv short and only 30 tons of fuel were left in her bunkers when the vessel reached \\ ellington. On the run across the Atlantic the Wainui averaged 8.67 knots and across the Pacific 8.07 knots, most of the journey from Balboa being accomplished with only one boiler working owing to the shortage of fuel. On her trials the vessel attained a speed of 11.9 knots, and will average about 12 knots in the coastal service. The Wainui brought 1.200 tons of coal from Falmouth, mainly to act as ballast and after discharging it at Wellington she will leave about the end of this week for Dunedin to enter, temporarily, the Dunedin-TV ellmgton-Napier-Gisborne serThe vessel, which is of 1,490 tons gross is under the command of Captain G b’ Hoddinott, who has associated with him the following officers: Chief, Mr. F l' r r r e 1 1 Pi 1 ’ , s r ec ° nd > Mr. J. W. Long; third’, Mi. S. H. Macrae; chief engineer, Mr a Inverarity; second. Mr. J. K. Scott: third* as^e H* chief steward, Mr, \y’

THE TAHITI.— The Royal Mail liner Tahiti sails from Wellington at 5 o’clock this evening for San Francisco. MAUN GAN U I SAILS THURSDAY.— The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui is announced to sail at 5 p.m. on Thursday for Sydney, taking passengers, mails and cargo. She is berthed at Central Wharf. PORT FAIRY SAILS TOMORROW.— The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Fairy, now at Queen’s Wharf loading for London, is to be dispatched at 9 o’clock tomorrow night for Wellington to complete her cargo. The vessel is scheduled to sail finally from the capital on May 1 for London, via the Panama Canal. MAUI POMARE’S MOVEMENTS.— The Government motor-ship Maui Pomare arrived at Dunedin from Niue Island and Apia yesterday morning, a day ahead of schedule. From Dunedin she proceeds to Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland, is due here on April 26, and sails again on May 6 on her next trip to Niue Island and Apia (Samoa), taking passengers, mails and cargo. Speeding, Ltd., is her local agent. FREIGHT ON BULK CARGOES.— Owing to the growing tendency to prepay freight in Australia, and on account of the adverse exchange position, oversea shipowners have been compelled to stipulate that freight on bulk cargoes such as wheat, flour, ore, etc., must be paid on delivery. For all other classes of non-refrigerated cargo, this regulation came into operation on Monday, April 14, with the exception of wool purchased prior to that date, for which bills of lading are signed not later than April 22. After April 22 freight on all classes of non-refrigerated cargo, including wool, must be paid at port of delivery. EXPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA.—AI- ! though there has been a decrease in the number of vessels discharging at Hull from 122 in 1928 to 120 ni 1929, there has been an increase in cargo of 14 352 tons, reports “News and Shipping.” This I s ! Principally due to heavy increases of tons grain, 9,290 tons wool, and *...1—. tons timber. There were also increases in cuttings, flour, hides, skins machinery and rabbits, totalling i 875 .The apple season, ivhen compared with 1927, also shows a substantial increase. It will therefore be gathered from the above that the port of Hull as :V^ arke ‘ f ? r Australian primary produce and pioducts is one worthy of attention

SEA FOGS

CHARACTERISTIC CAUSES The first of a series of two valuable articles on sea fogs appears in the March number of “The Marine Observer,” published by the authority of the Meteorological Committee of the Air Ministry, i In this, the first article, the author, Mr. ' E. TV. Barlow, gives a summary of the ; modes of formation of fog. Mr. Barlow recalls that the first 1 scientific investigation of the causes of sea fog, using upper air observations, was that undertaken by Mr G I Tav * lor as part of the work carried out by the steamship Scotia in the Newfoundland area in 1013, as a result of the loss of the Titanic by ice in the previous year. The following five modes of fog ! n e P F™ Se ? are referred to at length of "air 1) over S -watir e wi? U n in? the Passage £#"orme h d C Su^°?^p^ ing n of h tw air: - <*> "tIM" dsnrt f. d^ h T^ f0r,,.,! i, cycl °mc depression; (5) fog portanco of u-inri gr eat misea, a as° opposed* t ‘ o n t^l cs S° n 7 at *, on at &Vn° n which normalfy n<i take? Ught winds Presence of calm or very Barlow* I wrHes < * sea fog. Mr. relatively warm afr is Loild* to the I 2 oist pends *on" lurb’Senc? the lowest “avers of the in to the frictmn r o f °the ?ea “u°rf^ ere t clue hmnTdiUes “f.r^fhT* ?:?. TissJri,? .f~;f; .sbse produced. The foe- so shallow or may reach extremely three thousand feet above^hp 3B two or face, it should be . notJS sur ~ air necessary to the h the warm more than one kind ma >’ have be warm ai? n blow?ng °of£ 0r , i £ n ', “5? tmental air or it land * conhas been warmed ir? it* b ® a,r which Suss? Gui r f xirmaf‘"ea C °fog n fs becoming rapidly warned d s^ a . S vf e f are temperature lags behFnri '?£ s ea air. ” ® oemncl that of the

LADY LEWIS DUE TOMORROW MORNING. —With a cargo of 7,560 tons of phosphates for unloading at this port, the steamer Lady Lewis has sent wireless advice that she expects to arrive in the stream here tomorrow morning from Nauru Island. She has been allotted a berth at King’s Wharf, wher* she will discharge her cargo to the agency of Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd. THE MARAMA.—Reports of the date of departure of the R.M.S. Mar am a from San Francisco for Sydney are conflicting, but it is definite that she Is en route. The Union Company is expecting definite advice as to this date at any time, and when this comes to hand it will be possible to project her movements at the various way ports and the date of her arrival at Sydney. She proceeds, as is customary, via Papeete, Rarotonga and Wellington. GOVERNMENT’S NEW STEAMER.Good progress is being made at New-castle-on-Tyne with the building of the new steamer for the New Zealand Government. It will replace the Tutanekai in the lighthouse Service. The new vessel is 220 ft in length and 35ft in Width. She will be fitted with twin screws and will have steam reciprocating engines. The boilers will be heated by oi! fuel but the furnaces will be convertible for coal fuel. It is expected that the launching of the vessel will take place early in June. She is to be named Matai.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE—

The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland.—Aorangi, Tofua, Moeraki, \\ aihemo, Canadian Commander, Hunt--3I?-??onv-..-L,ady Lewis, Ruahine, Ferncliffe. City of "Winnipeg. Chatham Islands.—Port Victor, Mataroa, Weirbank. Wellinqton.—Maori, Waliine, Tamahine, Arahura, Niagara, Kalingo, Tairoa, Tahiti, Port Hobart, Hertford, Port Napier, Maimoa.

Awarua.—Kia Ora, Ma.ul Pomare. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—

ARAPAWA is to sail at 3 p.m. today for Wanganui. HOKIANGA arrived at Onehunga thl* morning, and sails at 3 p.m. on Thursday for Hokianga. NGAPUHI is to leave for New Plymouth at 3.30 o’clock this afternoon. She is due back at 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, and leaves again for the same port at 3.30 p.m. the same day. ROXAKI is to sail at 4 p.m. today for Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato Heads.