The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 989, 4 June 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

THE KARETU.—The Union Company advises that the Karetu will leave Sydney on Saturday for Melbourne to complete loading for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. ULIMAROA AT SYDNEY.—The Hud-dart-Parker steamer Ulimaroa reached Sydney from Wellington at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. The vessel is to sail on Friday and she is due at Auckland on Tuesday. BENEDICK SAILS 6.30 A.M.—According to advice from the Shell Company, the oil tanker Benedick sails at 6.30 a.m. tomorrow for Wellington after having discharged the local consignment of her cargo. ARRIVALS AT AVONMOUTH.—The Federal Line steamer Northumberland and the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Victor are reported to have reached Avonmouth from New Zealand on Saturday. The Port Victor was dispatched from Wellington on April 15 and the Northumberland from the same port on April 8 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal.

EGERO LEAVES SINGAPORE. —Advice has been received by the Shell Company that the tanker Egero left Singapore on May 24 with bulk motor spirit for discharge at Wellington and Lyttelton, and is due at Wellington on June 15. PASSENGERS ON NALDERA. —Passengers for New Zealand travelling by the P. and O. liner Naldera, which is due at Sydney from London on June 12, include:—Mr. R. C. Rocke (Wellington), Miss M. T. Dalglish, Mr. E. E. Gray (Auckland). COPTIC DELAYED.—The Shaw, Savill Company advises that the motor-ship Coptic was to leave Lyttelton at noon today for Gisborne and Wellington to complete ner loading. She is now to clear Wellington finally on June 13 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. THE DAGFRED.—No wireless report has yet been received from the Norwegian motor-ship Dagfred, which is now due from Los Angeles with Pacific Coast cargo to discharge to the agency of Dalgety and Company, Ltd. She should report at any time now and on arrival will berth at King’s Wharf. THE NORFOLK.—The New Zealand Shipping Company advised that the Federal steamer Norfolk was to leave Opua at noon today for Auckland to continue loading for London and West Coast United Kingdom ports. She is expected to arrive here p.m. tomorrow and will berth at Central Wharf. WARSHIPS' MOVEMENTS. H.M.S. Dunedin went to anchorage in the stream on Monday morning. On Friday she will leave for the Haurakl Gulf, and gunnery and torpedo exercises will be carried out until June 22. H.M.S. Veronica sailed at noon today on an extended cruise of the South Sea Islands. H.M.S. Laburnum leaves for the Hauraki Gulf on June 18 to assist the Dunedin at gunnery practices. KENT DUE TOMORROW MORNING.— According to her wireless advice the Federal steamer Kent is arriving tomorrow morning from Liverpool with a cargo of general merchandise from West Coast United Kingdom ports. She has been allotted a berth at Queen’s Wharf, where she will unload the local portion to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. She later sails for Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff to complete discharge. PASSENGERS ON MORETON BAY.— The following passengers for New Zealand are travelling by the Aberdeen and Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay, which is due at Sydney from London next Monday:—Miss E. T. Brand, Miss F. M. Harries, Miss E. Patriarca, Mr. and Mrs. R. Carey, Miss C. James, Mrs. C. P. Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. C. Morley, Mr. T. R. Jones, Mrs. C. Clow, Miss F. Clow, Mrs. C. Balloch and infant (Wellington), Mr. and Mrs. A. Fleuti, Miss M. Edmonds (Auckland), Mr. J. L. P. Macassey (Dunedin). THE CANADIAN CONQUEROR.— Having completed loading general cargo in New Zealand the Canadian National steamer Canadian Conqueror sailed for New York, Boston and Montreal early yesterday morning. Capt. J. Newhook, the chief officer, has been appointed master of the vessel in place of Captain McConechy, who died last Wednesday at Timaru. Mr. V. Clark has been promoted from second to chief officer, and Mr. E. J. Travers from third officer to second. Mr. W. Watt, formerly master of the Nobel auxiliary schooner Piri, has joined the vessel as third officer. HARBOUR BOARD NOTICES.—The Auckland Harbour Board advises that a channel 300 ft. wide and with a depth of 12ft. at L.W.S.T. has been dredged to the 600-ton slipway, Freeman's Bay. The centre line of the channel has been marked by two beacons with white triangulaj surmounts. The beacons are 150 ft. apart, the inshore one being 10ft. above high water, and the seaward one 4ft. above high water. They lie in a line bearing 18 degrees true at a distance 450 ft. from and parallel to the western side of Freeman’s Bay Reclamation. The board also notifies that a I'og signal has been erected on the portal of the western vehicular landing, and is now ready for use when required. It consists of an electrically-driven whistle giving a continuous series of short blasts. WELCOMBE'S MAIDEN TRIP.—The British steamer Welcombe, which reached Melbourne last week from Casablanca with a cargo of phosphates, was built by William Gray and Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool, and engined by their Central Marine Engine Works of Pyman Bros., Ltd. London, who also own the Parracombe. Of the open shelter deck type and constructed to Lloyd’s Register’s highest class, she is 434 ft 9in in length, 55ft in breadth, and 28ft in moulded depth from the upper deck. There are seven watertight bulkheads, together with a steel centre line bulkhead and wood shifting boards dividing the holds for grain. The cargo handling appliances consist of 10 7in by lOin steam winches and 10 derricks* and the other deck machinery Includes a direct-acting steam windlass forward and steam steering gear amidships. The vessel is electrically lit throughout. The propelling machinery consists of quadruple expansion engines, two large forced draught boilers working at 2601 b pressure, and one natural draught boiler working at ISOlb pressure. A number of auxiliaries of the CMEW type are fitted. The Welcombe is on her maiden voyage.

THE MAUNGANUI. The Maunganul is to sail at 3 p.m. on Friday with passengers, mails and cargo for Sydney.

THE KUROW. —The Union Company advises that the Kurow is to sail tomorrow for Newcastle to load coal for New Zealand.

THE TAHITI. —The Royal Mai! liner Tahiti is scheduled to sail from Wellington at 11 o’clock tonight for Sydney in completion of her voyage from San Francisco.

THE. BISCA. —The Atlantic Union Oil Company reports that the tanker Bisca is to leave San Pedro about June 14 witn bulk motor spirit for discharge at Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton. She is due at Auckland on July 12.

WAITEMATA LEAVES LOS ANGELES. —The Union Company advises that the Waitemata left Los Angeles on June 1 with Pacific Coast cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on June 26.

MAHANA AT NAPIER. The Shaw. Savill Company advises that the Mahana arrived at Napier on Sunday night from Lyttelton to complete discharge of her London cargo and to commence her homeward loading. She will leave there today for New Plymouth, Wellington and Auckland to fill up. and is scheduled to clear this port on June 20 for Halifax and London, via the Panama Canal.

QUERCUS REPORTS AGAIN. —A further wireless message received by the Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company from the steamer Quercus states that she expects to arrive in port from New York at noon tomorrow. The vessel is to berth at Queen’s Wharf to discharge the local part of her general cargo and later sails for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete unloading.

GOLDEN WEST LEAVES LOS ANGELES. Cabled advice received by Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., states that the O. and O. steamer Golden West cleared Los Angeles on May 31 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel has a cargo of timber, case oil and general Pacific Slope merchandise, and is expected to arrive here on June 27.

THE ALL-WELDED CAROLINIAN.— An event of some interest recently was recorded at Charleston, S.C., when the Carolinian, claimed to be the first allwelded, self-propelled steamship, had her trials. The vessel was built by the Charleston Dry Dock and Machine Company, and will be employed in the coastwise trade from Elizabeth, North Carolina. On her trials, held on March 8. it is stated that the ship, while unloaded, made 11.5 knots and steamed well out to sea. Members of the crew said that no leaks developed, and that no vibration was experienced. Secrecy has surrounded the building of this all-welded ship, which Is the dream of Mr. Richard E. Smith, who was reared in the environment of the shipyards at Newport News, Va. The keel was laid on June 1. 1929, and nothing connected with the ship was revealed until after patents protecting it in U.S.A. and in foreigm countries had been obtained. The Carolinian was launched on February 14 in the presence of naval and civilian experts. It is claimed that a saving of 20 per cent, on weight and 25 per cent in construction costs was accomplished by the Smith rhethod. Due to the absence of rivets and bolts, it is stated that the ship has greater cargo capacity, and that only B,ooolb of electric welding were necessary, as compared with 25,0001 b of rivets in a vessel of comparable size.

TAHITI'S PASSENGERS. The following passengers arrived at Wellington by the Union Steam Ship Company’s liner Tahiti,* which reached that port at noon on Monday from San Francisco:— First saloon—For Wellington: Judge H. F. Ayson, Miss M. Ayscn, Mr. H. 3alneavis, Mr. H. Bicknell, Mr. S. Bennett, Mr. C. George, Hoani te Heuheu, Mr. J. Neill, Mr. B. Oxlade, Mr. F. A. Taylor, Mr. S. Wheeler, Mrs. S. Wheeler, Moeroa Marumara, Wiremu Potae, Renata Tamepo, Master H. K. Ngata, Master H. M. Ngata. For Sydney: Mr. E. Crowley, Mrs. E. Crowley, Mr. S. Edwards, Mr. C. Edwards, Mr. J. Kroeger, Mr. F. Lees, Mr. C. Mitke, Lady D. V. Moulden, Mr. W. Renfry, Mr. T. Smith, Mrs. B. Teakle, Master Teakle. Second saloon—For Wellington: Mrs. M. Brown, Miss E. M. Brown, Mrs. M. Dawes, Miss E. Dawes, Mr. R. Gillanders, Mrs. J. Mendelsohn, Mr. R. Moran, Mrs. M. Moran, Miss E. O’Sullivan. For Sydney: The Rev. H. Bralsford, Miss Knaggs Baker, Mr. J. Grice, Mrs. J. Grice, Miss A. Iken, Mrs. A. Jones, Mr. N. Jones, Mrs. N. Jones, Mr. H. Knott, Mrs. E. Kennedy, Mr. A. Lugiani Miss I. Leslie, Mr. C. Spencer; and 15 steerage for Wellington and 11 for Sydney, including seven Chinese.

SCIENCE AT SEA.—The motor-ship Leverkusen, of the N.D.L. and Hamburg Amerika line (7,300 tons), which recently left Sydney for Germany, via Antwerp, is furnished with remarkable scientific devices, says the “Sydney Morning Herald.” There is on board a wi.reles direction finder operated on the Telefunken principle that occasioned much interest in shipping circles, for it serves a threefold purpose. It will tell accurately the position of the vessel at sea. By means of the submarine bell system, which has been perfected since the war, it can “hear” the position of another ship up to a distance of about eight miles, thereby minimising collision risks and delays in foggy weather. Depth soundings are also “heard” when a newly-invented miniature torpedo explodes on contact with the sea floor. The speed of the torpedo is known in varying currents so that a stop-watch gives a precise reading and eliminates the old-fashioned leadswinging. Another Interesting apparatus is what may be called the “hold smeller,” which is also operated from the bridge. It is the duty of the officer on each watch to switch on a compressed air motor and place his nose in a special nose bag. By various switches, he is able to actually smell the air in the separate holds. An additional device to the Instrument is a series of blow pipes which will blow out samples of air from the holds. It Is, therefore, quite a simple matter to localise and effect a cure should any hold catch fire or become laden with dangerous gases. MARAMA’S PASSENGERS. The Union Company’s Marama, which arrived at Wellington on Monday morning from Sydney, brought the following passengers:— First saloon: Mesdames Burney, Beckett, Boulton, Brown, Davidson, Field. Gotch, Gould, Hannah, Kyle, Lord and two children, Langridge and four children, McManaway, McLean, McDonald. Pearce, Rofe, Stanwell, Sommerville and child, Spencer and two children, Tovey, Misses M. Andrews, A. Burney, T. Culling, J. George, J. Horne, M. Johnston, U. Kilpatrick, L. Luoni, J. MacPhail, K. Miller, M. McNeil, G. Robertson. E. Veitch, Messrs. A. Berryman, J. Berrvman, A. Cropp, D. Davidson, G. Davidson. R. Doyle, H. Dickie, R. Duncan, the Rev. T. Fitzpatrick, P. Fleischemann, P. Gleeson. J. Hinton, G. Hicks, T. Holst. G. Hannah. A. James, F. Johnston, H. Kyle, W. Liddle, E. Lord, J. Langridge Dr. L. Myers, H. McManaway, N. McLean, A. Norris, W. Pritchard, T. Rofe, C. Street, C. Stanwell, A. Tovey, Captain L Withell. Second saloon: Mesdames A. Burley, J. Burley. Carroll, Dixon, Gilliland and child, Green and three children, Hereen and child, Hoffmann, Hempstalk, Leary, Miller and child, Schauer Misses C. Clark, R. Green, I. Hempstalk, J. Logan, F. Muir H. Main, E. Mercier, A. Mclntyre. M. Mcllroy, F. Winter, Messrs. W. Atherton, A. Dixon, E. Edwards, S. Green, R. Henderson, D. Hotson, T. Hempstalk. A. Lewin, A. Miller, J. Murray, E. McQueen, W. Nicholls, H. Napier. W. Rvlance, R. Schauer, E. Snell and five Chinese; and 67 steerage including seven Chinese.

MARAMA’S TRANSHIPMENTS.—The Union Company’s M a ram a which arrived at Wellington on Monday morning from Sydney, brought transhipments ex the Malabar. Kowarra, Karanui. Nellare, Baradine, Maunganul, Karoola, Ventun, Madgeburg, Saros, Maloja, Marunda. Theseus and Oronsay. CANADIAN CONSTRUCTOR RE-PORTS.—-Canadian National Steamships have received a wireless message frosi the Canadian Constructor, en route frost Halifax, reporting that she expects te arrive at Auckland on Friday night S* Is due at "Wellington about a week later to continue discharge, and will proceed from there to Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedia and Bluff to complete. THE SUPER-LINER REX.—Work has been in progress at Sestri Ponenti since the beginning of the year to extend the slips at the yard where the super-liner Rex (of 45,000 tons gross) will be built for the Navigazione General* Italian*. The vessel's keel was laid on April £. the anniv«fcary of the foundation of Rome. She will be built unde- the survey of the Registro Ita llano and LJoyd'f Register, and will conform to the requirements of the 1929 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea. The chief dimensions of the Rex will be as follow:—Length, 269 metres, breadth 29.5 metres, depth from captain’s bridge to keel 37 metres. Turbine engines <» about 90,000 h.p. are to be installed, firing the ship a speed of 27 knots. The Rex will have accommodation fcr 400 passengers In the de luxe class. in the first-class, 300 second-class, 4W tourist, and 900 third-class, all in cabw*. and she will carry a crew of 809. There will be ten decks. Including a Bgora deck, B lx of them running the leng® « the ship. In addition to a church and » theatre there will be a large garags 1 * the passengers’ cars. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are eapactad be within range of the undermenuonew wireless stations tonight:— _ __* Auckland. —Canadian lan Victor, Plume, Golden Crow, veric, Niagara, City of Osaka, Ceasr bank, Veronica, Benedick, Kent, adian Constructor. _ Chatham Islands. —Mataroa, Rangltane. KllTm _ Wellington.—Maori, Wahlne, Arawuj Tamahine, Aorangi, Port Orkanger, Mahan a, Kapongz, coin*, Tahiti. . . Awarua. —Makura, Tutanekai Itmnmu*. Turaklna, Waikouaiti. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY HOKIANGA (2 p.m.), *7l tmM. nedy, for Hoklanra. .. j HAUTUHU was to law tod*r p.m. for New Plymouth. HokHOKIANGA left last evening forB“». .. She is expected bade on o 1 •’