The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1031, 23 July 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

• PERSON AI Mr. H. McDougall has joined the Maori as chief engineer relenve g Mr ‘ w * Aimers for holiday Mr. K. Sinclair, chief engineer of the Marama, is on holiday leave at Sydney Mr. H. G. Whyte has joined the Wnipahi as second engineer in place of Mr W. Williams, who is ashore sick. G ’ late fourth engineer of the Marama, has proceeded to Sydney to join the Moeraki. Captain J. Rankine, of the Waihemo, has come ashore on -sick leave and Captuiji A. H. Prosser is temporarily in command of the vessel. PORT HUON AT LONDON.—The C. and D. Line has received cabled advice that the motor-ship Port Huon reached London on Sunday. She left Wellington on June 14 for London, via the Panama Canal.

THE KUROW.—The Kurow, en route from Newcastle, was to leave Port Stephens yesterday and is to clear Sydney today for Auckland. WESTMORELAND SAlLED.—Having completed loading in New Zealand, the Federal Line steamer Westmoreland was dispatched from Wellington this morning for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, via Panama. PORT ADELAIDE AT LONDON. — Cabled advice has been received that the C. and D. Line steamer Port Adelaide arrived at London on Sunday. She cleared Wellington on June 12 for London, via Cape Horn. ALMA CLEARS CANAL.— Cabled advice has been received by the C. and D. Line that the motor-ship Port Alma cleared the Panama Canal on Saturday morning, en route from London to Auckland. She is due at Auckland on August 9. WAITE MATA TO LAY UP.—The Union Company’s trans-Pacific cargo steamer » aitemata was to have left Melbourne on Monday for Sydney to complete discharge. She will then proceed to Newcastle, thence to Auckland, where she will lay up until September. THE NARBADA.—The Union Company's Eastern trader Narbada was due at Calcutta yesterday from Newcastle. She will load there and leave early in August for Penang, Singapore and Samara ng to complete for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. THE WAIHEMO The Union Company s trans-Pacific cargo steamer Wailieino, now at Westport taking in bunkers, is to leave there tonight or tomorrow morning lor Auckland. On arrival here the vessel is to pay off and lav uf) until needed again in the Pacific Coast trade. THE TAHITI.—The Union Company’s R.M.S. Tahiti, en route from San Francisco, arrived at Papeete at 6 a.m. on Saturday and left again at 5 p.m. the same day for Rarotonga. The vessel is duo at Wellington next Monday morning, and will leave again the following day for Sydney. MAUNGANUI AT SYDNEY.—The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui reached Sydney from Wellington at mid-day yesterday. The vessel is to sail on Friday on her return trip to Wellington and Auckland. She is due at Wellington next Tuesday and at Auckland the following Friday, sailing the same day for Sydney direct. PORT BOWEN REPORTS.—Wireless advice received by Heather, Roberton. Limited, from the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Bowen states that she will arrive from Liverpool on Saturday morning, a day ahead of schedule. The vessel has a general merchandise cargo from West Coast ports of Great Britain for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. WAIPAHI SAILS TOMORROW.—The l nion Steam Ship Company advises that Its Island fruit steamer Waipahi is to be dispatched at noon tomorrow for the < ook Islands. The vessel is taking over a quantity of general cargo and stores tor discharge and she will load another cargo of fruit for New Zealand. In order, her ports of call will be Rarotonga. Aitutaki, Atiu und Mauke. THE KiWITEA.—The Union Company’s cargo steamer Kiwitea is expected from Melbourne tomorrow. Wireless reports from the vessel yesterday stated that she was being delayed by bad weather. The vessel has general cargo from Adelaide. Edithburg, Wallaroo and Melbourne for discharge at Auckland, Portland. New Plymouth, Wellington, Lyttelton and Timaru. Cargo for Auckland will be unloaded at King’s Wharf. THE FI REFLOAT.—Following the satisfactory preliminary test of the firepump installed in the tug Te Awhina. the Auckland Harbour Board’s firefloat has been put out of commission permanently and placed on moorings in St. Mary’s Bay. All the equipment has been taken off the vessel and the question of her disposal has been referred to the Purchasing and Stores Committee of the board. PAKIPAKI DUE THIS EVENING.— According to her latest wireless advice the Federal steamer Pakipaki is due in port p.m. today from Liverpool. The vessel is laden with general merchandise from West Coast United Kingdom ports, the local portion of which she will discharge at Queen’s Wharf to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. She later sails for Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Timaru to complete unloading. CITY OF KHARTOUM DUE TOMORROW.—The Ellerman and Bucknall steamer City of Khartoum is due in port tomorrow evening from New York, according to her latest radio message. The vessel, which is running under the auspices of the A. and A. Line, has a cargo of general Eastern American merchandise, the local consignment of which she will put out at Prince’s Wharf to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. To complete discharge the City of Khartoum will later proceed to Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Sydney. KERMADEC ISLANDS CHARTS.—A Gazette notice advises that in November, 1929, Captain A. T. Norton, master of the motor-ship Hauraki, drew attention to the apparent position of Macaulev and Curtis Islands being found different to those given on Admiralty charts of that locality. The commodore commanding the New Zealand station in H.M.S. Dunedin now submits the. following approximate errors in the charted positions of the Kermadec Islands:—Sunday Island, about 1 mile east of its charted position; Macauley Island and Macdonald Rock. 4.5 miles 048 degrees from their charted positions; Curtis and Cheesman Islands. 4.5 miles 017 degrees from their charted positions. The postitions given are not to be regarded as absolutely accurate. PORT OF LONDON TRAFFIC.—During the week ended May 23, 1,126 vessels, representing 1,041,842 tons net, used the Port of London. Of these, 624 (561.65 S tons net) were to and from foreign ports, and 592 vessels (180,154 tons net) were engaged in the coastwise trade. Eleven vessels arrived with meat cargoes, six from New Zealand and Australia—the Port Caroline, the Northumberland, the Balranald, the » Port Melbourne, the Ceramic, and the Corinthic; and five from South America—the Highland Princess, the Gothic Star, the Norman Star, the Stuart Star, and the Royal Star. Together they brought 539,000 carcases of lamb and mutton, 111,228 quarters of beef, large quantities of pork, and 83,400 packages of sundries.

THE OMAN A. —The Union Company's steamer Omana is due at Newcastle today. The vessel is to load at Newcastle and Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Timaru. ARTEM ESI A FROM PORT ARTHUR. —Advice has been received that the steamer Artemesia is to leave Port Arthur (Texas) this month for Auckland and Australian ports. THE ULIMAROA.—The Huddart-Par-ker steamer Ulimaroa, which provides the only passenger connection between New Zealand and Sydney this week, is to sail from Wellington at noon on Friday for the New South Wales port, taking passengers, mails and cargo. THE GOLDEN WEST.—The O. and O. steamer Golden West is due at Gisborne tomorrow morning from Dunedin to load a quantity of refrigerated cargo. The vessel is to sail from Gisborne tomorrow night for San Francisco, via Honolulu, where she will call to pick up a consignment of sugar. TUTANEKAI DUE TOMORROW. —The Government steamer Tutanekai is due tomorrow from the Hauraki Gulf, where she has been attending to the lights and beacons. She is to berth at Central Wharf, where she will load stores for her maintenance trip round the Northern and West Coast* lighthouses. COLUMBIA DUE FRIDAY. —The Danish motor-ship Columbia, now at Napier putting out jarrah sleepers from Bunbury. is to leave there for this port to complete discharge. She is due here on Friday afternoon and after finishing unloading is to sail for Makatea Island to load phosphates for Japan. MELBOURNE PASSENGER SERVICE.—The Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maheno arrived at Bluff from Melbourne on Monday and at Dunedin yesterday. She is to sail today for Lyttelton and Wellington. The vessel is due at Wellington on Friday, and she is to be dispatched for Melbourne, via Bluff, on Saturday.

SHIPBREAKERS BUY BARON ELCHO.—The s.s. Baron Elcho, of about 7,250 tons dead-weight, built in 1905. ami owned by the Hogarth Shipping Company, Ltd. (Messrs. H. Hogarth and Sons), Glasgow, the sale of v.>iich vessel has been reported, was purchased by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company, of Glasgow, for, it is believed, a little under £6,500.

FERNDALE COMING.—A. S. Paterson and Company, Ltd., advises that the Aberdeen and Commonwealth steamer Ferndale, now at Napier loadfng. is to leave there on Friday night for Auckland to complete her cargo for Genoa and London. The vessel is due here on Saturday afternoon and is to sail finally from this port on Tuesday morning, proceeding via the Panama Canal.

CLYDEBANK DUE FRI DA Y.—According to her wireless advice the motor-ship Clydebank is due in the stream here from Galveston (Texas) at daybreak on Friday. The vessel has a full cargo of sulphur, the local portion of which she will put out at King’s Wharf to the agency of A. S. Paterson and Company, Ltd. She is to sail on Tuesday morning for Port Chalmers, Wanganui’ Svdney and Geelong to complete unloading.

THORPE GRANGE SOLD.—The ss Thorpe Grange (ex Indramayo), two decks, 4,188 tons gross, 2,720 ‘tons net carrying about 5,578 tons dead-weight on a. draft of 25ft 4in, built and engined by the London and Glasgow Company, Glasgow;, in 1898, 3rd s.s. No. 3 in 1926, with engines 29m, 47in and 76in, by slin stroke new donkey boiler in 1921, steaming about °"* ned by the Houlder Line, Ltd. (Houlder Bros, and Company. Ltd ) London, has been sold to British shipbreakers for about £6,100. COMMAND OF BRITANNIC CAPTAIN E. L. TRANT Beginning his sea career in the year 1890 as an apprentice in one of the sailing ships owned by Messrs. Gillison and Chadwick, Captain E. L. Trant, latterly in command of the White star liner Laurentic, has been transferred to the ,°* . the new motor-vessel Britannic, Which sailed from Liverpool vL, J ™ alde " Voyage to Boston and -New York on June 28. ls r "f- Captain Trant joined the V hito Star Line in November, IS9S as a junior officer in the Cuflc, at that time engaged in the Liverpool and New York cattle trade. During the war he was chief officer of the armed cruiser Celtic, in which steamer thousands of troops were conveyed across the Atlantic. Since that time Captain Trant has had command of various White Star steamers, the more recent ones being the Cedric, Medic. Runic, Ceramic, Adriatic Megantic and Laurentic. He has also been assistant commander of the MajestaI ’ where he served under the command of Sir Bertram Hayes. The Britannic is the world's largest £ a bin motor vessel, has a tonnage of 21, 000 and can accommodate 1,500 passengers ill her cabin, tourist third cabin, and third-class accommodation. Captain Trant has been succeeded in command of the Laurentic bv Captain J B. Bulman, formerly in command of the Arabic. Captain Bulman, who was born in the year 1871. joined the White Star Line in 1599 as a junior officer in the Afric. He attained his first command in November, 1921, when he was given the command of the Tropic. Since then he has captained numerous White Star steamers.

ARGYLLSHIRE’S MOVEMENTS. —. The Federal steamer Argyllshire arrived at New Plymouth on Sunday morning from Port Chalmers to complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo, and for further loading. Stie is scheduled to leave on Saturday for Wanganui for further loading, and will subsequently load at Timaru, Lyttelton. Wellington. Napier, Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay and Auckland. The vessel is due at Auckland on August 21. and is scheduled to sail finally from Auckland on August 23 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, via the Panania Canal. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—KAITOA is due on Sunday morning from the South Island. She is tn load for Nelson only and .is to sail at daybreak on Tuesday next. HOKIANGA is to sail tomorrow for Hokianga. HAUTURU was scheduled to leave at 2 p.m. today for New Plymouth. RONAKI. due from Raglan and Kawhia at 6 a.m. tomorrow, is to be dispatched for Hokianga at 3 o'clock tomorrow* afternoon. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected te be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: City of Khartoum, Clydebank, Dunedin. Golden Coast. Moeraki. Port Bowen, Tofua. Kiwitea, Tutanekai. Antinous, Sonoma, Ventura Wellington: Maori. Wahine. Tamahlne, Ngaio, Rangitiki, Kent, Karetu, Rauritane, Crenatula. Westmoreland. Hauraki. Karamea. Corinthic. Ferndale, Port Fremantle, Kaiwarra. Port Pirie. Columbia. Golden West.

Awarua: Tahiti. Makura, Maheno, Waikouaiti, Kartlgl, Papanui.