The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1035, 28 July 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

THE GOLDEN WEST.—The O. and O. steamer Golden West cleared Gisborne at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday for San Francisco, via Honolulu, where she will pick up a quantity of sugar. THE COR I NTH IC.—The White Star liner Corintliic is duo at Wellington at about noon on Wednesday next from London and Southampton, according to her last radio advice. TUT ANEKAI SAILS TOMORROW.— The Government steamer Tutanekai is to sail a.m. on Tuesday on her periodic round of the Northern and West Coast lighthouses. THE PORT ALMA.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Alma, which left London on July 4 f°r Auckland, Wellington and Napier, is duo at Auckland on August 9. THE CITY OF KHARTOUM.—The rJlertnan and Bucknall steamer City of Khartoum is to sail tomorrow at noon for Wellington to continue discharge of her cargo from New York. REMUERA EXPECTED.—The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Remuera left Suva last Wednesday night and is expected at Wellington at davbreak on Wednesday. RONA EXPECTED.—The Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s steamer Ilona is due at Auckland about August 4 with a cargo of unrefined sugar and molasses. She will later proceed to Sydney to complete discharge. KAPONGA AGAIN BARBOUND.—The kapongu, was again barbound at Grevmouth during the week-end and her departure for Auckland direct was postponed until noon today. PENYBRYN WITH SUGAR.—The Norwegian steamer Penybryn cleared Cuba on July 11 with a cargo of raw sugar for discharge at Auckland to the agency f Spedding, Ltd. She is expected to arive here about August 9. TO SAIL.—The Aberdeen anu commonwealth steamer Ferndale which arrived from Napier on Saturday. expected to complete cargo and sail 'or Genoa and London at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon. She is due to arrive in London on September 15. THE CLYDEBANK.—The Bank Line motor-vessel Clydebank, which arrived from Texas on Friday afternoon with a full cargo of sulphur, is expected to sail at three o’clock this afternoon for Port Chalmers, Wanganui, Sydney, and Geelong to complete unloading. THE ASTORIA.—The Danish motorship Astoria, now at New Plymouth completing dispharge of her cargo of Nauru phosphates, was to leave there this evening for Nauru and Ocean Islands to load another cargo for Australia or New Zealand, but has been delayed by bad weather. THE PORT FREMANTLE.—The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Fremantle is expected to leave Gisborne for Auckland tonight to complete loading for England. She is due tomorrow evening and is to sail for London, via Panama, on Friday. The Farmers’ Cooperative Auctioneering Company are the local agents. PAKIPAKI SAILS TOMORROW.—The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Federal steamer Pakipaki, now at Queen’s Wharf discharging the local portion of her cargo of general merchandise from West Coast United Kingdom ports, is to lie dispatched tomorrow at 5 p.m. for Napier, to continue unloading. THE TAHITI. —The Royal Mail liner Tahiti, which was delayed by bad weather is expected to arrive at Wellington tomorrow morning. The vessel has passengers, mail and cargo from Sari Francisco, Papeete and Rarotonga. Owing to tho delay her departure from Wellington for Sydney lias been postponed until three o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. WAIHEMO FROM WESTPORT.—The Union Company’s transpacific steamer vVaihemo arrived from Westport at 4.30 p.m. Saturday and berthed at Western Wharf. She will pay off her crew and discharge stores lief ore proceeding to anchorage in the stream. She will lay up at this port until required to enter the PacificCoast-New Zealand trade again. NiAGARA’S PASSENGERS. The R.M.S. Niagara arrived from Sydney en route to Vancouver at 6.20 this morning and berthed at Prince’s Wharf. The following passengers were carried: — First class: Mr. L. J. Adams, Mrs. H. R. Adams, Mr. A. Adams, Mrs. N. M. Adams, Miss M. Blackwell, Mr. J. M. Blackwell, Mr. C. H. Chamberlain, Mr. W. J. Carbines, Mr. A. J. Connell, Mr. J. H. Camp, Mr. G. T. Cameron, Sister V. Castle, Mrs E. Davies, Mr. J. D. Daws Miss E. De Tourrett, Mr. G. W. Dean’ Mr. E. W. Friedlander, Mrs. Friedlander] Master P. Friedlander, Mr. L. A. Grcig Mr. R. Holmes, Miss M. Huffam, Miss j! Henry, Mrs. B. Ireland, Mr. H. B. Ireland Miss L M. Idiens, Mr. T. B. Insoll, Mrs. Insoll, Mr. L. A. Jacobsen, Lieut.-Com-mander Moore, Mrs. G. Moore, Miss B R. Moore, Mrs. R. McCarroll, Miss R KtcCarroll, Mr. J. P. McNeill, Mr. J. W. Pike, Mrs. Pike, Mr. W. S. Russell, Mr. M. W. W. Reed, Mr. S. Rodgers, Mrs P Sheldon, Mr. S. S. Stone. Mr W D Smith, Mr. W. D. Smith, Mrs. Smith. Miss B. Smith, Miss M. Sweetman, Miss L. Thomson, Mr. H. 11. Tonkin, Miss M. Walker. Second class:—Mrs. G. Alder, Mr. H. N. Brown, Miss B. L. Burke. Mr. N. Brownbill, Mr. W. Brookman, Mrs. E. J. Bannister. Ivlr. N. Catclipole. Miss E. Clark. Mr. H. W. J. Cliiplin, Mrs. F. M. Chatfield Mr. A. M. Duncan, Mrs. Duncan. Miss E M. Duncan, Mr. J. Dillicar, Mrs. Dillicar, the Rev. Brother Edwin, Mr. J. Edwards. Mr. 11. M. Fryer. MTss !• Finlavson, Kir. W. Gorman, Mr. V. ran^ e ’ Mrs M Hood, Mrs. 1.. Howard. Mr. R. Ireland, Miss D. Jeffrey, Miss P. C. King, Mr. C. S. Lovatt, Mrs. F. E. Lush, Mr C. C. Lessing. Mr. A. the Rev. Brother Mark. Kir. F. Mogget. 5? r *,T* Me > Ter * Mr. W. B. McManus, Mi.s G. KT. McDonald. Kir. E. G. McCallnm Mr. T. T. McGrath, Mr. M. McShane. Mrs. KlcShane Master T. McShane, Miss P. McShane. Miss M. McShane, Master KI McShane, Mr. W. KlcShane, Miss H. KTcEwan, Mr. C. F. Purdy. Mr. H. R. Stockens, Mrs. Stoekens. Mrs. W. Taylor, Mrs. K. Upton, Mr. A. F. Walsh, Mr. A. Wachner, Kliss KI. Williams, Mrs. G. Whitelaw, Kliss E. M. White, Mr. B. E. Watts, Mrs. Watts and 89 third class.

AfYeR FOUR YEARS* ABSENCE.— Kir. A F. Edmonds, chief engineer on the Ft | Bowel, has returned to New Zealanu ..iter four years’ absence. He went to sea 15 ./ears ago with the Commonwealth and Dominion Line and hje is now one of five New Zealand-born engineers on the Line. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. Henry Edmonds, of Auckland. GOLDEN COAST DELAYED. —DeIayed in her passage from Los Angeles by stormy weather, the American steamer Golden Coast does not expect to reach Auckland until Tuesday or Wednesday. Tho vessel has been allotted a berth at Central Wharf, where she will put out the local consignment of her Pacific Slope cargo to the agency of Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd. FUND FOR MR. SEDDALL’S WIDOW. —Advice has been received in Auckland i that a. subscription list has been started ’ on the Tainui for the widow of the late chief officer. Mr. 14. V. .Seddall. Mr. Seddall was swept overboard during a hurricane on the night of July 4, when the steamer which was en route from Auckland to London was near Pitcairn Island. The message states the list has ' been begun with a donation of £l9O. Kirs. f Seddall resides in England. SHIPPING SALES.— The Pale of sev- j eral well-known steamers that have been • engaged in the Australian trade has be~n • reported from Lortdon. Among those ; mentioned are the following:—The twin- j screw steamers Borda, three decks 11,199 tons gross, 7,003 tons net, built and engined by Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, in 3 914, S.S. No. 3 in 1926 with_engines (S cy.), 23Jin., 34ain., 48|in and "Oin., by 54in. stroke; Bemma. three decks. 11,202 tons gross, 7.G13 tons net, bunt and engined by Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, in 191 1, S.S. No. 3 in J 926, with engines (S cv.), 23iin., 34*ii.. 4Sa in - and 70in. by 54in. stroke; and BenaHa, three decks. 11,181 tons gross. 0.98 S .tons net, built and engined l»v Messrs. Caird and Co.. Greenock, in 191 * n 1925, with engines (8 cy), -.»_.!n.. 34iin., 48iin.. and 70in.. by 54in stroke, all owned by the I*. and O.’Steam Navigation Company, London, and lying at Southend, have been sold- to Japanese buyers for about £29,000 each, with de11very Japan. The sister ship Beltana, at present in Eastern -waters, was sold col* a P anese buyers for about . I—*,oOQ, with delivery' Japan. It is uoderstood that the Beltana is intended for the fishing trade. Each steamer carries n h°ut 13,<50 tons dead-weight on a draf* lof 31ft. 9in.. has accommodation for i about 300 fust-class and a large number or second-clasa passengers, and steams 32a to 13 knots. Can?a < f,V S r a RE, ?, HT COLLECTOR.— n J- A - Sullivan, of the Oceanic service C orporation. New York, submits aluable information on the arrest Collector ” S I>owney » the “Bogus Freight It seems that since the first of the year the Hamburg-American Line had received numerous complaints from people who had paid “freight charges'* to a mar representing himself as being connected with tho Hamburg-America n Line, for packages supposed to be consigned to them from Europe, and upon investigation it was found that he also had used the names of several other steamshin companies for the same purpose. In 4 aptain Sullivan’s own words, this swindling racket is conducted as follows: “He obtaines some outgoing shipping receipts from firms or Individuals. Thanks to a bit of ink eradicator, he changes the dates and alters the charges and description of merchandise to suit the purpose. Then he proceeds to the home of some wealthy person who has recently returned from abroad, preferably from Germany. He represents himself as an emplovee of the Hamburg-American Line, or * some other steamship line, and informs the woman (always being sure to call vtrb”e the man of the house is away) that the goods she is expecting have arrived : mi are at the Hamburg-American Line Tver. They will be sent up to her, he explains, as soon as the frieght charges a'-d drw. a small matter of, say, 32.50 dollars, are paid. “Usually, not always, the woman pavs the amount and gets a receipt. It is very probable that she had ordered some ‘stuff’ from abroad, or has some friends who might have sent her spme. She thinks it a bit odd that they neglected to pay the freight. Nothing. of course, ever arrives, and in time the woman calls the Hamburg-American Line and complnfns. “After our investigation of a few of these t-ases. and with the co-operation of the New York Police Department, we caused the arrest of Thomas Downey, under date of February 25. Downey confessed and pleaded guilty to the charge of having swindled numerous peoo> in the manner stated above, and on March 6 he was arraigned in the Court *i Special Sessions. Criminal Courts Building. New York, before Presiding Judge Thomas No’an. and was given an indeterminate sentence of from six months to three years in the penitentiary.” WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wircl. ss stations tonight:— Auckland: Dunedin. Golden Coast, I Tofua, Ventura. Waipahi, Mirrabook, I» ; »lt ram, KurOW. : Chatham Islands: Westmoreland. KaraI mea. i Wellington: Maori. Watoine, Tamahine, | Ngaio. Rangitiki. Aorangi, Corinthi- . i Ulimaroa. Maunganui. Port Pirie. PapaI nui. Port Fremantle. Tahiti, Argvllj shire, Remuera, Kaiwarra. Golden West. | Awarua: Makura, Mahe-no, Omana.

THE BANK LINE.— The Bank Line motor-ship Iris bank, first of six 15-knct motor-driven cargo vessels being added to the New York-Far East service of the line, left New York last month on her maiden voyage to Manila. Hong-Kont, Shanghai and Taka Bar. The five other vessels, now under construction, are the Loss ie bank. Taybaak, Tweed bank, FoyUbank and Laganbank. The Lossiehcrlc was scheduled to follow on July I#. The Irisbank was built by Workman, Clark, Ltd.. Belfast. s?he measures 425 ft between perpendiculars and has a beam of 57ft. Her gross register is 5,626 tens and her net register 3.437 tons Shv has 4.800 cubic feet of refrigerated space for eggs and milk ard 9.100 cubic feet, of refrigerated space for fruits. Staee m provided in fore and aft tanks for about 247 tons of latex. She also has rpaee in No. 3 bold and the after doep tanka and tunnel tanks for 1,373 tons of The propulsion machinery . onsists of two sets of Sulzer tyxs of Diesel engine* operating twin screws.- On her offtcitl trials she developed a speed of 151 knots. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS SATURDAY ARAPAWA (7.43 p.m.), from Daffxville. ARRIVALS YESTERDAY KAITOA (9 a.m.), from Nelson. DEPARTURES SATURDAY HAUTURU (2.15 p.m.). from New Plymouth. ARAPAWA arrived from DargavSe on Saturday and will sail for Wanganui on Wednesday. HAUTURU left for New Plymouth on Saturday, 2.15 p.m., and returns TnesJaj 7 a.m. HOKIANGA is expected to leave for Hokianga on Thursday 3 p.m., and returns Sunday. , KAITOA arrived 9 a.m. yesterday i leaves for Nelson at daybreak tomorrow. i '