The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1058, 23 August 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Mr. C. A. Barker is now third officer of the Taraahine, relieving Mr J. B. Williams, who has been transferred to the Waiotapu in a similar capacity, relieving Mr. J. L. Russell for holidays. Mr. J. Joyes is temporarily second officer of the Opihi, relieving Mr. A. H. Dunnings for holidays. Mr. A. Haslam, second officer of the Kaimai, is on holiday and his place has been taken temporarily by Mr. C. W. Dovey. Mr. C. A. Spence is now third officer of the Waipiata, relieving Mr. 11. J. Petty for holidays. Mr. T. IS. Be van has joined the Kaimanawa as chief officer, relieving Mr. J. Walker for holidays. * ——- - TAMAROA LEAVES COLON.—Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savill Company that the liner Tamaroa cleared Colon on Monday afternoon. She left Wellington on July 30 for Southampton and London. THE LA D V LEWIS.—The steamer Lady Lewis arrived at Wanganui from New Plymouth on Thursday to complete unloading phosphates from Nauru Island. She is to leave Wanganui on Wednesday for Fiji to load for Great Britain. THE KARETU.—The Union Company advises that the Karetu left Bluff at 5 a.m. on Thursday for Sydney. She is to load at Newcastle and complete at Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru and Lyttelton. AORANGI'S MAILS.—The Chief Postmaster advises that the R.M.M.S. Aorangi, which is due at Auckland on Monday, August 25, has 374 bags of English, Australian, and Eastern mails. H.M.S. VERONICA.—The Naval Department advises that H.M.S. Veronica • •'ft Suva for Auckland yesterday. The warship has been on a cruise to the South Sea Islands since the beginning of June. She is now expected to arrive about Tuesday. THE SCHOONER HUIA.—The Nobel auxiliary schooner Huia proceeded to Maraetai yesterday to load explosives. She is to sail at 5 p.m. today for Napier, Wellington, and Dunedin. From Dunedin the vessel will go to Melbourne to load explosive for Greymouth, Westport and Auckland. • ROTORUA’S “ALL WELL.”—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua, which was dispatched from Wellington for Southampton and London, via Panama, on August 16, has reported by wireless that she is experiencing light southerly winds and that all is well. MAKURA FROM SAN FRANCISCO.— With passengers, mail and cargo from San Francisco, Papeete and Rarotonga, the Royal Mail liner Makura is due at Wellington on Monday. She is to resume her voyage to Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. MAUNGANUI LEAVES SYDNEY.— The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Mauganui left Sydney for Wellington and Auckland at four o’clock yesterday afternoon. The vessel is due at Wellington chi Tuesday morning and at Auckland next Friday. From Auckland she will proceed direct to Sydney. MAHENO FROM MELBOURNE.—The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Maheno was due at Melbourne yesterday from Wellington, via Bluff. The vessel is scheduled to leave Melbourne next Thursday for Wellington, via Bluff, Dunedin and Lyttelton. She is due at Bluff on September 1 and at Wellington on September 5.

AWAHOU FOR SYDNEY.—The Richardson Line steamer Awahou, which has been converted into a motor vessel, is to make a trial trip on the harbour on Monday to test her new motor engines. (>n Tuesday the vessel is to proceed to Whangarei to complete loading for Sydney and Newcastle. After discharge she will Toad at Newcastle for New Zealand. COAL FOR JAVA.—The British-India Company’s steamer Querimba is to load at Newcastle about 8,000 tons of coal for Java. This will be the first cargo to be shipped to Java for nearly two years. Previously a considerable trade was done from Newcastle with Java and other islands of the group. In the period of the coal strike at Newcastle a few steamers transported coal to Java from ports in Queensland. JARRAH FROM BUN BURY.—The Danish motor-ship Nordhval, 4,473 tons, has been chartered to load jarrah at Bun-bui-y in September for New Zealand ports. The British steamer Rio Dorado, 4,507 tons, has been fixed to load jarrah at Bunbury in October for New Zealand ports. The Swedish steamer Anten, 5,135 tons, has also been chartered to load jarrah at Bunbury in November for New Zealand ports. All three vessels are loading to the agency of the Millars’ Hardwood Company. RANGITANE V. MATAROA.—-The New Zealand Shipping Company has received cable advice that its motor-liner Rangitane reached Southampton on Wednesday morning, her fastest passage to date. She cleared Wellington at 7 a.m. on July 19 for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal, and her actual “steaming” time was 31 days 9 hours, three and a-half hours over the record time. The Shaw, Savill liner Mataroa, at present holds the record from Wellington to Southampton—3l days 6 hours 39 minutes—which she established toward the end of 1929. LUMBER CARGO FROM AMERICA. — Reported to be in wireless range the American motor-ship Carriso is en route from Anacortes, America, to New Zealand. The vessel sailed from Anacortes on July 18. She has a full cargo of lumber, a quantity of which will be unloaded at Auckland, but her other -ports of discharge have not been announced. She is a twin screw vessel of 3,894 tons and was built at Longbeach, California, in 1918. She visited New Zealand in January, 1929, and unloaded a lumber cargo at Wanganui. Latest advice states that the Carriso will unload at Auckland, Napier, and Nelson, in that order, and that her cargo comprises lumber and shocks.

WAIKOUAIT! FOR SYDNEY.—The Union Company’s steamer Waikouaiti is scheduled to leave Lyttelton next Thursday for Auckland. From here the vessel will go to Sydney. OMAN A COMING.—The Union Company advises that the Omana is to leave Newcastle today with a cargo of coal for Auckland. She should arrive here about next Friday. PASSENGERS FROM HOME.—The following passengers for New Zealand are travelling by the Orient liner Otranto, which is due at Sydney from London on August 2S:—Mr. H. Cohen, Mrs. Guth-rie-Moore, Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Slade, Mrs. Mcßride. ARMADALE AT SUVA.—Cabled advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the steamer Armadale, en route from New York to Auckland, arrived at Suva p.m. on Thursday to put out a quantity of general cargo and that she is to leave there today for Auckland. She should arrive here on Wednesday next to discharge. ARGYLLSHIRE AT QUEEN’S.-The I New Zealand Shipping Company’s ! steamer Argyllshire arrived in port this j morning from Tokomaru Bay to complete ; her Homeward loading. She berthed at Queen's Wharf to load and she is to sail : p.m. on Wednesday for London. Avon- ! mouth, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. AORANGI DUE MONDAY.—En route? from Sydney to Vancouver, the Royal Mail motor-liner Aorangi is due at Auck- i land on Monday morning. About an hour ' and a-half after her arrival in the stream ! she will berth at Prince’s Wharf to land j passengers, mails, and cargo for New j Zealand. The Aorangi is scheduled to j sail at 11 a.m. on Tuesday for Suva, ! Honolulu, Victoria (8.C.), and Vancouver. { NOTICE TO MARINERS.—The Superintendent of the Auckland Harbour Board advises that the western portion of the \ viaduct across Freeman’s Bay is now approaching the eastern portion, and the entrance between the two portions will be restricted during pile-driving operations. Masters of vessels entering or leaving the basin during the day must approach the pile-driver and obtain permisison to pass through from the man in charge. They must also keep close alongside the training pier and the western end of the eastern portion of the viaduct. At night the pile-driver will clear of the entrance. lONIC RADIOS.—A further wireless message received by L. D. Nathan, Limited, from the White Star liner lonic, inward bound from London and Southampton to Auckland, stated that at noon today the vessel was 891 miles east of Tiritiri Island and that she expected to reach that island at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. She should thereupon arrive in the stream here at about 11.15 a.m. and about an hour after her arrival will berth at Priqce’s Wharf to land passengers and mails for New Zealand and the local portion of her cargo of general merchandise from London. She later sails for Well- j ington to complete unloading. NEW PASSENGER SERVICE.—The motor-ship Remo arrived in Sydney on j July 9 after a voyage without incident from Genoa via ports. She is a motor vessel of 17,000 tons displacement, and is in every way an up-to-date vessel. She inaugurates a new monthly service of passenger ships under the auspices of the Lloyd Sabaudo and Navigazione Generale Italiana Lines, and with similar motor vessels Romolo, Esquilino and Viminale will maintain a monthly service between Australian ports and Genoa, calling at Colombo, Port Said and Alexandria en route. Her passenger accommodation is on a most modern style, comprising cabins de luxe, with bathroom, etc., attached, and one berth, two berth and three berth cabins, all of which are fitted with every convenience to meet the comfort of the travelling public. They are all situated on the main deck, are unusually lofty* and fitted with large windows and electric fans, thus ensuring ample ventilation during the passage through the tropics, and in the colder latitudes electric radiators minister to the comfort of passengers. % Modern bedsteads replace the old-fashioned “bunks,” and running, fresh water is supplied to each stateroom, while there is ample bathroom accommodation, comprising hot and cold seat water plunge baths and fresh water shower baths. All the cabins are amidships, and the main dining saloon is a spacious apartment extending the 'whole width of the ship, fitted with tables to seat parties of four and upward. Well-furnished ladies’ musical rooms and spacious smoke-room are also a noteworthv feature of the vessel, while the ample deck space provides for tennis, quoits and other deck sports. Cargo handling appliances are of the most up-to-date character, and include six largo hatches, with electric winches and ample derricks to ensure quick and noiseless handling of cargo. In fact, all appliances of the ship (including cooking arrangements) are electrically controlled. The vessel can maintain a speed of 14 knots, and sufficient fuel can be carried for the round voyage from Genoa back to that port. It is certain when these motor-ships become better known that they will command more than a fair portion of the passenger trade to Europe. Passengers can reach London from Genoa in 24 hours, thus avoiding the unpleasant feature of the Bay of Biscay, or they can travel through the beautiful lake coun - t r y of Italy at their leisure, and visit other weil-known Continental centres en route to England.

COPINTHIC ARRIVES. —An arrival last n;ght was the White Star liner Corinthic from Napier to complete her loading for London. The vessel was berthed at Queen’s Wharf, where she is taking in cargo under the agency of A S. Paterson and Co. Limited. With passengers and mails the Corinthic is to be dispatched from this port at 5 p.m. on Wednesday next for Southampton and London via the Panama Canal. PORT CAROLINE TO LOAD.—The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Caroline, at present in Australian water* unloading cargo from Great Britain, is to come to New Zealand to load. Ths vessel is due at Bluff on September 2) from Brisbane to commence loading. She will later load at Timaru, Lyttelton, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Auckland ani Wellington. She is due at Auckland on October 9, and is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on October 15 for London via the Panama Canal. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGEThe following vessels are expected F be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations during the week-end:— Auckland. —Vermiica, Raisdale, Aorangi, Antinous. Ar.: "ton Court, Armadale. Carriso, Hr. uraki. lonic, Limerick. Xev Zealand, R , Tofua, Vac noline. Plum*. Waipahi, tuniaroa, Penybryn, City of Bedford, Femglen, Moeraki. Chatham Islands.—Somerset Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Tamahine. Xgaio, Niagara. Maunganui, Waiten. Poolta, Port Alma, Golden Cross. Makura. Awarua.—Makura, Mamilius, Hensada. Karetu. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS TODAY KAITOA (7 a.m.), 319 tons. Martin, from Nelson. HAUTURU is scheduled to leave f«r New Plymouth at noon today, and arrives back at seven o’clock on Tuesday morning. HOKIANGA is expected to depart fc* Hokianga at 3 r.m. on Thursday, and returns on Sunday. . KAITOA arrived from Nelson and Wes. Coast ports. South Island, this mommsand loads for Picton and Nelson. sn e sails at 5 p.m. today. _ . RONAKI arrives from Hokianga at a.m. tomorrow, and sails for Raglan ana Kawhia at 3 p.m. tomorrow.