SHIPPING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

■ 11 m MAIMYO FflOM NEW YORK. AOBv&NGI DUE ON MONDAY. After a.n absence of nearly two years, the steatne»r Mniuivo arrived at Auckland late heat niglrt. On this trip she is loaded wvtfi case oil and general from New \\oik. The bound from Sydney to Vancouver, is <due st Auckland on Monday morning. Sha is to resume her voyage from tHis port at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. ARRIVALS-YESTERDAY. Maimyo. from Now J'urk, 11.30 p.m. | THIS WAY. Hikurangi, from WhAngcrei. 2.43 a.m.; Wingatui. from Lyttefctou, 3.40 a.m. Wakakura. from Uulf, «11 u.fu. Isabella de Fraine. from Hoklanga, 111.30 a.m. DEPARTURES— YESTERDAY. Ngapuhi for Tauranga. ff.lo pju. Herekino', for Coast, 3.5 «-tu. THIS DAY* RonnVi. for Portland, 3.5 a.m. Elsie 2dnry. for Glsborne. noon. Portland, for Whakutajie. noon. JTESSELS IN TORT. Maroro (scb.). Central Wharf (A. G. Frank-bam X- „ ... ~. H.M.c.B. Iris, at Devonport (Pacific Cable Board). Kaitangata. King's Wharf (Union S.S. Co.). Wainui. in Stream (Union SJS. Co.). Wingatui, Prince's Wharf (Union S.S. Co.). Matatua, Queen's Wharf (L. D. Nat nan). Hineinoa. Western Wharf (Speddlng. Ltd.). Maimyo. Qnaen's Wharf (Farmers' Auctioneering Co.). Tutanekai, Centra) Wharf (Marine Dept.). Port Dunedin. Prime's Wharf (Heather. Kobertou, Ltd.). VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND. Port Hardy. South lloadsV July 6. Chenlston, Makatea Islands. July 7. Southern ('ruits. New Hebridipa. July K. West Henshaw, Los Angeles, July it. Canadian Seigneur. Montreal. July 10. Persian Prince. Nauru Island, July 10. Nucula, San Pedro, July 10. , lofua, Fiji. July 11. Cambridge, Liverpool, July 11. Keiuuera Soutu (loads), July 11. Brand, Texas. July 12. Baron Minto, lquique. July 12. Citv of Corinth. New York, July 13. Huntingdon, South (loads). July 13. Waltemata, San Fraanciscu. July 10. Hororata, London, via South, July — Ikala, Montreal. July 25. Athenic. South (loans). July 27. Hauturn. Glasgow. July 28. H.M.a. Dunedin, Sbecraess. July 31. Tamnroa. London, via South. July 30. Port Hunter. Liverpool. August 2. Kuahlne, London, August 0. City of Carlisle. New York, Angust 6. Westmoreland, Liverpool. August 8. Matatua, Sdyith (loads). August 10. H.M.a. DioinVde. Tonga. August 17. Cambridge, Sauth (loads), August IS. I'akeha, Londoji. August 21. H.M.s. Laburnum, Fiji. October IG. II M.s. Veronica,. Fiji. October 24. UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS. The Kurow is dbie to-morrow from Wellington, and will berth ut the Prince's wharf. After disctvrgc she will undergo surrey at this port. The Walpiata left .Dunedin last night for Auckland, via ports. The Wingatui arrived this morning from the South, berthing at *hc Prince's wharf. She is expected to salX on Tuesday for Wellington, Lyttelton, DiV»edln, Bluff, and TUnar. The Karorl left WestpoiV at 11 p.m. on Thursday for Auckland \\* Napier and Glsborne. The Karaona Is to load at Westport on • Monday next for New FJ.vnouth and Auckland. The Klttawa has been fixed t 0 load coal at Greymouth on Monday for .'V*P icr aa d Auckland. NORTHERN COMPANY'S MOVE VENTS. Projected Departures. To-morrow.—Omana, for Sui Wale, Ostend, Omihn. 9.43 a.m.; Tanlwha,. for Paeroa, midnight; Claymore, for rel, 9.30 p.m. Monday.—Haulii. for Surfdalc. Ostcr*'. Omlba, 10 a.m.; Omana. for Brown's Barr, Arkle's Bay. Manly, Dep Creek and Silverdale, 0 a.m. Expected Arrivals. To-morrow.—Ngapuhi, from Tauranga. 7 a.m.; Ngatiawa, from Hoklanga, 6 a.m.; Haulti, from Surfdalc. Awaroa Bay, Oraplu and Cowcs Bay, 6.30 p.m. ; Omana, from Ostend and Omiha, 7 p.m. INTERCOLONIAL STEAMERS. Ulimaroa. under overhaul at Sydney. Leaves Sydney, July 22. arrives Wellington July 20, sails for Sydney July 29. Moeraki left Wellington June 30. for Melbourne, via Southern ports; due Melbourne July 10. Marama left Sydney July 1 ; arrives Wellington July 5; leaves Wellington July S; arrives Sydney July 12. Maheno \ett Sydney July 1 ; arrives Auckland July 3; leaves Wellington July S; arrives Sydney July 12. ' TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. Aorangl left Sydney June 30. for Auckland ; leaves Auckland for Vancouver, via porta. July 5; due at Vancouver July 22. Niagara, under overhaul at Sydney, leaves Sydney July 28. for Vancouver, via Auckland, Suva, and Honolulu. Leaves Auckland August 2. Maunganui left Vancouver June 2ft for Auckland, via ports; arrives at Auckland July 18; due Sydney July 23. MnW urn left Sydney, June IS. and Auckland June 2G, for San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete; duo 'Frisco July 12. Tahiti left San Francisco. June 15, for Sydney, via Papeete, Rarotonga, and Wellington. Due Wellington July 4. and Sydney July 0. Leaves Sydney July 14. and Wellington July 10 for San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete. The scow Kitty Fraser is at present on the slipway. The Tutanekai is to sail at daybreak on Monday for Northern lighthouses. ', Spedding. Ltd., advise that she will mil on Tuesday. The Richardson steamer Awahou is due from the Coast to-morrow and will berth at the King's wharf. The Gunbar has been delayed on the coast, and is not now due to arrive until Monday morning. She will berth at the King's wharf. The Northern Company report that the ; Motu and Otinial will be receiving carso for their respective ports on Mondav. and up till 10 a.m. on Tuesday. IKALA LEFT BALBOA. En route from Montreal to Auckland, the Npv Zealand Shipping Co.'s chartered stfcamcr Ikala passed through the Panama Canal on Wednesday last. She is due here about July 23. WAIMEA DELAYED. Owing to heavy rain the Union Co.'s steamer Waimea will be unable to leave Napier for Auckland before 5 p.m. on Monday. She is due on Wednesday. MAHENO LEFT SYDNEY. A cable gram from Sydney reports the 1 departure from there yesterday afternoon of . the Union Co.'s passenger steamer Maheno I for Auckland. On arrival on Tuesday morning she will berth at the Queen's ! wharf. THE KAIAPOI. From Australia, via Southern ports, the , Union Company's steamer K.ilapoi is • expected to arrive at Auckland at 10 o'clock ! on Monday morning. She will berth at the King's wharf. THE MAUNGANUI. It is announced by the Union Company . that the R.M.s. Maunganui. which is due to arrive at Auckland from Vancouver, via , the usual Island ports, on the morning of ; Monday. July 18. is to resume her voyage i to Sydney at 11 p.m. the same day. MESS TABLE GOSSIP. Mr. H. Hill has joined the Corinna a« third engineer. Mr. L. Sunley has joined the Kittaw.-i as second engineer In place of Mr. W. G. . Campbell, who has come ashore for orders. Mr. C. V. Holder has replaced Mr. F. « Stelnmuller as third engineer of the Kaitoke. The following engineers have been successful In obtaining their first class certificates : Messrs. L. Sunley. W. L. Larscn. L. Hall and Q. B. Miller.

AORANGI ON MONDAY. The Union Company's R.M.ni.s. Aorangi is due to arrive at Auckland from Sydney on Mondav morning, and after inspection in the stram wHI berth at the Princes wharf. She is announced to resume her vovage to Vanrouver. via Suva and Honolulu, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning. THE PERSIAN PRINCE. Loaded with 7300 tons of Nauru Island phosphate, the steamer Persian Prince Is expected to arrive at Auckland on July JO. having sailed from the island ou Thursday last She will also discharge at Wnnganui. Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlanc are the local agents. SUEZ AND PANAMA. Fudinand de Lcsseps. who built the Suez Canal, always declared that the cutting of a deep waterway through the Isthmus of Panama was not only practicable, but would attract from the outset a grea.. volume of the worll's shipping engaged on the Atlantic-Pacific route, and vice versa. He also boldlv propbeslsed that within 12 years of its opening 120.000.000 tons of shipping would be using it annually. a statement which was received at the time with an incredulity not altogether or tnc , polite variety. Events, however, have more than Justified the optimism or fl» Lessrps. for last year the traffic figures of the Panama Canal, about 13 years since Its opening not • nly exceed*,) de I«a>*tw estimate by nearly 7.000.000 tons. but actuallv—and for the first time— topped those of the Sues Cam.!. The returns of the two waterways were: r«» am " £'"J£ 26.5P.G.000 tons ; Sue* Canal. 2b.000.000 tous. MAIMYO ARRIVED. Under charter to the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, the steamer Maimyo (Captain G. C. Smith}, which last visited Auckland in August. 1923. arrived from NewYork ut a late hour last night. This mornlns °hc commenced discharge of her cargo at the Prince's wharf. The Maimyo. which is owned by the Messrs. T. end J. Brocklcbnnk. left London and went to Calcutta, via ports. After discharge of her general cargo she load«-d Jute for Boston. New York, and Philadelphia. On this trip the vessel lost a blade from her propeller. Repairs were effected at Colombo, but later further troutile occurred, and aftnr a stny at Oran rhe vessel went W Gibraltar for docking. Here a new propeller was fitted. After completing her discharge at Philadelphia the steamer loaded her present cargo. She sailed from Now York on May 20 and made a call at Newport for bunkers. Colon was reached on June 4. and on the same day the vessel passed through the Panama Can aI. In the Pacific average conditions were experienced < until nffer pass-ins Pitcalm Inland, when hrad winds were encountered. Two days from Auckland an easterly gale was experienced, and heavy rain made the visibility poor. The conditions continued bad until 3 p.m. yesterday, when an Improvement was shown, and the vessel was able to come into port. The Maimyo is expected to sail on Tuesday for southern ports and Newcastle to complete discharge. Captain Smith has with him the following officers: —Ist. Mr. W. •',. Davis: I'nd. Mr. J. Owen: 'Srd. Mr. H. M. Drnromond : 4th. Xlr. H. Coffey ; wireless operators. L. Colllngwood uud U. Wilson : Chier engineer. Mr A. B McKinnon : 2nd. Mr. Cochran : 3rd. Mr. F. Andrews: 4th. Mr. C. Jowett : sth, Mr. E. R. Wilton: chief steward. Mr. E. K. Radrockc. The vessel carries Lascar- on deck and helnw. The crew total S4. The Farmers' Auctioneering Company are the local agents. PORT OF OKLUUHGA. DEPARTURES—YESTERDAY. Ngatiawa. for Hoklanga, 1.30 p.m. ARRIVALS—THIS PAY. Rarawa from New Plymouth, T. 30 a.m. TEU3GRAPHJC SHIPPING. Ctisborne, July 2.—Sailed : Maiakana, for Wellington. 11 a.m. Gisborne. July 2. —Sailed Tlroa. for Auckland. 12.13 a.m. New Plymouth. July I.—Arrived Totara. from Wellington. G.SO p.m. Sailed: Rarawa for Onehunsa. 7 p.m. Wellington. July I.—Sailed: Kittawa. for Greymouth. 3.13 p.m. Lyttelton, July 1. — Arrived: Tekoa, from Wellington. Sailed : West Nlvarla. for Dunedin. 3.20 p.m. ; Moeraki. for Dunedin. i 6.55 p.m. Lyttelton, July 2.—Arrived : Maori from Wellington. 0.43 a.m. Dunedin. July I.— Sailed : Waipiata. for Oaiunru. 10.13 p.m. ; Corinna. for Oaiuaru. 11.15 p.m. Bluff. July 1. —Sailed: City or Khartoum, fur Beauty Point (Tasmania). OVERSEAS. Sydney. July I.—Sailed: Maheno. for Auckland. 1.13 p.m. ; Marama. for Wellington. 5 p.m. I Melbourne. July 2.—Arrived : Foyle. from \ yttelton. Newcastle. July 2. — Arrived : Coalans. K\->onga and "Waltomo. from New Zealand. S«j\ "d : Kawailri and Whangape. for New Ze.tU nd. /./QV'don. June 30.—Arrived : Middlesex. fro.TJ fVeUins/ton: Port Darwin, from Dunedin ;' nnrtford. from Wellington. Boston. .Tjinc Sft.—Arrived: Norfolk (Anek.\ind to London). Colo; \. June 2»—Soiled: Tongariro (Wellln. V on to London). Balboa.. June 2ft.—Sailed: Ikala (Montreal to AuckhVid). VancouT *r. June 29. —Sailed : Maungauui, for Auckla; >dWITHaV : WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels are expected to be within range .<! the undermentioned wireless stations to-n'pht:— Auckland.—Fof Saturday only: Kaiapoi. For Saturday And Sunday: Waipahi. Aoran;:!. Walpori, \ ,v aihenio. Maheno. Canadian Pioneer. Chatham Islands'* —For Sunday only: Corlnthlc. Wellington.—For Jfcs/unday only: Manuka. Maori. Arahura. CoifJthlc, Pool ta. For Saturday and Sunday *V Tamahine. Tahiti. Cumberland. Mammal Ifaltokc, Matakana. Port Pirle. Awarua.—Saturday ot, i r : West Nivaria. Moeraki. Mallstan. Karet V. For Saturday and Sunday : Maknra, Clf * °f Khartoum.