REPAIRS TO HAUTURU.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20280, 4 July 1931, Page 20

REPAIRS TO HAUTURU.

(PB.E3S ASSOCIATION TBLEOKAiI.) NEW PLYMOUTH, July 3. The motor-vessel Hauturu, which lost her propeller off Patea at the weekend, was rested on a sandbank to-day and a new shaft inserted. Slio wilt transfer her Wanganui cargo to the lionaki to-morrow and sail for Onehunga. AVOIDING THE SUEZ CANAL. WHEAT SHIP CHARTERS. Two large British steamers were chartered on May-28th in the London market to load wheat in Australia for the United Kingdom or Continent during July, and they will make tho voyage of many thousands of miles from the Tyne to the Commonwealth in ballast. One vessel is to load wheat in bulk at Sydney, N.S.W., at a freight rate of 28s a ton, and the other is to load wheat in bags at South Australia at a rate of 30s a ton, and the option of discharge at a Mediterranean port is given in each case. Like many other vessels which have recently left Britain for Australia in ballast, tho two ships are to make tho voyage via the Cape, in order that the serious cost of the Suez Canal dues may be avoided. Presumably the ships will load a considerable quantity of coal in the Tyno to be used as bunkers during their long voyage, and then the question Mould have to be considered not only of canal dues on the vessels in ballast, but also, possibly, of the higher rate charged for loaded ships. Ii is believed that the present intention is that tho steamers shall also return from Australia by the long route, via the Cape. Italian importers usually take a certain quantity of Australian wheat for tho purpose of mixing, and it is understood that some Italian charterers endeavour to secure a clause in the charterparty stiuplating that the vessels shall return from , Australia through the Suez Canal, in view of thq considerable saving of time. Some owners decline, however, to agree to such a clause, and would rather bring their vessels Home, by the long sea route and then into the Mediterranean, and even to Naples, by the long routo. The additional time may represent several days' steaming, - but owners prefer to meet the cost of that - than to pay the Suez Canal dues. Rates of freight are now on a basis at tfhich all expenses have to bo calculated very carefully indeed. TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE. The following are the movements of the Union cargo steamers in the trans-Pacific service:— Waikawa—Left Los Angeles on June 22nd, due Papeete July 7th, Auckland July 18th, New Plymouth July 25th, Wellington July 29 tb, Napier August 2nd, Lyttelton August Bth, and Sydney August 17th. "" Waihemo—Leaves Powell River on July 4tb for San Francisco and Los Angeles. Hauraki —Left Wellington on June 28th for Vancouver direct. Wairuna—Leaves Sydney on July 7th for Vancouver, via Fiji. Waiotapu—Left Lyttelton yesterday for Bluff, Melbourne, Sydney, and_ Newcastle. Approximate forward loading dates at Pacific Coast ports, subject to alteration without notice are:— Waihemo—Expected to leave Vancouver on June 27th, San Francisco July 11th, Los Angeles July 14th. Due Auckland on August 7th, thence Wellington, Nelson, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, Melbourne, and Sydney. Ifauraki —Expected leave Vancouver on July a6th. San Francisco August Bth, Los Angeles August 12th. Due Auckland on September 4th, thence New Plymouth, Wellington, Dunedin. Melbourne, and Sydney. Wairuna —Expected to leave Vancouver on August 26th, San Francisco September Bth, Los Angeles September 12tli. Duo Auckland, via Papeete, October 9th, thence Napier, Wellington, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. Waiotapu—Expected to leave Vancouver on September 27th, San Francisco October 12th, Los Angeles October 15th. Due Auckland November Bth, thenco New Plymouth, Nelson, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. Waihemo —Expected to leave Vancouver on October 27t)i, San Francisco November 12th, Los Angeles November 15th. Duo Auckland' December Bth, thence Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and Sydney. OTAIO AT PANAMA. Bound' from Liverpool to Auckland, the New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-ship Otaio arrived at and sailed from Panama on June 27th. She left Liverpool on Juno loth, and is due at Auckland on July 3 7th. • NARBADA AT JAVA. The Narbada arrived at Batavia from New. castle on Tuesday morning, and after calling at Sourabaya, she will proceed to Calcutta to commence loading for New Zealand. She is to leave Calcutta early in .August for Penang, Singapore, and Samarang to continue loading. Hare you anything 'to sell—Do you wish, to buy'? [f so, a small advertisement in the classified section of The Pj'bss will bo all you need. 12 words Is, three insertions 2s 6d. —6