SHIPPING

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25444, 16 March 1948, Page 3

SHIPPING

• ♦ PORT OF LYTTELTON ARRIVALS ’ Monday, March 15. Kaimanawa, s.s. <6 a.m.), 2550. tons, Hill, from Auckland. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Pacific Nomad, s.s. (7.30 a.m.), 7000 tons, Kemp, from Wellington. Kinsey and Company, Ltd., agents. DEPARTURES Monday, March 15. Australia, H.M.A.S. (3J35 p.m.), 10,000 tons, for Wellington. Bataan, H.M.A.S. (3.40 p.m.), 1875 tons, for Wellington. , Rangatira. (8.5 pjn.), 6152 tons. Johnson, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Constance, m. tanker (9 p.m.), 11.000 tons, for Sydney. Caltex Oil Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Brockleymoor, Sydney, this day. Hinemoa, Wellington, this day (2 W.). Rangatira, Wellington, March ,17. Fort Michipicoten, Wellington, Mar. 17. Karitane, Melbourne, Dunedin, ■ March Waitaki. Wellington, March 17. Raranga, Wellington, March 21. • Karetu, Newcastle, March 24. Highland Prince, Bluff, March 25. Hinemoa, Wellington, March 25, 6.10 a.m. Rangatira, Wellington, March 25, 6 p.m. Hinemoa. Wellington, March 26, 6.40 a.m. Rangatira, Wellington, Mar. 27, 6.40 a.m. Hinemoa, Wellington, March 28, 2 a.m. Inchwells, Adelaide. March 29. Rangatira, Wellington, Mar. 30, 6.10 a.m. j Hinemoa, Wellington,'March 30, 6 pan. 1 Paparoa, Wellington, April 3. Sydney Star, Timaru. April 6. City of St. Albans, Wellington, April 17. Koromiko, Auckland,» April. Durham, Wellington, April 21. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Gale, Wellington, this day/ «•' Kamo, Wellington, this day. Hinemoa, Wellington, to-night. RangaUrp. Wellington, March 17. Waitaki, Dunedin, March 17. Pipiriki, Dunedin, March 17. Karitane. Wellington, March 19. Pacific Nomad, London, March 20. Fort Michipicoten, Dunedin, March 24. Hinemoa, Wgtn., Mar. 25, 7.35 p.m. train. Rangatira, Wgtn., Mar. S 5, 7.35 p.m. train. Hinemoa, Wgtn., Mar. 25, .7 a.m. train. Rangatira, W’gtn., Mart 27, 7.37 p.m. train Hinemoa, Wgtn., Mar. 29, 7.37 p.m. train. *RSngatira, Wgtn., Mar. 30, 7.35 a.m. train Hinemoa, Wgtn., Mar. 30, .7.37 p.m. train. Brockleymoor, Dunedin, March 31. Raranga, Dunedin, March 31. Highland Prince, Napier, March 31. Paparoa. Dunedin, April 9. Raranga, London, Liverpool, April 24. ~ Durham, Dunedin, April 28. VESSELS IN PORT’ Port Wyndham, G.P.E. , « Kamo, No. 1 Breastwork. Kanna, No. 3 East. Pipiriki, No. 3 West. Kaimanawa, No. 6 West. . Pacific Nomad, No. 7 West. «>Gale, No. 7 East.

* ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL (P.A.i WELLINGTON, March 15. Mr L. C. Harris, a director of the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company, Ltd., left Wellington in the Arawa after a visit to the islands. The Ellerman and Bucknail Company took part in founding the American and Australian Steamship Line in the middle nineties of last century, and in 1936, with the New Zealand Shipping Company and the Port Line, participated in establishing the M.A.N.Z. Line of Canada. . .. ~ The Ellerman and Bucknall Company, the City Line, and the Hall Line all belong to the group owned by Ellerman Lines, Ltd., which at the outbreak of war owned 106 ships with a carrying capacity of almost. 1,000,000 tons. During the war 62 of its ships were destroyed, representing a carrying capacity of almost. 500,000 tons. It embarked on an extensive re-, placent programme, and 19 vessels were put into the company’s service during 1947. In December another 22 vessels had been contracted for or wer.e under construction. The company’s New Zealand agencies are in the hands of the Federal Steam Navigation Company.

VESSELS IN WIRELESS RANGE The following ships, are within wireless range of New Zealand stations;— Auckland.—British Marquis, Barrender ech. Wellington.—rArahura, Hinemoa, Matangi, T angitira, Tamahine, Narbada, Wahine, Wairata, Avismere, Balaena, Brockleymoor, Broompark, City' of St. Albans, Corahank, Corinthic, Durango, Durham, Eskbank, Espgrance Bay, James J. Maguire, Haparangi, Jessmore, Karamea. Kelvinbank, Moraybank, New Zealand Star, Norfolk, Orari, Pakeha, Pacific Nomad, Port Fremantle, Port Halifax, Port St. John, Rocky Mountain Park, Ruahine, Saxon Star, Scottish Prince, Sydney Star, Taranaki, Tuscan Star, Waimana, Wairuna. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS WELLINGTON, March 15. Arrived.—Raranga (6.50 aan.), from Liverpool. Sailed.—Jeanny (12.50 p.m.), for New Plymouth: Tamahine (2.20 p.m.), for Picton; Melva (3 p.m.), for Tarakohe; Kaitoa (5.10 p.m.), for Nelson; Atahura (7.35 p.mr), for Nelson; Hinemoa (7.45 p.m.), for' Lyttelton. DUNEDIN. March 15. Arrived.—Wainui (7.30 a.m.), from Wellington; Narica (8 a.m.), from Lyttelton Karitane (10 a.m.), from Melbourne.