SHIPPING NEWS

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33407, 13 December 1973, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

Corporation ship names resented

• nong '.rafarers and former seafarers has arisen oxer the announcemen. b the Nev Zea land Shipping Corporation that !’*» first overseas vessels will be named NZ I and NZ 2. To rename such splendid modern refrigerated cargo lines Britannic and Majcstu. of the proud Shaw S.<% ill and Albion Line, thus is unimaginative, colourless, dull, and uninspiring, many assert. • M'ta! Trudel foi the Wanaka s substitute is even worse. X M.T . of Christchurch. a regular correspondent, calls it d '2u*tmg Again, from Christchurch. A D.E. *a master marinvr • suggests it is like naming railway waggons—Vß. LA. etc. Rut at least the Railways Department christens its modernised trains with mote imaginaX antes such as “Endeavour.” •‘Southerner,” “Silver Star.” **R!ue Streak.” and “Sih er Fem” have popularised the Railways, hr says A.D.E. recalls what other master mariners of the same vintage sourly remember 5 bout 1933 it was reported that the late Sir John Ellerman knew best his huge merchant fleet by numbers, and until this magnate avtuallv went aboard one of his vessels, he would not even know her name. Sound bookkeeping. if unsentimental Several master mariners at I vttelton wonder why New Zealand is following this drab as one of the corporation's directors is a member of the New Zealand Company of Master Mariners 'besides being a qualified solicitor'. “Is this impersonal nomenclature being i.-ed to give the new shipping line a New Zealand image?” they j ask If so, rhey suggest, what is i v rong with great names used ’ b “Paddy" Henderson's famous Albion Line. which amalga- : mated with Shaw Savill last century. after harsh rivalry, to combat the up and coming but now , detune* \ew Zealand Shipping} Company.' Here are some—i names such as Dunedin «the first vessel to take a frozen meat cargo from New Zealand to Britain-. Canterbury. Invercargill. Auckland. Nelson. Wellington. Timaru. Oamaru. Napier < formerly, the record-breaking James Nicol Fleming*. Taranaki. Westland, and even Lyttelton. These were noted sailing vessels immigrant and cargo earners They helped to build New Zealand these have a New Zealand flavour. even though} “Paddy” Henderson had many' more, such as the Peter Denny. Christian M’Ausland. and so on,. quite apart from the Burma trad- j ing fleet. j One master mariner at Lyttelton said that most modern j ships were “ugly, slabsided, float-| ing factories.” He suggested; that NZ 1 and NZ 2 were foreign to our heritage. Handsome vessels such as the Britannic and,' Majestic deserved better. Even; the giant refrigerated container vessel Remuera. aoon due in New Zealand on her maiden voyage, I has escaped this fate. Such names as ACT 1-2-3-4-5- and 6, bestowed on container vessels,: were bad enough. Why then,, our slavish imitation? ♦ $ * ARRIVALS Rangatira '6.48 a.m 9387, Cant J. D. Cleaver. Wellington (U.S.S). Straat Clarence (7.1 a a.m.). R 859, ( apt M. Adamse, Wellington (Guthrey). Holmlea i 8.56 am.) 1003 Capt. D Henigan. Wellington iU.S.S.I. Ngapara <10.33 a.m.). 4548. Capt. F J Agnew, Cape Thevenard (U.S.S.), DEPARTURES Samoan Reefer <11.16 a.m). 5915, Capt. K. Johansen. Bluff > U S S i Norfolk Mani <ll 18 a m J. 9173, (apt. H. Fukushima, New Plymouth tSeatransh Areti '2.58 pm.), 8860, Napier •Kinsey i. ,

Hoimiea (4 p.m.i, 1053. Capt D. Henigan. Wellington iU.SS.i Hawea <4.45 p.m.i. 2926. ( apt M. B Deane, Wellington <U.S.S>. Rangatira -852 p.m.i. 9387, Capt J. D Cleaver Wellington «U.S.S ■. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Straat Chatham. Fiji, today. Rangatira. Wellington, today. t Daylight Rangatira. Wellington. December 14. <Daylight » Limpsfield, Auckland, December 14. Woosung, Wellington. December 14. Holmdale. Chathams, Decembei 14. Erato. Vancouver. December 14. Hawea. Wellington. December 14 Pukeko. Onehunga December 15. H MX Z S Haku. Auckland. December 15. (Following refit.)' Ecuadorian Reefer, Auckland, December 16. Cape Sable. Christmas Island. mid-December. Sea Lord. Marsden Point, December 16. Rangatira, Wellington, December 16. Rangatira, Wellington, December Erne Auckland December 17. Maheno. Auckland. December 20. Pinebank Wellington, December 20 Hobart Star, Wellington, December 20 Soochow, Wellington, December 20. Madras Maru. Auckland, December 20 Athel viscount. Wellington, December 21. Kotoi Maru, Wellington, December 22. Waikare, Tauranga. December 22. j Delphic Miracle. Christmas < Island, December 24. Roman Reefer, Wellington, December 29. Marama, Auckland, December' 31. Bayernstein, Wellington January ’ 3. Wenchow, Wellington, January! 3. Koraki. Dunedin. January 5. I Piako. Wellington. January 6. I Japan Roble, Wellington, January 7 - i Tacoma Maru. Wellington, Janu-i ary 8 Timaru Star, Wellington, January 9. Straat Cumberland, Wellington.: January 9. Straat Luzon. Wellington, January 10. Canopic. South America, Janu- j ary 11. Vishva Mahima, Wellington,; January 11. Luka Botic, Auckland, January i 12. Westmorland, Napier, January' 14. H.M.N.Z.S. Inverell. sea, January 14. Sinkiang, Wellington, January 15.1 Townsville Star. Wellington. January 16. Medic,. Napier. January’ 16. Union New Zealand, Dunedin,; .January* 18. Tasmania Star, —, mid-January. Stolt Sea. —, mid-January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Straat Clarence, Auckland, to-’ day. Jelunga. Dunedin, today. Rangatira Wellington today. Rangatira. Wellington. December 14. Woollahra. Timaru. December 14 ■ Hawea Dunedin, December 14. | , Straat Chatham, Auckland. December 15. Okeanis. . December 15. Rangatira. Wellington, December 16. (Daylight.) Sea Lord. —, December 17. Rangatira, Wellington, December 17. (Daylight.) Ngapara. Tauranga, December 17. Holmdale Chathams. December : 17. Erato. —. December 18. Pukeko, Dunedin, December 18. Woosung, Napier. December 18. Erne. Dunedin. December 18. Cape Sable, Dunedin, midDecember. i Ecuadorian Reefer, Bluff, December 19. j Pinebank. Bluff. December 20. Maheno. Wellington, December 21. Hobart Star, New Plymouth. December 22 Soochow. Tauranga. December 22. Limpsfield. New Plymouth. December 22 Athelviscount, Marsden Point, December 22. Madras Maru. Queensland. December 24. Waikare, Dunedin, December 27. Kotei Maru, , December 28. ; Delphic Miracle. Dunedin. December 29. Marama. Dunedin, December 31. Roman Reefer, —. December 31. -Wenchow, Napier, January 7. : Bayernstein, Timaru, January 8. Japan Roble, Dunedin, January 9. 1 Piako, Dunedin, January 9. Timaru Star, Bluff, January 10. j Straat Cumberland, Auckland, January 10. Koraki. Wellington. January 10. Tacoma Maru, Auckland, January 12 Canopic. Napier. January* 14. Luka Botic, Dunedin, January 15. Straat Luzon, Dunedin, January 15. , Vishva Mahima, Dunedin, January 16. Westmorland Bermuda, January 16. Sinkiang. Tauranga. January* 17. Stolt Sea. —, mid-January. VESSELS IN PORT Okeanis No. 2 Cashin Quay. Ngapara. G.P.E. Straat Clarence, No. 1 B W. Woollahra. No. 2 East. Jelunga. No. 7 East. Golf.—Two course records within half an hour of each other is a good indication of the state of the Maraenui golf course in Napier. P. Creighton (Napier).! practising for a pro-am tournament. shot a 66, to beat E. J. McDougall’s three-year course record of 67. Thirty minutes later. E. Rainey «Maraenui) turned in a card of 65.