SHIPPING NEWS Hospitality sought for Navy visitors

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33533, 14 May 1974, Page 5

SHIPPING NEWS Hospitality sought for Navy visitors

Two Royal Navy Leander-class | frigates are due at Lyttelton, from Australia at 8 a.m today, i They are sister vessels, both of! 2800 tons. The senior frigate, H M.S. Scylla, Is commanded bv Captain O. P. Sutton, R.N.. and H.M.S. Ariadne (the last steam vessel to be built for the Koval Navy) is commanded by Commander C. J. Caughey, R.N. Offers of hospitality from Canterbury people for these visitors, will be gladly received, according to the Christchurch Resident Naval Officer (Lieutenant-Com-mander R. L. Clough) He advises also that the Scylla’s telephone numbers are Lyttelton 8190 and 8191. The Ariadne’s telephone numbers are Lvttelton 8162 and 8163 Tomorrow. H.M.S. Scylla will be open to the public from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.. and on Thursday. H.M.S. Ariadne will be open

during the same hours Sporting contests will be held at Wigram tomorrow between teams from both vessels and representatives of the Army and Air Force. A' dance will be held at Wigram the same evening. On Friday morning both frigates will sail —H.M.S Scylla for Gisborne, and , H.M.S. Ariadne for Napier. In reply to K.G.T.. of Govern ) or’s Bay. and “Whisky Johnny”, of Ashburton, the steamer ex-i press normally bunkers from the! Union Company’s fuel barge at Wellington, but recently she bunkered at Lyttelton because of a technical hitch in Wellington. The Holmlea always bunkers at Lyttelton from road tankers. Both are routine operations. There was a big labour shortage at Lvttelton yesterday, although 428 men were engaged by day. and another 89 ordered for supplementary hours last evening. Neverthless, there was a shortage of 263 men and the Suevic. Straat Clarence and Ngakuta were all short manned. If the position does not improve some ships might be temnorarily diverted Lvttelton is not alone in this problem, and unfavourable weather dnes not help In reply to R.H.. of Christ church, the dog which travelled up and down the coast, mostly ! before the Second World War was probably “Paddv” from memory, or even “Paddy the Wanderer.” He knew his ships, and was always well treated! and fed bv the crw. ARRIVALS Coastal Trader (7.30 a.m.). 2999. Capt. J. Holbrook. Auckland (U.S.S.).

DEPARTURES Coastal Trader (4 p.m.), 2999, Capt. J. Holbrook, Dunedin (U.S.S.). Holmlea (4.14 p.m.), 1053, Capt. E. R. Warner, Wellington (U.S.S.). EXPECTED ARRIVALS H.M.S, Scylla. Australia, Today.

(Rangatira. Wellington. Today. | H.M.S. Ariadne, Australia, Today. I Union Sydney. Wellington ,vla\’. 15. Rangatira, Wellington, May 15. Holmlea. Wellington, May 15. Coastal Trader. Dunedin, May 15. Brynje, Wellington May 16 (vehicles) Zambeze, Dunedin. May 16. Samoan Reefer. Auckland, May 16. Patonga. Wellington. May 17. Wan Liu, Napier, May 17. Dona Clausen, Asia, May 17. (Livestock.) Maheno, Auckland. May 17. Sinkiang, Wellington, May 18. Shabonee. Wellington, May 18 (tanker). Iberian Reefer. Nagoya. May 18 ! (vehicles). Venabu. Ocean Island, May 19 (bulk), Wenchow, Wellington, May 19. Spevbank. Dunedin. May 19. Natko Nodilo, Auckland, May 19. Regent Fleur. Nagova May 19 (Vehicles.) Hawea. Wellington. May 21. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Hague Maru. Wellington today. Japan Kauri. Dunedin, today. Polina Osipenko. Kagoshima, today. Union Sydney. Dunedin. May 15. Rangatira. Wellington, today (Daylight). {Yamaasa Maru. Australia, today. ! Rangatira. Wellington. May 15. Holmlea, Wellington. May 15. Coastal Trader, Auckland. May 15. Brynie. Auckland, May 16 (vehicles). a Maheno Sydney, May 17. Dona Clausen, Peru. May 17 (Livestock.) Straat. Clarence, Dunedin. May 17. H.M.S. Scylla. Gisborne. May 17. H.M.S. Ariadne, Napier, May 17 ISuevic. Kaohsiung, May 18 (final voyage). Samoan Reefer. May 18. Shabonee. , Mav 19. (Tanker.) Natko Nodilo. Bluff. May 20. Regent Fleur Bluff. Mav 20 (vehicles) ’'■an Liu. Dunedin. Mav 20. Wenchow. Nanier. May 21. Zambeze. Dunkirk. May 21. Hawea. Dunedin. May 21. Venabu. Dunedin. May 21 (bulk), "peybank. Tauranga. May 21. VESSELS IN PORT Suevic. No. 1 Cashin Quay. Straat Clarence. No. 2 Cashin Quay. Yamaasa Maru. G.P.E. lapan Kauri, No. 2 East. ’’Mina Osinenko, No. 3 West. Ngakuta. No. 4 East. (Hague Maru, No. 7 East. Notifiable diseases Three cases of infective hepatitis were the only notifiable diseases reported in the Christchurch health district last week.