SHIPS, CARGOES AND MAILS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 230, 24 June 1932, Page 14

SHIPS, CARGOES AND MAILS

PHASES OF THE MOON. * JUNE. Day. Hr. m. New moon .... 4 346 p.m. First quarter .. 12 9 10 a.m. Full moon .... 19 12 8 a.m. Last quarter 8 6 a.m. Sun rises to-day, 7.17 a.m.; sets, 4.20 p.m. MOON. Moon rises to-day, 10.43 a.m.; sets, 11.14 a.m. HIGH WATEB-To-day, 9.6 a.m.; 9.32 p.m. To-morrow, 9.56 a.m.; 10.23 p.m. ARRIVALS. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. STORM, s.s. (12.15 a.m.), 749 tons, Williams, from Wanganui. TAUPATA, m.s. (1.20 a.m.), 171 tons, MacMillan, from Tarakohe. WAIKAWA, s.s. (4.20 a.m.), 5677 tons, Jaunay, from Los Angeles, via Auckland. MATANGI, s.s. (5.10 a.m.), 1349 tons, Wildman, from Nelson. MAORI, s.s. (7 a.m.), 8488 tons, Morgan, from Lyttelton. RATA, s.s. (7.30 . a.m.), 850 tons, Wahlstrom, from Nelson. OREPUKI, s.s. (10.85 a.m.), 575 tons, McKenzie, from Lyttelton. JOHN, s.s. (2.30 p.m.), 342 tons, Kanerra, from Lyttelton. n 'TAMAHINB, s.s. (5.45 p.m.), 1960 tons, Kane, from Picton. DEPARTURES. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. OREPUKI, s.s. (1 p.m.), 575 tons, McKenzie, for Picton. TAUPATA, m.s. (2.25 p.m.), 171 ton, MacMillan, for Tarakohe. STORM, s.s. (5 p.m.), 749 tons, Williams, for Lyttelton. KAPITI, m-a, (6.10 p,m.), 242 tons, Smith, for Wanganui. WAIKAWA, s.s. (6.35 p.m.), 5677 tons, Jaunay, for Melbourne. MATANGI, s.s. (7.30 p.m.), 1349 tons, Hay, for Nelson. . -MAORI, s.s. (7.W p.m.), 3488 tons, Morgan, for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rangatlra, Lyttelton, to-day, 7.30 a.m. Kaitoa, Nelson, to-day, 7 a.m. Echo, Blenheim, to-day. Holmdale, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, to-day. Hawera, Patea. to-day. Poolta, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, to-day. Kartlgl, Adelaide, Portland, to-day. Kapuni, Patea, to-day. Talisman, Nelson and bays, to-day. Matangl, Nelson, to-morrow, 5.30 a.m. Maori, Lyttelton, to-morrow, 7 a.m. Tamahine, Picton, to-morrow, 6 p.m. Opihl, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, tomorrow. Kapiti, Wanganui, to-mprrow. Orepukl, Wanganui, to-morrow. ■: Karepo, Greymouth, to-morrow. Gale. Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Sunday. Wlngatul, Auckland, Sunday. , Koinata, Westport, Sunday. Awahou, Napier, Gisborne, Sunday. Kohl, Nelson and bays, Sunday. Holmdale, Wanganui, Sunday. Maunganui, San Francisco, via Papeete and Rarotonga, Monday. Holmglen, Waikato, Tuesday. Marama, Sydney, Tuesday. Talnui, Lyttelton, Tuesday. .-' Tltoki, Napier, Wednesday. Opihl, New Plymouth, Wednesday. Zealandic, London, Auckland, Wednesday. ' ; Waimarlno, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, . Wednesday. Golden Cloud, Los Angeles, Auckland, Thursday. Port Fremantle, Picton, Thursday. Poolta, Gisborne, Thursday. Storm, Bluff, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Friday.PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tamahine, Picton, to-day, 3 p.m. Rangatlra, Lyttelton, to-day, 7.45 p.m. Kaitoa, Nelson, to-day, 6.30 p.m. Echo, Blenheim, to-day. Holmdale, Wanganui, to-day. Kartlgi, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, to-day. John, New Plymouth, Waikato, to-day. Rata, Westport, to-day, 10 a.m. Talisman, Nelson and bays, to-day. Matangl, Nelson, to-morrow, 7.30 p.m. Maori, Lyttelton, to-morrow. 7.45 p.m. Poolta, Napier, Gisborne, to-morrow. Opihl, Nelson, New Plymouth, to-mor--row. Kapiti, Wanganui, to-morrow. Orepukl, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, to-morrow. Gale, Wanganui, Monday. Wlngatui, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Monday. Holmdale, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, • Monday. . it Kohl, Nelson and bays, Tuesday. Maunganui, Sydney, Tuesday. Makura, Auckland. Sydney, Tuesday. Awahou, Napier, Gisborne, Tuesday. Holmglen, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Tuesday. ; ■ ' - Titokl, Westport, Greymouth, Wednesday. Koinata, Westport, Wednesday. Opihl, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Wednesday. Waimarlno, Auckland, Wednesday. Golden Cloud. Sydney, Thursday. Poolta, Dunedin, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Friday. Storm, Wanganui, Friday. Talnui, Southampton, London, Friday. Zealandic, Lyttelton, Friday. TO-DAY'S BERTHAGE LIST. Queen’s Wharf.—Makura (No. 1 south), Poolta (No. 1 north), Tamahine (No. 4), Holmdale (No. 6), Inaha (No. 9), Kaitoa (No. 12), John (No. 13), Echo (No. 13), Talisman (No. 13), Rata (No. 14), Kartlgl (No. 16). Ferry Wharf.—ißangatdra, Matai. Taranaki Street.—Opihl., Clyde Quay Wharf.—Otokia. In Dock.—'Otokin. Dock Wharf. —Parera. Patent Slip.—Wahine. In the Stream.—Kalwarra, Katoa, Omana, Hlmatangi. BY TELEGRAPH. OVERSEAS. LONDON, June 22. Sailed.—From London, Kia Ora; from Las Palmas, Hororata. , SYDNEY, June 23. Arrived.—Monterey (7.20 a.nu), from Auckland. BY TELEGRAPH. COASTAL. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. AUCKLAND. ■ Sailed.—Mahana (1.45 p.m.) for London; New Zealand (4.40 p.m.), for San Pedro; Karetu ..(6.45 p.m.), for Sydney. • , .. - NAPIER. Arrived.—Awahou 7(6 p.m., Wednesday) and Huntingdon (1 a.m.), from Wellington. ' ,71 ~ ‘ ■ PICTON. Arrived.—Orepukl (7.30 p.m.), from Wellington. BLENHEIM. i - Sailed.—Echo (7 p.m.), fo-r Wellington. NELSON. Sailed.—Kaitoa (7 p.m.). for Wellington. LYTTELTON. Arrived.—Rangatlra (6.45 a.m.), from Wellington; Holmdale (7 a.m.). Poolta (7.10 a.m.), and Waiplata ' (7.20 a.m.), from Tlmaru; Talnui (1.50 p.m.), from New Plymouth. Sailed.—Holmdale. (2.10 p.m.), Poolta (4 p.m.) and Rangatlra (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington; Kaimai (5 p.m.), for Greymouth.' DUNEDIN. . Arrived.—Ashburton (1.35 p.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed.—Karamea (3.45 p.m.), for Bluff; Gale (1 p.m.), for Oamaru. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations last night:— AUCKLAND: Aorangl, Karetu, Golden Cloud, Mahana, Maui Pomare, Morlnda, New Zealand, Recorder, Southern Cross, Veronica. Walpahi, Westmoreland. CHATHAM ISLANDS: Nil. WELLINGTON: Coptie, Huntingdon, Kalingo, Kartigl. Maori, Niagara, Nucula, O. B. Sorensen, Port Fremantle, Port Gisborne, Rangatlra, Rangltane, ißangltlkl, Talnui. Tamahine, Walkawa, Wakakura. AWARUA: Ashburton. Canadian Constructor, Discovery 11, Karamea, Kanna, Maunganui, Mooltan, Monowal, Opawa, Remuera, Waikoualti, Wainul. THE L’AVERNIR SOLD. The Belgian steel, four-masted barque L’Avernir (training ship), 2078 tons register, built by Rickmers, Akt, Ges, Bremenhaven in 1908, and owned by the Association Maritime Beige (Soc. Anon.), Antwerp, lias been sold to Captain Erikson, Mariehamn, Finland, for a little under £3OOO, and will be fitted for the carriage of passengers. The L’Avenir wits recently offered to English buyers for a training ship, but evidently the buyers did not think she was a paying proposition, and so the sale lapsed. The L’Avenir is well known in South Australia and Victoria, where she at different periods loaded full cargoes of wheat. BERMUDA SOLD. Workman, Clark (1928), Ltd., have purchased the Bermuda, which was gutted by fire while undergoing repairs to the damage caused when she caught fire at Bermuda. Nothing definite haa been deluded regarding bar futsisu

OVERSEAS SHIPS Dominion Bound TYMERIC, left Nauru Island May 22 for New Plymouth and Wanganui (arr. June 22). KARAMEA (Shaw, Savill), left Liverpool Apr. 28, via Cape Town, for Auckland (arr. June 8), Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin (arr. June 21) and Bluff. ASHBURTON (Federal Co.), left New York Apr. 10, via Gulf of Mexico ports, for Auckland (arr. June 11), Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin (arr. June 23), New Plymouth. ELVERIC, left Java May 19 for Auckland (arr. June 17). PORT FREMANTLE (C. and D. Line), left London May 6 for Wellington (arr. June 12), Lyttelton and New Plymouth (arr. June 19). WAIKAWA (Union Co.), left Los Angeles May 21 for Papeete, the Cook Islands, Auckland (arr. June 18), Wellington (arr. June 22) and Australia. WESTMORELAND (Federal Co.), left Liverpool May 14 for Auckland (due June 24), Napier, Wellington (due July 1), Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. ZEALANDIC (Shaw, Savill), left London May 21 for Auckland (due June 23) and Wellington (due June 29). MAUNGANUI (Union Co.), left San Francisco June 8 for Papeete, Rarotonga, Wellington (due June 27) and Sydney. GOLDEN CLOUD (Burns, Philp), left Los Angeles June 1 for Auckland (due June 27), Wellington (due July 1) and TRIONA. left Nauru Island June 18 for Auckland (due June 29). SYDNEY MARU (Federal Co.), left Mojl June 1 for Hong-Kong, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington (due July 8) and Auckland. _ VOCO (Vacuum Oil Co.), left San Francisco May 27 for Melbourne, Lyttelton (due July 1) and Dunedin. ARMADALE (Federal Co.), from Gulf of Mexico ports, left New York May 24 for Auckland (due July 1), Wellington (due July 4), Lyttelton, Dunedin, Wanganui, and Australia. ■„ ■ ■ ■ RANGITIKI (N.Z.S. Co.), left London June 2 for Auckland (due July 6) and Wellington (due July 11). TONGARIRO (N.Z.S. Co.), left London, in ballast, May 28 for Oamaru (due July 3). KENT (N.Z.S. Co.), left Glasgow May 27 In ballast for New Zealand (due July 6). PARRACOMBE (Speddlng, Ltd.), left Cuba May 30 for Auckland (due July 2). O. A. KNUDSEN (Union Co.), left San Pedro June 15 for Wellington (due July 1 Niagara (Union Co.), left Vancouver June 22 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland (due July 11) and Sydney. PORT HUNTER (C. and D. Line), left London May 27 for Suva (due July 4), Dunedin (due July 11), Lyttelton, Bluff and Timaru. SOMERSET (Federal Co.), left Liverpool June 4 for Auckland (due July 12), Wellington (due July 17), Lyttelton, Dunedin ana Nelson. CANADIAN HIGHLANDER (Can. Nat.), left Montreal May 28 for Auckland (due July 9), Wellington (due July 14), Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and Australia. TAMAROA (Shaw, Savill), from London, left Southampton June 17 for Wellington (due July 20) and Auckland. RLIiHINB (N.Z.S. Co.), left London June 16 for Wellington (due July 23), Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth. Loading for Overseas CANADIAN HIGHLANDER (Can. Nat.), loads at Auckland July 9; thence to Wellington; due here July 14; hence to Lyttelton, Dunedin and .Bluff; thence July 20 to New York, Boston and Montreal, via Australia. COPTIC (Shaw, Savill), at Gisborne; thence June '23 Napier and Auckland; thence July 2 to London, via Cape Horn (Federal Co.), at Napier; thence June 24 to Gisborne, Opua and Auckland; thence July 6 to London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Cape Hora, Montevideo and Dakar. KARAMEA (Shaw, Savill), at Port Chalmers: thence June 23 to Bluff, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington; due here July 12; hence July 14 to London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Cape Horn and Las Palmas. KENT (Federal Co.), loads at Port Chalmers July 6; thence to Oamaru, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington; due here July 20; hence July 21 to Lyttelton; thence July 23 to London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow. MAHIA (Shaw, Savill),. loads at Bluff July 19; thence to Wanganui, New Plymouth and Wellington; due here July 31; hence Aug. 4 to Southampton and London. via Cape Horn. PORT BRISBANE (C. and D. Line), loads at Auckland July 26; thence to Gisborne, Napier and Wellington; due here Aug. 8; hence Aug, 10 to London, via Cape Horn. PORT FREMANTLE (C. and D. Line), at Wanganui: thence to Picton, Wellington; due here June 30; hence July 2 to Napier. Gisborne and Auckland; thence July 13 to London, via Cape Horn and Dakar. RANGITIKI (N.Z.S. Co.), loads at Wellington July 13; hence to Lyttelton, Napier, >Tokomaru Bay and Auckland; thence Aug. 5 to London, via Panama Canal. REMUERA (N.Z.S. Co.), at Bluff; thence June 28 to Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington; due here July 2; hence July 9 to London, via Panama Canal. TAINUI (Shaw, Savill), at Lyttelton; thence June 27 to Wellington; due here June 28; hence July 1 at daybreak to Southampton and London, via Panama Canal and Kingston. , TONGARIRO : (N.Z.S. Co.), loads at Oamaru July 4; thence to Timaru, Wanganui, Wapier, Wellington; due here July 22; hence July 23 to Port Chalmers and Bluff; thence July 29 to Southampton and London, via Cape Horn and Dakar. ZEALANDIC (Shaw, Savill), loads at Wellington June 29; Jience July 2 to Lyttelton, Bluff, Gisborne and Auckland; thence July 18 to London, via Cape Horn and Las Palmas. Loading for New Zealand ARDENVOHR (Federal Co.), leaves New York July 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyt telton, Dunedin and Australia. BRISBANE MARU (Federal Co.), leaves Mojl July 1 for Hong-Kong, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland. CAMBRIDGE (Federal Co.), leaves Liverpool June 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. CANADIAN CONQUEROR (Can. Nat.), leaves Montreal June 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. CANADIAN CRUISER (Can. Nat.), leaves Montreal July 23 for Auckland. Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. CANADIAN CHALLENGER (Can. Nat.), leaves Montreal August 27 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. Tlmaru and Dunedin. - . CITY OF DELHI (Federal Co.), leaves New York Aug. 22 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. CITY OF CANTON (Federal Co.), leaves New York June 15 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin and Australia. ORARI (Federal Co.), leaves Liverpool Aug. 6 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin, and New Plymouth, GOLDEN EAGLE (Burns Philp) leaves Los Angeles Aug. 1 for Auckland (due Aug. 27), Wellington (due Sept. 1), and GOLDEN WEST (Burns. Philp), leaves Los Angeles July 1 for Auckland and Wellington. HAURAKI (Union Co.), leaves Los Angeles June 22 tor Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Australia. MAIMOA (Shaw, Savill) leaves Liverpool July 16 and Cape Town Aug. 4 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. . MELBOURNE MARU (Federal Co.), leaves Mojl Aug. 1 for Hong-Kong, Brisbane, Sydney. Melbourne. Wellington and Auckland. NORFOLK (N.Z.S. Co.) leaves London Aug. 18 for Suva. Lyttelton, Dunedin. Bluff and Tlmaru. OPAWA (Federal Co.), Leaves Liverpool Aug. 27 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. PORT HOBART (C. and D. Line), leaves New York July 23 for Auckland. Wellington and Australia. PORT HUON (C. and D. Line), leaves London July 27 tor Auckland and Wellington. REMUERA (N.Z. S. Co.) leaves London Aug. 25 for Wellington and Auckland. RANGITATA (N.Z.S. Co.), leaves London June 30 for Wellington and Auckland. TISNAREN (Speddlng. Ltd.), leaves Cape Town June 19 tor Wellington and Auckland. WAIHEMO (Union Co.), leaves Los Angeles July 15 tor Auckland, Napier, Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin and Australia. WAIRUNA (Union Co.) leaves Los Angeles Aug. 15 for Papeete, Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin and Australia. THE BENMACDHUI. According to “Fairplay,” the British steamer Archmides (ex Den of Airlie), two decks and shelter deck, 5364 tons gross, 3380 tons net, carrying about 9075 tons deadweight on a draft of 25 feet 7 inches, built by Messrs. Bussell and Co., Port Glasgow, in 1911, S.S. No. 1 in 1927, with engines 27in.. 46in., and 76in., by 51in. stroke, by Messrs. D. Rowan and Co., and owned by the Liverpool, Brazil and River Plate Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (Lamport and Holt, Ltd.), Inverpool, has been sold to the Ben Ijine Steamers, Ltd. (Messrs. Wm. Thomson and Co.), I<eith. for £<looo, and renamed Benmacdhnk

NEW INTERNATIONAL SIGNALS British Edition Published The British edition of the new international code of signals which it is intended shall be brought into force on January 1, 1934, has been published. The British edition will be followed in due course by the issue of six other standard editions of the code in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, and Spanish. Pending the coming into international operation of the new codes, it is hoped that masters and officers of British ships will take such opportunities as occur of familiarising themselves with the new code and its procedure. A notice to mariners will be issued later suggesting that the code should be practised between British ships as from January 1, 1933, and indicating the procedure to be adopted by ships desiring to communicate in the new code. Later, when the various foreign editions are available, opportunities will occur for using the code between British ships and ships of other nationalities. The new code, while mainly for the use of ships, provides also a considerable number of signals suitable for the use of aircraft. It consists of two volumes, Vol. I for visual and sound signalling, and VoL II for radio signalling. The new visual code makes use of twenty-six alphabetical flags, ten numeral flags, and three flags known as “substitutes,” in place of the twenty-six alphabetical flags of the existing code. It thus enables numbers to be signalled directly. Further, by means of the "substitutes,” signals can be made in which there are repeated letters or numbers. Such signals cannot, as a rule, be made by the present code unless a ship has two or more complete sets of the existing signalling flags. In the new code, new square flags have been introduced for the letters C, D, E, F, and G; and. the pendants (or pennants), which in the existing code represent these letters, are used to denote the numerals 1 to 5 respectively, new pennants having been introduced to denote the remaining numerals 0 and 6 to 9. Certain alterations in the meanings of the single-letter signals have been made in the new code, and the two-letter signals have been completely revised, though .certain important two-letter signals such as NC, JD. and PT, retain their old and well-established meanings. The threeletter signals have been completely revised and brought up to date. The geographical section has been entirely rewritten. Vol. II (for radio signalling) is the first official international wireless telegraphy code issued specially, for the use of the' merchant and air services. It contains full instructions for use, including advice as to the best methods of compiling code messages so as to avoid difficulties of translation, a table for correcting corrupt groups, a general vocabulary, and a geographical section. An interesting feature of this volume, is the casestating system embodied in the medical section. The object of this system is to enable ships which do not carry a doctor to send code messages to other ships or coast stations asking for medical advice or assistance. The system is quite complete in itself, and is so arranged that, when all the editions of the code are in operation, it will enable communications regarding medical matters to be made between ships of different nationalities, thus avoiding difficulties of language. The code may be purchased at mercantile marine offices in the Dominion, after about October 31, 1932. MONTEREY AT SYDNEY; Cabled advice has been received that the Oceanic Company’s new liner Monterey, from San . Francisco and Auckland, reached Sydney at. 7.20.a.m. yesterday, after a. record Tasman crossing. OPAWA SAILS. ■ Having completed her Homeward loading to the agency of the Federal Company, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-ship Opawa left Bluff on Wednesday for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Cape Horn and Dakar. MAHANA SAILS. Having completed her Homeward loading, the Shaw, Savill steamer Mahana, left Auckland yesterday for London, via Cape Horn. ZEALANDIC AT AUCKLAND. From London, via the Panama Canal, the Shaw, Savill motor-ship Zealandic was due at Auckland late last night: She is now due at Wellington on June 29, to complete discharge of her London'cargo and to commence her homeward loading. MATAKANA LEAVES MONTEVIDEO. Cabled advice has been received by the Shaw, Savill Company that the Matakana cleared Montevideo last Tuesday. She left Wellington on June 1 for London, via Cape Horn, Montevideo, and Teneriffe. GALLIC AT SOUTHAMPTON. The Shaw. Savill Company has received cabled advice that the Gallic reached Southampton last Monday. She left Auckland on May 10 for Southampton and London, via Cape Horn. KARTIGI IN PORT. The Union Company’s Kartigi is due at Wellington at 7 a.m. to-day, from Portland, and will berth at No. 16 Queen’s Wharf to discharge the local portion of her cargo from Melbourne, Edithburg, and Adelaide. She is to leave here again later to-day for Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff, to complete discharge. HORORATA LEAVES LAS PALMAS. Cabled advice has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Hororata left Las Palmas last Tuesday. She left Auckland on May 12 for London, via Cape Horn. Montevideo, and Las Palmas. TONGARIRO REPORTS. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a wireless message from the Tongariro, in ballast from London, reporting that she expects to reach Oamaru on July 3 to commence her homeward loading. THE MAKURA. The Union Company’s R.M.S. Makura came out of dock yesterday afternoon, and berthed at No. 1 south Queen’s Wharf. She is to leave here next Tuesday for Auckland, thence on June 30 to Sydney. and will take cargo for Auckland as well as Sydney. She will resume her running; in the San Francisco mail service leaving Sydney on July 7 for Weland arriving here on July 11. AORANGI LEAVES SYDNEY. Cabled advice has been received that the Union Company’s motor-liner Aorangi left Sydney yesterday afternoon for Auckland, where she is due next Monday morning. She will leave Auckland again the following day for Suva. Honolulu. and Vancouver. „ MESS TABLE GOSSIP. Captain R. Pearson is now in command of the Totara, relieving Captain E. A. Eden. Mr. F. A. Gellatly has joined the Kaitoa as second mate. Captain P. R. Vaughan, D.S.C., is now in command of the White Star motorliner Britannic, relieving Captain F. F. Summers, who has been appointed to the new motor-liner Georgia. Captain Vaughan, who is well-known in New Zealand, was born in 1876, and at the age of 16 was apprenticed to Messrs. Staveley, Taylor and Co., and joined their barque Craigmullen, and completed three years service in the ship. He also served in the same firm's clipper ship Edderside, and later obtained his master’s certificate while serving in the barque Ballumbie. In 1901 he joined the White Star Line as fourth officer, and three years later was appointed second officer of the lonic. In May, 1930, while serving as chief officer of the Athenic, Captain Vaughan was presented with a pair of binoculars by the American Government for bravery in rescuing the passengers and crew of the steamer Munamar. During the war, he was in the mine-sweeping service, and had command of some of the fast minesweepers. In 1916 he received the D.S.C. from the King at Buckingham Palace. Captain Vaughan has had command of the Albertic, Laurentic, and for some time waa assistant commander ef the 1 Mojestla,

LONDON’S SHIPPING. During the week ended April 29, 844 vessels, representing 779,287 net register tons, used the Port of London; 416 vessels (612,938 net register tons) were to and from colonial and foreign ports, and 428 si vessels (166,349 net register tons) were engaged in coastwise traffic. Nine vessels discharged meat cargoes in the Port of.;. London during the week ended April 28, seven from Australia and New Zealand—the Largs Bay, Coptic. Strathnnver, Turn- •' kina, Banffshire, Orsora, and Rangitiki—' and two from South America, the Baronesa and Almeda Star. Altogether 239,000 carcases of lambs and mutton, 76,000 quarters of "beef, quantities of pork and rabbits, and approximately 23.000 packages of sundries were distributed to the London market and throughout the country, or placed into cold storage.