TAIROA REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 272, 12 August 1932, Page 14

TAIROA REPORTS

Due Auckland August 26 The Shaw, Savill Company has received a wireless message from its steamer Tairoa, en route from London to Auckland and Wellington, reporting that she expects to reach Auckland on August 26. She is due at Wellington on August 31 to complete discharge. KANGITIKI IIEI’ORTS "ALL WELL.” The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a wireless message from its motor-liner Hangitiki, which left Auckland on August 5 for London via the Panama Canal, reporting that she has been experiencing moderate weather —ail well on board. TAMAROA’S SMART RUN. The Shaw, Savill liner Tamaroa reached Auckland at 1.30 p.m. yesterday from Lyttelton to complete her Homeward loading after a smart run of 44 hours. She is scheduled to clear Auckland finally on August 20 for Southampton and London via ■ the Panama Canal. OTOKIA REPORTS. The Union Company has received a wireh ss message from its motor-tanker Otokia, en route from Sau Pedro to IVellington, with bulk fuel oil, reporting that she expects to arrive here next "Wednesday. THE KANNA. The Union Company’s Kanna is to leave here to-day for Bluff, thence to Newcastle to load for Wellington and Miramar. MESS-TABLE GOSSIP. Captain A. P. Gibson has relieved Captain R. MacLachlan as master of the Hawera. Mr. H. Luke has relieved Mr. A. Beddle as second engineer in the Hawera. Mr. IV. O. Jarman has relieved Mr. E. A. Rate as mate of the Echo. Mr. L. Hooker, wireless operator of the Maui Pomare, is at present on holiday leave. He is being relieved by Mr. H. Casey, of the Government wireless station, Wellington. O. A. KNUDSEN* LEAVES SAN PEDRO. The Union Company, has received cabled advice that its chartered motortanker O. A. Knudsen left San Pedro last Saturday with bulk fuel oil for Wellington. She is due here on August 31. MAUNGANUI FOR SYDNEY. The Union Company’s Maunganui from Sydney via Auckland arrived at Wellington early yesterday afternoon and berthed at No. 1 south Queen's Wharf. She is timed to leave here again at 3 p.m. to-day for Sydney, where she is due next Tuesday morning. The Maunganui brought transhipments ex the Craigend. Cardross, Nankin, Mangola. Dim’boola. Maloja, Koranui, Nieuw Zeeland, Westralia, Ormiston. Comorin, Yaye Maru; Siam, Balranald. Erlangen, Nieuw Holland, Orama, Carthage. THE SCHOONER HUIA. The Nobel auxiliary schooner Huia, which left Auckland for Melbourne last Monday morning, will load a cargo of explosives at Melbourne for Brisbane. From Brisbane she will probably proceed to Grafton to load a hardwood timber cargo for Auckland, CARGO OF IVASTE PAPER. An unusual charter reported from America is that of the Norwegian steamer • Log. which has been fixed to load a cargo of waste paper at New York for London. The rate is 5.50 dollars a ton. The Log was only built last year and is a vessel of 1560 gross tonnage. TAMAHINE FOR OVERHAUL. The Union Company advises that the Tamahine is to be laid up for annual overhaul and survey toward the_ end of this month. She is to leave Picton at 9.30 p.m. on August 26, and withdraw on arrival at Wellington, resinning again on August. 31, A cargo steamer is to leave Wellington for Picton on August 29, and Picton for Wellington on August 30. PORT ALMA IN’ PORT. To continue her Homeward loading the C. and D. Line motor-ship Port Alma is due at Wellington about noon to-day from Gisborne, and will berth at the Pipitea Wharf. She is to leave here again tomorrow for Port Chalmers and Bluff to complete and is scheduled to clear Bluff finally on August 20 for London, via . Cape Horn and Dakar. PORT BRISBANE SAILS. Having completed her Homeward loading, the C. and D. Line steamer Port Brisbane left Wellington at 5 p.m. yesterday for London via Cape Horn. TARANAKI IK PORT. To continue her Homeward loading, the Shaw, Savill motor-ship Taranaki is due at. Wellington this morning from Wanganui and will berth at the Glasgow Wharf. She is to leave here again next Tuesday for Gisborne and Auckland to complete, anti is scheduled to clear the northern port finally on August 26 for London, Avonmouth. .Liverpool, and Glasgow via Cape Horn and Las Palmas. KARTIGI IN PORT. To complete discharge of her -cargo from Sydney and Newcastle, the Union Company’s Kartigi is due at Wellington early this morning from Napier, and will berth at the Pipitea Wharf. She will later shift to the Miramar Wharf. PURSER FOR 41 YEARS. Mr. O. H. Gillon, at pre-sent purser of' the Maunganui, has held the full rank of purser for well over forty years. He was appointed purser in 1889, and since then has spent .only two years ashore, giving him the distinction of having served at sea as purser for the record period of 41 years. For practically the whole of this time he has served in the Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamers, in which he has travelled some 2,600,000 miles. Mr. Gillon has thus five years more service as purser to his credit tha'n Mr. Robert Edwards, purser of the White Star motor-liner Britannic, who has served as purser for 36 years and was reported to be the only man afloat to hold purser’s rank for that lengthy period. KIA ORA'S STORMY TRIP. After one of the stormiest passages of her career, the Shaw, Savill steamer Kia Ora. 25 -years old, berthed at Melbourne from Liverpool on August 3. Strong head winds and high seas caused a delay of foqr days on the voyage. Members of the crew paid tribute to the navigating ability of Captain Williams and the officers during the worst of the storms (reports the “Age”). M bile crossing the Indian Ocean the Kia Ora was continually buffeted by heavy seas which tore the starboard gangways from the ship’s side, swept deck fittings overboard, and did minor damage to the lifeboats. For days huge seas swept inboard. flooding cabins and alleyways. The master and officers remained at their posts throughout the storm, while the crew worked up to their knees in water in baling the water out .of the flooded quarters forward. Life lines were rigged along the deck, and to this precaution is attributed the fact that few injuries were sustained by officers or grossing the Australian Bight the steamer again encountered hem,) weather and was further delayed. WALNUT LEAVES MELBOURNE. Cabled advice has been received by the Union Company that the Wainui left Melbourne at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday for Bluff, Dunedin. Lyttelton and Wellington. She is due here on August 18 and will leave again the following day for Melbourne via Bluff. She has transhipments ex the Orama, Mitral, Nieuw Holland and Queda. • KARETU LEAVES TONGA. The Union Company has received cabled advice that the Karetu, from Newcastle and Sydney via Fiji, left Tonga on Wednesday for Auckland, where she is now due. next Monday morning. She will later return to Newcastle and Sydney.

WESTMORELAND SAILS. Having completed her Homeward loading, the Federal steamer Westmoreland left Napier on Wednesday evening for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow via Cape Horn, Montevideo and Dakar.