MAUNGANUI SAILS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 103, 25 January 1933, Page 12

MAUNGANUI SAILS

Outward Passengers The Union Company’s Royal Mail steamer Maunganui, which arrived at We-lington on Monday from Sydney, sailed at 5.10 p.m. yesterday for San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete. She carried the following passengers: Mr. J. Collan, Mr. G. N. Charrington. Mr. L. M. Cook, Mr. H. H. Hem us, Mr. 11. P. Jones, Mr. A. Lidderdale, Mr. D. A. Longbottom, Mr. I. R. McTaggart, Miss M. S. A. Mooney, Mr. S. Pack, Mr. L. S. Perry, Mr. R’. Pratt-Barlow, Mr. C. H. Relph, Mr. R. R. Scholfield, Mr. A. Zanchino, Mrs. E. Dilling. Mrs. N. Fishburn. Mrs. M. and Master P. Hall, Mr. K. K. Kjeldgaard, Miss F. Hirst, Mr. T. Miss B. Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. A. McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. D. McPherson, Mr. E. H. Quill, Mr. R. Nuciforna. Mr. C. Schenk, Mrs. R. aud Miss M. Watson. REMUERA’S MOVEMENTS. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s passenger liner Remuera, which arrived at Wellington last Sunday from London, will leave to-morrow for Auckland. She will not now discharge at Port Chalmers. Her coastal itinerary will be Auckland, Lyttelton,. Picton, and Wellington. She 1 is due back here on February 11. and will sail finally from Auckland on February IS for London, via Panama and Curacao. THE NORTHUMBERLAND. The Federal liner Northumberland will leave Gisborne to-day for Napier, and will sail finally from that port on Saturday next for London, Avonmouth. I a verpool, and Glasgow, via Cape Horn, Montevideo,' and Dakar. THE SURREY. The Federal liner - Surrey is scheduled to leave Wanganui to-day for New Plymouth and Wellington. She is due here on Saturday to complete her Homeward loading, and is to sail. finally ou Tuesday next for London. Avonmouth. Liverpool, and Glasgow, via Montevideo and Glasgow. CITY OF BAGDAD. The City of Bagdad, which is discharging cargo to the.agency of. the Federal Company, is due at Dunedin this morning from Lyttelton, and will sail later in the day for Sydney. RADIO FROM CORNWALL. A radio message from the Federal steamer Cornwall, en route from Liverpool, via Auckland, states that she expects to arrive at Wellington at 3 p.m. today. THE PORT FAIRY. The C. and D. liner Port Fairy, at present loading at Wanganui, will leave there ou Tuesday next for Wellington, and will sail finally from this port on February 3 for London, ria Cape Horn and Dakar. TAIROA’S MOVEMENTS. The Shaw, Savill and Albion . steamer Tairoa, at present loading at Napier, is due at Wellington on Friday, and will sail the following day for Timaru and Lyttelton. She will sail finally from Lyttelton on February 6 for London. ' via Panama. TORT FREMANTLE AT LONDON. The C. and D. liner Port Fremantle, which left Auckland ou December 1-1 for London, via Cape Horn, arrived at Loudon on Friday. PAKEHA DELAYED. The Shaw, Savill and Albiau steamer Pakeha has been delayed by rain at Gisborne, and is now due here on Saturday. She will sail ou Monday for Wanganui, leaving Wanganui dually on February 3 for London, via Panama. THE KAHNGO. The Union Company’s Kalingo is now to load at Newcastle on January 31, and completes at Sydney, for Wellington, Napier, "and Gisborue. MESS TABLE GOSSIP. The Kekerangu is recomissioning at Sydney this week, and will re-enter the Risdon-Port Pirie trade. Captain'A. W. Creese retains command of the vessel, and he has the following officers: Chief, Mr. ,T. D. Lundie; second. Mr. J. H. Ibbotson; third, Mr. J. C. Sadleir. Captain Donald McDonald, of the Kowhai, has transferred to the command of the Ngatoro. Mr. A. J. McKenzie, who has been on leave at Sydney, has joined the Monowai as third officer, relieving Mr. L. B. Ehlert for holidays. GERMAN LAID-UP TONNAGE. The Department of Overseas Trade have issued an interesting analysis of German laid-up tonnage, as at October 1 last. On that date there were 343 vessels of 1.303,112 tons gross, or 34 per cent, of the total German fleet, lying idle, and of these, the vessels between 2000 and 4000 tons represented 13.1 per cent.; 40008000. 51.9 ; 8000-10.000. 16.9; 10,00015,000, 2.5; 15,000-20,000, 4.2; and over 20,000 tons, 1.6 per cent. As regards age, laid-up ships of less than five years comprised 16.15 per cent, of thp whole German fleet (4.8 per cent, of the idle tonnage) ; 6-10 years, 23.4 (26); 11-15 years, 29.51 (23.5); 16-20 years, 7.22 (11.4); 21-25 years, 7.46 (12.5)and over 25 years, 16.26 per cent. (21. S per cent.). PEER UGLAND SOLD. Pehr Ugland, steel barque, 1316 tons gross, 1199 tons net, built Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Alloa, 1891, and owned bv Skibs. A/S “Pehr Ugland” (A. A. Roed), Fredrikstad, has been'sold to Eilert Osbo. Stavanger, for .breaking up. She is the last of Norway’s deei>sea sailers. Mr. Erling-Monsen. a member of.the Norwegian colonin London, made an effort to have her/from the scrap-heap, and offered to contribute 5000 hr. with the idea of keeping-her in commission as a sea-going training'-ship» but the, feeling of his fellow-countrymen was, apparently, that as. she was a British-built ship—which, as a matter of fact, was the case with the majority of Norway s sailing-ship fleet —there was no specta.. object in preserving her. LONDON’S SHIPPING,. During the week ended December t. 843 vessels, representing 551.383 net register tons, used the Port of London; 406 vessels (686,366 net register tons) were to and from colonial and foreign ports,, and 437 vessels (195,017 net. register tons) were engaged in coastwise traffic. Ten vessels discharged meat cargoes in the Port of London during the week; seven from Australia and New Zealand, the Ormonde. Port Hardy. City of Dieppe, Mainioa. Ballarat. Limerick and Tekoa, and three from South. America, the Sultan Star. Highland Brigade, and Hardwick Grange. Altogether 339.000 carcases of lamb and mutton, 99.000 quarters of beef, quantities of pork and rabbits, and approximately 55 000 packages of sundries were distributed to the London market and throughout the country or placed into cold storage. LONDON’S CRANES. The Port of London Authority owns .1323 cranes for use at the dock quays, sheds and warehouses with lifting capacities ranging up to 25 tons, four floating cranes lifting up to 50 tons and one with n capacity of 150 tons. There are .72 electric runabout trucks for conveying goods to and from the quays nl, d the sheds and warehouses: 220 lifts, for dealing with goods for sorrige: 21 grain elevators: and numerous systems of conveyors for handling snecial commodities such as frozen and chilled meat, bananas and wool. These figures do not include the mechaTn’c.'il appliances, wh’.ch hare been installed bv private individuals for the handling of goods at the many wharves on the banks of the Thames. SWEDISH SHIPPING LOANS. The Swedish Government have granted loans to the extent of S 7-1.000 kr. to Rederiaktiebolaget Zenit toward the nrm st ruction of a ca rcjo motor-sliin of $3OO tons dw.. ordered from Gotnverken \./B- and 100.000 kr. tn Rederinktic-iiola-'ct Rex toward the building of a smaller vessel.