WATERFRONT BUSY

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 183, 1 May 1933, Page 8

WATERFRONT BUSY

Overseas Vessels Due

FIFTEEN THIS WEEK

Including the Waikawa, which arrived at Wellington last evening from Auckland, and berthed at No. 1 north Queen’s Wharf to discharge Pacific Coast cargo, fifteen overseas and intercolonial vessels are due in port by next Monday.

The vessels due to-day are the R.M.S. Maunganui, from San Francisco, via Papeete and Rarotonga, the Monowai, from Melbourne and Sydney, the Norwegian motor-tanker Pegasus, from San Francisco, via Auckland, and the American steamer Golden Eagle, from Los Angeles, via Auckland.

No overseas vessels are due to-mor-row, but on Wednesday the Shaw, Savill motor-ship Taranaki is due from London, via Auckland, the same company’s Mahia, from New Plymouth, to load for London, and the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruahine, from London, via Suva.

On Thursday the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-ship Orari is due from Timaru to load for London, the C. and D. Line steamer Port Hunter, from Liverpool, via Auckland, and the Union Company’s Wainui, from Melbourne. via Lyttelton. Friday should see the arrival of the Federal steamer Norfolk from Port Chalmers, and on Saturday the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motorliner Rangitata is due from Napier. Both these vessels are loading Homewards. Next Monday the Huddart. Parker motor-liner Wanganella is due from Sydney, and the Japanese motorship Brisbane Mani from Japan, via Australian ports.

The gross tonnage of these fifteen vessels amounts to. roughly, 125,000. The port should be fairly busy, particularly toward the end of the week, when about seven of the vessels will be working, but the Golden Eagle has very little to discharge, and the Pegasus will not require waterside labour. Apart from these two and the Ruahine, the remainder should engage a fair proportion of the waterside labour available, especially toward the end of the week.