RANGITATA REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 46, 18 November 1936, Page 14

RANGITATA REPORTS

Due Auckland 9 a.m. To-day The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a further wireless message from its motor-liner Itangitata, en route from London, reporting that she now expects to reach Auckland at 9 a.m. to-day. She will later complete discharge at Wellington and Napier, and is due here on November 25. The Rangitata brings over 300 passengers and has 1000 bags of mail and 200 parcel receptacles for New Zealand. THE SYDNEY MARU. The Federal Company w has received cabled advice that the 0.-S.K. Line motorship Sydney Maru. en route from Japan, has cleared Rabaul. and expects to reach Auckland next Saturday. She will later complete discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth, and is due here on November 26. TARANAKI LEAVES LIVERPOOL. The Shaw, Savill Company has received cabled advice that its motor-ship Taranaki left Liverpool last Sunday morning for Australia. After discharge there she will come to New Zealand to load Homeward during January. AKAROA CLEARS BALBOA. Cabled advice has been received by the Shaw, Savill Company that its liner Akaroa, en route from London and Southampton to Wellington and Lyttelton, cleared Balboa on Monday morning. She is due here on December 5. MAHIA LATER. Delayed at Auckland, the Shaw, Savill steamer Mahia is now to leave there to-day for Wellington, Lyttetlon, Dunedin and Timaru to complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo. She is due here on Friday morning, and will leave again on November 25. KAIMIRO AT NAPIER. From Newcastle, the Union Company’s Kaimiro reached Napier yesterday morning. She is to leave there again to-morrow for Gisborne to complete discharge. KARETU FOR SINGAPORE. The Union Company’s Karetu left Dunedin yesterday for Newcastle for bunkers, thence to Singapore. She will load at Singapore about December 11 and complete at Samarang for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. KAIRANGA TO DOCK. The Union Company’s Kairanga is to go on the floating dock this morning for cleaning and painting. She is to come off again to-night or to-morrow morning, and will sail for Newcastle. Sydney and Hobart to load for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru and Lyttelton. WAIKOUAITI DELAYED. En route from Newcastle, Port Kembla and Sydney, the Union Company’s Waikouaiti, has reported by wireless that she has been delayed by bad weather and now expects to reach Bluff this morning. She will later proceed to Dunedin, Timaru, Lyttelton and Oamaru to complete discharge. WANGANELLA DUE 7 A.M. TO-DAY. En route from Sydney to Wellington, the Huddart, Parker motor-liner Wanganella has reported by wireless that she expects to arrive in the stream at 7 a.m. to-day. She will berth at No. 1 south Queen’s Wharf. The Wanganella is timed to leave here again at noon to-morrow for Sydney and Melbourne. KEIFUKU MARU’S MOVEMENTS. The Y.K.K. Line steamer Keifuku Maru left Auckland at noon yesterday for Wellington to continue discharge of her Japanese cargo and to load for Japan. She is due here to-morrow afternoon and will leave again on Saturday’ for Lyttelton. Dunedin, Nelson, Auckland, and Napier to complete, and is expected to clear Napier about December 7 for Japan. Wright. Stephenson and Co., Ltd., are the local agents. REMUERA CLEARS COLON. Cabled advice has been received by the New Zealand shipping Company that its liner Remuera cleared Colon last Saturday morninc. She left Auckland on October 20 for London, via the Panama Canal. NAVIGATION WARN ING. The Marine Department advises that Rautaro Spit, Aratunga anchorage. Aitutaki, Cook Islands, in position 393 deg. S cables from Observation Spot. lac. ISdeg. 52min. S., long. 159 deg. 47min. W. (approx.) is extending in a 340 deg. direction, and is now approximately 200 yards from the edge of the reef. Within the exit % : on in an approximate position 306de. 8.8 c..oles from Observation Spot, the m.v. Matua recently struck and dislodged a coral outcrop which carried a depth of about 10 feet at the time. In view of this information and the probability of other changes having taken place, masters are advised to use caution when working the anchorage. SHOAL LOCATED. Mariners- are advised that a rocky shoal of small area with a least depth of live fathoms, M-L.W.S., has been located in a position 13(5deg. 4 cables from Flat Rock light, Hauraki Gulf, lat. 36dcg. 27min. S.. long. 174 deg. 56min. E. (approx.). PASSENGERS BY THE OTRANTO. The Orient liner Otranto, which is due at Sydney on December 3 from London, has the' following passengers booked through to New Zealand:— Mr. R. Barker, Mr. C. R. B. von Braun, Mr. and Mrs. A. Buchanan, Major-General Sir John Davidson. Lady Davidson. Mr. T. IL Davies. Mrs. Dranstield, Miss E. M. Dransfield. Miss A. W. Eglin. Dr. A. R. Falconer. C.8.E.. Mrs. Falconer. Rev. T. E. Fox. Mrs. Giorgi. Mrs. Gray. Mrs. H. M. von Haast. Mrs. Haines. Mr. S. W. Hassall, Mr. A. W. Hewitt, Mr. E. S. Lazarus. 0.8. E., Mrs. Lazarus, Mr. T. Leach, Mr. T. C. Merriman. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Midwood. Colonel 1). Mitchell. D. 5.0., Mr. F. ,T. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. F. Newton, Mrs. M. R. Rose. Mr. A. G. Saunders. Miss N. G. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Thorpe, Mr. J - . F. Tipping. Mr. A. H. Wallace, Miss G. 11. Wallace, Miss W. S. Wallace, Mrs. Williamson, Mrs. M. A. van Asch, Mr. and Mrs. C. Castle. Mr. G. F. JDart. Miss M. M. Durrad, Mrs. Dunn, Mr. R. E. Eastwood, Mrs. Finlayson. Mrs. Gay, Miss A. E. Hamer, Miss A. Hamer, Mrs. Kcnnaway, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lynch, Mrs. Maberley, Mr. A. Malthes. Mr. T. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ross, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. G. Stoeckicht, Mr. and Mrs. T. Smith, Mr. T. Stevenson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Waddell.