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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 300, 15 September 1937, Page 14

FROM LIVERPOOL

Port Huon at Auckland

The Port Line’a motor-ship Port Huon, which left Liverpool on August 10, arrived at Auckland yesterday. She is due at Wellington on September 20. WAIWERA DELAYED AT AUCKLAND. Delayed at Auckland, the Shaw, Savill Company’s . motor-ship Waiwera was expected to leave at 5 o’clock last night for London, via Cape Horn aud Las Palmas. PORT BRISBANE DISCHARGING. To continue discharging cargo from New York and Newport News, the Port Line’s steamer Port Brisbane leaves Wellington to-day for Lyttelton. MELBOURNE MARU’S MOVEMENTS. The O.S.K. Line’s motor-ship Melbourne Maru leaves Auckland to-day and is due at Wellington on Friday, sailing on September 20 for Dunedin. After returning to Lyttelton, she is expected to leave for Japan, via Noumea, on September 24. TONGARIRO FOR AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tongariro, which left London on September 11, is now to call at Auckland as well as Dunedin. Lyttelton and New Plymouth. She is due at Dunedin on October 20. AORANGI FROM VANCOUVER. Dominion-bound from Vancouver, the Union Company’s motor-ship Aorangi is not now expected at Auckland till September 20 MAUNGANUI DUE TO-DAY. The Union Company’s Maunganui, which has been on an islands cruise, is due at Wellington from Auckland at 1 p.m. to-day. During the week ended July 30 1156 vessels, representing 1.123,538 net register tons, used the Port of London, Of these 559 vessels (893,751 net register tons) were to and from Empire and foreign ports and 597 vessels (229,787 net register tons) were engaged In coastwise traffic. The arrivals included seven meat cargoes—viz., three from Australia, two from New Zealand and two from South America, comprising 41,000 carcases of lamb and mutton, 91,400 packages of beef, quantities of pork, rabbits and sundries. Thirty-two timberladen vessels docked in the Surrey Commercial and India and Millwall Docks with 58,500 tons of softwood. PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC. Panama Canal traffic during the month of May exceeded all previous May totals in both transits and tolls, and touched the highest mark for any month since January, 1929. By the close of the month, a total ot 4915 vessels had used the waterway during the 11 months of the fiscal year 1937, compared with 4901 during the whole of the fiscal year 1936. Tolls so far for the fiscal year totalled 21,031,000 dollars on May 1, compared with 23,479.000 dollars in the whole of the fiscal year 1936. During the month 544 ocean-going commercial vessels passed through the canal, paying tolls to the amount of 2.376.706.36 dollars. In addition. 70 small local commercial craft under 300 net tons used the waterway, payiug tolls to the amount of 3985.10 dollars. Total commercial transits therefore amounted to 614 and tolls to 2,380,691.46 dollars for the month. Daily average transits of ocean-going commercial vessels amounted to 17.55 during May, and tolls averaged 76,667.95 dollars dally, compared with an average of 15.77 daily transits and 65.900.59 dollars daily tolls in April of this year, and 15.74 transits and 67.132.38 dollars daily tolls during May, 1936. Increases were also shown over May, 1935, when transits averaged 13-68 and tolls 64,392.16 dollars per day. NEW COLONIAL SUGAR STEAMER. The machinery contract for the 5000-ton molasses and general cargo carrier ordered recently from the Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Limited, Sydney. N.S.W., has been awarded to the North" Eastern Marine Engineering Company, Limited, Wallsend.

BY TELEGRAPH. OVERSEAS. LONDON, September 13. Arrived.—At London, Huntingdon. Sailed.—From Plymouth, Tongariro.

BY TELEGRAPH. COASTAL. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. AUCKLAND.

Arrived.—Maetsuycker (7.5 a.m.), from Saigon; Wanganella (11.25 a.m.), from Sydney; Kalingo (1.10 p.m.), from Wellington. To Arrive.—Port Huon (11 p.m.), from Liverpool. Sailed.—Kartigi (12.40 p.m.), for Greymouth: H.M.S. Wellington (1.15 p.m.). for northern cruise; Columbia (2 p.m), for Nauru Island To Sail—Waiwera (8 pm), for London; Mmua (9 p.m.), for Rarotonga. NELSON. Arrived.—Arahura (5 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed.—Arahura (7.30 p.m.), for Wellington. BLENHEIM. Arrived.—Echo (3.30 a.m.). from Wellington. WANGANUI. Arrived.—Storm (6.35 a.m.). from Wellington. MOTUEKA. Sailed.—'Taupata (3.35 p.m.), for Wellington. PICTON. Sailed.—Tamahine (3 p.m.), for Wellington. NAPIER. Arrived.—Paua, from Wellington; Tu Atu, from Wairoa. Sailed.—Awahou, for Auckland; Tu Atu, for Wairoa; Essex, for Gisborne; Paua, for Wellington; Walruna, for Wellington. Expected Arrivals To-morrow.—Kaikorai, from Wellington. Projected Departure.—Kaimai, for Westuort. WANGANUI. Arrived.—Storm (6.35 a.m.), from Wellington Sailed.—Hauturu (5.45 a.m.), for Ouehunga. DUNEDIN. To Sall.—Wainui (8 p.m.), for Oamaru.