PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 5

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

IJ|;. > '. — : V ; ARRIVALS. , j ' Februakt 10. yj.' • Wakatere (4 a.m.), from Thames; Clans- - man (6.30 a.m.) from Russell. < , Wgapuhi ■ (7.26 a.m.), from Tauranga. Isabella de Frame (11.5 a.m.), from WhanBaroii Taniwha (8.30 p.m.), from Paeroa, . .. Febhuart 11. Manaia (5.45 a.m.), from Whangarei; Opihi , (9.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Arahura (8.15 p.m.), from Gisborne. Wakatere, from Thames. DEPARTURES. February 10. Mshana (7.25 a.m.), for Lyttelton. " Apanui . (9.40 a.m.), for Awanui; . Wakatere (9.45 a.m.), for Thames; Karon (12.30 p.m.), for Whangareijßakanoa (1 p ; mor Gisborne; Wanaka (1.15 p.m.), for Southern i ports. February 11. | '• Claymore (4.10 p.m.), for Whangarei; Taniwha (8.15 p.m.), for Paeros. 1 VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. ' Newby Hall, from New York, 5 a.m. Wangaratta, from Newcastle. • Kurow, from Wellington. Rimu, from Westport. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. • Manaia, for Whangarei, 10 p.m. Ngapuhi, for Tauranga, 7 p.m. Clansman, for Russell, i p.m. Waiotahi, for Houhora, 2 p.m. Wakatere, for Thames, 11 a.m. VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND. INTERCOLONIAL AND COASTAL Bona. Fiii. to sail.. _ , Kurow, Westport, via Wellington, l-'eb. li. Kaimanawa ■ Westport, I ebruary I°. Katoa, Southern ports, Feb. 19. Manuka, Sydney, tobruary 13. Kawatiri, Newcastle, February 17. Kaitoke. Tonga. February 20 . Ulimaroa, Sydney, February 21. Waihora, Nauru Island. February 20. Xaiwarra. Newcastle, February 26. Huia, schooner, Grafton, sailed Feb. 8, H«pu, schooner, Port Stephens, to sail. OVJiRSEAB Newby Hall, sailed from New York; January 2, cleared Panama, January 16, due Auckland*, February 10. • Port Bowen, sailed from New York, January 15. cleared Panama January 35. Due Auckland February 15. Wangaratta, due from Australia, February 12. to load. _ .. _ . Westmoreland, duo from South, February 14, to load. Peshawur, sailed from Liverpool on - January 8, due Auckland, February 17, cleared Panama January 25. Tfokieve. sailed from New York on January 11, cleared Panama January 25, due Auokland, February 17. .Port Curtis, Australia. March 4, to load. Canadian Planter, due end of February ,/ from South, to load for New York, If Boston and Halifax. r Paparoa. sailed from London, January 9, due Wellington, February 26. Auckland March 3. Cleared Panama Januarv 31. / Corinthic, mailed from Lone!on January 24, due Wellington March 4, due at Auckland March 10. , Port Napier, Australia, March 12, to load. Canadian Transporter, soils from Vancouver for Auckland February 6, due

hfe Msieh K. , , Armagh Australia, March 5. to load. Westmeath, sailed from Liverpool January 27, due Auckland, March 10. Raranga, "sailed from London January 81, due AnrVlivnd Ma T °li 10 vis Antwerp. Treves!*, sailed from St. John January 80 and New York February 3. due at Auckland about March 9. - - Kentucky, to sail from - New York about February 15. for Auckland and Southern ports, due Auckland March 23. Hatinara, Port Arthur, Texas, to sail for Auckland,. , . . , • Hurunui, sailed from -Liverpool on Jan* nary 31. due nt AnoVlond M«"-fh 13. ' Rualiine, sails from Southampton Fobruar? 15, due Auckland March 25. - Waimana leaves Liverpool February 24, due Auckland April 4. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. ' Niagara, en Toute Vancouver to Auckland, due February 16. . . Maunganui. en route San Francisco to . - ; Wellington, due March- 3. . . V ... . Makiira, siilea from Auckland for van- ■ rouver January SO: due at .Vancouver February 17. .■ .: •.••• _ • . i . -Tahiti; ot Sydney,- .sail*, for Wellington and San Francisco February 15. \ ■' "• T" : ' . . VESSELS IN PORT. 'In Stream—Talune, Atua. Northern Chief ' (schnr.), Tofua, Rewa (bq.). Ysabel " Devoupork—H.M.S Philomel. Iris. Queen's Wharf—Ksikonra Pakeha. - Central Wharf—Canadian Pioneer. King's Wharf —Opihi. - _ , , ', -I Western Wharf— Ranadi, Kaeo (schnr.), France. , -In < DockPukakL The Arahura arrived from East Coast porta yesterday afternoon and bwrthed at the Central Wharf. "She is timed to sail ; for Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, and Napier at ; 2 p.m. to-morrow. " i . The Southern steamer Opihi arrived from 1 Lyttelton yesterday morning and berthed at the King's Wharf to discharge a cargo of timb«T and produce. She is to sail to-mor- | row or Wednesday for Whangarei to load cement for South. - Thin schooner War Lord left Gisborne last Tuesday i with a general cargo for Auckland. She is under the agency of A. G. Frankham, Ltd. - -Thin East Coast Shipping Company a auxiliary schooner Houto, which is berthed at the Kind's Wharf, is timed to sail at noon tomorrow for Mercury Bay, The . Mount, and Tauriinga. , Thu Union Company advises that the Kaim&niwa is to load a cargo of - coal at West- - port 40-day for Au.okland. She is due here abou(i Friday. 5 , I Tie launch Digger, with a . Quantity of salvage Cirgo from the Wiltshire, was anchored at Cowea Bay on Saturday owing to engine troubles. The Richardson nteamer Awahou is expected at Auckland about Thursday from ; Gisborne, ..via coast bays. The Gisborne Sheep Farmers' steamer Tiroa arrived at Gisborne from Auckland on Saturday morning. She is due. back at • Auckland from East Coast bays about Wed- ! nesday. The Wanaka sailed on Saturday afternoon for Southern porta, where she will load again for Auckland The Union Company advises that the Katoa is now oxpected to sail from Dunedin to-day for Auckland, via way ports. She is due a's Auckland early next week. The Kurow is due from Westport, via Wellington, to-day. She will berth at the j Central Wharf to discharge a part cargo I of coal I

THE KARORI. The Karori sailed on Saturday for Portland to discharge part of her Australian cargo, anc! to load a quantity of cement. The vessel will return to Auckland on Thursday to load general merchandise for . Wellington andLyttelton. . i ; THE KAIWARRA, The " Union Company advises that the Kaiwarra has been fixed to load a cargo of coal at Newcastle for Auckland about February 20. MANUKA DUE TO-MORROW. - The intercolonial steamer Manuka is due at Auckland from Sydney to-morrow afternoon. The vessel is bringing 170 passengers, mails and about 600 tons of cargo. ' She is ' timed to sail . from Auckland for Bydr.ey' on Friday morning, AUXILIARY KETCH ELSIE SOLD. The Northern Company's auxiliary ketch Eluie has been sold to the South Westland Shipping Company. She sailed for Hokitika oa Friday. The Elsie is a wooden I;<itch of 34 tons and was built at Auck»nd in 190-1. ARMAGH LOADS AT AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Armagh, 12,000 tons, is due ac Auckland «>bout March 5 to load frozen meat. , dairy produce and general cargo for London. LINSEED FROM ARGENTINE. The steamer Mesopotamia, has bosn chartered to load a cargo of linseed at River Plat# for Sydney., THE ERROL, .The New Zealand Shipping Company ad- ■>' -vises that the steamer Errol, 4465 tons, sailed from Newcastle-on-Tyne on February 3 for Louisberg and St. John to load for New Zerliind. and Aunfralian ports. THE MA:MO«. -The Shaw, Savill and All:ior steamer , Maimoa. which, is completive iiu.ling at papier, is expected to soil, for that port to-morqw for London, New Turk and Boston, via Panama. -NEWBY HALL, FROM NEW YORK. . The A and A. .Line stoamcr Newby Hall * ™ ? at Auokland I com Mew York at 5 C : Y®; to-day. Tho vessel iMilnel from Now; » on , January 2 ac ii in<-lixld.irio.ir cares Wellinilon, J.jH.teilmn ;?.nd • will turn M•, kb* -Bias'* :

• WANGARATTA DUE TO-DAY, ■ The British India steamer Wangaratta is due to-day from Newcastle. She in coming to Auckland to load for London, and will berth at. the - Queen's Wharf. It* is expec ted that 'the ; vessel will sail, to-morrow evening for Whakatane, Tokomaru Bay and Wellington to complete loading. She will sail about the end of the month from Wellington, for London, via Monte ! Video.

; RAKANOA SAILED. The Rakanoa sailed on Saturday for Gisborne to load sheep for Lyttelton. The vessel has just been recommissioned after a three-months' _ lay , up at Auckland. Captain C C. Velio no weth, who was' transferred .from the Flora, is in command, and has with him the* following officers Chief, *,i .Fraser; second, v Mr. J. Cross' 5 w's? t>"» Wr- Angus; chief engineer, *&*'£'& ® ro ?, er V, second; Mr. J. O'Shea; third, Mr, N. C. Brynei; chief steward, Mr. J. C. Wcstbury. THE PAPAROA! 7 The New Zealand Shipping' Company's liner Paparoa, which is due at Wellington from London on I* ehruary 26, and at Auckland about-March 3, will discharge cargo, from London at both ports. She nas also ! or » used to load New Zealand produce ft Auckland for the West Coast ports of the United Kingdom. RIMU FOR OVERHAUL^ The Northern Company's steamer Rimu is duo at Auckland to-day with a cargo of coal from Westport. The vessel has been relieved on tho. West Coast service by the Aupoun, and is coming to Auokland for overhaul and survey. the" mahana! The Shaw. Savill and Albion steamer Manama" sailed on Saturday morning for Lyttelton to complete discharge of her cargo from England. The vessel will subsequently load at Lyttelton, Napier, Gisborno, anil Auckland, and will leave this port about March 10 for London, via Monte Video and Tenorice. v BEMBRIDGE FOR LONDON. The G. H. Scales Company's ; chartered steamer Bembndge, with a cargo of produce loaded at Southern ports, sailed from Wellington at 4 p.m. on Saturday for London, via Dunkirk and Hull. :r . DEVON REPORTED. The Federal steamer Devon, en route from Wellington to London, arrived a" Monte Video on Saturday. The vessel loaded » part cargo at Auckland, and sailed from Wellington on January 16.

MARORO AND RIRA REPORTED. The schooner Maroro " and a ketch, supposed to be the Rira. wore reported off Tiri yesterday, and should make port at any time. The Maroro is making an exceptionally lengthy trip from Gisborne. as she sailed, from there on January 6. Tho ketch Rira is en route from Dunedin to Auckland, via Wairoa, Hawke's Bay.

SCHOONER BURNT AT SOLOMONS. With her holds lull of copra, totalling Sf>o tone, the American four-masted schooner Defiance has been burned to the water's edge, at the Solomon Islands. The fire took place "in ' Faipi Harbour, on January 24, but Captain Clark and his wile, together with eight members of _ the crew, were all saved. The vessel which is well known in the trade between Paoifio Coast ports and Sydney, is beyond "salvaging. On completion of discharge at San Francisco of the copra loaded st Solomon Islands the Defiance was to have loaded lumber at Columbia River for Australia. , The Defence wai a wooden Rrhoone-r of 526 tons. , She was built, at Hoquiain (Washi~s»ton). in 1697. and owned by the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. . Her dimensions were:■ Leneth, 179 ft. Bin.; beam, 37ft. 7in.; and depth of hold, 18ft. 7in. SCHOONER'S 'LONG VOYAGE. ARGOSY LEMAL AT ADELAIDE. After a voyage - extending over • seven months, the auxiliary schooner Argosy Lenial reached Adelaide on February 1. The vessel, which is only 254 tons gross and 206 net, left West Hartlepool on June 24 last for South Australia,

SPRUCE FROM ALASKA.

FIRST SHIPMENT AT SYDNEY.

The big American five masted barquentine Anne Comyn. with the first shipment of spruce from Ketchikan (Alaska), arrived at Sydney late on January 27. and was towed" by the tusr Heroic to an anchorage ■ off Point Pipe?. This lumber is produced by the Ketchikan Power Company, and with adequate transportation facilities it is expected that a steady export movement will be developed , . ' . Considerable parcels of Alaska spruce have been shipped to the United Kingdom within the last six months, and the next steamer to load at Ketchikan for Australia will be the steamer Isonomia, with 1,500.000 ft., and a third vessel , will-follow later on. GWRTHEYRN CASTLE. SOLD TO COLONIAL BUYERS. The barque* Gwrtheyrn Castle, 751 tons register, which left London on November 19. for Sydney, has been purchased by Messrs. Scott Fell and Co., on behalf of the Southern Coal Owners' Agency. The (rwrtheyrn Castle -was formerly one of It. Thomas and Co.'s fleet, which included th» | Owvdir Cnstle. 'Cop.w<»v Castle, Jlolhadem , Castle. Rhuddlan Castle, and other well- : known Australian traders. Some years ago ! the Gwrthcyrr Castle . was sold to Italian I buyers, and during the war she was sold ■ s<»ain.to Finnish owners and renr>m<>d Tra. The new owners have again changed her ; name back to Gwrtheyrn Castle. In her days this old clipper made manv voyajres ffnm Glasgow to Sydney and Newcastle, with, an occasional trip from Mauritius. AUSTRALIAN FLEET. SOME SHIPS FOR SALE. The Director of Naval Intelligence has an' nounced that, the battle cruiser. Australia, the light cruiser Brisbane, the destroyers Swan, Tnrren®, Pprra.matta, Yarra. Wirrego, Hucn. Swordsman, Success, and, Tattoo, and the sloops Mallow. Marguerite, and Kurrumba are to be paid, off. The Brisbane. after complete refitting, will relieve the Sydnev in the fl n et. The non-effective ships for disposal are the hulk Penguin, the lisht cruiser Pioneer, and the yacht Franklin at Sydney; the bulk Clem a tie at Geelonrr; and the submarines J3. J2, J4, J5. J7. J3. The Naval f Department stated that there wns nothing sensational in this announcement. -There was insufficient money to keep th vessels fully manned and they would be eligible for recommissioning again at short notice. . '

GERMAN STFAM-PR AWARDED SALVAGE.

With the mark covering, around 8000 to the dollar, German shipowners lucky enough to salvage a vessel in distress are in a position to enrich themselves • almost beyond the dreams of avarice in their own native currency. A striking illustration _of the fabulous profits to be made in bringing a disabled vessel to safety was afforded • last month when the British Admiralty Court awarded the Hamburg-American liner Fuerst Buelow the sum of £ 4200 for towing to a safe haven the Greek steamer Antonips Stathatos. which broke her rudder shaft ,in mid-Atlantic durintr bad weather last Mav. At the rate of exchange prevailing on the day the Court rendered its decision the sum awarded amounted to 147,000.000 marks, or more than the Hamburg-American Line's entire pre-war capital. This recalls the case of a steamer which arrived at Hamburg and had to make a deposit of 20 per cent, in connection with a general average claim, says an Eastern exchange. This denosit was paid in marks which were immediately exchanged into sterling and sent to London. The final statement of the claim has just been compiled, and a return has to be made, but owing to the fall in the value of the mark, those who made the denosit in Hamburg received a balance which, in marks, considerably exceeds the amount of the original deposit.