VESSEL'S LONG VOYAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20978, 15 September 1931, Page 10

VESSEL'S LONG VOYAGE.

THIRTY-MINE PORTS VISITED. , ICE AND TROPICAL HEAT. Since leaving England at the beginning of March, "1930, the Bank Line motorship Nairnbank, which is now at Auckland, has travelled 91,500 miles and visited 39 ports in 15 countries. From Falmouth the vessel proceeded to Tampa, Florida, to load coal, and then to Galveston, Texas, to load cotton and od, a further quantity of oil being loaded at San Pedro. The cargo was discharged at Yokohama, Kobe and Osaka, in Japan, and also at Sohojin, in Korea. Next, the Nairnbank proceeded to Calcutta, Rangoon and Colombo, whore Indian produce was loaded for South African ports. The next stage was to the Philippine Islands, whore tobacco and copra were loaded for Trieste, Marseilles, Barcelona, Santancler and Bilboa. After discharge the Nairnbank went from Bilboa to Vancouver, where a wheat cargo was loaded for Shanghai. From Shanghai sho went to Nauru Island and loaded a phosphate cargo for Adelaide and Wallaroo. When the phosphates were discharged she loaded another wheat cargo for Shanghai at Port Pirio and Adelaide. After it was discharged sho returned to Australia and loaded a third wheat cargo for Shanghai before she went to Ocean Island to load her present cargo. Remarkable variations of temperature were experienced during the Nairnbank's voyaging. When proceeding from Vancouver to Japan last February stormy weather and wintry conditions prevailed. The temperature fell to 15 degrees, or 17 degrees below free/.ing point, and the vessel was thickly coated with ice. The conditions wore a contrast to the tropical heat which was afterwards experienced when the vessel "visited India. An exciting period of the voyage was when the Nairnbank was at Barcelona during the riots in Spain. A considerable amount of rioting occurred near the waterfrom whero the vessel was berthed and the crow watched the conflict between the soldiers and rioters, when shooting was done by both soldiers and rioters and numbers of combatants were killed. After discharging her phosphate cargo at Auckland and Wanganui tho Nairnbank will go to Queensland to load for Great Britain. During tho early part of tho voyage tho vessel carried British officers and engineers and an Indian crew. When sho visited Shanghai on tho second occasion tho Indians were replaced by a Chinese crew, which tho officers prefer to Indians. Captain W. W. Elliott, the master of the Nairnbank, is accompanied by his wife and three-year-old son.