SHIPPING, MAILS AND WEATHER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23280, 24 February 1939, Page 4

SHIPPING, MAILS AND WEATHER

PORT OF AUCKLAND MATAROA DUE TO-NIGHT Wireless advice from tho Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mataroa states that she will arrive at tho pilot station at Auckland from London and South ampton at nine o'clock to-night. She will berth to-morrow morning, landing 4 J Pa ThS g M.A.N.Z. Line motor-ship Kaimata, from, St. John and Halifax, berthed yesterday morning at Queen s Wharf. She is expected to sail tomorrow afternoon for Wellington, Lyttclton, Timaru, Dunedin and Jilutr.

YESTERDAY'S ARRIVALS Hauiti (1.30 a.m.), from Port Whangarei (2.30 a.m.), from Lyttel (on; Ranginui (4.30 a.m.), from Whangarei, Tulioo (0.30 a.m.), from P a "°% T . ' _ Parolo (5.40 p.m.), from North; Motu (J.io a.m.), from Portland. YESTERDAY'S DEPARTURES Kawau (4.20 p.m.), for Coromandel. Pono (5 p.m.). Thames; Kaimai(o.ls p.m.), for Westport; Bonak <7.15 m.), tor Hokianga; Ranginui (10.30 p.m.;, Whangarei. VESSELS DUE TO-DAY Mataroa, from Southampton, I) p.m. Kapiti, from Tauranga morning. Kawau, from Coromandel, 4.30 P-m. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY Wairangi, for Wellington, 5 p.m. Waipiata, for Wellington, afternoon. Matthew Flinders, for Wellington, evening. Kapiti, for 'J'auranga, 4 p.m. Paroto, for Matakana. noon. VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND Intercolonial and Coastal Kopara, East Coast, February 27. Matua. Wellington, February 27. Waiana. Wellington. February 27. Waipori, Sydney, February 27. Korowai, Nowcastlo. February 28. Port Waikato, Lyttclton. February 28. Wanganella, Sydney. March 3. Kartigi, New Plymouth. March 2.

Overseas Mataroa, Southampton, February 24. Komata, linmingham. fcbruary r o. Ranzitiki, Lyiteiton, February 20, to >oaa. Port Darwin, Port Kcmbla, February 26. Port Hunter", Gisborno, February 20, to load.^ Empiro Star, Dunedin. 1< cbruary - , Tolten, Los Angeles, February _-7. Capo of Good Hope, Bunbury, March 2. Forresbank, Wanganui, March «i. Susana, Bunbury, March 4. Frankfurt. Sydney. March o. Titanian, Antwerp. March 5. Port Brisbane. New York. March 0. Niagara, Vancouver, March 0. Bvdnev Maru. Wellington. March 0. Edward F. Johnson. San Francisco, March S. Rangitata, London. March O. Strathallan, Brisbane. March 10. Belinda. Bahrein, March 10. Cornwall. Liverpool. March } Port Halifax. Halifax. March 13Kent, Wanganui, March to . load. Ambassador. linmingham, March 1 *. . - • City of Glasgow, Napier. March 10. to load. Tairoa, Antwerp, March 10. Niagara, Vancouver, March Maetsuycker. Saigon. March 1 \'~ Mariposa, San Francisco. March 17. | Fordsdale. Liverpool. March 1.). Arthur F. Corwin. Sumatra. March .0. Dortmund. prlcans March _3. Naniwa Maru. Kobe. March 23. City of Brisbane, New \° rk -. M *T cn -b. TrCvanion. Los Angeles. March 2< ■ Killoran. Seychelles, .. Dominion Monarch, Wellington. April 1. Aorangi, Vancouver. April -• Trojan Star, Liverpool. April o. Adelfoi Chandria, Sfax. April ». Frankfurt, south. April 10, to load. City of Delhi.. Halifax. April 11. Rotrcreveen, Sfl.i~on. April 11* Port Halifax. Wellington. April !-, to load. Kansitanc, Wellington. April 14. Monterey. Son Francisco April 14. Trcsrarthnn, New York, April Jb. Akoroa. London, April 20. Hertford. Liverpool, April 21. Limerick. Los Angeles. April 23. Taranaki. Liverpool. April 2b. Narbada, Calcutta, May 3.^ Port Alma. London. May /. H.M.S. Achilles, Portsmouth. May S». Port Montreal, Halifax. May 10. City of Kimberley. New \ork. May 10. EARLY SAILINGS FROM AUCKLAND Intercolonial and Overseas Pierre L.D.. Sydney. February 24. Loch Don Port Kcmbla, Febrnary 25. Kairanga, Nowcastle, February 27. Matua. Rarotonga, February 2S. Wanganella. Sydney, March 3. Monterey, San Francisco, March 6. Niagara. Sydney, March 7. Awatea. Sydney, March 14. Citv of Glasgow, New York. March 16. Mariposa, Sydney, March 17. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND Awatea. left Auckland February 22; due Sydney February 25; leaves Sydney Februan 25) due Wellington February 28. Wanganella. leaves Sydney Febrnary 25: due Auckland March 1: leaves Auckland March 3; due Sydney March 7. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE Niagara, left Vancouver February 15; duo Auckland March 0; leaves Auckland March 7; arrives Sydney March 11. Aorangi, left Sydney February 10: arrived Auckland February 20: left Auckland Februa'y 21: due Vancouver March 10. Monterey, leaves Sydney March 3; arrives and leaves Auckland March 6:' duo San * Francisco March 21. Mariposa, leaves San Francisco Febrnary 28; arrivis and leaves Auckland March 17; duo Sydney March 20. BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS Mataroa. left Southampton January 20: due Auckland February 24. Rangitata. left. London February 2; duo Auckland March 0 Arawa. left Southampton January 27: duo Wellington March 0. Dominion Monarch, left Southampton February 17; duo Wellington March 25. Rangitane. leaves London March 2; duo Wellington April 5. UNION CARGO VESSELS Jvairnnga, leaves Auckland February 27 for Newcastle. Kartigi, leaves Westport February 24 for New Plymouth, Auckland and Portland. Korowai, left. Newcastle February 23 for Auckland and Napier. Waiana, left BlufT February 23 for Lyt- # telton. Wellington and Auckland. Waipiata, leaves Auckland February 24 for Wellington, Picton, Lyttclton, Dunedin, _ Oamaru and Timaru. Waipori, left Sydney February 22 for Auckland. Waitaki, loads Sydney about February 28 for Auckland and Wellington. VESSELS IN PORT Devonport—H.M.S. Leandcr. H.M.S. Philomel. Princo's Wharf—Windsorwood (A.G.F.), Waipinta (U.S.S.), Opawa (N.Z.S.), Matthew Flinders (N.S.S.). Queens Wharf—Kaimata (N.Z.S.), Pakeha (A.S.P.). Central Wharf—Pierro L.D. (F.C.A.), Wairangi (L.D.N.). King's Whart—Adelfotis (R. and S.), Kal(U.S.S.), Port Whangarei Western Wharf—Loch Don (U.S.S.). Chelsea—Celtic Monarch (S.L.). OVERSEAS SHIPS Incoming Mataroa, left, London January 10 for Auckland (due February 25) and Wellington. Komata, left Immingham January 10 for Auckland (due February 25) and Lyttclton. Port Darwin, left Port Kcmbla February 22 for Auckland (duo February 20), to load. Cambridge left Liverpool January 13 (in ballast) for Napier (duo February 27). to load. Tolten,- left Los Angeles February 4 for Auckland (duo February 27). Wellington and Dunedin. Sydney Maru, left Moji February 1 for Dunedin (duo February 28). Lyttclton. Wellington and Auckland (duo March 0). Thorshov, loft Sumatra February 12 for Wellington (duo March 3). Titanian, left. Antwerp January 10 ror Auckland (due March 5) and Now Plymouth. Franklirt, from New Orleans, via Australia, for Auckland (duo March f>) and Wellington. Port Brisbane. left New York January 31 for Auckland (duo March G), Wellington. Lyttclton and Dunedin. Piako, left Glasgow January 14 (in ballast) for Waikokopu (due March 0), to load. Edward F. Johnson, left San Francisco Feb-

ruary 14 for Auckland (due March 8), Wellington, Nelson and Dunedin. Port Denison. left Cardiff January 19 (In ballast) for New Zealand (duo March

!•), to load. Rangitata, left London February 2 for Auckland uluo March 0) and Wellington. Arawa, left London January 20 for Suva, Lyttclton (due March 10). Dunedin, Hluff and Timaru. Belinda, left, Bahrein for Auckland (duo March 10), Wellington, Lyttclton and Dunedin. Doric. Star, left Lourenco Marques February 14 for New Zealand (duo March 12). ta load. Cornwall, left Liverpool February 1 for Auckland (due March 12), Wellington, L.vttolton and Dunedin. Port Halifax, left Halifax February 10 for Auckland (duo March 13), Wellington, Lyttclton, Dunedin and Bluff.

Maetsuycker, left Saigon February 15. for Auckland (duo March 1G) and WellingTairoa, n 'left Antwerp January 22 for Auckland (due March 10) and New Plymouth. Kurow, left Glasgow February 2 for Lyttelton (duo March IS).

The Union Company's steamer Kalranga, at King's Wharf, will now sail on Monday for Newcastle to load for Auckland.

Expected to leavo Westporl early this morning for New Plymouth, Auckland and Port land, the Union Company s steamer Kartigi should arrive here on Thursday. Tho Sleigh Lino steamer Matthew Flinders, at Prince's Wharf, is expected to sail to-night for Wellington and Greymouth to complete discharge of Australian cargo. The Anchor Line motor-vessel Alexander is due at Onehunga on Monday morning from New Plymouth to load for Nelson, Waitapu and Collingwood. The same company a steamer Kaitoa will reach Onehunga from Nelson on Thursday to load for Nelson, Mapua, Motueka and Golden Bay ports.

Tho Watchlin Line motor-ship Port Whangarei arrived from Lyttelton yesterday morning and berthed at Northern Wharf, later moving to King's Wharf. Under charter to tho Gisborne Sheepfarmers Company she will sail on Tuesday for the East Coast, temporarily replacing the motor-vessel Margaret W. WAIRANCI TO SAIL Tho Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-ship Wairangi, at Central Wharf, will sail to-day for Wellington to continue loading for London. THE LOCH DON ' Tho British steamor Loch Don, at Western Wharf, should sail to-morrow for Port Kembla and Svdney to complete discharge of lumber from British Columbia. THE EMPIRE STAR The Blue Star motor-ship Empire Star, loading for London, is expected to leave Dunedin to-night for Auckland, where she is due on Monday morning. TOLTEN ON MONDAY The Union Company's chartered motor-ship Tolten is scheduled to reach Auckland on Monday from the Pacific Coast, via Papeete. THE KOMATA TO-MORROW Further wireless advice from the Union Company's steamer Komata, en route from Immingham on her maiden voyage, states that she will arrive hero to-morrow afternoon. THE LINER RANGITIKI Expected to leave Lyttelton this afternoon for Auckland, the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rangitiki is due on Sunday afternoon. She will continue loading for London. THE STEAMER PAJKEHA The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Pakeha, loading for London and West Coast ports of Britain at Queen's Wharf, is expected to sail at daybreak to-morrow for Dunedin. PORT LINE STEAMERS The Port Line steamers Port Darwin, from Port Kembla, to load for London and Hook ! of Holland, and Port Hunter, from Gisborne, to load for London, are due at Auckland on Sunday. » THE OPAWA'S DISCHARGE The New Zealand Shipping Company's motor-ship Opawa, at Prince's "\Yharr, is expected to sail on Monday for Napier to continue discharge of cargo from Glasgow and Liverpool. •FORRESBANK DELAYED The Bank Line steamer Forresbank is now expected to return to Auckland from Wanganui toward the end of next week. She will enter dock for cleaning and sail later for Nauru Island. THE PIERRE L.D. The departure for Sydney of the French motor-ship Pierre L.D., which is completing discharge of baSic slag from Ghent at Central Wharf, has been postponed until tomorrow morning. THE MATUA FOR ISLANDS The L'nion Company's passenger motor-ship Matua will leave Wellington to-morrow for Auckland, arriving on Monday morning and sailing at o p.m. on Tuesday for Rarotonga. Nukualofa, Apia and Suva. WAIMARAMA IX BALLAST The Shaw,- Savill «and Albion Company's new motor-ship Waimarama left London on Tuesday in ballast for New Zealand, via the Cape of Good Hope. She is due on the coast ou March 27 to begin loading homeward. THE HUIA'S PROGRAMME The Nobel Explosives Company's auxiliary topsail schooner Huia, at Western Viaduct, made adjustments yesterday at the compass dolphin after her refit. She is expected to move to the powder anchorage to-morrow and sail from there for New Plymouth and Melbourne. TIMBER FROM AUSTRALIA The British motor-ship Cape of Good Hope is scheduled to arrive at Auckland from Bunbury, Western Australia, about Thursday with a cargo of scantling. She will be followed early next month by the American steamer Susana, with hardwood sleepers from Bunbury. BENWYVIS FROM HONGKONG Cabled advice has been received by G. H. Scales, Limited, that its chartered steamer Benwyvis left Hongkong last Saturday for Port Kembla for bunkers. She will proceed to New Zealand to load wool for Dunkirk, London and Antwerp, arriving at Lyttelton on March 21 and completing at Timaru and Bluff. WAIPORI AND KOROWAI Cabled advice has been received bv the Union Company that its steamer Waipori left Sydney at 5 p.m. on Wednesday for Auckland, where she is expected on Monday morning. Tho same company's steamer Korowai was expected to leave Newcastle at midnight last night for Auckland, where she is due on Tuesday, and Napier. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE Tho following vessels are expected to bo within range of tho undermentioned wireless stations to-day:— Auckland.—Matai, H.M.S. Endeavour, H.M.S. Leith, H.M.S. Wellington, Aorangi, Awatea, Komata, Maui Pomare, Wainori, Kozan Maru, Mataroa, Port Darwin, Toiten. Wellington.—Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, Gabriella, Maunganui, Waitaki. Beatus. Cambridge, City of Dieppe, Innesmoor, Port Hunter, Rangitata, Rimutaka, Ruahine, Tainni, Tongariro. Awarua. H.M.S. Wakakura, Kauri, Niagara. Wanganella, Triadic, Triaster, Trienza, Triona, Edward F. Johnson, G. S. Walden, Henry Dundas, W. B. Walker, Anchises, Arawa, Comorin, Jervis Bay, Maetsuycker, Mooltan, Moreton Bay, Nieuw Zeeland, Nieuw Holland, Orama, Orion, Ormonde, Oronsay, Orontes, Otranto, Orcades, Port Dunedin, Strathaird, Strathallen, Stratheden, Strathnaver. PORT OF ONEHUNGA Yesterday's Arrivals.—Houturu (1.5 p.m.), from New Plymouth; Hokianga (1.20 p.m.), from Hokianga. Yesterday's Departures.—Otimai (6.15 a.m.). for Raglan. BY TELEGRAPH NEW PLYMOUTH.—February 03: Arrived—Dunedin Star (6 a m.), from Port Chalmers; Kalingo (7.30 a.m.), from Sydney. WELLINGTON. —February 23: Arrived— Kaikorai (5.50 a.m.), from Sydney; Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed—City of Dieppe (4.5 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON.—February 23: Arrived— Rangatira ((>.-10 a.m.), from Wellington; Parracoinbe (S).4f> a.m.), from Nauru Island; Hoimglen (10.20 a.m.), from Timaru. Sailed— Paua (10 p.m.), for Bluff; Waimarino (12.5 p.m.). for Dunedin; Maunganui (5.15 p.m.), for Wellington-, Hoimglen (0.30 p.m.), for Wellington; Rangatira (5.35 p.m.), for Wellington. DUNEDlN.—February 23: Arrived—City of Glasgow (7,30 a.m.). from Timaru; Port Waikato (1.30 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Erlangen, from Bluff. BLUFF.—February 23: Sailed —Waiana (4.35 a.m.), for Lyttelton; Erlangen (4.35 a.m.), for Port Chalmers. SUVA. —February 23: Arrived —Hauraki (0 a.m.), Sydney to San Francisco. LONDON.—February 21: Sailed —Waiinnrania, for New Zealand (in ballast). TENERIFFE.—February 20: Sailed—Dominion Monarch (London to Wellington). KlNGSTON.—February 20: Sailed—Port Halifax (Halifax to Auckland).