NEW STEAMER FOR WANGANUI TRADE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18543, 2 May 1922, Page 4

NEW STEAMER FOR WANGANUI TRADE.

The Chrietohuroh Sun states that advice h«« been received that tho firm of R. S. Lamb and JJo. (Ltd.), owners of the Ihumata and the Joan Craig, well-known intercolonial colliers, have purchased a steamer considerably larger than the Ihumata, which it is intended to use in the Wanganui service. It is stated that tho now steamer ie 700 tons larger than the Ihumata. The new vessel ia to be put on not only because of /the development of the trade, but principally because tho increased depth of water ot the eutranpe and in the channel to Castlecliff enables a much larger class of vessel to be used in ‘the trade* PIAKO LEFT PANAMA. A cabled message received by the New Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Piako left Panama on the 12th April for Auckland, ©n route with cargo from St. John and New York. The vessel is due at Auckland about Friday, and at Wellington a week later. ATHENIC LEFT COLON. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company has been notified by cable that their liner Athenic left Colon on April 21 for South- (* mpton and London, en route froni Wellington. Tho vessel sailed from Wellington on March 29. ORARI AT MONTEVIDEO. Cable news has been received by the Now Zealand Shipping Company that the_ Oran arrived at Monto Video on April -a from Wellington, en route to London. The vessel loft Wellington on April 2. RARANGA FOR LONDON. The Shaw, Bavill, and Albion steamer Raranga left Wellington for London on Thursday afternoon, via Cape Horn. Of her total cargo of 1713 bags of copra 1521 were damaged by tho fire in her after hold, an* 65 bales of wool and 12 bales of hemp, which were damaged by water, had also to be left behind to be reconditioned before being loaded by another steamer. The which was mad© of the vessel showed that she was not damaged as regards seaworthiness. PERSONAL. Mr J. Henderson has joined the Ripple in tho capacity of second engineer, vice Mr J. Gibb. . „ „ Mr 3. D. Jordan has signed on the Mamma aa fourth officer, succeeding Mr JWulshe, who has joined the Whakatane. Mr H. Martin, lately third' engineer of the Wahine, has signed on the Maram* in a similar position, succeeding Mr A. Smith. Mr A. Jardino has relieved Mr L. Barrett as electrician on the Marama. SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION COMPANY. Tho Waimana is to leave Wellington tomorrow for Gisborne, Napier, and Auckland, from which last-named port she is to take her departure for London on May 14. Captain A. J. Charman is master of the Waimana, and the officers are as follow:—Chief, Mr J. M. Cameron; second, Mr W. O. West; thud, Mr J. Hart; fourth, Mr V. Bowling; chief engineer, Mr T. Hunter; second, Mr C. Adams; third, Mr R. Evans; fourth, Mr D. Swan; fifth, Mr S. Carter; sixth, Mr W. Mayer; seventh, Mr H. Russell; chief refrigerating engineer , Mr J. Bainhridge; second, Mr F. Burnett; surgeon, Dr S. Fleming; first wireless operator, Mr J. Skinner; second, Mr A. C. Webb; third, Mr A. Hewitt; chief steward, Mr J. Bradford, NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. Tli© New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice of tho following movements The Wiltshire left Liverpol on April 22 f©r Auckland, Wellington, 'Lyttelton, and Dunedin, via Colon. The Huntingdon, from London, via Panama, arrived at Wellington on Saturday. Periodicals will arrive here by the Wanaka on Thursday. The vessel has cargo for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, and should reach Port at the end of the week. Transhipments ex the Lygnern. from Gothenburg, Messina, Christian Sand, and Christiania, arrived here by the Wingatui on. Sunday. TAIROA FROM LONDON. The National Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., local agents for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, has received further cabled information that the Tairoa left London on April 27 with cargo for Port Chalmers or Dunedin direct. She will now call at Lyttelton from Dunedin or Port Chalmers to complete discharge. Coming out via Panama, she is due here about June 6. She will berth at the Dunedin wharves if her draught permits. NEW ANTWERP-AUSTRALIA SERVICE. It is reported from Antwerp that the Nor-wegian-An stvalian Line will shortly open a regular monthly service between Antwerp and Australia. At the present line Antwerp possesses nine services to Australia, four of which ar© under the British flag. PORT MELBOURNE LOADS. The C. and D". Line steamer Port Melbourne arrived at Napier on Thursday from Newcastle for Homeward loading. Tho vessel will proceed next to Gisborne and Wellington, arriving there on May Iff. She will sad from Wellington on May 13 for London, via Australia. , HAURAKI’S LOADING. Cabled news has been received by th© Union Company that the new motor ship Hauraki .arrived at San Francisco on the 25th inst. from Glasgow, via Colon. Tho vessel will load at Vancouver and San Francisco for New Zealand and Australian ports. TAINUI FOR LONDON. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion linen Tainui is duo back at Wellington on Thursday from Timaru to complete Homeward loading. Sh© will leave Wellington at daybreak on May 10 for Southampton and Lopdon, via Panama. , NEW C, AND D. LINERS. Like the majority of British shipping companies trading to Australasia, the Commonwealth and Dominion Line suffered severely during tho war, and consequently the fleet was depleted. The losses thus sustained made way for th© placing of larger, faster, and more up-to-date vessels in the trade. However, since 1918, tlie company has gone ahead with a big shipbuilding programme, and ae f, result controls some of the finest cargo steamers coming to the common wealth, The year 1918 saw the advent of th© Port Denison, which was followed in 1819 by the Port Adelaide, Port Bowen, Port Caroline, and Port Nicholson. They are all turbinedriven vessels. A year Inter the Port Kemhla was added to the fleet. This year should_sce the Port Auckland. Port Campbell, Pori. Hardy, Port Hunter, and two other afeamers which have not yet been named, placed in commission. These vessels will have a deadweight carrying capacity of 12,000 tens. When these vessel# are placed in tjie trade the fleet will consist of 30 fast and up-to-date steamers, and shippers should have little cause for complaint so far as tho Commonwealth and Dominion Line is concerned. Instead of a tri-weekly service/ as at present, maintained from London and New York to Australasia, the company intend* in the very near future to inaugurate a fortnightly service from both these centres to the commonwealth. GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION PACIFIC COAST-AUSTRALASIAN SERVICE. Commencing with the sailing cf the s.s. Sydic. from Pacific Coast ports last month, tho General Steamship Corporation will employ in it*, regular monthly cargo service between th© Pacific Coast and Australian and New Zealand ports steamers from the fleet of tho .Transatlantic Steamship Co., Gothenburg, including th© modern cargo carriers Sydic, Roxen, Boren, and Tolken, nil of about 7000 to 8000 tons. These vessels will take th© place of tho U.S. Shipping Board’s steamers, which up to the present have been engaged in the General Steamship Corporation’s service. The subsequent sailings from Pacific Coast ports are a* follows: — Roxen, May; Boren, June; and Tolken, July. Vessels operated by the General Steamship Corporation of San Francisco will call at any of the following ports to discharge or lo*d providing there is sufficient inducement:—Auckland, Nanier, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Timaru, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle. Messrs Neill and Co. (Ltd.) are tho local agents.