SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18266, 8 December 1933, Page 5

SHIPPING

POET OF GISBORNE ARRIVALS Thursday, December 7 Pakura, s.s., 1.30 p.m., 7CO tons, W. S. Clark, from Auckland, via the Coast, j Tiroa, s.s., 6.20 p.m., 206 tons, J. YV. H. Holmes, from Auckland, via Coast bays. Friday, December 8 Awaliou, m.s., 3.20 a.m., 410 tons, C. W. Coldicutt, from Napier. DEPARTURES Thursday, December 7 Waimea, s.s., 8 p.m., 504 tons, A. 1 1 . Inman, for Napier. Pakura, s.s., 11 p.m., 700 tons, \\. S. Clark, for Napier. The Waimea completed the. discharge of her Auckland cargo here yesterday and sailed for Napier, from which port she is to bo dispatched to-day for Auckland in order to load on Monday and Tuesday next for Gisborne and Napier. The l’oolta is to load for Napier and Gisborne, leaving! Bluff oil Monday next, Dunedin on Tuesday, working Oamaru and Timaru on Wednesday, Lyttelton on Thursday, thence Wellington. The vessel is due at Gisborne again about December 19.

The Titoki, which is loading for Napier. Gisborne and Tauranga, left Timaru yesterday, leaves Lyttelton to-day and "Wellington on Saturday. The vessel is due at Gisborne about Tuesday next. The Kini, from Westport and Greyinoutli with coal and posts, is now at Napier. Tile steamer is due at Gisborne about Monday next.

'file Pakura sailed at 11 o’clock last night for Napier and is due back here to-morrow night. The Tiroa, which arrived from Auckland last night, discharged her cargo today and commenced loading wool for Napier. The vessel is to sail to-night.

The Pukeko loads at Auckland on Monday and Tuesday for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier.

The Awaliou arrived early this morning from Na[ner. Oil completion of discharge and loading the vessel is to sail for Lyttelton, to load there on Monday for Waikokopu, Gisborne and the Coast. She later proceeds to Wellington to load for Napier and Gisborne. The Margaret W. is discharging coal from Westport at Tokoniaru Bay. SI iris expected to saiT on Saturday for Hicks Bay and Auckland, and is to load at the latter port on Monday and Tuesday for Coast bays and Gisborne.

Eleven years ago the steamer Esperance Bay left the builder’s yard at Port Glasgow to make her maiden voyage to Australia as one of the Commonwealth Government Line. On the list of officers the name of Captain R. McKenzie appeared as master and that of Mr. J. Jinks as chief officer. Since then the ownership of the line has changed, but when the Esperance Bay arrived at Melbourne recently from London she still tarried the same commander and chief officer. Including cruising and ordinary voyages between England and Australia, Captain McKenzie and Mr. .Jinks hav« been together on the Esperance Bay for half a million sea miles. The work of reconstructing the small steamer Baroona and converting her into a motor-vessel is nearly completed, and the vessel is to sail from Auckland foi Norfolk Island about the end of next week, after being idle in port for some years. Built at Newcastle 29 years ago "and designed as a trawler, tho Baroona was brought to New Zealand two yean later, and for several years was employed in the passenger and cargo service between Helensville and Dargaville Afterwards the vessel was taken ti Auckland and for a short period traded to the islands. Then slm was sold to Sanford, Limited, and used as a

trawler. Considerable alterations liavi been made below -and on deck, the vessel being litter] witli several cabins and tin foremast from the old mission steamt*i Southern Cross. The Kaliika, which was scuttled at Dunedin this week, was for many year.' a well-known coastal trader. She went ashore on the Waikanae Beach some vears ago and was successfully refloated. Built in 1902 at Troon as t he' Ennerdale. she was purchased some years later by the Maoriland Steam Shipping Company. Limited, and under that name was employed in the West, Coast coal and timber trade, varied by occasional voyages to Australia. When that company went out of business its ships were taken over by the Union Steam Snip Company, and the Ennerdale. was renamed Kaliika. The vessel was laid up at Port Chalmers about three or four years ago. VESSEL ADRIFT TAIL SHAFT BROKEN BRISBANE, Oct. 1. When 110 miles south from Mackav, en route to Brisbane for overhaul, the tender Iceberg, belonging to Australian. Steamships l’ty., Limited, fractured a tail shaft about 2.45 a.m. yesterday. She had drifted five miles off her course when she was signalled by the steamer Jlaralaba, which stood by in a heavy sea till daylight. The Baralaba then towed the iceberg hack to Mackav, *uriving there at 10.40 p.m. The Iceberg was iti danger of losing a propeller, which could not ho secured from inside the ship, but at great personal danger the boatswain, J. Christensen. went over the stern into a rough sea and placed wires round the propeller. MONOWAI EXCURSION ! The Union Steam Ship Company’s s.s. Monowai is to make an excursion trip to the West Coast sounds early in March, and arrangements have been made for the Monowai to include Port Chalmers in her itinerary. The vessel will leave Wellington.on Monday, March 5, for the sounds, and will return to Wellington for dispatch on Friday. March 9, for Sydney. Her departure on March 5 is timed for the evening, and she will arrive at Port Chalmers late the following afternoon, sailing the same evening for the West Coast sounds. Weather and other circumstances permitting, the Monowai will work through Dusky Sound, out of Bregksea Sound, through Doubtful Inlet, out o'f Thompson Sound, finally working Milford Sound on tim afternoon of Wednesday. March 7. The Monowai will steam right, round the South Island, thus pro viduig added interest, for the passengers making the tour. There will he ino alteration in the fares from Wellington to the sounds and return, namely, first saloon, and BA cabin class BLUE STAR LINE Following reports from London that the Blue Star fine has invited tenders for two new motor vessels, each between 5000 and 7000 tons gross register, there is much speculation as to whether these will be commissioned for the Australian and New Zealand meat trade. The two vessels will be fitted with refrigerated space. This will bring the number of large British refrigerated, vessels now under construction for the Australian and New Zealand trade up to seven. It is regarded as significant that several of the company’s present vessels arc undergoing extensive overhauling to conform with modern requirements of the trade. One, the