SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 5

SHIPPING

POET OF GISBORNE ARRIVALS Saturday, February 24. Pakura, s.s., 9.20 p.m., 700 tons, W. Ciark, from Tauranga. Sunday, February 25. Dunedin, cruiser, 9.45 p.in., 4850 tons, P. B. R. W. William-Powlctt,' from Russell. DEPARTURES Saturday, February 24. Altair, aux. scow, 3.15 p.m., 67 tons, F'. Roff, for Auckland. Margaret W., m.s., 3.40 p.m., 394 tons, .7. R. Owen, for Auckland. Sunday, February 25. Akina, trawler, 2.30 a.m., 42 tons, J. Holt, for Napier. Pakura, s.s., 10.15 a.m., 700 tons, W. Clark, for Lyttelton. The Waimea, which is loading' for Gisborne and Napier, is expected to leave Auckland at 5 p.m. to-morrow and to arrive here on Thursday morning. The Poolta, with southern produce, is now at Napier. She is on Wednesday morning, and on completion of discharge and loading is to return to Wellington, thence Bluff to commence loading again for Napier and Gisborne. The Kini, with coal for Wellington and Gisborne, left Greymouth at 5 p.m. on Saturday, and is to complete at Westport to-day. The vessel is due at Gisborne about Saturday next. Tite New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Middlesex is to load at Gisborne about March 9, taking frozen meat, butter, and general cargo for New York, Halifax, and London. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitiki, from Auckland. is due at Tokojnuru Bay about Wednesday to load frozen meat, wool, and general cargo for London. The Pakura loaded sheep hero yesterday morning and sailed for Lyttelton. Alter discharging at tho southern port she returns to Tolaga Bay to load another consignment of sheep ior Lyttelton. The Awahou was to commence loading at Wellington to-day. The vessel leaves to-morrow for Napier and Gisborne. The Pukeko, which was originally set down to load at Auckland to-day for the Coast, Gisborne, and Napier, is to take in cargo at Portland to-day and complete at Auckland to-morrow. The Margaret W. cleared this port for Auckland on Saturday and was to load there to-day. She departs to,morrow for Coast bays, and Gisborne. The Tiroa sails to-morrow afternoon for Tokomaru Bay, where she is to assist in the lightering of tin* Rangitiki. The C. anti 17. Line vessel Port Nicholson is. to leave Auckland early on Wednesday morning for Gisborne. At this port "she is to load meat for west coast ports of the United Kingdom. The Akina sailed at 2.20 a.m. yesterday for Napier. The vessel arrived here on* Tuesday afternoon and was taken on to the slip the following morning to undergo survey and overhaul. The Altair completed the discharge of her shipment of motor spirit here on Saturday and after loading empty drums sailed for Auckland. The Blue Star liner Doric Star is duo at Gisborne to-morrow morning to commence loading meat and general cargo for London. A recent cargo of scrap steel received in South Wales from the United States called for comment, as it was the. first for many years. British freight market reports, however, include advice that a steamer has been fixed to carry 4700 tons of scrap iron from New York or Philadelphia to Hull for January loading. It appears strange that while Britain is exporting increasing quantities of scrap, she is also importing the same commodity on a considerable scale. Exports for li months of 1933 were 227,450 tons; while the imports for the same term were 69,184 tons. The Auckland tug Purau, which lias been owned for some years by McCollum Brothers, Limited, shingle merchants, has '"ecu purchased by Mr. .1. M. Logie, of Te Kamvhatil, and the vessel will in future he engaged in the crayfish trade, acting as a tender for other vessels. At the present time there are 13 vessels under construction at Swedish shipyards. aggregatin'? 63.000 tons gross. Orders on hand total four mrgo ships of 19.100 tons. Of the ships under con. struct ion or on order, five of 11.4C0 tons are for Swedish owners, nine of 58,000 lons for Norwegian account, two of ’o.4o'' tons for French, and one of 2300 tons for Italian account. All the tankers —'■even in number, with an aggregate of 49 4"0 tons—have been ordered hv Nor"■egrinn owners. Tn, the present year 13 -bins of 56 160 t-nt have been launched fr~m Swedish vards.

A report from Option states that the Italian Line has decided to replace the T)iesel engines of the Augustus, the laiwst motor-ship in the world, with steam turbine mnrhinery. The Augustus, which is 30.418 gross tons, was commissioned in 1927. She has four sets of two-cycle (Jouble-acting six-cylinder engines, which develop 28,000 b.h.p,, to

give the ship a speed of 20 knots. At present the Augustus is engaged on the South American route. PANAMA CANAL MISHAP SMALL STEAMER SINKS The Royal Netherland cargo steamer Jirion, of 761 tons, while passing through the Panama Canal waterway, sank on January 21 in Gatuu Lake, half a mile south of the lock. She is the first vessel to founder in canal zone, waters. Captain W. 11. Holding and a crew of 22 were rescued by Panama Canal launches. The foundering followed upon unsuccessful attempts to beach the vessel after she had developed a dangerous list. With her bow touching the bank she listed further to port and gradually submerged. The sinking was believed to have been due to a leak which caused flooding of the hold SHIPPING TELEGRAMS London. —Pel). 24: Arrived, Rangitatn, at London; Niagara, at Vancouver; Rangitnno, at Colon; sailed, Cumberland, from Curacao. Sydney.—Feb. 2.1: Arrived, Monowai, from Auckland. Auckland. —Feb. 2.1: Sailed, 11.M.5. Veronica, 11.110 a.m., for Chatham. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE Auckland: Elinbaiik, Golden Cloud, Kaliugo, Laburnum, Middlesex, Nogoyn. Port Alma, Tamarna, Tekoa, Veronica, Wangnnella, Willy, and Wjrrnl. Wellington : Anglo-Canadian. Canadian j Leader, Diomede; Doric. Star, Franconia, Ilororata, Marama, Orari, Otaio, Rangatira, Rangitane, Remuera, Tamahine, j Wabine, Waibemo, and Zealandie. Awarua: Rear of Oakland, Discovery 11, Karepo, Karetu. Kiwitea, Mnhnna, Makura, 1 Maunganui, Waikonaiti, and Wai nu i.

Air passengers making week-end trips between London and Paris will no longer require passports. Such is the effect of n decision• reached by the British and French authorities i