SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18467, 4 August 1934, Page 3

SHIPPING

POET OP GISBORNE The YVaimea loaves Auckland on Tuesday for Gisborne and Napier and is due here oil Thursday morning, sailing later for Napier. Tlic Wainiii leaves Wellington at is p.m. to-day for Napier, thence Gisborne.She is due here on Tuesday or Wednesday, sailing later for Wellington, taking cargo- for all southern ports. The Kartigi, now loading, at Newcastle, is due here about August 13 with coal and general cargo. The Rata, with coal from Westport and Greymouth, is expected to leave the latter port to-dav for Gisborne and Napier. \ Tho New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitane is due at Gisborne about August 22 to load frozen meat, wool and general cargo for London. The Aorangi, from Vancouver. Honolulu, and Suva, arrives at Auckland on Monday and sails the next day for Sydney, where, she is due on August 11. The Niagara, from Sydney, Auckland. Suva and Honolulu, arrives at Vancouver on August 10. The Makura, which left San Francisco on Wednesday, leaves Papeete on August 11 for Rarotonga, Wellington; and Sydney. The Mnuiiganui, from Sydney, arrives at Wellington ori Monday, and leaves next day for Rarotonga, Papeete, and San Francisco;

The lbikeko left Wellington at 6 p.m. yesterday with cargo for Napier, Waikokopu and Gisborne. The vessel rs to work Napier on Monday, Waikokopn on Monday night, and Gisborne on Tuesday. She proceeds thence to Portland and Auckland and will load at the lastmentioned port on August 13 and 14 for the 'Coast, Gisborne and Napier. The Awahou is on route from Napier to Auckland, where she will load on Monday and Tuesday for Coast bays. Gisborne and Napier. She is due here on Thursday next, and after working the Uawkes' Bay port on the following day sails for Lyttelton anil Wellington.

The Margaret W. was due at Auckland this'morning with sheep and cattle from Gisborne. On Monday and Tuesday she will load at Auckland for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. She is due at this port again on Thursday.

The Ivontunni is expected to arrive today with general cargo from Wellington. After discharge the vessel loads for Wellington.

The Cnriard liner A'quilania, which arrived at Southampton from New York recently, beat her own record for I tie Atlantic crossing, doing the journey in 5 days 13 hours 40 minutes, at an average speed of 23.92 knots. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Kumara, formerly the ITo'rati us, arrived at Wellington on Thursday to load for Great Britain. A point of special interest in the ship is that she has been fitted with propellers of a now type, similar to those which will be fitted on tho new Cunard liner No. 534, which is to bo launched in September next. The. propellers have three- blades, and arc streamlined to give maximum driving force with minimum effort. When the Kumara arrived at Sydney in February last direct from Cardiff it was reported that the ship had made a fast and economical voyage due to the new propellers which had' been fitted to her iust previous to the trip. The Kumara was reconditioned by the Shaw, Savill Line at the end of last year after IraViiipf been out of . commission since December, 1929.

When tho .Sluiw, .Savill and Albion Company’s motor-ship Karamea arrived at Port 'Chalmers on Thursday from Townsville. North Queensland, she disembarked a passenger who made an involuntary trip across the Tasman Rea. Ito is a Torres Strait pilot who was “Over-carried.” Owing to bad weather she was unable to drop the pilot whohad brought her (lo»*p inside the Great Barrier Beef, arid wlio was to have left her in the vicinity of Cape Morel-on Ilk therefore, had to come on to New Zealand in the ship. The incident recalls! the extraordinary adventure of an English pilot who took a sailing ship from London down the English. Channel, arid was actually carried on to Australia. Owing to a heavy gale and thick weather the pilot was unable to leave Unship, which was bound to Adelaide. She sighted no other vessels during her passage, which occupied nearly 109 days. The pilot returned to England by a mail steamer' after an absence of five ni'onths. In view of the depression in the North Atlantic trade, both passenger and cargo, the report of Uie Norwegian America Line for 1933 is interesting, especially as tile undertaking paid a dividend of 4 per cent., arid is in the enviable position of having no debts. The fleet is only A small one. with a total gross measurement of 85,745 tons, but the two passenger vessels Stavangerfjord and Bergensfjord on their 18 west-bound and 17 east-bound trips during last year carried 3863 passengers outward and 5151 homeward between Norway and New York. Tins is a drop of 25 per cent, from their 1932 carryings. As the total traffic, .however, declined from 1,246,C00 to 572,000, or 54 per cent., the Norwegian lino must he regarded as having done fairly well. With regard to cargo business the company handled 382,000 tons, compared with 2f75,000 tons in 1932!. Subject to the approval of the Registrar of Shipping, the new Australian inter-Stnte passenger motor-ship to be built at the Belfast yards of Messrs Harland and Wolff, Limited, for Messrs MoIlwraith, MiEaeheru, Limited, will he named the Kanimbla after a tiilte of aborigines in tho Blue Mountains. It is estimated that the cost of the vessel, which will be of 10,000 tons, will be ££oo,ooo. Accommodation will he provided for about 2CO first and 200 second class passengers and ample deck room for tennis courts, sun deck, and dancing floor. On arrival of the new vessel early in 1936, the Karola, whose place she will take, will either be used for cruising exclusively, or will be sold.

The Iluddart, Parker liner Zealandia is at present undergoing an extensive overhaul and renovation in Sydney. Hot water will be installed in every first-class cabin, arid a number of additional singleberth deck Cabins will be built. The smoking-room will bo enlarged and with the first-class lounge will be remodelled and refurnished in .modern style.

The tonnage of vessels to pnss through Sydney Heads during the year ended June 50, 197)4, totalled 9,471,324 tons. Of that toniyige, 6.026,716 represented'overseas ships, 2,025,329 interstate ships, and 1.419.279 coastal. An indication of improving trade is shown in the increase of ,33.557 tons over last year, representing 327) more vessels. During the year 59 fewer outgoing pilots were engaged and 55 fewer inward pilots.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Auckland. Aug. Arrived, 2 a.m., Margaret \Y., from Gisborne. I.ondoh.--August. 7>: Arrived, at Glasgow, Port Sydney : at New Voile, Cana diati Scottish and Cangdian Cruiser. Sailed, Makura. from San Francisco; Rotorua, from London. Sydney.—August 4 t Arrived, at Newcastle, AniiUio, from Auckland. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE A nek! an 1 1. —JIauvak i, liangit arie, Diomede, Aorangi, Dunedin, Fiona, Lady Chariot to, Mamma, Matnkaiia, Tekoa. and Waipahi. Wellington.—-Fiscus, Maori, Rangatira, Tamaliine, Abel Tasman, ICnmarn, Laburnum, Mariposa, Maui Pornnvo, Monterey, Niagara, Nnrula, Orari, Port Brisbane, Rangitatn, Rangitiki, Wanganella, Brisbane Maru ( Mnungamii, and

Rangitane; Awarna.—P,m)inru s Maw, Canadian Victor, Kara moil, Mannganni, Port, Fnirey, Wnikmiaiti, Maknra. Mafai. Opnwa. Tarvti, and Wnitaki.