SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18581, 15 December 1934, Page 3

SHIPPING

POET- OP GISBORNE DEPARTURES Friday, December 14 Waimea, s.s., 3.45 p.m., 504 tons, 0. C. Waters, for Napier. Awahou, m.v., 4.50 p.in», 410 tons, C. W. C'oldicutt, for Lyttelton. Margaret W, m.v., 5.25 p.m., 394 tons, J.. 11.. Owen, for Auckland, via Mahurangi Heads. Port Campbell, s.s., 10.45 p.m., 8308 tons, Thrower, for Wellington.

Tlie "Waimea completed the discharge of her Auckland cargo here yesterday and after loading sailed for Napier, from which port sho is to ho dispatched for Auckland to-day in order to load on Monday and Tuesday next for Gisborne and Napier. The Wainui is to load for Napier and Gisborne, leaving Dunedin on Monday, working Oamaru and Timarn on Tuesday, Lyttelton on Wednesday, thence Napier,; The .steamer is due at Gisborne on'Saturday, December 22.

The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Norfolk was expected to complete loading frozen meat and wool at Tokmaru Bay this morning and to sail early this afternoon for Auckland The Aorangi, from Sydney and Auckland, left Suva yesterday lor Honolulu and Vancouver.

The Niagara, from Vancouver and Honolulu, leaves Suva on December 21 for Auckland and Sydney. The Maunganui, from Sydney, via ports, arrived at Sail Francisco yesterday. The vessel leaves on the southward trip ou December 19j file, Makura,. from San Francisco, via Papeete, Rarotonga and Wellington, arrived at Sydney to-day. The vessel sails On the northward trip ou December 20. The Sultan Star, which made such a smart voyage from London to Wellington, met, a heavy south-westerly swell and strong winds after passing the Panama Canal. Her steaming time was 29 days 10 hours, and her,average speed 16.21. knots. The Sultan Star is known as one of the speediest ships in the New Zealand trade and holds both records between England and New Zealand. Her outward record of 28 days 12 hours was made between London and Gisborne, and her fastest Home run, from Auckland to London, occupied 29£ days. The Shell Company’s Coast tanker Paua left- Wellington at, 11.15 a.m. yesterday and is expected to arrive at Napier this morning. She comes on to Gisborne later, commencing discharge on Tuesday. The vessel has ; bulk and case motor spirit and fuel oil for this port. • Three scows arc reported to be en route to Gisborne from northern ports. The Altair is bringing motor spirit from Auckland, while the Seagull and the Moa have posts from North Auckland. The C, and D, Line steamer Port Campbell completed her Gisborne loading last night arid sailed at 10.45 o’clock for Wellington and Lyttelton. The vessel will be dispatched fr’om Lyttelton on December 29 for London, via Cape Horn and Montevideo. The Port Campbell’s loading at Gisborne consisted of 1460 carcases of mutton, 24,835 carcases of lamb-. 6324 boxes of butter, 248 carcases of pork, and 995 bales of wool. The Pukeko worked Whareponga and Hicks Bay to-day cn route from Napier to Auckland. The vessel loads at Auckland on Monday and Tuesday for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier. The Awahou sailed at 4.50 p.m. yesterday for Lyttelton. She will load at the South Island port on Monday for Waikokopu, Gisborne and the Coast, and at Wellington on Tuesday for Napier and Gisborne. , The Margaret W. cleared Gisborne at 5.25 p.m. yesterday with sheep for Mahurangi Heads, North Auckland. On Monday and Tuesday the vessel will load at Auckland as usual for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. The lightering units Tiroa and Karoro will now remain on the Coast instead of returning to Gisborne to-morrow morning, in order to assist in the loading of the G. H. Scales vessel Benreoch, COASTAL SHIPPING HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS The holiday arrangements in connection with the coastal vessels trading to Gisborne are as follow: The Pukeko will leave Napier on Friday, December 21, for Auckland, where she ties up until after the New Year. The vessel will load at Auckland on January 2 and 3 for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier. She will discharge hero on the Friday night and at Napier on the following day, returning thence to northern ports. The Awahou leaves Gisborne ou Friday, December 21, for Wellington, where she will remain until after the holidays. She loads at Wellington on January 2 and 3 for Napier and Gisborne. The vessel is- expected to discharge and load at Gisborne on Saturday, January 5. The Waimea works Gisborne on December 20 and Napier on the following day, and. then proceeds to Auckland to lay up for the holidays. The Wainui, which arrives here cn Saturday, December 22, sails for Dunedin, where she is to commence loading for Napier and Gisborne. The Margaret W leaves Gisborne on Thursday next for Auckland, via Mahurangi Heads. The vessel will remain at Auckland unnl the following Thursday, when on completion -of loading she departs for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Ray, ■and Gisborne. She discharges and loads 'here on Saturday, January 5, and is expected to arrive at Auckland on the Monday morning, in order to load again as usual for the Coast and Gisborne. The G. 11. Scales chartered vessel Benreoch leaves Napier about 11 a.m. to-morrow for Gisborne. She commences loading wool here on Monday morning and will sail in the afternoon of the

same day for Tolaga Bay.to continue and thence Wellington, Lyttelton and Timaru. She will be dispatched from the last-mentioned port on. January 5 for Dunkirk, London and Hull. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Suva.—Dec. 14: Arrived, Aorangi, from Auckland. , Suva.—Dec. 15: Sailed, Aorangi, fior Vancouver. Sydney.—Dec. 14: Sailed, Marama, 5 p.m., for Auckland. Wellington.—Dec. 14: Sailed, Paua, 11.15 a.m., for Gisborne. Napier.—December 15: Arrived, 6.15 a.m., Waimea, from Gisborne. London.—Dec. 14: Sailed, Remnera, from London; Akaroa, from Balboa. 'Sydney.—Dec. 15: Arrived, 4.30 a.m., Makura, from Wellington. «