SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18589, 27 December 1934, Page 3

SHIPPING

POST OP QI3BQBNB The Wainui is to, load for. Napier and Gisborne, leaving! Dunedin oh January 8, woiling Oamaru and Timaru on January 9, Lyttelton on January 10, thence Wellington. The vessel- is hue at Gisborne about Tuesday, January 15. The New Zealand Shipping Company s liner Rangitata is to load at Gisborne about- January 9, taking frozen meat, butter, wool and general cargo for London. She loads at Tokomnr-u Bay about January 11> or 13. The Kent is- to load frozen meat, wool and general cargo for- United Kingdom ports at Gisborne, about January 4. The Cambridge is expected to arrive at Gisborne about January 7 to load frozen meat and general cargo for- London, Avonmoufh, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. The Remuera is to load at Tokomaru Bay about February 4, taking frozen moat and wool for London,. The C. and D. Line motor-ship PortChalmers, which arrived at Auckland yesterday from Launceston, comes on to Gisborne after loading at the northern port. She is due here about Wednesday next. The Pukeko loads at Auckland on Wednesday and Thursday of next week for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier. She is expected, to arrive here on Saturday, January 5. * The Awnhoii loads at Wellington, on January 2 and 3 for- Napier and Gis- , borne. The Margaret W. loads at Auckland on Thursday next for the Coast and Gisborne. The vessel, is expected to dis-. chfirge here on January 5. 1 The two new motor-ships building lor the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line for the Australian trade will differ from the laronga, which 'made , her maiden voyage early this year, inasmuch as' they will ■not bo fitted with the Maier-form bow. It is proposed ,to make further experiments with- this type of how on the Tarouga before fitting it- to new ships. The two new- vessels, which ape being built at Mnlnio, and Gothenburg, will ha,ve a larger gross tonnage, than lbe Taronga, anc) are expected at Sydney about September next year. Accommodation will be. provided for 12 pas- • The new motor-ship Tnaster,, which is being built in Scotland! for th,e British Phosphate Coromisimm, will probably be completed about February and Will arrive- in Australia in, April,. Of approximately- 8000 tons, register the piaster will have accommodation for 40 passengers. She. will replace t.hft eornmm* sion’a steamer Na.uyu Chief in the montlily seryico between. Qc.ean Island, Nauru. Island and Melbourne. , Tha Director-General of the. Post ana Telegraph Department has received adyice. from, TutuiJa, via Awarua ra,dio, stating that, the steamer Beplaw's had been, reported in distress at 1.50 p>®. last Thursday in lot. 48.08, north, long. 155.53 west. Her dismantled top mast was fouling her propeller an.d she was endeavoring to clear it. _ Her ventilator coamings had been carried away and a lifeboat had been smashed, while a large, portion of her cargo of 70ft. logs had been lost overboard and were dangerous, to navigation. A later message stated that her propeller had been cleared and; she was trying to proceed to the, nearest, port for repairs. ATLANTIC WATERS SCRAPPED LONDON, Nov. 14. Two trans-Atlantic liners, the Minno tonka and the Minnewasjca, have- been sold for brcaldng-up, it was announced to-day. The vessels are 10 and 11 years old respectively, and have been laid up at • Antwerp tor nearly a year by- the. International Merchant Marine. Both vessels were put into service by a British transports line. The- Minno, topka is of 21,w!3 tons, and the Minne. waska is of 21,716 tons-. The liner France has been sold tor junk. , The ©Ace-luxurious ship has- been, bought by wreckers and will be towed to Dunkerque to be broken up. Most of the furniture in her first-class-rooms was transferred to the Maison tvs France in New York. SHIP 9QI# TO JAPAN In the. current issue of “Fairplay,’’ the sale of the A.U.S.N. Company’s steamer Masarloa to Japanese interests foij £IO,OOO "is announced. Formerly : known as the Erromanga, the Maranoa was built at the. Commonwealth dock yard, Newcastle (N.S.W.b in 1921. She •is a vessel of 3359 tons gross, and traded inter-State until she was registered at Suva last year. PLEASURE CRUISE Carrying 300 passengers the Union Steam* Ship Company’s liner Monowai, which was given a festive farewell from Auckland on Monday night, arrived at Whangaroa in bright sunshine early next morning, on the first stage of hei* northern cruise. A happy Christmas Day was spent in the beautiful landlocked harbor. "Passengers spent the day in launch trips, fishing and swimming. Many climbed St. Paul’s Rock, whence, in the. clear afternoon magnificent views were' obtained. To murk Christmas Day' gaily-decorated Christmas trees were placed in tho pnblic rooms and a Christmas cake was cut during a specially at- | tractive dinner by Captain A. 11. Davey. pictures, dancing and a bridge tourna- ' ment followed. Tho Monowai .sailed later for Russell. ! WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE Auckland.—Akaioa, Cambridge, Cornwall, Golden State, Kargmeg, Kiwitea, Mariposa, Maui Pornave, Monowai, Niagara; Op aw a, Oropsay, Toorak, and Waipaly. Wellington.—Akarpa, Aorangi, Mamarij Monterey, Nucula, Port Chalmers, Rangatira, Bangitane, Remuera, Ruahine, Tamahine, and Waliine. Awarua.—Abel Tasman, Canadian Constructor, Kalingo, Maheno, Makura, Maunganui, Ngakuta, Poolta, Waikouaiti, and Waipawa.