SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18593, 2 January 1935, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT- 01* GISBORNE

ARRIVALS Tuesday, January t

Altair. aux. scow, 8 p.m.. 67 tons. F. Rolf, from Auckland.

Wednesday, .January 2 Port Chalmers, m.s.. 6 a.m., 6534 tons, S. W. .Hayter, from Auckland.

The Rcmuera is to load at Tokomaru Bay about February 4, taking frozen meat and wool for London.. The Aorungi leaves Vancouver to-day for' Honolulu, Suva, Auckland and Sydney. The Niagara leaves Sydney to-morrow for Auckland, Suva. Honolulu, and. Vancouver. - -

The Maunganui, • from San Francisco, Papeete, and Rarotonga, arrives at Wellington on January 7, and sails the next day for Sydney. The Makura, from Sydney, Wellington and Rarotonga, left Papeete on Monday and arrives at Sail Francisco on January 11.; The Kaimai is to load for Napier and Gisborne, leaving Dunedin on Tuesday next, working Oamat'u and TJmaru on Wednesday, Lyttelton on Thursday, t hduce Wellington. The steamer is expected to arrive at Gisborne about Wed; nesday. January 16.. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Cambridge (Captain R. Williams) is expected to arrive at Gisborne from Auckland about Monday next to load frozen meat, wool and general cargo for United Kingdom ports.-

The call at Gisborne of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner. Rangitata has been cancelled. The Rangitatu now proceeds from Napier to Tokomaru P.ay to load about January 9, taking frozen meat and wool for London. , The Port Chalmers arrived at 6 a.m. to-day from Auckland and was to commence loading' frozen meat, butter and wool for London at 1 p.m. On completion of working here she proceeds to Napier, New Plymouth and Wellington to continue loading. The Ptikeko is expected to leave Auckland to-morrow night with Cargo for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier. She should discharge here oti Saturday and at Napier on Monday, after which she returns to Auckland.

The Awaliou should leave Wellington to-morrow night for Napier and Gisborne. She is due here on Saturday, and is expected to sail that night for L-Vttelton. .

Tlie Margaret W. which loads at Auckland to-morrow for Tokomaru Bay. Tolaga Bay and Gisborne, is due here oil Saturday. ,

The Altair arrived at 8 p.m. yesterday after a good run from Auckland. She commences the .discharge of her cargo oft motor spirit to-morrow ,and is expected to sail oil Friday night- for Auckland with empty -drums. Over- a hundred requests for Si passage on, the maiden voyage of the CunardWhite Star liner Queen Mary have, already been received by offices of the steamship’company' l in the- various parts of the world. Nowhere has public interest- in tiie colossal new. ship, now being completed at Clydebank. Scotland, been greater -than- in- the United .States and Canada, where: many applications for the. first trip of the ship, are being kept- on the file. i-While.no definite ’announcement of the date when the. Queen. Mary, will, enter tile trails-Allan tic service had vet been, made.by Cnnacy.-.Wliite.' Star officials, it is * generally expected that it, will be some time early in 19361 Since details of the passenger accommodation of the ship are not yet known,' it lias not, been possible to,'open berthing books and assign the applicants to definite staterooms. ‘The first application' for accommodation was made as early as July, 1931. , : r -o,• After lying idle in . the stream at Auckland .since, she arrived . from Seychelles Islands’on November.- 27 the steamer Orangenioor-nvill berth at King’s Wharf to-day to commence discharging her cargo- of guano. ■ The demand for fertilisers is> seasonable and the Onnngcmoor arrived ahead of her scheduled charter owing to her having had to lotid' at Sfychellck. 'lslands diivriWlthe months fyhtjTi suit’aljile rv-eatlier. prevails,, After ’ unloading the Auckland portion of the cargo ,sho will proceed: to New Plymouth to complete discharge, y-

PAKURA RECOMMISSIONED

The l’akura, which- has been under reconstruction- at; Lyttelton, for some month, during which time she has been converted from a steamship to a motorship, was recommissioned on Thursday. She was expected to sail on Saturday for Auckland, where she will relieve tiie Pukeko in the: northern"Loastal trade. The conversion of the l-akura has been tiie largest job obits kind .yet- undertaken in New. Zealand. Captain G. WColdicutt is in command of the, Pakura, and -his officers are .--—Chief officer;-. Mr. G. Gunn; second, Mr.: A. J. Moody,; chief engineer, Mr. 11. Murdoch; second, Mr. A. Willcocks; third, Mr. M. J. Whit*,..' .. - ........ ...

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Sydney.—Dec. 31: Arrived, Monowai, 1.30 p.m., from Auckland. Sailed, Port Alma, for New Zealand.' : Fremantle—January 2: Arrived, Mongolia, from London. • e ; WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE

.Auckland,: llauraki,. ,Horarata. Indion, Kalingo, Maui Pom'nre, Norfolk, .Omana, Port. Alma, Sultan Star,' Waipahi, and Wanganella. . . Wellington : Armadale, Bronxville, Golden State, ICimiro, Mahana, Nucula, Port Brisbane, Port Campbell, Pori Chalmers, Rangalira, Eaiigitane, Reamera, Rotorua, Rualiine, Sydney Maru, Tamaliine, and Wabiiie. •" Awarujt; Abel (Tasman, Makura. Maunganui, Monowai, aud/Poolta.