SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18858, 8 November 1935, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE , ARRIVALS Friday. November 8. Pnkeko in.v., 1.50 .a.m., 7.°a". tons, ft. Jones, from Auckland. Tiroa, s.s., .">.2."i a.m., lM(i tons. .1. \V. 11. Holmes, from Napier. DEPARTURES Thursday, November 7. Margaret \V\, in.v., It) p.m.. 3 ( J4 tons, J. R. Owen, for Auckland. The W'ainui is to load for Napier and Gisborne. leaving Bluff on Monday next. Duncdin on Tuesday, working O'amaru and Timaru oil Wednesday, and Lvltelton on Thursday, thence Wellington. The steamer is expected to arrive at Gisborne on Wednesday. November 20. The Kaimai is expected to load coal at West port to-day and complete at. Creymouth to-morrow for Wellington, Napier and- Gisborne. The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rangitiki (Captain 11. Barnett) is due at Tokomaru Bay about Tuesday next to load wool for London. The Pukeko arrived at 1.50 a.m. today from Auckland, via Hicks Bay and Tokomaru Bay. Included in her cargo discharged at this port were 4~> logs for the Gisborne Box Company and an eight-ton mechanical navvy, consigned to Mr. King, contractor on the Gentle Annie Hill road reconstruction work. The I'ukcko completes discharge and loading this afternoon, when she sails for Napier. via Waikokopu. The Awahou arrived at Wellington this morning from L'ytteltoii, and is to load to-day and to-morrow for Napier and Gisborne. The ship is due hero on Tuesdav.

The Koutunui is expected to arrive at Gisborne to-night from Hicks Bay and Tolftga Bay. The vessel has cement from Portland to discharge here, and on completion proceeds 10 Napior.

The Margaret W r sailed at 10 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is due to-morrow morning. On -Monday and Tuesday she loads there for Toko maru Bay, Tolaga Bay and Gisborne. she is due back at Gisborne on Thursday next.

The Tiroa arrived at Gisborne al ."i.l'.j a.m. 10-day from Napier. The C. and D. Line steamer Port Chalmers leaves Napier this evening for Gisborne, and will commence loading at this port to-morrow morning. She is to clear Gisborne the same day for Auckland to complete for London. The 0. and D. Line steamer Port Caroline will now load at New Plymouth instead of at Auckland.-. She was due at. New Plymouth yesterday from I imam, and will leave again on November 13 for Gisborne, Napier and Wellington to complete. The vessel is to clear Wellington on November 23 for Loudon, via. Cape Horn and St. Vincent.

The first of five, overseas pleasure iTiiise ships lo visit New Zealand this sninmer—the Stralhnavcr —is "due at Auckland from Sydney on November 22, and four members of the Tourist. Department will leave Auckland to-day lo meet this vessel at Sydney. All five ships-will follow the same itinerary, Auckland and Wellington being the only ports of call in New Zealand. In addition to the overseas cruises, the usual coastal trips will be" undertaken by trahs-Tasman ships. Ju February a lluddart, Parker ship will carry passengers from Auckland to ihe Bay of Islands and North Auckland, and during the same month the Wanganella and Monowai will cruise to Milford Sound.

The Egyptian Government, has deruled in commission Sir Cyril Kii'lt■ pa trick io <j,o lo Cairo in November Ik advise on essential improvement i" Alexandria Harbor, whore lack of quay space is impeding commercial development. The Government have agreed In put into execution any scheme that Pit Cyril may advise, aiiil the cost of the project is estimated at JGLOCOXXX). It is understood that the ilatnhnrgSouth Atnericati Line are about to place orders for four cargo motorships ol 10.000 tons gross. In the first seven months ol tins voni' the Aiiglo>Sbvief Shipping Colli paiiv. Limited, chartered 2ff9 vessels ol 1.577.C06 inns, of Which 135 nf 760,87.1 ions were British. The total amount due for freight is estimated at £LtM4,l7i, nf which the amount due to British owners is estimated at £531.521/111 the corresponding period of last year :i totai o? 364 vesisels of 2.314,105 tons were chartered, and the amount paid was p. 1.489,990. Of these. 22.? vessels of 1 427.880 tons were British, and the freight received by British firms was £919,412. The Orient Steam Navigation Company, which recently took delivery of the 24,00(1 ions liner Orion from Vk-kers-Armstrongs, Limited, has entered into a contract with the .same firm to construct another liner similar in size and power to the Orion for the London-Australian passenger service. The two new cargo motor-ships ordered from .Messrs. John Brown and Company, Clydebank, by the New Zealand Shipping Company, will he each of about 10,000 tons gross. The vessels are to be planned on the style of Ihe Federal Line's motor-ships Otaio, Opawa and Orali, but the gross tonnage will .he greater. The capacity for refrigerated cargo on each vessel will 'he about 428,000 cubic feet, and the capacity for general cargo will be nbout 243,000 cubic feet. Diesel machinery of the Lnxford type will be installed on both vessels. They will be ready for service between Great Britain 'and New Zealand at the end nf 1 030.

Lloyd's Register for 1935-38 lists 31,000 ships. It comprises all the seagoing vessels of 100 tons or more. During the last 12 months there Ims been a decrease in the steam tonnage owned in the world of 1,330,040 tons, nn increase of 700,l(if> tons in the motor tonnage, and a decrease in the tonnage of sailing vessels and non-propelled craft of G0,16n tons, making a net deerease of (500,040 tons in the total tonnage for the woihl. AUGUST CASUALTIES The casualty returns lor August this year, issued by lite Liverpool Underwriters' Association,, show that during lb;!I period three British steamers, one foreign motor ship and three , foreign steamers were totally lost, a total of seven vessels, compared with four in the same month last year. The three British Steamers were the Seindia Steam Navigation Company's I'liirmeslan, 3035 lons gross, which foundered at. Kyankpyu nfl or striking the Reliance" Shoal: Melhilhill. 1970 tons, owned by M. Taylor, which was abandoned on lire in the North Atlantic; and Southern Railway's Princess Kna. 11911 tons, which caught lire and sank oil' Jersey (C. 1.- TnP largest foreign steamer was the Japanese Rata via Main. 4393 ions, owned by the Osaka Shoscn Kaisha, which was wrecked on Depend Reef, while Ihe Creek Lal;is Nmnikos, T)27 lons, was wrecked on Xcxos Island, and the Norwegian Beryl. 1130 tons, was wrecked' near Dakar. The Swedish motor ship

(luntiaren, 3229 tons, was wrecked on Swona Island, in the Pontland Firth. Among the partial casualties there were three big British vessels. The Donaldson Atlantic liner Letitia. 13.475 tons. received dnmngje by strahding near Donaghadee and the Cunard White Star liner Laitlentie. 18.724 tons, and Blue Star liner Napier Star. 10.110 tons, collided jlisf outside the entrance to the Mersey.

SHIPPING TfcLEGJtAMS Sydney. —Nov. 7: Sailed, Aorangi for A aide land. Wellington.—Nov. 7: Arrived, Wai nut, o.fiO p.m., from Gisborne. Wellington.—November 0: Arrived 0.25 a.m., Pakura. from Gisborne.. Snva.—Nov. fj; Arrived, Cap* York from Sydney.