SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 3

SHIPPING

POET OF. GISBORNE

The Wainiu (Captain T. S. Mac Nichol), with southern cargo, is expected to leave Napier late to-day and on completion of discharge and loading here to-morrow to return to Wellington, sailing thence for Bluff to commence loading again next week for Napier and Gisborne. The Bata is expected to load coal, posts and timber at. Westport and Greymouth to-day and to-morrow respectively for Gisborne. The Margaret W. arrived at Auckland on Sunday morning and after loading today and to-morrow sails for the Coast and Gisborne. The Pakura is due at Gisborne to-mor-row morning from Napier, and will leave later for Lyttelton. The Pukeko sails from Auckland tonight for Waikokopu and Napier. The Awahou leaves Auckland to-night for the Coast and Gisborne. When the three-ton anchor of the motorship Limerick was dropped in New Plymouth harbour on Friday to assist in swinging the vessel into nor tiie pin securing the. anchor to the cable snapped and the anchor was left. on. the. seabed in deep water. The berthing of the 8000-ton. vessel proceeded and later the Harbour Board’s dredge Paritntu recovered the. anchor. , The Limerick on this voyage, has suffered a. series of minor misfortunes. Between Los Angeles and Auckland the ship encountered a boisterous, gale during which a. hawser was washed overboard and fouled a, propeller. Examinations at Auckland and Wellington revealed that the hawser was wound so tightly on the propeller that it could not he freed without, the ship being docked. When the Limerick was placed in the Jubilee Floating Dock at Wellington, still laden, she provided the dock with the heaviest lift so lav undertaken, about 15,00,1 tons.

Nearly 11,000 tons ot’ petrol for the Shell Company is being unloaded at Auckland from the Swedish motortanker lvalmia, which arrived from Singapore on Friday. Ii is the largest, cargo of petrol to lie unloaded from one vessel at Auckland. It, is exceptional for tankers to discharge a full cargo of petrol at Auckland, tin 1 shipments usually being; for tire.main ports in New Zealand. SHtPPINQ TELEGRAMS London.—Sept,. 19: Departures, from Colon. Rangitane and Northumberland: from Monte Vidro. Poit Darwin: from Toneriffe, Malaknna. Dunedin.—Sept. 2l ; Arrived. Holmdale, at 5.80 a.in., frorn Wellington. WITHIN WrRBtEdS RAJTGE Auckland: Gahriella, Knikorai. Kaiwarm. Mat.tin, Maui Pomare, Waipnlu. Anglo-Canadian.. Cumberland. Elmwnrth, llororota. Monterey, Olive-bank, and Uotnrna. Wellington: Maori, Matai, Rangatira, TamnhiviOj Leith. Nucnln, Wellington, Aorangi, Kalin,go, Niagara, Ashburton, Cape Horn. Chiefuku Marti, Comlie.ba.uk, John Knud,sen, Mariposa. Napier Star, Rangitata, Rangibikei, and Remuera. Awarua: Ka.re.lu, Trinster, Waikouaiti, Wattganella, Cambridge, Canadian Challenger, Dunedin Star, Hertford, Mooli an, Narbada, Ormonde, Queen

Mary, -South Africa, Strathaird, and Thovhilil. Chatham Islands: South Sea.