SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 3

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE ARRIVALS Tuesday, OetolwT 6 Port Hobart, m.s., 7.0 p.m.. 7440 tons, Kippens, from Auckland. I Wednesday, October 7 Puna, tanker, 1.,50 a.m., 1260 tons, T 3. R. Paterson, from Wellington. DEPARTURES Tuesday. October 6 Pakura, m.v., 5.20 p.m., 710 tons, C. IV. Coldicutt, for Napier. The Waimii (Captain T. S. MaoNieol), with southern cargo, is expected to arrive at Gisborne from Napier to-morrow morning, and on completion of discharge and loading is to return to Wellington, proeoeding thence to Dunedin to commence loading again for Napier and Gisborne. The Aorangi loaves*Sydney in-mor-row and Auckland next Tuesday for Victoria and Vancouver, via Honolulu and Suva. The Niagara leaves Vancouver and Victoria to-day for Auckland and Sydney, via Honolulu and Suva. The vessel is due at Auckland on October 20 and at Sydney on October 31. The Mnungamti, from Sydney, Wellington, and Rarotonga, left Papeete yesterday for Sun Francisco. The Mnkura, from San Francisco, Papeete, and Rarotonga, leaves, Wellington next Tuesday for Sydney. • The Shell Company's tanker Paint arrived at 1.30 a.m. to-day from Wellington. She was originally expected to reach Gisborne to-morrow, working Napier on route. The ship, which has n. large quantity of bulk benzine as well as some drum cargo for Gisborne, will clear this port about noon to-mor-row for Napier. The Port Line motor-ship Port Hobart, arrived at 7.S p.m. yesterday from Auckland, and this morning commenced her Gisborne loading. She is expected to be dispatched to-night for Napier and Wellington to complete. The Koutunui cleared Auckland at 0.40 p.m. yesterday for Gisborne. She is due here to-morrow. The Pakura sailed from Gisborne at 5.20 p.m. yesterday for Napier and Lyttelton. The Margaret W. was delayed by rain yesterday afternoon at Auckland and was unable to complete loading. She is to be dispatched this afternoon I for Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay .and Gisborne, arriving here on Friday morning. Advice has been received that the erection of a light, at the entrance to Milforj Sound has been favourably considered by the Marine Department, which is calling lenders shortly for n light to be erected on St, Anne’s Head,, at the southern entrance to the Sound. It is expected that the light will lie in operation before the summer of 1037. According to the returns compiled by the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, ID steel steamers of 34,580 tons gross and 14 steel motorvessels of 37,425 tons gross were added to the register of the United Kingdom in June. Vessels removed from the register included 28 steel steamers of 60,917 toil's gross, of which 13 of 42,305 thus, representing 60.5!) per cent of the steel steamship tonnage removed from the register, were sold to foreigners. In the month the steamers owned showed a decrease of i 26,3.37 tons gross. In the past, six months steamers and motor-ships owned in the United Kingdom have increased from 17,208,406 tons gross to 17,340,525 tons gross (which comparts with 18,802,080 tons gross in 1014). SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Napier.—Oct. 7 : Arrived, at 2.40 а. Pakura. from Gisborne. Auckland.—Oct. 6: Sailed, Kouturuu, б. p.m,, for East Coast bays. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE Aiiddanil.-T-rMatai. Kaifanga. Pori Whangsroi, Waipahi, Cumberland, Oomliebank. Inverbank, Just ilia, Katina, and Olivcbank. Welling! on,—Maori, Ra ngiiti ra. Tama - bine. James Cook, Kuimiro, Kalingo, Maui Potnare, Golden Cloud, Mataroa, Port, Hobart, Rnngitano. Rangitiki, Rotorua, and South Africa. Awarua.—Limerick, Mnkura, Maunganui, Triaster, Waikouniti, Waitaki, Dunedin Star, Eclipse, Narbada, NictiW Zeeland, Orion, and Thorhild.