PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 19345, 10 September 1924, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

SAILED. —Tuesday, September 9. — Kurow, sa. (10.30 a.m.), 2625 tons, Baldwin, for Newcastle. VESSELS IN PORT. Tremere, sa. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Canadian Constructor, Adelaide, to-day. Port Denison, Port Kembla, to-day. Whangape, Oamaru, Friday. Calm, Lyttelton, Saturday. Kaitoke, Wallaroo, Saturday. lonic, Lyttelton, Saturday. Doonholm, Dunedin, Sept. 20. Moeraki, Dunedin, Sept. 22. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Canadian Constructor, Dunedin, to-day. Tremere, Port Kembla, Thursday. Port Denison, Dunedin, Friday. Whangape, Sydney, Saturday. Calm, Dunedin, Saturday. Kaitoke, Dunedin, Monday. lonic, Napier, Monday. Moeraki, Melbourne, September 22. NOTES. The Kurow sailed yesterday morning for Newcastle direct. The Canadian Constructor, from Adelaide, is to berth at Bluff to-day, and will load general cargo for American ports. On completion here she goes to Dunedin, and is expected to get away to-day. The Port Denison left Port Kembla on Saturday night for Bluff, and is due here this afternoon. After loading 20,000 freight carcases of frozen meat, 200 boxes of butter, 800 bales of wool and a quantity of general cargo for London, she will sail on Thursday night or Friday morning for Lyttelton, Napier, Gisborne, and Wellington.

The Tremere, now discharging cargo from New York, is to sail to-morrow for Port Kembla, South Australia.

The National Mortgage & Agency Co., Ltd., local agents for the Shaw Savill & Albion Line, advise an alteration in the loading dates of the lonic. She is due now on Saturday from Lyttelton to load for the United Kingdom, and sails on Monday for Napier and Wellington, leaving the latter port on September 26 for Southampton. The Whangape is due on Friday from Oamaru, and sails on Saturday for Sydney. The Waipori is due about the end of next week with coal from Westport and Greymouth. The Calm is due at Bluff from Lyttelton with cargo next Saturday. It is hoped to get her away again the same night for Dunedin and the north. ORETI BAR-BOUND. The Port Craig Timber Co.’s steamer Oreti has been at the Invercargill wharf for several days now, being unable to sail for Port Craig on account of the New River bar being unworkable. It is hoped to get her away to-day for Dunedin, it having been decided to omit this call to Port Craig, and she is due back again on Saturday or Sunday with general cargo, after discharging which she goes to Port Craig to load timber. KOTARE FOR PORT CRAIG. Messrs D. W. McKay, Ltd., the local agents, advise that the Kotare was expected to leave Dunedin yesterday for Port Craig, where she will ship a timber cargo for Dunedin. PORT CHALMERS FOR BLUFF. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Chalmers is to leave New York on September 15 with cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due at Auckland about October 20. TURAKINA FROM LONDON. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Turakina is scheduled to sail from London to-day, with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Lyttelton, and Bluff. MOTOR-SHIP HAURAKI. The Union Company’s motor ship Hauraki, which sailed from Wallaroo on Wednesday afternoon with wheat for discharge at Lyttelton and at Auckland, is expected at Lyttelton to-day. After discharge at Auckland the Hauraki will proceed to Fanning Island, Vancouver, and San Francisco to load late in October and early in November for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, and possibly Brisbane. WAIRUNA FROM ’FRISCO. The Union Company’s steamer Wairuna, from San Francisco, is due at Auckland on September 23. and at Wellington a week later. She will discharge cargo at Auckland and Wellington, and will complete unloading at Sydney and Melbourne. The Wairuna loaded at Vancouver, Union Bay, Powell River, and San Francisco. PORT CAROLINE FOR AUCKLAND. The C. and D. Company has received cabled advice to the effect that the Port Caroline sailed through the Panama Canal on Tuesday last en route from London. She will call at Suva on her way across the Pacific to land part cargo, and should arrive at Auckland about September 30 with general cargo for discharge at Auckland and Lyttelton. The vessel will load in New Zealand for England during October, and will be despatched finally for London early in November. TRANS-PACiFIC CARGO SERVICES. UNION COMPANY’S STEAMERS. The Union Company advises the following movements of vessels of its transpacific fleet:— Hauraki, sailed from Vancouver on Wedneeday for Lyttelton and Auckland. She

is due at Lyttelton on Thursday next. After completing discharge at Auckland the vessel proceeds to Fanning Island, thence to Vancouver and San Francisco, to load late in October and early in November for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, and possibly Brisbane. Waiotapu, from Auckland, is due at Vancouver about September 17, and later proceeds to San Francisco to complete loading for Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney. Wairuna, from Vancouver, Union Bay, and Powell River, sailed from San Francisco on August 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle. She is due at Auckland about September 24. Waikawa, from Newcastle, clears Fiji early this week with a cargo of sugar for Vancouver, and thence to San Francisco to load during the latter part of September and early in October for Napier, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Trelyon, from Vancouver, Union Bay, and San Francisco, left Aucldand on Thursday for Melbourne, Sydney, and Newcastle. She is due at Melbourne about Thursday next. The vessel returns to the Pacific Coast during the latter part of September to load at Vancouver and San Francisco early in November for New Zealand and Australia. • FIRST DIESEL ELECTRIC TUG. SOME NEW FEATURES. The first Diesel electrically-propelled tugboat ever built was completed by the Pennsylvania Railroad System recently. The distinctive feature of the propelling mechanism consists of two Winton Diesel oil-burn-ing engines, each driving a Westinghouse generator to supply the electric current which is then utilised by a Westinghouse 575 shaft horse-power motor to drive the screw propeller 125 revolutions a minute. The tug differs from all others ever constructed, not only by reason of being propelled by electricity, but also in the fact that the pilot directly controls the propelling machinery as well as the steering apparatus, instead of transmitting signals calling for full-speed ahead, stop, astern, etc. He directly controls the propelling motor by means of levers in exactly the same manner as the motorman of an electric car controls its speed.

The tug is 105 feet in length with a 24foot beam and draws 12 feet of water. It will be used for general purposes in New York Harbour, including the handling of car floats between Jersey City and various terminals cf the Pennsylvania Railroad System. It will be tried out also between Cape Charles and Norfolk with the idea of developing tugs of similar design for this service. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. AUCKLAND, September 9. Arrived —Wanaka, from Wellington. Sailed—Mapu, for Picton; Kawatiri, for Devonport (Tasmania). LYTTELTON, September 9. Arrived—Maori, from Wellington; Flora, from Timaru. Sailed—Canopus, for Westport; Maori, for Wellington; Flora, for Napier. DUNEDIN, September 9. Sailed—Kaiwarawara, for Timaru.