PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 20487, 15 May 1928, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

ARRIVED. —May 13, 1928. S.S. Kurow (Captain Watson), 2625 tons, from Dunedin, at 8.15 a.m. S. S. Opihi (Captain Whitefield) 1117 tons, from Westport, at 1.50 a.m. S.S. Calm (Captain Manson) 523 tons, from Lyttelton, via Timaru, at 9.25 p.m. SAILED. S.S. Calm (Captain Manson) 523 tons for Dunedin (to sail midnight). VESSELS IN PORT. M.V. Zealandic. S.S. Kurow. S.S. Opihi. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kaituna, Westport, to-day. Hurunui, London, May 17. Manuka, Dunedin, June 2. Karetu, Sydney, June 6. Port Curtis, New York, June 11. Port Sydney, Melbourne, June 11. Canadian Challenger, Halifax, June 25. W’aikawa, Vancouver, June 25. Taranaki, London, June 27. Northumberland, Liverpool, July 6. Canadian Challenger, Montreal, OctobeJ 20. Mataroa, London, indefinite. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kurow, Wellington, to-night. Zealandic, to-day. Opihi, Port Craig, to-night. Kaituna, Dunedin, May 17. Hurunui. May 19. Manuka, Melbourne, June 2. Karetu, Dunedin, June 7. Port Curtis, June 12. Port Sydney, June 14. Canadian Challenger, June 27. Waikawa, June 25. Taranaki, June 27. Northumberland, July 7. Canadian Challenger, October 21. Mataroa, indefinite. GENERAL NOTES. The S.S. Rita arrived at 4.45 yesterday from the Hazelburg Group with II tons of fish. The S.S. Calm arrived from Lyttelton, via Timaru, on Sunday evening. She is discharging 150 tons of general cargo and loading 250 tons of milk, grain, cereals, etc., and was expected to sail last evening. Arriving from Auckland, via northern ports, the Kurow is discharging about 800 tons of sugar and general cargo and loading I, tons of general cargo including paper, milk, grain, cereals and machinery. She is expected to sail Wednesday. The ss. Opihi arrived from Westport with 600 tons coal. On completion of discharge she sails for Port Craig to load timber for the north. She is expected to sail to-day. The schooner Brittania (C. Hanson) arrived from Halfmoon Bay at noon Sunday with 300 cases of frozen fish. The cutter Comet (W. Bailey) arrived from Ruapuke with a full load of flax fibre. The Oreti was expected to load at Port Chalmers yesterday for Halfmoon Bay. She then proceeds to Dunedin where she loads on Friday, due back at Invercargill on Saturday leaving for Port Craig on Sunday. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the Calm which arrived yesterday morning, sailed last evening for Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Wanganui. Messrs J. G. Ward and Co., local agents for the A. and A. Line, advise that the Pipiriki is scheduled to sail from New York on May 22, loading at Montreal prior to New York. The Opihi is expected to sail late to-night for Port Craig, afterwards proceeding to Dunedin. The Kurow sails for the north this evenThe Kaituna, according to advice from the Union Shipping Co., was to sail from Dunedin last evening for Bluff where she is due to-day, sailing on Thursday for Wellington direct. The Waikawa is due at Bluff on June 23. After completing loading at San Francisco and Vancouver, she was expected to leave Los Angeles yesterday. The Hurunui from Port Chalmers is due at Bluff on Thursday. The Northumberland from London is due at Bluff early in July. The Canadian Challenger left Montreal on May 1 with Canadian cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. The vessel is due at Auckland about June 10, and about June 25. The Zealandic is expected to sail this evening from Bluff. The Manuka left Wellington on Saturday for Melbourne, leaving there on the 23rd for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. After leaving here on June 2 she returns to Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin and then withdraws for her annual survey. She resumes at Dunedin on July 11, sailing that day for Melbourne via Wellington. No alteration has as yet been advised in the itinerary of the motor vessel Taranaki which is scheduled to leave London on Friday being expected at Bluff towards the end of June. The Raranga loads at Wellington on the 26th taking Bluff cargo by coastal transhipment for New York, Boston and London. Messrs Henderson and Co. announce that the Port Sydney from Australian ports is due at Bluff on June 11 to load refrigerated and general cargo for London and that the Port Curtis is also due on the same day to discharge general cargo from London and New York, afterwards loading for London and West Coast of the United Kingdom ports. DREDGE CONDEMNED. The Harbour Board’s Preestman dredge, after undergoing survey in dry dock at PortChalmers has been condemned as unfit for

further service. The dredge was built in Dunedin in 1867, and fitted for bucket dredging. Later she was altered and the buckets superseded by the Preestman plant. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within wireless range last evening:— Auckland.—Fernlane, Queen Eleanor, Waipahi, Maunganui, Omana, Nuela. Wellington:—Maori, Wahine, Ngaio, Arahura, Tamahine, Marama, Niagara, Aorangi, Maimoa, Pleiodon, Mesopotamia, Maui Pomare (via Apia), Manuka, Kia Ora, Wairuna, Kintyre, Kawatiri, Wirral. Awama.—Zealandic, Karetu. Chatham Islands. —lonic. NEW STEAMER ARRIVES. (Per United Press Association.) Napier, May 14. The Pukeko, Richardson’s new steamer has arrived from London. The vessel is intended for the coastal trade. She left England on March 8. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. Auckland, May 14. Arrived. —Hororata 7 a.m. from Wellington; Tofua 2.40 p.m. from Fiji. Sailed.—Nucla 2 p.m- for Marquesas Islands. Wellington, May 14. Arrived.—Pakura 9.40 a.m. from Napier; Makakana 1.5 p.m. from Auckland. Sailed:—Progress 5.20 p.m. for Dunedin; Totara 5225 p.m. for New Plymouth; Wingatui 5.25 pjn. for Lyttelton; Wahine 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton.. Lyttelton, May 14. Arrived—Canadian Transporter 7.35 a.m. from Wellington. Sailed.—Maori 8.20 p.m. for Wellington; Breeze 9 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, May 14. Arrived. —Holmdale 1.50 a.m. from Wellington; Corinna 7.45 a.m. from Wellington; Hurunui 11.30 a.m. from Auckland. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) San Francisco, May 13. Arrived:—Tahiti.—Australian Press Association. Panama, May 13. Arrived:—Port Napier.—Australian Press Association. Colon, May 13. Sailed.—Henninius. —Australian Press Association. San Pedro, May 13. Sailed:—O.A. Nudsen.—Australian Press Association. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Newcastle, May 14. Sailed.—Omana for Wanganui and Kalingo for Auckland.—Australian Press AsI sociation.