SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 20495, 25 May 1928, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF BLUFF. VESSEL IN PORT. S.S. Hurunui. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Katoa, Westport, to-day. Manuka, Dunedin, June 2. Karetu, Sydney, June 6. Port Curtis, New York, June 11. Port Sydney, Melbourne, June 11. Karetu, Lyttelton, June 15. Tainui, London, June 20. Kanna, Walpole Island, June 20. Cumberland, Liverpool, June 21. Canadian Challenger, Halifax, June 25. Waikawa, Vancouver, June 23. Taranaki, London, June 30. Northumberland, Liverpool, July 6. Tongariro, Liverpool, September 28. Canadian Challenger, Montreal, October 20. Mataroa, London, indefinite. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Katoa, Westport, to-morrow. Hurunui, Wellington, May 31. Manuka, Melbourne, June 2. Karetu, Dunedin, June 7. Port Curtis, Napier, June 12. Port Sydney, Port Chalmers, June 14. Karetu, Sydney, June 16. Kanna, June 22. Tainui, London, June 23. Cumberland, London, June 23. Canadian Challenger, June 27. Waikawa, June 25. Taranaki, Napier, July 4. Northumberland, July 7. Tongariro, September 30. Canadian Challenger, October 21 Mataroa, indefinite. GENERAL NOTE . The ketch Kekeno which brought 4 trucks of mutton birds from the islands on Wednesday sailed at noon yesterday for Stewart Island with a quantity of building material. The s.s. Toiler sailed for the Mutton Bird Islands at 11 a.m. yesterday. The cutter Comet sailed for Ruapuke at 7.45 a.m. yesterday. The schooner Britannia arrived from Stewart Island at 11.45 a.m. yesterday with 266 cases of fish. The s.s. Wetere (Captain W. B. Dixon) sailed at 5 p.m. yesterday for the Mutton Bird Islands. The Hurunui which has not yet completed discharge of her 2900 tons of cargo is to load 8000 crates of cheese and 25,000 carcases of mutton for home ports. The bad weather has been responsible for holding up the work to some extent but good progress was made yesterday. The vessel worked five hatches yesterday. The Calm will not load at Bluff this week having gone into dock for overhaul. The Storm is due at Bluff on Thursday 31st inst. to load for Dunedin, Timaru, Wellington and W’anganui. The Oreti which sailed on Wednesday for Port Craig, is proceeding to Dunedin and is expected back at Invercargill about Sunday or Monday. The Canadian Challenger which left Montreal on May 1. is expected to arrive at Bluff about June 25 with Canadian cargo. Leaving Westport on Wednesday with a cargo of coal for Bluff and Dunedin, the Katoa arrives at Bluff to-day. The Manuka which left Melbourne on Wednesday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff, is due at the latter port on June 2. The Shaw Savill and Albion Co.’s new motor vessel Taranaki is due at Bluff on June 30 to discharge London cargo. Messrs Henderson and Co. advise that the Port Curtis is allotted to load meat and general cargo for London and West Coast of the United Kingdom ports, due here on June 11. The Port Sydney is also scheduled to load meat, butter and cheese on the same date for London. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. advise that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.’s steamer Tainui will load meat and general cargo at Bluff for London and Continental ports on June 20. The Tongariro, Messrs J. G. Ward and Co. announce, leaves Liverpool on August 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff, due here about September 28. The Kanna is due at Bluff about June 20 with a cargo of guano from Walpole Island. The Shaw, Savill steamer, Raranga, is due at New Plymouth on May 28 from Brisbane to commence loading for New York, Boston and London. The vessel will also load at Lyttelton and Wellington, taking Bluff cargo by coastal transhipment. She is to leave Wellington on June 3 for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland, and will sail finally from Auckland on June 16. The Karetu is expected to leave Sydney about the end of the month for Bluff direct, proceeding thence to Dunedin and Lyttelton. She will then return to Bluff about. June 15 to load for Sydney direct. Leaving Los Angeles on the 15th inst. for Apia and Napier, the W T aikawa is due at the latter port on June 11. She will afterwards proceed to Bluff where she is due about the 23rd. LARGE MOTOR PASSENGER SHIPS. Although oil-engined liners have only been in operation for a few’ years they are already more popular with owners than steamdriven vessels. According to the Motor Ship, there are now 18 big motor passenger ships on order for 12 different owners who, between them, already possess 22 liners of this class. As only two steam-driven liners are being built for these particular concerns, it would seem that ship owners generally are showing a marked preference for the oil-engine drive. A short time ago, when a similar analysis was made with reference to cargo ships, it was found that- 28 different ship owning firms had, between them, ordered 279 motor ships

since they had first gained experience with such craft, and in the same period, had only constructed 23 steamers. LARGE FRENCH LINER. The Cie Generale Transatlantique has ordered from the Ponhoet yard, SaintNazaire, a passenger liner of the De Grasse type enlarged, which will be propelled by internal combustion engines. This is the most important order placed by a French steamship company for many months past, and perhaps more interesting still is the fact that the new vessel, which is destined for the Havre-New York mail service, will be the first motor liner owned by the Transatlantique, the company’s other large liners being driven by steam turbines. She will measure 574 ft 2in in length by 75ft 6in in breadth and 50ft in depth, and will have a gross tonnage of 22,000, the corresponding dimensions of the De Grasse, built in 1924 at Birkenhead, being 552 ft by 71ft 4in by 42ft 3in, and the gross tonnage NEW SOUTH AMERICAN LINER. It is announced that the new Ham-burg-South American liner Cap Arcona, 27,000 tons gross, will sail on her maiden voyage from Hamburg on November 19. She was launched by Messrs Blohm and Voss, of Hamburg, on May 14 last, and is 675 ft in length by 84ft 3in beam, with a draught of 27ft 7in, and a speed of 20 knots. Accommodation is provided for 575 first class, 274 second class, and 700 third class passengers, and her crew will number 634. No fewer than 68 single cabins—three of which are single-berth state cabins with private bath—are situated on A deck. On the same deck there is also the winter garden, with two private dining rooms in the rear, each occupying a site on opposite sides of the boat. These enable those passengers who, for some reason or other, desire to dine apart from the other pasengers to do so with the maximum of comfort. A feature of the vessel is the liberal provision of promenade deck space. On B deck are the smokeroom, ballroom, lounge, and main dining saloon, the latter extending through two decks and having a length of 115 ft, with a width of 59ft. The majority of the first class cabins are on C, D, and E decks. The third class passenger accommodation is in the fore part of the steamer. The Cap Arcona is scheduled to complete the trip from Hamburg to Rio Janeiro in 12 days, from Hamburg to Santos in 13 days, and from Hamburg to Montevideo and Buenos Aires in 15 days, or, in the case of Boulogne, one day less. Her turbine engines, driving twin screws, develop a total of 36,000 b.h.p.

ITALIAN MOTOR SHIP. Important alterations and improvements in the shipping service between Australia and Italy are announced by Commander L. B. Vitali, general representative in Australia of the Lloyd Sabaudo Line, who is returning by the Ormonde, after a visit to Italy. At present a joint service is carried on by vessels of the Lloyd Sabaudo and Navigagzione Generale Italina, the average size of the steamships engaged being less than 7000 tons gross, but better and faster ships will be placed on the service, although the number of sailings will remain as at present. Although the vessels at present engaged in the service are steamships, the new ships will be motor ships, taken probably from the South American trade. There will be five new ships, each of about 14,000 tons, and capable of a sea speed of 15 knots. They will have limited saloon accommodation, and will be able to carry 600 passengers in the third class, most of whom will probably be migrants. The steamers now engaged in the Australian service will probably be transferred to the run between Italy and Central America. THE WEST ELCAJON. The American steamer West Elcajon left Lyttelton on Friday evening for Timaru and Napier. From Napier she will proceed back to San Francisco, via Honolulu, after discharging she will undergo docking prior to being taken over by her new owners, the Oceanic, Oriental Steamship Company. When she sails out of San Francisco again she will be known as the Golden Kauri, and it is expected that her next trip will be made from American to Australian ports. BELGIAN STEAMER SCHELDEPAS. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice that the Belgian steamer Scheldepas cleared Panama on April 12, en route from Antwerp. The vessel has a cargo of basic slag to discharge at Auckland and Wellington. The Scheldepas is a British-built steamer of 5092 tons, and she was constructed at Hull in 1897. Her former name was the Othello. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within wireless range last evening.— Auckland.—Aorangi, Tofua, H.M.S. Diomede, Waipahi, Scheldepas, Baron Fairlie, West Carmona, Tutanekai, Port Auckland, Iron Monarch, Zealandic, Kanna, Norfolk, Poolta, Atholl, Pleiodon, Comliebank, Canadian Transporter, Brynje. Wellington.—Wahine, Maheno, Tamahine, Ngaio, Arahura, Niagara, Rimutaka, Karetu, Omana, Manuka, Sussex, Fernlane, Hororata, Queen Eleanor, Tasmania. Awarua.—Tahiti, Makura, Tongariro,

Tamaroa. Chatham Islands.—Ruahine, Tainui. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 24. Arrived. —Kaponga 2.30 a.m. from New Plymouth; Kartigi 7.15 a.m. from Napier; Port Auckland 8.30 p.m. from Opua. Wellington, May 24. Arrivals. —Echo 4.10 a.m. from Blenheim; Arahura 5.25 a.m. from Nelson; Maheno 7.50 a.m. from Lyttelton; Corinna 2 p.m. from New Plymouth. Departures.—Opawa 1 a.m. for Blenheim; C. A. Larsen (whaler) 7.25 a.m. for New-castle-on-Tyne; Queen Eleanor 1.30 p.m. for Lyttelton; Maheno 8.5 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, May 24. Arrived.—Wahine 6.35 a.m. from Wellington; Breeze 6.40 a.m. from Wanganui; Waimoa 7.45 a.m. from Timaru; Sussex 8.40 a.m. from Wellington. Sailed.—Waikouaiti 10 a.m. for Auckland; John 5.40 p.m. for Wellington; Wahine 9.5 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, May 24. Arrived.—Gale 3 p.m. from Wanganui; Sailed. —Tongariro 7.30 p.m. for London; Tamaroa 12.20 p.m. for Wellington. Brisbane, May 24. Sailed.—Raranga for New Zealand.— Australian Press Association. Melbourne, May 24. Sailed:—Manuka for Wellington.—Australian Press Association. (Rec. 1.20 p.m.) Sydney, May 24. Arrived.—At 4.15, Aorangi from Auck-land-Australian Press Association. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Colon, May 23. Arrived.—C&rinthic.—Australian Press Association. Las Palmas, May 23. Sailed.—Devon,—Australian Press Association. Panama, May 23. Sailed— Willaston.—Australian Press Association.

THE TIDES. —Friday, May 25.— Invercargill .. 7.15 a.m. 7.43 p.m. Bluff . .. 6.34 a.m. 7.2 p.m. Riverton . . .. 5.34 a.m. 6.2 p.m. Oreti Beach .. 5.43 a.m. 6.11 p.m. THE SUN. The Sun rises to-day at 7.43 a.m. The Sun sets to-day at 4.44 p.m. THE MOON. The Moon rises to-day at 0.39 p.m. The Moon sets to-day at 10.22 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full Moon .. .. .. May 5 7.42 a.m. Last Quarter .. .. May 13 8.20 a.m. New Moon . .. .. May 20 0.44 a.m. First Quarter .. .. May 26 8.42 p.m.