SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 20497, 28 May 1928, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF BLUFF. VESSELS IN PORT. S.S. Katoa. S.S. Hurunui. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Storm, Dunedin, May 31. Manuka, Dunedin, June 1. 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-day. Storm, Dunedin, May 31. 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 October 21. Mataroa, indefinite. GENERAL NOTES. The Katoa is expected to complete discharge of her cargo of coal to-night or early to-morrow morning and will then sail for Dunedin. The Hurunui will sail about Thursday for Timaru. The Witere arrived at 3.15 on Saturday from the mutton bird islands and sailed at 9 p.m. on the return trip to bring a further contingent home. The cutter Comet arrived from Ruapuke at 3.10 p.m. on Saturday and sailed for the same destination at 8.45 yesterday morning. The schooner Britannia returned from the mutton bird islands at 2.30 yesterday. The cutter Comet returned to Bluff at 6.50 p.m. yesterday. The Port Craig Timber Co. advises that the Oreti is due back at Invercargill on Wednesday from Dunedin. No alteration has as yet been advised by Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. in the itinerary of the Storm which is due at Bluff on Thursday next to load for Dunedin, Timaru, Wellington and Wanganui. According to advice received from the Union Shipping Co., the Manuka which left Melbourne at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, is due at Wellington to-day, sailing to-morrow for Lyttelton. She leaves that port on Wednesday, Dunedin on Thursday, and is due at Bluff on Friday, sailing on Saturday for Melbourne. The Katoa is expected to sail for Dunedin to-day. The Hurunui is expected to sail on Thursday for Timaru. The Karetu, which is expected to leave Sydney this week for Bluff direct, proceeds thence to Dunedin and Lyttelton and returns to Bluff about June 15 to load for Sydney direct. The Canadian Challenger which left Montreal on May 1 is due at Bluff about June 25 with Canadian cargo. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. advises that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.’s new motor vessel Taranaki, is due at Bluff on June 30 to discharge London cargo. The same company also advises that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.’s steamer Tainui will load meat and general cargo at Bluff on June 20 for London and Continental ports. With a cargo of guano from Walpole Island the Kanna is due at Bluff about June 20. The Waikawa, which sailed from Los Angeles on May 15 for Apia and Napier, is due at the latter port on June 11. She will then proceed to Bluff where she is expected to arrive about June 23. The Shaw, Savill steamer, Raranga, is due at New Plymouth to-day 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 New Zealand Shipping Company’s fast cargo steamer Tongariro sailed from Port Chalmers on Thursday morning for London, via Panama. Included in her cargo were 20,000 cases of Otago-grown apples. This steamer is the second within the past few weeks to sail from Otago Harbour for London direct. Both vessels shipped large consignments of apples for the London market. The Tongariro will leave Liverpool on August 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff, due here about September 28. 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, being expected at Bluff on June 11. The Port Sydney is also scheduled to load meat, butter and cheese for London on the same date. NORWAY’S MOTOR FLEET. Norway is rapidly consolidating its position as relatively the leading motor shipowning country of the world, states /the Motor Ship. At the end of this year, 50 per cent, of her fleet will consist of oilengined ships of the most modern type, a

large proportion being cargo liners of up to 14 knots, and many of the remainder the latest class of economical tankers. This prediction is based on figures which have just been issued, showing that at the present time the Norwegian mercantile fleet numbers 2,765,000 tons gross, of which one third is represented by motor ships. Forty-one Diesel-engined vessels, totalling 376,000 tons- are on order and these will practically all be completed within the year, so that by the beginning of 1929 the motor fleet will total about 1,275,000 tons. In the meantime, a certain number of steamers will have been rendered obsolete, so that the Diesel tonnage will be at least one-half of the total. A Norwegian firm, Messrs Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, will, moreover, probably be the largest motor ship owners in the world for it now has 22 ships of 190,0 p J tons in service and six of 56,000 tone under construction. The Olsen, Klaveness and Mowinckel Lines each have about 70,000 tons of motor vessels in service.

STEAMER’S NAME AS MEMORIAL. In the name of the French steamer Commissaire Ramel, which arrived at Melbourne from Marseilles on April 10 on her third voyage to Australia. is perpetuated the memory of one of the faithful servants of the Messageries Martitime Company, to which the vessel belongs. Commissaire (or purser) Paul Henri Olivier Ramel was ■purser on the steamer Athos when she was torpedoed on February 17, 1917, in the Mediterranean Sea. He behaved with such bravery that he was mentioned in despatches, and was awarded posthumously the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The steamer was named in his honour, and a brass plate over the main staircase gives the details of his brave action. In command is Captain G. Baudet, who is making his first trip as captain of the Commissaire Ramel. FOUR-MASTED BARQUE GUSTAV. Later particulars received by the last Australian mail state that the voyage of the four-masted barque Gustav from Sweden to Melbourne was full of incident. With a cargo of timber and wood pulp, the Gustav sailed from Vifstavarf, on the east coast of Sweden, on September 30 last year. Rough weather was experienced in the North Sea, the English Channel, and the eastern Atlantic, and the Gustav was badly buffeted. Great waves swept over the ship as she attempted to beat against a south-westerly gale, and a considerable portion of her bulwarks was carried away. Minor leaks developed in the holds, so the master (Captain Johanne Schutt) determined to turn the ship about and make for Ireland. She reached Queenstown on October 31. Trouble then began among the crew, who disliked the prospect of an even rougher trip round the Cape of Good Hope. Half of the vessel’s complement were given their discharges and hardier men taken on. The crew which brought the Gustav to Melbourne was composed mostly of young men, 24 Germans and one Dane. Repairs having been completed, the barque sailed for Australia on Christmas Eve. A good voyage was made until she had rounded the Cape. She ran into a number of ice flows, with drifting ’bergs at intervals of 200 to 300 miles. The master and crew had an anxious time sailing the vessel through the numerous floes, and a keen watch had to be kept for the larger ’bergs. The passage through the ice region, however, was safely accomplished, and the Australian coast approached. ’ The Gustav arrived at Melbourne on March 25. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within wireless range over the weekend : Auckland:—For Saturday and SundayPort Auckland, Marama, Maui Pomare, Tofua, Waipahi, Karatiri, Yoseric, Prunus, Leopold, Canadian Transporter, Tutanekai, Poolta, Port Curtis, Kaiapoi, Waiotapu. For Saturday only.—Norfolk, Raranga, Waikouaiti, Kaikorai. For Sunday only—Kaitangata. Wellington.—For Saturday and Sunday.— Maunganui, Manuka, Tasmania, Wirral, Omana, Fernlane, C. A. Larsen, Echunga. For Saturday only.—Maheno, Wahine, Ngaio, Arahura, TamahiWe, Maimoii. For' Sunday only.—Port Dunedin, Turakina, Matakana. Awarua. —For Saturday only—Queen Eleanor, Sussex, Matakana. For Saturday and Sunday —Makura, Tahiti. Chatham Islands.—Tainui, Ruahine. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 27. Arrived (Saturday).—West Carmona 3 p.m. from San Pedro. Sailed (Saturday).—Kartigi 12.45 a.m. for Wellington; Port Curtis 4.25 p.m. for Napier. Arrived (Sunday).—Norfolk 12.35 a.m. from Liverpool; Kurow 6 a.m. from Gisborne Waikouaiti 8 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed (Sunday).—Canadian Transporter 7 a.m. for New York; Port Auckland 7.45 for Tokomaru Bay. Wellington, May 27. Arrivals: (Saturday).—Kaimanawa 6.15 p.m. from Westport; Hororata 7.15 a.m. from Lyttelton; Kaiwarra 8.10 a.m. from Portland; Breeze 3.5 p.m. from Lyttelton; Tees 5.5 p.m. from Greymouth; Progress 8.50 p.m. from Waikato. (Sunday).— Wahine 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Maimoa 8 a.m. from Lyttelton. Departures (Saturday).—Echunga 7.15 a.m. for Newcastle; Kaimai noon for Greymouth; Paua 4.15 p.m. for Auckland; John 5.35 p.m. for New Plymouth; Wingatui 5.15 p.m. for Auckland. Lyttelton, May 27. Arrived (Saturday).—Wahine 6.35 a.m. from Wellington; Cygnet 3.5 p.m. from Kaikoura; (Sunday) Maheno 7.20 a.m. from Wellington. Sailed (Saturday).—Maimoa 3 p.m. for Wellington; Wahine 8.2’5 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, May 27. Arrived (Saturday).—Sussex 10.45 a.m. from northern ports Kahika 8 p.m. from Gisborne; Oreti 10 a.m. from Port Craig. Sailed (Saturday).—Matakana 7.30 a.m. for Auckland; Gale 5 p.m. for Wanganui. Arrived (Sunday).—Corinna 8.5 a.m. from New Plymouth; Calm 6.45 a.m. from Wanganui.

THE TIDES. —Monday, May 28. — Invercargill . Bluff Riverton . . Oreti Beach . .. 9.55 a.m. 10.21 p.m. . .. 9.14 a.m. 9.40 p.m. . .. 8.14 a.m. 8.40 p.m. . .. 8.23 a.m. 8.49 p.m. THE SUN. The Sun The Sun rises to-day at 7.46 a.m. sets to-day at 4.42 p.m. THE MOON. The Moon The Moon rises to-day at 1.56 p.m. sets to-day at 0.36 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full Moon .. Last Quarter New Moon .. First Quarter .. May 5 7.42 a.m. .. .. May 13 8.20 a.m. .. .. May 20 0.44 a.m. .. .. May 26 8.42 p.m.