PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 20941, 26 November 1929, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

SAILED. —Monday, November 26.— Manuka s.s. (Captain Ross Clark) 4534 tons for Dunedin at 4.15 p.m. Paua, oil tanker, (Captain D. R. Paterson) 1259 tons for Lyttelton at. 3.30 p.m. VESSELS IN PORT.Hinemoa. lonic. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Maimoa, Australia, December 2. Calm, Lyttelton, December 5. Mahia, Lyttelton, December 21. Kent, Dunedin, December 31. Waikawa, Wellington, January 20. Cumberland, Port Chalmers, January 28. Port Brisbane, Timaru, February 12. , Waiheino, Wellington, February 20. Canadian Challenger, Timaru, February 20.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. lonic, Wellington, November 28. Maimoa, Wellington, December 5. Calm, Dunedin, December 5. Mahia, Timaru, December 24. Kent, Timaru, January 2. Waikawa, Hobart, January 22. Cumberland, Dunedin, January 30. ‘ Port Brisbane, Dunedin, February 15. Canadian Challenger, Dunedin, February 23. Waihemo, Melbourne, February 23. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Aki Maru, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (J. G. W.) Burma Maru, ex Waikouaiti and ex Karetu, in B shed (J. G. W.) Canadian Transporter, ex Calm, in B shed (H. L. T.) Canberra, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (U. S. S.) Cariguana, ex Kurow, in B shed (U. S. S.) Changte, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (O. S. C.) Hanover, ex Karetu, in B shed (D. and Co.), ' Keelung, ex Kurow, in B shed (J. G. W.) Mangola, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (U. S. S.) Milora, ex Karetu, in B shed (U. S. S.) Moncalierij ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (U. S. S.) Mongolia, ex Karetu, in B shed (D. and Co.) Naldera, ex Waikouaiti in B shed (D. and Co.) Nieuw Zeeland, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (D. and Co.) Nohata, ex Manuka in B shed (U. S. S.) Orford, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (U. S. S.) Orungal, ex Karetu, in B shed (U. S. S.) Orvieto, ex Karetu, in B shed (U. S. S.) Otranto, ex Karetu, in B shed (U. 8. 8.) Taiping, ex Karetu, in B shed (U. 8. 8.) Talleyrand, ex Manuka, in B shed (U. 8. 8.) Tango Maru, ex Karetu, in B shed (J. G. W.) Taranaki, ex Karetu, in B shed (D. and Westerdijk, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed (U. 8. 8.) 1 (J.G.W.): J. G. Ward and Company. (D »nd Co.): D.lgety »nd Company. National Mortgago and Ageney Com. P *jlz.S.): New Zealand Shipping Companj; (U.S.S.): Union Steam Ship Company. (H.L.T.): H. L. Tapley and Company. (Hand.): Henderson and Company. (0.5. C. Oretl Shipping Company.

GENERAL NOTES. The Manuka having completed discharge of Wirth’s Circus' and a small amount of cargo and lifted a similar quantity, sailed yesterday afternoon for Dunedin. The Paua, having finished unloading her bulk oil, left for Lyttelton yesterday afternoon. ■ The trawler Pania arrived back in port from the fishing grounds early yesterday with a catch of three and a-half tons of soles and flounders and various other kinds. . Tlie Calm on her next visit to Bluff is due hero from Lyttelton on December 5 to discharge and load general cargo, proceeding to Dunedin the same day. It is reported from .Germany that the new cruiser Konigsberg, of 6,000 tons, attained a speed of 34 knots on her recent trials. Like other war vessels of recent construction, which have to conform to the Peace Treaty, with its severe tonnage limitations, a welding process has been used in constructing this ship in preference to riveting, and several aluminium alloys have been used extensively. The Konigsberg has geared turbine engines, with an auxiliary Diesel installation for use when cruising. The fuel economy is such that she has, it is claimed, a radius of action of over 7,000 miles. Since she completed her last voyage in July, the Shaw- Savill and Albion Company’s cargo liner Matakana has been lying in the Tyne, where the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company has been carrying out alterations and improvements; to the ship’s propelling machinery, similar to those effected about 12 months ago ini the Tamaroa and Mataroa. The rearrangement of the blading of their turbines and improvements in their condensers and. propellers proved so complete a success in these ships, whose speed was increased from 134 to 15J knots, that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company decided to have the Matakana similarly dealt with by the Wallsend Slipway Company, who were the builders of the Mauretania's engines. The Matakana’s engines are of the same type as those in the Tamaroa and Mataroa, namely, double-re-duction geared turbines, and it is confidently anticipated that the improvements now being carried out at Wallsend will similarly increase her speed by from 1} to 2 knots. It is not known yet whether the Matakana will be converted to burn oil-fuel. The Matakana is to leave London on January 7 for Australian ports, and will subsequently come to New Zealand to load Homewards.

The steamer Rommey, 3840 tons, has been chartered to load a phosphate cargo at Casabianca, Morocco, for New Zealand or Australia. ' “Talking about red tape,” said the man on the waterfront to an Auckland Star reporter, “the best couple .of instances I know of happened in connection with a certain Government steamer. Something went wrong with the boilers, and in due time a man came down to investigate. After the first, few questions the engineer realized that the inspector was out of his depth, and asked him: ‘Just what are you?’ And the man replied, ‘l’m a motor engineer.’ ‘And what do you know about boilers?’ ‘Absolutely nothing!’ The other case concerns the sequel to a Government inspector's instructions that biscuit and chocolate must be stowed in the lifeboats, as required by the regulations. The requisition went to Wellington, and after due minutings, docketings, and so on, came back endorsed, ‘lf the officers require biscuits and chocolates for their afternoon tea, they must purchase them out of their own funds.’ That joke has been a source of joy for waterfront habitues for months past.” The oil tanker Oiltrader, from Singapore, arrived at Wellington on Wednesday morning with bulk petrol for the Shell Company. The Oiltrader, which is owned by the British Oil Shipping Company, London, was built in 1927 by Messrs. Swan, Hunter, Wigham, Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle, and engined by the same company. Her principal dimensions are: 5550 tons gross, 3261 tons net; length, 410 feet; beam 53.5 ft; depth, 30ft. The vessel is a typical oil tanker, with her engines right aft. She is fitted for using oil fuel. The ship has a Chinese crew. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, November 25. Arrived: —Totara 5.15 a.m. from Timaru; Brunswick 7.30 a.m. from Auckland; Wingatui 2.20 p.m. from Auckland. Sailed: —Dunedin 6.30 a.m. for Auckland; Totara 1.10 p.m. for New Plymouth; Gale 5.40 p.m. for Wanganui; Wahine 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. To sail: —Waipata for Lyttelton; Holmdale for Dunedin; Cygnet for Kaikoura; Breeze for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, November 25. Sailed: —Oil Trader 2.15 p.m. for San Pedro; Maori 7.55 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, November 25. Sailed:—John 6.20 p.m. for Timaru; Kurow 10.30 p.m. for Timaru; Calm 11.5 pm. for Oamaru.