PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 21000, 5 February 1930, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

ARRIVED. —Tuesday, February 4.— Argyllshire s.s. (Captain Page) 12,000 tons from Sydney at 6.15 p.m. Hirere (oyster trawler) —(Captain D. Cambridge) from Auckland at 6.30 p.m. SAILED. —Monday, February 3.— Waipahi s.s. (Captain Gardener) 1783 tons, for Dunedin at 12 p.m. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Cumberland, Port Chalmers, to-morrow. Maheno, Wellington, February 9. Turakina, Wellington, February 10. Calm, Wellington, February 10. Waipiata, Dunedin, February 12. Anglo-Canadian, Wellington, February 14. Port Denison, New Plymouth, February 14. Karetu, Dunedin, February 18. Port Brisbane, Dunedin, February 19. Canadian Challenger, Dunedin, February 20. Waitemata, Wellington, February 26. Remuera, Port Chalmers, March 9. Hororata, Port Chalmers, May 15. Hertford, Port Chalmers, April 1. Cornwall, Port Chalmers, June 28. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Argyllshire, Port Chalmers, to-morrow. Maheno, Melbourne, February 10. Calm, Dunedin, February 10. Cumberland, Ttmaru, February 12. Waipiata, , February 13. Turakina, Port Chalmers, February 16. Anglo-Canadian, Dunedin, February 18. Port Denison, Port Chalmers, February 18. Karetu, , February 20. Canadian Challenger, Wellington, February 22. Port Brisbane, Timaru, February 21. Waitemata, Melbourne, March 1. Remuera, , March 13. Hertford, New Plymouth, April 5. Hororata, , May 19. Cornwall, , July 1. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Tainui, ex Maheno and Storm, in B shed (D. and Co.) Coptic, railed from Dunedin in A shed (N. M. A.) Temeraire, ex Maheno, in B shed (U. S. S.) (D. and Co.): Dalgety and Company. (Hend.): Henderson and Company. (H.L.T.): H. L. Tapley and Company. (J.G.W.): J. G. Ward and Company. (N.M.A.): National Mortgage and Agency Company. (N.Z.S.): New Zealand Shipping Company. (0.5. C. Oreti Shipping Company. (U.S.S.): Union Steam Ship Company. ' 'GENERAL NOTES. The Argyllshire arrived at Bluff last evening. She unloaded 60 bags of mail and will load 6,500 crates of cheese and 20,000 freight carcases of mutton. She will leave for Dunedin at the end of the week. The coastal steamer Opihi (ex barque Lilia), which has been laid up at Port Chalmers over the holidays, was docked yesterday morning to be put in readiness to resume running this week. The oyster vessel Taratahi, which has just completed overhaul in dry dock, was expected to sail from Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon for Bluff. Advice has been received from the National Mortgage and Agency Company stating that the Tamaroa has wirelessed that she will arrive at Auckland at 9 p.m. today. The Union Company’s freighter Karetu is expected to leave Sydney to-morrow for Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at the latter port on February 18. The Union Steam Ship Company advise that it is hoped to dispat-ch the Waipiata from Auckland to-morrow for Wellington, Lyttelton and Bluff. The Remuera left London on January 16. She called at Southampton and left there on January 18 for Auckland, Port Chalmers and Bluff. She is due at Auckland on February 25. The Union Company’s inter-colonial steamer Maheno leaves Wellington on Saturday for Bluff direct. She is due at Bluff on Sunday evening and sails on Mondayevening for Melbourne via Milford Sound. Personal Items. Mr. A. S. Harrhy, third officer of the Kaiwarra, has transferred to the Kaitoke in a similar capacity, relieving Mr. R. D. Stewart for orders. Mr. T. W. Germein has been appointed third officer of the Waipiata, relieving Mr. J. J. Allan for instruction. The Karepo commissions with the following engineers:—Chief, Mr. R. S. Dickie; second, Mr. W. E. Sanders; third, Mr. O. Jones. Mr. D. Kerr, chief engineer of the Kaiapoi, has resigned his position. Mr. L. C. Calnon, third engineer of the Kaiapoi, is on holiday leave. Mr. R. G. Houghton has joined the Kaponga as chief, engineer. Mr. A. Lang, chief engineer of the Kartigi, is oh holiday leave, his place being taken by Mr. A. S. Ewan. Mr. E. H. Church has transferred to the Tamahine as third engineer, relieving Mr. A. G. Park for holiday leave. Mr. J. Peterson has rejoined the Makura as third engineer. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Tofua, Maui Pomare, West Loquassuck, Waikawa, Bradavon, Tamaroa, Pulpit Point, Antigone, Plume, H.M.S. Veronica, H.M.S. Laburnum. Wellington: Maori, Wahine, Tamahine, Arahura, H.M.S. Dunedin, Rangitata, Australia, Toyiha Maru, Port Pirie, Rimutaka, Port Sydney, Canadian Highlander, Port Brisbane, Rotorua. Awarua: City of New York, Eleanor Bolling, Makura. Tahiti, Hinemoa, Tutane-

kai, Maheno, Port Denison, Argyllshire, C. A. Larsen, Sir James Clark Ross, Southern Princess, Kosmos. Chatham Islands: Kent. MARINE .JOTTINGS FAST CARGO SHIP. THE COPTIC. The most outstanding developments in shipping since the conclusion of the Great War have been along the lines of quicker and more efficient cargo transport. There have been some conspicuous examples of improvements in the speed and luxury of ocean liners, but in many cases services are still "almost on a par with those of prewar times. The modern freighter, however, as distinguished from the casual tramp steamer, is in a class by herself, quite distinct from the bld ten or twelve knot vessel which was once regarded as the most economically serviceable. Commerce to-day requires quick and punctual deliveries, and engineering progress has given the latest types of cargo carrier a speed that was formerly the prerogative of mail vessels alone. A typical example of what is achieved by this new class of vessel in the trade between Britain and Australia and New Zealand is afforded by the motor-ship Coptic, of the Shaw, Savill Line. One of four recent additions to the fleet, the Coptic, recently made her fourth outward voyage from the Old Country, her maiden trip having been made to Auckland and the two following ones to Australia. She has been in service for 16 months, and during that period has covered almost 100,000 miles. This must be very close upon a world’s record for a freighter, and has been contributed to not only by the speed of the ship, but by the excellent cargohandling facilities both aboard and ashore which have given her quick dispatch from London, from New Zealand ports, and from Australian ones extending round the long coast from Fremantle to Cairns in North Queensland. Like all motor-ships, the Coptic had to be “run-in,” so that her first voyage established no outstanding times. On her third trip, though, a record went by the board, for she travelled from London to Fremantle in 29 days calling cn route at Port Said, Aden, and Colombo. Her actual time at sea was 28 days, and her average speed 15 knots, was the fastest yet recorded on this cargo run. Actually her time was a day less than that taken by the P. and O. mail liners, though these big steamers make more ports of call. This new service established by the Coptic and her three sisters, the Karamea, Zealandic, and Taranaki, enabled English cargo to be landed in Sydney in 41 days, the same as that taken by the mail boats. On her record trip the vessel finished discharge in Cairns, 15,000 miles from the port of departure, in 56 days, and during that time had delivered 11,000 tons of cargo. How marked a contrast is this from the sailing ship conditions which still hold in the memories of many New Zealanders, or even from the conditions existing a bare ten years ago. On the New Zealand coast, too, the Coptic has shown a fast turn of speed, and claims a record for any vessel between Wanganui and Lyttelton. This trip she covered a few months ago at a speed of 16.2 knots, while her last week’s performance of 3 days 3 hours from Suva to Auckland eclipses all but mail boat speeds. Her master is Captain G. Williams, R.N.R., who was in command of a British destroyer during the Dardanelles campaign. Since the war Captain Williams has had command of his company’s Matatua, Mamari, and Mahia. A PRESENT TO LORD NELSON. “THE PLUME OF TRIUMPH.” The Chelengk, or “Plume of Triumph,” a beautiful diamond jewel presented to Lord Nelson by the Sultan of Turkey following the victory of the Nile, has been purchased by Lady Barclay in memory of her the late Sir Colville Barclay, British Ambassador to Portugal, and has been presented by her to the Society of Nautical Research. The jewel was bequeathed byNelson as an heirloom of the dukedom of Bronte, and its present owner was compelled for financial reasons to part with it. Nelson himself valued it at £2OOO 130 years ago. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, February 4. Arrived:—Kurow 8 p.m. from Westport. Sailed:—Plume 6.50 a.m. for Wellington; H.M.S. Laburnum 8 a.m. for New Plymouth; H.M.S. Veronica 5 p.m. for Tauranga. Wellington, February 4. Arrived:—Ulimaroa 6 a.m. from Sydney; Maori 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Totara 11.10 a.m. from Lyttelton; John 7 p.m. from Lyttelton ; Kuku from Lyttelton. Sailed: —Totara 5.15 p.m. for New Plymouth; Maori 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, February 4. Arrived: —Wahine 6.45 a.m. from Wellington. Sailed:—Wahine 8.30 pjn. for Wellington. Dunedin, February 4. Arrived:—Maheno 11 a.m. from Bluff; Waipahi 2.5 p.m. from Bluff. Sailed:—Kaikorai 10.45 a.m. for Oamaru; Port Denison 6.30 p.m. for New Plymouth. Sydney, February 4. Arrived:—Marama 5 a.m. from Wellington; Maunganui 6.10 a.m. from Auckland.