PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 21607, 20 January 1932, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

SAILED. —Tuesday, January 19.— Port Melbourne t.s-s. (Captain J. Jack) 9142 tons for Port Chalmers at 10.50 p.m. . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waikouaiti, Sydney, to-day. Poolta, Wellington, to-morrow. Narbada, Dunedin, to-morrow. Waipiata, Dunedin, January 23. Paua, "Wellington, January 23. Calm, Lyttelton, January 23. Wainui, Lyttelton, January 24. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, January 28. Opawa, Port Chalmers, January 30. Mahana, Port Chalmers, February 8. Otaio, Dunedin, February 13. Somerset, Port Chalmers, February 22. Orari, Dunedin, April 13. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, to-day. Poolta, Dunedin, to-morrow. Narbada, Newcastle, to-morrow. Waipiata, Dunedin, January 23. Calm, Dunedin, January 23. Paua, Dunedin, January 23. Wainui, Melbourne, January 24. Waikouaiti, Sydney, January 28. Opawa, Napier, February 1. Mahana, London, February 10. Otaio, , February 17. Somerset, Timaru, February 24. Orari, , April 17. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Mongolia, ex Kaimiro, in B shed (W.S. and Co.) Matakana, railed from Dunedin, in A shed (D. and Co.) Mataroa, ex Wainui, in B shed (N. M. 4. Nieuw Zeeland, ex Waikouaiti, in B shed <D. and Co.) Sonoma, ex Waipiata, in B shed (U. S. 5. (D. and Co.): Dalgety and Company. (I-lend.): Henderson and Company. (H LT ): 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 Comoany. _ (0.5. C. Oreti Shipping Company. (U.S.S.): Union Steam Ship Company. (W.S. and Co.): Wright, Stephenson and Company. GENERAL NOTES. The Hinemoa sailed for Stewart Island yesterday at 10.30 a.m. and arrived back at Bluff at ten minutes past five last evening. The Tamatea sails for -Stewart Island today at 10.15 a.m. and returns to connect with the 6.18 p.m. train for Invercargill. She sails again for the Island at 3 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday) and returns on Saturday morning. The C. and D. Line steamer Port Melbourne was expected to complete loading the Southland portion of her cargo for the: Home market last night and to sail shortly before midnight for Port Chalmers in continuation. The Union Company’s- intercolonial steamer Waikouaiti was expected to arrive at Bluff about midnight last night from Sydney. She leaves for Dunedin this evening after loading and discharging a little general cargo. The Union Company’s Poolta was to sail from Melbourne at 1.30 p.m. yesterday and is due to arrive at Bluff to-morrow afternoon. The vessel is scheduled to sail on Friday for Dunedin. The Union Company’s freighter Waipiata is now to sail from Wellington to-day for Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. Due at Bluff on Saturday the vessel is to sail on Monday for Wellington arid Auckland, via ports. The Union Company's Wainui is to leave Wellington to-morrow for Lyttelton and Bluff. The vessel is due here on Sunday and is to sail on Monday afternoon for Melbourne. The Northumberland, which sailed from Napier on December 21 for London and west coast ports of the United Kingdom, left Caracas Bay on the morning of January 13. The Union Company advises that the liner Niagara, from Vancouver, left Honolulu on January 13 for Suva, Auckland and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on January 25.

The Union Company’s steamer Monowai, from Sydney and Wellington, arrived at San Francisco on January 15. She will leave the Californian port to-day for Papeete,

Rarotonga, Wellington and Sydney, and is due at Wellington on February 8. Advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the motor liner Rangitiki, which loaded at London, left Southampton on Friday afternoon for Wellington and Auckland. The vessel will call at Kingston (Jamaica) before passing through the Panama canal. She is due at Wellington on February 18. Over a long period of years, one of the main exports from Timaru has been frozen meat, and it is interesting to study the figures from as far back as 1888 (says the Herald). In that year the total number of carcasses exported' was 33,032. In the following year the total dropped to 11,509, but after that there was a gradual improvement until in 1891 the figures reached 156,457 carcasses. Four years later a fresh record was set, the year’s shipment reaching 176,302 carcasses. By 1903 the total export had gone up to 657,604 carcasses, and in 1910 it reached 804,100 carcasses. The record for the port was established in 1920, in which year 1,287,147 carcasses were shipped overseas, and that figure has not since been exceeded. The export for the 12 months ended September 30 last was 908,108 carcasses. The latest additions to the museum of old figureheads at the naval dockyard, Calliope Dock, Auckland, are the figures that formerly graced the bows of the wrecked barque India and the ship William Manson.

An exceptionally large number of passengers landed from the Aorangi when the liner arrived at Auckland last week - from Sydney. Her passengers totalled 282, the largest number that has been carried across the Tasman on a single vessel since Christmas, 1930, and of that number 220 landed at Auckland. The arrivals included a large percentage of business men from overseas anxious to investigate New Zealand conditions with a view to extension of trade. There were also a good many overseas tourists/ WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Ampullaria, Ardenvohr, Glenbank, H.M.S. Laburnum, Nahlin, Rangitane, Sierra, Sorachi Maru, HALS. Veronica, Waihemo. Wellington: Aorangi, Bisca, Canadian Scottish, Herminius, Mahana, Niagara, Norfolk, Opawa, Otokia, Pakeha, Port Caroline, Port Fremantle, Rangatira, Rangitata, Rangitiki, Raranga, Reinuera, Rotorua, Tamahine, Wahine. Awarua: Bendigo, Cathay, Hauraki, Kaimiro, Karamea, Karepo, Mongolia, Narbada, Waikouaiti. Chatham Islands: Cumberland, Tairoa, Huntingdon. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, January 19. Arrived:—Tofua 6 a.m. from Suva; Wingatui 7 a.m. from Wellington; Manama 7.50 a.m. from Sydney.' Sailed:—Ardenvohr 2.20 p.m. for Wellington; Ampullaria 5.35 p.m. for Balik Papan; Rangitane 5.50 p.m. for Tokomaru Bay-; Sorachi Maru 6 p.m. for Lyttelton; Waimea 6 p.m. for Gisborne. > Wellington, January 19. Arrived:—Wahine 7 a.m. from Lyttelton ; Ulimaroa 8.20 a.m. from Sydney; Kini 10.20 a.m. from Lyttelton; Waipiata 6.20 p.m. from Napier. To arrive:—Canadian Scottish from Napier. Sailed:—Poolta 1.25 p.m. for Bluff; Opawa 2 p.m. for Lyttelton; Kini 4.20 p.m. for Nelson; Wahine 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, January 19. Arrived: —Rangatira 6.50 a.m. from Wellington; Matai 11.40 a.m. from Wellington. Sailed:—Parera 11 a.m. for Waikokopu; City of Dunkirk 2.30 p.m. for Dunedin; Rangatira 8.25 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, January 19. Arrived:—Kaimiro 7.10 a.m. from Bluff; Narbada 12.5 p.m. from Timaru; Gale 4.10 p.m. from Lyttelton; Karamea 4.15 p.m. from Suva. Sailed:—Waipahi 12.10 p.m. for Oainaru; Kaimiro for Lyttelton. (Rec. 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, January 19. Sailed;—Sierra 2.45 p.m. for Auckland, i