PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 21658, 21 March 1932, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

SAIIED. —Friday, March 18.— Ardpnvohr s.s. (Captain F. S. Hellings) 5,236 tons for Dunkirk at 11.40 p.m. —Saturday, March 19:'- — Kaimai s.s. (Captain Whitefield) 1,428 tons for Dunedin at 11.40 a.m. VESSELS IN PORT. Somerset ss. Tongariro EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wainui, Melbourne, to-day. Canadian Conqueror, Dunedin, to-day. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, to-morrow.’ . Zealandic, Port Chalmers, March 23. Waipiata, Dunedin, March 23. Storm, Lyttelton, March 29. Maimoa, Port Chalmers, March 30. Ruahine, Wellington, April 2. Kia Ora, —, April 11. Orari, Dunedin, April 13. Mataroa, Port Chalmers, May 7. Karamea, Port Chalmers, June 18. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Somerset, London, to-day. Wainui, Dunedin, to-day. Tongariro, Port Chalmers, to-day., Waikouaiti, Sydney, to-morrow. Canadian Conqueror, Melbourne, March 23. Waipiata, Dunedin, March 23. Zealandic, London, March 25. Storm, Dunedin, March 29. Maimoa, Wanganui, March 31. Ruahine, Timaru, April 5. Kia Ora, Port Chalmers, April 13. Orari, , April 17. Mataroa, , May 9. Karamea, , June 20. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Esquilino, ex Gabriella, iii B shed (U.S, S.). Kvokkoh Maru, ex Gabriella, in B shed (U.S.S.). Nieuw Zeeland, ex Gabriella, in B shed (U.S.S.). Orsova, ex Gabriella, in B shed (U.S.S.). Port Alma, railed from Dunedin, in A shed (Hend.) Queda, ex Gabriella, in B shed (U.S.S.). Sonoma, ex Waipiata, in B shed (U.S.S.). Tamaroa, ex Wainui, in B shed (N.M.A.). Zealandic, railed from Dunedin, in A shed (D. and Co.). Strathnaver, ex Gabriella, in B shed (W. 8. and Co.). ■ - Triton, ex Gabriella, 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 kgency Company. (N.Z.S.): New Zealand Shipping Com»any. (0.5. C. Oreti Shipping Company. (W.S. and Co.): Wright Stephenson and Company. GENERAL NOTES. The ketch .Elly arrived from Stewart Island at 10.15 a.m. on Saturday. The Tamatea was expected to return from the mutton-bird islands last night or this morning. Local conditions suggest that her trip would be a pleasant one for those making the passage; but this does not always hold good, as it is frequently found that there is a marked difference between the sea conditions of the mainland and the islands. After completing her New Zealand loading the Scales Line steamer Ardenvohr sailed for Home shortly before midnight on Friday. The Union Company’s freighter Kaimai sailed for Dunedin on Saturday morning after discharging coal and loading wool for transhipment. The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Wainui is expected to arrive from Melbourne this morning with Australian mails and cargo. She sails again this evening for her usual northern ports via Dunedin. The Government motor ship Maui Pomare is due at Lyttelton this morning from Apia and Niue Island with a fruit cargo. She is due at Wellington to-morrow, and Will proceed to Auckland to complete discharge. Cable advice has been received that the C. and D. Line motor ship Port Fremantle reached London on March 13 from New

Zealand. She left Wellington on February 0 for London, via Cape Horn and Dakar. Cable advice received states that the Canadian Cruiser, en route from Halifax to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton,’Timaru, Dunedin, and Australia, cleared Balboa on March 9. She is due at Auckland on April 6.

The Middlesex, en route from Antwerp, has reported by wireless that she expects to arrive at Auckland bn the afternoon of March 23. With cargo from Pacific coast porta the Union Company’s motor ship Hauraki was scheduled. to clear ( Los Angeles on Thursday; fop ..Ajickland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. She is due at Auckland about April 8. The Federal Line steamer Cornwall left Auckland on Tuesday evening for Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, in continuation of her voyage from Liverpool. After completion of discharge the vessel will load for her Homeward voyage at Port Chalmers, New Plymouth and Wellington. She is to sail finally from Wellington for London and west coast ports of Great Britain, via Montevideo and Dakar, on April 16. ’ Built at Rotterdam in 1929, the tanker Sagona completed pumping and left Lyttelton on Tuesday for San Pedro, _ California. The vessel made her trial trip on November 16, 1929, and her maiden voyage, was to San Pedro. She is owned by the joint stock company, Christiansen, of Norway, a company which owns two other vessels—the Evina and Edna—both of which are tankers. The Sagona’s master, Captain E. Leire, of Norway, is a well-experienced sailor, and has seen a number of years, in sailing ships. In 1898 he was in the Ollivier, a Norwegian barque, which loaded coal at Newcastle —an operation which the crew had to perform. The vessel, lifted 2000 tons and the loading took the crew of 18 meh'six weeks. The vessel was in Chinese ports too early to enable the master to form any idea of the military trouble that was brewing, but the Sagona was in the Yangtse Kiang River during the big flood and when bodies were floating past the ship downstream. This was her first visit to New Zealand. TONGARIRO AT BLUFF. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tongariro, which reached Bluff on Friday, left Falmouth on February 6 for New Zealand via Panama, and arrived at Tokomaru Bay on March 12 after an ex- ■ cellent passage. At Bluff (her second port of call) she takes in 25,000 carcasses of frozen lamb, 7000 crates of cheese, 4100 bales of wool and a quantity of tallow and sundries. She sails to-morrow' for Port Chalmers, Timaru and Wellington in continuation of loading and completes at the last-named port, from which departure will be taken for London via Cape Horn. Captain F. S. Hamilton commands the Tongariro and associated with him are the following: Chief officer, Mr J. C. Tuckett; second, Mr E. A. Quick; third, Mr G. D. Baldwin; fourth, Mr 11. S. Dawson; chief engineer, Mr P. Posgate; second, Mr W. P. Jones; third, Mr R. Butler; fourth, Mr R. S. Day; fifth, Mr R. S. Bailey; sixth, Mr L. Bek; seventh, Mr P. Beresford; first refrigerating engineer, Mr M. Hendry; second, Mr J. J. Dowell; wireless operator, Mr E. Stride; chief steward, Mr G. W. Bright.

NAVIGATION WARNING. Wellington, March 19. The Post Office announces that the following navigation warning was broadcasted bv the Suva Radio Station last night:— “The Point Aldin light at Knro has now been repaired and is-functioning correctly.'' WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations over the week-end :— Auckland: Ruahine, Brunswick, Karetu, Kurohinemaru, Manama, Matai. Maunganui, Middlesex, Niagara, Sagona, Sierra. Wellington: Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, Makura, Aorangi, Coptic, Cornwall, Maui Pomare, Otokia, Port Brisbane, Rangatata, Triona, Ulimaroa. Awarua: Kart igi, Makura, Ardenvohr, Karetu, Maimoa, Monowai, New Zealand, Piako, Somerset, Vileehi, Waiuni, Canadian Conqueror. Chatham Islands: Nil. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. , ... (Per -United .Press Association.) *- ■ -Auckland, March 20. Arrived (Saturday) :—Kanna 9 a.m. from Greymouth; Ruahine 3 p.m. from London. Wellington, March 20. Arrived (Saturday) :—Waipiata 12.5 a.m. from Auckland; Gale 6.20 a.m. from Wanganui; Wahine 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Taranaki 7.40 a.m. from Napier; Orepuki 8.45 a.m. from Lyttelton; (Sunday) — Kini 1.50 a.m. from Greymouth; Opihi 5.30 a.m. from New Plymouth; Rangatira 6.55 а. from Lyttelton; Pakura 2.45 p.m. from Gisborne; Komata 3.25 p.m. from Westport. - Sailed a (Saturday) :—l.lO p.m. for Dunedin; Orepuki 3.10 p.m. for- Wanganui; Kiwitea 6.10 p.m. for Newcastle; Waipiata б. p.m. and Wahine 8.5 p.m. for Lyttelton; Waipahi 10.40 p.m. for Napier. Lyttelton, March 20. Arrived (Saturday):—Rangatira 6.45 a.m.. from Wellington; Kapiti 6 p.m. from Tarakohe. Sailed: —H.M.S. Wakura 1 p.m. for Akaroa; Parera 1.25 p.m. for Waikokopu; Canadian Conqueror 3.15 p.m. for Dunedin; Rangatira 8.30 p.m. for Wellington. Arrived (Sunday) :—Foxton 2.30 a.m. from Foxton; Holinglen 5.45 a.m. from Timaru; Wahine 6.55 a.m. from Wellington; Storm 11.45 a.m. from Timaru; Waipiata 12.30 p.m. from Wellington. Dunedin, March 20. Arrived (Saturday):—John 6.30 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed: —Waimarino 11.45 a.m. for Oamaru; New Zealand 12.30 p.m. for Melbourne ; John 5 p.m. for Timaru. Arrived (Sunday) :—Kaimai 6.45 a.m. from Bluff; Canadian Conqueror 1.15 a.m. from Lyttelton.