PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 21835, 12 October 1932, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

ARRIVED. —Tuesday, October 11.— Nolisement s.s. (Captain J. L. Williams) 5111 tons from Juan de Nova at 12.40 a.m. VESSEL IN PORT. Nolisement s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Norfolk, Port Chalmers, to-day. Waikouaiti, Oamaru, October 14. H.M.S. Diomede, New Plymouth, OctoMr 15. Storm, Lyttelton, October 15. Wainui, Melbourne, October 17. Port Gisborne, Dunedin, October 19. Waipiata, Dunedin, October 20. Paua. Wellington. October 24. Wainui. Wellington, October 24. Kiwitea. Melbourne. October 24. Paua, Wellington, November 7. Rangitiki, Wellington. November 10. Taranaki, Dunedin. December 21. Pakeha. Dunedin, December 30. Northumberland, Dunedin, January 18. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikouaiti, Sydney. October 14. Storm, Dunedin, October 15. Norfolk, Timaru. October 17. Wainui, Dunedin. October 17. H.M.S. Diomede. Dunedin, October 19. Waipiata, Dunedin, October 20. Port Gisborne, Timaru, October 22. Wainui, Melbourne, October 24. Kiwitea, Dunedin, October 24. Nolisement, port and data indefinite. Paua, Dunedin, November 8. Rangitiki. . November 12. Taranaki, . December 24. Pakeha, New Plymouth, January 2. Northumberland, , January 14. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Changte, ex Waikouaiti. in B shed (0.5. C. City of Delhi, railed from Dunedin, in A shed (J.G.W.). , J _ Moldavia, ex Wainui. in B shed (W. S. and Co.). . ... Orari, railed from Dunedin, m A shed (J.G.W.). GENERAL NOTES. The steamer Nolisement from Juan de Nova berthed early yesterday morning. A start was made later at discharging her cargo of phosphates and the work will be continued over the next three or .-.our The Tamatea makes her weekly run to Stewart Island to-day. She leaves Bluff at 10.15 a.m. and returns this evening to connect with the 6.18 p.m. train for Invercargill. The Wainui is scheduled to clear Melbourne this afternoon for Bluff direct, being due here on Monday. The vessel will sail again the same day for Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington, returning to Bluff the following Monday to sail for Melbourne direct. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor vessel Port Gisborne, which is expected to arrive at Auckland to-day from London, is running ahead of schedule. She is now due here on the 19th from Dunedin and will sail on the 22nd for Timaru. The Storm is now due at Bluff from Lyttelton on Saturday. After discharging general cargo and loading back for northern ports, the vessel will proceed the same day to Dunedin. The ex-German four-masted barque Passat, 2870 tons register, which was recently purchased by Finnish buyers, has arrived at Mauritius with a cargo of coal from the Tyne, after a good passage of 83 days. The Passat, which is the largest sailing ship now afloat, was built in 1911. After discharging her cargo she will probably proceed to Australia to load wheat. At the annual meeting of the West Coast Refrigerating Co. Ltd., it was stated by the manager that the coastal vessel Hawera, when steam propelled, did 66 trips in a year, carrying a total of 62.949 crates, with an average load of 947 crates. Now, as a motor ship, the vessel had done 56 trips, carrying 76,428 crates, an average of 1356 crates for a trip. Scarcely a wave was seen by the Commonwealth and Dominion steamer Port Victor during her 49-day voyage from New-castle-on-Tyne, England, via the Cape of Good Hope, to New Plymouth (says the News). Though she came out light ship, having only coal and water for ballast and drawing only 16ft at the bow when she berthed, the Port Victor had a fine-weath-er trip all the way. She did not call at a single port between England and New Zealand. A decrease in the number of passengers arriving at Auckland from overseas is shown in the return for September, which is 479, campared with 574 in August. There was also a decrease in the number who sailed overseas, last month's figure being 642, as compared with 752 in August. As the result of representations made by merchants that potatoes shipped at Lyttelton for the North Island were subject to damage through the heavy slings of sacks being dragged some distance across the wharf by the cargo hook before being lifted, the officials of the Union Steam Ship Company have devised an improved method of loading which has been in operation for the past few days. The slings are now made up on a wooden skid or sledge. When taken by the ship's hook the sling of potatoes slides on the skid, which is left behind when the sling is lifted. The new method appears to be effective in preventing the damage formerly caused to the bottom sacks in the sling. Personal Items. Captain J. Flynn, who has been on holiday leave, has taken command of the Waikawa, relieving Captain F. L. G. Jaunay for holidays. Captain E. R. Lowe has taken command of the Waipiata, relieving Captain W. A. Gray for holidays. Captain A. H. Davey has resumed command of the Maunganui after holidays, relieving Captain G. B. Morgan, who is at present in Wellington awaiting further orders. • ' , Mr L. Gillan has joined the Kaimai as chief officer, relieving Mr J. S. Beaton for orders. > Mr C. H. M. Long has joined the Kowhal at Melbourne as chief officer, relieving Mr T. A. MacPherson for holidays. Mr J. H. Ibbotson has joined the Ngatoro at Hobart as second officer, relieving Mr J. Joyes for holidays. Mr J. W. Thomson nas been appointed chief officer of the Talune temporarily, relieving Mr M. R. Tregale for holidays. Mr J. J. Barnard, second officer of the Wainui, was invalided ashore at Invercargill, and Mr J. J, Lyon will join the vessel at Melbourne as second officer. Mr M. A.- Ladley has relieved Mr R. Thomson as chief engineer of the Totara. NOLISEMENT AT BLUFF. FROM SEYCHELLES ISLANDS. LONG VOYAGE ENDED. (From Our Correspondent). The steamer Nolisement, from the Seychelles Islands, berthed at Bluff on Tuesday morning a little after midnight, completing the long voyage that is relieved by no sight of land from start to finish. The Nolisement belongs to the firm of Morell Ltd., Cardiff, for whom she was built in 1928 by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company at Howdon-on-Tyne. The same firm are owners of the vessels Rhymney and Treherbert, which brought phosphates from the Seychelles to Bluff in 1930 and 1931 respectively. The Nolisement is usually engaged on the run between the Homeland and Australia, but on her last return from the Commonwealth she was almost immediately sent to the Seychelles to load her present cargo. Leaving Cardiff, her home port, on July 14, those on board had been out of touch

with civilization practically the whole time till the ship arrived yesterday morning at Bluff. No call at a port was made on the voyage from Cardiff to Nossi-Be (reached oh August 14). At Nossi-Be the sailing vessel Wanetta. from Port Victoria in the islands, had taken the necessary labour ana equipment to' Juan de Nova to work the guano and the Nolisement proceeded next day for that island, anchoring on August 17. Her anchorage lay approximately five miles from the Island, the guano being carried out in lighters, which work on the tides. Fortunately good weather was experienced during her stay and the work was carried out without interruption. The capital of the Seychelles group is Mahe, where life Is made pleasant for visitors through the hospitality extended by white and other residents, but unfortunately for. those on the ship, the Nolisement did not call there. Juan de Nova itself is uninhabited except when a vessel is loading there. On the latter occcslon the master of the Wanetta, Captain Georges Lanier, who also supervises the work, stays there; but Immediately leaves with his native labourers when the loading is completed. After about eighteen days, departure was taken for Barren Island (or NossiLava, to give its correct name) and there in six days more the loading of the Nolisement was completed. The voyage from Barren Island to Bluff was begun on September 6. Soon after leaving, unfavourable weather was experienced, and from then on the same conditions prevailed almost throughout, the vessel rolling continuously In heavy seas. At times waves were taken on board, dousing the galley fire and doing minor damage. Only the fact that It-ivas mostly a following sea enabled the ship to make good time across the monotonously long stretch of ocean to New Zealand. Very heavy seas were encountered on Sunday ■ last otherwise the vessel would have berthed before mid-day on Monday. As it was, those on board had their first sight of this coast on Monday morning—land being a welcome sight after the long trying voyage. Somali Firemen. The Nolisement’s personnel numbers 35 all told. Of these, the‘nine firemen are Arabs from British Somaliland. All others on board are white men. The Somalis profess the Mahommedan faith and have a priest among them to administer to their spiritual needs—and also take a turn at firing the vessel. As Mahommedans. the firemen look with extreme disfavour on pork, and when (after leaving Barren Island) a pig was killed on board they ascribed the bad weather which followed to the fact that the whites on the ship were about to use its flesh for food. Later on another pig was slaughtered. This time one of the rare spells of decent weather ensued and the whites felt they had got a little of their own back. The Arabs are described as good workers and quiet natured if left to their own devices. Practically all the nine speak English. At Bluff the Nolisement discharges approximately 7,000 tons of phosphates—her entire cargo. On completion a few weeks hence she is expected to sail for Sydney and from there to the Homeland. Captain J. L. Williams commands the Nolisement, and associated with him are: Chief officer, Mr R. J. Lee; second. Mr C. Clements', chief engineer, Mr T. Fleming: second, Mr E. Roberts: third, Mr J. Norvell: fourth, Mr W. G. Minican: wireless operator, Mr I. Yates; steward-in-charge, Mr A. S. Haggis. NORFOLK DUE TO-DAY. The Federal Line steamer Norfolk from London, via Panama, Suva. Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, Is due at Bluff at mid-day to-day to discharge general cargo and load Southland products for the Homeland. The Norfolk left London on August 18 with a larger outward cargo than she has carried for several voyages. The passage was entirely uneventful. Arriving at Suva on September 23 the vessel discharged a large quantity of cargo and resumed her voyage qn September 26, arriving at Lyttelton on October 2. She brought one passenger, Mr F. Gorton, of Dunedin. Captain R. McNish, formerly of the Tekoa, is in command of the Norfolk, and he has associated with him the following officers:—Chief. Mr J. Lurmon; second. Mr E. A. Quick; third, Mr G. E. Mason; fourth, Mr G. D. Lyver; chief engineer. Mr P. H. Wilson; second, Mr S. Hallyburton; third, Mr W. Ryde; fourth, Mr D. A. Myles; fifth, Mr H. Whittaker; sixth, Mr W. Peters; seventh, Mr F. Casey; refrigerating engineer, Mr G. Loyland; second, Mr W. O, Gurney; wireless operator, Mr B. Wheeler; steward-ln-charge. Mr H. J. Byers. The Norfolk will sail on Monday for Timaru where she will complete discharge. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Canadian Challenger, City of Canberra, Daylight. H.M.S. Veronica, Maimoa, Monterey, Morinda, Orari, Port Gisborne, Tekoa, Waipahi. Wellington: Brunswick. H.M.S. Dunedin; Kanna, Maori. Mariposa, Maui Pomare, Port Huon, Rangitiki. Raranga, Sir James Clark Ross. Svolder, Tainui, Tamahine, Wahine. Awarua: City of Delhi. Kiwitea, Makura, Matai, Monowai, Norfolk, Waikawa, Waikouaiti, Wainui. . Chatham Islands: Nil. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 11. Arrived:—Zealandia 10.15 a.m. from Sydney; Kaimiro 11.25 a.m. from Suva; Tekoa 9.30 p.m. from Gisborne. Sailed:—Maimoa 7.20 a.m. for London; Canadian Challenger 5.15 p.m. for Wellington. Wellington, October 11. Arrived: —Maori from Lyttelton; Remuera 8 p.m. from Auckland; Rata 8.25 p.m. from Wanganui; Dunedin 11 p.m. from Napier; Totara 11.15, Port Whangerei 3 p.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed:—Maui Pomare 12.45 p.m. for Niue; Sir James Clark Ross 2.20 p.m. for Stewart Island; Totara 5 p.m. for New Plymouth; Rata 6 p.m. for Nelson; Kine 6.35 p.m. for Westport; Maori 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, October 11. Arrived:—Wahine 6.50 a.m. and Wingatui 12.20 p.m. from Wellington. Sailed:—Moa 6.50 p.m. and Wahine 8.25 p.m. for Wellington; Wingatui 6.25 p.m. for Dunedin. Dunedin, October 11. Arrived:—Opihi 5.20 a.m. from Timaru; Waikawa 12.30 p.m. from Lyttelton. ' Sailed:—Norfolk 5.15 p.m. for Bluff; Poolta 5.30 p.m. for Oamaru; Opihi 6 p.m. for Oamaru; Holmdale 6.10 p.m. for Oamaru; Gale 6.30 p.m, for Timaru. (Rec. 8.40 p.m.) Fremantle, October 11. Arrived—Mongolia from London.