PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 21848, 27 October 1932, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

VESSEL IN PORT. Nolisement s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Storm, Lyttelton, October 29. Waikouaiti, Sydney. November 1. Paua. Wellington. November 7. Rangitiki. Wellington. November 7. Wainui, Melbourne. November 7. Waikouaiti, Lyttelton. November 10. Wainui. Wellington, November 1-1. Taranaki. Dunedin, December 21. Pakeha. Dunedin, December 30. Northumberland, Dunedin, January 12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm, Dunedin. October 29. Nolisement, Sydney, October 31. Waikouaiti. Dunedin, November 1. Wainui. Dunedin. November 7. Paua. Dunedin, November 8. Rangitiki. Lyttelton, November 9. Waikouaiti, Sydney, November 10. Wainui. Melbourne, November 14. Taranaki. ■ —-. December 24. Pakeha. New Plymouth, January 1. Northumberland, . January 14. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Opawa, ex Waipiata, in B shed (J.G.W.). Otranto, ex Wainui, in B shed (U.S.S.). Sydney Maru, ex Waipiata, in B shed ex Wainui. in B shed (N.M.A.). Talleyrand, ex Wainui, 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. Oretl Shipping Company. (U.S.S.): Union Steam Ship Company. (W.S. and Co.): Wright, Stephenson and Company.

GENERAL NOTES. The Tamatea made her usual weekly run to Stewart Island yesterday leaving Bluft at 10.15 a.m. and returning in the evening to connect with the 6.18 p.m. train for Invercargill. With the exception of the Nolisement. no outside shipping remains at Bluff at present. and a slack period—apart from the one vessel —will ensue for a few days. The Waikouaiti is now scheduled to leave Sydney to-morrow for Bluff direct, being due here on Tuesday. She will sail again the same day for Dunedin and return to Bluft on November 10 from Lyttelton to sail for Sydney direct. Cabled advice has been received that the Shaw. Savill liner Mataroa. en route from London and Southampton to Wellington and Auckland, reached Colon last Friday. She is due at Wellington on November 9. The Oceanic Company's liner Monterey arrived at Auckland on Tuesday morning from Sydney. She sailed again In the evening for Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Cabled advice has been received that the Oceanic Company’s liner Mariposa left San Francisco last Thursday for Los Angeles, Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne. She Is due at Auckland on November 7. The Canadian Leader, inaugurating Canadian National Steamship's separate service in New Zealand is reported to have left Quebec last Friday for Auckland, Napier, Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland about December 7. Cabled advice has been received that the Union Company's R.M.S. Makura. from San Francisco and Wellington, reached Sydney at 5.30 a.m. on Saturday. She will leave there again to-day for Wellington, being due there on Monday. Site will leave again the following day for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete. ■ The Government steamer Matal went on the patent slip at Wellington last Thursday for cleaning and painting. She is to leave Wellington toward the end of this week on her round of the northern lights Owing to the shortage of shipbuilding and marine engineering orders Messrs Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen, have turned their attention to the manufacture of pipes and ploughshares. The Nobel auxiliary schooner Huia arrived at Adelaide from Melbourne on October 19 and sailed for Whyalla the same day to complete unloading explosives from Melbourne. From Whyalla the vessel will return to Melbourne to load explosives for Greymouth, Dunedin and Auckland. The Federal steamer Norfolk at present completing discharge of her London cargo nt Timaru, is to leave there to-day for New Plymouth, where she is now due on Saturday to commence her Homeward loading. The Norfolk will later complete at Wanganui, Wellington. Napier and Auckland. She is scheduled to clear Auckland finally on November 17 for London, Glasgow. Liverpool and Avonmouth. The Union Company’s Walhemo, with a cargo of raw sugar from Suva was due at Vancouver on Monday. She is to load at Pacific Coast ports during the remainder of this month and first half of November for Papeete. Auckland, Wellington Lyttelton, Dunedin and Australia, and possibly also for Napier. The Walhemo is scheduled to clear Los Angeles on November 12 and is due at Auckland on December 8. The Shaw, Savill and Albion llnef lonic is expected to sail from Southampton on November 4 for Wellington and Auckland. The vessel is due at Wellington about December 14. . , Following upon the action of the Shipping and Coal Company, Ltd., in taking over a number of vessels from their Dutch associates to avoid the heavy costs of shipping under the Netherlands flag, it now appears that several Swedish vessels have been transferred to the Finnish flag for the same reason It is estimated that about 50,000 tons of Swedish shipping have now been registered in Finland, while negotiations are going forward for the transfer of n further 75,000 tons. The step has been taken by the Swedish owners concerned as a protest against the high class ruling In Sweden. A case has been cited where a vessel of 5000 tons dw saves as much as 100 kroner per day in general expenses when registered in Finland. During the week ended September 2, 1010 vessels, representing 812,900 net register tons, used the Port of London: 417 vessels (627,097 net register tons) were to and from colonial and foreign ports and 593 vessels (185,803 net register tons) were engaged in coastwise traffic. Five vessels discharged meat cargoes in the Port of London during the week; one from New Zealand, the Zealandic; one from South Africa, the Dunbar Castle; and three from South America, the Almeda Star, Upwey Grange, and Tuscan Star. Altogether, I7L--000 carcasses of lamb and mutton, 109,000

quarters of beef, quantities of pork and rabbits and approximately 26,000 packages of sundries were distributed to the London market and throughout the country or placed into cold storage. Commercial traffic through the Panama canal during the month of July amounted to 326 transits, aggregating 1.676,492 net tons and carrying 1,259,981 tons of cargo, the lowest July figures since 1922. In conparison with July. 1931, there was a decline of 80 transits (19.7 per cent.), 434.209 net tons (20.6 per cent.), and 606,822 tons ot cargo (32.5 per cent.). The record for July traffic was reached in 1929, when 527 vessels, aggregating 2,468,280 net tons, and carrying 2,598,162 tons of cargo, passed through the canal. In comparison with these high figures, July’s traffic this year decreased 38.1 per cent, in transits, 32.1 per cent, in net tonnage, and 51.5 per cent. In cargo tonnage. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Canadian Constructor, Golden Cloud, Haleric, Hauraki, Karetu, Maui ramate. Rangitiki, Monterey, Triona. Vincas. Wellington: Aorangi. Discovery, H.M.S. Dunedin, Kalingo, Mariposa, Niagara, Opawa. Port Gisborne. Rangatira. naranga, Sydhav. Tainui, Tamahine, Wahine. Awarua: Canadian Challenger, Kiwitea, Sir James Clark Ross, Wainui. Chatham Islands: Nil. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 26. Sailed: Canopus 3.30 p.m. for Westport. Wellington, October 26. Arrived: Rangitira 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Storm 8.30 from Wanganui; Port Gisborne 1.40 p.m. from Timaru; Alexander 5.30 from Napier. Sailed: Storm 5 p.m. and Rangatira 7.50 for Lyttelton. To sail: Kanna for Gisborne, Alexander for Nelson. Lyttelton, October 26. Arrived:—Holmdale 6.10 a.m., Orepuki 6.35 a.m. from Timaru; Wahine 6.45 a.m., Waimarino noon from Wellington. Sailed:—Wahine 8 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, October 26. Arrived: Kiwitea 10.45 a.m. from Bluff. Sailed: Diomede 4 p.m. for Timaru; Port Whangarei 5 p.m. for Timaru; Kiwitea 6.30 p.m. for Lyttelton. London, October 25. SailedPiako from Montevideo. Mataroa from Balboa.