PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 21849, 28 October 1932, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

VESSEL IN PORT. Nolisement s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Storm, Wellington, to-night. Waikouaiti, Sydney, November 1. Paua, Wellington. November 7. Rangitlki. Wellington. November 7. Wainui, Melbourne, November 7. Storm, Lyttelton, November 8. Waikouaiti, Lyttelton, November 10. Wainui. Wellington, November 14. Taranaki, Dunedin. December 21. Pakeha, Dunedin, December 30. Northumberland, Dunedin, January 12. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm, Dunedin, to-morrow. Nolisement, Sydney, October 31. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, November 1. Wainui, Dunedin, November 7. Paua. Dunedin. November 8. Storm. Dunedin, November 8. Rangltikl. Lyttelton, November 9. Waikouaiti, Sydney, November 10. Wainui, Melbourne, November 14. Taranaki. . December 24. Pakeha, New Plymouth, January ». 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.). Port Gisborne, ex r ' amer at Bluff, in B shed (Hand.). . Sydney Maru, ex Waipiata, m B shed (J.G.W.). Tainui, 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. Oreti Shipping Company. (U.S.S.): Union Steam Ship Company. (W.S. and Co.); Wright, Stephenson and Company. GENERAL NOTES. , The discharging of the steamer Molise-, ment’s cargo is nearing completion ftrid she should be clear to sail for Sydney on Monday next. The Canterbury Shipping Company s coastal steamer Storm which sailed from Wellington at 5 p.m. on Wednesday for Bluff direct, is expected to berth this evening. After discharging general cargo and loading back Southland products for northern ports the vessel will sail to-morrow afternoon for Dunedin. She is due back at Bluff again on November 8. The Cambridge, which left Auckland on September 14 for London and west coast ports of the United Kingdom, via Montevideo, sailed from Dakar on the morning of October 21. The Shaw Savill Company has received cabled advice that the Otira cleared Montevideo last Thursday morning. She left Auckland on September 29 for London, via Cape Horn. Montevideo and Teneriffe. The Japanese motor ship Brisbane Maru is up to schedule, and with Japanese cargo she is scheduled to leave Risdon. Australia, to-day. She is due at Wellington on November 2, and she will sail the following day for Auckland. The Marine Department advises that the New Zealand Nautical Almanac and Tide Tables for 1933, compiled at the Nautical Adviser's Office, Marine Department, will be published at Wellington on November 1. and afterwards may be purchased from Government shipping offices or the Marine Department, Wellington. Some weeks may elapse between the first and subsequent issues. The sale of the freighter Canadian Commander, owned by the Canadian Govern-ment-controlled line, Canadian National Steamships, is reported. The Canadian Commander. It is stated, has been sold to an Italian firm with headquarters in Naples. The same firm is believed to be negotiating for the purchase of two more of the Canadian steamers, which so far have not been named. The Canadian Commander realized over £7,000. The Canadian Commander is a steamer of 5.493 tons gross, 400 ft long. 52.5 ft wide, and 28.5 ft deep. She was built in 1921 at Montreal by Canadian Vickers. It is not uncommon to see the expression “diesel engine." and there are some who uphold the replacement of the capital by the small letter, on the grounds that the word has now come into such common use that it enters in the same category as "ampere” and “watt.” The Motor Ship does not think that the comparison is just nor that there is any real argument in favour of abandoning the capital letter. Watt and ampere are bases of measurements, and should reference be made to a Watt engine no doubt the capital ought to be used. If we speak of a “diesel” engine we might equally well talk of “parsons" turbine. When a departure from grammatical accuracy is permitted on account of general usage an advantage or convenience must be implied. There does not seem to be any advantage in spelling Diesel with a small letter, and we suggest that the capital be retained in this country. as it is in all other European countries without exception. It would be idle to suggest that the outcome of the Ottawa Conference is viewed with enthusiasm by shipowners, and therefore shipbuilders, either in this country or abroad (says an English journal). Any further artificial barriers and the closing of circles in world's trade cannot be beneficial to an industry which depends for its life blood on a free flow of international commerce. But the present depression is due so much to lost confidence, and If,' in the British Empire, representing a fairly large proportion of the world's Inhabitants, the Ottawa decisions give rise to an improved feeling, they may, in the end, be helpful to shipping and shipbuilding. The hopes of all reasonable people lie in the belief that the very tightening of barriers must lead to a clearer realization of their futility, if judged from the standpoint of world trade as a whole, and from an understanding of the fact which, curiously enough, all do not yet believe, that the prosperity of the world is necessary for the prosperity of . an individual country. No doubt most people are a little weary of conferences, but the world economic conference. in which efforts may be made to break down all artificial barriers and lead to unrestricted trade, is one from which the most practical and immediate results may be anticipated. September Shipping at Bluff. The following summary of shipping entering and departing from the port during September was submitted to the Bluff Harbour Board at its monthly meeting yesterday by the harbourmaster (Captain G. N. Lindsay): INWARD: 4 overseas vessels 20388 tons 5 intercolonial vessels 7224 tons 28 coastal vessels 6893 tons 37 34505 OUTWARD: 6 oversea vessels 30413 tons 5 intercolonial vessels . 7224 tons 26 coastal vessels 4907 tons 37 ' 42544 Compared with September.' 1931, there was an increase inward of 9551 tons and an increase outward of 17,571 tons. <

FEWER PASSENGERS. EFFECT OF DEPRESSION. OVERSEAS SHIPPING. Since the prevailing financial depression started, passenger liners engaged in the service between Great Britain and New Zealand have carried fewer passengers, states the Wellington Evening Post. After immigration was stopped the ships were still carrying many passengers to New Zealand, but the depression then set m, and there is now accommodation to spare at the height of the inward passenger season. Fewer people are leaving New Zealand for England. It is said that one of the reasons for this is that in the days of immigration the people who came to New Zealand promised to return Home within a given period to see their relatives and then return to New Zealand, but this type of passenger is now a thing of the past. The scarcity of passengers still continues, according to the passenger managers of two large shipping companies engaged in the New Zealand service. However, there is one bright spot: more British travellers are visiting the Dominions this year. New Zealand and Australia are included in the itineraries of those who formerly spent their money on the Continent and elsewhere. There is extensive propaganda going on in Great Britain urging the necessity of people buying British and travelling British. More travellers are said to be travelling to and from New Zealand via Panama, it being cheaper than the Suez route. Travellers making their first voyage usually patronize the Suez route because of the greater number of ports of call, but afterwards they are more concerned with making a quick passage and saving money. . , . It is too early yet to calculate how many people will travel Home next autumn so as to arrive in England in time for summer. One shipping company reports more advance bookings than at this time last year, and although its experience is not general it is thought that bookings will pick up between now and autumn. A feature of the depression is that people have less to spend on travelling. Fares have come down throughout the world. Luxury suites on the smartest Atlantic iiners have decreased greatly in cost. Fares have been reduced for those who travel from New Zealand. One-class ships have become popular all over the world. When a ship is advertised as one-class it does not mean that she has one class equal to third class. There are cabin class ships for those who want the good accommodation, but not at the former high rates, and tourist-class ships for those who want good accommodation at a slightly cheaper rate than on the cabin-class ships. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s ships are now either cabin or tourist-class ships, and their accommodation has been improved. The Tainui was improved when she was converted to a tourist-class ship, and she is to be further improved when she returns to England. The Akaroa is being converted in England to a cabin-class liner. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Ruahine now carries cabin and third-class passengers. The Rotorua has had her accommodation altered and is to re-enter the New Zealand service as a tourist-class ship. She will be one of the finest tourist-class ships on the run. The Remuera. which carries, first, second, and third-class passengers. has had her passenger accommodation greatly improved. When a ship is converted to a one-class ship she usually has less accommodation than before, because of the alteration or abolition of the third-class quarters. The majority of passengers nowadays travel third-class in threeclass ships or on a one-class vessel. The third-class accommodation in the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liners Rangitlki. Rangitata. and Rangitane has been well filled during the last year or two, and these vessels, with the addition of the Remuera, are the only vessels on the New Zealand run with first-class accommodation. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday :— Auckland: Canadian Constructor, Haleric, Hauraki. Karetu. Maui Pomare, Monterey, Port Dunedin, Remuera, Trlona, Vincas. Wellington: Aorangi, Discovery, H.M.S. Dunedin, Kiwitea, Mariposa, Niagara, O. A. Knudsen, Rangatira, Sydhav, Tainui, Tamahine. Wahine. Awarua: Acasta, Canadian Challenger, Makura, Monowai, Sir James Clark Ross, Waikouaiti, Wainui. Chatham Islands: Nil. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Auckland, October 27. Arrived: Rangitiki 7.15 a.m. from London; Golden Cloud 12.20 p.m. from Los Angeles. Sailed: Remuera 2.5 p.m. for London; Paua 2.20 p.m. for Gisborne; Kaimiro 6.30 p.m. for Westport. Wellington, October 27. Arrived: Opawa 12.5 a.m., Rata 6.10 from Wanganui; Holmdale 6.25 p.m., Wahine 7 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed: O. A. Knudsen 7.15 a.m. from San Pedro; Holmdale 12.5 p.m. for Picton; Rata 1 p.m. for Westport; Wahine 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, October 27. Arrived: Rangatira 6.45 a.m. from Wellington; Waipiata 8.15 a.m., Poolta 1.10 from Timaru; Totara 4 pjn. from Westport; Kiwitea 4.30 p.m. from Dunedin. Sailed: Moa 11.35 a.m., Orepuki 12.55 p.m., Waipiata 5.50 p.m., Rangatira 8.25 p.m. for Wellington; Awahou 1 p.m. for Waikokopu; Gale 1.25 p.m. Waimarino 3.20 p.m. for Dunedin. Sydney, October 27. Arrived.—Kalingo, from Grevmouth. (Rec. 8.20 p.m.) Sydney, October 27. Sailed: At five, Makura for Wellington,