PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 22013, 12 May 1933, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

ARRIVED. Thursday. May 10. Taranaki m.v. (Captain J. W. Johnson) 8285 tons from Timaru at 2.30 a.m. VESSEL IN PORT. Taranaki m.v. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wainui, Wellington, uncertain. Waikouaiti. Lyttelton, uncertain. Storm, Wellington, uncertain. Pakeha. London. May 15. Remuera, Port Chalmers, May 20. Tasmania. Lyttelton. May 26. Port Alma, Australia, May 27. Coptic, Timaru, June 9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Taranaki. Picton, May. Pakeha, Oamaru. May 16. Remuera, Lyttelton. May 25. Port Alma, Port Chalmers, May 30. Tasmania, London, May 30. Waipiata. Dunedin, June 1. Coptic, Wellington, June 12. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. Citv of Cambridge ex Wainui in B shed (J.G.W.) . , Port Dunedin, railed from Dunedin in A shed (Hend.). Mataroa. railed from Dunedin, in A shed (N.M.A.). Wainui, ex Mooltan. in B shed (D. and Co.). Wainui, ex Mooltan, in B shed (W. S and Co.). Wainui, ex Strathaird, in B shed (W. S and Co.). . Kia Ora, railed from Dunedin in A shed (D. and Co.). GENERAL NOTES. The Tamatea returned from Stewart Island yesterday, reaching Bluff at 1 pm. The Shaw. Savill and Albion liner Taranaki berthed at 2.30 a.m. yesterday and later began her Southland loading for the Homeland. She will possibly complete tonight. Oystering has been carried on under difficult conditions lately, those engaged in operations having an unenviable time, yesterday, however, while not by any means perfect, was better in the Straits than m the previous days. The New Zealand Shipping Company s Remuera is due to arrive at Wellington on Sunday from London. On completion along the coast the vessel will arrive at Bluff on the 20th to discharge and load for London. The Remuera will leave for Lyttelton on the 25th.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's Tasmania is due at Bluff on May 26 from Lyttelton. On completion tire vessel will sail for London direct on the 30th. Messrs J. G. Ward and Company, local agents for the A. and A. Line, advise that the Armadale is to leave New York on July 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The Northumberland sailed from Liverpool on April 15 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. People on shore wonder what those on board ship do during long passages. The average man at home during his spare time has various hobbies—wireless, the making of clocks, and so on—and this also applies to the seafarer. For instance, the hobby of Captain Field, of the Huntingdon, is the collecting of rare birds, and as a collector of birds he has a widespread reputation. On one voyage to New Zealand he had a very fine and valuable collection of birds on board. A former v/ell-known Union Company master used to have a parrot. Cats are also popular, and there are one or two dogs on New Zealand coastal vessels. The hobbies of one master are music and photography, and there are numerous other hobbies, some of them being the collecting of books on the sea and other nautical subjects. The Board of Trade announces that his Majesty the King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award the bronze medal for gallantry in saving life at sea to Mr Peter Thomson, assistant engineer superintendent, in recognition of his gallantry in attempting to save the life of Mr A. V. Hamilton in the following circumstances. The steamer Oregon Star caught fire in the river Tyne on November 13 last year, and was seriously damaged. Mr Hamilton, the chief officer, wearing a lifeline and breathing apparatus containing twenty-five minutes’ supply of oxygen, went down into the shelter ’tween deck in order to try and locate the seat of the fire. About three minutes after descending Hamilton apparently commenced to return, as the line became slack, but suddenly weight was thrown upon the line, and it was feared that Hamilton was in difficulties. Mr Thomson, ship's superintendent, wearing a smoke helmet with hose attachment, went down into the ’tween decks and found Hamilton, whom he dragged to a place near the ladderway. Thomson then returned to the deck for a line, which he fastened round Hamilton’s body. On Thomson’s second return to the deck, he was in an exhausted condition. Efforts were made to haul Hamilton up to the deck, but they were unfortunately unsuccessful. The Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company’s vessel Halcione. 843 tons, under the command of Captain Parker, arrived in port 50 years ago. after a trip of 114 days from Gravesend. She carried 36 passengers and arrived in good condition after a voyage made in fair weather. The chief officer stated that the long voyage was attributable to the continuance of light winds. On those occasions when the wind was favourable it frequently blew so nard that the vessel had to be -hove-to; A cable message from London stated that the Agent-Gen-eral for New Zealand, Sir Dillon Bell, had received no tenders for the direct steam service between New Zealand and England. The Post expressed the opinion that the subsidy of £20,000 per annum, offered by the New Zealand Government, was far too small to compensate for the inconvenience and expense attached to complying with the very stringent conditions imposed. It was stated by a London correspondent that the New Zealand Shipping Company had entered into an arrangement with the White Star Company whereby the two steamers lonic and Doric were to take up the running between Great Britain and New Zealand until the Shipping Company’s new vessels had been built. A telegram from Hokitika reported that the s.s. Murray had grounded outside the Spit while passing through the North Channel. She had a hole a foot square knocked in her side, level to the water, through coming into contact with the “training wall’’ on the Spit. A San Franciscan journal, writing on the San Francisco mail service, advocated that Wellington should be made the port of call instead of Auckland If New Zealand should continue the service and New South Wales withdraw from it. It was stated that 47.584 letters and 124.752 newspapers and periodicals were carried from San Francisco by the Australian mail steamers during the last three months of 1882. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The folldwlng vessels were within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Brisbane Maru. Canadian Cruiser. Cumberland, Hauraki, Helmsprey, lonic, Karetu, Mariposa, Maul Pomare, Narbada. Port Fairy, Port Field, Recorder, Vacuoline. Waimana, Welcombe, Wirral. Wellington: Aorangi, Cape Ortegal, Hororata. Kalingo. Kiaora. Mahla. Maori, Monterey, Niagara, Norfolk. Port Melbourne, Port Nicholson, Rangatlra, Rangitane, Remuera, Tamahine. Vanga, Wanganella. Awaraa: Alynbank, Kartigi, Makura, Maunganui, Port Hunter, Ruanlne. > Chatham Islands: Nil.

TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 11. Arrived: Recorder 1.30 p.m., from Australian coast. Sailed: Brisbane Maru 2.20 p.m. for Sydney. Wellington, May 11. Arrived: Maori 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Kia Ora 3 p.m. from Bluff. Sailed: Wanganella 12.40 p.m. for Sydney; Norfolk 2.35 p.m. tor New Plymouth; Mahia 6.55 p.m. for Gisborne; Maori 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, May 11. Arrived: Rangatira, 6.50 a.m., from Wellington. Sailed: Rangatira, 8.25 p.m., for Wellington. Dunedin, May 11. Arrived: Port Hunter, 11 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed: Tees, noon, for Timaru.