PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 25312, 15 June 1935, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

SAILED. Friday, June 14. Waimarino s.s. (Captain A. H. Prosser) 3067 tons for Dunedin at 4.30> p.m. . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. • Waikouaiti, Lyttelton, to-day. Canadian Cruiser, Melbourne, June 18. Waitaki, Oatnaru. June 19. Waiplata. Dunedin. June 20. Karetu, Sydney, June 21. Wainui, Wellington. June 24. Rotorua, Port Chalmers, June 26. Ruahine, Port Chalmers, July 22. Port Fairy. Dunedin, August 16.. Fordsdale. Dunedin. September 4. Narbada, Dunedin, September 20. Zealandic. Dunedin. October 1. Marama. Melbourne. November 11. Haurakl, Dunedin. December 7. Mataroa, Wellington, February 7.

iTIOJECTED DEPARTURES. Kalmiro, Greymouth, to-day. Waikouaiti, Sydney. June 17. Canadian Cruiser, Dunedin. June 19. Waitaki* Melbourne. June 19. Waipiata. Dunedin. June 20. Karetu, Dunedin, June 21. Wainui, Dunedin, June 24. Rotorua. Lyttelton. June 29. Ruahlne. Napier. July 27. Port Fairy, —, August 19. Fordsdale, —. September — ... Narbada.-Newcastle, September 20. Zealandic. Timaru, October 1. Marama, Dunedin, November 11. Haurald. Melbourne; December 8. \ Mataroa, —, February —. GENERAL NOTES. The Union Company’s cargo steamer Waimarino finished loading yesterday and sailed in the afternoon for Dunedin. Owing to bad weather the Waikouaiti advises that she cannot reach Bluff before this afternoon. ; , The Karetu leaves Sydney on Monday for Bluff and should reach here on the 21st. She sails the same day for Dunedin. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co., advise that the Canadian Cruiser left Melbourne at 5 p.m. on Tuesday for Bluff. She here on Tuesday and sails the next day for Dunedin. The Canadian. Cruiser leaves finally from Napier for New York, Boston and Montreal. The Port Huon, which left New York on May 30 for Australia for discharge, and New Zealand ports to load, has arrived at Cristobal. The following passengers arrived at Auckland by the Port Gisborne from London:— Messrs W. T. Perry and E. Close; Mrs C. C. Tatham. Miss G. Benham. Mrs M. and Miss Campbell, Miss M. Standbridge, Miss M. Kirton. The O. and O. Line steamer Golden Coast, which left Wellington on April 8 for San Francisco, via Sydney, arrived at the Californian port last Saturday. On a three months’ cruise to the South Sea Islands. M.M.S. Leith, commanded by Captain Oliver Bevir, sailed at 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The cruise will include visits to Niue Island, Pago Pago, Fiji. Samoa, the Tokelau Group, Nassau, Bora Bora, Papeete. Moorea and Cook Islands. It will be the Leith's first visit to. the islands and she is to return to Auckland on September 21. The Leith will be the second of the four New Zealand warships to leave for th’e Pacific Islands this winter, H.M.S. Dunedin having sailed on June 5. They will be followed by H.M.S. Diomede on June 18 and H.M.S. Wellington on July 5. ROUND CAPE HORN. Passage from Melbourne round Cape Horn to Sweden in one of the few surviving '‘deep-water” sailing ships was offered last week to a limited number of travellers at the rate of £5O each. The master of the Swedish four-masted barque C. B. Pedersen has facilities for accommodating several travellers. The C. B. Pedersen was to have left Melbourne for Gothenburg on Monday. As all efforts to obtain a cargo for the barque have failed the passage will be made in ballast. As the passage will probably be made by way of Cape Horn, those who decided to join the ship will be able to expedience the rigours of sailing ship life off the Horn, the calms and squalls of the doldrums, and the beauty of the life in the "trade winds.” The C. B. Pedersen, which is manned by Swedish cadets, arrived at Melbourne some week ago after a passage of 198 days from Sundsvaal (Sweden), with timber. The offer met a quick response, more than 12 Melbourne residents making application to the ship’s agents. Most of them admitted that their chief reason for considering the passage was the desire to experience life In a sailing ship at sea. Many of the applicants were elderly persons. One is a well-known Melbourne woman artist. HOUSE FLAGS. The fact that the ships of the Cunard White Star Line fly the house-flags of the two companies on the same hoist does not, as some people have concluded, constitute an innovation. The present procedure is to fly the Cunard flag over that of the White Star on the former Cunard vessels and the White Star flag over the Cunard on the former White Star vessels. To those interested in flag lore this' is most disappointing, writes Mr John S. Styling to the Shipping World, and it is to be hoped that a new flag for the whole fleet—possibly a union of the two flags—will be hoisted when the Queen Mary goes on her maiden voyage. “The Cunard flag as we know it to-day was only adopted about 1880. Prior to that date it consisted of two pendants—blue with white saltire over plain red—which was actually the house-flag of G. and J. Burns, and it is assumed that Cunard adopted this flag in consideration of the Invaluable help and influence which Burns gave. The White Star Line flag—red swallow tall with white five-pointed star —was originally that of a Liverpool firm of sailingship owners, Pilkington and Wilson, and was flown from the mastheads of some of the smartest clipper-ships on the Australian run. The flag, together with the name ‘White Star Line,' was purchased , by Mr T. H. Ismay. and It is interesting to note that this was the first house-flag to be actually flown by armed merchant cruisers—the Teutonic and Majestic. The custom of flying two house-flags on the same vessel is not a common one, but there are several notable examples. When the P. and O. took over Lund's Blue Anchor Line (memorable for the tragic and mysterious loss of the Waratah), the vessels, then known as the P. and O. Branch Service, did for a year or so actually fly the old Lund “Blue Anchor” flag on the foremast in addition to the P. and O. flag at the main. To-day we have the Anchor-Donaldson Line flying the Anchor Line flag at the fore and the Donaldson flag at the main. Only recently the Halizones was in the Thames with the Clan Line flag at the fore and the Houston Line flag at the main—this follows the new funnel markings which have been adopted by the Houston and Shire Line vessels.” WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday — Auckland: Abel Tasman, Canadian Scottish, H.M.S. Dunedin, Kairanga, H.M.S. Leith, Mariposa, Napier Star, Niagara, Obsorensen, Pakeha. Wellington: Coptic, Lacklan, Maori, Mataroa, Monowai, Monterey. Nucula, Port Darwin, Rangatira,. Rangitiki, Remuera, Tamahine. Awarua: Alfie Cam. Balaclava, Cambridge, Canadian Cruiser, Golden Cloud, Kaimlro, Kalingo, Karetu, Makura, Maunganui, Port Whangarei, Rotorua, Waikouaiti, Westmoreland. Chatham Islands: South Sea. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, June 14. Arrived: Port Waikato 2.45 a.m. from Wellington; Mariposa 7.25 a.m. from Los Angeles; Waipahi 3 p.m. from New Plymouth; Piako 6.15 p.m. from Tokomaru Bay. To sail:' Napier Star 7.30 p.m. for London; V.’aipiata 9 p.m. for Wellington; Port Waikato 9.30 p.m. for Wellington; Mariposa 10 p.m. for Sydney. Wellington, June 14. Arrived: Parera 1.20 a.m. from New Plymouth; Waitaki 6 a.m. from Lyttelton; Kakariki 6 a.m. from Newcastle; Kaitoa 6.45 a.m. from Nelson; Rangatira 7' a.m. from Lyttelton; Wingatui 7.15 p.m. from Lyttelton; Otira 7.20 a.m. from Lyttelton; Port Gisborne 9.20 a.m. from Auckland; Echo 1.25 p.m. from Blenheim. Sailed: Breeze 2.35 p.m. for Lyttelton; Tamahine 2.45 p.m. for Picton; Kahanui 2.55 p.m. for Wanganui; Monowai 3.15 p.m. for Sydney; Echo 5 p.m. for Blenheim; Kaitoa 6.40 p.m. for Nelson; Rangatira 7.45 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, June 14. Arrived: Wainui 6.30 a.m. from Timaru; Orepuki 6.50 a.m. from Timaru; Maori 8.20 a.m. from Wellington; Port Whangarei 9.35 a.m. from Timaru. Sailed: Cambridge 12.30 p.m. for Dunedin; Orepuki 1.5 p.m. for Wellington; Wainui 2.40 p.m. for Wellington; Port Whangarei 7.20 p.m. for Wellington; Maori 8.40 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, June 14, Arrived: Kaimiro 8 a.m. from Lyttelton; Aldington Court 9 a.m. from Lyttelton. , Sailed: Kaimiro 4 p.m. for Bluff; Storm 6.30 p.m. for Timaru.