PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 22729, 4 November 1935, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

ARRIVED. —Saturday, November 2.— Paua m.v. (Captain D. R. Paterson) 1260 tons from Wellington at 6.30 a.m. Kalingo s.s. (Captain Bruce) 2047 tons from Melbourne at 6.40 a.m. SAILED. —Saturday, November 2.— Port Caroline s.s. (Captain G. S. Hall) 8263 tons for Timaru at 5.55 a.m. Kalingo s.s. (Captain Bruce) 2047 tons for Dunedin at 6.15 p.m. VESSEL IN PORT. Paua m.v. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze. Wellington, to-day. Waitaki. Melbourne, to-day. Waimarino. Dunedin. -November 7. Nolisement, Seychelles, November 7. Wainui, Wellington, November 10. Marama, Melbourne. November 11. Waikouaiti. Lyttelton. November 11. Waipiata, Dunedin, November 14. Karetu. Sydney, November 17. King Malcolm, Port Chalmers, November 25. Rotorua. Dunedin. November 26. Hauraki. Dunedin, December 18. Port Wyndham, Dunedin, December 20. Huntingdon, Dunedin, December 24. Narbada, Dunedin, January — Mataroa. Wellington. February —. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kalingo, Dunedin, to-day. Breeze, Dunedn. to-day. Waitaki. Dunedin, to-day. Paua, Wellington, to-morrow. Waimarino, Dunedin, November 7. Wainui, Dunedin. November 11. Marama. Dunedin, November 11. Waikouaiti. Sydney, November 11. Waipiata, Dunedin. November 14. Nolisement. Dunedin, November 16. Karetu, Dunedin, November 18. King Malcolm, . November 26. Hauraki. Melbourne. December 18. Huntingdon, , December —. Port Wyndham. Dunedin. January 24. Narbada, . January —. Mataroa. . February — GENERAL NOTES. The Te Pegasus arrived with passengers from Stewart Island at 8.15 a.m. on Saturday. She sailed again to return to the Island at 1.20 p.m. the same day. The Shell Oil Company’s motor ship Paua arrived early on Saturday morning from Wellington with case and bulk oil. On completion of discharge she loads casemaking timber and sails to-morrow again for Wellington. The Union Company’s steamer Kalingo reached Bluff from Melbourne on Saturday morning. After working general cargo she sailed late the same afternoon for Dunedin. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Caroline finished her Southland loading for the London market on Friday and sailed shortly before 6.0 a.m. on Saturday for Timaru. The Waimarino sailed from Auckland at 9.30 p.m. on Friday for Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due here on Thursday and sails the same day for Dun"din. „ The Marama is expected to leave Milford at 10.0 a.m. on Thursday for Bluff via Miiford Sound. It is hoped to berth the vessel on Monday morning. She sails later in the day for Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. The Waipiata leaves Auckland next Friday for Bluff via northern ports. She is due here on the 14th from Dunedin and sails the same day for Dunedin. For ten successive weeks London’s shipping has aggregated over one million net register tons. During the week ended September 13, 1388 vessels, representing 1,060,489 net register tons, used the Port of London. Of these 585 vessels (828,975 net register tons) were to and from Empire and Foreign ports and 803 vessels (231,514 net register tons) were engaged in coastwise traffic. The arrivals included seven meat cargoes, viz. five from Australia and New Zealand and, two from South America, comprising 132.000 carcasses of lamb and

mutton, 89,000 quarters of beef, quantities of pork, rabbits and sundries. Under charter to the Union Company, the tanker Thorhild left San Pedro on October 26 with bulk fuel-oil for Wellington. She- is due there on November 20. The Orient Company’s liner Orion, of 24,000 tons, arrived at Fremantle last Tuesday from London on her maiden voyage. The vessel has over 135 passengers for New Zealand, and she s due at Sydney on November 7. . , _ , . , The Royal Mail liner Niagara is scheduled to leave Vancouver on November 9 for Auckland, via Honolulu and Suva. The vessel is expected to reach Auckland at daybreak on November 28, and she is to sail for Sydney the same day. . , , The tanker Garonne, which is en route from Batum, Russia, to New Zealand with a cargo of petrol, will now unload her cargo at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin in that order, instead of making Auckland her last discharging port, as was formerly scheduled. She is due at Auckland about November 11. PERSONAL. Captain H. P. Thurston, late of the Fordsdale. is now in command of the Shaw. Savill steamer Maimoa. THE DUNEDIN STAR. The London Office of the Blue Star Line have cabled to Blue Star Line (N.Z.) Ltd-. Wellington, that the Dunedin Star was safely launched on October 29 at Camel Laird's yards, Birkenhead, by Lady Ermund Vestey. The Dunedin Star is one of toe six new motor vessels built, and building, for the Blue Star Line New Zealand and Australian trades. The three new motor vessels already in commission are the Imperial Star. New Zealand Star and Australian Star and were built at the yards of Harland and Wolff. Belfast. The Dunedin Star is of a similar type to the New Zealand Star, but will have some additional improvements in her equipment and layout and is expected to be even faster than the New Zealand Star class. The fifth and sixth new vessels are expected to be launched early in the new year. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations over the week-end:— Auckland: Forthbank, Akaroa, Leworth. Kairanga. Lindenbank, Lurline, Maui Pomare. Middlesex, -Ngakuta, Port Campbell, Rotorua. W. B. Walker. Wellington: Akaroa, Port Chalmers, Matai, Rangatira, Tamahine. Wahine. Maimoa. H.M.S. Diomede. H.M.S. Dunedin. Fresno Star, King. Malcolm. Malaita, Mariposa, Mataroa, New Zealand Star, Niagara, Rangitata, Remuera, Tainui. Tamaroa. Awarua: Aymeric, Canadian Cruiser, Innaren, Kalingo, Port Caroline. Waikouaiti, Alfie Cam, Bendigo. Brisbane Maru. City of Tokio, Hauraki, James Cook, Kaimiro, Karetu. Kartigi, Makura, Marama, Maunganui, New Zealand, Nolisement, Omana, Waitaki. Wanganella. Chatham Islands: South Sea. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Auckland, November 3. Arrived (Saturday): Ngakuta 8.35 а. from Napier. Sailed: Isleworth 4.45 p.m. for Westport; Ngakuta 5.10 p.m. for Fiji; Lurline 5.35 p.m. for Sydney. Arrived (Sunday): Yacht Moerewa 10.45 a.m. from Brisbane; Akaroa 11 p.m. from Napier. Wellington, November 3. Arrived (Saturday): Breeze 12.40 a.m. from Wanganui; Karu 6.15 a.m., Maori 7 a.m., Wainui 7 a.m., Holmdale 8.5 a.m., Parera 8.50 a.m., Storm 11 a.m. from Lyttelton. Arrived (Sunday): Rangatira 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Port Chalmers 8.25 a.m. from New Plymouth. Sailed (Saturday): Holmglen 6 p.m. for New Plymouth; Wainui 6.20 p.m. for Napier; Karu 6.25 p.m. for Nelson; Poolta 6.35 p.m. for Lyttelton; Breeze б. p.m. for Bluff; Parera 7.45 p.m. for Dunedin; Wahine 8.50 p.m. for Lyttelton.

Sailed (Sunday): Maimoa 7.20 a.m. for Waikokopu. To sail: Holmdale midnight for Picton; Storm midnight for Picton. Lyttelton, November 3.

Arrived (Saturday): Rangatira 6.45 a.m., Kapiti 9.25 a.m., Innaren 10 a.m., Amalthus 1.15 p.m., Wingatui 2.50 p.m. from Wellington. Arrived (Sunday): Wahine 7.0 a.m. from Wellington; Canadian Cruiser 8.50 a.m. from Dunedin; Poolta from Wellington. Sailed (Saturday): Tees 2.20 p.m. for Chatham Islands; Aymeric 3.10 p.m. for Dunedin; Kapiti 4.5 p.m. for Wanganui; Rangatira 8.35 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, November 3. Sailed (Saturday): City of Tokio 10 a.m. for Sydney; Totara noon for Wellington; Canadian Cruiser 2.15 p.m. for Lyttelton. Arrived (Sunday): Aymeric 11.30 a.m. from Lyttelton; Kalingo 10.40 a.m. from Bluff. London, November 1. Arrived: At Cristobal, Rangitata. Sailed: Tamaroa from London; Port Hobart from New York; Northumberland from Liverpool. (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) London, November 2. Sailed: From Cristobal, Mataroa; from Southampton, Tamaroa; from Balboa, Waipawa; from New York, Port Hobart. Sydney, November 2. Arrived: Monowai 5.30 a.m. from Auckland. (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) Sydney, November 3. Sailed: At 3 p.m., Wanganella for Auckland. Melbourne, November 2. Sailed: Kaimiro for Auckland and Brisbane Maru for Wellington.