PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waimarino, Dunedin, to-day. Nolisement. Seychelles, to-day. Wainui. Wellington, November 10. Marama. Melbourne. November 11. Waikouaiti. Lyttelton, November 13. Waipiata, Dunedin, November 14. Marama. Wellington. November 17. 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. Waimarino, Dunedin, to-day. Wainui. Dunedin, November 11.

Marama, Dunedin. November 11. Waikouaiti, Sydney, November 14. Waipiata, Dunedin. November 14. Nolisement, Dunedin, November 16. Marama, Melbourne, November 18. 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 Tamatea sailed for Stewart Island at 10.20 a.m. yesterday and returned to Bluff again, berthing before 5 p.m. The steamer Nolisement is due at Bluff about 11 o'clock to-night from the Seychelles Islands. She begins discharge of her cargo to-morrow morning. The Waimarino should reach Bluff from Dunedin at 11 o’clock this morning. She sails in the evening again for Dunedin. The Wainui left Napier at 10 p.m. on Tuesday for Gisborne, Wellington and Bluff. She Is due here on Sunday and leaves on the following day for Auckland. The Waikouaiti now leaves Lyttelton on Monday evening for Bluff direct. She is due on Wednesday, the 13th, and sails the next day for Dunedin. The Shaw. Savill and Albion liner Tamaroa. from London, was scheduled to clear Southampton on Friday for Wellington and Auckland. She is due at Wellington on December 4. An exceptionally fine weather voyage was experienced by the Matson steamer Lurline, which arrived at Auckland from San Francisco, via Island ports, on Friday afternoon. The vessel left Los Angeles 24 hours behind schedule, but by fast steaming she picked up 16 hours on the voyage. Her average speed from Pago Pago to Suva was 21.48 knots, and from Suva to Auckland 21—9 knots. THE PANAMA CANAL. Many of the major works of man are loosely referred to as ‘'miracles”—miracles of endurance, miracles of engineering, and the like. Few, if’any, of those feats have, however, so worthily earned the pseudonym of "miracle” as has the construction of the Panama Canal. The Isthmus of Panama was a barrier between two oceans; the removal of that barrier, to cite only one of its vast benefits to the Dominion, has brought England 1366 nautical miles nearer to New Zealand. Statistics are dry reading, but in computing the stupendous value of the "Miracle of Panama,” in relation to the speedier travel of passengers between the Dominion and the Homeland, it is of great interest to learn that ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s fleet of luxurious liners alone have, by reason ot plying the direct route, saved their passengers many thousands of sea-going miles every year. One does not want to practice multiplication sums for no apparent practical purpose, and yet one is intrigued into wondering how many millions of miles, ana thousands of pounds, and hundreds of years of valuable time has been saved as represented bv the vast total of passengers carried by this first of our shipping companies to adopt the route "Via Panama” since tlie opening the canal 20 years ago! That prejudices against the route existed in the early days is certain, and it was due to lingering doubts concerning the climate of the Panama zone, and attitude of mind arising from the knowledge that, during the early years of the thirty-two taken, first by the French and then by the Americans, to construct the canal, much disease was encountered by the labourers. Marvellous, however, as was the engineering feat of construction, the complete destruction of the mosquito menace, the cause ot sickness, was no less wonderful, for to-day the Isthmus is not only healthy, but is a place now much visited for its many attractions. Although in the tropics, this narrow strip of land is fanned by the cool breezes of two oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, in the day the sun is warm, and. tne heat is never oppressive, in the evenings the temperature is delightfully cool, ana all through the night the ozone-laden atmosphere is conducive to sound and refreshing sleep. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: City of Baghdad, Fresno Star. Golden State, Mandalay. Maui Pomare. Rangitiki, Tekoa, Trentbank. Wellington: Alfie Cam. Amalthus. Brisbane Maru, Canadian Cruiser, H.M.S. Diomede, Emma Maersk. Hoegh Trader, King Malcolm. Malmoa, Matai. Mataroa. Paua, Port Chalmers, Port Caroline, Port Hunter, Rangatira, Rangitata, Remuera, Tainui, Tamahine, Tamaroa, Wahine. Awarua: Barrabool, City of Tokio, Hauraki, James Cook, Kaimiro, Kalingo, Karetu, Kartigi, Makura. Maunganui. New Zealand, Nolisement, Orion, South Africa. Strathnaver, Triona. Wairuna, Waitaki, Waikouaiti. Chatham Islands: South Sea. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Auckland, November 6. Arrived: Wanganella 4 a.m. from Sydney; Rangitiki 2 p.m. from Wellington. Sailed: H.M.S. Leith 2 p.m. for Napier. Wellington, November 6. Arrived: Brisbane Maru 4 a.m. from Melbourne; Holmdale 5.10 a.m. from Wanganui; Rangatira 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Alfie Cam 1.40 p.m. for Sydney; Canopus 2.45 p.m. from Westport; Karu 5.45 p.m. from New Plymouth. Sailed: Port Hunter 4.25 p.m. for Lyttelton; Holmdale 6.5 p.m. for Dunedin; Rangatira 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton, To sail: Birsbane Maru 9 p.m. for Auckland. Lyttelton, November 6. Arrived: Kalingo 5.35 a.m. from Dunedin; Wahine 6.40 a.m. from Wellington; Awahou 8.40 a.m. from Napier; Matai 8.45 a.m. from Wellington; Parera 10.45 a.m. from Timaru. Sailed: Matai 11 a.m. for Akaroa; Parera 3.40 p.m. for Wellington; Kalingo 4 p.m. for Wellington; Wahine 8.30 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, November 6. Arrived: Breeze 6.40 a.m. from Bluff; Waimarino 9 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed: Innaren 10.30 a.m. for Melbourne; Waitaki 12.10 p.m. for Lyttelton; Miro 4.30 p.m. for Auckland. ' To sail: Waimarino 9 p.m. for Bluff; Breeze 11 p.m. for Oamaru. Arrived: Brattdal 6 p.m. from Algeria. , , „ Sydney, November b. Arrived: Karetu from Bluff. London, November 5. Arrived: Los Angeles, Mariposa. Sailed: Mataroa from Curacao; Hauraki from San Francisco.