SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 23306, 16 September 1937, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF BLUFF

SAILED Wednesday, September 15 Karetu s.s. (Captain G. A. GrejU. 3210 tons, for Port Chalmers, at 3.25 p.m.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS Intercolonial And Coastal Waiana, Dunedin, today. Waitaki, Melbourne, September 22. Waikouaiti. Lyttelton. September 22. Waipiata. Dunedin. September 23. Wainui, Wellington. September 27. Karetu, Hobart, October 4.

Overseas Port Brisbane, Dunedin, tomorrow. Narbada. Dunedin. September 26. Port Dunedin. Oamaru. October 1. Middlesex, Wellington. October 10. Sussex, Dunedin, October 26.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES Intercolonial and Coastal Waiana, Dunedin, tomorrow. Waitaki, Dunedin, September 22. Waikouaiti, Sydney, September 22. Waipiata, Dunedin, September 23. Wainui. Dunedin. September 27. Karetu, Dunedin, October 4.

Overseas Port Brisbane, Wellington, tomorrow. Narbada, Newcastle, September 26. Port Dunedin, Wellington, October 2. Middlesex, —. October 11. Sussex, — , October 28. VESSELS DUE AT BLUFF Coastal Waiana, leaves Dunedin for Blufi (due today); leaves Bluff tomorrow for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). . Wainui. leaves Wellington for Bluff (due September 27); leaves here the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.) Waikouaiti, leaves Lyttelton for Bluff (due September 22); leaves Bluff the same day for Sydney. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Waitaki, leaves Melbourne for Bluff (due September 22); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Waipiata, leaves Dunedin for Bluff (due September 23); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin). (Union Steam Ship Co.). Karetu, leaves Hobart for Bluff (due October 4); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Overseas Narbada, left Calcutta August 10 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff (due September 26); sails from Bluff the same day for Newcastle. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Middlesex, left cordon August 19 tor Auckland (due September 27), Wellington (due October 2) and Bluff (due October 10). (Union Steam Ship Co.). Sussex, left Liverpool on August 28 tor Auckland (due September 80), Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin (due October 24) and Bluff (due October 26). (J- G. Ward and C °Port Brisbane, xfeaves Dunedin for Bluff (due tomorrow) to load; leaves here the same day for Wellington. (J. E. Watson and Co.). Port Dunedin, left London July 29 tor Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin, Oamaru and Bluff (due October 1) and Wellington. (J. E. Watson and Co.). PASSENGER SERVICES Australia-New Zealand Wanganella, left Wellington September 2 for Sydney; left Sydney September 10 for Auckland; leaves Auckland today for Sydney (due September 20). (J. G. Ward and Co.). , Awatea, at Wellington; leaves Welling-, ton tomorrow for Sydney (due September 20). (Union Steam Ship Co.). England-New Zealand Arawa, leaves London October 28 for Wellington and Auckland. (Dalgety ana Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). Mataroa, leaves London on November 25 for Auckland and Wellington. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). Rangitane, leaves London on November 11 for Wellington and Lyttelton. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Rangitata, leaves London October 14 for Auckland, Wellington and Napier. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Ilangitiki, leaves London today for Auckland (due October 20) and Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Rotorua, leaves Liverpool on October 23 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Co.). Talnui, left London August 19 for Lyttelton (due September 28), Dunedin (due October 2), and Napier (due October 11). (National Mortgage and Agency Co.: Dalgety and Co.). Remuera, left London August 19 tor Auckland (due September 25). Wellington (due October 2) and New Plymouth. (Union Steam Ship Co,). Ruahine, left London September 9 for Suva, Wellington (duo October 27) and Auckland; thence Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Tamaroa, leaves Southampton on October 1 for Lyttelton (due November 6) and Dunedin (due November 10) (National Mortgage and Co.; Dalgety and Co.). England-Australia Chitral, left London August 6 for Fremantle, Adelaide. Melbourne and Sydney

(due today). (Union Steam Ship Co.; Wright, Stephenson and Co.). Nestor, left Liverpool July 31 ror Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney (due tomorrow). Ormonde, left London August 14 for Fremantle, Adelaide (due September 18), Melbourne (due Septemer 20), and Sydney (due Sepetmber 23). (Union Steam Ship Co.- Wright, Stephenson and Co.). Ceramic, left Liverpool August 21 tor Fremantle (due September 25). Adelaide (due September 30). Melbourne (due October 2) and Sydney (due October 7). Mongolia, left London August 20 for Fremantle (due September 21), Adelaide (due

September 25). Melbourne (due September 27) and Sydney (due September 30). (Union Steam Ship Co.; Wright, Stephenson and Co.). Maloja. left London September 3 for Fremantle (due October 5), Adelaide (due October 9). Melbourne (due October 11) and Sydney (due October 14). (Union Steam Ship Co.; Wright. Stephenson and Co.). Moreton Bay, left Southampton August 25 for Fremantle (due September 24), Adelaide (due September 29). Melbourne (due October 1) and Sydney (due October 4). (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Co.). Oronsay, left London August 28 for Fremantle (due September 28). Adelaide (due October 2), Melbourne (due October 4) and Sydney (due October 7). (Union Steam Ship Co.; Wright. Stephenson and Co.). Orion, left London September 11 for Fremantle (due October 12), Adelaide (due October 16). Melbourne (due October 18) and Sydney (due October 20). (Union Steam Ship Co.; Wright. Stephenson and Co.).

PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE Aorangi, left Vancouver September 1 for Auckland (due September 20); leaves Auckland September 21 for Sydney (due September 25). Leaves Sydney September 30 for Auckland (due Oct< ber 4); leaves Auckland the following day for Vancouver (due October 22). (Union Steam Ship Co.). Niagara, left Sydney September 2 for Auckland; leaves Auckland for Vancouver (due September 24). Mariposa, left Melbourne September 13 and leaves Sydney tomorrow for Auckland (due September 20); leaves Auckland the same day for Los Angeles (due October 4) and San Francisco (due October 5). Monterey, left San Francisco September 14 and left Los Angeles September 15 for Honolulu (due September 20), Pago Pago (due September 25), Suva (due September 28) and Auckland (due October 1); leaves Auckland the same day for Sydney (due October 4) and Melbourne (due October 7). UNION CARGO SERVICE Omana, left Bluff for Dunedin, LytteltonWellington and New Plymouth. Kalingo, left Wellington September 13 for Auckland and New Plymouth. Kaikorai, loads Newcastle about September 28 for Auckland. Kauri, left Edithburg September 8 and completes Adelaide and Melbourne midSeptember for Auckland. Wellington and Castlecliff • Karetu, loads Newcastle about September 24. completes Sydney and Hobart for Bluff.

Dunedin. Timaru and Lyttelton. Kairanga. left Newcastle August 30 for Auckland; left Auckland September 15 for Sydney and Newcastle. Karepo, left Newcastle September 9 and ' completes Sydney for New Plymouth and Gisborne. . * . I Kekerangu, left Geelong August 24 for Auckland; leaves Auckland for Westport and HobartNarbada, left Calcutta, Penang. Singapore for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff (due September 26). Waipiata, leaves Auckland tomorrow for Wellington, Picton, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due September 23). Waiana, leaves Dunedin ror Bluff (due today): leaves Bluff tomorrow for Dunedin. Waikouaiti, left Newcastle August 26, and Sydney September 7 for Bluff (due September 22); sails the same day for Sydney. Waitaki, leaves Bluff for Melbourne, thence Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Weilil Wlngatui, left Westport September 14 for Wellington, returns Westport, thence Wellington. GENERAL NOTES The motor-vessel Tamatea made her weekly run to Stewart Island yesterday, leaving Bluff at 10.15 a.m. and returning shortly before 5 p.m. The Union Company’s steamer Karetu finished discharging coal, hardwood and general cargo yesterday and sailed in the afternoon for Port Chalmers, where she will enter dock for overhaul. The Union Company’s coastal rnotor-ves-sel Waiana wits expected to leave' Dunedin late last night for Bluff and is due. to arrive this afternoon. She discharges and loads general cargo and sails on completion to return to the north. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Ruahine left London on September 9 for Suva, Wellington, and Auckland. She is due .at Wellington about October 27. Cabled advice has been received by the Port Line that the Port Bowen reached Montevideo on September 5, and left there again on September 7. She left Lyttelton on August 19 for London via Cape Horn and Montevideo. The Marine Department advises that the. Akers Point light at Stewart Island has

been repaired, and it now in operation. The position of this light is lattitude 46deg, 53.9 min. south, longitude 168 deg. 11.2 min. east (approximately). H. C, Campbell, Ltd, advises that the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line has arranged the following wool loadings for the United States and the Continent:— Naumburg, to leave Dunedin January 4; Gera (serving North Island sales), to leave Auckland February 8; Anhalt, to leave Dunedin February 23; Dessau, to leave Dunedin March 30. A four-pile beacon with red globular surmount has been erected at Auckland Harbour, and the position is given by the Marine Department as follows:—Stokes Point, 106>/ 2 deg.; Watchman Island Trig., 167’/2deg. The lattitude is 36deg 49.4 min. south and the longitude 174 deg. 43.8 min. east (approximately). The beacon marks the outfall of the sewer which lies in a .021 deg. direction. Masters are warned not to pass between the beacon and the shore. The Federal Company has received advice that the O.S.K. Line motor-ship Melbourne Maru, en route from Japan left Noumea on September 7 for Auckland, where she arrived on September 11. She is due at Wellington today to discharge and load.

Wright. Stephenson and Company, Ltd., have received cable advice that the Y.K.K. Line steamer Chifuku Maru cleared Miike on September 4 for Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wanganui. She is due at Auckland on September 25. Cabled advice has been received that the M.A.N.Z. Line steamer Canadian'Challenger reached Boston on September 5. She loaded to the agency of the Port Line and left Auckland on July 29 for Boston, New York, and Montreal. VICTORIAN PILOTAGE CHARGES The eighth ' Inter-state Conference of Harbour Authorities, which was recently held in Sydney, has recommended to the Melbourne Marine Board, whicli met recently, that it should take steps towards bringing Victoria into line with the other states in charging pilotage dues on gross tonnage. At present the states of the Commonwealth make these charges on either gross or net tonnage, and efforts are being made to put the matter on the same basis throughout the Commonwealth. The matter has already been brought before the notice of the Premier, and has been deferred for further consideration (states an exchange). LONDON’S SHIPPING During the week ended July 30, 1156 vessels representing 1,123,538 net register tons, used the Port of London. Of these 559 vessels (893,751 net. register tons) were to and from Empire and foreign ports and 597 vessels (229,787 net register tons) were engaged in coastwise traffic. The arrivals included seven meat cargoes, three from Australia, two from New Zealand and two from South America, comprising 481,000 carcasses of lamb and mutton, 91,400 packages of beef, quantities of pork, rabbits and sundries. Thirty-two timber-laden vessels docked in the Surrey Commercial and India and Millwall Docks with 58,500 tons of softwood. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations yesterday:— Auckland: Endeavour, Gabriella, Kalingo, Matua, Maui Pomare, Columbia, Maetsuycker, Melbourne Maru, Myrtle Bank, Waiwera. Wellington: Matal, Rangatira, Taniahine, Wahine, Aorangi. Maunganui. Niagara, Omana, Port Tauranga, Ardenvohr, Arawa, Essex, Mataroa, Middlesex. Northumberland. Port Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Port Nicholson. Rangitane. Rangitata, Remuera, Tainui, Thorhild, Trojan Star. Awarua: Karepo, Trlaster, Triona, Eclipse, Chifuku Maru, Golden Coast, Haver, Orion. Ormonde. Oronsay, Port J Chatham Islands: South Sea.

OTHER PORTS

COASTAL AND OVERSEAS AUCKLAND, September 15. Sailed: Melbourne Maru 7.25 a.m. fol Wellington; Kalingo 4.30 p.m. for New Plymouth; Maetsuycker 5.20 p.m. for Wellington; Waipiata 6 p.m. for PortJand ' DUNEDIN, September 15.

Arrived: Waimarino noon from Lyttelton; Waiana 4.45 p.m. from.Lyttelton. To sail: Waiana 11 p.m. for Bluff. LONDON, September 14 Arrived.—At Balboa, Rangitata. Sailed.—Sussex from Panama.