SHIPPING : BLUFF NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 23531, 10 June 1938, Page 2

SHIPPING : BLUFF NEWS

on June 20, to continue. From Bluff she will go to Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Albion liner Zealandic, en route to New Zealand, left Bal boa last Sunday afternoon. She is due at Lyttelton on July 4 and at Bluff about U| nie New Zealand Shipping Company S cargo liner Otaio left Wellington last Saturday for London and West Coast ports of the United Kingdom. . There were no major shipping movements at the port yesterday and all the wharves remain empty. The trawler Cowan left Bluff for Lyttelton during the afternoon. The Blue Star liner Doric Star, having completed its Homeward loading, sailed Auckland on Wednesday for London, Hull and Newcastle-on-Tyne, via Panama Canal. The Union Company’s steamer Waikouaiti was scheduled to begin loading at Newcastle yesterday, completing at Sydney, for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru and Lyttelton. She is due here on June 20. PERSONAL z Captain W. Whitefield, who is now in command of the Matua, is relieving Captain A. H. Prosser for holidays. Captain A. S. Dalgleish, now in command of the Waiana, is relieving Captain S. Hewitt, who has been transferred to the Kauri.

PROGRESS OF STEAM

The exhibition at the South Kensington Science Museum to celebrate ‘‘One Hundred Years of Trans-Atlantic Steam Navigation was opened recently by Captain Euan Wallace, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, says The Shipping .World. Contrasting the Atlantic crossing of 100 years ago with that of today. Sir Percy-Bates, chairman of the Cunard White Star Line, said that those who had benefited most by the introduction of steam were the thirdclass passengers, ■ whose lot had Improved beyond belief in comfort, safety and regularity. \ As for safety. Sir Percy* mentioned that between September 9 and October 21, 1853, 16 sailing ships arrived in New York; of the 6418 passengers they carried, 334 died on the voyage. A hundred years ago thirdclass passengers were not provided with food by the companies. They were given water, a place to sleep—very hard and without bedclothes—and a fire to cook the food they brought themselves. If the voyage was unusually long, they practically starved in the last few days. Sir Percy recalled that nearly 20 years after the first crossing under continuous steam power, one sailing ship, the Switzerland, took 110 days for the voyage from Liverpool to New York. About the same period, the American-owned Dreadnought made the crossing in 9 days 17 minutes. Captain Wallace remarked that when steam was introduced there was very little parliamentary regulation of the shipping industry, and it was not until 1846 that there was laid upon the Board of Trade its first obligation to supervise merchant ships from the point of view of safety at sea. Lord Stonehaven, who presided, said that in the period covered by the exhibition there had been greater development both in naval architecture and marine engineering than in any other corresponding period in the world’s history. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE The following vessels are within range of the undermentioned wireless stations:— Auckland: Gabriella, Kallngo, Kekerangu. Matua, Niagara, Port Tauranga, Doric Star, Antigone, Llangollen, Mariposa, Matakana, Port Hardy, Tolten, Trojan Star. Wellington: Matai, Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, Aorangi, Kaikorai, Wanganella, Akaroa, Fordsdale, Monterey, Otaio. Port Jackson, Rangitikl, Rangitane, Rotorua, Rigault de Genouilly, Tekoa, Thorshov, Turakina, Wairangi. Awarua: Karetu, Omana, Waitaki, Triaster, Trlona, Arawa, Cathay, Cumberland, Empire Star, Essex, Maetsuycker, Mataroa, Ormonde, Orontes, Port Halifax, Port Wyndham, Queen Mary, Strathaird, Strathallan, Strathnaver, Themistocles, Trlenza. OTHER FORTS COASTAL AND OVERSEAS AUCKLAND, June 9. To arrive: Port Tauranga 8 p.m. from Coffs Harbour. Sailed: Matakana 7.40 a.m. for London; Trojan Star 12.40 p.m. for Wellington. To sail: Kakapo 6 pm. for Westport; Kaimiro 11 p.m. for Westport. WELLINGTON, June 9. Arrived.—Gale (2.45 a.m.) from Wanganui; Wahine (7 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Holmdale (9.10 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Maui Pomare (9.50 a.m.) from Lyttelton. Sailed.—Kaikorai (1.35 p.m.) for Newcastle; Holmdale (6.5 p.m.) for Wanganui; Gale 6.25 p.m.) for Bluff; Wahine (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. To sail.—Wanganella (11.30 pm.) for Sydney. LYTTELTON, June 9. Arrived: Rangatira 6.40 am. from Wellington; Storm 7.5 a.m. from Timaru; Waiana 7.35 am. from Wellington. Sailed: Port Jackson 6.25 pm. for Wellington; Storm 8.10 pm. for Wellington; Rangatira 8.45 p.m. for Wellington; Waiana 9.20 pm. for Dunedin. DUNEDIN, June 9. Arrived: Waitaki 6 am. from Bluff; Port Whangarei 8.50 am. from Wellington; Holmlea 9.40 am. from Wellington; Port Wyndham 12.40 p.m. from Lyttelton; Cumberland 2.50 pm. from Lyttelton. To sail: Holmlea 8 p.m. for Timaru; Port Whangarei 8 pm. for Timaru; Waitaki 10.30 pm. for Lyttelton. LONDON, June 8. Arrived. —At Balboa, Canadian Challenger. Sailed.—Piako from London; Ruahine from Curacao; Zealandic from Balboa; Essex and Hororata from Panama. SYDNEY, June 9. Sailed: Niagara 5 pm. for Auckland.