SHIPPING : BLUFF NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 23652, 29 October 1938, Page 3

SHIPPING : BLUFF NEWS

PORT OF BLUFF EXPECTED ARRIVALS Intercolonial And Coastal BREEZE, Wellington. October 31. PAUA, Wellington, about November 1. KARETU, Port Chalmers, November 2WAIMARINO, Dunedin, November 3. MAUNGANUI, Melbourne. November 5. WAINUI. Wellington. November 7. KAURI, Adelaide, November 10. WAIANA, Dunedin, November 10. Overseas ROTORUA, Dunedin, tomorrow. MAHIA, Lyttelton, November 3. FORDSDALE. Lyttelton, November 8. KAIMATA. Dunedin, November 16. ORARI, Dunedin, December 31. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Intercolonial And Coastal BREEZE, Dunedin. October 31. PAUA, Dunedin, about November 1. KARETU, Sydney. November 2. WAIMARINO. Dunedin, November 4. MAUNGANUI, Dunedin, November 7. WAINUI, Dunedin, November 7. KAURI, Dunedin, November 10. WAIANA. Dunedin. November 10. Overseas ROTORUA, northern ports, November 4. MAHIA, London, November 4. FORDSDALE, New Plymouth, November 11. KAIMATA, northern ports, November 16. ORARI, Timaru, December 31. VESSELS DUE AT BLUFF Intercolonial MAUNGANUI, leaves Melbourne on November 2 for Bluff (due November 6), Dunedin. Lyttelton and Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). ' KARETU, leaves Port Chalmers for Biun (due November 2); loads Bluff and salts the same day for Sydney. (Union Steam Ship Co.). . , , KAURI, loads Edlthburg and Adelaide end October for Bluff (due November 10), Dunedin, Timaru and Lyttelton. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Coastal WAINUI. leaves Wellington for Bluff (due November 7); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). - PAUA, leaves Wellington for Bluff (due about November 1); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Shell Company). WAIMARINO. leaves Dunedin tor Bluff (due November 3); leaves Bluff on November 4 for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship < BREEZE, leaves Wellington today for Bluff, (due October 31); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (H. L. Tapley and Co.). . WAIANA, leaves Auckland on November 4 for Wallington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due October 10); thence the same day to Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Overseas ROTORUA, left Liverpool August 28 for Auckland (arrived October 8). Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Bluff (due at Bluff tomorrow). (J- G. Ward and Co.). KAIMATA, left Montreal on September 23 for Auckland. Welllngt r r. Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due approximately November 16). (Union Steam Ship Co.). FORDSDALE, left London September 23 for Port Chalmers (due yesterday). Lyttelton, Bluff, New Plymouth and Nelson, due at Bluff on November 13. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). ORARI, leaves London on November 3 for Suva. Lyttelton (due December 12), Dunedin. Bluff (due December 31), Timaru and New Plymouth. (Union Steam Ship Co.). PORT HUNTER, leaves London on December 15 for Suva, Lyttelton (due January 28), Dunedin, Bluff (due February 5), and Napier. (J. E. Watson and Co.). ctnt, leaves Liverpool on December 17 for Auckland (due January 26), Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due February 14). ■ (J. G. Ward and Co.). NARBADA, leaves Calcutta on November 29 for Aiftkland (due January 2), Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff (due January 28). (Union Steam Ship Co.). MAHIA. due at Bluff on November 3 from Lyttelton and sails the following day for London, via Falkland Islands, Montevideo and Tenerlffe. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). PASSENGER SERVICES Australian-New Zealand d AWATEA, left Sydney October 26 for Wellington (due today); leaves Wellington November 1 for Sydney (due November 4); leaves Sydney November 8 for Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). WANGANELLA, left Wellington October 27 for Sydney (due October 31), and Melbourne (due November 2). (J. G. Ward and Co.). MAUNGANUI. left Bluff October 27 \ for Melbourne (due October 31); leaves Melbourne November 2 for Bluff (due November 6); leaves Bluff November 7 for Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). England-New Zealand AKAROA, was to leave London October 27 for Auckland (due December 1) and Wellington (due December 8). (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). ARAWA, left London on September 29 for Wellington (due November 3) and Auckland (due November 8). (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). RANGITATA, left London on October 13 for Wellington (due November 16), Lyttelton and Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). RANGITANE, leaves London on November 10 for Wellington (due December 14) and Auckland (due December 21). (Union Steam Ship Co.). RIMUTAKA, leaves London on December 8 for Auckland (due January 12) and Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). TAMAROA, leaves London on December 22 for Wellington (due January 25) and Auckland. (Dalgety and Co; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). TAINUI, leaves London on November 24 for Auckland (due January 2) and Dunedin. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Co.). PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE AORANGI, left Sydney October 27 for Auckland (due October. 31); leaves Auckland on November 1 for Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver (due November 18); leaves Vancouver November 23 for Honolulu, Suva and Auckland (due December 12); leaves Auckland on December 13 for Sydney (due December 17). (Union Steam Ship Co.). MARIPOSA, left Auckland on October 17 for Suva. Honolulu, Los Angeles (due October 31) and San Francisco (due November 1); leaves San Francisco November 8 and Los Angeles November 9 for Honolulu, Suva and Auckland (due November 25); leaves Auckland November 25 for Sydney (due November 28) and Melbourne (due December 2). (H. L. Tapley and Co.) MONTEREY, left Auckland October 28 for Sydney (due October 31) and Melbourne (due November 4); leaver Melbourne November 7 and leaves Sydney November 11 for- Auckland, (due November 14); leaves Auckland on November 14 for Suva, Honolulu. Los Angeles (due November 28) and San Francisco (due November 29). (H. L. Tapley and Co.). NIAGARA, left Vancouver October 26 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland (due November 14); leaves Auckland November 15 for Sydney (due November 12); leaves Sydney on November 24 for Auckland (due November 28); leaves Auckland November 29 for Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver (due December 16). (Union Steam Ship Co.).

OVERSEAS VESSELS Loading In New Zealand

DORIC STAR, at Wellington; .thence to Napier, Gisborne and Auckland; leaves Auckland November 14 for London. (J. E. Watson and Co.). MAHIA, at Wellington; thence Lyttelton and Bluff (due November 3); leaves Bluff November 4 for London and New-castle-on-Tyne. via Falkland Islands, Montevideo and Teneriffe. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). MATAROA, left Wellington for New Plymouth and Auckland; leaves Auckland November 4 for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). MIDDLESEX, at Wellington; thence Auckland; leaves Auckland November 12 for London. Avonmouth, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. (J. G. Ward and Co.).

REMUERA, at Auckland; leaves Auckland on November 1 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. (Union Steam Ship Co.). RANGITIKI. loads Wellington November 3; leaves Wellington for Auckland and Napier; leaves Napier on November 17 for London, via the Panama Canal. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Dominion Bound CITY OF LYONS, left New York on October 8 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyt-

teltbn and Dunedin; due Auckland about November 10. (J G. Ward and Co.). CUMBERLAND, left Liverpool on October 8 for Auckland (due November 17), Napier. Wellington. Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. (J. G. Ward and Co.). GERA, left New Orleans about October 11 for Auckland (due about November 7). Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Wanganui. , KOPARA, left Antwerp September — for Wellington (due mld-November). via Suez Canal..

MAETSUYCKER, left Saigon about October 15 for Auckland (due November 12) and Wellington (due November 17). OMBILIN. left JaVa October — for Auckland (due November 2).

PORT HUON. left London October 13 for Auckland (due November 20) and Wellington. (J. E. Watson and Co.). SPEYBANK, left Los Angeles October 17 for Auckland (due November 13), Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.) SYDNEY MARU, left Mojl October 3 for Dunedin (due October 31). Lyttelton,. Wellington and Auckland, via Australia. (JG. Ward and Co.). TEKOA, left Liverpool on September 25 for Auckland (due November 3), Wellington, Lyttelton. Port Chalmers and Timaru. (Union Steam Ship Co.). LOADING FOR NEW ZEALAND CITY OF MANCHESTER, leaves New York December 15 for Auckland (due January 17), Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedim (J. G. Ward and Co.). CITY OF GLASGOW, leaves Halifax on December 21 for Auckland (due January 20). Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff (due about January 31). (J. G. Ward and Co.). DURHAM, leaves Liverpool November 19 for Auckland (due December 21), Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. (J. G. Ward and Co.). HUNTINGDON, leaves Liverpool November 5 for Auckland (due December 15), Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. (J- G, Ward and Co.).

LLANDAFF. loads Seychelles end of October for New Plymouth (due about December 21) and Auckland. LONDON MARU, leaves Kobe November 30 for Dunedin (due January 5), Lyttelton, Wellington (due January. 7), and Auckland, via Australia. (J. G. Ward and Co.). LIMERICK, leaves Los Angeles November 15 for Auckland (due December 4). Wellington, Lyttelton and Australia. (Union Steam Ship Co.). NANIWA MARU, was to leave Kobe October 26 for Auckland (due November 19), Wellington (due November 24), Lyttelton and Dunedin. (Wright, Stephenson and Co.). '• NORFOLK, leaves Liverpool November 24 for Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Timaru. (J. G- ‘ Ward and Co-).

NAPIER STAR, leaves London November 24 for -Wellington (due January 1). and Lyttelton. (J. E. Watson and Co.). NARBADA, leaves Calcutta ou November 29 for Auckland (due January 2). Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff (due January 27). (Union Steam Ship Co.). ORARI, leaves London November 3 for Lyttelton (due December 10), Port Chalmers. Bluff, Timaru. and New Plymouth, via Suva. (Union Steam Ship Co.). PORT AUCKLAND, leaves New York October 31 for Auckland (due November 30), Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. (J. E. Watson and Co.). PORT SAINT JOHN, leaves Montreal November 21 for Auckland (due December 24), Napier. Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. (J. E. Watson and Co.). PORT HUNTER, leaves London on December 15 for Suva. Lyttelton 'due January 28). Dunedin, Bluff (due February 5). and Napier. (J. E. Watson and Co.). WAIMARAMA, left Liverpool on October 24 (maiden voyage) for Auckland (due November 24), Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). TASMAN, leaves Saigon November 14 for Auckland (due December 12) and Wellington (December 16). TONGARIRO, leaves New York November 22 for Auckland (due December 22), Napier, Wellington (due December 31), Lyttelton and Dunedin. (J. G. Ward and Co.). Bound For Overseas Ports PENANG, left Dunedin August 18 for Falmouth; due Falmouth mld-November. PORT HUNTER, left Auckland on October 1 for New York, Halifax and London, via Panama Canal: due London November 12. RUAHINE, left Wellington on September 29 for London, via Panama Canal: due London November 7.

TAMAROA, left Auckland on October 14 for Southampton and London, via Panama Canal: due London November 18 WAIRANGI, left Auckland October 14 for London and west coast ports, via Cape Hom; due London November 16.

ROTORUA COMPLETING

ARRIVAL HERE TOMORROW To complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua is to arrive here tomorrow afternoon from Dunedin. She will sail about. November 4 for northern ports to load Homeward. The motor-vessel Kekeno sailed from Bluff yesterday morning for Ruapuke Island. The Canterbury Shipping Company’s motor-vessel Breeze is to load at Wellington today for Bluff where she is due on Monday. She sails the same day for Dunedin. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice that the Rangitata arrived at Ceylon' on October 27. The Ruahine sailed from Caracas Bay on the afternoon of October 26, according to advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Union Company’s Kam-1 leaves Edithburg on Monday and Adelaide on November 1, completing at Melbourne for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru and Lyttelton. She is due here about November 10. The new Shaw, Savill and Albion cargo liner Walmarama left Liverpool on Monday on her maiden voyage to New Zealand. She is due at Auckland on November 24 I and at Wellington on December 1. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Kaipara left Montreal on October 21 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, and is due at Auckland on November 25. She will come by way of Sydney (C. 8. and Kingston (Jamaica). The Shaw, Savill and Albion cargo steamer Fordsdale, en route from London to New Zealand, has reported that she expects to arrive at Port Chalmers tomorrow. She will later complete at Lyttelton, Bluff, New Plymouth and .Nelson. PERSONAL Captain E. F. Hannon, well known in Australian shipping circles as an officer in P. and O. liners, has resigned from' the company’s service after sick leave. He served his time in the Australian trade aboard the full-rigged clipper Peleus, and during the war was an officer in submarines and in the armed merchant cruiser Macedonia. His last command was the P. and O. liner Naldera. > NEW P. AND O. LINER The twin-screw passenger steamer Canton, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, for the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, London, underwent her trials on the Clyde recently. Her gross tonnage is 15,700, and her normal service speed is about 20 knots. She is 562 ft in length by 73ft beam, and has accommodation for 260 first class and 220 second class passengers. She is specially designed for the Far Eastern trade, and is painted in the traditional P. and O. colours of black hull with a white line and light buff or stonecoloured upper-works. She has two pole masts and a single funnel. Her propelling machinery consists of two sets of Parsons turbines . with single-reduction gearing, aggregating 19,000 shaft horse-power. The Canton was launched on April 14 of this year and is the largest ship floated on the Clyde since the Queen Mary of three years ago. She has spacious sports decks, a large observation lounge looking forward, open and closed space for dancing, open-air swimming pool, and playground for children. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE The following vessels are within range of the undermentioned wireless stations:— Auckland: H.M.S. Endeavour, Aorangi, Kaimiro, Kairanga, Korowai, Matua, Omana, Lacklan, Armadale, Dalpam, U.S.S. Maury, Monterey, Pontypridd, Port Jackson, Tekoa, Tolten.

Wellington: Matai, Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahlne, Awatea, Kaikorai, Kalingo, Niagara, Waitakj, Wanganella, Akaroa, Arawa, City of Glasgow, Fordsdale, Mariposa, Middlesex, Port Townsville, Rangitata, Rangitiki, Tamaroa, Thorshov, Temple Moat. Awarua: Recorder, Triadic, Triaster, Trienza, Trlona, G. S. Walden, Henry Dundas, Ceramic, Comorin, Maetsuycker, Maloja,

Mooltan, Nieuw Holland, Nleuw Zeeland, Ombllln, Orama, Orion, Ormonde, Oronsay, Orontes. Queen Mary, Rotorua, Stratheden, Strathmore, Strathnaver, Tasman, Ulysses.

OTHER PORTS COASTAL AND OVERSEAS AUCKLAND, October 28. Arrived: Monterey 6.55 a.m. from San Francisco; Orcades 7.45 a.m. from Brisbane. Sailed: Lacklan 5.45 p.m. for Wellington; Port Whangarei 6.30 p.m. for Wellington. _ , _ To Sail: Port Jackson 8 p.m. for London; Monterey 10 p.m. for Sydney; Tolten 10 p.m. for Wellington. WELLINGTON, October 28. Arrived. —Rangatira, 7 a.m., from Lyttelton; Breeze, 10.20 a.m., from Wanganui; Waiana, 11.15 a.m., and Wainui, 11.40 a.m., from Lyttelton. Sailed.—Waitaki, 1 p.m., for Eden; Thorshov, 3.25 p.m. for Sumatra; Rangatira, 7.50 p.m., for Lyttelton. To sail: Kalingo, midnight, for Picton. LYTTELTON, October 28. Arrived: Wahine, 6.40 a.m., from Wellington. Sailed: City of Glasgow, 3 p.m., and Wahine, 8.35 for Wellington. DUNEDIN, October 28. Arrived: Port Waikato 1.40 p.m. from Lyttelton. To Sail: Gale for Timaru. SYDNEY, October 28. Sailed: Aorangi 1.50 a.m. for Auckland.