PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 23793, 15 April 1939, Page 3

PORT OF BLUFF

ARRIVED Friday, April 14 NORTHUMBERLAND s.s. (Captain E. C. Aslin), 11,500 tons, from Falmouth, at 11.35 p.m. TAMATEA m.v. (Captain R. J. Hamilton), 138 tons, from Stewart Island at 3 p.m. SAILED Friday, April 14 FORDSDALE t.s.s. (Captain D. Christie), 9949 tons, for Wellington, at 10.15 p.m. TAMATEA m.v. (Captain R. J. Hamilton), 138 tons, for Stewart Island, at 9 a.m. VESSELS IN PORT NORTHUMBERLAND s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Intercolonial and Coastal WAIUNI. Wellington, today. POOLTA, Westport, tomorrow. KAURI, northern ports, tomorrow. WAITAKI, Melbourne, April 17. KARETU, Wellington, April 17. PAUA, Wellington, April 18. WAIMARINO, Dunedin, April 20. WAITAKI, Wellington, April 24. Overseas PORT TOWNSVILLE, Wellington, April 21. GLENMOOR, New Plymouth, April 22. REMUERA, Port Chalmers. May 4. MAHANA, Lyttelton, May 5. ROTORUA, Lyttelton, May 16. TURAKINA, Dunedin, June 15. CITY OF GLASGOW, Dunedin, June 27 PROJECTED DEPARTURES Intercolonial and Coastal POOLTA, Dunedin, April 17. KAURI, Adelaide, April 17. WAINUI, Dunedin, April 17. KARETU. Sydney, April 17. WAITAKI, Dunedin, April 17. WAIMARINO, Dunedin, April 20. PAUA, Dunedin, April 20. WAITAKI, Melbourne. April 24. Overseas NORTHUMBERLAND, Port Chalmers, April 18. PORT TOWNSVILLE, Port Chalmers, April 24. GLENMOOR, Australia, April 25. MAHANA, Halifax, May 10. REMUERA, Timaru, May 10. ROTORUA, northern ports, May 19. TURAKINA, northern ports, June 18. CITY OF GLASGOW, , June- 29. VESSELS DUE AT BLUFF Coastal and Intercolonial KAURI, due at Bluff tomorrow from northern ports; sails the next day after loading, for Adelaide. (Union Steam Ship Co.). WAINUI, due at Bluff today from Wellington and sails April 17 for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). • WAIMARINO, due at Bluff on April 20 from Auckland, via ports; sails the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). WAITAKI, was to leave Melbourne Wednesday for Bluff (due April 17); leaves Bluff April 17 for Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington; leaves Wellington for Bluff (due April 24); leaves Bluff April 24 for Melbourne. (Union Steam Ship Co.). PAUA, due at Bluff about April 18 from Wellington; sails about April 20 for northern ports. (Shell Oil Co.). POOLTA, leaves Westport for Bluff (due tomorrow); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). KARETU, leaves Wellington for Bluff (due April 17); leaves Bluff the same day for Sydney. (Union Steam Ship Co.). Overseas CITY OF GLASGOW, leaves Halifax May 10 for Auckland (due June 13), Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due about June 27). (J. G. Ward and Co.). GLENMOOR. left Ghent on February 14 for Auckland (arrived April 6). New Plymouth and Bluff (due tomorrow); leaves Bluff finally about April 16 for Australia. (J. E. Watson and Co.). MAHANA, loads Auckland April 17 and leaves there April 19 for Napier, Nelson, Wellington, Lyttelton and Bluff (due May 5); leaves Bluff finally on May 10 for Halifax, London and Newcastle, via the Panama Canal and Kingston. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). NORDNES, leaves Seychelles Islands in July for Bluff (due about end August). PORT TOWNSVILLE, left Auckland for New Plymouth, Wellington. Bluff (due April 21); leaves Bluff April 24 for Port Chalmers; leaves Port Chalmers finally on April 29 for Dunkirk, London id Hamburg, via Cape Horn and Teneriffe (J E. Watson and Co.). ROTORUA, left London on March 30 for Wellington (due May 10). Lyttelton and Bluff, due at Bluff about May 16. (Union Steam Ship Co.). TURAKINA, leaves Liverpool April ii for Auckland (due June 1). Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff (due about June 15). (J- G. Ward and Co.). REMUERA, loads at Bluff on May 4 and leaves here on May 10 for Timaru. New Plymouth and Wellington; leaves Wellington finally on May 23 for London, via the Panama Canal and Curacao. (Union Steam Ship Co.). PASSENGER SERVICES Australia-New Zealand AORANGI, left Sydney April 13 for Auckland, due April 17. AWATEA, left Auckland April 11 for Sydney (arrived yesterday); leaves SydneyApril 14 for Wellington (due April 17); leaves Wellington for Sydney (April 18), arrives Sydney April 21. (Union Steam Ship C WANGANELLA, left Wellington April 13 for Sydney (due April 17) and Melbourne (due April 19); leaves Melbourne April 19 and Sydney April 22 for Auckland (due April 26); leaves Auckland April 28 for Sydney (due May 2). (J. G. Ward and Co.). England-New Zealand AKAROA, left London March 16 for Auckland (due April 20) and Wellington (due April 28) (Dalgety and Co.: National Mortgage and Agency Co.). RANGITATA, leaves London June 22 tor Wellington. Lyttelton md Difiedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). REMUERA, left London March 9 for Weillngton (due April 22), Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff (due May 4; to load), via Suva. (Union Steam Ship Co.). RIMUTAKA. leaves London April 27 tor Auckland and Wellington. (Union Steam Ship Co.). „ x ROTORUA, left London March 30 tor Wellington (due May 10). Lyttelton and Bluff (due about May 16). (Union. Steam Ship Co.). PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE AORANGI, left Sydney April 13 for Auckland (due April 17); leaves Auckland on April 18 for Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver (due May 5). (Union Steam Ship Co.). MARIPOSA, left Auckland April 3 lor Suva. Honolulu, Los Angeles (due April 17) and San Francisco (due April 18). (H. L. Tapley and Co.). MONTEREY, left San Francisco March 28 and left Los Angeles March 29 for Honolulu, Suva and Auckland (due April 16); leaves Auckland April 17 for Sydney (due April 20) and Melbourne (due April 24). (H. L. Tapley and Co.). NIAGARA, left Vancouver April 12 for Honolulu, Suva and Auckland (due May 1); leaves Auckland on May 2 for Sydney (due May 6). (Union Steam Ship Co.). Bound for Overseas Ports ARAWA, left Wellington April 6 for Southampton and London, via Panama Canal; due Southampton May 9. BENWYVIS, left Bluff March 29 for Dunkirk. London and Antwerp; due Dunkirk April 30. CITY OF GLASGOW, left Auckland March 23 for New York, Boston and Montreal; due Montreal April 30. CAMBRIDGE, left Lyttelton March 30 for London and West Coast ports, via Panama Canal; due London May 11. EMPIRE STAR, left Lyttelton March 18 for London, via Cape Horn; due London April 18. KENT, left Wellington March 27 for London and Hamburg, via Panama Canal; due London May 6. MATAROA, left Wellington March 25 for Southampton and London, via Panama; due Southampton April 26. PAKEHA, left Wanganui March 18 for London and West Coast ports, via Panama Canal: due London April 30.

PIAKO, left Port Chalmers April 4 for London and Hamburg, via Cape Horn; due London May 17. PORT DARWIN, left Wellington March 24 for Dunkirk and London, via Cape Horn, due London May 1. PORT DENISON, left Port Chalmers March 29 for London, via Cape Horn; due London May 10. „ PORT HUNTER, left Napier March 16 for London, via Panama Canal; due London April 21. RUAHINE, left Napier March 4 for London and West Coast ports, via Panama; due London April 16. TO LOAD FOR NEW ZEALAND CAMBRIDGE, leaves Liverpool July 15 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton ana Dunedin. ' CAPE HORN, leaves Los Angeles May is for Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton. CITY OF GLASGOW, leaves Halifax May 10 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. CITY OF SINGAGPORE, leaves New York June 15 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. EMPIRE STAR, leaves London May 11 for Auckland. Napier and Port Chalmers. HAURAKI, leaves Los Angeles April 18 for Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. KARAMEA, leaves London June 2 for Suva, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and New Plymouth. MELBOURNE STAR, leaves London May 3 for Auckland, Napier and Port Chalmers. NAUMBURG, leaves New Orleans April 20 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. NARDANA, leaves New York May 22 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. _ , NORDNES. leaves Seychelles Island July — for Bluff. OPAWA, leaves Liverpool July 1 f° r Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. PORT CHALMERS, leaves London April 14 for Wellington and Auckland. RANGITANE, leaves London July 20 for Auckland and Wellington. RANGITATA, leaves London June 22 for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. RANGITIKI, leaves London May 25 for Wellington and Auckland. RIMUTAKA, leaves London April 27 for Auckland and Wellington. SUSSEX, leaves Liverpool June 3 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin.

TAMAROA, leaves Southampton May 12 for Wellington and Lyttelton. TEMPLE PIER, leaVfes New York April 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. TOLTEN, leaves Los Angeles June 5 for Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin. TONGARIRO, leaves Liverpool May 20 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. TURAKINA, leaves Liverpool April 22 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff.

FORDSDALE SAILS FROM BLUFF _____ * 2550 TONS OF CARGO LOADED The Fordsdale sailed from Bluff last evening for Wellington. She will go from Wellington to Wanganui and thence to Auckland from where she will leave for London and West Coast of England ports, via Panama, on April 24. The Fordsdale loaded about 2550 tons of cargo at Bluff, including a big quantity of frozen meat, 14,000 cases of apples from Central Otago, cheese, and wool bought at the last Invercargill wool sale. The motor-vessel Tamatea sailed from Bluff at 9 a.m. yesterday for Stewart Island and returned with a cargo of cased fish at 3 p.m. The motor-vessel Ranul (Mr J. W. Thompson, master) sailed last evening with cargo for Milford Sound. The Mahana will arrive at Bluff from Lyttelton on May 5 to load. She leaves Bluff for Halifax, London and Newcastle on May 10. Her cargo from Bluff will comprise a big quantity of frozen meat, cheese and general cargo. The Union Steam Ship Company advises that the Waimarino will now leave Auckland today for Lyttelton direct; thence to Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at Bluff about Thursday. April 20 and will probably sail the same day for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. Outward bound fr.om London, the Remuera has sent a message-to say that she expects to arrive at Suva today. She is due at Wellington to disembark passengers on April 22, and will discharge cargo at Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. The Napier Star, which left London on Saturday April 8 for New Zealand, via South ALlea, is due to arrive in New Zealand on June 1 to load far the United Kingdom. The Government motor-ship Maui Pomare will leave Wellington on April 18 for Apia and Niue. The Waitaki was to leave Melbourne on April 12 for Bluff and is due here on April 17; thence to Dunedin (due April 18), Lyttelton and Wellington. IMPROVEMENTS AT MELBOURNE The Melbourne Harbour Trust is calling for tenders for the. excavation of the Appleton Dock, where six berths are to be provided at a cost of about £750,000, as the first step in a scheme for 21 berths in the harbour costing more than £3,000,000. Construction of the first six will take about three years, and the method to be adopted is that as the top soil is removed a suction dredger will excavate the lower strata to a depth of 32 feet, cutting inland for about 1100 feet. The dredge is already working at the entrance to the docks removing silt which has accumulated since the work was suspended during the depression in 1930. The dry soil will be used for filling and for making embankments. Spoil from the suction dredger will go to fill in low-lying areas of the West Melbourne swamp. Four berths will be constructed on the west side of the dock, and the work will then be extended to the east side, where two more berths will be built. NEW AUCKLAND WHARF The Marine Department advises that the new Hobson Wharf at Auckland has been completed and is now in commission. Three fixed lights, green and orange, disposed vertically at elevations of 32ft, 26ft and 20ft respectively, will be exhibited from the centre of the northern end of the wharf. THE PORT QUEBEC The Port Quebec, which is being built at Sunderland by J. L. Thompson and Sons for the Port Line, will be similar to the Port Montreal, Port Halifax and Port St. John now in service for the M.-A.-N.Z. Line. She will be a single screw ship of about 5000 tons gross, 433 feet long, and with a beam of 59 feet. She will, however, be faster than the earlier ships. NEW SOVIET MOTOR-SHIPS The keels of three fast motor-ships, the Chapayev, Ulianov and Pugachev, of 3000 tons each, have been laid down at the Mariupol yards, on the Sea of Azov. They are intended for the Soviet Government’s foreign trade service. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE The following vessels are within range of the undermentioned wireless stations: Auckland: H.M.S. Endeavour, Aorangi, Gabriella, Kaiwarra, Korowai, Matua, Aymeric, Dortmund, Frankfurt. Hertford, Imperial Star, Mahana, Monterey, Port Caroline, Port Wyndham, Roggeveen, Trojan Star, Waiwera. Wellington: Matai, Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, Awatea, Karepo, Wanganella, Arawa, Celtic Monarch, Cornwall, Mariposa, Naniwa Maru, Opawa, Port Brisbane. Port Gisborne, Port Halifax, Rangitane, Rangitata, Remuera, Tairoa. Awarua: H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Leander, Niagara, Waitaki, Triaster, Trienza, Cape of Good Hope, Cathay, City of Brisbane, Comorin, Edward R. Brown, Esperance Bay, Jervis Bay, Ormonde, Orontes, Otranto, Strathallan, Strathmore, Strathnaver, Themistocles. Chatham Islands: South Sea. OTHER PORTS COASTAL AND OVERSEAS AUCKLAND, April 14. Arrived: Matua 9.35 a.m. from Suva; Port Wyndham 2.5 p.m. for Napier; Waiwera 6.30 p.m. from Opua. To arrive: Huia midnight from Wellington. Sailed: Dortmund 8.45 a.m. for Sydney; Port Caroline 12.35 p.m. for London; Roggeveen 5.20 p.m. for Wellington; Frankfurt 5.35 p.m. for Wellington. To sail: Gabriella 9 p.m. for Wellington; Trojan Star 10 p.m. for Wellington; Kaimai 11 p.m. for .Westport. WELLINGTON, April 14.

Arrived: Port Townsville 7.10 a.m. from New Plymouth; Karetu 10 a.m.

from Bluff; Karu 3.20 p.m. from New Plymouth. Sailed: Kiwitea 1.25 p.m. for Greymouth; Rangitane 5.10 p.m. for Auckland. To sail: Wingatui 9 p.m. for Westport; Karetu 10 p.m. for Bluff; Karu 11 p.m. for Dunedin. LYTTELTON, April 14.

Arrived: Pakura 5.35 a.m. from Gisborne; Holmdale 9.5 a.m. from Wellington; Kauri 10.15 a.m. from Wellington; Waiana 10.30 a.m. from Timaru. Sailed: Pakura 4.40 p.m. for Wellington; Cornwall 5.10 p.m. for Wellington; Waipiata 5.20 p.m. for Dunedin; Holmdale 5.40 p.m. for Wellington. To sail: Waiana for Wellington. DUNEDIN, April 14. Arrived at Heads: Waipori from Bluff and Trevanion from Lyttelton, (unable to enter because of fog). Sailed: Cape of Good Hope 12.15 p.m. for Bussleton; Holmglen 8 p.m. for Timaru.