PORT OF BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 23794, 17 April 1939, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF

ARRIVED ‘ Saturday, April 15 WAINUI s.s. (Captain H. L. P. Brown), 1633 tons, from Wellington, at 11.30 a.m. TAMATEA m.v. (Captain R. J. Hamilton), 138 tons, from Stewart Island, at 4.30 p.m. Sunday, April 16 KAURI m.v. (Captain A. Inman), 2361 tons, from Lyttelton, at 9 p.m. Monday, April 17 KARETU s.s. (Captain G. B. Corby), 3210 tons, from Wellington, at 12.30 p.m. SAILED Saturday, April 15 TAMATEA m.v. (Captain R. J. Hamilton), 138 tons, for Stewart Island, at 10.15 a.m. Sunday, April 16 HOROUTA aux. scow (Captain T. Miller), 80 tons, for Port Craig, at 1 p.m. VESSELS IN PORT KAURI m.v. WAINUI s.s. NORTHUMBERLAND t.s.s. KARETU s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Intercolonial and Coastal POOLTA, Westport, today. PAUA, Wellington, tomorrow. 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 POLTA, Dunedin, today. KAURI, Adelaide, today. WAINUI, Dunedin, today. WAITAKI, Dunedin, today. KARETU, Sydney, tomorrow. WAIMARINO. Dunedin, April 20. PAUA, Dunedin, April 20. WAITAKI, Melbourne. April 24, Overseas NORTHUMBERLAND, Port Chalmers, tomorrow. , ~ 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 WAIMARINO, due at Bluff on April 20 from Auckland, via ports; sails the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). WAITAKI. leaves Wellington for Bluff (due April 24); leaves Bluff April 24 for Melbourne. (Union Steam Ship Co.). PAUA, due at Bluff tomorrow from Wellington; sails about April 20 for northern ports. (Shell Oil Co.). POOLTA, leaves Westport for Bluff (due today); leaves Bluff the same day for Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). KARETU, leaves Wellington for Bluff (due today); leaves Bluff tomorrow 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 April 22); leaves Bluff finally 'about April 25 for Australia. (J. E. Watson and Co.). MAHANA, loads Auckland today 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 i 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 Tenerlffe (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 22 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 ) KARAMEA, leaves London on June 10 for Suva, Lyttelton (due July 14), Dimedin, Bluff and New Plymouth. (Dalgety and Co.; National Mortgage and Agency Co.). KAIPARA, leaves Montreal July 10 for Auckland (due August 12), Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff; due here towards end of August. (Union Steam Ship Co.; J. E. Watson and Co.). PASSENGER SERVICES Australia-New Zealand AWATEA, left Sydney April 14 for Wellington (due today); leaves Wellington tomorrow for Sydney (due April 21). (Union Steam Ship Co.). WANGANELLA, left Wellington April 13 for Sydney (due today) 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 tor 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 ind Dunedin. (Union Steam Ship Co.). , REMUERA. left London March 9 for Wellington (due April 22), Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff (due May 4; to load), via Suva. (Union Steam Ship Co.). RIMUTAKA. leaves London April 27 for 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 today); leaves Auckland tomorrow for Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver (due May 5). (Union Steam Ship Co). MARIPOSA, left Auckland April 3 for Suva, Honolulu, Los Angeles (due today) and San Francisco (due tomorrow). (H. L. Tapley and Co.). MONTEREY, leaves Auckland today tor 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.). WAITAKI ARRIVES AT BLUFF •TRANS-TASMAN CARGO SERVICE On her first trip in the cargo service between Melbourne and Bluff this season, the Union Company’s trans-Tasman steamer Waitaki is due from Melbourne this morning. She is to sail tonight to complete discharge at Dunedin, Lyttelton and Wellington. The scow. Horouta, having finished her overhaul, came off the Bluff Harbour Board’s slip on Saturday morning. She sailed yesterday for Port Craig. To discharge motor-cars and general cargo, and to load, the Union Company’s steamer Wainui arrived at Bluff on Saturday morning. She sails today for Dunedin. BRITAIN’S SHIPPING The preliminary figures for 1938 showing the net tonnage of vessels which used the principal ports of the United 1 Kingdom, are: London, 61,896,484 'tons net; Liverpool, 35,486,956 tons; Southampton, 26,977,449 tons; Hull, 12,455,087 tons; Bristol, 7,799.718 tons; and Manchester, 7,449,512 tons. London's proportion of the total tonnage of vessels using United Kingdom ports was 16.7 per cent, compared with 16.6 per cent, in 1937.

ALTERED MATSON SCHEDULES ■Three alterations have been made to advance movements of the Matson liners. The Monterey, leaving San Francisco on September 12, will reach Auckland on September 29 and sail for Sydney at noon on September 30, the postponement being to avoid being at Sydney on October 2, the Labour Day holiday. The Monterey will now leave Sydney on December 9, a day late, and reach Auckland on December 12, sailing the same day for San Francisco. The Mariposa will leave San Francisco on December 5, and reach Auckland on December 22, sailing for Sydney at noon on December 23. These two postponements were arranged to prevent the liners being at Los Angeles and Sydney respectively on Christmas Day OTHER PORTS COASTAL AND OVERSEAS AUCKLAND, April 16. Arrived (Saturday): Port Waikato 7.10 p.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed (Saturday): Kaiwarra 12.40 p.m. for Westport; Waimarino 2.20 p.m. for Lyttelton. Arrived (Sunday): Rangitane 7.30 а. from Wellington. Sailed: Dominion Monarch 7.20 a.m. for Napier. WELLINGTON, April 16. Arrived (Saturday): Paua 7.10 a.m. from Wanganui; Cornwall 8.15 a.m. Holmdale 12.50 p.m. and Waiana 1.10 p.m. from Lyttelton; Kartigi 5.10 p.m. from New Plymouth. Sailed (Saturday): Karetu 3.50 a.m. for Bluff; Opawa 7.15 a.m. for Halifax; Kaimiro 6 p.m. for Greymouth; Waiana б. p.m. for Auckland. Arrived (Sunday): Breeze 5.50 a.m. from Wanganui; Fordsdale 7.20 a.m. from Bluff; Roggeveen 12.10 p.m. from Auckland; Tairoa 3.30 p.m. from Napier. To Arrive: Trojan Star and Frankfurt from Auckland. LYTTELTON, April 16. Arrived (Saturday): Port Whangarei 10 a.m. from Timaru. Arrived (Sunday): Taupata 12.30a.m. from Tarakohe; Holmglen 8 a.m. from Timaru. Sailed (Saturday): Kauri 12.5 p.m. for Bluff; H.M.S. Wakakura 1.45 p.m. for Akaroa; Port Whangarei 8.30 p.m. for Auckland. DUNEDIN, April 16. Arrived (Saturday): Gale 7.15 a.m. for Wellington; Waipori 10.40 a.m. from Bluff; Trevanion 11 a.m. from Wellington; Waipiata 11 a.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed (Saturday): Gale 5 p.m. for Timaru. Arrived (Sunday): Karu 7.45 a.m. from Wellington. SUVA, April 15. Sailed: Monterey 5 p.m. (yesterday) for Auckland; Remuera 6 a.m. for New Zealand. LONDON, April. 14. Arrived: At Balboa, Mataroa. Sailed: From Montevideo, Port Darwin; from Hampton Roads, City of Kimberley. LONDON, April 15. Arrived: At London, Ruahine; at New York, Port Bowen. Sailed: From Las Palmas, Empire Star; from Cristobal, Pakeha; from London, Maimoa; from Vancouver, Cape Horn.