The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 92, 9 July 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

CUMBERLAND SAILS MONDAY.— On Monday evening the Federal steamer Cumberland is scheduled to sail from Wellington for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool, via Panama. AO RANG! REPORTED.— En route from Sydney and Auckland, the Royal Mail liner Aorangi arrived at Suva at 8 a.m. yesterday, and sailed again the same afternoon in continuation of her voyage to Honolulu, Victoria and Vancouver.

MATAKANA AT TIMARU. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Matakana arrived at Timaru this morning from Wellington and leaves on Tuesday for Port Chalmers, where she completes loading and finally departs on July 16 for London, via the Cape Horn route.

WAIPAHI REPORTED.— The Union Company has been advised that the Island fruit steamer Waipahi arrived at Rarotonga last Thursday evening at 7.30 o’clock from Auckland. After calling at the other islands and back to Rarotonga, the Waipahi is expected to reach Auckland about July 19. CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL.- With cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, the Federal steamer Cambridge is due here in "Wednesday morning next. She will discharge here under the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company. REMUERA ARRlVES. —Arriving at Auckland this morning from Picton the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the liner Remuera will complete her loading here and finally depart at 7 a.m. on Saturday next, July 16, for Southampton and London, via Panama.

CANADIAN SEIGNEUR TO-MOR-ROW. The Canadian Government steamer Canadian Seigneur arrives at Auckland to-morrow from Montreal and will berth at the Prince’s Wharf to land the local portion of her cargo. She will later proceed to Wellingtn" Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin to complete.

PERSIAN PRINCE RADIOS. A further message received by Henderson and Macfarlane states that the steamer Persian Prince will arrive at Auckland at 9 p.m. to-morrow from Nauru Island. She will wait in the stream until the Cheniston sails.

MAMARI’S MOVEMENTS.— Due at Xew Plymouth to-morrow from Timaru, the Shaw; Savill and Albion steamer Mamari will later complete her loading at Wellington, whence she will finally depart on July 16 for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe.

ATHENIC LEAVES BRISBANE. According to cable advice the White btar liner AJhenic left Brisbane yesterday for Wellington, where she is due on Wednesday next to commence Sh ~. ! i ter fllls U P a t Napier, Waikokopu, Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay and Auckland. She is expected at this fi on ,? ul y 27 . and is announced to sail finally from Auckland on July 30 for Southampton and London, via Panama. L, D. Nathan and Co. will be the agents here.

PULPIT POlNT. —Nearly a week earlier than expected the tanker Pulp't Point will reach Auckland from San Francisco to-morrow, according to her wireless report. She will berth at Western Wharf to unload bulk oil for the Vacuum Oil Company.

WHANGAPE FROM NEWCASTLE. —An arrival at Auckland last evening was the Union Company’s steamer Whangape (Captain W. Gray) from Newcastle, with a full cargo of coal for discharge here. This morning the vessel berthed at the Western Wharf. The Whangape sailed from the coal port last Saturday morning and experienced variable winds and moderate seas for the run across the Tasman Sea. She is expected to leave here next Thursday for Newcastle, where She will load again for Auckland. CHENISTON WITH PHOSPHATES.—Loaded with over 7,000 tons of phosphates, the Brantingham Steam Ship Company’s "steamer Cheniston arrived at Auckland this morning and berthed at King’s Wharf to commence discharge. The vesel left Makatea Island on June 27, and experienced a fair weather trip all the way to Auckland. Variable winds and moderate seas prevailed througout, and the voyage was an uneventful one. The last trip the Cheniston made was from Makatea Island to Adelaide and Wallarroo, from where the ship went back to the island to load for New Zealand.

Captain A. McGregor is in command of the vessel, and the following are his officers:—Chief, Mr. J. Petrie; second, Mr. A. Dawson; chief engineer, Mr. R. Klottrup; second, Mr. R. G. Hammerton; third, Mr. E. L. Richardson; wireless operator, Mr. T. McCrohan; and chief steward, Mr. C. Dahl.

Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., the local agents, expect to despatch the Cheniston on Wednesday next in continuation of her voyage to Lyttelton to complete discharge. AN OLD TIMER. —When the paddlewheel tug, Hercules, was pensioned off 40 years ago at Melbourne, no doubt the old vessel thought that its seagoing days were over, and that it could spend the rest of its time in peace and idleness. Like any other old age pensioner, the fates have been unkind, however, and the old tug, after 40 years’ use as a water tank at Williamstown, is to be put into use again. She is loading a cargo of junk at Swan Island for delivery at Melbourne. The Hercules is 78 years of age. NEW DEPTH GAUGE. —With a view to its possible adoption by a number of shipping companies as well as by the Admiralty, a new type of depth gauge for use in floating docks Ims been tested in the 60,000-ton floating dock. Invented by Engineer-Comman-der Barry Hocken, its purpose is to indicate exactly at any time the depth of water in the dock to which it is attached, and thus greatly facilitate the accurate handling of large liners and other vessels. It is made *of a kind of U-tube with legs of greatly differing length and diameter. The shorter and thicker leg, about 6ft long, stands upright on the bottom of the dock. As the water rises above 6ft the pressure on the mercury increases, driving the mercury down in the leg and forcing up the water with which the other (longer) leg is filled. The upper end of this leg is connected with an indicating dial in the control tower. FAST PASSAGE. —The Finnish fourmasted barque Herzogin Cecile arrived at Queenstown on May 2, after an exceptionally fast passage of 88 days from Australia. The Herzogin Cecile, a ship of 3111 tons gross, left Port Lincoln, Australia, on February 3 with a cargo of wheat in bags. Her master, Captain Reubens D. Claux, reported a very fine passage, with ideal weather practically all the way until off the Irish coast, when strong south-easterly gales, with rain and sleet, were encountered. He was very proud of his vessel’s record, as 88 days from Australia to Queenstown, via Cape Horn, was, he said, no mean achievement. To the Herzogin Cecile goes the- honour of winning the race to the United Kingdom for which 13 ships started from various Australian ports between January 3 and March 8, five of them leaving in January and all but one before the end of February. The second vessel in the race, the Finnish four-masted barque, Hougomont, arrived at Falmouth after a passage of 124 day fH