The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 114, 4 August 1927, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Captain W. S. Clark, who has been on holiday, resumes command of the Richardson Line steamer Mako on Saturday next. MAHENO FOR SYDNEY. The Union Company advises that the intercolonial passenger steamer Maheno leaves Auckland at 1 i-a.m. to-morrow for Sydney, where she is due next Tuesday morning. TOFUA AT SUVA —Advice received by the Union Company states that the Island passenger steamer Tofua arrived at Suva at 6 a.m. yesterday from Apia,' and leaves at 4 o’clock this afternoon for Auckland, where she is expected to arrive next Monday. TEKOA AT NAPIER —The New Shipping Company’s steamer Tekoa arrived at Napier this morning from Gisborne and leaves on Saturday for Wanganui and Wellington to finish her loading. She clears the latter port on August 13 for London and west of England ports via Panama. HORORATA’S PROGRAMME —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the steamers Hororata, now loading at Auckland, leaves on Sunday for Tokomaru Bay, Timaru, Littelton, Wanganui, and Wellington to fill up. She sails finally from the latter port on August 30 for London via Panama. TRAWLER CLEARED TAHITI.— The trawler Thomas Bryan reached Tahiti on July 31, according to advice received by Messrs. Sanford, Ltd. She replenished her bunkers there, and sailed on August 2 in continuation of her voyage from England to Auckland. She is expected to arrive about. August 15. TREWORLAS LEAVES NEW YORK. —The N.Z. Shipping Company has been notified by cablegram that the A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer Treworlas sailed from New York on July 25 and Newport News on July 27 for Levuka, Euva, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is expected to arrive at Auckland on September 10. MATATUA TO COM PLETE.— The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Matatua leaves Wellington to-mororw for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland to complete her loading for Antwerp and London. She is due here on August 14 and the agents, L. D. Nathan and Company, hope to dispatch her finally from Auckland on August IG. THE CANADIAN SEIGNUER —The local office of the Canadian Government Line have been advised that the steamer Canadian Seignuer left Dunedin yesterday for Wellington and Auckland to complete her loading. She is expected to arrive here on Monday and it is hoped to dispatch her the same day for New York, Boston, and Montreal. TAMAROA SAILS SUNDAY —A. S. Paterson and Company are endeavouring to dispatch the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Tamaroa from Auckland next Sunday morning for Gisborne, Napier, Timaru, and Wellington to complete her loading for Home. She is scheduled to sail finally from the last?, mentioned port at daybreak on August 27 for Southampton and London via Panama. H.M.S. DUNEDIN RETURNS.— H.M.S. Dunedin returned to Auckland yesterday afternoon to resume her position "as flagship of the New Zealand Squadron. After two months in refitting in England, the cruiser sailed from Sheerness on June 3 0 and made the voyage to Auckland, via Bermuda, Kingston, Panama, Nukuhiva (Marquesas Islands), and Papeete. Boisterous conditions were encountered during the first week from Sheerness but generally fair weather prevailed afterwards to Auckland. On arrival the warship proceeded to her customary berth at Devonport. MELBOURNE-N.Z. CARGO SERVICE.—The local office of the Union Company has been advised that owing to the small amount of cargo offering at Melbourne at present, the Kaituna will now load a cargo of coal at Newcastle, but that the Manuka, leaving I Melbourne to-morrow, will bring Auckland cargo for transhipment at | Wellington at direct rates. The Karj tigi has been fixed to load at Edithj burg during the second halt of August j for Auckland. If there is sufficient cargo offering at Melbourne, the vessel ; will call there, otherwise she will call at Newcastle on her way to this port.

ULIMAROA’S FAST TRlP —Advice has beer; received by the HuddartParker Company that the Ulimaroa arrived at Sydney at midnight on Monday from Wellington. The vessel left here at noon on Friday, thus taking only three days 12 hours on her run across the Tasman, which is an exceptionally fast passage. CASE OIL FROM TEXAS.— The Weir Line motor-ship Cederbank has been chartered to load case oil at Port Arthur, Texas, for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Rockhampton. Townsville, and Newcastle for the Texas Oil Company. GUANO FROM JUAN DE NOVO.— The Watts, Watts steamer Epsom. 4,576 tons, has been fixed to load guano at Juan de Novo Island for three of the following ports: Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Auckland. The guano is for discharge to the agency of Wright, Stephenson, and Co. The island of Juan de Novo lies in the Mozambique Channel, between Madagascar and the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, an eastern State of South Africa. CAMBRIDGE’S MOVEMENTS —Now at Port Chalmers completing her discharge of Liverpool cargo, the New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Federal steamer Cambridge will commence loading there and leaves next Tuesdy for Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, Tokomaru Bay, and Auckland to fill up. She is due here about August 30 and is to sail finally from this port on September 3 for New York, Boston, London, and West of England ports via Panama. ADMIRALTY OIL TANKER.— The Admiralty oil tanker Nucula, arrived at Auckland shortly after mid-day yesterday and anchored in the stream. After replenishing the fuel supplies of the vessels of the New Zealand Division of the. Royal Navy, she will discharge the remainder of her cargo into the Naval Department’s storage tanks at Devonport. The Nucula, which is a Royal Fleet auxiliary vessel, left Auckland on May 16 and took on 6,300 tons of oil fuel at San Pedro. She left the Californian port on June 15 and proceeded to Papeete, where she replenished the Diomede’s bunkers. Her next port of call was Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands, where she supplied oil to H.M.S. Dunedin. From Nukuhiva the Nucula went to Suva, where the Diomede was again met and given a further supply. The tanker experienced generally fair weather throughout her voyage, and arrived at Auckland about nine days ahead of scheduled time. On the afternoon of July 11, shortly after leaving Papeete, the quartermaster, Mr. IT. Jessup, was lost overboard and drowned. Boats searched the sea for three hours, but were unable to find any trace of the missing man. Captain A. W. Beardsall, R.N.R., is still in command of the Nucula, and his officers, most of whom are the same as when the vessel was here last, are as follows: —Chief, Mr. G. Atwood; second, Mr. F. Pine; third, Mr. E. M. Foster; chief engineer, Mr. H. Bullimore; second, Mr. E. Fallwell; third, Mr. A. W. Price; fourth, Mr. W. Williamson; fifth, Mr. G. G. Jamieson; wireless operator, Mr. Scott; chief steward, Mr. E. Yates. MAKURA’S PASSENGERS. —The H.M.S. Makura, which reached Wellington on Tuesday from San Francisco via ports, brought the following passengers:— For Wellington.—First Saloon: Miss F. M. Bowes, Dr. and Mrs. C. Elliott and three children, Mr. and Mrs. P. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson and two children, Dr. and Mrs. A. Humphries, Dr. and Mrs. Kan a v el, Mr. L. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Morin and child. Miss F. Ormond, Mr. C. Seidel, Mr. and Mrs. I. Schoen, Captain G. Grey, Mr. E. Mailoch, Mr. G. Smith, Mrs. Crooke. Second Saloon: Mr. S. Butcher, Mrs. and Miss R. College, Miss M. Harris, Mrs. P. Kusabs, Mr. and Mrs. R. Lockhart, Miss N. McDowell, Mr. F. Arlidge, Mrs. M. Brown, Miss M. Hughes, Mr. J. James, Mr. and Mrs. C. ,W. Rothrie. Mr. W. Unswortli, Mr. P. Williams; and 8 steerage. For Sydney.—First Saloon: Mr. A. W. Attwood, Mrs. J. Apter, Madam Francis Alda, Mr. J. Butler, Mr. C. F. Baldwin, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bailey and six children, Mr. H. E. Beavan, Mr. J. Considine, Mr. M. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Doyle, Mrs. M. Davidson, Mr. A. Emmelhainz, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Forrest, Mr. R. D. Griffiths, Mr. H. E. Guy, Miss E. Kauffmann, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ludowici, Mr. R. Ludowici, Miss J. Ludowici, Mr. and Mrs. A. McNeill, Dr. K. McKay, Mr. A. Mclnnies, Mrs. M. McDougall and three children, Mr. and Mrs. J. McClintock and three children, Mr. R. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mack, Mr. C. Munden, Miss M. Matthews, Mr. E. Matthais, Mr. A. Morrison, Mr. F. H. Roberts, Mr. M. Rabinowitsh, Mr. L. M. Schoen, Mr. and Mrs. J. Sharwood, Mr. W. Sharwood, Mr. J. Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Zimmerman and three children, Mrs. L. Murray, J. I. Paleon. Second Saloon: Mr. B. Amphlet, Mrs. E. Burgess, Mr. and Miss D. Ballentine, Mr. and Mrs. S. Cole, Mr. F. Fisher, Mr. C. Gow, Mr. W. W. Goggin, Mr. L. F. Herbert, Mr. J. E. Morewood, Miss M. McManus, Mr. F. McCullagfi, Miss N. Rise, Mr. A. Schroder, Mr. and Mrs. W. Stewart. Mr. E. D. Wilson, Miss A. Weiss, Mrs. C. Wood; and 39 steerage, including 22' Chinese from Papeete. PORT HUNTER FROM HOME.— With several passengers, four racehorses and ten or more stowaways, the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Hunter, arrived at Auckland this morning and berthed at Prince’s Wharf to commence the discharge of her cargo. The vessel loaded at Glasgow and Liverpool and sailed from the last named port on June 27. Panama was cleared on July 9, the Port Hunter experiencing fine weather most of the way. On July 26 and 27, when the vessel was about 1,500 miles out of Auckland, she encountered a hard north-westerly gale and rough seas, which retarded her progress for a time. After that, however, the weather abated, and the vesel made port about two days behind scheduled time. A batch of stowaways, estimated in various quarters to number from nine to twelve, were discovered two days out from Liverpool. They made themselves useful during the voyage, however, and added interest to an otherwise uneventful trip. The racehorses arrived in good condition. The remainder of the cargo of general merchandise consists chiefly of whisky and machinery, most of the latter being for Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth’s works at Arapunl. Captain S. C. Cottell is in command and the following are his officers; Chief, Mr. 3 -2. O. Thomas; second, Mr. A. A. Cooper; third, Mr. J. Weldon; fourth, Mr. A. McClounan; chief engineer, Mr. A. D Campbell: second, Mr. B. Atkinson; third, Mr. T. Liffler; fourth, Mr. T. Young; fifth, Mr. J. Robertson: sixth, Mr. A. Hunter; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr. G. Ross; second, Mr. A. Lavis; chief wireless operator, Mr. J. Hammond; chief steward, Mr. H. Bricknell. The following are the passengers who arrived this morning on the Port Hunter: Professor G. W. Daniels, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Manchester University, who is on an extended tour of the world; Dr. Speight, Mr. Rennels, Mrs. Clark, of Adelaide; Mr. and Mrs. Dumbleton and child, of Rotorua. The local agents, Messrs. Heather Roberton, Ltd., expect to dispatch the vessel about Monday evening next to complete discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Timaru. The Port Hunter returns to Auckland as a final loading port, before sailing on the homeward trip. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland.—Tofua, Ivanna, Niagara, Whangape, Waipahi, Makalana, Maryland, Ruahine. Chatham Islands. —lonic, Canadian Prospector, City of Carlisle, Walcheren. Wellington.—Maori, Ngaio, Wahine, Tamahine, Tekoa, Waitomo, Tutanekai, Ikala, Makura, Canadian Seigneur, Matatua, Kairanga, Waihemo. Awarua. —West Henshaw, City of Corinth, I'oolta, Tahiti.

THE CANADIAN PIONEER.— Cabled news has bene received by the Canadian Government Agency that the Canadian Pioneer arrived at Panama on July 29 from Auckland, and sailed again on July 30 for New York, Boston, and Montreal. The vessel left Auckland on July 1.