The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 331, 17 April 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. —Captain W. H. D. Gardner, has assumed command of the Kaitur.a, relieving Captain J. L. Brisco for instructions.

Captain Donald McDonald has been appointed to master of the Kanna vie® Captain A. Reed, who is at present awaiting orders at Wellington. Captain S. A. Chatfield has completed his holidays, and haa been appointed master of the Wingatui, in place of Captain F. G. Bilton, who is awaiting instructions at Auckland. Mr. J. E. Warbrick has succeeded Mr E. A. Buckingham, chief officer of the Oonah, who is on holidays. Mr. E. Sutherland, chief officer of the YVaipahi, has been invalided ashore at Auckland, and Dir. W. Johnson is to join t^ e vessel as chief officer on her arrival at Wellington. Mr. D. J. Rutter has joined the Kaitangata as third officer, succeeding Mr. ' Sadler,who is on his liolidav*; . M , r - L '^ A - : English has taken the "place ?, tr ' Y .Crawford as third officer 01 the Ivakariki. The latter officer is taking his holidays at Sydney. Messrs. T. Y. Marshall and J. McNeil fan-a Joln ®? the Waitemata as second and ttnrd officers respectively. relieving orders 8 S ' A ‘ Smith and S - B - Ward for Mr R. C. Ingram, second officer of the re f l u - has been granted holidays, and to th?'vSsel WllliamS haS been a PP° inte d The Kamona, recommissioned at Well- °? Saturday in command of CapV £ G f> • G V ey ' Messrs - J. Warcup and 1. _b>. Uymock are chief and second officers respectively. Mr. Arnold F. Levestam, late of the L mon Company, who has been spending a months in the Dominion, returned to Sydney by the Marama on Friday. HERTFORD AT LONDON.—The Federal Line steamer Hertford, which sailed from Wellington on March 3, is reported to have reached London on Sunday. MAILS HOME.—The Chief Postmaster has received advice that the mails which left Auckland on March 13 by the Royal Mail steamer Niagara via Vancouver, arrived at London on April 13. THE PORT BOWEN. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Bowen, which sailed from Auckland on March 20 for London. Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, is reported to have cleared Panama last Saturday - .

f MAHANA AT PANAMA.— The Shaw, i ! Savill and Albion steame;- Mahan a -is rei ported to have reached Panama last Saturday, en route from New Zealand 1 to London. She was dispatched from ! Wellington on March 22. TOFUA SAILING SATURDAY.—At 11 ! 1 a.in. on Saturday the local office of the Union Company advises that the Island . passenger steamer Tofua will be dis- 1 patched from Auckland for Suva, Tonga j and Samoa. ! HORORATA LEAVES PANAMA.— News by cable has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Hororata, en route from London, left < Panama on April 11 for New Zealand ports. She is due at Auckland on May 4. KAPONGA ARRIVING 5.30 p.m.—Aj further radio message received by the local office of the Union Company states that the collier Kaponga, en route from Newcastle, is expected to arrive at Auckland at 5.30 p.m. to-day. She wili later berth at the King’s Wharf. THE QUEEN ELEANOR. —Tgie New Zealand Shipping Company has received advice that the Queen Eleanor, en route from Louisberg and St. John, cleared New York on April S for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on May 14. KAIAPOI DUE TO-MORROW.—The!' local office of the Union Company has ‘ been advised by radio that the collier Kaiapoi is expected to arrive at Auckland to-morrow afternoon from Newcastle. After discharge here, the Kaiapoi proceeds to Napier to complete dis- j charge. MAILS BY THE NIAGARA.—The Chief Postmaster has received advice stating that the Royal Mail steamer Niagara which is due at Auckland on April 23 from Vancouver, has 707 bags of i English, American and Eastern mail for this port. PORT ALBANY AT WELLINGTON.— The C. and D. Line advises that the steamer Port Albany, at present loading at Wellington, leaves there to-morrow for New Plymouth, thence Sydney and Brisbane, to complete loading for Port Said, Marseilles and London.

REMUERA SAILS TO-MORROW.— Efforts are being made to despatch the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Remuera to-morrow afternoon for Tokomaru Bay, thence Picton. and Wellington, to complete her loading for Home. The liner is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on April 2S for Southampton and London, via Panama. MANUKA AT WELLINGTON.—Advice received by the local office of the Union Company states that the passenger steamer Manuka arrived at WeJington early this morning from Melbourne direct, and it is hoped to dispatch her this evening again for Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and Melbourne. HURUNUI FROM LONDON. —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Hurunui is now scheduled to reach Auckland from London on April *O. Beside general merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Dunedin and Bluff the vessel has explosives, which she will unload at the Motuihi explosive anchorage before she comes into port. PORT NAPIER SAILING. —Owing to the rain yesterday the loading operations on the C. and D. Line’s steamer Port Napier have been delayed, consequently she will not now finish until to-morrow evening. At daybreak on Thursday Heather, Roberton and Co. hopes to dispatch the vessel from Auckland for New York, Boston and London, via Panama. WEST ELCAJON AT HONOLULU. The American steamer West Elcajon is reported to have arrived at Honolulu on Saturday. The vessel is en route from Pacific Coast ports with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Napier. She is scheduled to reach Auckland on April 28. Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., are the local agents. WESTMORELAND’S PROGRAMME.— The New Zealand Shipping Company advises an alteration in the itinerary of the Westmoreland. The vessel arrived at Wellington yesterday from Auckland, for further loading. She will leave there next Monday for Wanganui roadstead, and is to sail from there on April 25 for London and Hull, via Panama Canal. WARNING TO MARINERS.—The Auckland Harbour Board notifies mariners that the military authorities will be. picking np the cable between the North Head and the Bastion on Thursday next, April 19. A launch and a punt will be engaged at the work and will fly a red flag. All vessels are warned to keep clear of the punt. BUCHANNESS DISCHARGING.—The tramp steamer Buclianness, Which ar-« rived at Auckland on Monday evening' from Port Arthur, Texas, with a full cargo of case oil, is to discharge 1,000 tons at Western Wharf. To-morrow evening she is to be dispatched for Cairns, Townsville, Port Alma, Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle. COWDEN LAW SAILS TO-MOR-ROW.—For Lyttelton, Wanganui and New Plymouth, the Law steamer Cowden Law is to be dispatched from Auckland at five o’clock to-morrow evening to complete discharge of her cargo of sulphur from Galveston, Texas. The vessel will then proceed to Newcastle for bunkers. Robert Millar and Co. are acting as the local agents. TAMAROA AT COLON.—The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tamaroa Is reported to have reached Colon on Saturday en route from London and Southampton with passengers, mail and cargo for New'Zealand. The cargo is for discharge at Wellington and Auckland. She is scheduled to reach Wellington on Mav 5 and Auckland on May 12. A. S. Paterson and Company, Ltd., are the local agents. MAMARI'S PROGRAMME.—L. D. Nathan and Company have been advised that the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Mamari, which arrived at New Plymouth last Sunday evening from Brisbane, leaves the Taranaki port to-morrow for Wanganui roadstead, thence Wellington, Gisborne and Auckland to complete her loading. She is due here on April 29 and is announced to sail finally from this port on May 2 for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool, via Cape Horn .

NEWBY HALL ARRIVES.—Under the auspices of the American and Australian Linejs service, the Hail Line steamer Newby Hall arrived at Auckland at five o clock last evening and berthed at Prince s \\ harf to commence the discharge of her cargo of case oil antf general merchandise from New' York. The vessel sailed from New' York on March I and Newport News on March 10. She reached Colon on March 18 and cleared day ‘ th S weather conditions during the voyage being generally fair. a Newby Hall, which was last at Auckland m February, 1923, is manned by European officers. Chinese deck hands! and Lascafs m the stokehold. Captain R. C. Zeal is in command, and he has with him the following officersV hl v‘i' T- E - Robertson; second, Mr A. V, ise; third. Mr. F. Wrigley ■ chief Mr \.. T - w ‘igiit; second, MrJ y. Abbie; third, Mr. J. S. Thomnsontorr<MrMa' r-' E ' Pardoe l wireless operaD&hfield A - GreSßi Chl6t steward . *&. T. „, The . local agents, the New Zealand pie t« e ‘discharge? di " and Sydney coml t BRITISH IDLE TONNAGE __ Thn British rl ?»n r ? tUri,S n ° f laid - u P sri<2if-k5 ri <2if-k Ports, collected by the Chamb-r of faluppms and giving the poslt&n „n January 1 have come as a Surprise to • Corn P ai 'od with October or -IB 2? “ aa mcrease of 98, 535 tons net ?K7 ?„e Pe „f C B e ?nV and with January 1 r y . of 6,800 tons net, or 1.8« tier This setback is disappointing but accounted for, without doubt bthe , d . e height markets during beln suAS O^ ° f 1527 - which mu « have t tff ? i U i ? a!> to convince many owner* that less loss w*ould be incurred by withdrawing ships from trading. It would he interesting to learn what probation of the vessels idle are past their first yonth , c s° uld thus a more adequate idea ot the causes which have led to the apparent leeway disclosed. During L-AA year orders were placed by Cardiff sb?AA owners for 22 vessels totalling neariv f? W w tcns d -' v - while in the same II new compames were registered, having an 33 fS eE cL P .Tf" Inal capital of over ~dsd,j.u. Oases of new ships being- lr* iri up hive not been heard of, and cons* quently the inference is that the bulk of the idle shipping is of an age which renders it. uneconomical when freights are on a low level. The total recorded in IhZ "P™ January 1 compares with 063,8j.4 tons 12 months ago ’39 bsi too ■ April 1, 420,161 tons or.- juH-i, 27a.,839 tons on October 1. Th'e largest increases are; Liverpool. 41.000 tons London, 20,000 tons: Leith, 15.000 I. and Cardiff, 11,000 tons. At Hull the figures rose by 10.000 tons, at Oreen. and Manchester by 7,000 tons and 4 mouth 5,000 tons. The only places vii . • i eductions occurred ere Oarr-loch. Southampton, Newcastle and Datkujouth.

AMERICAS MERCHANT MARINE "Pq • *paiTpiy v*, tlis wcll-knom i. hi itish shipping publication, must be given considerable credit for its fine issue o: *et>ruarv 2. an edition much larger and more elaborate than usual, and in which, among other features, it devotes 60 full pages t > the importance and significance or Hamburg as an international port. But wnat •ilsa struck our eve. shvs the Now xOl k '■ Nautical Gazette"'’ was tile considerable editorial space devoted in this same issue to the subject of Amercan shipping and American competition. "li e are faced, states -Fairplay.” "with a competition bv the United States out of all proportion TO what we liad previously to cope w ith it her hands ' A little more than 10 years a-o the British Press would have dismissed this problem with less than a shrug of the shoulders, for we happen to recall this remark made some time ago bv one of England's leading newspapers, while referring to America’s Merchant Marine: Our companies have long round it possible to do with the American Merchant Marine what the Admiralty are urged to do with the American Navydismiss it from their calculations.

Frankly, we cannot, at the present tlTT \f’ over -emphasise the soundness and stability of our present American Merchant Marine, bearing in mind that we, as a maritime nation, have yet much to learn about foreign trade and international shipping. Xeither do we overlook Shipping Board tactics in the Atlantic trade, nor the fact that a good many of the board’s services would not have been able to remain in business if it had not been for the assistance which the United States Treasury has been giving them for the past eight years. ITALIAN STEAMER. —On her first voyage to Sydney, and the second vessel to reach Sydney in the improved monthly passenger service between Italy and Australia, the Lloyd Sabaudo Line steamer Principe d’Udine arrived there recently. Formerly on the South American run, in which service she was engaged for 18 years, the Principe d’Udine, a twinscrew steamer of 7.804 tons gross register, was one of the most popular ships in the line. Much of her popularity was due to the geniality of her present commander (Captain Greco), who served as first officer on the ship for several years before being appointed captain 10 years ago. Used Alter full capacity as a passenger vessel,"he will cary 139 first-class and 1,500 third-class passengers, but on the Australian run she will provide accommodation for 84 first-class and about 500 third-class passengers. In the third-class there are four and six-berth cabins, while the first-class accommodation consists of single and two-berth cabins, some of which have private bath rooms. The former “cabins de luxe*' have been converted into pairs of two-berth cabins connected by a sliding door. A feature of the ship is the winter garden, situated above the dining-saloon in the best ventilated part of the steamer. This garden surrounds a circular well overlooking the dining-saloon. The Tomaso di Savoia, the sister ship of the Principe d’Udine. has similar internal structure. She will probably be placed od the Australian run later. Other accommodation includes a music-room and a smoking-room. A cinematograph operator and a photographer are carried by the ship. UNPROFITABLE CARGO INSURANCE.—Outspoken comments on the conditions of the marine underwriting of goods were made by Mr. H. M. Merriman at the annual meeting of the Institute of London Underwriters. He expressed his belief that in very many instances cargo underwriting is not now conducted on sound lines. There hasbeen since the war, a marked tendency of underwriters to accept risks which are not marine perils and were not, before the war, covered by a marine policy. “Underwriters,” Mr. Merriman said, “frequently very foolishly cover the trade loss risk, which is manifestly a most dangerous thing to do.” He expressed confidence that if underwriters were firm in refusing to cover such risks the various trades would soon adjust thconditions of sale. Again, he declared that underwriters had made themselves responsible for risks that should be rightly borne by the carrier and/or shipowner, and proceeded: “If those who have the custody of the goods while in transit have the responsibility removed from their shoulders, in many cases, tend to carelessness. If these risks were not covered by the policy, I feel confident there would be greater supervision on the part of those concerned for the protection of goods during transit.” Marine underwriting has shown such unsatisfactory results for many year.s that last summer the directors of the great insurance companies felt compelled to intervene and put pressure on the underwriters to discover means by which the business could be placed on a better basis. In many cases the marine funds have had to be supported by large drafts from the earnings of other departments.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Aorangi, Niagara, West Islip, King Egbert, Lubrico, Kaiapoi. Chatham Islands.—Pakeha. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Ngaio, Arahura, Tamahine, Manuka. Devon, Piako, Port Victor, C. A. Knudsen. Herminius, Port Adelaide, Kia Ora, Waihemo, Kaitangata, Kalinga. Awarua.—Kia Ora, Yoseric, Waikou- | aiti, Karetu.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES VESTER Bav ! NGAPI'HI (» '• p.m >. TOl ton , R for Xew Plymouth. ”*• "S I The Ngapuhi left Onehunn v»... afternoon for New Plymouth w*. "* due hack at seven o'clock 1 morning. Ttie Arapawa. which arr'rToa ~ „ hungra yesterday. is to be again this afternoon for < The Hauturu leaves OnehunejT,V , o’clock this afternoon for ‘ Kawhia aud Port Waikato She n 5" back early on Pridav morning “W The Isabella de Frame !e»v— - hunsa autre' o'clock to-morrow noon for Hokianpa. Messrs. Russell and Somers, LtH local acents for the An her Comi»nT t%! vises That the Orepuki will netS* *? Totaxa. arriving at on pL*/ next, tnd sailing: on Saturdav f«r vSz* Plcton and West Coast poni.