The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 336, 23 April 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL. ' ' now in command of the AVaipu; Captain \V. Rayr.es has charge of the Daphne; i and Captain \\\ Morgan has taken comi mand of the Hauiti. Mr. F. Allen is now I chief officer of the Claymore. HI NEMO A DUE.—Due at Auckland Specie!ins; Limited advises that the Government steamer Hinemoa sails again on Friday for Norfolk Island. GABRIELLA FROM AUSTRALIA. — Cable advice has been received by the Northern Steamship Company that the Lamb steamer Gabriella left Port Stephens last Friday for Auckland, where she is due on Wednesday. THE MARGARET W.—The four-masted auxiliary sc-honer Margaret W. arrived yesterday from Lyttelton and Tauranga and berthed at Kings Wharf. Her departure for Port Stephens, via Thames, is Indefinite. ONEHUNGA-NEW PLYMOUTH SERVICE.—The Northern Company advises that there will be no steamer from Onehuuga next Monday for New Plymouth and no steamer from New Plymouth for Oneliunga the following day. TAHITI AT WELLINGTON. —En route from Sydney the Union Company’s R.M.S. Tahiti arrived at Wellington this morning. At 3 p.m. to-morrow she leaves Wellington in continuation of her voyage to Rarotonga, Papeete and San Francisco. MARAMA FROM SYDNEY.—TiIe local office of the Union Company advises that tlie Marama from Sydney is due in the stream about S a.m. to-morrow. An hour later she will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to land her passengers, mails anil cargo. Next Friday at 3 p.m. she sails from Auckland on her return trip to Sydney. OLIVA AT SAN PEDRO.—The AngloSaxon Petroleum Oil Company’s tanker Oliva arrived at San Pedro last Thursday from Auckland, via Honolulu. The vessel unloaded a full cargo of 7,400 tons of bulk oil at Auckland, and sailed on the return voyage to America on March 23. CAPSIZE OF THE HAVOC.—The Auckland Harbour Board advises that _LLie—reek—wtuch was deposited in the harbour off North Head when the Uikurangi Coal Company’s steamer Hikurangi collided with the board’s scow, Havoc, recently, has been cleared a* v ay and the buoy removed. TURAKINA DUE 9 P.M.—The local office of the. New Zealand Shipping company has been advised by radio that the steamer Turakina is expected to arrive in the stream at Auckland at I* o’clock this evening from Liverpool. She is to berth at the Queen’s Wharf to-morrow morning to land the local portion of her cargo before proceeding to Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete. PIAKO AT NAPIER.—An arrival at Napier this morning was the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Piako from Wellington. She is to leave the Hawke’s Bay port to-morrow for Auckland, where she is due on Thursday morning to complete loading. The vessel is now scheduled to sail finally from this

port on April 30 for New York and London, via Panama. MAMARI DELAYED. —L. D. Nathan and Company have been advised that the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Mamari has been delayed and is now expected to arrive at Auckland on May 4 to complete her loading. She is to clear this port finally on May 9 for London and West of England ports via Montevideo and Teneriffe. SUSSEX FROM CALCUTTA.—The local office of the Union Company advises that the Federal steamer Sussex is due at Auckland about the second week in May from Calcutta and way ports. She has cargo for discharge at Auck'#nd, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin and should clear the latter port about May 25 for Newcastle to load for Java en route to Calcutta to load again for New Zealand.

THE CANADIAN BRITISHER.—The local office- of the Canadian National Steamships has received advice slating that the Canadian Britisher has been delayed at Lyttelton. She is expected to clear the- Christchurch port this evening, however, for Dunedin, to complete discharge and continue loading. The vessel is not now due back at Auckland until May 3 to complete loading for New York, Boston and Montreal. VOCO DUE NOON WEDNESDAY. — The local office of the Vacuum Oil Company has received a wireless report from the company’s tanker Voco, stating that the vessel expects to arrive in the stream at Auckland at noon on Wednesday next with a full cargo of bulk oil from * San Pedro for discharge at Western Wharf, and at Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The tanker, the latest of the company’s fleet, is making her second voyage, and her first visit to New Zealand waters. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT STEAMER.—The Canadian Transporter is scheduled to reach Auckland about May 6 with general merchandise from Halifax. She will also discharge at Wifilington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. For the same port in New Zealand, the Canadian Challenger is to leave' Halifax next Wednesday, and is due at Auckland about June 6. Following the Canadian Challenger the next Canadian Government steamer to bring cargo from Canada to New Zealand will be dispatched from Montreal. TUTANEKAF’S ITINERARY. On a special trip with the members of the newly-recruited Samoan police force the Government steamer Tutanekai was dispatched from Auckland for Apia on Saturday morning. The vessel is due back at Auckland about May 9, and afterwards will be engaged for three or four days in attending to the buoys and beacons in the Hauraki Gulf. When that work has been completed the vessel will return to Auckland to load stores for the northern lighthouses. It was Captain Bollons’s intention to proceed from the northern lighthouses to the Kermadecs Group to restock the provision depots, but owing to the Tutanekai having to make the Samoan trip the visit to the Kermadecs has been postponed indefinitely. MANCHESTER SHIPPING HOUSES. —A plan for consolidating a number of Manchester shipping houses is on foot, and while it is known that 12 firms are interested, it is impossible to state a final definite number concerned in the fusion, as other firms are known to have been approached on the subject, and that their decisions are pending, says the “Nautical Gazette.” This step marks a change in the outlook of Manchester merchants, who have hitherto maintained an individualistic attitude on these matters. The capital of the merger is to be about two million pounds, and it is hoped that the enterprise will be floated some time this year, according to information furnished by Mr. Alfred Nutting, American Con-sulate-General, London, in “Commerce Reports.” The plan, -which has been under consideration for several weeks, was originated by firms principally engaged in the South American trade, though it is understood that some of the houses have important connections in India and the Far East generally. The fusion will make it possible for one organisation with iis specialised and concentrated staff to do the work now being undertaken by a number of firms. UNFAIR COMPETITION.—There is a section of the American public and Press which is very fond of discovering evidence of a I plot hatched by foreign shipowners, largely British, to destroy the mercantile marine of the United States, alleging all kinds of nefarious actions against them, but a situation has now arisen, and not for the first time, in which the shoe is rather on the other foot (writes the “Syren and Shipping’’). We do not suggest that the United Slates is endeavouring to sweep the British merchant fleet off the seas, but it is only too obvious that the Government of that country is using its resources to finance shipping lines which are operating at a financial loss in order to secure cargoes that under normal economic and competitive conditions would not fall to their lot. We refer to the state of affairs now prevailing in tlic trade between Calcutta and the United States, in which the American operators of shipping board tonnage have started a rate war. It would appear from the facts at present known that they first approached the British lines concerned with a request for a larger proportion of the cargoes available, to which the latter replied that they were prepared to meet reasonable demands and put forward certain suggestions. The Shipping Board, however, did not consider the proposals went far enough, but the British, response was to the effect that they had worked hard and unaided for many years to build up their business, and they could not see their way to surrendering very much of it. even to the American Government. The outcome was that the Shipping Board instituted a fortnightly service from India to the principal North Atlantis- ports, amt intimated their intention of inaugm a tin« a third sailing to New Orleans in tiu n. future.