The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 531, 7 December 1928, Page 2

The Log Book

CORINTHIC FROM HOME—The S.S. and A. steamer Corinthic is expected to leave Southampton to-day with passengers, mail and cargo. She is due at Wellington on January 14. KAIKORAI FROM SUVA—Advice has been received by the Union Company that the steamer Kaikorai will leave Suva next Thursday for Auckland, in continuation of her voyage from Sydney. She is due here on December 17. ROTORUA SAILED—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua left for Wellington yesterday to complete unloading cargo from England. She is to leave New Zealand for Southampton and London about January 5. SUGAR FROM FIJI —The Colonial Sugar Company’s steamer Rona left Suva, Fiji, at 11 o'clock on Wednesday night or Auckland. She is due here on Monday morning, when she will berth at. Chelsea to discharge. PORT CURTIS TO LOAD—Advice has been received by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company that the Port Curtis is due a~t Auckland next Thursday to continue loading for New York, Boston and Halifax. The vessel is to leave Auckland on December IS or 19, sailing finally from Napier on December 2S. THE PORT WELLINGTON—The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company advises the Port Wellington is due from New Plymouth on Monday. From Auckland the vessel will go to Gisborne, Wellington and Napier to complete loading for New York and London. She will sail finally from Napier on December 3L f

WAIPAHI FROM SUVA.—Cable advice from Suva reports the departure from there yesterday at 4 p.m. of the Union Company’s Island fruit steamer WaipaJii for Auckland. DAN BRYN SAILS. —The tramp steamer Danbryn undocked this morning at 10 o’clock after having her hull cleaned and painted, and sailed shortly after for Westport for hunkers, thence Australia to load wheat for Calcutta. TAINUI LOADING. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's liner Tainui was to leave Bluff yesterday for Wellington, where she is due this evening to continue loading. She completes at Lyttelton, and I leaves there on December 20 for Southlampton and London, via Panama. ( SILVER SHELL TO-MORROW. —En j royte from San Francisco to Auckland j with a cargo of bulk oil, the Dutch tanker j Silver Shell has reported by wireless that •she expects to arrive at Auckland tomorrow. The vessel will berth at Western Wharf to discharge. KAMONA RECOMMISSIONED—The j Union Company advises that the steamer Kamona, which has been laid up at Auckland for some time, was recommissioned again to-day. She is to sail for Greymouth at noon to-morrow to load coal for Auckland THE CANADIAN HIGHLANDER. Repairs to the damaged propeller of the Canadian National Steamship’s steamer Canadian Highlander were carried out at King’s Wharf to-day, and it is hoped that the vessel will have completed loading in time to sail to-morrow evening for Halifax, via New York, Boston and Montreal. WARSHIPS RETURNING—Advice has been received by the Harbour Board that the warships Diomede and Dunedin will return to port from the Hauraki Gulf this afternoon. The Diomede will arrive at 4.10 and berth at Sheerlegs Wharf, Devonport, before the ai/ival of the flagship half an hour later. LAUNCH OF THE PORT ALMA.—The Commonwealth and Dominion motor liner Port Alma was launched last month from the yard of Messrs. Swan and Hunter and Wighani Richardson. She has a dead-weight capacity of 11,500 tons, and cylinder engines totalling S,OOO i.h.p. She is fitted with twin-screw Doxford fouris a sister ship of the Port Fairy. TAMAROA REPORTS.—Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Company advises that the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner, Tumaroa, en route from Southampton and London to ■Wellington and Auckland, with passengers, mails and cargo, has reported bywireless that she expects to arrive at the capital at daybreak on Wednesday next, December 12. The vessel is due at Auckland about a week later. ANTONIO TO SAIL.—To complete the discharge of her cargo of phosphates, the tramp steamer Antonio was to be dispatched from Auckland at one o dock this afternoon for New' Plymouth and Wanganui. Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane hate acted as the local agents. After completing discharge, the Antonio bunkers at Westport, and then proceeds to Makatea Island, to load another phosphate cargo for New South Wales. PASSENGERS FOR N.Z.—The following passengers left London by the Oronsay on October 2< for Australia, en route to New Zeaiand; Mr. and Mrs. F. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Bostock, MajorGeneral and Mrs. H. J. P. Browne Mr. a . nci r Chapman, Mr. and ’ Mrs! C. H. Child, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clarke, Air. and Mrs. J. Copper, Professor and ■V J r rs - Cotton, Mrs. Howell, Miss D. M. Howell, Mrs. Lees, Miss J. T. Lees, Lady let < • n a t' rae Af Major Colin .Nlaeiae, C.8.E., Miss Macrae, Sir John H K *?; E ” C.1.E., Mr. and H * Ma “ deno ’ Al**. and Mrs. A. th i son l- Mrs * Aleadowcroft, Miss A. L. Meadow croft, Major-General Sir George Richardson, K.8.E., C. 8., C.M.G. Miss iVr ; i'T,d ar ?^ on ' „ Mr r. and Mrs - H ' Smith, R - £ - hpedtling, Mr. and JJf:?- y Stocker, Sir Hugh Stuart-Forbes, Mr J - riS- Stuart-Forbes, Jill I ) V - M - Thomson, Mr. and Trolove, Miss G. Trolove. Hr and Mrs. B. P. Walker, Mesdames vtkirij?",’rrS? a<iys l l€e - R ult e , Daniels, Downing-. VfJhl ’tv, J °/! es - Parkinson, Renwick, S - H - A - Bette. A. E. Bull, 3VI. W, Crawford, M. E. Elworthv, M. to. Fairne, E. Gavey, D. X. Jones, L. M. Jo t ,-i, M. R. Robson, M. 1,. Shannon, Messrs. J. K. Ainsworth, C. W. Allen, R. G. F. Bacon, J. N. Bendyslie, G. H. Heal, P. T. C. Shutleworth, J. T. Spears, W. Wadswmrth, C. E. Weir. MAUN GAN UI SAILING—At three o’clock this afternoon the Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Maunganui is to be dispatched from Auckland (Prince's Wharf) with passengers, mails and cargo for Sydney, where she is due on Tuesday morning next. The Maunganui was to take the following passengers:— First class: Misses L. J. Eskdale, M. I. Bates, B. Moline, J. H. Johnston, M. L. and B. G. Redfield, W. M. Forsyth, A. E. Richardson, N. J. Kemp, E. M. Deane, G. Paykel, M. E. Newman, M. W. Goldwater, S. A. Baker, H. Marshall, C. J. Foley, E. S. H. Bond, G. L. Bendiacli, B. llansen, G. Habner, O. Barber, R. McKinnon, Mesdames C. A. Ray, Kerr, Shipcott, Davies, Gumming, A. Kemp, McLiver, C. Deane, 1. Paykel, J. Knight, Purehas, Arkinstall and infant, M. S. Telfer, Adams, A. K. Goldwater. Feet, C. Haw kesby, Robertson and infant, L. Hansen, E. Evans, Messrs. C. J. Croft, F. Wilkinson, D. Ray, W. Dennis, E. Lysaght, R. Paykel, V. A. N. Edmonds, R. H. M. Arapoff, V. Arapoff. A. L. Davies, D. Goldwater, H. R. Cummins, L. Elliott, W. H. Johnston, E. J. Prendergast, E. Shatz, A. H. Norman, G. S. Kemp, A. E, Kemp, F. D. McLiver, W. Manson, G. Arkinstall, A. G. Hillwood, A. Adams, H. N. Maddox, W. B. Lang, J. F. Peet, N. Robertson, C. F. Gordon, F. Busby, L. B. Lawton, L. P. Lawrence. Masters D. E. Ray, F. Wilkinson, A. and R. Shipcott. A. L. Arkinstall and K. Arkinstall, Hon. H. C. Bathurst, Dr. A. J. M. Purchas. Second class: Misses E. Barker, D. Rogerson. E. W. Cavanagli, M. Arundel. E- M. Webster, J. N. Stevens, A. Barr, Mesdames Boggis, N. Shakespeare. M. j Arundel, E Stevens. Mayer. H. McLean, | Messrs. C. H. Porteous, B. W. Bosrgis. A. jT. Rogerson. A. A. Carter. C. W. Armstrong, F. HaWko, J. W. Jones, W. Smith. S. A. Carter. E. Bolton, C. E. Watkins. .T, R. Cullen. White, M. Forbes. W. T. McGowan. -C. C. Mayer, Masters D. H. Johnstone, R. C. Stevens, and 40 steerage, including 6 Chinese,.

! CUMBERLAND DISCHARGING. —The Federal steamer Cumberland, now <i-.- - charging a cargo of general merchandise from Liverpool at Princes AYharf. will sail on Tuesday next for Napier and Southern ports to complete. She arrived at Auckland on AVednesday morning. lONIC AT SOUTHAMPTON. —Cabled news has been received bx the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that its liner lonic arrived at Southampton on Monday afternoon from AVellington. en route to London. The vessel left AVellington on October 26. RUAPEHU DUE WEDNESDAY. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a wireh " - liner Ruapehu, reporting that the vessel will arrive at AVellington next AVednesday at daybreak from London and Southampton. BLOEMFONTEIN LEAVES NEW YORK.—Cabled news has been received that the A- and A. Line chartered steamer Bloemfontein left New York on November 2S and Newport News on November 30 with general cargo to discharge at Auckland. AVellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on January 4, and at AVellington a week j later. HERTFORD TO LOAD. The Niw Zealand Shiping Company advises thatj the Hertford is due from Tokomaru Bay about Monday to complete loading for j London and AVest Coast of United King - | dom ports. She will berth at Queen's j AVharf, and is expected to sail finally about next Thursday. KARAMEA THIS EVE NIN G.—Accord - j ing to her radio report, the Shaw. I and Albion Company’s new motor-ship ' ’ Karamea is due at Auckland at five o'clock 1 I this evening from Gisborne to complete' J her homeward loading. The vessel left Gisborne at half-past eight last evening, and on arrival will berth at Central j AVharf. A. S. Paterson and Company are the local agents. NODRHVAL TO SAIL.—The steamer | Nordhval, which is unloading cargo from ; Pacific Coast ports at Queen's AVharf, is to sail at 8 p.m. to-day for Melbourne j and Sydney to complete unloading. She ■ brought 1,900 tons of general cargo for Auckland, including timber and case oil, as well as 1,350 eases of Californian oranges. MATAKANA TO-NIGHT. The Shaw. Savill and Albion steamer Matakana is expected from New Plymouth at 4 p.m. to-day, according to her radio report, when she will berth at Queen's Wharf t>» continue loading for London. She will fill up in the South, leaving AVellington finally at the end of this month. L. D. Nathan, Limited, are the local agents. FUTURE OF THE ‘‘TRAMP.”—An evening paper recently stated definitely that the day of the “tramp” was over (says “Fairplay”), and inferred that this type of vessel would gradually disappear, the liner taking its place. Well, I suppose the tramp steamer has been considered as “done for” in every shipping slump, for the simple reason that it was impossible for her to earn a living. Some experienced shipowners, however, are not apparently of this opinion, for I see that Messrs. Haldin and Company, the managers of the Court Line, Ltd., have just contracted for the construction of three Diesel vessels, two of which are to be fitted with Doxford engines and one with Burmeister and Wain engines, while a well-known British firm are believed to have ordered four steamers and two motor vessels to be built by Messrs. AVorkman, Clark and Company, of Belfast. Both these owners have been in the business for many years and must consider the time favourable for increasing their fleet, prices, in the opinion of some owners, being now at about bottom. "SURPLUS” TONNAGE DIFFICULTIES.—Sir Frederick Lewis, in the course of his speech at the 30th annual general meeting of Manchester Liners, Ltd., recently regretted that, as regards the prospects for the coming year, he could not speak as optimistically as he would like, as shipping in general is still suffering from a plethora of tonnage. Why is it doing so? (asks “Fairplay). For the simple reason that many of those very countries which are doing their level best to restrict the volume of trade by erecting round their positions Unscaleable tariff walls, are themselves hectically adding to their own mercantile marines. The consequences for them must in time be serious enough, unless, indeed, there is a revival of a kind of whien no one in his senses would dare to dream; and for us it may prove to be well-nigh fatal, seeing that the cost of running a British steamer to-day is such that it cannot hope to compete with its rivals whose pay-bills and subsidies allow of a reasonable profit being earned, whereas in our case it cannot I am by no means implying that we are at anything like the end of our tether, or that anyone is thinking of hauling down our flag. But it cannot be denied that in the shorter sea trades, at all events, we are beginning to play second fiddle, and that in the Mediterranean, for example, our instrument is running the risk of being muted, thanks to the conditions which are enabling Italy and France to cut us out. In other directions the Scandinavian ship-owners are fairly smothering ours. And when, in addition, you consider, in the case of Sou tit America, for instance, what frantic efforts are being made by Continental nations to win the trade, and how, without apparently taking the least I thought of the morrow, one and all are j building liners to capture a business I which can only offer a decent liveli- i hood to a fraction of those who are j rushing into it, it becomes still more j evident that, in this case anyhow, unless we mend our ways we shall presently be gnawing our knuckles. PORT OF ONEKUNGA—ARRIVAL YESTERDAY HAUTURU <5.15 a.m.). 270 tons, Jack-son-Fowler, from Raglan. DEPARTURES YESTERDAY RARAWA (4.30 p.m.), 1,077 tons. Bark, for New Plymouth. HAUTURU (10.50 p.m.), 270 tons, J ackson -F owler ), for Hokianga. The Rarur.. is due at Onehunga tomoivow morning from New Plymouth. Ihe Hau.r u, which sailed last evening | for Hokianga, returns again on Sunday I morning. The Kaitoa was to have arrived at Ouehunga this morning from the South to load for Nelson and AVest Coast ports.