The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 591, 18 February 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

TARANAKI AT LONDON. —The Shaw, Savili and Albion Company has been notified by cable that the Taranaki arrived at London Thursday morning from Port Chalmers. The vessel left the Otago port on January 10.

ZEALAN DIC LEAVES BALBOA.— Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the Zealandie, en route from Falmouth, iu ballast, left Balboa last Wednesday afternoon for Bluff, where she is due on March 4 to commence loading.

MANUKA AT MELBOURNE. —A cable message to the Union Company reports that the Manuka arrived at Melbourne at 10 p.m. on Thursday from Wellington, via Milford Sound. She will leave Melbourne at 10 a.m. on Tuesday for "W ellington, and is due to-morrow week.

THE ARGYLLSHIRE. —The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Argyllshire will leave Gisborne to-day for Lyttelton and Wellingto nto fill up. The vessel is due at Wellington on February 28, and will sail from that port on March 2 for London, via Panama.

MAKURA AT SYDNEY. —The Royal Mail liner Makura reached Sydney from Wellington at seven o’clock on Saturday morning. She is to leave Sydney on Thursday and Wellington on the following Tuesday on her return voyage to Rarotonga, Papeete and San Francisco.

MATAROA AT COLON.—The Shaw*. Savill and Albion liner Mataroa arrived at Colon on Thursday, en route from London and Southampton. The vessel has passengers and mail for Xew Zealand and cargo for disc-harere at Auckland and Wellington. She is due at Auckland bn March 6. A. S. Paterson and Company,

PORT PIRIE’S ITINERA R Y. : —The C. and D. Line announces that the Port Pirie left New Plymouth Saturday night for Wanganui and Wellington. She /is due there on February 22, and will sail the next day for Lyttelton and Pieton. The vessel is due back at Wellington on March 5, and will sail from that port on March S for London, via Panama. Ltd., are the local agents.

AORANGI REPORTS.—A radio message received by the local office of the Union Companv states that the R.M.IL,-. Aorangi is due at Suva at 10 a.m. on Thursday from Vancouver and way ports. She sails again the same day for Auckland, and arriving here on Sunday next, leaves the following day at 10 p.m. for Sydney.

TASMANIA TO LOAD.—The Xew Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Tasmania is to leave Brisbane on March 7 for Xew Plymouth, where she is due on March 13 to commence loading for Xew York, Halifax, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool. She will load also at Wanganui, Lyttelton and Wellington, arriving there on March 22. The vessel is to leave Wellington on March 25 for Xanier, Gisborne and Auckland, and is to sail finally from Auckland on April 10.

HO RO RATA IN PORT.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Hnrorata arrived from Wellington yesterday afternoon to continue unloading general merchandise from London. She is at Queen's Wharf. Fmm Auckland the vessel will go to Bluff to complete discharge

a.nd also to commence loading for her homeward vovage. The other loading ports are Wellington, Xapier and Auckland. The vessel is scheduled to return to this port on March 8 and to sail for London, via Panama, four days later.

CARGO FROM NEWCASTLE.—With coal cargoes from Xewc-astle, the Union Company’s* steamers Kawatiri (Captain J. Rankine) and Kurow (Captain W. Chatfield) arrived in the stream at Auckland this morning. The Kurow left the New South Wales port at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday last, and dropped anchor in the stream at Auckland at 4.50 a.m. today, making a somewhat quicker trip than the Kawatiri. The latter vessel sailed from Xewcastle at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and anchored at 7.40 a.m. to-day. The Kawatiri berthed at King's Wharf, and the Kurow at Prince’s, to discharge’ their cargoes

WESTMORELAND EXPECTED.—The Federal Line steamer Westmoreland is scheduled to reach Auckland at any time now, but she had not reported bv wireless yesterday. The vessel is from Liverpool with general merchandise from West Coast ports of Great Britain for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, L\ ttelton and Dunedin. After completion ‘of discharge the Westmoreland is scheduled to commence loading at Port Chalmers on NT arch 9, and afterwards at Bluff, Timaru Lyttelton, Wanganui and Wellington She will subsequently return to Port Chalmers to complete loading, and is to be dispatched finally from that port for London and West Coast ports of Great Britain on March 28.