The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 664, 16 May 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—The Kaiwarra has been placed in commission at Port Chalmers i and is in command of "Captain G. D. i Fraser temporarily. Mr. J. Warcup has ; been appointed acting chief officer, and ] Mr. W. A. A. Morris second officer. j Mr. J. J. Lyon has relieved Mr. A. B. Fraser as second officer of the Waiotapu. The latter officer has been granted £ holidays at Melbourne. t Mr. A. W. McDonald has been re- j appointed second officer of the Kamona, f relieving Mr. J. V. Broadhouse, who will 1 await instructions. c Mr. T. H. Davis, second officer of the ] Tahiti, has been granted holidays at Sydney. Mr. A. W. Rabbitts is joining the , fviwitea as second officer, relieving Mr. J I. H. Ibbottson, who will await orders. * Mr. C. R. Carlyon, third officer of the i VVaiotapu, and Mr. E. J. H. Taylor, third j jfficer of the Loongana, have exchanged ships at Melbourne. Mr. R. A. Barling, second officer of he Kaiapoi, has been transferred to the J xaretu in a similar capacity. His place ‘ las been taken by Mr. P. D. Thompson. f Mr. E. Sutherland, chief officer of the i '■Caiman awa, has joined the Kairanga in -j u similar capacity, relieving Mr. S. E--3askin, who will await orders.

The Canadian Britisher is to be dispatched from "Wellington today for Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete the discharge of her Canadian cargo. The Devon was to have arrived at New Plymouth today from Timaru. AELYBRYN LEAVES NAURU.—CabIe advice has been received by Messrs. Henderson and Maefarlane that the Aelvbrvn left Nauru Island yesterday with 7.500 tons of phosphates for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. PORT DARWIN LEAVES.—With a large quantity of New Zealand produce the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Darwin was dispatched from Auckland for New York, Boston, Halifax and London yesterday afternoon. PORT CAMPBELL DELAYED.—The C. and D. Line advises that the Port Campbell was delayed in loading at New Plymouth on Tuesday owing to rain. She is due at Wellington next Sunday, and will sail finally from there on May 22 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Montevideo. NIAGARA’S ITINERARY.—The Union Steamship Company advises that the Royal Mail liner Niagara is expected at Suva at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning. She is to leave there at noon for Auckland, and is due here on Monday morning. At 4 p.m. on Tuesday the vessel is to bo dispatched for Sydney. MANUKA LEAVES MELBOURNE. — Cable advice has been received that the Union Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Manuka left Melbourne at 10.30 a.m. Tuesday for Wellington, where she is due next Sunday. The vessel leaves Wellington next Tuesday for Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and Melbourne. PORT HUNTER’S PASSENGERS.— The C. and D. Line advises that the Port Hunter, which was to have left Port Chalmers at daybreak today for London, via Montevideo, was to have taken the following passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, Miss Fisher, Mr. H. Brown, Miss D. Blacks tock and Miss Thorn. Dr. Fisher is proceeding with the vessel as ship’s surgeon. PORT AUCKLAND ARRIVING.— Messrs. Heather Roberton and Co. have received radio advice from the Port Auckland that she expects to arrive in the stream at Auckland at daybreak on Wednesdav next. The vessel is en route from New York She has cargo for discharge at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. In addition to cargo from New York the vessel has a quantity of basic slag from Antwerp. RAISDALE FROM ANTWERP—The Turnbull Coal and Shipping Company’s cargo steamer Raisdale arrived in the stream at 2 a.m. yesterday from Antwerp. She later berthed at King’s Wharf. The vessel has a cargo of basic slag, and after discharging the local portion, will proceed to New Plymouth to complete-and from there to Westport for bunkers. The Raisdale enjoyed good weather until about 400 miles from New Zealand, when she encountered the violent gales and seas that have been prevalent. She had two days of exceptionally bad conditions, with high following seas. Everything on deck was well lashed down. Capt. Granger commands the Raisdale, and he has the following officers with him: Chief officer, Mr. Owen; second, Mr. Gough; third. Mr. Halley; chief engineer, Mr. Anderson: wireless operator, Mr. Spencer; chief steward, Mr. Mill.

Spedding. Ltd., is the local agent. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel for New Plymouth on Thursday next. Her next assignment will very probably be orf the phosphate run.

*TOFUA TO SAIL.— The Union Steamslup Company advises that its Island passenger steamer Tofua is to be dispatched for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa at II a.m. on. Saturday. MAUNGANUI DUE TUESDAY.—The l mon Steam Ship Company reports that i the inter-colomal passenger steamer J Maimganui is to clear Sydney tomorrow 1 n ' fte «^, noon or Auckland, and is due here i on Tuesday morning. PORT CURTIS R EPORTED, —CabIe ! advice from reports the departure from there yesterday of the Commonwealth and Dominion line vessel Port don tlS> en route from Wellington to LonWAIPAHI RETURNING. —CabIe advice has been sent the local office of the Union Steamship Company that the island fruit steamer Waipahi cleared Karotonga at 7 p.m. on Tuesday last for Auckland.

* MAI MO A LEAVES BAL BOA. —Cabled news has been received, by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the Mairuoa left Balboa on Sunday evening for Isew Zealand ports, en route from Liver--2“° l - „ The , vcs - s , E ;I is . due at Auckland on June and. at Wellington a week later, MAI MO A LEAVES BALBOA. En route to Auckland from Liverpool the Shaw, Savill and Albion- Company's vessel Mairnoa is reported to have sailed from Balboa yesterday. She left Liverpool on April 2i, and is due at Auckland on June 2. RUAPEHU AT WELLINGTON. —An arrival in the stream at Wellington early tlus morning- was the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruapehu, with passengers, mails and cargo from Southampton and London. She is to complete discharge at Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Auckland and New Plymouth. ROTORUA SAILED. —A departure from Auckland this morning was the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua. for Tokomaru Bay. Gisborne, Lyttelton and Wellington, to complete loading for Southampton and London. She leaves the capital on May 29, and will go via the Panama route. WESTMORELAND REPORTED.—According to a cable message. l'eceived by the Federal Company, the Westmoreland arrived at Panama last Friday from Port Chalmers, and left Colon on the same day for London, Avonraouth, Glasgow and Liverpool. She sailed from Port Chalmers on April 19. KARAMEA’S ITINERARY. —The Shaw. Savill and Albion Company advises that the Karamea arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on Tuesday from the Wanganui roadstead. The vessel will leave Lyttelton on Saturday for Napier, Wanganui and Wellington. She is now due at AVellington on May 26, and will sail finally from that port on May 29 for Southampton, Rotterdam and London, via Panama. TAMAROA AT LYTTELTON. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's liner .Tamaroa arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning from Wellington. The vessel commences loading at the Canterbury port and later fills up at Napier and Wellington. She is scheduled to sail finallv from Wellington on June 9 for Southampton and London via Panama. STEAMER ORETI TO BE SOLD. The small steamer Oreti is to be sold by auction, under instructions from the Admiralty Marshal, at Dunedin, on May 24. The vessel was formerly named the Baden Powell, and she was built at Nambuc-ea River, New South Wales, in 1900. She is a wooden vessel, and is fitted with engines of 90 i.h.p. She is 110.2 ft. in length, with a 26.1 ft. breadth and a depth of 7.Sit Iler tonnage is 174 gross,- and her speed is eight knots. C. AND D LINE LONDON STEAMERS —Running under the auspices of ihe (s>mmonwealth and Dominion Line the Yalaeia is scheduled to reach Lyttelton f.-om London on June 4. Her other disr h:;v •- mg ports are Port Chalmers, Bluff :.i 1 Timaru. The company’s motor-ship Port Alma i-j to leave London on June 19 for Wellhi ton and Auckland. She is to be followed by the Port Bowen, which is to be dispatched from London for Suva, Auckland and Port Chalmers on July 31. A S? A. NEW YORK STEAMERS. - Company’s steamer Wirrai under charter to the A. and A Line is scheduled to reach Auckland from New via Wellington on May 26. she is due at \\ ellingtou on May 21, and will proceed from Auckland to Australia \]so under charter to the A. and A. Line the Ellerman-Bueknall steamer City of Batayta. was scheduled to clear New York jesterday with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Tene t'S- is '] ue at Auckland about June k. I he New Zealand Shinning Company is the local agent. pp s

vices’ Th^ U f ID i SYDNEY SER,v.lotb- —he local office of the Union Comply advises the following mSvements have been arranged in the inter colonial services owing to vessels having to undergo overhaul and survey: S Tl? , -?rus, al V lgan ; u ■ le,,ves Wellington on Thursday June 6. instead of Fridav, June », for Sydney, and on arrival at Svdnev PiVj Monday, June 10, withdraws from the intercolonial services. She leave“svdnev on June 13 for San Francisco, via port llie ,^, ta hura, and remains in that service until arrival at Svdnev mi September 28. The Maunganui inSydney on June 13. will be the only par,S \ Proceeding to Wellington that 1 he Maheno leaves Wellingt.°,n .°h Friday, June 21. for Sydney, thence Auckland, and remains in the inte--tnJ, 01 ™ 1 £ ervi ? e un V l arrival at Wellington on Tupsdav 2vovember 1 ( i The R M.S. Makura. on arrival at Sydney on Saturday, June 8, from San Francisco, via ports, withdraws from the service, and undergoes overhaul and survey She leaves Sydney on June 27 for VangP av |r, tn place of the R.M.M.S. Aorangi. The Makura returns to Sydney on August 17 and relieves the Marama in the intercolonial service, commencing from svdOn of rlda r,’ August 23, for Wellingto , “ e . -"' lU continue in this running until she is required to leave .Svdnev on Thursday, October 3, for San Francisco The Marama. on arrival at Svdnev from Auckland on Tuesday, June 11, doubles back to Auckland. On arrival at Svdnev from Auckland on Tuesday August ->ii she withdraws in favour of the Makurju and proceeds to Wellington for overhaul anrl survey. The Marama remains at Wellington until Thursdav. October 10 when she proceeds to Sydney for docking before proceeding to Auckland,