The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

GRETASTON SAILING.—This afternoon the steamer Gretaston leaves Auckland for Westport for bunkers, thence she proceeds to Ocean Island to load for New Zealand or Australia. WAIPAHI DUE TUESDAY.—An expected arrival at Auckland next Tuesday is the Union Company’s Island fruit steamer Waipahi from Suva with a cargo of fruit for this port. . This vessel will not now proceed from Auckland to Lyttelton and Dunedin. PORT HOBART ARRIVING.—Due at Auckland this afternoon from Wanganui, the C. and D. Line’s motor-ship Port Hobart is to berth at the Central Wharf to complete her loading under the agency of the Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Company. It is hoped to dispatch the vessel from this port next Wednesday for London, via Panama. MATAROA REPORTS.—According to a radio message received by A. S. Paterson and Company, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s liner Mataroa is expected 1:o arrive at Wellington at 5 p.m. next Wednesday, December 11, from London and Southampton. The vessel has passengers, mails and part cargo for Wellington, the remainder of her cargo is for discharge at Auckland. lONIC TO COMPLETE.—Leaving Napier at 5 p.m. today for Auckland, the White Star liner lonic is due here tomorrow evening. She will berth at the Queen’s Wharf to complete her loading under the agency of L. D. Nathan and Company, and is expected to clear this port finally at 5 p.m. next Wednesday for Southampton and London, via Panama. KAPONGA REPORTS.—According to a radio message received by the local office of the Union Company, the steamer Kaponga is expected to arrive at Auckland at 6 a.m. tomorrow from South Australian ports, via Melbourne. She later berths at the King’s Wharf, and on Monday evening sails for Portland, New Plymouth, Tarakohe and Lyttelton. CAMBRIDGE TO LOAD.—Advice has been received by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Federal steamer Cambridge is to leave Gisborne next Tuesday for Auckland to continue her loading for Home. From this port the vessel proceeds to Wanganui, Lyttelton and Wellington to fill up, sailing finally from Wellington on December 28 for London and west coast ports of England, via Panama. NORFOLK’S MOVEMENTS. The Federal steamer Norfolk is to leave Timaru next Wednesday, and is due at Auckland today week to continue loading. From this port she proceeds to Gisborne, Wellington and Napier to complete loading, and is scheduled to sail finally from Napier toward the end of this month for London, via Panama. The New Zealand Shipping Company will act as the local agents.

PARRACOMBE SAILS.—The Hew Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered steamer Parracombe was dispatched for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong, and Adelaide at daylight today in continuation of her voyage from Montreal.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. —The superintendent of Mercantile Marine advises that the alteration of Cape Egmont light will be made on Thursday, December 12, and not on Monday, December 9, as gazetted. LADY LEWIS DEPARTS.. — The steamer Lady Lewis, which has been in the stream since she completed the discharge of her cargo of raw* stigar at Chelsea, was dispatched yesterday afternoon for Westport, where she will bunker. Her further movements have not yet been announced.

AORANGI AT VANCOUVER.—The Union Company advises that the Aorangi, from Sydney and Auckland, arrived yesterday at Vancouver. The vessel is scheduled to leave again on December 11 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney, and is due at Auckland on December 30.

TAMAROA AT SOUTHAMPTON.-A cable message to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company reports that the liner Tamaroa arrived at Southampton on Tuesday morning from Wellington, bound for London. The vessel left Wellington on October 30, and made the passage via the Panama Canal and Curacao in just over 33 days. PACIFIC COAST CARGO. —Forward loadings at Pacific Coast ports are approximately as follow: The Waitemata loads during January for Auckland, Wellington, Bluff and Australia. She is to clear Los Angeles on January 20, and is due at Auckland on February 15.

The Waihemo loads during January for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. She is due to clear Los Angeles on January 31, and is due at Napier on February 26.

The Hauraki loads during the second half of January and early February for Auckland, Wellington, and Australia. She is to clear Los Angeles on February 5, and is due at Auckland on February 28.

RUAHINE’S VOYAGE.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruahine arrived at Wellington on Thursday from London and Southampton, via Curacao, Panama Canal, and Pitcairn Island, to land some of her passengers, mails, and part cargo. When lying off Pitcairn Island the ship was boarded by a party of islanders, who reported that one of their number, Mr. McCoy, was seriously ill. The Ruahine’s doctor, Dr. G. B. Murray, went ashore and found that the patient was suffering from heart trouble. He gave what advice and aid he could. Captain D. Urquhart is master of the Ruahine, and his officers are:—Chief, Mr. J. P. Styrin; second, Mr. J. Hamer; third, Mr. R. D. Warren; fourth, Mr. E. G. Henry; ship’s surgeon, Dr. G. B. Murray; chief engineer, Mr. A. White; second, Mr. D. J. Mclver; third, Mr. J. D. Attwood; fourth, Mr. D. D. Hawkins; fifth, Mr. S. Taylor; sixth, Mr. R. G. Pollock; seventh, Mr. C. E. Bignell; first refrigerating engineer, Mr. W. J. Pratt; second, Mr. C. H. Rippon; electrician, Mr. J. Irving; wireless operators, Messrs. F. G. Bedford and D. N. Warner! stew~ard--in-charge, Mr. R. N. Whitaker. The Ruahine left Wellington the same evening for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Timaru, to discharge cargo, and will return to Wellington about December 19 to unload 2,400 tons of steel rails

MAUN GA NUI’S PASSENGERS. The following passengers sailed by the Union Company s steamer Maunganui, which left Auckland at 3 o’clock this morning for Sydney:—

First Saloon.—Miss Wade, Miss Ander- _^ Ir - and Mrs. R. Pomeroy, Misses (2) Bremner, Mr. R. V. Paris, Mr L Davis, Mr. and Mrs. L. Fairfax. Mr. r! Worthington, Mr. J. S. Drysdale, Mr. J. L. Barron, Miss Woods, Mrs. Blair, Mr H. C. Nightingale, Mr. C. A. Pawley, Mrs! Stirling Rogers and two children, Miss Snow, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Peters, Mrs Moore and two children, Miss Osborne Mr. S. Wheeler, Mr. D. Herlad, Mr. S. Burchall, Mr. W. H. Brown, Mrs. Pearson, Miss McPherson, Mr. W. J. Kelly Mr. L. S. Hay, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Mettam, Mr. F. Angles, Mr. L. N. Thorpe, Mr. F. J. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scott, Mr. E. L. Thwaites, Mr. and Mrs C. H., Misses (2), and Masters (3) Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. Nelson, Mrs. Woodbine, Miss Percival, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Finlay and child, Mr. A. R. Ponder, Mr. M. H. Innes, Mr. F. W. Martin, Mr. S. Hall, Mrs. Biemacki, Miss Whyte, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. McLiver, Misses (2) Anglin, Miss Manoy, Mrs. Dove. Mrs. and Miss Neville, Mrs. Zimmer, Mr. N. H. Tourrier, Mr. F. S. Manson, Mr. G. F. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. E. Baume, Mr. J. E. Money, Mr. A. Gurdis, Mr. D. Geritv, Mr. H. Mundin, Mr. W. Miller, Mr. ~F. S. Morton, Mr. M. Freilich, Mrs. Innes, Miss Lloyd, Miss Bullock, Miss Nobbs, Mr. G. Ralph, Mr. R. Blair, Miss Thomson, Miss Duncan, Miss Kingston, Miss Murphy, Miss Maxwell, Miss Lloyd, Miss Greenhill, Miss Pickett, Mr. G. S. Highland, Miss Anderson, Miss Chapman. Miss Slapoffski, Miss Clarke, Mrs. Sutherland. Miss Potts, Miss Bevan, Miss York, Mr. H. Neill, Mr. N. Pearce, Mr. H. Thomas, Mr. R. Baxter, Miss Davenport, Miss Holloway, Miss Hobbs, Miss Flynn, Miss Warren. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Devereux, Mrs. O’Neill. Madame I. and Master Ainsley, Miss Taylor, Miss Brinkman, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Land and child. Captain R. L. Davies, Mrs. Salmon, Mrs. Allerton, Mr. P. R. Spurr, Mr. D. Graham, Mr. B. F. McCarthy, Mr. J. E. Orofrd. Mr. J. Henry, Mr. G. Priem. Mr. C. F. Davis, Mr. J. A. Ballantyne. Mr. D. Phillips, Mr. C. Hahn, Mr. H. Stevens. Mr. T. M. Broderick, Mr. J. G. Haslam, Mr. Tt. Richards, Mr. J. T. Gillies, Mr. G. H. Dainton. Mrs. and Miss Ashanden, Mrs. Ryall, Mr. Pandit Durga Parsad.

Second Saloon.—Miss Derbery. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Lancaster and child, Mr. TT. G. Massam, Mr. A. L. Harding, Messrs. (2) Leist. Mr. A. E. Pearson, Mr. .T. Beca, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bradley and child, Mrs. Battye and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stevens. Miss Polkinerhorne, Mrs. Gault, Mrs. Whitehead, Miss Douglas, Mrs. Frisk, Mr. and Mrs. D. Mirko, Miss Hall, Mrs. Crerner and child, Mr. and Mrs. H. Kerr. Miss Hollis, Mrs. Little, Mrs. Boys, Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Walker and child, Miss Hoar. Mrs. Buckle and child, Miss Batchelor, Miss Spurrier. Miss Paterson. Mr. J. H. Trvine. Miss Murrell, Mrs. Walker. Mr. _E. A. Murrell and two children, and on Indian: and 64 thirdclass, including three Indians and 28 Chinese.

MAILS REACH LONDON.—The Chief Postmaster has received advice that mails which left Wellington by the K.M.S. Tahiti via San Francisco on November 5 arrived at London on December 4.

PLUME ARRIVES. —The Vacuum Oil CompanVs tanker Plume arrived from San Francisco this morninst and berthed at Western Wharf to put out the local portion of her cargo of oil into the coni - pane's tanks at Freeman's Bay. the vessel is commanded by Captain 1- . Kansay. On Monday afternoon she is- to be dispatched for Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin to discharge the remander of her cargo.

BENCRUACHAN TO LOAD—The George 11. Scales Company reports that the Bencruachan will leave today for Wellington, where she is aw on December 15 to commence loaning for Dunkirk, London, and Hull. The vessel will afterward load also at rkton. Tolago Bay, Napier. Timaru, and Dunedin. The Bencruachan is to s=au finally from Dunedin on January 10, proceeding via Panama Canal.

MANNING OF HINEMOA. —At the monthly meeting of the Seamen’s L nion on Tuesday morning, the president. Mr. p. p. Walsh, referring to the manning of the ex-Government steamer Hineraoa. now owned by Mr. V . D. McKa>. of Bluff, reported that the branch seeretarv of the union at Dunedin has been notified to agree to the signing on of a crew for the ship, in accordance with the agreement made some time ago between the owner and the union.

THE FASTEST WARSHIP.—“The Times” recently reported, on the authority of its Lorient correspondent, that “the new French torpedo-boat Fougueux has just broken the speed record for her class in her official trials, having attained a rate of 36.33 knots.” This is no doubt good publicity from the point of view of the builders of this destroyer, but is 36.33 knots a record? The fact is, as “The Times” itself recorded, that the destroyer Tyrian, designed and built by Messrs. Yarrow and Co., “obtained a speed of over 45 miles an hour, which is practically 40 knots on an Admiralty four hours’ official trial in deep water.” This, it was added, was the highest official speed ever maintained by any warship in the world, and was only made possible by the large amount _of experimental and research work carried out by this firm.” It was stated that had the vessel been run in shallow water a considerably higher speed would have STOCKBROKING AT SEA.—Stockbroking offices are now installed in most of the large express transatlantic liners, and the efficiency of the service while the ships are at sea has been the subject of much favourable comment Special Marconi equipment has been installed on the ships to provide the necessary facilities for this service without interfering with the normal wireless work of the ship. The reply to the first brokerage message sent recently from the White Star liner Majestic, asking for a special stock quotation, was in the hands of the passenger concerned two and g.-half minutes after he had handed in his request at the broker’s office on board. The rapidity and facility of the service were praised by Mr. Harry \ . Dougherty, an American business man. “Today,” he said, “I asked for a bid and offer on Air Reduction shares, and received a reply in exactly seven minutes. The Marchese Marconi said that this new development set the hallmark of marine confidence on the science and art of marine wireless, and marked the opening of another phase in the use of wireless at sea, by enabling business men in mid-Atlantic to take advantage of the speed and directness of wireless communication to transact highly important financial affairs with the greatest facility as well as certainty. Business men on board the Blue Star liner Avila Star, travelling between England and South America, are now able to receive the Stock Exchange quotations by wireless. The quotations are transmitted from the Rugby wireless station by the fultograph system, by which means the messages are received not in Morse code, but in facsimile typewriting. The Avila Star has been fitted with special apparatus which enables her to receive the messages perfectly legibly at a distance of thousands of miles from land. A stockbroker’s office has been opened by a well-known New York firm on board the Leviathan, where the latest quotations are exhibited, and a staff is in attendance to execute orders. The office has seating accommodation for about 36 persons, and on the first voyage, it is announced, was “full of passengers anxious to follow the market fluctuations of their stocks and shares,” while business to the amount of £23,000 is said to have been done during the five days’ passage. In future, passengers, instead of betting on the day’s run of the ship, will find more congenial employment in the excitements of the Stock Exchange, a 'point of earning their passage money from “deals” while afloat! KOUTUNUI’S TRIAL RUN The small Richardson Line vessel Koutunui, which has been converted from a steamer to a motor-ship, went on her trial run yesterday and did just on nine knots. The vessel arrived in port some considerable time ago from Napier and was placed in the hands of W. G. Lowe and Son, Ltd., of Beaumont Street, for an extensive overhaul. Her steam engines were removed and a Diesel plant installed. Messrs. Watkin and "Wallis, agents for the vessel, report that the trial was perfectly satisfactory, and the Koutunui is to be dispatched tonight for "Whitianga and Gisborne, where she will probably be engaged transporting this season’s wool clip. The Koutunui is a wooden vessel of 171 tons gross and was built at Auckland in 1910 by Mr. C. Bayley for the New Zealand Shipping Company, which later used her for towing lighters to and from vessels in the Napier roadstead. A little less than two years ago she was sold to the Richardson Company. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireles stations during the week-end:— Auckland.—Kaponga, Port Campbell, Tofua, Ventura, Sierra, Tutanekai, Malolo, Canadian Transporter, Wairuna, Moeraki, Waipabi, Maunganui, Gretaston, Lady Lewis, Parracombe, lonic. Chatham Islancfs.—Ruapehu. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Arahura, Ngaio, Tamahine, Golden Coast, lonic, Kent, Waitemata, Cambridge, Mararaa, Mahia, Callandia, Rangitiki, Otokia, Ulimaroa, Mataroa, Port Darwiii, Port Hardy, British Glory, Port Campbell. Awarua.—Tahiti, Makura, Kalingo, C. A. Larsen, Kosmos, Sir J. C. Ross, Southern Princess. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVALS YESTERDAY ARAPAWA (10 p.m.), 251 tons, Pert, from Wanganui. ARRIVAL TODAY NGAPUHI (8.30 a.m.), 703 tons, Bark, from New Plymouth. ARAPAWA arrived last night, from Wanganui and is to be dispatched on the return trip at 3 o’clock on Monday afternoon. HAUTURU, due at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning from Hokianga, is to sail for Raglan, Kawhia and Waikato Heads a* 4 p.m. on Monday. HOKIANGA is expected from Hokianga on Monday morning and she is to leave for the same port at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. KAITOA is now due in port on Thursday next to Joad for Nelson and Motuarrived from New Plvmouth this morning. At 3.30 p.m. on Monday she sails on the return trip.