The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain* A. E. Jackson, late commander of the White Star liner lonic, died in a health home in England recently. Captain Jackson retired from service only last year, and was the guest at valedictory functions tendered at each port in New Zealand, at which the lonic balled on his last trip to the Dominion. He was a popular figure in shipping circles in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The following candidates, who were coached by the Richmond Nautical School, have been successful in the Marine Department examinations conducted at Auckland during the past quarter:—First mate (foreign going), Mr. J. W. Monaghan (N.S.S. Co.), and Mr. A. S. Fergusson (U.S.S. Co.); second mate (foreign going), Mr. C. E. Thomson (U.S.S. Co.), and Mr. A. O. Horler (U.S.S. Co.); first mate (home trade), and master under 25 tons, Mr. A. Matheson (scow Ethel Wells); master under 25 tons, Mr. A. E. Aspden. MARAMA’S CHRISTMAS SAILING.— Tne local office of the Union Company advises that the inter-colonial passenger steamer Marama is scheduled to leave Auckland at noon on Friday, December 20, instead of 3 p.m., for Sydney. TAINUI LEAVES HOME.—Cabled news has been received by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the liner Tainui, after loading at London, left Southampton on Friday afternoon for Wellington and Lyttelton, with passengers and cargo. The vessel is due at Wellington on January 11. MATAROA DELAYED.—A further wireless message was received yesterday by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company that the liner Mataroa, stating that as the vessel was meeting with bad weather she will not arrive Jn the stream at Wellington until 9 o’clock this evening from London and Southampton. The ship will berth on Thursday morning to land passengers and part cargo. She will complete discharge at Auckland. The Mataroa is bringing an unusually heavy mail, including 1,380 bags of letters, etc., and 3,210 parcel receptacles.

SUGAR FROM PERU. —Speddni,,, Limited, advises that the steamer Salt rsgatt left Peru on November 21 with a cargo of raw sugar for discharge at Auckland. She is due here about December 20. CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL. Cable advice received states that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer tort Denison left Liverpool on Monday for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is due at Auckland about January 16. COPTIC LEAVES LONDON. The Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-ship Coptic, according to cable advice, left London on Monday for New Zealand, lhe j vessel has cargo for discharge at Auckland and Port Chalmers, and is expected to reach Auckland on January 6. OTOKIA TO DOCK. —The local office of the Union -Company has been advised that the tanker Otokia, which arrived at Wellington yesterday front San Luis, California, leaves on Friday afternoon for Auckland, where she will dock for cleaning and painting before returning to the oil port. PAUA'S MOVEMENTS. —At present at Prince’s Wharf discharging case oil from Wellington, the Shell Company's coastal vessel Paua is to move to Western 'Wharf on Friday, where she will load a bulk cargo for discharge at Napier. She will probably be dispatched for Napier that day. CANADIAN CONQUEROR REPORTED.—Wireless advice has been received from the Canadian National steamer Canadian Conqueror that she expects to reach Auckland on Friday morning from Montreal. The vessel will discharge general cargo at Prince’s Wharf, and will afterward go to Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin with the remainder. PORT HOBART FOR HOME.—Efforts are being made by the Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Company to dispatch the C. and D. Line’s motor-ship Port Hobart from Auckland at noon tomorrow for London, via Panama. The following pasengers have booked to travel with the vessel: —Rev. and Mrs. Aitken, Miss E. M. Lawson, Miss G. M. Mitchell, Mr. W. W. Reid. Mrs. Jay and son, Miss Haslam, Mr. C. Ross McLean. BEULAH SAILS THIS DAY.—A. G. Frankham, Ltd., advises that the American motor-vessel Beulah, now at Central Wharf discharging the local portion of her cargo of redwood from San Francisco, is to be dispatched at 6 o’clock this evening for Wellington to complete unloading that cargo. Thence she proceeds to Noumea to discharge the remainder of her general cargo. From Noumea the Beulah goes to Fanning Island to load copra for San Francisco. CAMBRIDGE ARRIVES.—To continue loading under the agency of the New' Zealand Shipping Company, the Federal steamer Cambridge arrived at Auckland early this afternoon and berthed at the Queen’s Wharf. On Saturday she leaves again for Wanganui, Lyttelton, Fort Chalmers and Wellington to fill up and is I scheduled to clear the latter port finally on December 2S for London and West I Coast ports of England, via Panama. I lONIC’S PASSENGERS.—The White Star liner lonic, now filling up at the ‘ Queen’s Wharf, is scheduled to sail at 5 o’clock this evening for Southampton and London. She will take the following passengers:—First-class: Mr. C. F. Casper, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Dunseath, Mrs. M. L. Harris, Miss G. D. Jones, Mr. J. Mackintosh, Mr. J. Rentoul, Mrs. E. K. Thompson, Master H. R. Thompson. Master B. J. Thompson, Mr. A. Falwasser, Mrs. T. E. Colquhoun, Miss Thornton, Mr. Bradley; and 25 third-class. PASSENGERS EX CATHAY. —Russell and Somers advise that the following passengers ex the P. and O. liner Cathay, which is due at Sydney tomorrow' from London, are booked to proceed to New Zealand: —Mr. and Mrs. Mansen, Miss Wylie, Mrs. Mackellar Smith, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Gieson, Mr. and Mrs. and (2) Misses Benjamin, Mr. Benjamin, junr., Miss Gieson, Mrs. Hamilton, child and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. turner, child and infant, Mr. Rawson Hughes. NEW E. AND A. LINER. —The E. and A. liner Nellore, which arrived at Sydney recently on her maiden voyage to Australia, was designed and built by the P. and O. Company for service between England and India. Features of her accommodation in the first-class are a dining saloon to seat 65 persons, a ladies’ saloon, smoking room, and splendidlyappointed two-berth cabins. The long 53foot wide decks provide plenty of space for games and exercises. Passengers in the second-class also have ample deck space, comfortably furnished cabins, and pleasant saloons, including a ladies’ lounge and smoking room. The Nellore is commanded by Captain Gordon, who was in charge of the Arafura when she was crippled in a cyclone off the Queensland coast. HIRERE RECOMMISSIONED. The j small coastal steamer Hirere, which for many years ran to Clevedon and Maraetai from Auckland, has just been completely overhauled and renovated throughout, after lying idle for a considerable time. She is to enter the Waiheke passenger and cargo service, running to and from Surfdale, and will be placed ' in commission tomorrow, when she will leave the King’s Wharf at 11 a.m. on her first trip to Surfdale, leaving there on the return trip at 7 a.m. on Friday. The vessel will also be open for picnic engagements. Captain J. M. Jackson, late of the Parker-Lamb Timber Company’s tow-boat Akaroa, has been placed in command of the Hirere, and the engineer is Mr. Samuel Hill. AKERA AT WESTERN. Under charter to the Shell Company, the Norwegian tanker Akera arrived in port from Tarakan (Borneo) late last night ' and berthed at Western Wharf this morning to put out the local portion of her cargo of fuel oil into the company’s tanks at Freeman’s Bay. She has a total cargo of about 6,300 tons and is discharging approximately 1,700 tons at this port. The Akera cleared Tarakan on November 22 and enjoyed generally fine weather down to Brisbane off, where she dropped the usual Great Barrier Reef pilot. After passing Brisbane the vessel met with north to north-westerly winds and a high, heavy swell. These conditions held until she made North Cape, after which she had a southerly down the coast to Auckland. The Akera has Norwegian officers and a Chinese crew from Hong Kong and Canton. She is a steamer of 5,277 tons gross and was built in 1918 and originally called the War Singer. She is one of the standard tankers that were built during the war, and has only one mast. She was previously a British ship. She is now under the command of Captain K. Lindstol. The Shell Company advises that the Akera is to he dispatched tomorrow' morning for Wellington to complete discharging. Thence she leaves for the East again.