The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 883, 29 January 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERGONAL.—In command or the New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rotorua, which arrived yesterday morning from Liverpool, is Captain E. Holland, and he has associated with him the following officers:—Chief, Mr. J. C. Burton; second, Mr. J. C. Saul; third, Mr. H. F. Wilkinson; fourth, Mr. L. F. Fulcher; first wireless operator, Mr. E. Tlirherne; second, Mr. 11. M. Green; surgeon, Dr. J. W. Seymour, chief engineer, Mr. G. Little, second, Mr. G. Donald; third, Mr. W. Green; .fourth, Mr. C. Shepherd; Fifth, Mr. R. Murray; sixth, Mr. P. Newton; seventh, Mr. J. Young; eighth, Mr. A. Morgan; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr. S. Parrot; second, Mr. R. McCann; steward in charge, Mr. R. Swift. RANGITATA SAILS 5 P.M .—To continue loading for Home, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rangitata is announced to sail for Napier and Wellington at five o'clock this afternon. She is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington for Southampton and London on February 8. CORNWALL DUE TOMORROW MORNING.—To continue her Homeward loading, the Federal steamer Cornwall is due in port at 7 a.m. tomorrow from Napier. She is to berth at Queen’s Wharf. SCALES’S LINE LOADINGS.—The Geo. H. Scales Company has been notified by cable that their chartered motorship, Anglo-Canadian, left Port Pirie on Saturday for Wellington, where she is due about; Friday, preparatory to loading wool in New Zealand for Dunkirk, London and Hull. The vessel’s loading ports have not yet been fixed, but she is timed to sail finally from Dunedin on February 20, proceeding to Europe via Panama Cabled news has also been received by the company that their chartered steamer. Benvenue, is due at Port Pirie about February 10, from Yokohama, to load concentrates as stiffening prior to coming to New Zealand to load wool for Dunkirk, London and Hull. The vessel is due in New Zealand about February 22. The loading ports will be allotted later. The Benvenue, which is owned by the Ben Line, is a sister ship to the Bener uachan, which recently loaded in New Zealand under the auspices of the Geo. H. Scales Company. HARD TIMES FOR TRAMP.—Tramp shipowners are still looking for employment for their tonnage, but there is no sign at present of any silver lining to the dark cloud of depression, writes the “Syren and Shipping.” The position grows worse week by week. One hears and reads of “steady” rates in the market, but the truth is there is very little actual chartering on an economic basis, for when a vessel does obtain a cargo the transaction is highly speculative, as the chances are that the return voyage will have to be in ballast. A well-known owner of long experience described the state of affairs as nothing short of “ruinous.” Grain cargoes, for the carriage of which there is ordinarily a large demand at this time of the year, are not to be had, because, as 'previously indicated in these columns, the supply of grain in Europe more than meets present needs. Boats are still waiting to discharge at home ports, as well as on the Continent. Further chartering is, therefore, out of the question until supplies already shipped have been disposed of. There are probably at lire present time five ships for every cargo offering. The bulk of the business is being done by the liners, which are often able to give options as to ports to meet fully the requirements of merchants, while the rates they are willing to accept are so low that the tramp owner cannot possibly compete with them. It is only when the options do not suit the convenience of the charterer that the tramp has a look-in. So long as the liners are able to cope with the demand there is very little prospect of any improvement in tramp shipping, and owners must either lay* up their cargoes or run them at unremunerative rates until cargoes become so plentiful that the liners are no longer able to offer all the space required.

FERNDALE IS SMART VESSEL. The Aberdeen-Com moil wealth Line cargo steamer Ferndale, now loading at Wellington, under the auspices of the Shaw. Savill and Albion Company, Is one of the finest vessels of her type yet seen in New Zealand. £5 he and her sister-ship, Fornsdale, were built at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, for the Commonwealth State Shipping Line in 1924, and were the largest • ships ever constructed in Australia. The Ferndale is an oil-burner with quadruple-expansion engines, also built at Cockatoo Island. She has twin screws and can steam 14 knots at sea on a loaded draught of 29ft 10in. The Ferndale is one of the few vessels that visit this part of the world which can carry fruit in every hold, excepting No. 1. The holds lor the carriage of fruit are insulated and fitted with air passages, while seven electri-cally-driven fans circulate the air. The Ferndale has a dead-weight cargo capacity of 11,350 tons. The gross tonnage is 9,947, and 5,664 is her nett. The vessel’s principal dimensions are, length 520 ft, beam 63.3 ft, depth 36ft. The ship has seven hatches, and no fewer than 27 winches. She generally runs between London and Australian ports, via the Suez Canal. Her graceful lines e nd generally smart appearance have attracted a lot of attention at her berth at the King's Wharf, Wellington. Each of the deck officers and engineers has a large cabin to himself, and the petty officers have large deck cabins. There is most comfortable accommodation for four passengers. Captain J. N. Beighton, at one time in the Union Company’s service, is master of the Ferndale, and his officers are: Chief, Mr. P. F. Chowles; second, Mr. F. Attwood; third, Mr. 11. C. Howe; fourth. Mr. 1). A. Mac Lou gall; chief engineer, Mr. T. H. Webb; second, Mr. IT. Limn; third, Mr. R. Dewar; fourth, Mr. F. H. Papworth; fifth, Mr. P. Plunket; sixth, Mr. H. N. Whiteside; seventh, Mr. C. P. Payne; eighth, Mr. T. W. Robertson; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr. R. B. Crawford; second, Mr. H. Meacock; chief steward, Mr. E. A. Mitchell. NIAGARA'S PASSENGERS.—The following passengers from Auckland sailed on the Union Steam Ship Company’s liner Niagara, which cleared port last evening from Sydney in continuation of her voyage from Vancouver: First Saloon.—Mr. A. C. Hargrove, Mr. Wrigley, Mr. Healey, Miss Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. J. O’Hare, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. and Miss Mains, Mr. Iv. Burggraf, Mr. J. D. Jacobs, Mr. R. Dundas Smith, Mr. F. E. Parr, Mr. W. W. Grogan, Hon. R. Sproule, Mr. L. S. Cumming, Miss Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. Sadler, Sir James and Lady Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Chance, Mr. and Mrs. G. Fulmer, Mr. and Mrs. C. Sander, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Westervelts, Miss Mottershaw, Miss Cleary, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hatfield, Miss Telford, Miss Worner, Mrs. Lavis, Mr. and Mrs. E. Warburton, Mrs. and Miss Richards, Miss Mach in, Mr. F. V. Richards, Mr. C. Warburton, Mr. C. M. Rich white, Mr. and Mrs. W. Machine, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Thomson, Mr. B. ancl Miss Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. G€ rratty, Mr. G. Fa wiener, Master Marks, Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. G. N. Magill, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. N. C. Mains, Mr. R. S. Dyball, Mr. S. J. Robinson, Miss O’Rourke, Miss Hickey, Misses (2) Naylon, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. and Miss Craig, Miss Smith, Miss Iveitch, Miss Hodge, Miss Thorpe, Miss Griffiths, Miss Kempster, Miss Glover, Miss Coringham, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wattinne, Mr. J. L. Stewart, Mr. W. L. Davidson, Mr. G. J. Grindell, Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Martin, Miss Snow, Miss Williams, Miss Doyle, Mr. A. Patrick, Mr. IT. Horrocks, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Howard, Miss Martin, Mr. R. L. Robb, Mrs. Carpenter, Miss Locks, Miss Yates, Mr. A. F. Carr, Mr. J. P. Reynolds, Mr. E. S. Spragg, Miss Daly, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cockell, Miss Fethers, Mrs. Wright, Miss Lulham, Mr. E. L. Sanders, Mr. G. Fethers, Mr. C. E. Caifieron, Mr. H. S. Bates, Mr. IT. Archer, Miss Wilson, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Spargo and two children, Mrs. and Miss Thompson, Miss Taylor, Mrs. Clouston, Miss Pritchett, Miss Sturt, Miss Tait, Mrs. Lovell, Mi’, and Mrs. A. D. Collins, Mrs. Norwood, Miss Broome, Rev. C. C. Whitelaw, Mr. M. C. Wright. Second Saloon.—Miss Irving, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Long, Fathers Peterson and McKillop, Mrs. Shuff, Mr. and Mrs. G. McDermott and child, Miss Curd, Miss Rogers, Miss Wynyard, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Comes, Mr. C. F. Davy, Mr. W. Carey, Mr. and Mrs. J. Jilbert, Miss Stqckham, Miss Williams, Mrs. Dowling, Mrs. Zincke, Mrs. Prosser, Miss Munro, Mrs. Mortimore, Miss Brown, Miss Sneath, Miss Gillies, Miss Collins, Miss MacPlierson, Mrs. Hardwick, Miss Hogan, Miss YlacTavish, Miss Richards, Mrs. Lightfoot and child, Messrs. H. T. and H. B. Crowle, Mr. R. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. W. Watts and two children, Miss Bradley, Miss Beck, Miss O’Keefe, Miss Kent. Mr. G. Tomkinson, Mr. F. S. Preston, Mrs. Sellgren and two children, Miss Nisbett, Miss Wild, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. and Miss Hancock, Miss Wilson, Miss Benning, Mrs. and Misses (2) Fleck, Mrs. ancl Miss Ralph, Miss McKelvev, Miss Hargreaves, Mrs. Grant, Miss Einsaar, Miss Jones, Miss Sampson, Miss Newell, Miss Aitkein, Miss Pollio. Mrs. and Miss Goudge, Mr. and Mrs. E. O’Hara, Mr. and Mrs. D. Geddes and four children, Mr. E. L. Colyer, Mr. F. G. Rampton, Mr. H. R. South, Mr. G. R. Ellery, Mr. L. Raymond, Mr. B. L. North way, Mr. J. S. McCardle. Mr. H. A. Lee, Mrs. Cornford, Mr. E. E. Marchant, Rev. M. J. O’Carroll, Dr. P. #. Witherovv, Mr. P. W. Aitken, Mr. A. Wood, Messrs. J. and L. Northway, Mr. A. G. Lainerton, Mr. J. Kearon, Mr. W. G. Lord, Mr. L. K. Towner, Mr. M. E. Gibb, Santa Singh, and nine third-class.

A NOVEL CONTRACT.—According to messages from New York, following on preliminary tests with a 35ft model, actual construction of the first Armstrong “seadrome,” or floating airdrome, is to be built at the Chester (Pa.) yard of the Sun Shipbuilding Company, states the “Shipping World.” It will be the first of a series of eight such structures which will be anchored at intervals of approximately 400 miles, spanning the Atlantic by way of the Azores, to provide a trans-oceanic airway for mail and passengers. The seadrome is an invention of Mr. E. R. Armstrong, formerly chief engineer for the Du Pont Company, of Wilmington, Delaware. For the last few weeks his latest model, weighing 2,2001 b has been at anchor in the choppy waters of Chesapeake Bay under the observation of engineers. They have pronounced the test satisfactory. and naval architects are now completing plans for the seadrome itself, which will weigh 29,000 tons. It will be towed 350 miles south-east of New York, and anchored half-way between New York and Bermuda for actual flying experiments with Sikorsky amphibian airplanes. Aeronautical engineers have designed the deckhouses, which will be of two storeys and streamlined like an ocean liner. They will contain hangars, hotel accommodation. offices, meteorological towers, ana wireless rooms, as well as dining-rooms, bars and lounges for transient passengers. Next August, according to Mr. Armstrong’s plans, the seadrome will be completed, and It will be anchored on the high flats of the ocean door "ntli a 17 9001 b wire cable made to withstand stresses up to 600,0001 b.

MAKURA’S PASSENGERS. The Union Steam Ship Company s Makura, which arrived at Wellington on Monday from Sydney, disembarked the following passengers at that P°rt.— First class: Miss B. Arney, Mr. and Mrs. r T Anwyl, Mr. and Mrs. Ackland, Dr. N. Allison,'Mrs. N. Allison. Mr. H. Banks, Mrs. A. Brooke, Miss J. W. Bairn, Miss K Bairn, Mr. W. G. Blundell. Mr. D. W. Beard, Mr. L. K. Bridge, Captain A. Brvham. Mr. J. Coyle. Mr. R. Carlyle, Mr. A. F. Chambers, Mr. C. Clubburn, Ylrs. C. Clubburn, Miss P. Clubburn, Mr. C. Cameron, Mrs. C. Cameron, Mr. YV. Y. Clubburn, Dr. T. F. Conkell, Mrs. T. F. Conkell, Mr. D. Coonau, Mr. Chancellor. Mr. M. E. Dunham, Mr. W. Fairfax, Mrs. YV. Fairfax, Mr. W. J. Foster, Mr. D. M. Ford, Mr. H. E. Ellis, Mrs. II E. Ellis, Mr. W. Goodchild, Mrs. YV. Goodchild, Mr. C. J. Gummer, Mrs. C. J. Gummer, Miss F. Gready, Mrs. c. L Gifford, Mr. F. E. Guntrip. Mr. J. Harris, Mrs. J. Harris, Mrs. B. E. Hinge, Miss B. E. Hinge, Miss M. Hendry, Mr. C. Hordern. Mr. A. Hordern, Mr. J. O. Hutton, Major G. Howson, Mrs. G. Howson, Dr. M. Holm. Mrs. M. A. Jacob, Mr. J R. Kirk, Mr. R. T. Lamont, Miss M. C. Mullav, Mr. D. Milne, Miss E. Milne, Mr. J. D. McLarty, Mr. YV. J. Mazengari, Master YV. J. Mazengari, Mr. YV. Manson, Mr. G. O. Morrice, Miss E. Monaghan, Mrs. N. McGuinness, Mrs. M. J. Miller. Mrs. E. McLaughlin, Miss E. McLaughlin, Captain M. McLeod, YLrs. H. McLeod, Major J. M. McLush, Count F. Munster, Mr. M. Mayer, Mrs. M. Mayer, Miss M. Mayer, Mr. J. Owen, Miss E. Paltridge. Mr. S. E. Peters, Mrs. S. E. Peters, Mrs. E. B. Pearce, Mr. A. Pearce, Mr. R. Robotti, Mr. I. Rossi, Mr. J. Ritchie, Mr. S. YV. Richardson, Mr. G. Shaw, Mrs. G. Shaw, Mr. B. G. StcnSmith, Miss C. Sheehan, Mr. L. I. Stuart, Mr. L. J. Schmitt, Miss G. Schmitt, Miss P. Schmitt, Master B. Schmitt, Master G. Schmitt, Mr. YV. S. Smart, Mr. YV. E. Stiff, Mrs. YV. E. Stiff, Mrs. F. E- Smith, Mr. YV. D. Smith, Mr. A. Smith, Miss C. Sheehan, Mr. L. I. Stuart, Mr. Stuart-Norton, Mr. V. St. L. Shipway, Ylrs. V. St. L. Shipway, Yliss* Shipway, Mr. W. Shantz, Mr. R. C. Tisdale, Mr. A. Treloar, Mr. D. O. Tay or, Mrs. D. O. Taylor, Mr. H. C. Tinewell, Mr. YV. Taverner, Mr. E. C. Tyler, Mrs. E. C. Tyler, Mr. T. J. YVohlfort, Mr. G. B. YVimble, Ylrs. YI. Wilson, Ylr. A. Watson, Ylrs. A. Watson, Ylr. J. J. West, Ylrs. J. J. West, Mr. YV. H. YVeeden. Second class: Mrs. E. YI. Anderson Miss E. YI. Anderson, Ylrs. YV. Armstrong, Yliss G. Adams, Ylr. YI. A. Byrne, Mr. S. YV. Bolton, Yliss YI. Brotherson, Miss I. Barnes, Yliss J. Barnes, Ylrs. B. B. Browne, Yliss YI. Browne, Yliss YI. A. Browne, Ylr. J. Bayliss, Ylrs. YI. Cleric. Ylr. F. Clare, Ylrs. F. Clare, Ylr. A. B. Davis, Ylrs. A. B. Davis, Ylr. H. J. Draper, Ylr. 'G. Griffin, Ylr. IT. V. Gillies, Ylrs. E. Gillies, Rev. F. G. I£el on, Mrs. J. Hickersey, Ylr. L. S. Hulbert, Mr. A Heigh way, Yir. T. Kenna, Ylr. IT. Krolm, Ylrs. X. Little, Yliss I. E. Yla>ltard, Yliss E. YlcKain, Miss R. McKain, Mr. W. P. McKay, Yliss E. J. McGrath, Yliss F. Norris, Ylrs. C. A. Pasmore, Ylr. G. N. Fattison, Ylr. C. K. Pyra-h, Ylr. J. R. Roy, Ylr. W. Robson. Ylr. YIcX. P. Riddell, Ylrs. YIcX. P. Riddell, Ylr. A. Sykes, Ylrs. A. jSykes. Miss YI. Thomas, Ylr. A. P. Thomson, and 44 third-class.

The vessel embarked the following passengers from Wellington for San Francisco, for which port she sailed yesterday afternoon:—First class: Judge Ayson, Ylrs. C. Boyle, Ylrs. A. Bowler, Mr. YI. L. Black, Mr. Cecil Simpson. Ylr. and Ylrs. M. E. Ellis, Miss YI. Fabian, Yliss YI. A. Kelly, Yliss YI. Yloonev, Yliss F. V'. Ormston, Yliss E. YI. Reid, Mr. J. G. Russell, Mrs. A. Wellwcod., Mr. Marshall C. Wright. Second-class: Dr. S. A. and Ylrs. Asdell. Ylrs. E. G. Brownlie, Mr. D. and Ylrs. Davies, Mr. A. W. Ferguson, Yliss YI. Hinunel, Mrs. YI. Lang, Yliss K. Lar.g, Ylrs. F. A. Logic, Miss P. Neale, Yrr. YV. J. Smith, Ylr. and Ylrs. R. C. Savage. Miss A. Savage, Mr. end Ylrs. C. S. Troupe. Ylr. A. Watson, Yliss E. J. YVilson, Yliss YI. "Wilson, and 15 third-class.

A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.—In connection with the loss of ’he Garthpool, a correspondent of the “J-Syren and Shipping’* writes: —“Flow many times during the past few years have we heard that the Garthpool was on her very last vc-yage, but. now, alas, the end has come with startling suddenness Under the control of Sir William Garthwaite. and con - manded by her well-known skipper, Davd Thomson, she has probaby attracted greater public attention than any ether windjammer, with the exception of t’:e Cutty Sark, and as the last Brlthu foreign-going ship she has deserved h»r publicity. S r William had persisted :n running her voyage after voyage, when every other British owner of such tonnage" had long given up the fight against impossible odds, anc in spite of her ag*. it was. I believe, his intention to run her many years v k> lger. Certainly in rccen•: years much lime and money was spent on her, making her a greatly improved and rejuvenated ship when st* j embarked cn this, her final, voyage, Lai* . year, from a position off the Scily islands, she made the passage to Adelaide in 73 days—her best performance Cape of Good Hope to Adelaide semaphore. Her original owners were Char es j Barrie and Sons, of Dundee, and she traded for many years between India end the I'nited Kingdom.. The Anglo-Ameri-can Oil Company. Limited, subsequently bought her. employing her in the case oil trade between America and the Far East. Unlike many of her contemporaries, which were k id up. she was trading regularly throughout the war; in fact, she has been in commission practically continuously troughout the whole of her career. Urder Sir William (r&rthvatte's ownership she always carried ft number of apprentices and young seanen. and on the last voyage there were 10 apprentices, five of whom were from the training ship Worcester. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE — The follo wing vessels arc expected to be w thin range o the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auck'and.—Tofua Maui Fomare, Niagara, Surrey, No dvhal, Luceri< . V e * Loquassu* k, Cornwall, Rangitata. Chatham Islands —Tamaroa, Port Un - bane. . Wellington.—Maori, Wztbine, lama nine. Arahura, Poolta Aorangi. Dor.Wia, Dionvssios Stathc.tos. YVakakura, Kent, Indieri, Makura, Anglo-Canadian, J erndale, Mahana, Fort Denison, City £«■ Wellington, British Glory, Port Sydney, Rimutaka, Turakina, Australia. Awarua.—C. A. Larsen, < -ity °f C ..^ € T York. Eleanor Boling. JCosnttM, C. Ross, Southern Princess, rninut, Tahiti, Canadian Highlander, ToyoWKO Maru. Port Dunedin, Anstralind.