The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 965, 7 May 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

KAHURANGi POINT LIGHT.—The Kahurangi Point light, midway between Farewell Spit and Westport, was reported by the Kaituna on Friday night to be out. The Tutanekai repaired the light on Saturday.

THE TOFU A.—The Island passenger steamer Tofua arrived at Suva from Apia at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. She is scheduled to leave there at noon tomorrow for Auckland, and should arrive here on Monday afternoon.

MAH IA SAILS DAYBREAK.—A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., advises that the Shaw, Savill steamer Mahia, now fit Queen’s Wharf completing her cargo for Montevideo and London, is to be dispatched at daybreak tomorrow for those

MARK-BUOY REMOVED.—The Auckland Harbour Board advises •that the conical mark-buoy, with black and white vertical stripes, which has been moored on the south side of Rangitoto Channel and used as a mark-buoy for yacht races has been removed.

WAIKAWA RADIOS.—The Union Company has received a wireless message from its trans-Pacific cargo steamer Waikawa, stating that she expects to reach Auckland from Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon. The vessel has a cargo of general Pacific Slope merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney.

NARBADA REPORTS.—A radio communication received by the Union Company from its chartered Indian trader .Narbada, inward bound from Calcutta via way ports, states that she expects to arrive at this port on Monday morning. The vessel has a number of passengers, and a full cargo of Eastern ? T 1 ® l ,’? I handlse for unloading at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin.

, HERTFORD.—Advice received from the 3\ew Zealand Shipping Company states that the Federal steamer Hertford was expected to leave Napier at noon today for Auckland to complete her cargo for London, Hamburg, Avonmoutli, Liverpool and Glasgow. The vessel is expected to arrive here tomorrow afternoon and will berth at Central Wharf. She is scheduled to sail from here finally on Saturday on her homeward voyage via the Panama Canal.

CAMBRIDGE DUE TOMORROW.—According to her wireless advice due in the stream at 2 p.m. tomorrow from Liverpool, the Federal steamer Cambridge is to berth at Queen’s Wharf to discharge the local portion of her general cargo from West Coast United Kingdom ports She later sails for WellinfLyttelton, Dunedin and .Timaru to complete unloading. The vessel will commence her Homeward loading at Port TiSns» rs f a J! d , ' viil subsequently load at • ml a,w Wellington, Gisborne, f* ld and 1S fixed to clear the last-named port on June 21 for London, Via the Panama Canal,

r DUE \ r TOMORROW.— The b 11 llner Mataroa left Wellington at noon yesterday for Auckland complete discharge of her geneivtl cargS ! r “!" London. The vessel is expected *to slie win * daybreak tomorrow and berth .?t Prince’s Wharf for unHnis ef, ?M 10 <- ns - A fter discharge Is for w h Mataroa is to start loading ‘Vf ei Homeward voyage at this port about Monday next. She subsequently loads at .Napier, Lyttelton and Wellington, and is scheduled to sail from Wellmgton at daybreak on May 31 for SouthCanal”’ T ? f n r d , r , Lo , ndon ' , v . ia the I tel’ W local a & ent is L. D. Nathan,

XorkaU l£?£S it„inF r foS¥ Vum fo*?*s.^sss2 edin k ,i a 2 d a " Mlmgton, Lyttelton, Dnn--w. a,i d Sydney - The vessel had a fair- " eatiiei voyage out. She left blew York on April 2, and called at Newport News on the stli Panama was reached and ° n Apri .V l . 2 . and thence the ship h r l nt,in Un r V o O 1 tr *p to Auckland, has w?tb 'bi, Bu Vi er '; s ,! n command, and Chief Mr h r- h he - tohowing officers:— pd'.f’, Mr G. Game; second, Mr. w Snee, 'M? lr N' u- Ir ’m R ’ w alker;' chief enS 5,® er ii • A - Rydd; second, Mr. J. RanAPr 1 ’Tf Ir - _G. Cramond; fourth ward Mr 6 ?- * lr - A. Greig; “chief to?" Mr.' W.' Seward kmSOn; radi ° operahsr|?e^a,ZS| l e a n n t d PHday a ?i?' Wellington. lo dispatch hor on lONIC’S PASSENGERS.— Tht* followmg passengers have booked to date to sail by tlie White Star liner lonic, which is scheduled to leave Wellington at 5 p m on Saturday for Southampton and Lond c’,iY a /. le -Panama Canal;— spSwtSS wo„?? nklns ™. Mrs. Hanktnson ' MHs c Miss Kinder, Mr. R Lock Mr- iit VJ Longstaff, Miss M. Longstaf£ M Mr X t" ?' U. Marshall, Mrs. Mason Mr , 4 Mr S °H S S 8 ' p laS M n ’i ui iss M - p Mason Miss J.' K G MeK-ilK ei M d i e 'c iI Mon, MelVille - Miss E. Murdock?' Mss N SS Mi”' n r McC'unoch. Mrs. McCuUoch". K v CG^r e f.° r ’ Mrs ‘ McGregor. Miss H M. i. McGregor, Master J. D. G McGregor, Mr. J. Mcll wraith, Mrs. Mcllwraith. Miss M. H McLaurin. Miss J. Perrj, Xliss A. M. Berrv \ji-c it* Phillips, Mr. J. Phillips, Mrs. Phillips M> S.C . Fitkeathley, Mrs. J. aTAw , A T r. A\. Richards, Miss M. c* Ros« Mice y. Rowland, Mrs. ,T. Rowlands.' Mils J. M. Rowlands. Mr W Tl. Saunders Mrs. Saunders Mr R W C Tall, ma. he: Miss ravlor. Mr. K A T(-mk-P. r ki n , Mr. Tovey, Mr. J. Witten, Mrs. Witten Dr. E. M. Wood; and 100 third-class.

THE MAKURA.—The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Makura is announced to sail for Sydney at 3 p.m. on Friday, taking passengers, mails and cargo.

TASMANIA LOADING.—The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Tasmania arrived in port last night from Opua to continue her loading for Montevideo, Avonmouth, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. She berthed at King’s Wharf this morning. It is hoped to dispatch the p.m. on Friday for Gisborne to continue loading operations.

EFFICIENT WORK AT TILBURY.— The following incidents reflect credit on the Dockmaster's Department at the Tilbury Docks, and are a tribute to the efficient lay-out of the docks. Recently seven ships, aggregating 70,000 tons, were locked in and out of the new entrance in the course of six hours. At the same time two other liners were being moved in the dock, so that altogether 95,000 tons of shipping were handled in the short pertod of six hours. Twenty-five minutes after the steamer City of Leicester left her berth in the eastern branch dock, the furthermost section of the Tilbury Docks from the new entrance, the vessel had been locked out and was on her course down the river.

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. —At the end of 1929 the fleet- of the North German Lloyd numbered 513 ships of 942,162 tons gross, inclusive of 62,400 tons gross under construction. Together with the subsidiary companies, the Hanseatic Steamship Company, of Hamburg, the Seefahrt Steamship Company, of Bremen, the Matthies Shipping Company, of Hamburg, and the Baltic Shipping Company of Hamburg, the Lloyd concern owned ISO sea-going ships of 821,538 tons gross in active service, including 58,234 tons gross, of auxiliary vessels and North Sea steamers, the total tonnage in commission amounted at the end of 1925 to 879,762 tons gross. .A year before, the Lloyd owned a fleet of 755,526 tons gross in commission, and 133,600 tons gross under construction, or a total of 522,426 tons gross, including the fleets of the different daughter enterprises.

1,000-FOOT CUNARDER

HOT COMPETITION LIKELY AMONG BUILDERS

Kow that the Cunard Company has officially revealed that they are in touch with certain shipbuilding firms regarding the construction of a super-liner for their Southampton-Cherbourg-Jiew York service, newspaper discussions as to where the ship will be built are assumed t, 0 be ..!',‘ .9 rd ?K says a writer in the Sydney Daily Shipping-.’* J A number of yards about which nobody has, so far, said anything, could build a liner of about I,oooft in length and, say, 102 ft m breadth, although the’ SiL a , CC ? mmodating such a beam would piobably be so great as to rule them ThJr a " y i° rnpellu °n for the contract! There are, however, onlv four vard«? Great Britain and Ireland which call fo? serious consideration by anybody wlio Brernen."° a ship " to beat the

- M ?, KErp -, flap land and \v olfL s Musgrav e yard, where hprih for a I,oooft. ship was specially made on the instructions of the late Lord Pirrie when the place was originallv lair) nutThe keel of the White liar Lint’s Sew Oceanic has, however, been laid down in It. so that it may definitely be Regarded as unavailable for a Cunarder '\ s John Brown and Company, Limited Clydebank, and Swan, Hunter and \VIv - ham Richardson, Limited, Wallsend-on-L De, hav e each built a leviathan liner the Scottish firm the Lusitania and the Aqmtania. and the English firm the Mauretania—these concerns are naturally regarded as the favourites for the new Cunard contract.

The fact need not be overlooked, however that possession of the Armstrong naval yard at Walker-on-Tyne by \ inkers-Armstrongs, Limited, puts a different complexion on the business The \ Ivkers-Armstrong organisation is on the evidence of its facilities and resources a really strong candidate for any con. tract or contracts of this character that may come along If the Clyde is favoured, Clydebank will of course con struct the machinery for Its Vessel If. on the other hand, the job goes to the Tyne, the Wallsend SUpway and En! gmeering Company, Limited, will be associated with the builders of the hull whether Uiese builders turn out to be Messrs Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson or Messrs. Vickers- Armstrong. u

m -tTi* e .a SllpW f y “ .Prospective association with the enterprise seems to be taken for granted, largely, no doubt, because of Mr. Andrew Laings success, not onlv With the Mauretania, but also with several notable installations of hiehpressure, high temperature Meant turbines and the point is being emphasised by observers that the Walker yard K almost as conveniently situated In relation to it as Is the Wallsend yard.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermenficaed wireless stations tonight:— Auckland: Aorangi, Cambridge. Antonio, Waikawa, Devon. Narbada, Canadian Transporter, Maui Pomare, Hertford, Mata roa. Chatham Islands: Port Fairy. Wellington: Maori, AVahine. Tamahia*, Arahura, Whakakura, Kangitiki, Rar;f> tata. Niagara, Ruapehu. - Man.ru, Huntingdon. Port Hardy. Ruahine. Cny of Winnipeg. Awarua: Port Sydney, Maheno, Tahiti PORT OF ONEHUNUA—ARRIVALS TODAY OREPUKI (6.30 a.m.), 675 tona, P?*> son. from Nelson. HAUTURU (7 a.m.), 270 tons. JacksoaFowler, from New- Plymouth. ARAPAWA is due at Onehunga row morning, and sails again for Wanganui on Monday next. HAUTURU arrived at Onehunga this morning from New Plymouth after her first trip on this run. She leaves on the next trip at 2 p.m. today and Is flat back on Friday. HOKIANGA is expected to arrive at Onehunga from Auckland, via Hokianga, tomorrow morning, and sails for Hokianga the same evening. OREPUKI arrived at Onehunga at «.$* a.m. today from Nelson and sails on Friday morning for Nelson. PiCton ana I West Coast ports of the South Island. RONAKI is expected from Raglar. Kawhia and Waikato Heads at 6 a.m. tomorrow. and sails again for Hokianga at 3 p.m. the same day.