The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1010, 28 June 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

PERSONAL.—Captain R. L. Davies has been apointed to the Koranui, vice Cap- * tam E. A. Stein, who is relieving Captain A. Murray, of the Talune, for holidays. .. Mr - K- N. Turner has relieved Mr. E. M. Anderson, second officer of the Aorangi, for holidays. j Mr. T. H. Davis is relieving Mr. L. H. English, chief officer of the Kowhai, for i holidays. t Betre is now third officer of the Tamahine. i KENT DELAYED.—The Kent (Fed- ! Line), which has been delayed at Blutt owing to bad weather, is to leave 1 there on Monday to load at Port Chalmers. CANADIAN CONSTRUCTOR. The Canadian National Steamship’s steamer Canadian Construotor, which is loading and discharging at Bluff, is expected to sail today, and will arrive at Auckland on Friday. THE NORFOLK—The Norfolk (Fedeial Line) is due at Wellington tomorrow from Wanganui, via Picton, and is lo sail finally from Wellington next Wednesday for London and West Coast ports. TAINUI DISPATCHED.—EarIy this morning the Shaw, Savill and Albion 1 Company’s liner Tainui was dispatched with passengers, mails and cargo for Southampton and London, via the Panama Canal. ULIMAROA LEAVES WELLINGTON. ~T t lo ™ after noon yesterday the Hud-ciart-Parker Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Ulimaroa left Wellington for Sydney, where she is due on Tuesday morning. She is to leave Sydney the following Friday for Auckland. TOFU A o MOVEMENTS.—The Island , steamer Tofua arrived at Apia at 6 p.m. on Thursday. She is to leave there at , four o’clock this afternoon for Suva and Auckland. She is to clear Suva on Wednesday next, and should arrive here , on July 6. , THE MAHENO.—The Union Company’s ’ passenger steamer Maheno left Mel-

bourne for Wellington, via Bluff, Dunedin and Lyttelton, on Thursday. The vessel is due at Bluff on Monday and at Wellington next Friday. She is to be dispatched from Wellington for Melbourne, via Bluff, next Saturday. MARAMA LEAVES SYDNEY.—The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Marama left Sydney for Auckland yesterday afternoon with passengers, mail and cargo. She is due on Tuesday morning. The Maunganui also left Sydney yesterday afternoon and is due at Wellington on Tuesday morning. SOUTHERN CROSS REPORTS.— Wireless advice from the Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross states that she expects to reach Auckland tomorrow night. The vessel is returning after a three months’ cruise to the mission stations in the south-west Pacific. She will berth on Monday morning. WESTMORELAND FROM GLASGOW. | —The Westmoreland (Federal Line) arrived at New Plymouth from Glasgow yesterday morning to commence loading. Her ports of call will be New Plymouth. Opua, Auckland, Gisborne, Napier and Wellington. She is due at Wellington on July 17 and will sail finally from there on July 19 for London and West Coast ports. RANGITANE DUE MONDAY.—At present at Lyttelton loading for her Homeward voyage, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rangitane is to leave there at, 5 o’clock this afternoon for Auckland to continue filling up. She is expected to arrive here at about 4 p.m. on Monday, and will berth at Prince’s Wharf to load. LORD DEVONSHIRE SOLD.—The British freighter Lord Devonshire, after several months of idleness, has been sold to shipbreakers. The Lord Devonshire was heard much of last winter, ’ when she was the last vessel of the season to leave Montreal. She was held in the ice at Sorel for some time, and finally fought her way through the ice with the aid of ice-breakers. HUGE ICEBERGS. —The Hamburg - American motor-ship St. Louis, which docked in New York last May. reported having passed between two huge icebergs off the southern edge of the Grand Banks. The larger berg was about 135 feet high and 300 feet long, and the smaller one about 120 feet high and nearly 400 feet long. THE PORT FREMANTLE.—The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company advises that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Fremantle, at present at Queen’s Wharf discharging the local consignment <>f her cargo of geenral merchandise from London, is to sail late on Monday night for Port Chalmers and Bluff to complete tinloading. ARGYLLSHIRE DUE MONDAY. —The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Argyllshire is due in port on Monday morning from Liverpool, according to her 'last wireless advice. The vessel has a. cargo of genera) merchandise from "West Coast United Kingdom ports, the local portion of which she will discharge at. Queen’s Wharf. She later sails for Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and New Plymouth to complete unloading. WOOLGAR FROM BUNBURY.—The Melbourne Shipping Company’s steamer Woolgar will arrive from Bunbury. via Newcastle, at ten o’clock tomorrow morning, according to her wireless advice. The vessel has a full cargo of jarrah. of which 400.000 feet will be unloaded at King’s Wharf and the remainder at Napier. Wellington and New Plymouth. She will also load a quantity of timber for Melbourne at Auckland. | Redpath and Sons, Limited, are the local agents. AORANGI DUE MONDAY.—Due at this port early on Monday morning, the Royal Mail motor-liner Aorangi is en route from Sydney to Vancouver. After ! pratique hay been granted, the vessel is | to berth at Prince’s Wharf to land pas- { singers, mails, and cargo for New Zeaj land. After embarking further passeni gers and taking on mails and cargo from * New Zealand, the Aorangi is to be dis- • patched at eleven o'clock on Tuesday j morning for Suva, Honolulu. Victoria, and Vancouver. She is due at Van- ; couver on July 18. GOLDEN WEST DELAYED.—A further radio message received by Henderson and Macfarlane, Ltd., from th« Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company’s cargo steamer Golden West state: t that she is being delayed in her voyage from Los Angeles by heavy weather, am does not now expect to arrive in the stream here until noon tomorrow. Th< vessel has a cargo of timber, case oi and general merchandise from Pacifn ; Coast ports for discharge at Auckland r j Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Sh- - 1 will put out the local portion at King' I Wharf.

PORI OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY RONAKI (4 p.m.), 129 tons, Robertson, for Hokianga. HOKIANGA (6 p.m.) ,271 tons, Kcn-

DEPARTURES TODAY ALEXANDER (6.30 a.m.), 377 tons, McLeod, for Nelson. ALEXANDER left at 6.30 a.m. this morning for Nelson and Picton and crossed the bar at 10.30 a.m. HOKIANGA left for Hokianga at 6 p.m 3'esterday and is expected to return on Wednesday. HAUTURU arrived late last night and is scheduled to leave for New Plymouth this afternoon. KAITOA was expected to arrive from Nelson at 1.30 p.m. today and is expected to depart daybreak Tuesday. RONAKI sailed for Hokianga 4.0 p.m. yesterday and returns 6 a.m. tomorrow.