The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1075, 12 September 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

CARGO FROM CALCUTTA. —The Union Company’s steamer Waikouaiti, which is to leave Sydney next Wednesday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff, will bring Eastern cargo transhipped from the Nalgora. AORANGI FOR VANCOUVER. The Royal Mail liner Aorangi is due at Vancouver today from Sydney and Auckland. She is to leave Vancouver next Wednesday for Auckland and Sydnev, via Honolulu and Suva. She is due* at Auckland on October 5. MAUNGANUI SAILS TODAY. —The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Maunganui is scheduled to leave Wellington at 3 o’clock this afternoon with passengers, mail and cargo for Sydnev. She is due at Sydney on Tuesday. WAIPAHI FOR ISLANDS. —The Union Company's Island steamer Waipahi is expected to return to Auckland tomorrow from Wellington. She is scheduled to be dispatched from Auckland next Thursday for Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Atiu and Mauke. KAPONGA FOR AUCKLAND. —The Union Company advises that the Kaponga left Edithburg on Tuesday for Melbourne, where she will complete loading for Auckland, Portland, New Plymouth and Wellington. She is expected to leave Melbourne today. RUAPEHU AT WELLINGTON. —The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Ruapehu berthed at Wellington at 1.15 p.m. yesterday after her arrival from London and Southampton. She has passengers and mail for New Zealand and cargo for discharge at Wellington and Auckland. Passengers for Auckland left by train last evening, and luggage will arrive by the Waipahi tomorrow. The Ruapehu is to leave Wellington for Auckland on Wednesday.

TAINUI FROM HOME. —The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tainui is scheduled to leave Southampton today tor Auckland, where she is due on October 18. TOFUA AT SUVA.— The Union Steam Ship Company’s Island passenger steamer Tofua is reported to have reached Suva at 5 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, and leaves there today for Tonga and Samoa. PORT PIRIE AT LONDON. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Pirie arrived at London on Monday. She left Wellington on July 26 for London, via Montevideo. Wool carried by this vessel will be included in the September wool sales. THE PORT FREMANTLE. —The Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s motorvessel Port Fremantle, which sailed from Gisborne on August 4 for London, is reported to have arrived at the latter port on Saturday, September 6. The consignment of wool carried by this vessel will be included in the September wool sales. THE WAIRUNA.— The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Wairuna, which is discharging cargo from Pacific Coast ports at Queen’s Wharf, is scheduled to sail tomorrow evening for Wellington. Melbourne, Sydney. Newcastle, but it is doubtful whether this will be possible owing to the unsettled weather. KING JOHN DUE LYTTELTON MONDAY. —The King Line’s motorvessel King John, which left Nauru Island on September 1, is, according to her local agent, Henderson and Macfarlane, expected to arrive at Lyttelton on Monday, September 15. She will later proceed to Port Chalmers. THE MAHENO. —The Union Company’s intercolonial steamer Maheno is due at Melbourne today from Wellington, via Bluff. The vessel is scheduled to leave Melbourne next Thursday foY Wellington, via Bluff, Dunedin and Lyttelton. She is due at Bluff on September 22 and at Wellington on September THE RANGITIKI. —The New’ Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rangitiki, which arrived from Tokomaru Bay yesterday morning and berthed at Prince’s Wharf to complete loading operations, is to be dispatched for Southampton and London, via Panama, on Tuesday next. She will carry passengers and mail and cargo. PARRAKOOLA SAILS 5 P.M. At present discharging general merchandise from Scandinavian ports and general cargo from Los Angeles and San Fran cisco at Queen’s Wharf, the Swedish motor-vessel Parrakoola, is scheduled to sail for Wellington, Brisbane, Sydnev. Melbourne and Tasmania at 5 o’clock this afternoon to complete discharging. Her local agent is Spedding, Ltd. FERNWOOD DUE P.M. TOMORROW. —Carying bitumen and general cargo from Gulf of Mexico, ports, the Norwegian motor-vessel Fernwood is due to arrive at Auckland tomorrow evening, and will later proceed to Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, New- Plymouth, Sydney and Melbourne. Loading for Sydney and Melbourne will be done at this port. Her local agent is Henderson and Macfarlane. CANADIAN LEADER REPORTS. —A radio message received by the local office of the Canadian National Steamships from the steamer Canadian Leader states that she expects to reach Auckland from Montreal on Monday morning. The vessel will unload part of her cargo of general merchandise at this port, and is expected to sail again on Monday night for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide to complete discharge. No berth had been assigned the vessel this morning. SILDRA AT WESTERN.— An arrival last evening was the Norwegian tanker Sildra from San Francisco. The vessel which is under charter to the Shell Company, berthed at Western Wharf this morning to discharge 2,000 tons of her cargo of benzine into the company’s tanks at Freeman’s Bay. Altogether the Sildra has 9,500 tons of benzine, the remainder of which she will put out at Wellington and Lyttelton. After completing discharge at Lyttelton she wjll sail for Balikpapan to load another cargo of benzine or oil. The vessel cleared San Francisco on August 14 and enjoyed fine weather till seven days ago, when she ran into a south-westerly gale accompanied by heavy head seas and swell which delayed her arrival by two davs. these conditions holding until she reached the shelter of the New Zealand coast. The Sildra is scheduled to sail at davbreak tomorrow for Wellington. She *is commanded by Captain William Fahlvik.

ATLANTIC PASSENGERS. —Since the building of so many express liners for the North Atlantic is contemplated, the statistics of the movement of passengers acquire unusual importance (writes the “Shipping World’’). Figures have been prepared by the Transatlantic Conference which show that while there was an increase in cabin and tourist class bookings In the early part of the year— January to May—there was a falling off in first-class booking. East-bound firstclass bookings were 27,865, a decline of 5,900 from the figures for the same period of last year. Cabin bookings numbered 14,076, an increase of 1.000, and secondclass bookings 12,724, an increase of 20. Tourist third-class bookings numbered 12,274, being up by 3.600, and third-class bookings were 31.550. an increase of 5.70" The grand total was 103,489, a net gain of 4,420, but the result was a considerable shrinkage in revenue due to the tendency of travellers to seek cheaper accommodation than formerly. In a statement to the “New York Journal of Commerce,” Mr. Harold 13.I 3 . Borer, general passenger manager of the Cunard Line, has admitted that, while first-class traffic is somewhat below that of last year, the decline is not greater than had been aiticipated as a result of the drawingpower of the two new North German Lloyd liners, the Bremen and Europa. An improvement is looked for, he said, toward the end of the season.

ULIMAROA FROM SYDNEY.— Tfc« Huddart-Parker intercolonial steamer Ulimaroa. is scheduled to leave Svdney today for Auckland, where she is due on Tuesday morning with passengers, and cargo MATAROA COMlNG.—Latest wireless advice from the Shaw, Saville and Albion Company’s liner Mataroa, en route from Southampton and London to Wellington, states that she is expected to arrive at the latter port on Wednesday with passengers, mail and cargo. She is expectel to reach Auckland on September 23. Her local agent is L. D. Nathan, Ltd. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations tonight:— Auckland. —Canadian Leader, Fernwood, King John, Niagara, Soloy, Sonoma, Southern Cross. Tofua. YarraviUe, Vacuoline, Parrakoola, Penybryn, Ulimaroa. Chatham Islands.—Ruahine. Wellington.—tVahine. Maori, Ng&io, Maunganui, Mataroa, Kosmos, Mani!lius, Somerset, Raisdale, Waipahi, Dunedin. Awarua.—Maheno, Makura- Karetu, Rhymney, City of Lyons, Waikawa. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—ARRIVAL YESTERDAY RONAKI (9.16 p.m.), 129 tons, Robertson, from Raglan. DEPARTURES YESTERDAY lIOKIANGA (5.0 p.m.), 271 tons. Kennedy, for Hokianga. KAITOA (11.0 p.m.), 319 tons, Martin, for Nelson. ARRIVAL TODAY HAUTURU (6.0 a.m.). 270 tons. Jack-son-Fowler, from New Plymouth. HAUTURU is to sail for New Plymouth at noon tomorrow. HOKIANGA sailed last evening for Hokianga. KAITOA was dispatched last night for Nelson and West Coast ports. RONAKI is to be dispatched for Hokianga at 3 o’clock this afternoon.