The Log Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1082, 20 September 1930, Page 2

The Log Book

KARETU FOR AUCKLAND. The Karera left Lyttelton for Auckland last evening to load for Yew castle and Sydney. From Sydney she wil return to Auckland, via Fiji. TO REPLACE KAIMANAWA.—The • for Auckland, in place of the Kaiir.anaw?.. She is being recommissioned at Wehir.gton today. REPLACES KARTiG!.— - Auckland yesterday and she sailed in the evening for Greymouth. From there she will proceed to Hobart. Melbourne and Devonport to load for Auckland, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Bluff in place of the Kartigi. THE MATAROA. —L. D. Nathan advise that the Shaw. Savin and Albion Company's liner Mataroa is scheduled to leave at five o'clock on Monday evening for Auckland to complete unit ading her general merchandise from London. She is due to arrive here on Wednesday. THE TOFU A.—Tlte Island passenger steamer Tofua. owned by the Union Steam Ship Company, is reported to have reached Apia from Tonga at six o'clock on Thursday morning. The vessel is to sail for Suva and Auckland at 4 o'clock this afternoon. KAPONGA DUE 4 P.M. TODAY.—An ■ be the Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Kaponga. which is due at 4 o’clock from Melbourne and berths at Queen's Wharf. After discharge here she proceeds to Portland, Xew Plymouth and Wellington. THE AORANGI.—Adv ;- from *. e Union Steam Ship Company states that its Royal Mail liner Aohangi is due at Auckland from Vancouver on Sunday, October 5, and is scheduled to sail for Sydney at 10 o'clock the following nighv She is carrying passengers, mail ar.d cargo. THE ULIMAROA.—The Hoddart Parker intercolonial passenger steamer U'.:maroa. which cleared Auckland yesterday morning with 15* passengers and mail and cargo, is scheduled to reach Sy dney or- Tuesday morning. She is to leave Sydney again on September 2<5 for Wellington. THE MAUNGANU!.—Th pany's steamer Maunganui left Sydney for Wellington at four o’clock yesterday afternoon. The vessel is due at Wellington on Tuesday morning and she is to sail on her return trip to Sydney on Thursday. At Sydney she will transfer

to the San Francisco mail service. THE RUAHINE.—A further radio message from the New Zealand Shipping I Company's liner Ruahine, en route from London and Southampton to Wellington, states that she is expected to arrive at the latter pore at 4 o'clock this afternoon w:th passengers, mail ar.d cargo. She will also discharge cargo at Port NIAGARA DUE A.M. MONDAY. —The Royal Mail liner Niagara is due to arrive at Auckland on Monday morning it sh - - - passengers, mail and cargo. She will berth i at Prince's Wharf. The vessel is announced to sail from here at :> o'clock : on Tuesday afternoon for Vancouver, via : Suva, Honolulu and Victoria, B.C. PIPIRIKI DUE 7 P.M. MONDAY.—The Federal Line steamer Pipiriki has re- : ported that she will arrive from New , York at seven o'clock oa Monday evening, three days earlier than scheduled. The vessel is under charter to the A. and 1 A. Line and her cargo is for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dun- \ : edin, and Sydney. Cargo for Auckland will be unloaded at Queen's Wharf to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping ; Company. HERTFORD DUE DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.—Further wireless advice from j the Federal Line steamer Hertford states that she expects to reach Auckland at daybreak on Wednesday from Liverpool with general merchandise, and will berth at Queen's Wharf. The vessel, which has cargo from the West Coast ports of the United Kingdom, will discharge at Auckland, Napier. Wellington. Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Xew Plymouth, j Upon completion of discharge she will load at Xew Plymouth and afterward Wanganui, Lyttelton. Wellington, Xaoier, Gisborne and Auckland. She will leave Auckland finally on September 23 for RANGITATA'S PASSENGERS.-The following is the forward list of passengers on the Xew Zealand Shipping Company’s motor-liner Rang! tat a, which is due at Wellington from London and Southampton on October 1: First saloon:: Mr. and Mrs. NY. Parker and child. Mrs. J. E. King. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Weld and daughter. Mr. H. J. Weld, Mrs. S. M. Xolan, Mrs. B. Westerns. Mr. A. E. Cocks, Miss M. T. Horton, Miss M. McCowen. Mr. and Mrs. A. Champneys, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Kerr, Miss M. Skerrett, Mr. H. J. Xewcomb, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Terrey and four children, Mr. and Mrs. W. X’. Russell, Mr. G. S. V. Wenley. Mrs. E. P. Lusk. Mrs. I I. Whatley and two children, Mrs. G. H. Ritchie, Mr. . Miss 3 E Van Asch. Mr. A. Cook. Mrs. X. Patrick. Mrs. H. Meade. Miss V. M. H. Xichols, Miss O. W. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. X. Ratcliffe, Mr. G. P. McGuire, Mr. H. M. Smjth, Miss A. Brown. Mr. R. H. i Levin. Mr. and Mrs. H. .J. Butcher. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Henderson, Mrs. E. A. Stewart, Mr. D. Gilmour. Second saloon: Mr. and Mrs. -T. Oates ar.d daughter. Mr. E. L. Reid and daughter, Mrs. L. M. Mitchell and two children, Mrs. E. E. Bunting, Miss G. Farquhar. Mr. G. C. Sherwood. Miss E. Riga. Miss M. J. Steel. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Davidis sss sz «?£&iytsj:-vsz , SK: sons, Miss M. E. Brown. Miss I. C. Wench, Miss L. F. White. Mr. W. E. Cassels Browne, Miss E. Fullarton, Miss E. E. PiLsbury, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Swinnock, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Elmore, Mrs. B. E. Spencer. Mr. W. G. Irr.rie, Mr. and Mrs. £r o a£ri!£, M L r ; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cranford, Mr. T. Thornton. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Xeel, Mrs. M. E. Rutter, Chief Petty Officer Leonard Barker, Mrs. A. M. Mulcahy, Mr. O. X. , i»§: rs * * II . U M? GramTur.’ and Mrs. D. Douglas and child. Mr. \V. T. , D. Loder, Mr. O. S. Wilkinson. Air. K. X.

THE PIPIRIKI. —A Zealand Shipping Company states that the steau -r x': ;uriki. er. r ute from Nf~ York, rad: s that she experts to arrive here 7 a.m. Monday. THE WAI KOL ? AT!.—A:. arrival at* Weliington next Wednesday will l>e * • Sydney. K there she will proceed to Lyttelton. Timaru and Dunedin. THE GOLDEN CROSS.—Xew * Dun- \ ed:n the Ocean.' and Oriental Xaviga- . tion Company steamer Golden Cross is j scheduled to sail later for Gisborne, to | Jeed load copra. & PIX T - E FERN WOOD.—T 1 5 - - I j f hex proceed to Wanganui. Xew Plymouth ar.d I Australia tef complete discharge. 4 MAHIA LEAVES LONDON. —The! 3 advice that the Mahia left London on | Tuesday for Australia. After discharge | there she will load homeward at Xew j Zealand ports during November. THE RANG TAMIL.— Shipping • . amp ton on September 25 with pas c er.g-rs I Xew go discharge at Auckland and Wellington, j Sh< . . THE ARGYLLSHIRE states that the Xew Zealand Shipping I Company's steamer Argyllshire, en rout* • from Auckland t • London and West Coast J ports of Great Britain, rea hed Panama! last Wednesday. The vessel sailed from { Auckland on August 27. THE lONIC.—An er *e 1 :.r;.v--I a' I Wellington toda;- the >"r.v.v, Savi;; ar.d . nganai. for further l ading. After filling up at that port the vessel is due to sail 1 finally at daybreak next W* dnesday fer ! Southampton and London, via Panama, j THE KUROW.—The Union Steam S t Sept* r 2 for Adelaide and Melbourne. She leads j at Waiiaroo, Edith burg, Adelaide and j Melbourne early in October for Auckland. ; Castlecllfre, Tarakohe, Lyttelton, Dunedin i and BluS. THE TARANAKI.—Xon at Wellington, continuing Homeward loading, the Shaw, t Savin and Albion Company’s motor-vessel j Wednesday next for Xapier. Waikckopu. ; Gisborne and Auckland to fill up. She j - teber 8 for London, via Panama Canal. THE OTAKI.—The X'ew Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Otaki is re- • - r.esdav in continuation of her voyage from j Liverpool to Auckland. The vessel has! cargo fr m West Coast ports of Greet i Britain for discharge at Auckland, Weil-* ington. Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. J She is due at Auckland on October 0. THE MARAVA.—The Via ram a, which 1 ; - being rei cmmissi-'ned in the inter- J olorlaf service, in place of the JMauaganui. is to leave Wellington for Auckland , at two o'clock on Monday afternoon. The* vessel is due on Wednesday and on ar- { rival she will gr> into dock for cleaning and painting- Xext Friday she is to be dispatched for Sydney. THE RUAPEHU. —The New Zealand! Shipping Company's liner Ruapehu arrived from Wellington last evening and berthed at Queen's Wharf this morning j to complete unloading general merchan- I d;se from London She is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on October 7 j for Southampton and London. via j Panama. THE KIWITEA. —The Union Com-; pan: s Kiwi tea returned to Auckland last 1 evening for repairs to her forward ballast ! tanks, which developed a leak when the vessel encountered severe stormy weather on the West Coast. She left Au k- I land for Westport last Monday evening; and encountered the storm on Wednes- 1 day morning. So severe were the con- j ditions that she only made about 120 miles in 36 hours. When the leak de- ! veloped and the gale continued unabated j the vessel turned ba-.k for Auckland. She is at King's Wharf and repair work will ; be carried out as soon as the cargo is ; discharged. THE 3AUER-WACH SYSTEM.—The and 1 inlwi Line has t recently installed the Bauer-Waca sys- - . tors'. In addition to a saving in the cost of running, about 1.000 h.p. extra has been developed in each vessel, while the average spe*rd has been increased by one knot. The Port Hardy was the first vessel of the fieet to be fitted, and she • • ' vessels tr undergo conversion is 16 years old. ar.d this may be regarded as a special tribute to the advantages of the system. ADDITIONS TO VESSAGERIES MARITIMES FLEET.—The MessageneMaritimes have re vertly acquired feur tearners, which will be renamed Boussole. Astrolabe, Esperance and Recherchr. snd are intended for service on thPar.ama route. This addition to the cc-rr.-pany's large fleet will enable it to promote further fa ilities for traffic to Tahiti, Suva and Noumea, and thus endeavour to develop considerably this already popular route. The Boussole is scheduled to leave Marseilles on December 3 and the Astrolabe on January 14 1931. In consequence of thes-r changes the Ville de Verdun will now sail • October 22. SHIPPING LOSSES IN JUNE—The Bureau Veritas has published the list of maritime casualties during the month of June last. During the month IS steamers, three motor vessels and two sailing vessels were removed from the register. The steamers comprised one Brazilian, six British, one German, one Italian, sever Japanese, one Xorwegian and one Swedish. Of the motor vessels, one was American. one Danish and cue French: while of the sailing vessels one was American one Swedish. Of the steamers whose names were removed, four were wrecked, one lost in coll is ion. ore by fire, three foundered, one was missing, and eight broken up. The three motor vessels comprised two wrecked and one lost by collision. Of the two sailing vessels, one was abandoned ar.d one broken up. PERSONAL.—The following appointments are being made to the Marama, which is recommissioning at WeHingt-: on Monday:—Captain A. T. Toten. to jD. CTig'nton. third officer; Mr. F. W. ‘ Brown, fourth officer. The following appointments are be- : tain J. Rank ire. master: Mr. J. E>' Lundie, • hief officer: Mr. C. String, s- ond officer; Mr. G. H. Edwards, third officer. The following appointments are being made to the Kaimiro, which was re- ! commissioned at Auckland yesterday:— Captain V. A. Gray, master: Mr. J. Daw?on, chief officer: Mr. J. W. Ki:ox. se-'.'r.d officer: Mr. L. B. Thomas, third officer. Eraser, for further orders. Mr T. W. White has relieved Mr. A Russeii. chief officer of the Maur.gar. r: at Sydney. The latter officer is ashore for instructions. REDUCED CHARGES PORT OF LONDON Details of some of the redactions in - - . Although amended schedules of charges have not yet been published, it is a!nnouncea that the main reductions are as _ p °rt Rates on Goods.—A reduction of outward ra* ' tiie orei&n --ward and Dock Rates on Vessels—The reductions consist principally off: Class l vesselper n.r.t. Class 2 vessels—dues reduced - per n.r.t. Rent on vessels reduced frrf 7-"6d *o 3-Sd per n.r.t. a day. or in the case at { vessels trading coastwise or t , or U -m Home 1 _ _ % n i charging purposes vessels in Class i I , are tho.-e laderx from perts or places | outside Europe, the Mediterranean ar.d j Black Seas, and vessels with trar.I shipment goods from such ports or places. It also includes vessels loading ; for those ports or places. ) Class 2 is in respect of vessels from I or or ports in Europe (excepting p rts m Great Britain and Ireland) and ports | m the Mediterranean and the Black iseas ! The full reductions announced bv tite - Port of London Authority are estimated j to save users of the port £120.000 per j annum, which brings the total reduct!. r.< m port charges effected since 1925 to an - ■ , by the authority under the Governmer * , j de-rating scheme, of £942.« • ' j The total tonnage of vessels that u«ed j the Port of London during the 12 rr -’.rqc ’ ended March 31 last was over 58.50' " { net registered tons.

PORT CAROLINE LOAD'S CL L-. Lire steamer Pert Cart fir-e irr.ve4 at Bluff on Thursday rr orr .ng from FTr. ■■ . ■ : r .mar_: sr ; . - ~T~ r ~ *- £l2 up. The vessel := due here ca O. tr-ber 9. and is scheduled to clear tah port finally on October 12 f:r London, via Monte\*ideo. WORK FOR RUSSIA—Eight tugs, cederll the R-".-■ R. er Xav_jre-_--Admmistration. Moscow frr service no the Xor them Dvina have oe-*-r befit *- - Archangel as their h me- rt ari ir~ proceed to it via Leningrad and the «-*-»■ • - metres in length and six metres *s breadth. Three river motor ~ z fer ser■**ice in Siberia have been '; nflt at th* S- . hau yard at T. * - are 12 metres ir. length 11.5 items- r. breadth. fitted vifiTtwo MA X Diesel engines**! together 1.4 1 h-p i ae;. are 7 r >ree-iixr ■with this year - Ktr Sea erqed tim t the River Obi ar.d will be stationed t; Omsk. The steam trav.er Tschaia, built at the Noriseewerke Em hen. faservice at Vladivcstock, has been completed. She is ‘ meT«r= m length atd i metres in breadth, h— a tirrage cf >•> and machinery of 675 t.p., and is fitted with a modern ins *2 Tat r fr feairr? with the fish as caught ar. i frr : mvertitr the refuse into oil and meaT WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE— The following vessels are expected t? be within range ? the undermert>:-rec wireless stations during the week-end Auckland: Kaponga. Tofua. Niagara. T_ limarocu MoerakL Rangitiki. Amr.;: Court. Brunswick. Canadian Leader. Golden Cloud. Hertsford. Pipiriki. Sbtstaf. Raisdale, Oarriso. Waipahi. Weliir s -.rXgaic. Karetu. Ruahine. Aeraryi. msctata. Waikouaiti. Ma mil jus. MiiragiPk lonic, Femwood, Middlesex. Atfce! Temslar. Armadale Kniingi W-_lv Awarus: Ge-lcer. Crs- >-• mersK, ' Tutanekai. PORT OF ONEHUNGA—DEPARTURES YESTERDAY HOKIAXOA (noon fi tens 'ROXAKI ~ 12.45 p.m . 22.- tins. Robertson. for Hokiatnga. ARAPAWA (15 I m 2T-: tens. . for WangacuL ARAPAWA saTed yesterday afrennet for Wanganui. ALEXANDER is expected ' trrrv* from Dargaville about next asd lends for X isor. and Wes* O ist perts. : - : - - ROX AKI. due fre-n Hokianga at iih "•morrow, is t-- be dispattred for Rsgitfi KawMa and Waikato Heads at 3 p.m. Monday.