SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

PORT OF HEW PLYMOUTH' y ''' SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930. 3 6 - - ...... 0 3 ARRIVALS YESTERDAY. y Kiwitea ("2343 tons), from Portland, | Briscoe {6.30 a.m.). 5 | Karepo, from Westport (10.45 a.m.). DEPARTURES YESTERDAY. Kiwitea, for Wellington (5 p.m.). f VESSELS IN PORT. e — Karepo, Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. COASTAL. Totara, tfrom south, to-morrow. Hauturu, from Onehunga, to-morrow. Kanna, from Greymouth, Tuesday. • 0...81, from south, Tuesday. John, from south, Wednesday. Kanna, from Westport, Thursday. Progress, from south, August 11. OVERSEAS. Remuera (11,383 tons), left London June 13 for Suva, Wellington, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth August 11 to discharge. (U.S.S. Co.) The Poolta left Greymouth Wednesday morning for Brisbane, thence to Grafton, Port Stephens and Newcastle to load for Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton and Bluff. Steamer with sulphur for discharge at New Plymouth due early in August. (Newton King, Ltd.) Waikawa (5677 tons),; left Los Angeles Saturday for Napier, where she is due on August 19, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth; diie New Plymouth about August 30. (U.S.S. Co.). liertfoni (10,945 tons), scheduled to load at west coast ports of United Kingdom, and sail from Liverpool on August 16 for discharge at Auckland, Napier, j Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and New Plymouth. (U.S.S. Co.). Waitemata (5729 tons), commences loading at Vancouver September 1, San Francreco September 18 and Los Angeles September 22, and due at New Zealand ports on October 15 and New Plymouth later. (U.S.S. Co.) Waihemo (5627 tons), loads at Pacific Coast ports, leaving Los Angeles September 25 for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth, where she is due on November 6. (U.S.S. Co.;. Golden West (5.557 tons), loads at Coast ports for New Zealand She clears Los Angeles on October 1. and. is due at New Plymouth about November 20. (Newton King, Ltd.). Shaw, Savill and Albion " steamer leaves London September 24; due Lyttelton November 3, Dunedin and New Plymouth November 12. (Newton King. Ltd.) Waihemo (5627 tons), loads at Pacific Coast ports, being due to leave LosAngeles December 20 and due at New ' Plymouth on February 1. (U.S.S. Co.). J BRITISH . PASSENGER STEAMERS. ' Rangitiki, left Southampton July 4; due Wellington August 6. lonic, left Southampton July 18; due ' Auckland August 25 ! Ruapehu, leaves Southampton to-day; due Wellington September 10. Mataroa, leaves Southampton August 15: due Wellington September 16. Rangitata, leaves Southampton August 29; due Wellington October 1. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. TO VANCOUVER. . Aorangi, left Vancouver July 23 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland August 11 and Sydney August 16. Leaves Sydney August 21 for Vancouver via. Auckland; due Auckland August 21 and Vancouver September 12. Leaves Vancouver: September 17 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland October 6 and Sydney October 11. Niagara,. left Sydney July 24 for ’ Auckland and Vancouver; left Auck- , land July 29 and due Vancouver August ! 15 Leaves Vancouver for Sydney, via Auckland, on August 20; due Auckland September 8 and Sydney September 13. i Leaves Sydney September 18 for Auck- ■ land and Vancouver; due Auckland September 23 Vancouver October 10. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Makura,- ; . leaves San Frantisco on Align, i i> foi \\ cilinpioii ami Sydn. y. due Wellnv’ton August 2-‘i and Sydnev Aitgust 30. Leaves September 4 for Wellington and ; San Francisco; due Welling on September 9 and San Fraiw’sco September 26.. 'Leaves San Francisco October 1 for'Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington October, 21 and Sydney October 25. | I Tahiti, left San Francisco July i 1 9 for Wellington ard Sydney; due Wellington Monday and Sydney to-day. j Leaves Sydney for Wellington aiid ( ' an Fiaiu isi.-o August 7; due Wellington August 12 and San Francisco August 29 Leaves San Francisco September 3 fpi Well.ngton and Sydney. Due Wellington Scptembei 22 and Sydney Septeihbei 27 INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. ' TO SYDNEY. Maunganui, left Auckland yesterday | for Wellington and Sydney. Leaves Sydney August 8 for Auckland and Wellington. Leaves Wellington for Sydney Aug- , ust 15. Leaves Sydney August 22 for Wellington and Auckland. Leaves Auckland August 29 for Sydney. Ulimaroa, left. Sydney yesterday for ■ Wellington; due Wellington Tuesday. Leaves Wellington August 8 for Sydney; due Sydney August 12. ; i TO MELBOURNE Maheno, leaves Melbourne Thursday for Bluff and New Zealand ports. Due Bluff August 11, Dunedin August 12. ( Lyttelton August 14 and Wellington August 15. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Karepo, with 700 tons of Stockton coal for New Plymouth, arrived from .

Westport yesterday morning and proceeds to Auckland to-day. (U.S.S. Co.). The Opihi left Dunedin yesterday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Tuesday, via usual ports. ftI.S.S. Co.) The Hauturu is due at New Plymouth from Onehunga to-fnorrow and will return to the northern port on Monday. (Northern Co.) The John leaves Lyttelton to-day for New Plymouth, where she is due on Wednesday, via Wellington. Later she proceeds to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). The Progress loads at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due on August 11, via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyt- ’ telton and Wellington. (Hooker Bros.) The Totara. left Lyttelton on Wednesday for New Plymouth via Wellington. She is due at New Plymouth to-morrow and proceeds to Wellington for survey on Monday. (U.S.S. Co.). The Kanna loads 359 tons at Greymouth about Tuesday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Thursday. Returning to Westport the vessel loads •500 tons of Stockton coal for New Plymouth, later proceeding to Auckland. (U.S.S. Co.). KIWITEA DISCHARGES. The Uneon Company’s vessel Kiwi tea arrived at Few Plymouth yeste r di-y morning from Portland with 221 tons of I cargo from Sooth Australia and Melbourne. She left late in the afternoon I for Wellington to continue discharge and will sail later for Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. PORT FREMANTLE LOADING. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line motor-ship Port Fremantle, which I has been loading New Zealand produce for England at Auckland, was to sail at 5 o'clock ■ last evening for Gisborne, where she will complete her cargo. The vessel is to be dispatched from G.sborne for London, via Panama, carrying meat and dairy produce loaded at Now Plymouth recently. MAHANA’S HOMEWARD VOYAGE. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mahana, which left Auckland on June 25 for Halifax and London, arrived at Halifax- on July 25 and sailed again the following day. The vessel carries 20,393 boxes of butter, 5968 crates of cheese and 12.600 freight carcases of meat loaded at New Plymouth during the second week in June. FRENCH 60.090-TON LINER. The Compagnie Generale Transatlantique has now definitely placed the order with the St. Nazaire shipyards for the construction of a 60,000-ton liner. She is to. be 1000 ft. long, lllMt. in the beam, and will draw 37|ft. The engines will be 120,000 horse-power, designed to give a speed of 28 knots. The vessel is expected to be ready for service in April, 1933, BAUER -WACH TURBINES. The contract placed with William Beardmore and Co., Ltd., Dalmuir, for the manufacture of exhaust steam turbines on the Bauer-Wach system to be installed in large Clan Line vessels represents one of the largest single group of orders yet placed f>r such installations. The work is to be carried out during the present year and will provide employment for several hundred men for a number of months. When 1 the work is completed the Clan Line wi-1 j have about 20 ships fitted with the system, which is sufficient proof of its efficiency and economy. Beardmores have built, or have now in course of construction. as manv as 40 sets of BauerWach turbines, they being one of the first firms in the country to realise the I possibilities of the system. In addition ito the Clan Line, six P. and O. liners have already been equipped and two. more are being fitted with exhaust turbines. Other companies which have adopted the system include the British India, the ITain Line, the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, the Lines, the Anchor Line and the Booth lane. NEW BANK LINER. The Bank Line motor-ship Irisbank, first of six 15-knot motor-driven cargo vessels being added to the Nev; YorkFar East service" of the line, left New York last month on her maiden voyage to Manila, Hong-Kong,’ Shanghai arid Taku Bar. The five other vessels now under construction are the Lossiebank, Taybank. Tweedbank, Foylcbank and Laganbank. The Lossiebank was scheduled to follow on July 10. The Iris--1 bank was built by Workman, Clark, | Ltd.. Belfast. She measures 425 ft. he- ' tween perpendiculars and has a beam of 57ft. Her gross register is 5626 tons I and her net register 3437 tons She has 14SC0 cubic feet of refrigerated space for 'eggs and milk and 9100 cubic feet of refrigerated space for fruits. Space is provided in fore and aft tanks for about 247 tons of latex. She also ;has space in No. 3 hold and the after deep tanks and tunnel tanks for 1373 tons of ’Ulk nil. The propulsion machinery consists of two sets of Sulzer type of Diesel eii'i'ines operating twin screws. On . her official trials she developed a speed of 151 knots. COASTAL STEAMERS CONVERTED. Three coastal steamers are at present .at Amk'and being converted into motor ships. ’ T iiey are the Richardson Line steamers Awahou and Pukehu and tac I South Ta r anaki Slipping Company’s 1 steamer Kapuni. Each vessel will have ite steam engines replaced ay I'airbanksMorse motor' engines. The change is being carried out owing to th j more economical running cost of <.he motor engines. Last year the Richardson Company had the small steamers Koutuni and Kcau converted from steamers to motor shins at Auckland. So satisfactory has been, the result that r !- e company decided to have a similar change _ made to the Pukeko and the Awahou. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. London, August I.—Arrived: At Vancouver, Wairuna. Sailed: From Panama, Armadale; from Honolulu, Aorangi. Suva, August I.—Arrived: Niagara (11 a.m.), from Auckland. (She sails at 5.30 p.m.). Wellington, August I.—Arrived: Ngaio (6.15 a.m.), from Nelson; Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Port Bowen (8.30 am.), from Auckland. Sailed: Storm (11.15 a.m.), for Dunedin; Cy£ Jiet < 3 - 5 a.m.), for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, August I.—Arrived: Maoii. (6.40 a.m.), from Wellington; Parere (8.25. a.m.), from Napier. •

August 9.—1u1l moon, 10.28 p.m. August 17. —Last quarter 11.01 p.m. August 24. —New moon, 3.07 p.m. August 31.—First quarter, 11.27 a.rn.

TIDES, SUN. PHASES OF MOON. High water, Suna.m. p.m. rise. ' ’set. Aug. 2 .. 2.37 3.12 6.56 5.04

Aug. 3 . 3.41 4.26 6.55 5.04 Aug. 4 . . 5.02 5.49 6.54 5.05 Aug. 5 . 3.21 6.57 6.53 5.0G Aug. 6 . 7.22 7.48 6.52 5.07 Aug. 7 . 8.09 8.29 6.51 5.08 Aug. 8 .. 8.48 9.05 6.50 5.09 Aug. 9 . 9.21 9.36 6.49 5.10