SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930. ARRIVAL YESTERDAY. John, from Wellington, noon. DEPARTURE YESTERDAY. John, for Port Waikato, 5.30 p.m. VESSELS IN PORT. Rata, Moturoa wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS, COASTAL. Hauturu, from Onenhunga, to-day. Himatangi,. from south, to-morrow. . Kanna, from Greymouth, Saturday. Opihi, from south, Saturday; ’ ' Hauturu, from Onehunga, Sunday. Progress, .from south, August 11. Kajepo, from Westport, August 13. OVERSEAS. Remuera (11,383 tons), left London June 13 for Suva, Wellington, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth on Monday to load 13,000 freight carcases of meat and discharge 1400 tons. (U.S.S. Co.). ... .The Poolta left Greymouth on July 30 for. Brisbane, thence to Grafton, Port Stephens and Newcastle to load, for Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyt.teltpn and Bluff. The vessel is due at New Plymouth early in September. (ILS.S. Co.) .. .

Steamer .with phosphates; due New Plymouth September. (Newton King, ■Ltd.).

; Steamer with stilph'ur for discharge at New Plymouth due middle of Septem•ber. (Newton King, Ltd.). Waikawa (5(577 tons), left. Los Angeles July 24 for Napier, where she is due. on August 19, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth about August 30. (U.S.S. Co.). Mamilius (8080 tons), due Bluff August 25 from Australia; thence to Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, September 4, Wanganui, Wellington; hence September 16 to London, Avonmouth. Liverpool and Glasgow, via Montevideo. Hertford (10,045 tons),. scheduled tn load at west coast ports of United Kingdom, and sail from Liverpool on August Ifi for discharge at Auckland, Napier. Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and New Plymouth. (U.S.S. Co.). Waitemata (5729 tons), commences loading at Vancouver September 1, San Francisco 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 (5587 tons), loads at' Pacific Coast ports for New Zealand. She clears Los Angeles on October I, 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.). BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Rangitiki, left Southampton July 4; due Wellington yesterday. lonic, left Southampton July 18; due Auckland August 25 Ruapehu, left Southampton August 1; 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.

Aorpngi, left Vancouver July 23 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland on Monday and Sydney August 1(1. 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 Auckland July 29 and due Vancouver August 15. Leaves Vancouver for Sydney, via Auckland, on August 20; due Auckland September 8 and Sydney September 13. Leaves Sydney September 18 for Auckland and Vancouver; due Auckland September 23 and Vancouver October 10. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Makura, left San Francisco yesterday for Wellington and Sydney; due' Wellington Ailgust 25 and Sydney August 30. Leaves September 4 for Wellington and San Francisco; due Wellington September 9 and San Francisco September 26. Leaves San Francisco October 1 for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington October 21 and Sydney October 25. / Tahiti, leaves Sydney for Wellington and San Francisco to-day; due "Wellington on Tuesday and San Francisco August 29. Leaves San Francisco September 3 for Wellington and Sydney. Due Wellington September 22 and Sydmey September 27, Leaves Sydney October 2 for Wellington and San Francisco; due.-Wellington October 6 and San Francisco October 24.- ..... lINTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. TO SYDNEY. 'Mhunganui, loft Auckland Friday for Wellington and Sydney. Leaves Sydney' tb-morow for Auckland and Welling; ton. Leaves. Wellington for Sydney Aug; list 15. Leaves Sydney August 22 for Wellington and Auckland. Leaves'Auckland August 29'for Sydney. Ulimatroa, leaves Auckland to-morrow for Sydney; duo Sydney on August 12. Leaves Sydney on August 15; due Wellington August' 19; leaves Wellington August 22; duo 'Sydifey ori'August etc ■■■■■ 1 -f • C-’-k ■ m ■ . ,'-r : ■

TO MELBOURNE. Maheno, leaves Melbourne to-day for Bluff and New Zealand ports. Due Bluff on Monday, Dunedin on Tuesday, Lyttelton August 14 and Wellington August 15. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Rata will be dispatched for Westport this afternoon. (Cock and Co.). The Hauturu sailed from Onehunga at 3 p.m. yesterday with 140 tons of cargo for New Plymouth, She is duo to-day and will return to Onehunga in the afternoon. (Northern Steamship Co.). The John arrived from Lyttelton and Wellington nt noon yesterday and later proceeded to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). The Karepo, with 500 tons of coal from Westport, is due at New Plymouth about August 13. (U.S.S. Co.). The Progress loaded at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due next Monday, via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. (Hooker Bros.) The Himatangi left Timaru on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due probably to-morrow, via Wellington and Wanganui. (Hooker Bros.). The Opihi left Timaru on Tuesday for New Plymouth, where she is due on ■ on Saturday, via usual ports. (U.S.S. Co.) The- Kanna loads 360 tons: at Greymouth for New Plymouth, where she is d'lie on Saturday. Returning to Westport the vessel loads 500 tons of coal for New Plymouth, later proceeding to Auckland. (U.S.S. Co.) POOLTA LEFT ‘ BRISBANE. . The Poolta left Brisbane on' Friday for Grafton, Port Stephens and Newcastle to load for 'Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton and Bluff. MAMILIUS TO LOAD. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer .Mamilius is scheduled to reach Bluff from Australia en August 25 to commence loading in New Zealand for London,. Avonmouth, Liverpool and. Glasgow. Her loading ports, are Bluff, Port Chalmers, Timaru, Lyteltpn, New) Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington. She is to be dispatched from Wellington for London, via Montevideo,: on September 16. FAST NORWEGIAN MOTOR-SHIP. The new Diesel motor-ship Thermopylae arrived at Sydney recently on her maiden voyage from European ports. The Thermopylae was built by Messrs. Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen, to the order of Mr. Wilh, Wilhelmsen, Oslo. She has been built to comply with the requirements of the highest class in Lloyd's Register, and is 460 ft. in length by 60ft. in breadth, by 42ft. Ilin, in depth. Iler cargo carrying capacity is 9700 tons dead-weight, and she is equipped for the rapid loading and discharging of cargo. Her propelling machinery has been constructed by Messrs. Burmeister and Wain, and consists of two main Diesel motors, evolving a total of 7700 h.p. and designed to drive, the ves- j sei at 17 knots wi.-m fully loaded. MOREA TO GO FISHING. ; j The sale is reported for £30,00 of the P. and O. liner Morea, a vessel well known in Australian waters before the war. She has been purchased by Japanese buyers for use, it is. understood, in the fishing industry. The Morea, which was commandeered as a troopship during the war, has been engaged on the China run since the armistice. She is a vessel of 10,954 tons gross, lias a cruising speed of about 18J knots, and was built at Glasgow in 1908. It is stated that the P. and O. Company has plans for the replacement of at least another of its older ships as soon as t-he two new 21,000-ton steamers for the Australian trade —the Strathnavcn and the Strathaird —now building—are placed in commission. OREPUKI FOR OVERHAUL. The Anchor Company’s steamer Orcpuki which has been laid up at Nelson for some time for overhaul, is expected to arrive at Wellington to-morrow, and will go on the patent slip for inspection. PORT OF LONDON. , ~jDuring the week ended June 20, 1214 vessels, representing 1,095,474 net registered tons, used the Port of London. Of these, 667 vessels (921,176 net registered tons) were to and from colonial and foreign ports and 547 vessels (174,298 net registered tons) were engaged in coastwise trade. The Tilbury passenger landing stage was used by seven vessels, nearly 1400 passengers and their baggage being embarked and disembarked. During the same week no less than 15 vessels arrived with meat cargoes. fen were from Australia and New Zealand, the Ballarat, Port Napier, Port Hobart, Ruapehu, Ulysses, Kia Ora, Port Auckland, Mahia, Jervis Bay, and lonic, and five from South America, the Avelona Star, Highland Hope, Viking Star, Gaelic Star and Coracero. Together they brought approximately 707,000 carcases of lamb and mutton, 100,000 quarters of beef, a considerable quantity of pork and over 80,000 packages of sundries. SHIPPING AT WELLINGTON. Shipping was again delayed at Wellington on Tuesday by rain, causing the departure of several big vessels in port to be postponed. The Swedish motor-ship Mirrabooka was to leave there yesterday for Bluff and "Australia. The A. and A. Line chartered steamer City of Khartoum was to leave yesterday for Lyttelton to continue discharge of her New York cargo, and the C. and D. Line steamer Port Bowen will not leave today for Lyttelton for further discharge of Liverpool cargo.