LINE RENAMED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20927, 5 January 1938, Page 2

LINE RENAMED

SHAW SAVILL-ABERDEEN As from January 1, the name of the new shipping service from England to Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope, previously known as the White StarAberdeen service, will be known as the Shaw Savill-Aberdeen service. The service employs a large number of vessels, including the passenger liners Ceramic and Themistocles. Early in 1939, the 27,000-tonner Dominion Monarch will be added to the fleet, inaugurating the new England-South Africa-Australia-New Zealand service. The names which have been bracketed in the new title recall the early days of trade between England. Australia, and New Zealand. Both the Shaw Savill and Aberdeen lines operated many famous sailing ships. The Shaw Savill ships were better known in the New Zealand trade, but the Aberdeen clippers in the Australian trade were known throughout the world.

More than 50 years ago, the sailing ship Dunedin, carrying the Shaw Savill house flag, made history by taking the first cargo of frozen meat from New Zealand to England. She carried 4931 carcases. The latest Shaw Savill cargo liners, Wairangi, Walpawa, and Waiwera can each carry more than 250,000 carcases, in addition to a large cargo of general merchandise. The first Shaw Savill vessel to visit New Zealand was the steamer Coptic, in 1886. The name of this vessel is being carried on by one of the fleet’s modern motor vessels. The present strength of the Shaw Savill fleet is 26 vessels, some steam driven and others motor driven, with an aggregate tonnage of almost 300,000.

NEW ZEALAND PORTS By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, January 4. Sailed: H.M.S. Wellington (10.30 a.m.) from Suva; Kent (5.40 p.m.) for Wellington; Kaimiro (8 p.m.) for Portland; Matua (8 p.m.) for Rarotonga. WELLINGTON, January 4. Arrived: Wahine (6.58 a.m.) from Lyttelton; Breeze (8.10 a.m.) from Wanganui. Sailed: Port Hobart (11.27 a.m.) for Timaru; Waipiata (3.5 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Kaikorai (5 p.m.) for Napier; Awatea (5.6 p.m.) for Sydney; Mako (6.55 p.m.) for Napier; Wahine (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Rangitane (10.28 p.m.) for Napier. '

LYTTELTON, January 4. Arrived: Rangatira (6.40 a.m.) from Wellington. Sailed: Totara (2.15 p.m.) for Greymouth; Rangatira (8.45 p.m.) for Wellington. OVERSEAS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, January 4. Arrived: Kiwi tea from Westport. MELBOURNE, January 4. Arrived, Maunganui from Bluff.

DOMINION BOUND MATAROA (Shaw, Savill), from London, left Southampton Nov. 26 for Auckland (due Dec. 31) and Wellington (due Jan. 8). CORNWALL (Federal Co.), left Liverpool Nov. 21 for Auckland (due Dec. 30), Wellington (due Jan. 7), Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. ATHELLAIRD (Union Co.), left Sumatra Dec. 9 for Wellington (due Dec. 30). KENT (Federal Co.), left New York Nov. 28 and Newport News Nov. 30 for Auckland (due Dec. 30), Wellington (due Jan. 8), Lyttelton and Dunedin. MELBOURNE MARU (Federal Co.), left Moji Dec. 4 for Australia, Dunedin (due Jan. 3), Lyttelton, Wellington (due Jan. 6) and Auckland. NARBADA (Union Co.), left Calcutta Dec. 3) via Penang, Singapore, and Java for Auckland (due Jan. 2), Wellington (due Jan. 7), Lyttelton, Timaru (due Jan. 15), Dunedin and Bluff. BRITISH CHANCELLOR (Shell Oil Co.), left Abadan Dec. 3 for Wellington (due Jan. 3) and Auckland. WAIWERA (Shaw, Savill), left Liverpool Dec. 6 for Auckland (due Jan. 6), Wellington (due Jan. 14), Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. SWARTENHONDT (Johnston and Co.), left Saigon Dec. 9, via Singapore, Java, and Port Moresby, for Auckland (due Jan. 12), and Wellington (due Jan. 16). CITY OF BAGDAD (Federal Co.), left New York Dec. 16 and Newport News Dec. 18 for Auckland (due Jan. 17), Napier, Wellington (due Jan. 24), Lyttelton, Dunedin and Australia. PORT JACKSON (Port Line), left London Dec. 2 for Suva (due Jan. 7), Dunedin (due Jan. 14), and Lyttelton. NORTHUMBERLAND (N.Z.S. Co.), left London Dec. 10 for Wellington (due Jan. 16) and Auckland. DURHAM (Federal Co.), left Liverpool Dec. 19 for Auckland (due Jan. 20), Wellington (due Jan. 27), Lyttelton and Dunedin. KAIKURA (N.Z.S. Co.), left Barrow-in-Furness Nov. 26, via Halifax (sailed Dec. 21) for Auckland (due Jan. 20), Wellington (due Jan. 26), Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. REMUERA (N.Z.S. Co.), left London Dec. 16 for Wellington (due Jan. 22) and Auckland. ORANGEMOOR (N.Z.S. Co.), left Antwerp Nov. 26 for Auckland (due Jan. 22) and New Plymouth. PAMIR, left Seychelles Nov. 11 for Auckland (due end Jan.). PORT MELBOURNE (Port Line), left London Dee. 18 for Australia, Auckland (due Feb. 2) and New Plymouth. FERNMOOR (N.Z.S. Co.) left Antwerp Dec. 14 for Auckland (due Feb. 8) and New Plymouth. ASPHALION (N.Z.S. Co.), left Antwerp Nov. 20 for Auckland (due Feb. 11).