maritime] MOVEMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 9

maritime] MOVEMENTS

PORT OF WANGANUI ARRIVALS. SATURDAY, MAY 19 inaha (6.45 a-m.), from Wellington. Kapiti (8.32 a.m., from Wellington. SUNDAY, MAY 20. Holmdale (9.15 a.m.), from Wellingtonbale (9-32 a.m.), from Picton. SAILED. SATURDAY, MAY 19. Mamari (1.15 a-m.), for Wellington. Kapiti (8.32 a.m.), from Wellington. SUNDAY, MAY 20. Mesopotamia (9.20 p.m.), for WestportVESSELS IN PORT. Inana. Wellington. Holmdale, Wellington. Gale, Picton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze, Wellington, to-day. Umana. Newcastle, to-day. Calm, South, to-morrow. Storm, South, May 23. Turakina, N.Z. ports, May. Gabriella, Newcastle, June. Port Dunedin, New Plymouth, May. Hurunui, N.Z. ports, May 29. Wiilaston, New York, June. BY TELEGRAPH. [ Per Press Association. J DUNEDIN, May 19. Arrived —Saturday: Storm, 11.30 p.m, from Oamaru. WELLINGTON, May 19Arrived —Saturday: Holmdale, 1U a.m., from Lyttelton Kairnai, 1U.30 a.m-, from Greymouth; Calm, noon, from Lyttelton; Kamoa, 12.20 p.m., from Greymouth; Breeze, 1.35 p.m., from Wanganui; Opihi, 9.56 p.m., from Timaru- Sunday: Wahine, 6.55 a.m., from Lyttelton. Sailed —Saturday; Zealandia, 4-55 p.m., for Auckland; Cygnet, 5.40 p.m., for Lyttelton; Tees, 6.55 p.m., tor Westport; J’ mdale, 8 p.m., for Wanganui; Katoa, 8 p.m., for Westport. Sunday: Pleidon, noon, for Lyttelton. AUCKLAND. May 19. Arrived —Saturday: Kaitaugata, 6.45 a.m., from Napier- Sunday: Aorangi, 11.25 a.m., from Vancouver. Sailed —Saturday: Diomede, 10.29 a.m., for Portsmouth; Queen Eleanor, 11 a.m-, for Wellington; Tofua, 11-5 p.m., for Fiji; Kaimanawa, 6 p.m., tor Westport; Kaiwarra, 7 p.m., lor Portland; Kaitangata, 9 p.m., for Greymouth. Sunday: Prunus, 6-30 a.m., for Westport. LYTT LTON, May 19Arrived—Saturday: Wahine, 6.35 a.m., from Wellington; Waifdata, 9.30 а. from Wellington; Maheno, 10 a-m. f from Wellington; Wirrall, 2.30 p.m.4 for Wellington; Canopus, 10.40 p.m., from Westport. Sunday: Maori, * 6.50 a.m., Echo, 11-30 a.m., б. a.in., from Wellington; Echo, 11.30 a.m., from Blenheim. Sailed —Saturday: Kahika. 3.30 p.m.,' for Napier; Port Dunedin, 4 p.m., for 1 New Plymouth; Waipiata, 8 p.m., for Dunedin; Wahine, 9-10 p.m.. lor Wellington. Sunday:Cygnet, 2.30 p.m., for Kaikoura. OVERSEAS VESSEL*. RIM UTA KA—Lett London April 12, Southampton April 13. for Wellington and Auckland; due Wellington May 25; due Auckland MALT POMARE-—Left Liverpool March 7 and Southampton March 20 for Apia and Auckland; due Auckland May 29. LEOPOLD. L.D.—Left Galveston. Texas. April 25 for Auckland, New Plymouth and Australia ;due Auckland June 5. NORFOLK—Left Liverpool April 14 for Auckland. Napier. Wellington, Lyttelton. Port Chalmers; due Auckland May 22. PORT CURTIS—Left New York April 21 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington. Lyttelton, I Dunedin, Bluff; due Auckland May 25. RARANGA—Due New Plymouth May 21 from Australia, thence Wellington, Napier, Gisborne. Auckland; due Auckland June 7. thence June 12 for New York, Boston and London, via Panama. TAINUI—Left London April 26, Southampton April 27 .for Auckland and Wellington: due Auckland June 2. CANADIAN CHALLENGER—Left Halifax May 1 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton. Tima.-u. Dunedin; due Auckland June 7. CUMBERLAND—Left Liverpool April 28 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton DunAuckland Jua&

LOCAL AGENTS’ ADVICE. Messrs Millward and Co. advise; The Gale loads to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Oamaru and Timaru. The Breeze returns from Wellington today and will load at Castlecliff for LyttelThe Calm is due at Wanganui to-morrow and will load for Picton, Wellington, Lyttelton, Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru and Timaru. The Storm is scheduled to load at Lyttelton to-day, Wellington to-morrow and is due Wanganui on Wednesday, 23rd inst. The Gabriella will load lor Wanganui at Melbourne to-day, thence Sydney and Newcastle. arriving Wanganui about first week in June. The Omana is due at Wanganui to-day and will commence discharge of Newcastle The Mesopotamia having completed discharge, sailed yesterday morning for WestMessrs Johnston and Co. advise:— The Hurunui is due from New Plymouth on the 29th ; she will sail for Wellington on GENERAL NEWS. CALIFORNIA’S MAIDEN VOYAGE. According to information received from the International Mercantile Marine Company, the new Panama Pacific liner California, the biggest ship ever built in America,. arrived at Havana from New York on January 31, two hours ahead of schedule. Representatives of the company and the builders on board, who had been watching hir performance on the first stage of her maiden voyage to San Francisco, expressed great satisfaction at the liner’s behaviour. On the first day out she encountered heavy gales and rough seas, but in spite of this she showed remarkable steadiness, which delighted her large passenger compliment. DUTCH-BUILT LINER. Of the large number of outstanding features associated with the Netherland S.S. Co.’s new motor-liner Christiaan Huygens, not the least interesting is that this vessel is the biggest ship hitherto constructed in Holland. She has a displacement of 21,700 tons, and is fitted with twin-screw Sulzer two-stroke single-acting engines having a total output of 11,600 b.h.p. aj 115 r.p.m. These motors are the first ten-cylinder Sulzer units installed in a ship; turbo-scayenger-ing is employed and the blowers are electrically driven. Moreover, five-cylinder auxiliary Diesel generators are fitted, while the manoeuvring-air compressor is also driven by ' a Diesel engine. SUBMARINE MOTOR SHIP. A submarine motor ship for thn Danish Navy is under construction at the Royal Danish Dockyard, Copenhagen. It has a displacement of 493 tons being 154 ft in length, the beam 26.9 ft and mean draught 7.9 ft. The crew numbers 38 men, and besides carrying 40 tons of fuel oil and three tons of lubricating oil the vessel has a capacity for nine tons of fresh water, eigLjt of previsions and 20 tons made up of sphres for air reservoirs and war stores. The vessel is fitted out as a workshop and charging station for submarines and has a submarine signalling apparatus with a receiver and transformer mounted in the wireless compartment. There are two minelayers to port and starboard respectively; and a cutter in the stem as a protection against niineti. Finally. there is a mine-sweeping installation. Two 450 b.h.p. Burmeister and Waintype engines, built under license at the Royal Dockyard, are installed ; they are similar to the design utilised in Danish submarines. On deck the windlass and warping winch arc coupled to 15 h.p. motors, while the auxiliary machinery in the engine-room is electrically driven. Munition stores are arranged in the ’tween deck forward and aft. Three boats are carried, one of them being fitted with a motor. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. Maunganui left Sydney for Wellington Friday ; due May 22. Leaves Wellington May 25 for Sydney ; due May 29. Leaves .Sydney on June 1 for Auckland; due June 5. Marama left Sydney for Auckland Friday ; due May 22 ; leaves Auckland May 25 for Sydney; due May 29. Leaves Sydney on June 1 for Wellington; due June 5. Manuka, at Melbourne, leaves there May 23 for Wellington ; due Wellington May 28 ; thence May 29 for Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and Melbourne. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. Niagara. due Vancouver to-day. Leaves Vancouver May 30 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland June 18 and Sydney June 23. Leaves Sydney for Vancouver, via Auckland. June 28; leaving Auckland July 3, due Vancouver July 20. Aorangi, due Auckland to-day and Sydney May 26 from Vancouver; leaves Sydney May 31 and Auckland June 5 for Vancouver; due June 22. Leaves Vancouver June 27 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland July 16 and Sydney July 21. The Tahiti left San Francisco Wednesday for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington June 4 and Sydney June 9. Makura left Sydney Thursday for Wellington and San Francisco June 8. Leaves San Francisco for Wellington and Sydney on June 13; due Wellington July 2 and Sydney i July 7. Maunganui. leaves Sydney on June 14 for San Francisco, via Wellington, leaving Wellington on June 19; due July 6. WIRELESS REPORT Awanui.—Aorangi, Marama, Nucula, Diomede, Nauru Chief, Tofua, Tasmania, Prunus. Queen Eleanor, Scheldepas, Kairanga. Chatham Islands.—Rimutaka, Norfolk, Port Curtis, Kia Ora, Mamari. Wellington.—Tamahine, Maunganui, Niagara, Maimoa, Somerset, Mahia, Zealndic, Tamaroa, Port Dunedin, Hororata, Makura, Essex. Canadian Transporter. Paua. Awarua.—Tahiti. Wirral.