SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 164, 17 August 1914, Page 4

SHIPPING.

» PHASES OF THE MOON. AUGUST. Day. Hour. Pull moon .. 6 0.11 p.m. Last quarte- . . 14 0.26 p.m. New moon .. 21 11.57 p.m. First quarter ... 28 4.23 p.m. MOON. Moon rises 3.49 a.m., sets 0.8 p.m. tonorrow. TIDE.

To-day, , 0.18 p.m. To-morrow, 0.46 a.m., 1.14 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 0.54 a.m., sets 5.13 p.m. ARRIVED. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15. POHERUA (9-15 p.m.), 1175 tons, Hilton, from Westport. SUNDAY, AUGUST 10. CORINNA (7.10 a.m.), 1271 tons, ron. from Timaru. r KOWHAI (10 a.m.), 792 tons, A\. A\. Hender, from Timaru. MAORI (10.45 a.m.), 3399 tons, W. Mannine, from Wellington. Passengers: 400 saloon and steerage., OPOURI (11.30 a.m.), 577 tons, R. Pearson, from Greymouth. DEFENDER (11.55 a.m.), 190 tons, Jamieson, from Westport. lIITTAWA, 1247 tons, J. Baldwin, from Breymouth. MONDAY, August 17. CANOPUS (7.40 a.m.), 1337 tons, Lobb, from Wellington. SAILED.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

WOOTTON (3.50 p.m.), 150 tons, S. Lavsen, for Wellington. MOKOIA (5.30 p.m.), 3502 -tons, Carson, i for Dunedin. WAHINE (8.30 p.m.), 4435 tons, B. M Aldwell, for Wellington. Passengers: 380 .; saloon and 120 steerage. BREEZE (midnight), 553 tons, Gordon, for Timaru and Dunedin. EXPECTED TO-DAY. Breeze, Dunedin. TO-MORROW ~ Wahine, Wellington. Rakiura, Wellington. Monica, Akaroa. Wakatu, Kaikoura. TO SAIL TO-DAY. * Maori, Wellington. Monica, Akaroa. Kowhai, Napier. Corinna, Wellington. Canopus, Westport. Opouri, Wellington. TOMORROW'. Wahine, Wellington. Defender, Wellington. Breeze, Wellington. * } BY TELEGRAPH. " ',/.'•' OVERSEA. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, August 15. Sailed—Warrimoo (5.30 p.m.), for Wellington. IK August 10. Arrived —Coringa, towing the disabled steamer Cairnhill. COASTAL. , - Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 15. Arrived—Verdala 7.30 a.m.), from New York, via Durban. Sailed—Tarawera (12.45 p.m.), for southern ports; Whangape (5.30 p.m.), for Westport- Kaeo, schooner, for East Coast bays and Gisborne; Elsie Mary, schooner, for Tolago Bay. August 16. Arrived —Riverina (9.10 a.m.), from Sydney. August I<. * Arrived—Hawke's Bay, from London. Arrived—Hawke's Bay (7.15 a.m.), from Sydney; Victoria (7.30 a.m.), from southern ports. ■ ■ ~" WELLINGTON, August 15. Sailed —Monowai and Moeraki (6.10 a.m.), sealed orders. August 16. Arrived —Wahine.(7.2o a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kamo (7.35 a.m.), from Greymouth; Mapourika (10.50 a.m.), from Westport; Waihora (3.10 p.m.), from Westport. Sailed —Canopus (5.15 a.m.), for Lyttelton. Katoa (5.25 a.m.), sealed orders. WELLINGTON, August 17. To Sail —Wahine (8 p.m.), for Lyttelton. PORT AHURIRI, August 15. Sailed—Cecilia Sudden, schooner (8.10 A.m.), for Hobart. , GREYMOUTH, August 15. Sailed —Kittawa (4.20 a.m.), for Lyttelton. KAIKOURA,- August 15. Arrived—Wakatu (5 a.m.), from Lyttelton. TIMARU, August. 15. Arrived —Storm (8.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton.

Sailed—Corinna (8 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Kowhai (8 p.m.), for Lyttelton. ' DUNEDIN, August 15. Arrived—Ulimaroa (9.40 a.m.), from Lyttelton. August IG. Arrived—Kotare (8.55 a.m.), from Waikawa; MokOia ,(9.45 a.m.), from northern ports. ' Sailed—Ulimaroa (9.45 a.m.), for Bluff. ' " 'NOTES. The Union Company's Maitai could not be docked on Saturday as was intended, but the work was carried out yesterday morning. She sails to-day for Wellington. Yesterday morning the Opouri arrived at Lyttelton from Greymouth. She leaves tonight for Wellington with a cargo for transhipment to the Ruapehu, returning to sail for Greymouth on Wednesday. An unexpected arrival at Auckland on Thursday (says the ''Herald'') was the Norwegian barque Cairnsmore. The Cairnsmore came from Apia, Samoa, in ballast, and was on her way to Westport. She is Ipaking slightly as a result of several rivets becoming loosened, and the captain therefore decided I<> put into Auckland to have his vessel docked. The Cairnsmore left Westport, early in .Itine fast with a cargo of coal for Samoa, and tlii.s is the first time she has been reported since. When she left Apia on .lune 22 war had not been declared, and the crew were in ignorance of the position of affairs until the vessel was taken in tow by the Auckland Harbour Board's tug. The officers reported that the Cairnsmore had followed the ordinary course taken by vessels on the voyage from Samoa, but those on board saw no signs of any warships throughout the passage, which occupied 22 days. While in port the Cairnsmore w.ll fce docked for repairs and overhaul.

At tlie launch of the leviathan Bismarck by the Kaiser On .Tune 20 last the Burgomaster of Hamburg stated that in 1887 the Ham-burg-America. Line decided to build two fast, steamers, and, almost as a matter of course, intended to have them constructed in England. But the Kaiser and Bismarck together urged that at least one should be built in Germany. The Hamburg-American Line decided to take the risk, and we know what has happened since. The Bismarck is the biggest ship afloat, and she lias two sister ships larger than any built in any other country. But, at the same time, it has been "ascertained by statisticians that only about one-half of Germany's .seaborne trade is carried in German ships. GERMAN ENTKKI'JUSE. At a recent dinner in London Mr Harold A. Sanderson, chairman o' the Aberdeen "White Star Line, in proposing ''The Australian Common wealth," spoke of the new liner JOurijicdes as evidence of the determination of Messrs George Thompson and Co. to keep the "Aberdeen Line well to the front. Quite recently, he remarked, they had read a great deal about the alleged challenge made; to British shipowners by their German friends in connection with the trade in Australasia. He could honestly say, however, that he krunv of no siich challenge. The Germans were very enterprising. Opportunities for expansion occurred periodically, and they must ex-

pect to see (lie Germans developing their mercantile marine. He liad had a great deal of experience of their German shipowning friends and he had always found them ready to make reasonable arrangements on a live-and-let-live principle. He found, too, that whenever they made those arrangements they adhered to them, both in the letter and in the spirit. This was spoken only six weeks before the war broke out.