SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 1956, 22 May 1920, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. mAy. Day. h.m. Full Moon .... 3 1.17 p.m. Last Quarter .. .. 11 5.21 p.m. New Moon .. .. 1S 5.55 p.m. First Quarter .. .. 25 8.37 a.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 10.39 a.m., sets 8.55 p.m. TIDE. To-day 7.38 a.m.. 8.7 pun. To-morrow 8.35 a.m., 9.2 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 7.14 a.m., sets 4.37 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. FRIDAY, MAY 21. TARAWERA (2.50 p.m.), 2003 tons, Williamson, from Wellington. SATURDAY, MAY 22. W'AHINF. (7.25 a.m.), 4436 tons, Edwin, from Wellington. SAILED. FRIDAY, MAY 21. MAORI (9.15 p.m.), 3476 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. SATURDAY, MAY 22. H.M.S. Renown —(7 a.m.), for Melbourne. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kumara, New York, May 23. Bakauoa, Wcstport, May 23. Nlshmaha, New York, May 23. Ngahere, Greymouth, May 23. Karori, Greymouth, May 24. Breeze, Wanganui, May 24. Karu, Wellington, May 24. Kakapc. Greymouth, May 24. Monowai, Wellington, May 25. Otaki, Port Chalmers, May 26. Mokoia, Dunedin, May 26. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kanna, Westport, May 22. Westralia. Dunedin, May 22. Mokoia; Wellington, May 24. Breeze, Dunedin, May 24. Remuera, Port Chalmers, May 24. AVakatu, Kaikourn, May 24. Karu, Wellington, May 25. VESSELS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Wahine, No. 3 wharf. Tarawera, No. 3 wharf. Wakatu, No. 3 wharf. Westralia, No. 4 wharf. Kahika, No. 4 wharf. Tutanekai. No. 6 wharf. Remuera, No. 7 wharf. Kanna, Gladstone Pier. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. MELBOURNE, May 21. Sailed —Waikawa, lor Wellington. SYDNEY, May 21. Arrived—Rothesay Bay, from New Zealand. Sailed—Malieno (1 p.m.), for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, May 21. Arrived —Walhora, from Auckland. AUCKLAND, May'2l. Sailed—Louis Theriault 110 a.m.), for Adelaide. May 22. Arrived—Canadian Importer (noon), from Wellington. Sailed —Abemama, schooner (10.5 a.m.), for Sydney. WELLINGTON, May 21. Arrived —Calm (4.35 a.m.), from Timaru; SVootton (1 p.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed —Pohcrua (3.10 p.m.), for Westport. NOTES. The Westralia had been booked to sail last night lor Dunedin, in continuation of her return trip to Melbourne, via Blulf, but as it was impracticable to complete the handling of her freight, her departure had to be deferred until to-day. The Opawa left Lyttelton yesterday for Fort Chalmers to continue discharge of her Liverpool cargo. The Tarawera reached Lyttelton from Wellington yesterday afternoon, her progress being retarded by the prevalent sou'west wind and heavy seas. She will land b quantity of her northern cargo and load icveral consignments for Sydney, for which | port she will sail on Monday. The Kakapo lias been timed to arrive at this port on Monday with a full load of timber from Greymouth. There was some disagreement amongst the watersiders yesterday in connection with tile transferring of men from one vessel to another. A temporary reconciliation was effected towards 3 o'clock, but a strong nor'-west wind which afterwards sprang up rendered the discharge ol the Kaima's coal out of the question. The Kahika was subjected to enforced idleness yesterday on account of the insufficiency of empty trucks. Tlie Hakanoa left Westport at noon yesterday for Lyttelton, where she should arrive early to-morrow. After discharge she will load for Auckland. The Karori, with coal and timber from Greymouth, is due at Lyttelton on Monday. The Ngahere, coal laden from Greymouth, Is expected at this port to-morrow. The Government steamer Tutaiiekai, which came out of dock yesterday afternoon, alter being cleaned and painted, is now"looking spick-and-span. She is to sail this afternoon for Wellington. Tin ferry steamer Wahine, which arrived here this morning, had an English letter and pared mail ex the lonic. The B.M.S. Makura, due at Auckland to-morrow morning from Vancouver, is also bringing an English mail. The Remuera, after loading a quantity of mutton, is to leave here on Monday for Port Chalmers. The Waitomo, the Union Company have been advised, will leave Geelong on Monday for Lyttelton and Timaru, witli a cargo of wheat. The Mokoia is due back at Lyttelton from Dunedin on Wednesday, and will be dispatched the following evening for her usual northern ports of call. The Monowai, which has included in her cargo a large consignment of sugar, should arrive here on Tuesday next from Auckland, via Wellington. The Wakatu did not get away last night for Kaikoura and Wellington as anticipated. She will sail early on Monday morning. PEUfJONAL. Captain W. J. Eyre has taken command of the Tarawera, in place of Captain It. A. Williamson. Captain Carey, who is joining the Blackball Company's service, is to go on to the Ngakuta as second oflicer. OVERSEAS VESSELS. The Otaki. from Port Chalmers, will not arrive in Lyttelton until Wednesday. The A. and A. line cUnrtered steamer Kumara, according to a wireless message received by Messrs Kinsey and Co., her local agents, is due at Lyttelton to-morrow direct from New York. The Zcalandic, en route from Liverpool, ft due at Auckland on Monday from Syd-

ney. She is expected at Wellington about May 28. The R.M.S. Moann is due at San Francisco at the beginning of the week. Captain I). Todd, who is in command of the vessel. Will join the Tahiti, which has been laid up for some months while her boilers were being converted for burning oil-fuel. Captain B. M. Aldwell, who has been standing by the Tahiti, will bring the Moana back to New Zealand. It is understood that he will resume command nf the Mamma, which is being refitted at Port Chalmers for the San Francisco service. The New Zealand and African Company advise that the liner Westmcath, which left Liverpool on April 23, will be clue at Wellington about June 14. The F. and S. liner Surrey will load in New Zealand early next month lor Boston and New York. A four-masted schooner, built to the order of the Iluon Timber Company for the New Zealand and Australian inter-State timber trade, was recently launched at Hospital Hay, Tasmania. The vessel has been named j the Kermandic. At Hobart she is to be 'fitted with auxiliary twin oil engines. Capitain J. P. Neilsen, master of the Thuiaka, will have charge of the vessel. The steamer Dc Kail) (formerly the German steamer Prinz Eitcl Fricdrich), which ! was at anchor in Hudson River, has been ; burnt out. The hull has been beached at Spuytcn Duyvil. A vessel of 8797 tons gross. she was built in the Vulcan yard at Stettin, in 1901. At the outbreak of War she was at Tsing-tau, China, where she was fitted out as a raiding vessel, her first victims being the British steamer Cbarcas, which she captured and sank off the Chilian coast, between Valparaiso and Coronel, in the first week of December, 1914. Later she sank the British barque Kildalton, and the French barque Jean, and subsequently in the Atlantic sank three British, three French, one Russian, and one American vessel. On April 8, 1915, she was interned-at Norfolk, Virginia, and on the declaration of War was seized by the United States as a troop transport. Norwegian shipowners, in order to make up for the loss of ships through the War, ; have placed orders on the North-east Coast iof England for 147 new steamers. The owners are particularly anxious to speed up , these new contracts, in view of the stipulation of their Government that if the vessels are not in commission by a certain date thev will forfeit 60 per cent, of the insurance money paid for ships lost through the War. A New York message states that the number of American ships now passing througn the Panama Canal exceeds by one-third those of any other nation. Governor Hauling, of the Canal zone, says that Britisn , ships for a long time held preponderance by more than one-twelfth. The new P. and 0. steamer Peshawur, which recently arrived at Sydney from Calcutta, will probably remain in the Australian service. FEDERAL STEAMERS. Twenty steel cargo vessels have been built for or arc under construction in Australia for the Federal Government. Four were allotted to Williamstown, two to Cockatoo Island, six to Walsh Island, four to a firm in Queensland, and a similar number to a South Australian constructor. Six of the vessels have been launched, and the remainder will be launched before the end of the year. • The Dromana, the first vessel launched, cost £168,976, or £3O 14/0 per ton, but after making allowance for the heavy initial cost of the first vessel, it is expected that tne cost of the other vessels will be reduced. The Commonwealth authorities have been ndvised that the Dromana could be sold for £200,000, or an advance of nearly £6 per ton. The fleet of 15 cargo vessels purchased by the Prime Minister in 1915 cost £2,052,654, and against the loss on the construction of the wooden vessels, the. profits made by the whole of the Commonwealth boats amounted to £3,520,,'!20 in less than three years. Adding the profits made by working the ex-German steamers, the gross profit was £6,303,793. The total fleet now comprises 38 vessels. . In addition to the vessels being built in Australia, contracts have been let in England for the construction of five twin-screw geared turbine steel steamers, with a deadweight of about 12,180 tons. The price to be paid has not yet been fixed, but it will be based on the aggregate ot costs and charges particularly specified, plus 25 J per cent, to cover overhead charges and profit. The first vessel should he ready for delivery in 18 months after approval of thet plans; the second in May, 1921; the third in June of the same year, and the two others are to be delivered in the lollowing September.