SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16408, 31 December 1918, Page 9

SHIPPING.

. \ ■ PORT OP LYTTELTON. ARRlVED—December 30th. Tainui (7.!j a.m.), from Wangnnui. SAlLED—December 30th. / .. Cfornet (1.30 ».jpAJpt.*Ka'.kourSi~i-i —- • Miruroa "Xj.oo p.m.), for Wellington. Taimii (8120 p.m.), for Welling-ton. Putiii (8.30 p.m.), for Wellington. SHIPPING NOTES., • A Nelson telegram states that a small steamer, believed to bc tlio Huin, went ashore at Farewell Spit, four miles east of the.-light-house, - on Saturday. On Sunday it was repotted that she had been refloated on the flood tide. Tlio Huia left New Plymouih on Friday "for Tar'akohe. v The coastal steamer Regulus arrived in port on Sunday from Ncbon, laden with fruit and- general cargo. She. discharged at Lyttelton yesterday and will load produce and -general- commodities- hero for Wellington, Nelson, Westport, and Greymoutli, sailing today. tu- Wakattt, having been delayed at Wellington, did not arrive at Lyttelton last evening as expected. She should reach this port to-night, and will sail on Thursday with cargo for .Kaikoura and Wellington. • The Cygnet's running las -been altered for the holiday period. She left port yesterday far Kaiko'ura,. arid will return to Lyttelton tonight. Ora Thursday she will proceed to Akaroa end the' Peninsula Bays. , The officers and crew of the Union Co.'a collier Kaliika signed off the vessel's articles at Lyttelton yesterday. The officers included. G. Kcowles, master; R. McArthur, mate; K. Craig, chief engineer; L. R. Loraine, second engineer.- Mr John Bald, second mate of the steamer Calm, signed ol the vessel at VLy ttelton yesterday. ' The American schooner Oakland; which put into the stream at Lyttelton on Saturday, was towed to the Heads by tho tug Lytelton at* 5 o'clock yesterday, preparatory to setting sail lor S-an Francisco, via Apia. Mr J. Ritchio has joined the Kurow as second offioer, and Mr T. C. Sawyers has gone ashore.' Mr A. Rawlins has signed on as third officer, in place of Mr T. Robertson. Mr J. Hamcs, second engineer of the Mapou-rik-a, has left that vessel. Mr JS. P. Burns having sucoeeded him. Mr A. Jackson has joined the Baden Powell as mate. Captain J. Hawick has. resumed command of tha steamer John. The Wootton should be among' to-day's arrivals at Lyttelton. She is bringing cargo from Wellington. . Before returning north she will bo,docked at Lyttelton to receive her annual > overhaul and survey. The Union Co.'s steamer Tarawwa, which is discharging Timaru cargo at Auckland, will load at the northern port for discharge at Lyttelton and Timaru. The R.M.S. Makura is expected to be ready for departure'from Auckland for Vancouver on January Bth, but 'she may be detained at, the New Zeiland port until one or two days later. The N.Z. Refrigerating Company's steamer Tainui reached Lyttelton yesterday morning with-a cargo - of "frozen produce from Wanganui. She sailed north last evening with general' csurgo. The arrival of the Breeze at Lyttelton ia ' cxpected to-day. She is coming from Dunedin, via Timarn. She will remain in port until the New Year, and will thereafter proceed to Picton and Wanganui. The Wanaka will proceed shortly from Wellington to Oamaru and Dunedin. After unloading she will be docked at Fort Chalmers for survey and overhaul. • ° _ SHIPPING AT AUCKLAND. - EFFECT OF WAR CONDITIONS. The number of shipping arrivals at the Port of Auckland was considerably affected by the outbreak of hostilities, and showed a marked decrease each year the war con- ' 'tinued. The net tonnage of arrivals —including ovets-ea, inter-colonial, and coastal-ship-ping—in 1913, was 1,938,050 tons.. In 1911— the .year .tho war .commenced—it was 1.970,808 tons, an increase of 32,758 tons. 'Hie following year, when shipping was reouisitioned for war purposes, the arrivals dropped to 1.810,833 tons, a decrease ol 350.976 tons. In 1916 the arrivals fell off by 67.28!) tons'compared with the prevous year, and in 1917 they decreased a further 235,963 tons 7 . For the 11 months of this year the arrivals totalled' 1,160,681 tons, so that if the monthly average is maintained for Dccemoei "the total for the year will bo 1,266,197 tons, a decrease en last year of 348,381 tons. On tho assumption that the 1914 figures would have beetn maintained but for the war, - the total decrease during the four years has been over 1,127,082 tons.MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA. VESSELS. Amy Turner,' barque, left San Francisco November 25th, for Lyttelton direct; du« about the end of January. A. S. Fateraoi and Co., agents; Claude Ferrier and Co. port agents. _ __ Caroline, schooner, to sail from San Fran- . Cisco in February; due at Lyttelton ir 'April. • . from TJcited SiTisrnr>—- Aua

tralia; duo at Lvttelton about the end of January. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. Duquesne, ship, at Lyttelton; arrived from San Francisco December 7th; sails January for San Francisco. Claude Fenier and Co., agents. ' Hororaia, leaves London early in January, for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. N.Z. Shipping Co.", agents. John and Winthrop, schooner, left San Francisco September 17lb; due Lyttelton early. Kauri, left Melbourne December 27th; due Lyttelton early. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Kaiapoi, due at Lyttelton early from Melbourne, via Bluff and Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. . Middleham Castle, leaves St. John January, for Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. New Zealand Shipping Co., aneits Moeraki, leaves Sydney early for Wellington and Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Opihi, left Vancouver November 16th, arrived Wellington December 28th; duo at Lyt telton early. F. E. Sutton and Co., agents. Orator, steamer, from Colombo, soiled irom Newcastle December 18th; arrived Lyttelton December 23rd.' Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. Port Alma, left Lyttelton December 7th for Port Said, via Colombo; returns to New Zealand. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. Ruahine, sailed from London December 2nd for New Zealand ports, via Panama; due Auckland January. New Zealand Steam Ship- j ping Company, agents. j Ruapehu. leaves London end of Decembet, for New Zealand ports:_ duo AiytteJton February. New Zealand Shipping Co., agents. Suevic, sailed from London November 21st, via Panama. Melbourne, and Hobart, for Auckland, "Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port I Chalmers; due Auckland January-17th, and at Lyttelton about two weeks later. Dalgety and Co., agents. Westralia, due at Lyttelton _ early from Melbourne, via "Wellington; sails later for Melbourne, via Dunedin and Bluff, Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. Zingara, scow, from Sydney, due at Lyttelton. A. Rhind and Co., port agents. ! i SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ' SYDNEY, December 30. ' Arrived, Joan Craig, from New Zealand. NEWCASTLE, December 30. Sailed, Koromiko, for New Zealand. . . (Received December 30th, 7.55 p.m.) LONDON, December 29. • Sailed, Briton and Takeda, for Wellington. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD, DEC. 30th. Wellington—Sailed, Maori (5.15 p.m.), for Lyttelton.. . •