SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17061, 4 February 1921, Page 5

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Thursday, February -trd. Wakatu, a.s. (6.35 &.m.) w 157 tons, Wills, from Kaikoura. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. Waliine. s.s. (7.10 a.m.), 4436 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Trewellard, e.'s. (7.40 a.m.). 4202 tons, liemp, from the stream. TJmon- Steam Ship Co., agents. Paparoa., sa (12.30 p.m.), 7697 tons, Martin, from tihe stream. N.Z. Shipping Co., agents. ' , , Sealda, e.g. (1.30 p.m.), 5362 tons, Sinclair, from the stream. Union Steam Ship Co. t agents. . _ , "Waikouaiti, s.s. (4.40 p.2b.)> 3€Bo tons, Paul, from Wellington. Union. Steam Ship • Co., agents. „ ~ Calm, 8.9. (7.10 p.m.), 891 tons. Braidwood, from Picton. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents Baden Powell, B.s. (8.15 p.m.), 174 tons, McPhcrson, from Wellington. Kinsey and .00., Ltd., agents. DEPARTURES. Thursday, February Brd. Trevalgan, b.s. (6.30 a.m.) ; 4185 tons," Evans, for Dunedin. N.Z. Shipping Co., agents. Flora, s«.« (2.25 p.m.) 1283 tons, McLelkn., for Oaniaiu. Union Steam Ship Co., a^ente. W-aiatapu, s.s. . (3.15 p.m.), 8886 tone, Smith, for Duradin. Kinsey and Co.. Ltd. agents. I Rama, s.s. (9.50 p.m.), 610 tons, Cart-near, for Waitangi. Kinsey and Co.;' Ltd., agents. Wahine, s.s. (8.30 p.m.), 4436 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co.. agents EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Maori, Wellington, this day. i. Katoa, Wellington, this_ day. Orepukd, Greymouth, this day. Breeze, Pioton, this day. Wahine, Wellington, February sth. Willastora, Hampton, February, sth. Someiraet. Timaru, February sth. Kahika, Greymouth, February sth. Wootton, Wellington, February Gth. Waitemata, Wellington, February Bth. Rama, Waitangi, February Bth. Durham, Napier, February £th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, Wellington, this day. Esse*, Timaru, this day. Wakatu, Kaikoura, this day. Calm, Dunedin, this day. Wahine,' Wellington) Februaa-y otk Baden Powell, Wellington, February Gth. Katoa, Dunedin, February Bth. Breeze, Dunedin, February sth. Canopus, Westport, February sth. - Orepuki, Greymouth, February Btih. SHIPPING NOTES. The Rama, left hero last night for Waitangi to load sheep for Lyttelton. Sho took passengers and is due baok here on Tue&day. The Essex should get away to-d<uy for Tiraaru to continue discharge of her New York cargo. The Wakatu is to leave heTe this afternoon for' Kaikoura, and Wellington. The Baden Powell arrived last -evening from Wellington. Shei is to sail to-morrow on the return trip. The Waiatapu left here yesterday aflternoon, for Dunedin, where she will continue discharge of her Liverpool cargo. It is hoped to cfecjtetcli fch© Caiiopua iob .Westport to-morrow. Her loading port is not yet announced. The Durhaa is expected her® on Wednesday to load mutton, wool, and sundries for the. West Coast of the United Kingdom The Paparoa is to load 40,000 carcases of mutton here for I Come. . . The Orepuki is due here to-day with timber from Greymouth. She is timed to, leave oil the return trip on Tuesday. The Flora left here yesterday afternoon for Oamaru and Dunedin. She shouM be back here eariy next week to load" for Wei'ington, New Plyraaultb, and Nelson. The Sealda berthed here yesterday afternoon and commenced discharge of her Eastern cargo. Owing l to having no trucks and no labour the Trewellard did not commence work yesterday. • ' _. . Owing to the congestion of snipping m port the Harbour Soaxd decided on Wednes■day to ooea tKe east si<i& of No. H jeftty for work, and accordingly tire N.Z. Shipping Co.'s steamer P&paroa was Drought in from the stream yesterday morning and berthed oboTtly after noon. ' There are no vessels in the stream bow, the Trewellard took the Trevalgan's place at 4!ho Gladstone pier yesterday morning, the Sealda was berthed fit the weet side of No. 4, whilo the Waikoniaiti, which arrived early in the afternoon,* w»3 berthed, after a short wait in the dream, in the place vacated by the Waiatapu* The (truck shortage was verv acute, however, and no overtime was worked ■ last night except, on the Paparoa, which is loading mutton and is not affected, and the Rama, which was also loading. The Paparoa is the first oversea vessel to berth at No. 2 wharf for many years. The grab dredge Te Whaka has been engaged far eome mo nit lis in deepening the e®st side of the wharf, and where is now 35 feet of water. at low spring tides. The wharf has been) out of commission, for »£arly threeTears, and the west side is not yet finished. The wharf has been lengthened b-- 200 feet, and is now the longest in tho harbour. The oHer portipn has been repaired, new piles driven, and new decking 1 laid down. A railwav plaitform is being constructed on the west side, for the n» of ferry passengers, who will now be able to enter or leave tn« ferry trains on the same level as the airnage platforms, instead of having to clamber up and down as they do a* present It wfll be a month or two yet before th« ferry steamers will be able to use the wharf, but the east side is now permanently opened and will provide for one overseas steamer an 4 a coastel steamer, or three fair siz«l coastal boats could be easily accommodated. The opening of this vrfiarf should assist considerably in relieving the congestion. ' THE BARQUE ANTIOPE. (press association- telegram.) . DUNEDIN, February 3. Gable advice received by the Iron and Steel Company of New Zealand states that at a Court of Enqmry held at Lorenzo Karqueie in connexion. into a fire on the J barque. Antiope, it decided that the fire was T>urely accidental,, and no blame was attach- | abls to the captain or crew. The vessel is | badly damaged, and it is not yet decided , what steps will be taken towards putting her in commission again. J

N.Z. SHIPPING CO. 3 LINE. Papa, roa—Ejected to "leave Lyttelton aT'out Bth instant for Wellington. Runpehu—From Southampton, to I/yttelton, airivod Nowpc-rt c.vs 30th January. AVoodarra —Home-waid bound, arrived Newport News 30th January.' STEAMERS WITHIN WIRELESS-RANGE OF NEW ZEALAND. Awanui —Marama.. E. R. Sterling, H. B. Sterling, West Camargo, Gauges. Auckland —Otarama. Northumberland, Kanna, West Camargo. . Wellington—Wi'.laston, Waikmmiti, Wai--pori, Tarawera, Katoa, Orari, Ft.' Stephens. : Awarua—Cathlamet, Tutanfkai, Port Melbourne. Chatham Islands—Donald McKay, Port Hacking. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LONDON, February 2. Arrived, at Newport News, from New Zealand. Woodarra; at Colombo, AthoU; Port Natal, Nestor. WELLINGTON, February 3. Arfived, Otaki (5.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Maori (7.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Wootton (3 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Arahura, from Picton; Kapiti from Wonguriui. Sailed, Waipori (12.25 a.m.), Tor Weefrnart; Tarawera (12.30 a.m.), for Syaucy; Kokiri (o p.m.), for Wostport; Nibau (6 p.m.). for Nelson: Orari (6 p.m.), for London, via Panama; Maori (7.4S p.m.), for Lyttelton. *

WORKING HOURS AT SEA. (FROU OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, December 16. Representatives of 12,000.000 tons of shipping and £400,000,000 of capital wore hostr at a luncheon given by the International Shipping Federation to Monsieur Albert Thomas. Lord Inchcnpe took the opportunity to touch on industrial matters of shipping importance. •Mentioning that the chief subject for discussion by the international delegate® at Geneva—delegates not only of. maritime, but also of inland countries without a seaboard, all possessing equal voting powers, whether they represented large or small populations —was the regulation of the hours of the hours of labour'at sea. Lord' Inchcape said he was not in the least exaggerating in stating that after a fairljr long as a shipowner, it waa his considered opinion, as well as the opinion of every shipowner with whom he had discussed the matter, that if the conference, instead of rejecting the proposal by a narrow majority of individual votes, had adopted that hard and fast principle, the result would have had a disastrous effect on chipping. The suggjstei regulation of the eeafarcPa hours of labour would have involved a great enlargement of crews, a great increase in expenditure, and a serious curtailment of space. He hopedi the proposal would not be revived. (Hear, heaJ.) ■ In all British ships, at any rate—and, he. beleved, in almost all ships—there had been for many years thxee watches in the stokehold. There they had the eight-hour day, but in regard to deck hands, whose duties were not of the onerous and tissue consuming character of thosel below, * two watches only were in vogue. But , there # was' no hardship in this, "as half the time the men had very little to do. If the eight-hoar day were extended to the deck, it would mean carrying matoy more hands, and to leave men on board ship who had; little to do when they would be on, duty for only two spells of four hours each in the, twenty-four hours, with' sixteen hours off 3uty, would not be desirable. The eight-hour day waa not suited to ship life, and if the idea waa that it would give more employment, he was perfectly satisfied that this was a fundamental error. (Hear, hear.) He believed it would givo less, and he was convinced that the men themselves did not.want it, and would be bored to death if they got it. (Laughter.) He did not know how many hours a. day Mons. Thomas had worked during the course of his strenuous life. He was safe to say it was more like sixteen than eight. He believed they were safe in Mons. Thomas's hands, and that while ha would do his utmost to improve the conditions of labour, in which he _ would have them, all wholeheartedly with him, he would refrain from recommending to his colleagues any quixotic measures which would have the effect of strangling any industry, initiative, and enterprise, and reducing the whole world to a condition of ineitia. (Cheers,) Tluy had to face- hard facts. If they all cased off arid did nothing, they would' be consuming l their own substance, and the world would be set back to the primeval age. It might be happier. He did not think so. It might be better to Btop all railways, all True traffic, all steamers, at five o'clock every night; all collieries, all blast furnaces,' all .public utility works, such as electric lighting, and to start work again, at nine o'clock in ■ the morning. It might be better to confine theatres and cinemas to matinees and to close all the publichouses and clubs at five p.m., but the world would become extremely dull, and, so far as life at seat was concerned, he would not caro to be in charge of a vessel in a rough sea which had to heave-to at five p.m. and wait till the morning. He had a letter from a man the other day saying it was breaking the Divine law to keep P. and O. steamers -under -way on Sundays. All that w-aa not worth serious consideration if the world was to be kept goinff. > Mons. Albert Thomas, responding in French, agreed with Lord Inohcapi* in his recent statement to the shareholders of the P. and O. Company that industrial peace was the only means oi restoring production. The war had overthrown all national and international economy on wihich. modern civilisation rested, and they were obliged at the present times to endeavour to reconstruct the nations which had been shaken to their foundations. It waa in, that spirit only that the International Labour Office and shipowners of the world—and shipowners of Great [Britain in particular—could meet. More than any others, the shipowners of Great Britain understood that reconstruction could not be merely national reconstruction, but must be international. Any nation which tried by itself to liberate itself from the heap cf ruins into which the war had plunged it found itself hindered at every step. There was no reconstruction possible except international reconstruction. Shipowners and seamen understood that better than anyone else. By conference! they might multiply their draft conventions' and their recommendations, but there would be no social reform and no social transformation possible if at tbi base of economic prosperity there was not at least normal activity of industry. That was why they agreed in demanding- that human prodnotion, which was the basis of civilisation, should be the first occupation of everyone, and that th 9 International Labour Office should undertake to study the means of restoring production. But it was not suffi'cient that production should be restored. The peace they were seeking could not be a peaoe unless it was understood and accepted by aIL A heavy responsibility had been placed upon him as chairman of the Brussels Conference of the International Federal tion of and Seamen, by the declaration of Lord Inchoape on th» eight hours question, but he hoped that when the time came they would be able to find a solution which would be satisfactory.