SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17624, 29 November 1922, Page 13

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ' i AEBIVALS. Tuesday, November 28th. Mararoa. 8.8. (6.35«. m), 25»8 tons, Irwia, from ■Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. —:" • _ , , Wakatu, 1.8 (9.80 p.m.), lflT tona.VHobert«on, from Kaikoura. Kinaey and Co., .Ltd., agents. i DEPARTOTHES. Tuesday, November' 28th. Mararoa, s.a. (9.15 p.m.), 2598 toas, Irwia, for Wellington. Union Steam fihip Co., agents. ■ Expected Arrivals. JEatoppo, Wellington, thi» day. iiolmdale, Timaru, this day. Wootton, Wellington, this day. Kennedy, Wellington, this day. Waipori, Westport. this day. Wingatui, Wellington, November 80th, Maori, Wellington, November 80th. Calm, Timaru, November 80th.' Tremartim, Wellington, November 80th. "Cygnet, Nelson, November 80th. Bretze, Picton, December Ist. Corinna, Timaru, December. Ist. ~ ■ . . Kaituna, Timaru, December 2nd. Karori, Wellington, December 2nd. Trelyon, Wellington,, December 3rd. .* . NgaJhere.' .West-port. December 4th. . Kamo, Chathams, December 4th. Wanaka, Wellington/, December 6th. Canadian Conqueror, Dunedin, December «ih. Kini, Timaru, Deoember Bth: lonio, Auckland, December 18th.

Projected Departures. Holmdale, Wellington, this day. Opua, Wellington, this day. . Middlesex, New Plymouth, thi» day. Wakatu, Kaikoura, this day. Waihemo, Dunedin, November 80th. Wingatui, Dunedin, November 80th. Maori, Wellington, November SOtih. Calm. Wellington, November 30th. Kennedy, Foxton, November 30th. Wootton Wellington. November 30th. Wadpori, Timaru, November 30th. ■ Corinna, Wellington, December Ist. Treniartjn, Melbourne, December Ist. Cygnet, Titirangi, December Ist. Breeze, Dunedin, December 2nd. Kaittma, Auckland, December 2nd. Karon, Timaru. December 4th. Wanalca, Dunedin, Deoember 6th. Canadian Conqueror. Wellington, December 7th. Kini, Gisborne, December Bth. '** Wahine, Wellington, indefinite.

SHIPPING NOTES. The Opua completes loading to-day for Wellington, Weatport, and Ureymouth. The .tknindale loads to-day for Wellington and Wanganui. \ The Kama is due back from the Chatham* on .Monday. The V\<dtatu loads to-day for Kaikoura. and Wellington. The Comma i B to load at Timaru tomorrow and at Lyttelton on Friday, for Kelson and New Plymouth. The Waipon is due to-day with coal and timber from Westport. She is to sail to»'ro" Timaru, Oam&ru, and Dunedin. Tho Waikouaiti will complete discharge, on Saturday, when she will' bo docked for cleaning, painting, and survey. Tho Hains steamer Tremartin is due tom°r:oZ J Km New Orleans, via Auckland and Wellington. She has bulk sulphur to discharge, and is to go from hew to Melbourn©. The Kaituna ia to load on Saturday for Auckland, sailing via Wellington. The Karori is due from Greymouth, via WeUngton, on Satuiday, and goes to Timaru to complete discharge. The Wanaka is due from Auckland,- via New Plymouth and Wellington on Wednee- ■ £ Sf!; • F " >m h « M **>» &«"» to Dunedin and Bluff. '' We , a . r6 pleased that we have finrehad with lying:,in the roadstead-at Waitara," «., • 3,111 Cornwall, master of the Oteki, to a Taranaki "Daily News" reporter a few days ago. "Shipmasters are not fond of lying in the roadsteads," he added, "more particularly on ths west coast of New Zealand, where the prevailing wind ia westerly. There is constant risk while ,we are at anchor, and .we sre glad to be-able to come to New Plymouth.' Referring to the ac- I commodation at New Plymouth, he praised the wind screen as an excellent idea, and urged that the port should be further deto increase the\ berthage for large steamers. A Wellington reporter was. informed that tmder a recent pronouncement of the Ar-

bitration Court in Australia the wages of cooks and stewards on Australian articles had been reduced by lis 6d a month, as compared with the reduction of 10a a month recently made in the wages of cooks and stewards on New Zealand articles. VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE OF N.Z. Auckland—Waiotapu, Navua, Trevarrack, Arahura, Canadian Britisher, Mahia. WeiUnqitom.—Wiagatoiij Port Victor, I 'Tiainui, rKalaa, Qjuhiti, Hdmutaka, Bad- ! manawa, H.M.S. Laburnum, Kaituna, Ma- j toppo, Durham, Port Denniston. GABRIELLA AT WANGANTJI. j| There arrived at Castleoliff wharf (Wanganui) last week the steamer Gahriella, a new >vessel which is to bo run in conjunction with the Ihumata, Joan Craig, and other vessels in the Waiiganui-Australian trade. It says much for the future of Wanganui as a port that the owners have Been fit to put this fine vessel in the Wanganui service. When it was deoided that another vessel had to be secured for this trade, no trouble or expense was spared in searching for a suitable one. The Gaibriolla cairries 2600 tons of cargo on a very light draught, and ia in every way most suitable for the service in which she Is employed. On this voyage she has ISOO tons of coal for the Wanganui gasworks, 8000 telegraph pole's for the Post and Telegraph Department, and a large quantity of hardwood timbeT for the Waaganui Harbour Board and- other consignees. The GaMiella is commanded by Captain R. Matheson former master of the Ihumata. TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO SERVICE. The Union Company announce the following movements of the,<veasels of,their transpacific cargo fleet.— The Hauraki, from Paoino- Coast port*, via New Zealand ports, is expected to clear Melbourne this week, for Adelaide and~Sydney. After completion .of discharge of inward cargo she proceeds to Pacific Coast to take January loading for ■ New Zealand and Australian ports. The Waiotapu, from Pacific Coast ports,' sailed from San Francisco on Saturday, November 4th, for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney, She is due at Auckland about Thursday, November 80th. The Wairuna, en route from Newcastle, was due at Vanoouver about Thursday, November 23rd. She loads at Pacific Coast ports, and is expected to clear Ban Francisco about the middle of December for Auckland, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney; The Wiimarino,' «n route from Lyttelton, is due 1w Vancouver'about Friday, December Bthjfto load at Pacifio Coast porta for Napier,' New Plymouth, LyttelDunedin, and Sydney. ■ * ' The Waihemo. is to leave Lyttelton to-day for Dunedihj Tiiniru, andi Sydney.. .She afterwards jrill proceed to Newcastle for bunkers, thence Pacifio Coast, via Honolulu. She takes -the late January loading from the Pacific elope. ' LIGHTHOUSES GtilNG OUT. The lamp of an old lighthouse on the New England coast was recently extinguished an 3 the picturesque old tower converted into a museum. In the opinion of many experts of the lighthouse service 'the change is significant. A number of famous wHve-swiSpt lighthousesMm America have coat the Government a quarter of a million dollars or more to erect, and many lives have been lost is building them. There ana to-day nearly. 1000/ such structures in the United States whioh /require the constant attention of lighthouse keepers. It is belrved that modern invention makes it possible to do away with the older forms of beacons and their attendants. v

Modern science has -made it possible to operate a, light automatically without Attention ior\a year ox mope. The invention of the radio compass promises to revolutionise methods of long-distano© signalling at sea. A brilliant light may be plaoed on a floating buoy in a dangerous position far from land which will functionyfor two years without being visited.

So great has been the advance in developing light signals that the costly and complicated lenses indispensable in old-time lighthouses are no longer required. The powerful modern lights have a greater elective range alone than, many of. the old lights with the aid of these complicated lenses. The most powerful coast lights are now supplied by burning oil vapour, which is . oheaply and conveniently supplied. It is cot generally known, that the most powerful light in Amelia, at the entrance to New York harbour, is supplied in this way. An elaborate electric ligiht plant was ■established to provide ptfwar for its illumination, which developed- a candl* power of 25,000,000. The light which guards the great shipping of New York harbour is now supplied by* an insignificant can containing gas under pressure. The automatic lighthouse is quite as dependable as those cared for by light-keepers and their families. It is oven possible to inatal automatic fog' signals in connexion with the lights which will operate without attention for indefinite periods. The picturesque lighthouse towers built of solid masonry are being replaced by much simpler and less artistic structures which are fir cheaper. The modeniTight-towers are being standardised. This is especially the case of the lights used in such numbers in inland waters and protected positions along the coasts.

I • L | MOST LUXUKIOUS YACHT. . i ! Commodore "Vanderbi'.t, of the New York ' ; Yacht Club, sailed from Southampton for ' New York recently, in a yacht which i» with- • ' out peer in the world. 9 She i 3 the Ara, a motor-yacht of 897 tons, ' built before the war to the order of M. Heiiot, of the Magazin du Louvre, Paris. She was commandeered by the French Go- ' vernnient for war service as a sloop, and since her release ehe was awaited a pur- [. chaser who could run her. Commodore , Vandorbilt has turned the Ara inside out, . retained nothing but her Diesel engines, and i made her into the largest and most luxuri- | ous yacht in the world. Her deck-houses i-are equipped with the most beautiful wood- ': work and the finest hangings. Famous : I artists and craftsmen have had their way J with her, and have made her into a wonder ' i ship. She has a drawing-room with wide, • square windows and French grey decorai tive scheme. In the pleasant vestibule of the drawing-room were all the oommodore'o fishing gear, as it was his first intention to seek tarpon in the Gulf of Florida. v The accommodation for the crew excels that of any ship. There ia even a showerbath. All the auxiliary equipment of the yacht is_ electrically driven, oven to the laundry, which lies aft. Crude oil and gas will be used as fuel, and there is bunker capacity for 150 tona. ' ' It is stated that her wireless equipment is as powerful u that used in the Uajeitio.

I smPHMtt TBKBORAMa LIVERPOOL, November 86. Sailed, Westmoreland, for New Zealand; HULL, November 36. Arrived, Tresithney, from Australia. AYONMOUTH, November 88. Arrived, Armagh, iron; Australia. ANTWERP, November 96. Sailed, Dongarra, for Australia, MARSEILLES. November 86. Arrived, Ehyber, from Australia, ior London. NAPLES, Novembed 26. Sailed, ore«de9 (from London), for Australia, CAPE TOWN, November 26. Sailed, BeirajiaJd (from London), for Australia. SINGAPORK. November 23. Sailed, Marella, for Svdnoy. PERIM, November 26. . Paesed, Csrignano, from Australia, for Genoa; Wollongbar, from Glasgow, for Australia. SYD"NEY. November 28. Arrrred, TJlimaroa (8.36 a.m.), from Auckland; Laura, from Grey mouth. AUCKLAND, November 08. Arrived, Kent (7.30 a.m.). from Liverpool; Waiotapu (8 p.m.), from S.\n Pranoisco. Mahia (6.20 a.m.), for London; Canadian Britisher (5.80 ;nj, for Sydney Arahura (noon), for Gisborne. WELLINGTON, November 88. Arrived, Kaitoa (8.25 a.m.), from Nelson; Coronation (3.50 p.m.). from Nelson; Kahika (4.30 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Breeze (5.5 p.m.), from Lyttelton: Wainui (5.50 p.m.) from Picton; Port Victor (8 p.m.), from' Newcastle: Wairau (8.30 p.m.), from Blenheim. Sailed, Admiral (S a.m.), for Picton; Hawera (10.10 ji.m.). for Patpa; Wootton (1.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Matoppo (5.15 p.m.). far Lyttelton; Kaituna (6.5 p.m.), for Oamaru; Kaitoa (6.30 p.m.), for Nelson.