SHIPPING

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21992, 16 January 1937, Page 19

SHIPPING

PORT OF LYTTELTON

ARRIVALS Friday, January 15 Waimarino. s.s. 15.55 a.m.), .3067 tons, Cameron, from Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Tr,„ Q Wahine, s.s. (6.40 a.m.), 4436 tons, Kane, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship C °A^ P aho y u, a r g n e s%.ls a.m.). 410 tons. Copland, from Timaru. Kinsey and Company, Ltd., agents.

DEPARTURES Friday, January 15 Lacklan, m. tanker (7.20 a.m.), BG70 T tons, Henderson, for Duneclin, Atlantic Union Oil Company, agents. Karetu, s.s. (1.30 p.m.), 3235 tons, Corby, for Dunedin, Union Steam Ship Company, agents. „ Awahou m.s. (2.40 p.m.), 410 tons, Copland, for Wellington. Kinsey and Company, Ltd., agents. „ . Trojan Star, s.s. (4.50 p.m.), 9025 tons, Fielding, for London, via Wellington. A. H. Tumbull and Company, Ltd., agents. Kauri, m.s. (6.45 p.m.), 2361 tons, Gardiner, for Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Waimarino, s.s. (6.20 p.m.), 3067 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wahine, s.s. (8.30 pm), 4436 tons, Kane, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents.

VESSELS IN I'OKT

Vessel. Berth. From. Foxton—No. 4 E. Laid up,

Naruada—No. 3W. Calcutta Timaru Kaimai—G.P.W. Wcstport Westport

EXPECTED ARRIVALS Rangatii-a. Wellington, this day (2 West). Gale, Timaru, this day (3 East). Wahine, Wellington, January 17. Canadian Constructor, Wellington Janu-

ary 17. Fort Waikato, Wellington, January 17. Taupata. Tara'kohe, January 17. Huntingdon, Wellington, January 18. Tainui, Auckland, January 19 Brisbane Maru, Wellington, January 19. Karetu, Dunedin, January 19. Wait'aki, Wellington. January 19. Holmglen, Timaru, January 20. Remuera, Wellington, January 20. Storm, Timaru, January 20. Kiwitea, Dunedin, January 21. Fordsdale, Wellington, January 21. Walnut. Timaru, January 21. Port Whangarci, Timaru, January 22. Port Townsville, Nelson, January 24. Maunganui, Dunedin, January 24. Limerick, New Plymouth, January 24. Northumberland, Wellington, Jan. 29. Manju Maru, Wellington, February 2. Remuera, Timaru, February 4. Cornwall, Port Chalmers, February 7. Durham, Wellington, February 13. Leith, H.M.S., Picton, March 15. Canberra, H.M.A.S., Wellington, April 0. Sydney, H.M.A.S., Wellington, April 6.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES Gale, Wellington, this day. Rangatira, Wellington, this day. Kaimai, Westport, this day. Wahine, Wellington, January 18. Taupata, Nelson, January 18. Port Waikato, Dunedin, January 18. Brisbane Maru, Dunedin, January 19. V/aitaki, Dunedin, January 19. Canadian Constructor, Dunedin, Jan. 19. Karetu, Auckland, January 20. Storm, Wellington, January 20. Huntingdon, Dunedin, January 20. Holmglen, Wellington,- January 20. Tainui, Timaru, January 21. Wainui. Wellington, January 21. Port Whangarel, Wellington, Jan. 22. Remuera, Port Chalmers, January 22. Fordsdale, Dunedin, January 23.. Narbada, Timaru, January 24. Maunganui, Marlborough Sounds, January 24. Limerick, Dunedin. January 26. Port Townsville, Wellington, Jan. 26. Northumberland, Dunedin, February. 1. Manju Maru, Dunedin, February 2, Remuera, Wellington, February 8. Cornwall, London, February 11. Durham, Port Chalmers, February 18. Leith, H.M.S., Akaroa, March 20. Canberra, H.M.A.S., Bay ot Islands, April 12. Sydney, H.M.A.S., Bay o£ Islands, April 12.

SHIPPING NOTES

The Kiwitea is due here on Thursday from Dunedin to discharge Australian cargo.

The Gale is io load here to-day lor Wellington, Plcton, arid Wanganui. ' The Brisbane Maru was delayed at Auckland by rain and is now due here, via Wellington, on Tuesday, to discharge and load.

The Port Waikato, due here to-morrow from Auckland and Wellington, will-sail on Monday afternoon for Dunedin and Timaru.

The Taupata is to load here on Monday for Nelson and nearby bays. , The Karetu is expected hereon Tuesday from Dunedin to load for Auckland and Sydney. The Wainui is to load at Lyttelton on Thursday for Napier and Gisborne. The Storm is to arrive here on Tuesday from Timaru and will take in cargo for Wellington and Wanganui. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL The following vessels are within range of the undermentioned wireless stations: — Auckland—Aorangi. Matua, Brisbane Maru, City of Evansville, Durham, Melbourne Maru. Napier Star, Northumberland. Orangemoor, Port Fairy. Siberoet, Taranaki, Trentbank, Tokyo Maru. Wellington—Matai, TamaViine, Wahine, Awalea, Akaroa, • Mania, Port Bovven. Port Hunter. Rangitane, Rangitata, Rangitiki,- Remuera, Ruahine. TamarOa, Waimana. Awarua—Wakakura, James Cook, Karetu. Kiwitea, Narbada, Paua. Triasler, Triona, Waikouaiti, Cathay, City of Manchester, G. S. Walden. Kyoko Marur Maloja. Manju Maru, Moldavia, Mooltan, Narkunda, Norfolk, Orford, Orion, Ormonde, Oronsay. Otranto, Pensilva, Port Adelaide. Strathaird, Thorhild. Chatham Islands —South Sea.

WAIRANGI EN ROUTE The Wairangi left London on Wednesday morning for Australia, to discharge, and New Zealand, where she will load during March. MATAROA COMPLETES VOYAGE The Mataroa, which left Auckland on December 4 for the United Kingdom, arrived at Southampton on Monday morning. MANJU MARU LEAVES MIIKE Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., have received advice that the steamer Manju Maru left Miike on January 4 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on January 27 and Wellington on January 31. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE Awatea left Sydney January 15 for Auckland; due January 18. Leaves Auckland January 23 for Sydney, due January 26. Wanganella left Melbourne January 11, leaves Sydney to-day for Wellington; due January 20. Marama leaves Wellington to-day; Bluff January 18 for Hobart and Melbourne. Due Hobart January 22, Melbourne January 24.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS

LONDON, January 14. Sailed, Waiwera, from Las Palmas; Tongariro, from Curacao; Tamaroa, from Kingston. SUVA, January 15. Sailed, Aorangi (11 a.m.), for Auckland. SYDNEY, January 15.

Arrived, Maunganui (9.15 a.m.), from Wellington; Awatea (9.45 a.m.), from Auckland. ■ Sailed. Awatea (10 p.m.), for Auckland. WELLINGTON, January 15. Arrived, Karepo (5.12 a.m.), from Greymouth; Rangatira (6.58 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Marama (7.35 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Breeze (8.20 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed; Breeze (1 p.m.), for Wanganul; Wingatui (4.10 p.m.), for Auckland; Port Hunter (7.3 p.m.), for London; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. DUNEDIN, January 15.

Arrived, Vinemoor ■ (7.45 a.m.), from Sicily; Waipiata (12.40 p.m.), from Lyttelton.

Sailed, Paua "(10.30 a.m.),-for Bluff. BLUFF, January 15. Arrived, Kiwitea (10 a.m.), from Sydney. Sailed, Norfolk (4 p.m.), for Wellington.

LIGHTING ON SHIPS

PROVISION FOR EMERGENCIES

Electric power on board ship is one of those extras which is now taken for granted by passengers and crew alike and, as with other luxuries of modern life both ashore and afloat, its value is only realised when the power fails (states an article in the Journal of Commerce, Shipbuilding and Engineering Edition), inis state of affairs may be anticipated soonei or later with all electrical power schemes, even the British national grid system, with all its reserve of power generators and inter-connected stations, is not immune. When these failures occur during daylight and under fair weather conditions at sea, a little inconvenience, particularly in the machinery spaces, is inevitable, as well as in other parts of the ship where artificial light is essential. When any such failure takes place under other conditions the effect is Invariably much more serious, and despite the care which has been lavished on equipment for the safety of life at sea, very little has been provided for an emergency such as that indicated. The provision of the emergency lighting set placed above the margin deck is, ol course, the official recognition of the necessity for an alternative source ot power in the event of the complete failure of the main generators clue to submersion or some other cause. To get this set in operation, however, means time, and the alternative, particularly for the machinery spaces and a few scattered lights in key positions, is a separate source of supply, operated by batteries which might be continuously in operation and not be left until some emergency calls. A further safeguard which would ensure a measure of confidence, particularly in the crossChannel and short sea services, is 1 provision of emergency flashlight torches in cabins, which could be stowed and treated much as the customary lifebelt. In the liner Awatea, recently added to the fleet of the Union Steam Ship Company, of New Zealand, a special emergency electrical generating set sucli as that indicated is provided, backed by a 220-volt 64-ampere hour battery. Another ship of this fleet, the Matua, has a 24-volt generating set and a 96-ampere hour battery to provide power in emergency, and wired for use in the machinery spaces. The provision of battery power in these ships shows that its value is appreciated, but it is doubtful whether sufficient use is made, in general, of the possibilities that exist in the chemical storage of electrical energy for use in emergency afloat.

OVERSEAS VESSELS FOK LYTTELTON

Fordsdale, due about January 21 from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin. i Huntingdon, due about January 18 from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers and New Plymouth.

Canadian Constructor, due January 17 from Montreal, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin.

Na'rbada. at Lyttclton from Calcutta, Penang, and Singapore, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. Northumberland, due about January 29 from New York, via Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. .To discharge. Completes at Dunedin. Durham, due about February 13 from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin.

Manju Maru. due about February 2 from Yokohama, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin.

Limerick, due about January 24 from Vancouver, via Wellington, Auckland, and New Plymouth. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin, Bluil', and Australian ports. Canadian Highlander, due about February 12 from Halifax, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin and Bluff. Hemuera, due January 20 from London, via Wellington (passengers only). To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers, Bluff, and Timaru.

Arawa, due February 28 from London, via Wellington (passengers only). To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers and Bluff. Brisbane Maru, due January 19 from Moji, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin, Wellington, and Auckland. Port Townsville, due about January 24 from Nelson. To load. Completes at Wellington and Auckland. To sail from Auckland February 9 for London, via- Cape Horn and TenerifTe.

Tainui, due about January 19 from Auckland. To load. Completes at Timaru, Picton, and Wellington. To sail from Wellington February 3 for Southampton and London, via Panama and Kingston. Cornwall, due about February 7 from Port Chalmers. For final loading. To sail from Lyttelton February 11 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. Fordsdale, due about February 12 from Wellington. For final loading. To sail February 15 for London, via Panama and Curacao. • Keif uku Maru, due February, from Miki, via Auckland and' Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin. . ■ (

Cambridge 1 due about March 2 from Liverpool, via Auckland and. Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers. Waipawa, due about February 16 from London, via Suva and Port Chalmers. To discharge. Completes at New Plymouth. Remuera, due about February 4 from Timaru. To load. Completes at Wellington. To sail from Wellington finally on February 13 for London. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE Aorangi' left Vancouver December 30 for Sydney. Due>Auckland January 18; leaves January 19; due Sydney January 23. Leaves Sydney February 18 for Vancouver. Due Auckland February 22, leaves February 23, due Vancouver March 12. Niagara, at Sydney for refitting. Leaves January 21 for Vancouver. Due Auckland January 25, leaves January 26; due Vancouver February 12. NOTICE TO MARINERS The Marino Department advises with regard to the Town Wharf, Tauranga Harbour, that the fixed white light formerly exhibited above the shed has been replaced by a fixed white light, at an elevation of." 16 feet, at the north and south side of the tee and 57 feet in-shore from the wharf-end. The storage sheds have been removed, and the wharf is no longer available for the discharge of coastwise cargo.

THE PORT TOWNSVILLE

The Port Line motor-ship Port Townsville is now due at Nelson to complete discharge and begin loading on January 21, and at Lyttelton. her next port, on January 24. Her Wellington dates are still January 27 to February 1, and she is still scheduled to leave Auckland finally on February 9 for London, via Cape Horn. NORTHUMBERLAND REPORTS

The Federal Company has received a radio message from the steamer Northumberland stating that she expects to reach Auckland from New York at 7 a.m. on Monday. The Northumberland left New York on December 19, and Newport News two days later, for Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She is due at Wellington about January 25. PORT OF WESTPORT

[THE PRESS Special Service.]

WESTPORT, January lfi. Te Aroha sailed for Wellington via Little Wanganui at midnight last night. The topsail schooner Miro, with explosives, is an exepeoted arrival within the next few days from Auckland, via Wellington and Nelson. Kaitoa is expected to arrive from Nelson early to-morrow morning to load for Motueka. Rata is an expected arrival from Tarakohe via Greymouth on Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to complete loading for Nelson and Wanganui.

The Westport Coal Company's vessel Canopus, which has been undergoing annual overhaul at Port Chalmers, is an expected arrival from.that port during the week-end to load coal for Auckland. Kartigi, laden with coal, timber and general cargo, sailed for Wellington to-day. Kaimiro is completing with coal for Auckland, to-day, and is expected to sail to-night. Kaimai sails from Lyttelton to-morrow night with general cargo for Westport. This vessel is to load here on Monday for Bluff, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Timaru.

High water at Westport, to-morrow 1.19 a.m.; and 12.34 p.m. (s.tandard time).