SHIPPING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22484, 19 August 1938, Page 18

SHIPPING

— * PORT OF LYTTELTON ARRIVALS Thursday, August 18 Rangatira, t.e.s. (6.40 a.m.), 6152 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wainui, s.s. (9,25 a.m.), 1633 tons, McLeish, from Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Gale, m.s. (3.25 p.m.), 622 tons. Horier. from Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and Company. Ltd., agents. Foxton, m.s. (6.50 p.m.), 224 tons, Williams, from Picton. A. H. Turnbull and Company, Ltd., agents. DEPARTURES Thursday. August 18 Nardana, s.s. (10.40 a.m.), 7984 tons, White, for Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Company, agents! Waiana, m.s. (11.50 a.m.). 3363 tons, Gardner, for Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Waipahi, s.s. (3.10 p.m.). 1783 tons, MacNjcol, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Kaimai, s.s. (4.35 p.m.), 1435 tons, Brown, for Westport. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wainui, s.s. (8.5 p.m.), 1633 tons, McLeish, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Rangatira.• t.e.s. (8.35 p.m.), 6152 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Gale, m.s. (9.30 p.m.), 622 tons, Horier. for Dunedin. A. H. Turnbull and Company. Ltd., agents. VESSELS IN PORT Vessel. Berth. From. To. Tees—No. 5 E. Laid up. Limerick—No. 3W. Los Angeles Melbourne Foxton— No. 1 Brstwk. Picton Wgtn. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Maori, Wellington,, this day (2 West). Karepo, Tarakobe, this day (7 West). Waitaki, Dunedin, this day (G.P.K.). Rangatira, Wellington, August 20. llolmlea, Timaru, August 20. Hoimglen, Timaru, August 21. Gale, Timaru, August 21. Alexander, Tarakohe, August 21. South Africa, Wellington. August 23. Waipiata, Wellington, August 23. Port Whangarei, Wellington. August 23. Kakapo, Sydney, August 24. Port Alma, Wellington, August 26. Opawa, Wellington, August 26. Ruahine, Port Chalmers, August 27. Naniwa Maru. Dunedin. August 27. Trelawny, Wellington, August 28. Maui Pomare. Niue, August 28. Tairoa, New Plymouth. August 29. Achilles. H.M.S., Auckland, Sept. 19. PROJECTED DEPARTURES • Foxton, Wellington, this day. Maori, Wellington, this day. Limerick, Melbourne, this day. Waitaki, Wellington, this day. Rangatira, Wellington, August 20. llolmlea, Wellington, August 20. Hoimglen. Waikato. August 22. Gale. Wellington. August 22. Alexander. Nelson, August 22. Soutli Africa, Dunedin, August 23. Waipiata, Dunedin, August 23. Port Whangarei. Dunedin. August 23. Kakapo. Dunedin, August 27. Opawa, Dunedin, August 29. Port Alma, London, August 30. - Trelawny, Dunedin, August 30. Ruahine, Bluff, August 30. Naniwa Maru, Japan, August 30. Maui Pomare. Wellington. August 30. Tairoa. Wellington, August 31. Achilles, H.M.S., Dune.din, September 28. SHIPPING NOTES The Karepo is due here to-day from Tarakohe. The steamer will load for Auckland. The Waitaki. due here to-day from Dunedin. will discharge Melbourne cargo, and is to load. She is to sail for Wellington, Bluff, arid Melbourne. The Foxton was due here last * night from Picton. She is to sail to-day with cargo for Wellington and Wanganui. The Port Whangarei is to arrive here on Tuesday from Auckland and Wellington, sailing the same day for Dunedin and Timaru. The Hoimglen Is now to load here on Monday for Waikato. The Kakapo is expected here on Wednesday from Sydney and will discharge Australian cargo, , ! VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL Q- ■ ■ The following vessels are within range of New Zealand wireless stations;— Auckland—Matai, Aorangi, Gabriella, Hauraki, Kaiwarra, Matua, Maui Pomare, Walotapu, Cambridge. Essie, James Stove, Port Alma. South Africa, Waimana. , Wellington—Maori, Rangatira, Tamahine, Kakapo. Kallngo, Maunganul, Niagara, Waikouaiti. Cornwall, Monterey, Mamari, Naniwa Maru, Opawa. Port Hardy, Rang! tane, Rangitiki, Ruahine, Tamaroa, Tasman, Zealandlc, Rangitata. Awarua—Leith, Wellington. Waitaki, Triaster, Triona, Canadian Constructor, Eclipse, G. S. Walden, Henry Dundas, Akaroa, Anchlses. Anhalt, Cathay, Commorin, Jervis Bay, Maetsuycker, Moreton Bay, Nardana, Narkunda, Nestor, Nieuw Zeeland, Orama. Ormonde, Orontes.’ Otranto, Port Jackson, Queen Mary, River Lugar, Strathmore, Triadic. THE MATTHEW FLINDERS Sleigh Company’s new steamer Matthew Flinders, now under construction at Burntisland. Fife, for the Australia-New Zealand trade, will be commanded by W- D - Archibald, with Mr P. as chief officer. The Matthew Flinders will replace the wrecked Abel Tasman. Of CATERING ON THE DOMINION MONARCH Catering facilities on the Shaw Savill and Albion Company’s new vessel, the Dominion Monarch, are of the most modern design, and the labour-saving electric appliances ensure excellent service for passengers. A service clerk in the 'chief steward's office is in telephonic communication with every cabin and every part of the ship, and he transmits the various orders to the service pantries. In the centre of the kitchen is an electric range 13ft Sin long, with five ovens on each side. Included among the electrical devices are a potato peeler, which can peel 281b of potatoes In five minutes, a plate-washing machine which can wash ry 3000 Pieces in an hour, and a utility machine which does cutting, slicing, whisking, and crumbling, processes usually carried, out by assistant cooks. With such equipment, the' staff should have every convenience in their work of providing for the wants of the 520 first-class passengers, SHIPPING TELEGRAMS LONDON, August 17. Arrived, at Vancouver. Clydebank. SUVA, August 18. Arrived, Aorangi (12.40 p.m.), from Vancouver. SYDNEY, August 18. Sailed, Ron a, for New Zealand. AUCKLAND. August 18. Arrived, Trelawny (9.5 a.m.), ’from New York; Fiscus (9.10 a.m.), from Ocean Island; Matai (2.20 p.m.), from northern lighthouses: Port Waikato, from Lyttelton. Sailed. South Africa (7.45 a.m.), for Wellington. WELLINGTON, August 18. Arrived, Maori (7,20 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Awatea (8.15 a.m.), from Sydney. Sailed, Tasman (12.10 p.m.), for Sydney Melbourne Star (3.40 p.m.), for Gisborne; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. DUNEDIN, August 18. Arrived, Waitaki (4.30 a.m), from Bluff; Holmlea (8.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed, Penang (1 p.m.), for Falmouth; Holmlea (6 p.m.), for Timaru; Waitaki (9 p.m.), for Lyttelton. s

SUN, MOON, TIDES Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.49 a.m.; sets. 5.17 p.m. To-morrow: Rises, 6.48 a.m.; sets, 5.18 p.m. Phases of Moon for August First quarter, August 3, 1.30 p.m. . Full moon, August 11. 5.27 p.m. Last quarter, August 19, 8.0 a.m. New moon. August 25, 10.47 p.m. High tide at Lyttelton—To-day, . 9.58 a.ra. and 10.20 p.m,; to-morrow, 10.S0 ajn. and ILIS-p-m*

PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE Aorangi left Vancouver August 3 for Aueust‘23- D rti e A August 22, leaves August 23, due Sydney August 27. Leaves September 1 for Vancouver. Due Auckland September 5, leaves September e - due Vancouver September 23. Niagara left Sydney August 4 for VanF°..V V A r ‘ Arrived Auckland August 8, leit August 9; due Vancouver August 26. Leaves Vancouver August 31 for Sydney. Due Auckland September 19, leaves Septe!>lber 20; due Sydney September 24. Monterey left San Francisco August 16 tor Austraiia. Due Auckland September 2. Sydney September 5. Melbourne September 9. Mariposa left Melbourne August 15, leaves Sydney to-day, Auckland August 22. for San Francisco, due September 6.

SURF LIFESAVING

1 GRANT TO ASSOCIATION A grant of £SO from the Christchurch City Council to the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association will be payable in February according to advice received at a meeting of the association last evening, over which Mr H. S. Feast presided. The secretary was instructed to write to the council and express the association's appreciation of the help. Letters will also be sent to other local bodies round Christchurch soliciting grants. Most of the evening was spent in considering the new constitution prepared by Mr V. G. Spiller.

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