VESSELS IN PORT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6417, 30 March 1892, Page 2

VESSELS IN PORT.

Senator, ship Waaland, barque Rio, barquentine _ Aratapu. briguntino Comet, ketch

Tho s.s. Tβ Kacu left tho wharf at midnight for Wairoai , and is advised as having arrived at her destination early this morning.

The brigantine Aratapu ia loading potatoes for Auckland, and will probably sai! to-morrow.

The barquentine Eio, Captain Dunn, ia ready to sail for Newcastle this afternoon. Aβ there is a heavy sea running in the bay, and scarcely any wind, it is, however, doubtful if she will pro out to-dsiy.

The barque Waaland is ready for sea, and her captain ia expecting to receive instructions this afternoon as to where she is to load. She will probably get away tomorrow if the weather is favorable.

The brigantine D'Aroy Fratt left Newcastle yesterday with 230 tons of coal for Messrs Cranby and Prebble. The s.s. Fairy came off Mr Northe's slip this morning, whore she has undergone a thorough overhaul both inside and out. The s.s. Pakeha left Lyttelton last night at 11 o'clock, and should be in the buy at daylight to-morrow morning. She will load frozen meat from tho N.B. and H.B Freezing Company, and it ie to bo hoped that the sea will moderato when sho arrives, as otherwise considerable difficulty will be experienced in working her. The Union Company's s.s. Wakatipu leaves Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday next. The s.s. Kiwi, Captain Campbell, is expected to leave Wellington this evening, and is due here on Friday morning. The s.s. Duke of Sutherland left Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon for Lytteltou. She is expected to arrive here next Monday to load frozen meat, &c. Arrived at London, B. Webster, barque, from Auckland (November 11); Essex, barque, from Auckland (December 24) ; Heotor, barque, from Wellington (November 29). Since the first July of last year the old ■words of command for altering the helm— viz., " starboard" and "port " —have been given up on board the ships of the North German Lloyd and the Hamburg American lines, and the order " right " and " left " substituted. On board the steamers of the two great lines mentioned, however, the change has been made obligatory, and, according to the report forwaraed to the directors by one of their oldest captains, ■who was himself opposed to the idea, has been attended with the happiest results. As soon as the order "right" is given, the telegraph is moved to the right, the wheel is revolved to the right, the ship turns to the right, the rudder indicator points right, tho rudder itself moves right, and tho steeringmark on the compass as well; and so vice versa when the " left "is given. Nothing can be plainer, and no possibility of mistake can ariso. Such special words of command as " luff " and " keep away " will naturally be retained when chips are under sail; but otherwise it is pretty certain that before long, in the whole of the German merchant service, "right" and "left" will be substituted for "starboard" and "port," as has already been done in tho German navy.—Nautical Magazine.