LATE SHIPPING
ARRIVALS. July 20—Kapitl, s.s. (noon), 212 tons? Sawyers, from Wanganui DEPARTURES. July 20—Tainui, s.s. ' (1.35 p.m.), 128 tons,: Bonner, for Lyttelton July 20—Queen of the South, s.s. (3 p.m.), 198 tons, Harvey, for Joxton July 20—Mararoa, s.si (3 p.m.), 2593 tons, Cameron, for Lj-ttelton A NEW TIME-KEEPING SYSTEM. The Board of Trade Journal states that the Board of Trade has prepared an explanatory memorandum upon a proposed, system of hour zones for time-keeping at sea. The navi- : gator, under the proposed system, would bo , required to set his ship time to correspond j with the mean time of certain fixed meridians j by comparison with his chronometer. Altera- '■ tions in time as the ship proceeded would be in complete hours, so that the , reading - of the clocks —so far as minutes and j seconds were concerned—would be oniversally j the same. The hours alone would differ. As !■ showing some of the main advantages which '. would result, it is pointed out that all' subdivisions of time would be measured in mean solar units—i.e., the day's run would be an exact number of mean solar hours, and the mean speed of a. ship would, therefore, be much more easily and accurately calculated. Revolution Indicators would give a more reliable estimate of the distance run, and the same argument would apply to the distances • indicated by mechanical logs, while tidal. calculations would be facilitated when nearing the coast The Jlnpourika is leaving Auckland this afternoon for Wellington direct The Richardson steamer Mako will not be in Wellington before to-night. She will be discharged on Monday morning, and in the evening will sail for l'icyon BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, 20th July Arrived—Maori (10.40 a.m.), from Wellington To sail—Maori (7.45 p.m.), for Wellington . NEW PLYMOUTH, 20th July Sailed—Baden Powell (midnight), for 'Wellington .NELSON, 20th July ■ To sail—Kaitoa (11 p:m.), for Wellington NYDIA BAY, 20th. July Sailed—Karu (4 a.m.), for Wellington
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 18, 20 July 1918, Page 8
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316LATE SHIPPING Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 18, 20 July 1918, Page 8
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