SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12870, 20 July 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

fp' HIGH WATER. t- Tassroa Head: 2.31 a.nu, 2.51 p.ml fc Port Chalmers: 3.11 a.m., 3.30 p.m. Dvnechn : 3.56 a.m., 4.15 p,m. * TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS £ The following weather reports were rei oeived * from New Zealand stations this C morning : v Cape Maria Van Diemen.—Wind, S., : light; bar., 29.92; ther.; 56; blue sky, cloudy; tide high, sea moderate swell. i, Auckland.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., 29.93; ther., 56; blue sky; tide-mode-rate. Gisborne.—Wind, W., light; bar., , 29 88; ther., 54; blue sky, cloudy; tide moderate, sea smooth. Napier.—Calm; bar., 29.93; ther., 50; overcast, gloomy; sea moderate, Wanganui.—Wind, N.W., light; bar., 29.93; ther., 54; blue sky, cloudy; tide < high, bar smooth. Wellington.—Wind, N.N.W.. breeze; bar., 29.89; ther., 51; clouds. Nelson.—Calm: bar., 29.86; ther., 52; f°Kgy; tide moderate. Westport.—Wind, S.W., light; bar., 29.85; ther.. 48; blue sky, cloudy; tide moderate, bar moderate swell. Bealey.—Wind, N., light fresh breeze; bar., 29.90; ther., 40; blue sky, cloudy; river low. Lyttelton.—Wind, S., light: bar., 29.85; ther., 53; gloomy, rain; tide high. Christehurch.—Wind. S.W., light; bar., 29.88; ther., 47; rain. Timaru.—Wind, S.W.. breeze; baT., . 29.82; ther., 48; blue sky, cloudy; tide •moderate, sea considerable. Oamaru.—Wind, S.W., light: bar., 29.83;, ther., 45; blue sky, cloudy; tide good, sea roughPort Chalmers.—Calm; bo*., 29.81; ther., 48; blue sky, cloudy; tide moderate, sea heavy swell. Dunedin. —Wind, N., light; bar., 29.66: ther., 47; bhie skv. cloudy; tide moderate. Clyde.—Calm; bar., 30.06; ther., 48: blue sky, cloudy; river steady. __Qucenstown. —Calm; bar., 29.83; ther., 35; blue skv. Balclutha."—Wind, N.W., light; bar., 30.12: tIiPT., 42; blue sky, cloudy; river steady. Nuggets.—Wind, N.E.. light; bar., 29.83; ther., 52; foggy; tide high, sea heavy roll. InvercargilL—Calm; bar., 29.84; ther., 40: blue sky, cloudy. Bluff.—Calm; bar'., 29.81; ther., 39; blue sky, cloudy; tide moderate, sea smooth. ARRIVED July 2a Paparoa, s.s., 6,683 tons, BoweT, from the Bluff. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, July 21. . —lntercolonial. Wimmera, from Sydnev via Cook Strait, Julv 21. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, July 22. Moeraki, from Melbourne, July 24. Safcarnns, from Banbury, early. —Oversea, Steam.— Devon, from West of England .parte, arrived Auckland July 17; due July 31. Wakanui, from Liverpool, sailed May 11; arrived ai Auckland July 11. ■ Tomoana, from New York, sailed May 25: arrived Melbourne July 19. Banffshire, from West of England ports, sailed May 26 _ Burgenneifiter Hachmann, from New York, sailed May 30. Cape Corao, from London, Bailed June 2; due July 23. Gowanbaro, from New York, sailed June 15. WHlesden, from New York, sailed June 15. Aotea, from Liverpool, sailed June 19; due August 6. Rangatjra, from London, (saited June 30. ' Cornwall, from New York, sailed July o. Waimate, from London, to sail August 4; due September 23. Rippingbam Grange, from Middlesborough and Glasgow, to sail August 11. Suffolk, from Liverpool, to sail Aujrust 28. Maori, from London, to sail August 31. . Delphic, from Liverpool, to sail September 30. Whakatane, from London, to sail October 4. Waiwera, from London, to eafl October oL Pakeha, from London, to sail December 01. —Oversea, Sail.— Brunei, from Liverpool, sailed May 4. Australian, from Liverpool, Bailed June Drammemeren, from Maiden Island, due August. Arthur, barque, from Maiden Island, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. , Wimmera, for Melbourne, July 22. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland, July Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, July 26. In port noon to-day:—At Dunedin: Catarina, Olive fsail). At Port Chalmers : Paparoa, Moana, Te Anau, Progress (steam), Speculant (sail). The Priestman dredge commenced yesterday afternoon to lift the boxes of stone off the sunken pontoon near Goat Island, landing the boxes into another punt The pontoon was towed down to Port Chalmers by the ferry steamer Moerangi this forenoon, and after being pumped out will be hauled up on Isbister's slip and repaired. The active work of shifting the stone from the waterlogged pontoon was accomplished in four Lours. The Paparoa, from the Bluff, arrived off the Heads at 8 a.m. to-day, and anchored until the tide was favorable this afternoon, w.hen she steamed into port, and was berthed at the George street pier, when she at once commenced to take in frozen mutton, wool, skins, tallow, and other cargo for London. • The Tarawera, from Auckland via East Coast ports, should reach here about eight o'clock to-morrow morning. The Wimmera, from Sydney via Cook Strait, is due at Port Chalmers about eight o'clock to-morrow morning. She will come to town about two in the afternoon. ' The new steamer Matoppo has been chartered to load a general cargo at New York for New Zealand ports. The steamer Wimbledon, which has been Chartered to load at New York for Near Zealand under the A. and A. Line, was formerly known as the Heathford, a wellknown Australian trader. For some months past a report has been persistently circulated in Australian ports that a line of turbine steamers organised by a Cardiff firm is to be laid on between Great Britain and Australia. The statement is repeated in last month's ' Steamabap,' which str-'es that the proposal is to construct six vessels, each of 15,000 tons gross. Whilst on a trip recently from New York to the Continent, the Deutschland," of the Hamburg-American Line, beat the world's record for wireless communication. The vessel was in wireless contact with the station at Cape Cod—a distance of 2;300 miles. Messages were transmitted and taken for passengers, whilst all the news of the world was also received on board. THE TRADE OF TIMARU. Some figures presented to the Timaru Harbor Board on Wednesday by the secretary to that body show that the port of Timaru is in a thoroughly progressive state, both as regards exporta and re- . venue. For the six months ended June 30, 1906, the registered tonnage of vessels . visiting the port was 257,867, as compared with 236,250 for the corresponding period l

last year. The wharfage dues for the six months of 1906 totalled £6,123 6s Id, as .compared 'with £.6,029 ,2s. sd , in. .1905. The charges for the use of moorings and fenders foT the half-year just ended totalled £1,230 16s 3d, against £1,172 8s 8d in 1905. The total revenue received from January to June of 1906 was £11,860 18s 2d, as compared with £11,699 lis lOd for the same period last year. The total figures in .each department are the largest in the history of the port. TWENTY NEW BRITISH-INDIA LINERS. ; The British-India Steam Navigation Company have placed orders for twenty steamers—tho steamers to be largo and thoroughly up to date. The orders are divided amongst Clyde, Belfast, and Sunderland shipbuilders. It is seldom that such large contracts are given out by one company, but the British-India Company, familiarly known as the "8.1.," recognise that the life of a modern ship is • short, and that a shipping company who would keep in the front rank must renew their fleet at comparatively brief intervals. And the orders now placed indicate in an unmistakeable way how thoroughly and on how large a scale this company mean to maintain their fleet in the most modern and efficient state. While it is known that the orders for these steamers have been allocated amongst Clyde, Belfast* and Sunderland builders, the. precise details of the allocation cannot yet be given. It has, however, transpired that amongst the builders who have been successful "in s<v curing a share of the orders are Doxford, of Sunderland: Denny, of Dumbarton: Tnglis, of Point-house • and Harland and Wolff, of Belfast. A STEAMER'S HISTORY. As showing the vicissitudes which even a great Atlantic liner may experience within a brief period, the steel twin-screw steamer Normannia, 8,348 tons gross, and steaming nineteen knots, may be instanced. She was built by the Fairfield Ship Building Company, Govan, in 1890, for half a million sterling, for the Ham-burg-American Steam Packet Company. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American War she was sold for £212.000 to the Compania. Transatlanfcica for the Spanish Government, and renamed the Patriota. At the conclusion of the war the vessel passed to the Compagnie Qenerale Tran*attantKrue. Paris, for £IOO,OOO, and this company spent £20,000 to adapt her to their requirements. She is now reported as sold to a Scotch firm for about £25,000. THE RECENT GALES. NAPIER, July 20. The weather has been very rough off East Cape for several weeks, and last Saturday there were a number of coastal craft anchored to the northward of the cape, where they had been sheltering for some little time. Seas are still running very heavily along the coast,, being kept up by the north-easterly wind. Waipiro Bay is reported as unworkable, and likely to be so for two or three days. The steamer Moura met with very heavy seas off Portland last night, and did not anticipate being able to "work Gisborne. but found comparatively smooth. water here. THE KAEO TURNS UP. AUCKLAND, July 20. The schooner Kaeo, for the safety of which there was some anxiety, has arrived heTe. She reports that the Waiapu was sheltering at Little Awanui on Wednesday. Captain Martin, of the Waiapu, reported that his vessel and the scows Alert and Tramp left Hicks Bay on Monday; A fierce gale blew that night. The Kaeo escaped the fury of the storm, being safely anchored at Little Awanui. THE ELECTRA-ENERGY COLLISION. Press Association—By TdegTaph—Copyright. SYDNEY, July 19. A. cross action for damages in connection with a collision between the steamer Electra and the tug Energy, near Newcastle, on May 31, resulted in the owners of the Energy being ordered to pay the cost of the damage sustained by the Electra. The Energv sank ten minutes after the collision. and the Electra was considerably damaged. THE OVERSEA STEAMERS. The Athenic left Wellington for London at 4 p.m. yesterday. The Tomoana, from New York, and the Morayshire, from Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne yesterday. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. KAJPARA, July 19.—Aratapu, brigantine, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, July 19.-ils p.m., Dulwich, from Portland, Oregon.—Wimmera, foT the South, Hobart, and Melbourne. Passengers for Dunedin: Mesdames M'Tntosh and Carelle. Messrs M'lntosh and Carelle.—Rotomabana, for Lyttelton. "LYTTELTON. Julv 19.—Corrnna, for Timaru.—Oswestry Grange, for Wellingtons.—Mokoia, for Sydney via the East Coast. OAMARU, July 19.—10.30 p.m.. Poherua, from Dunedin. BLUFF, July 19.—5.45 p.m., Rimu, for Halfmoon Bav. SYDNEY, " July 19.—Wairnna. from Picton. NEWCASTLE, July 18.—Waikare, for New Zealand. PORT MACQUARIE, July 20.—Whangaroa, for New Zealand. FREMANTLE, July. 20.—Oratava, from London. Passengers for New Zeakind : Messrs Heaton, Hunter, wife, and infant. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)