SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12899, 23 August 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-HORROW. Tarawa Head: 5.19 a,m., 5.38 p.m. .Port Chalmers : 5.59 a.m., 6.18 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports wen received from New Zealand stations this morning : Cape Maria Van Diemen.—Wind, N.E., fresh; bar., 30.20; thcr., 50; blue sky, clouds: tide moderate, sea smooth. Auckland.—Wind, E.N.E., fresh; bar., , 30.41; ther., 60; blue skv, cloudy; tide , "good. : , Ghborne.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., ' 30.43; ther., 60; blue sky; sea smooth. , Napier,—Calm; bar., 30.43; ther., 45; pfoggy; sea moderate. Wanganai.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., ther., 51; blue sky, clouds; bar smooth. Wellington.—Wind, N.W.E., light; , bar., 30.40; ther., 52; blue sky. ( Nelson.—Calm; bar., 30.45; ther., 48; r-nrae sky, clouds; tide moderate. Westport.—Calm ; bar., 30.35; ther., 62; overcast, gloomy; bar moderate. Beatey.—Wind, S.E., light; bar., 30.44; ther., 47; blue sky, cloud*; river low. Lyttelton.— Calm; bar., 30.35; ther., 54; Hue sky; tide very high. . Christchurch.—Calm ; bar., 30.30; ther., •32; blue sky. clouds. Timaru.—Calm; bar., 30.32; ther., 42; f °pgy; tide moderate, sea smooth. Oamaru.—Calm ; bar., 30.26: ther., 43: tfoggy ; tide moderate, sea smooth. Port Chalmers.—Wind. S.W.. light; f-bar., 30.31; ther., .49; foggy; tide good, : sea smooth. Dunedin.—Wind, N.W.. light: bar., 30.18; ther., 52; squally; tide moderate. Clyde.—Calm.; bar.,' 30.55; ther., 49; ?fclue sky, clouds; river steady. Queenstown. —Wind. N., light; bar., 50.29 ; ther., 46 ; squally. BaJclutha.—Calm ; bar., 30.29; ther., J49; overcast, gloomv; river low. Nuggets,—Wind, * N., light; bar., '30.32; ther., 57; gloomy; tide moderate, eea smooth: dense fog till midnight. . lirvercargiß. Calm; bar., 30.40; ther., ' -47 : squally; tide moderate. Bluff.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., 30,25; ther., 45: overcast, foggy : tide moderate, sea smooth. ARRIVED.—August 23. InvercargjTi, s.s., 123 tons, Marks, from Talune, s.s., 1,370 tons, Bernech, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses Fail, Christie (2). Mesdames Hird, Ronning, Messrs M'Leod, Meston, •Lenton (2), Walton, Wise, Perry; seven 6teerage. SAlLED.—August 23. Koonya, s.s., 663 tons, Drewette, for the West Coast. Warrimoo, s.s., 2.076 tons, M'Beth, for Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers : For Lyttelton—Mrs Todd, Messrs Todd, Broadway. For Wellington—Misses Pownall. Stewart, Messrs Hvams, M'Pherson, Reid. Wells, Falconer. For SydneyMisses Nicoll, Reid, Mesdames Nicoll and child. Reid and child, Messrs Manchester, Humphreys, Thompson, P. C. Neill; nine steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, August 30. —lntercolonial. Wimmera, from Sydney via Cook Strait, August 25. Manuka, from Sydney via Auckland, August 26. Moeraki, from Melbourne, August 27. 2reiz Izel, from Banbury, to sail September. Rio Loge, from Clarence River, sailed Attgust 18. —Oversea, Steam.— Tomoana, from New York, sailed May 25; arrived Auckland August 7. Buxgermeister Hachmann, from N«w York, arrived Melbourne August 22. Willesdcn, from New York, sailed July Aotea, from Liverpool, sailed June 19 5 :dne August 6. Aparima, from Calcutta, sailed July 5. Rangaiira,, from London, sailed June \SO. Wahnate, from London, sailed August 4; due September 23. Oomtfield, from New York, sailed August 2L Wimbledon, from New York, sailed August 5. Aymeric, from New York, sailed August Rippingham Grange, from Middlesborough and Glasgow, sailed August 11. Suffolk, from Liverpool, sailed' August 18. ' ° Maori, from London, to sail August 31. Dorset, from Liverpool, to sail September 15. Delphic, from Liverpool, to sail September 30. Whakatane, from London, to sail October 4. Drayton Grange, from Liverpool, to sail October 13. Waiwera, from London, to sail October 31. Everton Grange, from Liverpool, to sail November 10. Pakeha, from London, to sail December Orari, from London, to sail December 4. Essex, from Liverpool, to sail December 8. —Oversea, Sail.— Brunei, from Liverpool, sailed May 4. Australian, from Liverpool, sailed June •10. Apollo, from Liverpool, to sail September 10. Arthur, barque, from Surprise Island, •early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Talnne, for Auckland, August 24. Wnnmera, for Melbourne, August 26. Moeraki, for Sydney via Auckland, •August 29. .Manuka, for Sydney via Cook Strait, August 29. In. port noon to-day :—At Dunedin : ivvammoo, Talnne, Koonya, Invercargill ?(steam), Drammenseren, Saturnus (sail). At Port Chalmers : Morayshire, Kara-mea, Moana, Corimta, Te Anau (steam). The sailings from Dunedin to-day included the departure of the Warrimoo and , Koonya, the former for Sydney and the latter for the West Coast. Both went :otrt during the course of the afternoon. The Talnne arrived from Auckland about 11 a.m., and berthed at the tongue wharf. "She sails on the return trip at 3 p.m. tomorrow. The Union Company advise that the British India Company's steamer Umbafla, 5,310 tons, is loading at Calcutta and Samarand for New Zealand. She will make Lyttelton her first port of call, and is due there about October 1. She will discharge 635 tons of general cargo at Lyttelton, and 350 .tons for transhipment to other ports. After that she goes to the Bluff to discharge 1,050 tons of cargo. The Karamea took on board a further consignment of frozen rabbits at the ■ •Bowen pierr this forenoon. The Obrinna was floated out of the grarmg dock this morning, and berthed at the George street pier to complete her overhaul. The old boilers of the tug Koputai will be. hoisted out into a punt, which was towed down for that purpose by the tug Plucks from Dunedin this forenoon. A London message advises that H.M.S Dreadnought will be placed in commission on the Ist September, thus putting up a ; record of rapid building. The chairman of the Bucknall Line stated recently that the company's South ~ African service had proved disappointing , owing principally to the small quantity of rargo offering, and also to the low rates ; of freight ruling. The company had disposed of four steamers during the year one pew one had been bought, and four

more contracted for, but owing to the unsatisfactory result of the year's trade the company would be unable to declare a dividend to shareholdera for the past year.

Captain H. E. Greenstreet has resumed command of the New Zealand Shi—ing Company's steamer Rimntaka, due at Wellington next week from London. „rh«' 'Lyttelton Times' states that Mr W. Knowles, of Port Chalmers, and late second mat© of the barque Helen, has passed his examination for a certificate of competency as mate in the foreign trade. fa The Tyscr steamer Star of New Zealand is at present loading at West of England ports for Australia and New Zealand, and is timed to sail on or about August 18. The Indradevi, which arrived at London on July 24, was to leave on her return voyage for Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports on August 21. The 'Japan Chronicle' of June 14 says : —" Several foreign steamers have lately found Japanese buyers, notwithstanding the reported over-tonnage under the Japanese flag. The British steamer Pocasset was recently sold bv Messrs Becker and Co., of Kobe, and the German steamer Taifu by Messrs Sato and Co. A month of two ago the Newmarket was sold by Messrs Dodwell and Co. to the Settsu Shosen Goshi Kaisha." For many years (says the Sydney 'Daily telegraph') it has been felt .that means should be taken for the preservation of frenchman's Rock," at Ho<* Bav Kangaroo Island. When the French exploring sh lp Geographe. Captain Baudin. was on the South Australian coast in 1802 a rough inscription was carved bv some of !u? C i™ W ori a rork c,ose lo a'spring on (he beach. This forms an interestinc memento of a memorable expedition, and various suggestion have been made as to the best means of preventing disintegration or destruction. By the efforts of Mrs R. Stow, of Pennoshaw. a small fund has been raised for the erection of a shelter, and the South Australian Government have agreed to subsidise the subscriptions. The Shaw-Snvill liner Aotea. now at Auckland, had a rotiah voyasre out from Liverpool. Leaving that oort on the 19th June, thick, foggy weather was experienced until passing the Scillvs, when fine weather set in. and continued until reaching the vicinity of latitude 46deg 22min S.. and 117deg 59min E.. when the steamer was beset by a series of terrific gales. The decks were continually flooded, but no damage 'resulted. The weather, according to the officers of the steamer, was of a more or less cyclonic character. and is attributed by them to the total eclinse of the moon a.t that time. Finer weather conditions then set in, and Tasmania was passed on the 10th Antrust, when the steamer again met with extreme weather, violent gales from the south-east, with heavy head seas prevailing until approaching the New Zealand coast on Thursday, when fine weather set in. continuing until reaching Auckland. Captain Prosser is still in command of the vessel, with Mr A. H. Kirby as chief officer, and Mr Campbell as chief engineer. At a Court of Marine Inquiry held recently to investigate the circumstances attending the abandonment of the ship George T. Hay. Captain Edmund Spicor, her master, was completely absolved from blame. _ The George T. Hay was well known in the colonies, and on two occasions attracted unusual attention. She quitted Hobson Bay for Newcastle without a pilot, and was only overtaken when abreast of Cape Schnack bv a tug with the pilot on board. On a subsequent visit the ship got into an extremely dangerous situation near Westernport. and was compelled to enlist the aid of a steamer to extricate herself. Finally, the vessel was abandoned in a sinking condition whilst on a voyage from Rosario to a German West African port with a carso of hay, her crew being picked ur> by a Norwegian barque. Before leaving ' her Captain Spicer set fire to the abandoned ship, which threatened to prove a source of danger to navigation. Being constructed of wood, the ship was soon ablaze. An Auckland message states that as a result of correspondence between Mr J. Kneen (secretary of the Seamen's Union) and the Marine Deoartrnent, in consequence of the mnnine short of provisions of the La liella and Mary Moore, the following memo, was received by Mr Kneen yesterday from the department:— " The question as to provisions with which sailing vessels leaving for Australian ports are to be supplied has been under consideration, and it has been decided that they must carry sufficient provisions for not less than the following periods :—Vessels leaving for Sydney, forty days' provisions; for Newcastle or Port Stephens, forty days; for Brisbane, fifty days; for Melbourne, fifty days; for Adelaide, sixty days; for Fremantle or Perth, ninety days. If any vessel is not provisioned in accordance with this requirement clearance should be withheld and telegrams should sent to this department notifying the circumstances." This is a definite enforcement of section 225 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 'which Mr Kneen brought under the Minister's notice, and which provides that no vessel shall be considered seaworthy unless it is shown that she is sufficiently provisioned to meet all ordinary contingencies. THE COMMAND OF THE ORART. We understand that the command of the new steamer Orari, which is being built for the New Zealand Shipping Company at Home, has been conferred on Captain J. P. Forsdick, late of the Waimate. Captain T. Smith, R.N.R., of the Rakaia, succeeds Captain Forsdick as commander of the Waimate. The Orari is to leave London for Port Chalmers on December 4. A HEAVY GALE. Press Association—By Telegraph—-Copyright. MELBOURNE, August 23. (Received August 23, at 10.22 a.m.) A heavy northerly gale is raging in Port Phillip. Several small craft have been, sunk. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August 22.—Pukaki, from Westport. KAIPARA, August 22.—Eliza Firth, schooner, for Lyttelton. WELLINGTON, August 22.—4.50 p.m., Caiarina, barque, from Lyttelton.—Mara-' roa, for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, August 22.-Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland. INVERCARGILL, August 22.-3.30 p.m., Rimu, from Dunedin. SYDNEY, August 22.-2 p.m., Zealandia, for Auckland.—4 p.m., Waikare from Wellington. ' MELBOURNE, August 22. Mceraki for the Bluff. SUVA, August 22.—Arrived. Iris, cablerepairing steamer. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)