SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12061, 4 March 1907, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. ItHKJBItOW. Taaaroa Head : 5.55 a.m., 6.13 p.m. Port Chalmers; 6.55 aura., 6.58 p.m. Dunedin -. 7,20 xm., 7.® p.m. ARRIVED.—March 3. Victoria, s-s-, LB7O tons. Waller, from Sydney via Auckland, Passengers,: Misses Phillips, Foster, Coltroan, Caradus, Sim; Skwwright (2), Carson, Glover, Rendall (5), Fyfe, Mesdames Fester, Walker and three chfldron, Stubbs and child, M‘Kay and child. Sim, Atkin, AVright and child. Messrs Foster, F. Black, Kierath, H. G. Blackve, .Allan, Cowie, A. M’Lean, Muir. Cargill, H. Clcugh, J. A. Stewart, H. Williams, Wilkinson, A. C. Nottingham, Beilby, Layboornc, Spool, S. Alexander, J. * S, Melville. Atkin, Wright, Robertson, G. Ward, Rev, Murphy, Dr Moses; twenty steerage. Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons, Giljies, from Stewart Island. Rimu, t.5.6.. 145 tons, Berquist, from Stewart Tsjand. Tongariro, s.s,, 4.95S tone, Sutcliffe, from tho Bhiff. SAILED. —March 5. Warrimoo, k.s.. 2.076 tons. M‘Bcth. for Melbourne via tho Bluff. Corinna, s.s„ 812 tons. James, for Onc--1;un:;a via intermediate ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Taluno, from Auckland, March 7. Magic, from Kaipara, sailed Feb. 27. Waratah, from Kaipara, sailed February 28. —lntercolonial. Riverina, from Melbourne, March 5. Moeraki, from Svdnev via Cook Strait, March 9. Mannka, from Sydney via Auckland, March 10. Rio Logo, from Clarence River, sailed February 6. Cape Corso, from Bnnbnry, to sail March. —Oversea. Steam.— Surrey, from Liverpool, sailed December 1 ; now at Wellington. Devon, from Liverpool, sailed Dec. 8. John Hardie, from New York, sailed Jan, 4; arrived Melbourne Feb. 21. Bloemfontein, from New York, sailed Jan. 5. Star of Scotland, from London via Aus- > tralian ports: arrived Auckland Feb. 20. Opawa, from London, sailed- Jan. 8; arrived Auckland Feb. 27. Tamoana, from New York, sailed February 15. Arawa. from Liverpool, sailed Fob. 22. Inveran, from New York, sailed Feb. 15. Waimate, from London, sailed February 4; dne March 27. Pakeha, from London, sailed March 1; due April 21. Kfasama, from New York, to sail. Indradevi. from New \ ork. to sail. Largo Law, from New York, to sail. —Oversea. Sail.— Ingeborg. from Marseilles, sailed Jan. 15. ’ ’ _ Titania, from Liverpool, sailed Dec. TO. Irene, from Surprise Island, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland, March 5. Riverina, for Sydney via Cook Strait, March 6, Moeraki, for Melbourne. March 10. In port noon to-day:—At Dunedin ; Karamea, Victoria, Rimu, Invercargill (steam). At Port Chalmers : Tongariro. Tarawera (steam), Onvx. Jessie Niccol (sail). Captain- Hixd, who was in command of tho Karitane when she got into trouble recently in Macquarie Harbor, has voluntarily retired from the service of the Union Company. Very favorable comment has been made by Captain Holmes, R-N-R of the Karamea, touching the quick despatch obtainable in the port of Otago. The matter has frequently been mentioned in this paper, and is undoubtedly creditable to the receivers and stevedores. Mr A. C. Showman, chief officer of the Mahcno. will join the Mannka as chief officer when she takes np the Vancouver running. On arrival at Vancouver he will leave the steamer to proceed Home to take up the position of chief officer an t he new turbine ferry steamer Maori. Movements at Dunedin yesterday were as follow Warrimoo and Corinna sailed •at 5 p.m.. Invercargill arrived at 6 xm., Rimu at 9.20 a.m_ and Victoria at 4.25 p.m. The last-mentioned steamer began to negotiate the channel on the morning tide, but Captain Waller decided that the flood had receded too far and put back to Port Chalmers. Tho steamer leaves Dunedin for Sydney at 4 pan. tomorrow. Mr J. R. Stringer, at present chief officer of tho Moona, leaves that vessel at Vancouver this trip and proceeds overland to the Old, Country to join the intercolonial steamer Marama as chief officer. Dredge 222 has resumed operations on the cut which is to connect the deep-aea berth at Lower Jetty street wharf with the entrance to the Victoria channel It has been decided that tho Karamea will leave Dunedin for Port Chalmers at 6 p.m. to-morrow, and will sail for Timjmi at 6 pan. on Wednesday. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Tongariro arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday morning, and berthed at the George street pier. She left tho Royal Albert Deck. London, on December 29.. at 1.17 p.m., arriving at Plymouth on the Slst; embarked mails and passengers and left the same afternoon. A sonth-west gale was met in crossing the Bay of Biscay, after which fine weather prevailed to arrival a± Teneriffe cn January 5 at 6.45 p.m.. where 320 tens of ooal were taken in. the vessel proceeding on her voyage after nine hours. From Teneriffe to the Equator fine weather nrovailed, thence moderate S.E trade, with rather rough head sea, until Cape Town was made on January 21, at 4.20 p.m. After embarking mails and passengers, she left again for Hobart, at 11.22 a-m. on January 22. The voyage across the Southern Ocean was marked by very fine weather and smooth seas. Hobart was reached at n 99 a to on February 10, where 400 tons of cargo was discharged; left again on the 11th, and arrived at Wellington on Febrnarv 16, at 5 a-m. Left Wellington on the 21st, and after calling at Lyttelton and the Bluff, arrived as above. Captain Sutcliffe is still in command, and brings wilh him .Mr A. E. Dunn. R.N.R-, ns chief officer; Air C. Milner. R.N.R., second : and Messrs A. Beaton, M. Downion. and L. Upton as third, fourth, and sfth respectively. Mr A. Landells is :hief engineer, Mr W. Waring surgeon, rod Mr A. Adcock chief steward. The I'ongariro, after takine in 2ffioo hales of wool, 350 bales flax. 900 boxes batter. 60 casks tallow, and a quantity of sundries, ■ is expected to leave her© this evening for Timam, Lyttelton, and Wellington. Mr Crawford, late chief officer of the Tarawora, proceeded to Wellington on Saturday to act as relieving wharfinger there for the Union Company. Xt is understood that Mr A. C. Showman, chief officer of the Mabeno, will leave that vessel shortly and proceed to Eryrfand, to come out in one of the new steamers building for the Union Company. Captain Trotter, of the Indralema, has given formal notice that his ship will make over to the hospital anv money which mav be apportioned to the steamer from the" sale of the open boat which the Indralema picked up when coming down tho cast coast a few weeks ago. The Sydnev *■ Commercial News’ of February 20 says:—Another charge in the freight arrangements from Germany is believed to be impending, recent- cable adv-ees statins’ that tho sailer opposition from Hamburg is expensed to be aificoatmoed. This step, if it be actually taken, would further mdd to the cost of importing heavy goods, such '-w fencing wire, from Germany, as it is considered probable- that a drioonlimianno of the opposition Kaiier* would be followed tv ;l JSsoontixnEmoo of tho conference sailers, which were jut o a to meet the competition. Tbo sailer rata* of freight have ad■Cvneed by sacceeriv»-«lage» from Se per tea until 12s fid per ton has been reached for

shipment early next year. But a steam rate-of freight of 19s would mean an addi-tion-of 6s 6d per ton to f ho cost of importing fencing wine, the forward market for which is in a, strong position, already. The rtc-ara services from Germany consist of the mail line of tho Norddeutscher Lloyd and the- cargo lino of tho same company from Bremen, and the steamers of the GexmanAustralian line from Hamburg via Antwerp. Loading at Antwerp, however, entails an extra cost of 2s 6d per ton in railway freight as compared with Bremen. Captain Tattevin and the. officers and crew of tho Marguerite Mirabaud left for Melbourne by the Wairrimoo yesterday. They will bo shipped home to France by one of the Messagerioa-Maritimcs steamers. It is tho intention of Mosers M’Lenn Bros., who hayo secured the contract (eays the ‘ Post. ’), to push on tho work of constructing the Wellington graving dock, and already the preliminary arrangement a are in hand. Mr Neil M’Lean, the Wellington resident partner, has gone to Auckland to consult with his brother, Mr John M‘Loan, and from there he goes on to Australia to secure material for tho job. Tho contract time within which the dock is to be completed is December 51. 1910. The dock is to have a length on its centre lino inside tbo coping of 683 ft, and on tho bottom of 671 ft. It is to have a breadth at the entrance at coping level of 84ft, and at 22ft below high-water level of 80ft. The contract will absorb about 80,000 cubic yards of concrete, 380,000 cubic yards of filling, 50 tons of wrought iron, and 185 tons of cast iron. The silo of tho dock and pumping station, off Te Aro. has already been dredged out to the proper depth 'by the Harbor Hoard's dredge. The cement to bo used must bo of colonial or British manufacture. If British vessels carried as many boys as German ships (writes a correspondent of an exchange) there would soon bo an army of British sailors, and British ships could dispense with the services of foreign seamen, which at present they cannot. .As far as the theoretical education of Germany’s seamen is regarded it is tho most [wrfect of any nation. Tho merest, by-port m Germany, right along the whole of her sea border, has properly equipped nautical colleges, each supplied with an observatory and every artificial means to teach navigation, a-s if it were in practice A whole staff of teachers is attached to those colleges, and the whole of them are under one director. German masters and mates receive a most thorough technical education requiring from nine to eleven months, and are also instructed during that time in surgery, shipbuilding, and English, and for this course the canddidates pay 305.; the Government pay the rest. Not only that, but the Prussian Government used to give two valuable prizes to each college for tho two best- examinations, first and second prize. These colleges have been made more efficient as time and science advanced. The Sydney ‘Commercial News’ says: One of tho most unjust provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act, which has done so much to bring the Commonwealth into disrepute abroad, is that which makes it penal for shipmasters to permit prohibited immigrants who are members of their crews to escape into tho Commonwealth. A notable example of this grave injustice occurred recently, when, in one day, in Sydney, shipmasters were fined an aggregate sum of £7OO for permitting prohibited persons to escape from their ships. The injustice of the provision lies in the fact that, whereas a master may be certain as to the probabilities of passengers being allowed to land, and can make provision against a breach of the Act by compelling them to deposit the amount of a possible fee or fine before coming on board, he cannot do this in tho case of his crew. It would bo absurd to expect a Chinese or Indian coolie to put up £IOO before ho could sign on. Yet the law makes no distinction between passengers and crew. In the case of the fatter their conduct in port should be a matter for the police. The men cannot be kepi in irons while in port, yet this is what rhe law implies, and all that should be expected of the captain should be that he should at once communicate with tho police should a prohibited immigrant leave the ship, it being their duty to find him. The delay to the Sonoma was caused by her boilers working badly after she left Honolulu. The steamer remained at Pago Pago for two days and seven hours, during which time her boilers were blown down and her valves repaired. Everything worked satisfactorily on the run to Auckland, the average rate of speed being fourteen knots. The Sierra is timed to leave Auckland for San Francisco on March 18. The Ventura follows on March 22. The Sonoma, -on arrival at Sydney, will be the last boat of the present service. As a result of the Government’s ultimatum re the carriage of mails, it is rumored that a new service, in which Messrs Spreckels will be interested, will probably take up the running. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. —Approximate TSme-tablo. — The Kent (chartered) leaves Lyttelton for London on March 7. The Tongariro leaves Wellington for London on March 14. Tho Opawa. now at Auckland, leaves Lyttelton for London on March 31. The Turakina left London for Wellington on January 25; due March 15; leaves Wellington for .London April 11. The Ayrshire (chartered), due at Auckland from Home on March 11, sails Homeward bound in April. The Waimate left London for Dunedin on February 5; due March 28; leaves the colony in April. The Paparoa left London for Wellington on February 25; duo April -15; sails for London May 9. The Kaikoura will leave London for Wellington March 4: due April 23; loaves the colony in May. Tho Ruapehu will leave London for Wellington March 25; due May 7; sails for London Juno 6.

The Kaipa.ro will leave London for Dunedin April 4; due Mav 22; leaves the colony in June. ' Tho Rirnutaka will leave London for Wellington on April 20; duo June 4; sails for London July 4i The Papanui will leave London for Auckland on May 4 : duo June 23; leaves the cdloiry in July. The Tongariro (now here) will leave London for Wellington on May 18; due Julv 2: sails for London August 1. The Rakaia will leave London for Dunedin on June 4; due July 25 ; sails Homeward bound in August. ( ' The Turakina will leave London for Wellington on June 15; duo July 50; sails for London August 29. FIRE ON STEAMER. Press Association —By Telegraph—-Copyright. MELBOURNE. March 4. (Received March 4. at 10.10 a.m.) A fire in the forehold of the ’steamer Kaaowna, lying at the wharf, was quickly subdued. The vessel is undamaged, but a thousand tons of cargo was damaged by fire and water. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. NAPIER, March 2.—Rangatira, for London via Rio de Janeiro and Tenenffo. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, March 3.—4.30 ajn., Sierra, for Sydney. NEW PLYMOUTH. March 2.-7 a.m., Haweo, from Onehunga, with' the Southern portion of the inward' San Francisco mail. The mail left b-- special train for • Weißngtoa at 8 am. i WELLINGTON. March 2.—7.25 pan., Mabeno, for Sydney. WESTPORT, March o.—lo a.m., Atea, from Port Chalmers. GREYMOUTH. March 3.—11.10 aan., Rosamond, from Port Chalmers. SYDNEY. March 2.—Moeraki, for Wellington.—John Hardie, for Auckland. NEWCASTLE. March 3.—Maroro, for Auckland. MELBOURNE. March s.—Queen Amofie, frpht Dunedin.—Monowai, from the Bluff. (For continuation ee© Late Shipping.)