SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 13016, 29 July 1908, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER TO-MORROW. Taia-roM. Head: 4.10 a.m., 4.28 p.m. fort Chalmers: 4.50 a.m., 5.8 p.m. Dancdin : 5.20 a.m., 5.38 p.m. THE„ SUN. Se.\ to-day, 4.51 p.m.; rise tomorrow, i.35 a.m. THE MOON. Sot to-day. 5.30 p.m.; rise to-morrow, 3.40 a.m. ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Talune, from Auckland, July 30. —lntercolonial. Moeraki, from Sydney via Cook Strait, August 1. Wimmera, from Sydney via Auckland, August 2. —Oversea, Sail.— Renfield, fron. Liverpool. Marjory.Glen, left Liverpool May 9. Gladys, to leave Liverpool July 25. —Oversea, Steam.— Waimate. from London; now due. Stephanotis, due Jnly 30. Janeta, left New York Mav 29; due August 19. j Tndradevi, left New York May 23; due Dnnedin about Autrust 11. ! Norfolk, due middle August. I Aotea. due August 28. j Jeanara, left New York June 16; due i September 8. I Oswestry Grange, left Liverpool June

Cevic, left London June 20; due September. Indralema, left New York July 4; due September 15. Hawke's Bav. left Liverpool July 15. Clan Matheson, left New York Julv

Star of Scotland, to leave New York August 15: due October 30. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikare, for Auckland, July 31. Talune, for Melbourne. August 2.

Waikare. s.s., conies up from Port Chalmers to-morrow and leaves on Ihursdav fov Auckland.

Koromiko, s.s.. left Westport on Monday night with 2.000 tons of real t'or the ws? of H.M.S. Powerful during her visit to Auckland in connection with ihe American fleet reception. Kotare. s.s., convicted her cargo at Dunedin yesterday, and continued her voyage from Timaru to Invercargill and Riverton.

The interstate shipping companies are fully alive to the necessity for catering for heavy passenger trafliu from all ports to Sydney and Melbourne during the visit of the fleet (says the ' Shipping Index'), and are busy making forward arrangements to meet requirements. Most of "the companies are arranging that passengers unable to obtain hotel accommodation upon arrival at their destination may live on board the vessel by which they arrive at a moderate tariff during her stav in port. Invercargill. s.s., sailed last" evening for Southern ports. The three-masted schooner-rigged scow WharMraroa, which was towed to Wellington dismasted some weeks aero, has been sold by her owners, E. T). Pike and Co.. of Sydney, to Mr R. C. Whatmore. of Sydney. The vessel's new owner has been buying up wrecks in New South Wales lately, and it is understood that he is 'hipping a quantity of spars and ringing from Sydney to Wellington for refitting the Whangaroa. It is likely that the vessel's cargo of timber, which helongs to the Union Box and Packing Company (of Sydney), will be taken on"to Sydney bv the Whangaroa when she is readv for sea again.

Kaitangata, s.s.. leaves Gxeymonth on Friday night for Newcastle and Sydnev with a full load of timber. The Taieri will follow next week with a cargo for Adelaide.

Chief Officer G. G. Robertson, of the Takapuna, has been granted a month's leave of absence. His place is being filled by Mr P. J. Foster, who came across acting chief officer of the Moana.

Dartford, ship, is loading at Kaipara, and should be leaving next week for Svdney and Newcastle.

Kaiapoi, s.s., lays up at Auckland this week, and afterwards loads timber at Kaipara for Sydney.

Captain W. Madden, of the Oonah, has been granted a month's leave of absence. and has been relieved by Mr A. J. Emslie, of the Wainui.

Navua, s.s., was expected to leave Westport this morning for Auckland en route to the Islands.

Wairuna, s.s.. was to leave Auckland today for Newcastle and Sydney to load for Sonthern Darts.

The rate war in the immierant trade between the Mediterranean and' New York is still proceeding merrily. The Italians have not yet abandoned "the notion that this traffic should be their owji particular preserve, and that otbej- flags should gracefully retire from it. As a result of recent events it is announced that the Prince Line, which has always carried a certain number of emigrants from Ttalv. has withdrawn its steamers Sicilian 'Prince and Neapolitan Prince from the New Tiork and Naples service. One of the latest ideas to which expression is given in Kin/: Humbert's dominions is that all the coal required for the Italian State railways ought to be imported in Italian sh ' ns - As most of it is brought from Cardiff and the amount is verv Lrrge, the suggestion is not one that appeals" to the British shipowner. The inevitable result, however, of giving a monopolv to Italian shipping would be" to increase" the cost of carriage. It is possible, therefore, that the Italian Government may think twice before committing itself to this new form of subsidy. TinNESE v. BRITISH SAILORS. Reolying to a deDutafcion of about thirtv spanien members of the National Seamen and Firemen's Union, at the BoaTd of Trade Offices, Mr Winston Churchill announced that he ha<l caused to be drawn up a new section to rrovern the action of superintendents at ports bv which Chinamen applying for employment on British ships would have to pass the language test unless they could prove that they were British subjects

Mr Churchill said it looked as if there were some regular system sprin-;in<r „p of hnmnns: Chinamen to Britain deliberately and tryina-. not to man ships plving round the Asiatic (vasts, but to replace men on British steamers in the temperate waters and in United Kingdom ports. That was onlv a. nart of the gTave question of Asiatic labor, which was not to be settled by prejudice. Asiatic labor—and Chinese labor in particular—was becoming important now as it never had been "before in the history of the world, and a whole new set of problems was arising in consequence. " I certainly do not intend," said Mr Churchill, "so far as 1 have anv power, and while I am resnonsible for the conduct of the Board of Trade, I do not attend to allow the increase of Chinese Women ln Tj n jt e d Kinsrdom ports to be continued." A proportion of Chinamen would naturally find themselves in this country, but the union had a risrht to be protected from any deliberate attempt to rannlant a section of British labor in Home waters .by the importation of Chinese. He had consulted the Law Officers of the Crown, and acting on their ornmon he had asked the officers of the Board of Trade to draw up a new section to govern the action of superintendents at the different ports. That section was at oresent confidential, but the principle was that a Chinaman would have to pass a language test, unless he could prove that he was a British subject. Shipowners had assured him that they had no desire or intention to see the number of Chinamen increase or supplant British labor. He could give the deputation the most positive assurance that it would be the duty of his office and of the Government to endeavor to stop the increase of Chinese seamen. " I have not the slightest intention of allowing the British mercantile marine in home waters and in home

porta to be invaded by these strangers £rom the other end of the world, who, whatever their virtues or vices, cannot be brought into close competition, and contact with European civilisation and European labor without producing the greatest hardship and injustice, and even great social and political danger." THEAMOKURA. WELLINGTON, July 29. As one of the boys on the training ship Amokura has developed scarlet fever the departure of the vessel for Auckland has been postponed. The ship was fumigated yesterday. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. A London cablegram says that the Rippmgham Grange sailed yesterday for Auckland. The -U.S. and A. Company's steamer Janeta, from New York via Australian ports, arrived at Auckland yesterday. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LYTTELTON. July 28.—Koonya, for Westport and Greymouth.—Brisbane, for Kaipara.—Canopusj for Westport.—Flora, for Wellington. (For continuation tee Late Shipping.)