SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-M.OR.HOW. Taiaroa Head : 6.14 a.m., 6.31 p.m. Port Chalmers : 6.54 a.m., 7.11 p.m. Dun«din : 7.24 a.m., 7.41 p.m. THE SUN. Rise to-morrow, 7.45 a.m. ; set, 4.44 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-morrow, 10.15 a.m. ; set 9.29 p:m. —Phases of the Moon.— Julv 25 First quarter 11.15 p.m. ARRIVED.—JuIy 21. Morayshire, s.s., 8,500 tons, M'Lainhlan, from Liverpool via Sydney and Northern ports. Koonya, s.s., 1.091 tons. Nicholson, from West Coast via the Bluff. SAILED.-July 21. Whangape. s.s., 2,931 tons, for Northern ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal. — Tarawera, from Auckland. July 22. —lntercolonial. Moana, • from Svdnev via Cook Strait, July 24. ' Taliine. from Svdnev via Auckland, July 25. Ulimaroa, from Melbourne. July 27. —Oversea, Sail.— Clara, barque, from Liverpool; sailed May 28. John Lockett. barque, from Liverpool; to sail August 28. —Oversea, Steam.—• Walkure, loft New York May 3; due in Dunedin end of July. Bantu, left New York Mav 13; due in Dunedin about August 10. Devon, sailed from Liverpool May 29; left Cape Town June 26; due in Dunedin about August 15.

Oiendevon, sailed from Xow York June 6; duo in Dunedin about the end of An suet. Maori, sailed from London July 8 for Dunedin direct: due- about August 27. Tomoana, loft Now York June 20; dim Dunedin ahout September 5. Wiiimate, to sail from London about August 4 for Dunedin direct; due September 25.

Lnnno.-khurn, left New YotI; Juno 21 ; due in Dunedin about the end of August. Cornwall, sailed from Liverpool June 26: due in Dunedin September 27. Knbingn. due to leave New York July 15: due in Dunedin about October 15. Whakarua, to leave New York August

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tarawcra. for Auckland. July 23. Mon.na. for Melbourne, July 25. Taluno, for Sydney via Auckland, July

Ulimaroa. for Svdnev via Cook Strait July 28.

Tn port at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Morayshire. Manuka. Whangape. Koonya, Storm, Raid lira., Dorset (steam), Durban, Waratah (sail). At Port Chalmers : Maheno. Otaki, Maitai, Waikare, Moura (steam). M.'urie (sail). _ Morayshire, s.s., from Liverpool, arrived at nine o'clock this morning from Lyttelton. After discharge she will ttart inward loading for Home. Koonya, s.s., a-rrived at 7 a.m. to-dav from the W«--t Const via the Bluff. She will sail for the Const again to-morrow via. Oamani, Timam, Lytteltcn, Wellington, and New Plymouth."

The steamer Thyra, on arrival at Sydney from New Zealand, will be docked for cleaning and painting, and will then sail for Bnnbury to load jarva.li, probably for Now Zealand. Moan a, s.s.. dne at Dunedin on Saturday from Sydney via Cook Strait, arrived at Wellington at 7.40 a.m. to-day. Wanaka. s.s., was detained by heavy rain at Tinraru yesterday, but was expected to leave to-day for Timam to complete loading produce for Napier, Gisbome. and Auckland. Wairuna, s.s., arrived at Newcastle at 6 a.m. yesterday. She will load back for Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru. and Dunedin.

Mr Barlow, late chief ofTvor of the Maheno. is proc'enrlin" to Sydney bv the Manuka to join R.M.S. Makura/relicvin" Mr Lillev.

The report thai the stwrnw Defender had been engaged to run eight trinK with timber from FTokitika is a ven- exaggerated one. pny.= the Ore-vmoiith oorwspendent of tJie Chrifitchtireh ' Ptpfp.' The small vwppl, whoee if onlv about 70.0COft. has beon fixed to rnrrv that port to Wellington 55.000 ft. 'to Tirrn-n 70.000 ft. and to Lyttelt-n TP.OOOft. " When the fnHe are ascertained." adds the correspondent, " it is disheartening to bo forced to reevliee that mrr timber tnde trenerally, but especially in rod jine. d( fv not by any means present the indir-atiors of revival likely to be iiepumerl en optimistic n report, which, even if correct. would only mean a.n aggregate despatch of nbont 600.000 ft oveT a period rove ring at least tern weeks."

H.M.S. Encounter, pr-cond diss mi'P'T, which has been commiVsioTied to HALS. Challenger in New Z-al-nd waters, arrived at Wellington on Sund-'v afternoon, after a fast run of f!rrty-two hours from Auckland. She nnint'-'ined an average sneed of 174 kn-'ts from po T t <-• port. The warship is now hi charge of C-'otain P. H. Columb. who has ns h ; s D'-ip'ipal execntive officers Commander Mellor. Senior Lieutenant Cochrane, :<nd Navigating Lieutenant Stubh*. The Encounter will probably stay at Wellington till Friday -week, and then ' proceed to Lyttelton. Mr W. An«loTPon, chief engineer of the Storm, is on his way to England bv the Tonic, in order to bring out a' new steamer. Concerning the timber mint which wp« carried out to sen from Hokhngn ami is now high and dry on the wivt co-.st some twenty miles below the Kaiparn an exchange says not only 1* the timber intact, but a donkey engine on h»:iH has alpo escaped damage. The iu'-idort provides some excellent da»n of the strength of the currents, which from Hokianga and Kaipara, along the west coast.

For a long time mariners h-'V been nnite unable to depend upon the bo.->< o n I'ght at Jackson Head, in C™k Strut, owing to the frtvuronev with which it has gone out. Its last spell of extinction l-iste-f about a month. Masters regard it :°s very ri-e----fuMight. though it is not Tt is now announod that a new ]\<:h\ \<. likely to he installed there. .As the light ■will continue to be an unfunded one. a gas system, probably the Pintsch, will bo rased.

Hamburg's r-hipnine trade continue* to Tall off. Tn the firs* five month* "F this fear th" arrivals were 6.296 vessels, measuring 4.804.891 tons net. acrainst" 6.6"0 shin? arwl 5.071.799 tons in the corrcv■ponding _ period of 1908. The falls entirely upon the steamship traffic, Fot which the figures are 4.461 vo-toI-- and' 4,345.900 tons net, against 4.61, i vessels nnd 4.640.318 tone. On the other hand. th« nailing tannage increased, although the number of ships is smaller. A RED FUNXEL LAUNDRY. F»y the Federd-TToulder-Shire liner Mo. rayshiro. the Union Company imported portion of an extensive plant f<-r the establishing of a laundry to be erected at Wellington in connection with the company's scheme for dealing with the laundry work of all their veWols trading to that port. The machinery h;s b°on stored in a shed at Miramar in the meanwhile. Annthc- instalment has yet to oomo to hand. The existing iaundrv oontractr, have several months yet to run. OVERSEA STEAMERS. CAPE TOWN July 18.—Corinthic. for Wellington via Hobnrt.

TRADE WITH THE PACIFIC. Among'the subjects dealt with by the Chamber of Commerce Conference in Wellington was that of trade with the Pacific. Delegates from Auckland alleged that the frcght rates from the Islands to Auckland were eonsidorahly higher ttwn those which Sydney merchants were called upon to pay, the result being that the former were handicapped in their operation*. A resolution was than, passed drawing the attention of the Government to the importance of encouraging the Pacific trade, and more particularly to the lower rates said to be ruling to Australia. Since that time the matter hap received special attention from the Secretary to the industries aaid Commerce Deo rtment. who has ii:.;t communicated a reply to the secretary of the. local Chamber." He forwards a schedule showing that the current, rate.-; of the Union Company between Fiji and Sydney and Fiji and' Auckland aro identic..], with the exception tinton banan.is and copra the rates to Syd nev aj-e. Id per lb and o f fid per ton lower respectively than the freights on the same lines to Xew /e land. He al*o wrote th-it in regard to the Wellington-Ra.rotonga-Tahiti services it was satisfactory to note that the rates for both passonVers and cargo conwar'd very favorably with thee <'ii;iT"ed on the other Pa.-'ifi.. services. The question .if the Pacific trade was regarded by the depanmeni as ..ne of great imnortance. and it was intended to fester it by all p-vsible means. A copy of the letter is to be sent to .the Auckland Chamber. [On making inquiries at the Union Company's oH'.y. a r-pm-tev wa.» informed that the rati* from '-'iii to Svdaiw and from Fiji to Auckland wore the same for all olacsos of cargo, in.-hiding Ivmanas and copra. ] SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. K.-UPARA, Julv 20.--\Vaipori. for Svdiiev. ' l "AUCKLAXI"). July £O.-7 p.m., Navua, for Wellington. WELLINGTON. July 20.-5.?0 p.m., Tara.wera. for Lyttelton and Dunodin. P;issenL'ers for Dunklin : Messrs Watson, Martin. Anderson. LYTTELTON'. July 20.- K miPim, from West-port, via Wellington.--Corinna, for Wellington.—Fmwdale. for Timani BLUFF. July 20.- Knikoura. for Wellington. - Koonvv. for Dunedin. SYOYEY. July 20.—3 p.m.. Warrimoo. I'mm Wellington. NEWCASTLE, July 20.—Wairuna, from I.lnff. MELROURXE, July 20.—Tav, from Auckland.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)