SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14186, 11 October 1909, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. * * TO-MOKROW. Thiaroa Head : L 42 o.ra., 2 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.22 a.au, 2.40 p.m. Dunedin ; 2.52 a.m., 3.10 pjn. THE SUNRieo to-morrow, 5.24 a.m.; sot, 6.25 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-morrow, 4.48 aan.; set, 4.4 p.m. —Phases During October. — October 14 New moon 7.45 p.m. October 22 First quarter 6.34 p.m. October 29 Full moon 9.57 a.m. ARRlVED.—October 10. i Victoria, e.e., 2,969 tons, Foulis, from Sydney via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses B. Black, Powell, Groig, EJPinkerton, Mesdames Corson, Grant and child, Patterson. Messrs W. Black, C. H. Griffiths, A. T. Hookey, Mattras, Pincl, A. Birt, H. Quane, Crossby, E. Shaw, A. Moritzson; thirteen steerage. Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons. Gillies, from Southern ports. SAlLED.—October 10. Corinna, s.s., 1,271 tons, Cameron, for Onehunga via Oamam, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. Warrimoo, 5.6., 5,529 tons, Neville, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal— Tarrawera, from Auckland, October 14. —lntercolonial. Moeraki, from Melbourne, October 12. Manuka, from Sydney via Cook Strait, October 16. Mokoia, from Sydney via Auckland, October 16. —Oversea, Sail.— Clara, barque, from Liverpool; sailed May 26; arrived Wellington October 2. John Lockett, barque, from Liverpool; sailed September 16. —Oversea, Steam.— Fifeshire, left Liverpool July 24; at Melbourne September 13, Sydney September 17, Anckland September 27, Wellington October 4; duo in Dunedin about October 13. Eabmga, left New York July 18; at Melbourne September 12, Sydney September 20, Anckland September 30, Wellington October 6; due in Dunedin about October 14. Tokomaru, left London September 8 for Dunedin direct : due October 28. Whakarua, left Now York August 19; nt_ Melbourne October 5; due in Dunedin November 15. Drayton Grange, left Liverpool August 21; at Sydney October 10; due in Dunedin early in November. Mnmro, left Liverpool September 4 via Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton; due in Dunedin about November 13. _Kaipaxa, leaves London October 4 for Dunedin direct; dne November 17. Sussex, left Liverpool September 18 via Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports; due in Dunedin end of November. Karamea, loaves Liverpool early via Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. •Indradevi, loft Now York September 12; dne in Dnnodin December 2. Falls of Nith, to leave New York September 30; dne in Dunedin end oi December. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Victoria-, for Sydney via Anckland, October 12. Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, October 13. Monra, for Anckland, October 15. Mokoia, for Melbourne, October 17. In port at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Victoria, Invercargill, Rakinra, Dorset (steam). At Port Chalmers : Delphic, Waikaro, Maitai, Mourn, Warnnia, Kaituna (steam), Magic (sail). Moeraki, t.s.s., from Melbourne, arrived at the Bluff at six o’clock this morning. Sho arrives at Port to-morrow morning, and at Dunedin about 1 p.m. Hauroto, s.a., loaves Westport on Thursday night for Dunedin direct. She withdraws on arrival, her place in the Eastern Pacific run being taken by the Tarawern. Tarawera, s.s., from Auckland and East Coast ports, comes direct to Dunedin from Wellington this trip, arriving on Wednesday instead of Thursday morning. Koonya, s.s., expected to leave Greymonth to-morrow morning for Dunedin via the Bluff, will call at Milford Sound this tnp. The bad state of the Grey bar has been delaying shipping, and the Koonya will be kite in leaving Dnnodin for the North. The Kini and Poherua, bar-bound at Grey mouth a week to-day, sailed this morning, and the Koonva and the Waipori, the latter of which had been battling about outside for five clave, cot in.

Kaituna, s.s., camo ont of dock this morning and berthed at the George street pier for the completion of her periodical inspection and overhauL She will resume commission in a week’s time.

Waikare, s.s., docked at Port Chalmers to-day for cleaning, painting, and survey. Victoria, e-s., arrived from Sydney via Fast Coast ports yesterday before noon. Her cargo included transhipments ox Haoroto from Eastern Padfic and Tarnui from London. To-morrow afternoon she will sail for Sydney from Dunedin at 2.30 via the East Coast-.

A. and A. steamer Kabinga, duo cn Thursday from New York via Northern ports, has a mixed crew of Malays and natives of India. They number fiftyfour, of whom twenty-four (Malays) are deck hands and thirty (Indians) are firemen, greasers, and stewards. The Kabinga is a fine typo of modem tramp, and was built in 1907 bv Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co.

The overhaul of the Maheno’s turbines poems to have been very successful, and reflects great credit on the engineers at Dunedin (says the ‘Lyttelton Times’). Over 23,000 blades had to be examined and adjusted, and the work is regarded as one of the biggest engineering feats ever carried out in the Dominion. The vessel on her run from Port Chalmers to Lyttelton gave ample evidence of the thoroughness of the overhaul by making the trip alt an average speed of 1.6.2 knots. Her trip from Lyttelton to Wellington on Wednesday _ night was accomplished in llh 23nun, at an average speed of 15.3 knots per hour. An idea of her speed can be obtained by the fact that she gained about three-quarters of an hour on the Mararoa, wofl pT< * ent ,fi TTlTmin S particularly

The Italian barque Caracciolo, which put into Auckland in distrefs, owing to her cargo of nickel ore ehifting whilst on roirte from New Caledonia to Antwerp, will resume her voyage m the course of a • th l Te ’P ai:r6 - about id,500, having been completed. TOWED INTO PORT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. T . r SYDNEY, October 10. Ihe German barque Bertha, which was discovered m a. dismasted condition ninety miles off Sydney, has been towed to port. NEW SHIPBUILDING YARDS. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. ~ LONDON, October 9. Messrs Harrknd and Wolff, of Belfast contemplate establishing shipbuilding yards in Canada. 3