SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14531, 6 December 1910, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORBOW. Taiaxoa Head: 6.34 a.m., 7.2 p.m. Port Chalmers: 7.14 a.m., 7.42 p.m. Dunodin : 7.44 a.m., 8.12 p.m. THE SUN. Rise to-morrow, 4.18- a,m.; set, 7.42 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-morrow, 8.22 a.m.; set, midnight. —Phases During December.— December 10 First quarter 6.35 a.m. December 16 Full moon 10.35 p.m. December 23 Last quarter 10.6 p.m. ARRlVED—December 6. Invercargill, s.s., 224 tons, Gillies, from Timaru. . Moeraki, t.s.s., 4,382 tons, Rolls, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff. Passengers : Intercolonial —Misses Neville, Lane, Mesdames M'Lennan, Ryan, T. Blair, Messrs Rogen, Thomson, Fawkner, M'Lennan, Smith, G. Pye, Ryan, R. Blair, Halliday, Captain Neville; twelve Bteerage. Coastal—Mr J. R. Scott; three 6teerago. . SAlLED.—December 6. Victoria, s.s., 2,969 tons, Entwistle, for Sydney via Anekland. Passengers: For iyttelton—Misses Gandy, M'lntosh, Mesdames Wallace, Duke, Messrs Simpson, Small, Halliday. For Wellington—Miss Fraser, Mesdames Gilmour, Johnston, Orr, MessTS Park, Trice, Orr. For Gisborne—Mies Bull, Mrs Bull and two children. For Auckland—Mesdamea Gibson and two children, Penn, M'Uven ; eighteen Bteerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal. — Tarawera, from Auckland, December 8. —lntercolonial. Manuka, from Sydney via Cook Strait, December 10. Monowai, from Auckland, December 11 (brings Sydney passengers transhipped from Maheno). Mararna, from Melbourne, December 13. —Oversea, Sail.— Ariel, Norwegian barque, from Liverpool via Wellington, sailed November 14. —Oversea, Steam.— Afghanistan, left London October 8 for Dunedin direct; now due. Snowdonian, left Runbury November 2; at Auckland November 20. Strathleven, left New York September 14 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne November 16; due about December 23. Drayton Grange, left Liverpool September 17 via Northern ports; at Melbourno November 13; due about December 12. Star of Scotland, left New York September 30 via Australia and Northern ports; due about December 17. Hawke'e Bay, left Liverpool October 1; at Auckland November 27 : due about December 12. Sussex, left Liverpool October 15 via Australia and Northern ports; due about January 4. Waimate, left Montreal October 16 via Australia and Northern ports; duo about December 29. Parisiana, left New York October 29 via Australia and Northern ports; due about January 23. Waiwera, left London November 4 for Dunedin direct; due about December 21. Orari, left Liverpool November 29 via Northern ports: due about January 28. Karamea, left Montreal November 18 via Australia and Northern ports; due about January 31. Dalmore, left New York November 26 via Australia and Northern port 6; due about February 23. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, December 7. Tarawera, for Auckland/December 9. Manuka, for Melbourne, December 11. Monowai, for Auckland, December 13 (Sydney passengers tranship to Maheno at" Auckland). In poH at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Delphic, Victoria, Invercargill, Dorset (steam), Lindstol (sail). At Port Chalmers : Moeraki, Otaki, Pakeha, Turkistan, Moura, To Anau, Hauroto, Flora, Progress, Rakiirra (steam). Moeraki, t.5.6., arrived at Port Chalmers at 10.30 this morning. She left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, arrived at Hobart at 3 a.m. on Friday, and left at 2 p.m. the 6ame day for the Bluff, which was reached at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. At 10.15 last night she left for this port, and met with some fog on the coast, this being tho only exception to tho fine weather prevailing throughout tho trip. Tho Moeraki, which was to come up to Dunedin late this afternoon, sails from Dunedin wharf at 5 p.m. to-morrow for Sydney via Cook Strait. Koonya, s.s., left tho Bluff at 4 a.m. today, and is due at Dunedin this evening. Snowdonian, 6.5., from Bunbury, has 300,000 ft of jarrah to discharge at Wellington, after which she comes to Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is expected to arrive here about the 19th. The steamers Pakeha and Tirrkistan, at present laid up at Port Chalmers, are expected to start loading about the middle of this month—the former at Northern ports, and the latter at the Bluff. It has not yet been announced whether, like other boats laid up here awaiting cargo, they will dock before leaving Port Chalmers to commence loading on the coast. Aparima, s.s., is due at Auckland from Calcutta on January 2, and at Dunedin aboat ten days later. Tho date was printed yesterday as January 28. It is possible that the service of French mail steamers now running to Australian ports and New Caledonia may be altered. Delivering his Budget Speech before the General Council at Noumea on November 19, Governor RichaTd 6aid that special representations had been made to the authorities in France to have tho service extended so as to include Port Vila (New Hebrides), Fiji, and Tahiti. A condition that will be insisted on is that Singapore be a port of call, which may mean that the line will bo diverted from its present ■route via Fremantle and will come into the Pacific through Torres Straits. On »Satnrday morning tho steamer Strathclyde was docked at Lyttelton, and in the afternoon the blade of the broken rudder was taken off and lifted out of the dock by means of the large crane. The weight of the blade was about five tons. It was placed on a railway truck and sent to the works of Messrs Stevenson and Cook, at Port Chalmers, who have been entrusted with the making of a new rudder and all damaged gear, and with the carrying out of all deck and engine repairs to the vessel. A survey of the veesel has been made, but it is understood that there is no serious damage to the hull. The Strathclydo was to be floated out of dock to-day. She will bo redocked when the new Tuddcr is Teady to be fitted. It is possible that she may be got ready for sea by Christmas. So far nothing has been arranged regarding her future movements, but she will probably go across to Australia to load. January 11, 1915. has been fixed for the opening day of the Panama Canal, according to report. Colonel Goethals, the engineer-in-chief, assures the President of the United States that the waterway will be completed long boforre that time .

OVERSEA STEAMERS. AUCKLAND, December 6.-3.20 a.m., Star of Canada, from London via Melbourne and Sydney. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, December s.—Drayton Grange, from Wellington and Napier.— 6.35 tun., Maheno, for Sydney—Navua, from Fiji. LYTTELTON, December 5. —Storm, for Pictoa and Wanganui.—Kaitangata, for Thnaru and Bluff. BLUFF, December 5.-4.45 p.m., Warrimoo, for Hobart and Melbourne. SUVA, December s.—Arrived : Condor aadPioiutktnce.

MARINE OFFICERS' PAY. ' THE FEDERAL AWARD. UNION STEAM "SHIP COMPANY'S REQUIREMENTS. MUST PAY~FOR THEM. Press Association—By Tdccraph—OopTtigut SYDNEY, December 5. In tho Federal Arbitration Court today Mr Justice Higgins delivered judgment in connection with the Merchants' Service Guild easo. Ho niado an exhaustive comparison betwon the rates of pay existing in the English and in tho Ausj tralian services, and compaTod tho wages paid to seamen in reference to the purchasing power of money received in the countries where tho officers lived. By this process he arrived at what lie considered a fair minimum of £l5O a year as necessary for an officer's subsistence, and, deducting £3O as representing tho value of an officer's keep on board, ho made £lO a month the minimum rate for fourth and fifth officers, tho _ scale rising gradually to masters according to tonnage and the character of tho vessels on which they were engaged to £43 per month. His Honor niado reference to the Union Steam Ship Company's strict regulations and requirements from officers, remarking that in all grades tho qualifications "demanded exceeded those of the Board of Trade. No doubt tho qualifications wero very excellent, but tho company would have to pay. The award, which is to be argued to-morrow as to details, has been practically left in the hands of His Honor by the parties. It prescribes practically eight hours a day ashore and afloat, regular periods of leave for officers while in home ports, extending from twenty-one to twenty-eight days yearly for masters and fourteen days for officers. His Honor held that port pilotage exemption should be included as a qualification for a master. Every master and officer will be entitled to absence from his vessel at a home port from one hour after the vessel is safely berthed two hours before tho time fixed for sailing. Overtime rates in port are fixed as follows :—Masters, 5? per hour; officers, 2s 6d. Tho following are the minimum monthly rates 'in pounds : —lnterstate passenger vessels for, respectively, master, chief, second, and third officers : 1,000 tons and under—£2s, £l6, £l3, £11; under 2.000 tons—£2B, £l7, £l4, £l2; under 3,000 tons—£32, £lB, £ls. £l2; under 4,000 tons—£s7, £l9, £l6, £l3; over 4,000 tonsf— £43, £37, £l7, £l4. Interstate cargo vessels : Under 1,000 tons—£24, £ls, £l2, £11; under 2.000 tons—£27, £l6, £l3, £l2; under 3,000 tons—£3o, £l7, £l4, £l2; under 4,000 tons—£33, £lB, £ls, £l3; over 4.000 tons—£36, £lB, £ls, £l3. In all cases the fourth and fifth officers' minimum pay will be £lO per month. THE PAPANUI LEAVES. A GRAVE RISK. NOT SEAWORTHY. Piess Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE. December 6. (Received December 6, at 8.5 a.m.) The Papanui sailed without a pilot. She took several hours to negotiate her way out of port, and was watched by an interested crowd. (Received December 6, at 10.20 a.m.) The Papan.ui's destination is Japan. Tho Marino Board refused to allow a pilot to tako her out. The State Premier (Mr Murray) says that in his opinion tho vessel is not seaworthy, and that no Marine Board in the world would have granted her a certificate. As tho State had not a gunboat handy they could not 6top her departure. The Filipino crew, being subjects of the United States, thought that as their safety was involved some action might havo been taken by tho representative of America.

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