SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14495, 21 February 1911, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head: 9.19 9-42 P™. Port Chalmers : 9.59 a.m., 10.52 p.m. Dunedin : 10.29 a.m., 10.52 p.m. THE SUN. to-morrow, 5.38 a.m.; set, 7.6 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-day, 10.26 p.m.; tomorrow, 2.58 p.m. —Phases During February. February 28 New moon 0.1 p.m. ARRIVED.— February -21. Hjordis, Norwegian barque, 928 tons, Fredericks an, from Gefle. Marama, s.s.. 5,437 tons, War-rail, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Rlull. 1 a«sencers : 1 ntercoionial —-Miss Jotws. Mcsdames M'Donaki, Hobbs and two children, Robison, Green, Jefcote, Howard and two children, Messrs Miller, M'Donaki, Hobbs, Ross, Hill. Wahlera. Robinson, Colvin, Houghton, Worsley, Marry, Howard, Binney, Owen, Patterson; twentyeight steerage. Coastal —'Messrs Robertjon, Longuau; three steerage. SAlLED—February 20. Theresa Ward, tug. 195 tons, Milkmaid, tor the Bluff. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, 1 ebruary 1 23. —lntercolonial. Ulimaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, February 25. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, February 26. Warrimoo, from Melbourne, I*ebruary 18. Oversea, Sail. — Ariel. Norwegian barque, from Liverpool via Wellington, sailed November 17. Duncrag, Norwegian barque, from Liverpool via Wellington ; to sail February 25. —Oversea, Steam. — Dalmore, left Xe.v York November 26 tia Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne January 20: left Sydney I ebruary I: at Auckland February 16; duo about jlarch 1. Kumara, left St. John December 20 via Australia and Northern ports; at Auckiind February 15; left Wellington February 20; due about February 25. Magdala. left New Fork December 12 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne February 6: due about March 9. Surrey, left Liverpool December 17 via Australia, and Northern ports; left Cape Town January 10; left Sydney February 16: duo about March 10.

Rangatira, ieft London January 20 via Australia; duo alout March 10. St rat Hendrick, left New York December 17 via Northern ports; at Auckland February 21; due about March 14. Cranley, left New York December 24 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne February 19; due about March 18. Kent, left Liverpool January 14 via Aus;ra!ia and Northern ports: at Cape Town February 10; due about April 11. Whakatane, left St. John January 21 ria Australia and Northern ports; parsed St. Helena February 11; duo about April 5. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Marama, for Sydney via Cook Strait, February 22. Tarawera, for Auckland, February 24. Ulimaroa, for Melbourne, February 26. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland, February 28. In port at noon to-day:—At Dunedin: Marama, Alortowai, Invercargill, Dorset (steam), Lyman 1). Foster, Hjordia (sail). At Port Chalmers : Knight of the Garter, Orari, Karamea, Kowhai, Hauroto. Flora, To Anau, Almira (steam). Marama, s.s., berthed at the cross wharf at 9.30 this morning. Sho left Alolhourno at 2 p.m. last Wednesday, and had fine weather all tho way. The cargo includes a largo quantity of general transhipments ex Qrsova, Augsburg, Orontes, Kijaore, Barbarossa. Cooeyanna.. Rostock', Ronids»urg, Indianic, Loongana, Wiamar, Macedonia. 'Tho Manama sails from Port toBiorrow aftenioon for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Sydney'. Passengers by the Alonowai, to sail at 6 p.m. to-day for Auckland via East Coast ports : For Lyttelton —Misses Hook, Park, Shrimpton, Airs Higgins, Messrs Torrance, Juggins. For Wellington—Alisses Hay, Badhara, Thomson, Mcsdames Cook, Hay, Firth, Eyrie, Messrs Bad ham. Docker, Hay, Hizendof, Cozens, Monk, Glasson. For Napier—Alisses Campbell (3), Alcsdamcs Q Hartley, Simpson, Harry, Alessrs .Scott, Qnartley. For Gisborne—Air Birch. For Auckland —Alisses Cheyue, Logan, Reid, A h-sd amen Cheync, Simpson, Cameron, Kelly, Smail, Messrs Cheyue, Kelly, fhnail, Eickerby, Bridger, Dr Donald, Rev. Bodier.

Tho schooner Isabella Do Fraine arrived at Aoroa on Saturday, having been towed by tho Ohinemnri from Owhata. Tho fa'homier was towed out to sea’ last Friday week, but owing to the heavy smoke on. the coast the Ohuiemuri, which returned to port, was unablo to pick her up again fora week. She has n full cargo of timber for transhipment to Australia, and after discharging she will have a now mast fitted, and then proceed to Auckland. Knight of the Garter, into dock at 8.30 this morning for the purpose of inspecting her damaged bottomland rudder pest.

Pukaki, s.s., is duo to-morrow from Westport via Timaru. (Virinna, s.s., is expected to dock at Port on Friday tor cleaning and painting. Kowhai. fi.s., which is being fitted up at Port Chalmers for the Gisborne trade, working the inner harbor, leaves on Mon day for Gisborne via Oaiuaru, Timaru. Lyttelton. Wellington, and Napier. Captain Scott takes charge of the vessel, and Mr Clark fex Motiowail will probably go os second officer. The Kowhai in to make regular calls nt these ports, returning to Dunedin via the West Coast with coal and timber.

•Warrimoo, e.s.. was to dock at Melbourne this trip. She leaves to-morrow for Dunedin via Hobart and the Bluff. The Theresa Ward sailed yesterday evening for tho Bluff. Steamers at Dunedin wharves to-day were decorated with flags in honor of the wedding of Mbs Ramsay (sister of Mr Kieth Ramsay, Southern Shipping Company) and Mr C. 0. Whit© (of Holmes, Gilkison. and White, solicitors). Probably for the first time in the history of Australian shipping a steamer owned in Greece and sailing under that register is on her way to Australia. It is the Spyros Vallianos, a steel screw vessel of 4.573 tons gross ami 2,997 tons net register, built by Messrs Russell and Co,, pt Glasgow, about nine years ago. She Js owned by A. S. Vagliano, and registered at Argostoli, and hitherton was employed in the Mediterranean trade, but hrade occasional trips to South America. The Spyros Vallianos is coming to Australia from Rio de .Janeiro under charter to load wheat for the United Kingdom or Continent. Strntherwlrifk, s.s,. from New York with case oil, arrived at Auckland at 2 a.m. today. She is due at Dunedin in about three weeks.

It is expected that in about a fortnight’s time the work of putting the plant in order to proceed with the new scheme of dredging in Oamaru Harbor will bo completed. Some of the pipes have been placed in position, and as soon ns the remainder come to baud they will bo added to the length.' The cutter to be attached to tho Bwclion pumping apparatus has arrived. The machinery on the large pontoon is being rapidly placed in position, and little remains how to bo done but roofing it over. A record of all iron ships Uiat have been built in the Dominion since the establishment of tho i confounding industry has boon prepared by Mr H. F. Allen, secretary of the Now Zealand Ironmasters’ Association, to bo read at the Conference of New Zealand Ironmonldere at Dunedin on February 27. The first iron ship was the Moa, 188 tons cross register, built at Lyttelton in 1864. Up to the end of 1909, thirtyfive iron ships were built in New Zealand, their burthen ranging from twelve to 219 tons. Mr Allen adds that the Ben Lomond, now described to . a* betangisgi to_Hi»,

Majesty the King, haa performed a lot of useful work on Lake Wakatipu. She was btdlt by Mr R. S. Sparrow, of Dunedin, 1872. One firm alone in Dunedin, Mr Allen state®, has the building of no fewer than four steamers in hand. One of them is being built to the order of the New Zealand Government, and is to be run on Lake Wakatipu to cope with the constantly increasing, tourist traffic. .She is to nave space for the carriage of I.COO passengers. The Mountaineer, which is also running on Lake Wakatipu, was built in 1879. Both these steamers have proved themselves good boats, but larger and faster ones are now necessary. HJORDIS WITH BALTIC PINE. The Norwegion-owneed barque Hjerdis, 125 dava out from Gefle, Sweden, with about 900,000 superficial feet of Baltic pine, arrived off the Heads last night, and berthed at the Victoria wharf at 9.25 tins morning. About half of the timber is for Hogg and Co., Dunedin, and the remainder is for Lyttelton. Captain Brodericks en, when asked what kind of a trio lie hud had. replied that the weather had been everything from a calm to a hurricane. The voyage was begun on October 19, and for the first two or throe weeks the weather was very toggy. There were verv few clear days in the North Sea and North Atlantic, ami tog enshrouded the vessel at intervals throughout' the voyage. Some rough weather was experienced in the North Atlantic. The mate and two seamen wore washed off their feet by heavy seas and stunned. The vessel bears marks of the weather, hut lias received no visible damage. When the Hiordis reached the Southern Ocean I'og came down again, and icebergs were seen. The thermometer dropped nearly to zero, and. the vessel passed between two bergs. The voyage, the captain said, was the foggiest ho had ever made. THE NEW GUINEA SOLD. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright, MELBOURN E, February 20. The wreck and cargo of tho Now Guinea has been sold for £l9O. Large quantities of cargo are being washed ashore, ru’d people from many miles round are securing it, tho solitary policeman watching the wreck being unable to prevent thorn from doing so. EARNINGS~OF THE SUEZ CANAL, The report of the British Vice-consul at Port Said (Mr Dunlop), just published as a White Paper, draws attention to the increased traffic through tho Suez Canal. Last year 4.239 vessels, of a net tannage of 15,407,537, passed through the Canal, as compared with 0,795 vessels, of 15,653,285 tons, in 1908. The percentage in number of British ships last y^ 1 ' was 60. and in net tonnage 62, an increase on 1908. The German percentage was 14 and 15 iespecbivolv, and the Netherlands comes third with 5.9 and 5.2 per cent. In the course of a brief account of the creation and development of the Cannl, Mr Dunlop savs that the Khedive's shares were purchased by the British Government in 1875 for £4,076,622, and are now worth about £54,000,000, and bring in an annual revenue of over £1,000,000. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, OMAPERE, February 19.—Haere, scow, from Auckland. AUCKLAND, February 20.—4.00 p.m., New Zealand training ship Amokura, for the Kermadcc islands.—6 p.m., INimmera, for .Sydney. „ . ... WELLINGTON. February 20.—4.45 i) m Kumar a. for Lyttelton and Dunedin.'—s.ls p.m.. Sussex, for Timaru and Lyttelton. . ‘LYTTELTON. February 20.—Wairuna, for Wellington. BLUFF, February 20.—5.50 p.m., Manuka, for Hobart and Melbourne. MELBOURNE, February 20.—INakatipu. for New Zealand. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)