SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14497, 23 February 1911, Page 6

SHIPPING.

m HIGH WATER. TO-MORBOW. Taiaroa Head : 11.38 a.m.. p.m. Port Chalmers : a.m., 0.18 p.m. Dunedin : 0.5 a.m., 0.48 p.m. THE SUN. Rise to-morrow, 5.41 a.m. ; sot, 7.2 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-day, 11.49 p.m. ; set to-morrow, 4.35 p.m. —Phases During February. February 28 New moon 0.1 p.m. ARRlVED.—February 25. Pukaki, s.s.. 1,444 tons, Tate, from Westport via Timaru and Oamavu. , Kumara, s.s., 6,034 tons, Morton, from j St. John via Melbourne, Sydney, Auck- ' land, Wellington, and Lvttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Mokoia, from Auckland, March 2. —lntercolonial. Ulimaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, February 25. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, ' February 26. Warrimoo, from Melbourne, February » EB. —Oversea, Sail.— Ariol, Norwegian barque, from Liverpool via Wellington, sailed November 17. ' Dnncrag, Norwegian baraue, from Liverpool via Wellington; to sail February 25. —Oversea, Steam. — Dalmore, left Ne.v York November 26 jyia Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne January 20: loft Sydney February 8; at Auckland February- 16; due about March 1. 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 ; loft Cape . Town January 10; left Svdnev February 16; at Wellington Februarv 21; due about March 10. Rangatira, left London January 20 via Australia; due about March 10. Strathendrick, left New York December 17 via Northern porta; at Auckland February 21; due about March 14. Cranley, left New Y'ork December 24 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne February 19; due about March 18. Kent, left Liverpool January 14 via Australia and Northern ports; at Cape Town February 10; due about April 11. Whakatane, left St. John January 21 via Australia and Northern ports; passed St. Helena February 11: duo about April 6. PROTECTED DEPARTURES. Tarawera, for Auckland. February 24. Ulimaroa, for Melbourne. February 26. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland, February 28. Warrimoo, for Svdnev via Cook Strait, March 1. In port at noon to-day:—At Dunedin : Kumara, Pukaki (steam). Lyman D. Foster. HjoTdis (sail). At Port Knipht of the. Garter, Kaxamea, Moura, Te Anau, Hauroto, Kowhai. Flora, Rakiura, Dorset (steam). Corinna, s.s., goes Lato dock to-morrow for scrubbing and painting of the hull. The Timaru dredge do-:ks on Monday, and the timber schooner Lyman D. Foster follows. Surrey, s.s., due hero about Saturday week, lias 1,000 tons of West of England cargo for Dunedin. Koromiko, s.s., which was due at the Bluff yesterday from Newcastle, had notarrived theTe this morr.mg. Lauderdale, s.s.. which has been launched at Campbelltown. is to load phosphates at Liverpool for New Plymouth, and sail for New Zealand about the middle of next month. Pukaki, 6.5.. arrived early this morning, and is to sail to-night <m the return trip to the West Coast via ports. Dalmore, s.s., is expected here on Sunday or Monday from New York via Australia and Northern ports. She has 400 tons of cargo for Dunedin, and after discharge she is to load wheat in South Australia for tho United Kingdom and tho Continent. The Dalmore carries a Chinese crew. Wairuna, 6.5., is to take tho place of the Wanaka in the cargo service from Southern and Northern ports. She is to leave Auckland about March 6 for the Bluff, Oamaru, and Timaru. Tho Wanaka is to leave Auckland early next week for Newcastle. Kumara, s.s., arrived at 11 a.m. to-day rrom St. John via ports with 180 tons of cargo. Hot loading time-table, has not yet been announced.

Koonya, s.s., is to leave Greymouth tomorrow morning for Dunedin. She is due on Sunday afternoon. Everton Grange, s.s.. was due at Wellington to-day from Sydney to load for Home. Her other loading ports are Wanganui, Picton, Napier, the Bluff, TimaTU, and Lyttelton, from which poTt 6ho will sail on" March 22 foT Avoumouth. Knight of the Garter, s.s., came out of dock this forenoon and berthed at "the George street wharf to discharge her cargo, nfter which her survey will bo completed ;-nd tenders called for repairs. Although the repairing of this steamer will be the largest undertaking of its kind in this harbor, and probably in trie Dominion, yet a number of similar jobs of considerable magnitude have been successfully carried out at Port Chalmers. In fact, practically all the extensive ship repairing done in th« Dominion has been carried out there. This is, no doubt, due in some measure to the Dock Trust providing the machinery roquircd for repairing damaged ships, as well as the docks for docking them. The Mapourika has twice had a new hot to >i fitted at Port Chalmers, jobs which called for the exercise of much skill, as the damage sustained was extensive both when she went ashore on Mable Island, near Picton, and also when she was stranded at Greymouth. The Taviuni. prior to her stranding at Westport (which necessitated the fitting of a new stern frame and other repairs) sustained damages that required repairs so extensive as almost to constitute tho fitting of a now bottom. The Tarnwera also had a larige number of plates renewed at Port Chalmers. The RingaTooma. and Takapuna, had their bows severely damaged, and they were repaired at Port, where in addition, to hull repairs numerous rudders have been made and fitted. Tho shipping or unshipping of rudders can now be carried out more expeditiously than hitherto, as tho new dock )8 provided with a rudder-well to facilitate such work, a convenience the old dock never possessed. Port is regarded as having special facilities for the expeditious repairing of damaged ships, and this is no "loubt due, to a considerable extent, to the machine shops, toiler shops, and foundries that are situated closo to the docks. OVERSEA STEAMERS. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received advico that the Rotorua, which left Wellington on January 12, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. Another steamer of 9,500 tons carrying capacity has been ordered to be built at Geeetemunde for tho German-Australian Steamship Company. Sho will be a sister ship of one already being built at tho same yard, and is to be delivered in September naxt. It is reported that a contract has been practically arranged between tho British Government and the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company for the maintenance of a fortnightly mail service between Endand and the 'West Indies for £63.000 per annum. Of this amount Trinidad contributes £20,000 a year, and is to become the headquarters of the moil service instead of Barbadoes, as previously. A BTG RUSH AT SYDNEY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, February 22. There is a big rush of shipping in the Jutfbor at present, including fifty-four ves•els loading or discharging oversea caigoes. Some oi the vessels acre delayed owing to

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, February 22^Amoknra, training ship, for the Kermadec Islands. WELLINGTON. February 22.—1.25 p.m., Ulimaroa, from Sydney. Passengers for Dunedin : Mesdamee Hunt, Chaffer, Caster, Messrs Hunt, Chaffer, Caster. LYTTELTON, February 22.—Rakanoa, for Napier.—Monowai, for Wellington. SYDNEY, February 22.—Bovenc, from Auckland.—Maheno, for Auckland. NEWCASTLE, February 22.—Brisbane, for Lvttelton. MELBOURNE, February 22.—Warom«o, for Bluff. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)