SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14554, 1 May 1911, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORHOW. Taiaroa Head : 5.9 a.rn.,5.38 pjn. Port Chalmers: 5.49 a.m., 6.18 p.m. Dunedin : 6.19 a.m., 6.48 p.m. THE SUN. Risea to-morrow, 7.10 a.m.; eels, 5 p.m. THE MOON. Sets to-day, 6.22 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 11.9 a.m. ARRIVED.—ApriI 29. Mokoia, s.s., 3.502 tone. Smith, from Sydney via Wellington and Lyttelton. Passengers : Intercolonial —Mr M'Mullan; four steerage. Coastal—Misses Jcrram, Spencer, Maitley, Wild, Mesdames Bishop, Roach, Emerson, Thompson. Brown and child, Messrs Chamberlain, Mayer, Sharp, Bishop, Piven, Fawcett, Banks, Halge, Meyers, M'Ewan, Thompson,_ M'Farlane and boy, Captain Drewette; 6ix steerage. April 30. Monowai, 6.5., 3,433 tons, Collins, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passensrere: Misses Parker, Stewart, Brown, Mesdames Bond and two children, Wignell, Cameron, Right, Brown, Thomson, Chester, Mathews, Messrs Cameron, Densen. Bisdee, Chills. Kight, Thow. Wood, Hall, Stevenson, Short, Webb, Thomson, Ewan, Anderson, Andrews, Hender, Wallace, Sprigg, Huntley, Whyte, Suckling; thirteen steerage. Tokomaru, 6.5., 5,771 tons, Macfie, from London via Cape Town. Invercargill. ax., 224 tons, Gillies, from Stewart Island. 1 May 1. Kotare, line. SAILED.—ApriI 29. Koromiko, 6.5., 2,479 tons, Drewette, j for Westport. April 30. Mokoia, s.s., 3,502 tons. Smith, for Melbourne via Bluff iind Hobart. May 1. Nerehana, s.s., 6,532 tons, Hollis, for Brisbane. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, May 4. —lntercolonial. — Moana, from Melbourne, May 2. Ulimaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, May 6. Wimmera, from Svdnev via Auckland. May 7. —Oversea, Sail.— Erminia, Italian barque, from Marseilles, •tiled January 28. Bmwrag, Norwegian barque, from Liverpool via Wellington. —Oversea, Steam.— H«rpagua, left New York January 25 for New Zealand ports via Australia; at Melbourne March 22; left Sydney April 23; at Auckland April 27; due about May 11. Swanley, left New York February 10 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne April 16; due about May 15. Invertay, left St. John February 18 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne April 16; left Sydney April 25; due about May 7. Breiz Izel, left New York February 24; at Auckland April 28; due about May 20. Otaki, left London April 8 for Dunedin direct; due about May 21. Morayshire, left Liverpool March 4 via Australia and Northern ports; at Sydney April 26; due about May 21. Waitemata, left Calcutta April 10 via Singapore, Samarang, and Northern ports ; left Samarang April 23; due about May 23. Delphic, left Liverpool March 24 via Northern ports; due about May 24. Star of Australia, left New York March 8 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne April 27; due about May 27. Pakeha left Liverpool April 13 via Australia and Northern ports; due about June 3. Wakanui, left St. John March 26 via Australia and Northern ports; due about June 9. Drayton Grange left Liverpool April 1 via Australia and Northern ports; due about June 14. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Monowai, for Auckland, May 2 (Sydney passengers tranship to Maheno at AuckMoana, for Sydney via Ccok Strait, May 3. Tarawera, for Auckland, May 5. Ulimaroa, for Melbourne May 7. In port at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Tokomaru, Monowai, Invercargill, Kotare (steam), Ariel (sail). At Port Chalmers : Rakaia, Koromiko, Knight of the Garter, Pnkaki, Te Anau, Moura, Dorset, Rakiura (steam). Tokomaru, Shaw-Savill 6teamer from London via Cape Town, arrived at Port at 10 a.m. yesterday, and after pratique was granted came on to town, berthine at the Victoria wharf at 5 p.m. She brings 4,350 tons of cargo, 3,000 tons being for Dunedin and the remainder for Lyttelton. Captain J. S. Macfie is in command, and the officers are:—Chief, Mr H. Roberts: second, Mr F. Kidman; third, Mr E. W. Agnes; fourth, Mr W. G. Hastie (ex Aotea). The chief engineer is Mr F. Harvey; second, Mr C. Ridgeway (ex Aotea); third, Mt J. Doe (ex Aotea); fourth, Mr E. Norris; fifth, Mr J. Eaplin (ex Aotea) ; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr W. Stewart ; second, Mr R. Howat (ex Kia Ora). Mr V. Scudd is chief steward. At Cape Town 750 tons of the Aotea's cargo for Dunedin and Lyttelton were shipped. The Tokomaru left the Royal Albert docks at 8 a.m. on March 10. arrived at Cape Town on Monday evening April 3, ant) sailed again on the evening of April 5. Her average 6peed from Capo Town was 11.39 knote an hour, and her'best day's rim was 297 miles. The Aotea was lying at the wharf when the Tokomaru was at Cape Town, and the pumps had to be kept going to keep heT afloat. It had not been decided what was to be done with heT. Moana, s.s., arrived at the Bluff at ten o'clock this morning frcm Melbonrne. She ifi expected to sail for Dunedin about nine o'clock to-nicht. Invertay, s.s., from St. John (Canada) via Australia, arrived at Auckland ;;t seven o'clock this morning. The NewZealand Shipping Company, who are the focal agents, expect her here about the middle of the month. Pukaki. s.s.. went into dock this morning in connection with the periodical overhaul for which she is at present laid up. Mokoia. s.s., arrived at Dunedin at 6 p.m. on Saturday from Sydney via Cook Strait, and sailed yesterday afternoon for Melbourne. Kaituna, s.s., arrived at Bunbirry on Saturday, and was to take the loadimr berth to-day for Dunedin and Northern ports. Monowai, s.s., from Auckland via ports, berthed at the Lower Jetty street wharf at 1.40 yesterday afternoon. She is to sail at 3 p.m. to-morrow on the return trip to the North. Captain W .P. Collins, of the Hauroto, and Captain J. Robertson, of the Mono•wai, exchanged vessels at Lyttelton on Saturday, to enable Cantain Robertson to proceed to Auckland, there being serious illness in his family. The banana crop in Fiji being very heavy, the Fijian Government have secured the A.U.S.N. Company's new steamer Levuka for the two-weekly service to Melbourne. She is due at Melbourne on her first trip in the new service on Thursday. The boat will be given a three months' trial at the Tate of £2,000 per annum subsidy, and -will make alternate nms with the Manaoouri, which recently recommenced running after being out of commission for a long time. The freight in these steamers will be the same to Melbourne—i.e., Is 2d per bunch and 2s per case. To Sydney the charges by the Levuka will be Is per bunch and 2s per case. The Levuka will make a call at Noumea, New Caledonia, thus opening a new and direct connection between Victoria and the French settlement. OVERSEA STEAMERS. SYDNEY, April '3o.—Morayshire, for Auckland. ' LYTTELTON, April 29.—8.30 p.m., Kent for Avonmouth via Monte Video. WELLINGTON, May 1.—10.10 ajn., Batons, from Landcnrvia Hoba? >

MAKUBA'BRKAK^ v A RECOBD. Hie Canadian mail ■ steamer Makura broke the record standing to the credit of the Maheno between Sydney and Honolulu of 13d; 22hr sQmin by covering the diatante in exactly thirteen days. Captain John Gibb stated on arrival at .Honolulu that there was no special object iii'going after a record beyond opening up the Makura to see what she could do. Heretofore she had always made the joumey6 under six boilers, but on the trip mentioned she opened up her eight boilers, and succeeded in arriving at Honolulu two days ahead of time, averaging 16.6 knots an hour. • -

PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMME.

Information that should certainly quieten, if not altogether allay, the rumors extending over many months past to tho effect that tho 24.M. Company intends to withdraw from the Australian trade was received last Thursday week (says the ' Commercial News'). It is, in effect, that tho company have decided on a progressive policy, and intend to maintain tho service to Australia with fine new vossels i of high class and speed, tho first of j which will bo named Paul Lccut. The | decision is the outcome of an important conference hold at Marseilles, and the commencement of tho programino was made a few weeks ago when the largest vessel ever constructed for the company was launched from the famous yards of La Ciotat, near Marseilles. The ship was christened Paul Lecat, and is destined for the Far East service, though owing to tho enormous increase of Australia's oversea passenger trado it is no secret that she will make at least one trip to tho Commonwealth next homeward-bound season. It is stated that she will be tho largest passenger vessel that ever visited Australian waters. Her length between perpendiculars is 510 ft, length over all oi'oft, width 02ft, and depth 43ft. She !us a displacement of 14,500 tons, and her engines are 11,000 horse power. There will bo accommodation for over 500 first and second saloon passengers, ami every modern improvement is being incorporated in tho ship, both for the comfort of passengers and the handling ami storage of cargo. In all the first and second-class cabins hot and cold water installations will be placed, while special apparatus will assure an average and equable temperature in tho various compartments of tho vessel whatever the weather and seas she may happen to be in. An electric lift will connect the different decks. Tho ship will take no less than 3,900 tons of refrigerated cargo should occasion demand. The Paul Lecat is only the first of a fleet of steamers the directors are credited with building, and it is asserted that the older boats of the Yarra class will be done away with as the new liners appear. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, April 29.-5 p.m., Harpagns, for Wellington.—AprU 30 : 10.30 a.m., Victoria, from Southern ports.—2.3o p.m., Wimmera, from Svdney. OMAPERE, April 29."—9 a.m., Rimu, for Onehunga GREYMOUTH, April 30—10.45 a.m., Waipori, for Svdnev. LYTTELTON, April 30.-0.40 p.m., Mararoa, from Wellington. SYDNEY', April 29.-3 p.m., Ulimaroa, for Wellington. MELBOURNE. April 30.—Marjorie Craig, from Hokianga. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)