SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14574, 24 May 1911, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 0.4 a.m., 0.20 pan. Port Chalmers : 0.44 a.m., 1 p.m. Dunedin : 1.14 aon., 1.50 p.m. THE SUN. Rises to-morrow, 7.37 a.m.; sets, 4.51 p.m. THE MOON. Set to-day, 2.57 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 5.11 a.m. —Phases During May.— May 2B New moon 5.54 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. Weath. ('ape Maria—X.. f b 50.25 63 CP Russell—E., f b ... 30.39 59 BC Kaipara—N.E., I ... 50.35 56 BC .Manukau —E.N.E., br 50.56 52 HM Auckland—S.E., 1 ... 30.58 60 F> C East Cape— B., I ... 50.47 56 C Gisborne—W., 1 ... 50.45 52 B Napier—s.W., 1 ... 30.41 45 B Gape Palliser—X.W., 1 30.41 51 B New Plymouth—E., 1 30.37 52 11 Wanganui—X.F.. 1 30.44 52 BC Wellington—N.N.E.,br 50.40 51 BC C. Campbell—N.W..fb 30.40 54 C Farewell Spit—S., 1 30.38 51 C Westport—E.S.E., 1 30.35 46 BC Greymonth—E., br ... 50.45 47 C Bealey—W.. f b ... 50.25 45 BC Christchurch—S.W., 1 50.54 45 BC Timo.ru—S. W., 1 ... 50.39 44 0 Oamaru—W., 1 ... 50.27 40 0 Dunedin —N., 1 ... 50.24 44 / Queenstown —Calm ... 30.14 40 O Nuggets—N.E., br ... 30.11 41 (' Bluff—N.. 1 50.22 45 U Invercargill —X.K.. ! 50.26 42 OG Port Chalmers—Calm 30.23 49 B C Roxburgh—S.E.. J b 29.98 44 BC Naseby—Calm ... 28.20 59 BC Balclutha—Calm ... 55 BC Hyde—N.W., 1 ... - 41 0 Pembroke—Calm ... 29.50 44 O Puysegur Pt.—N.W.. 1 50.16 52 CG Wind. —L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g. whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather. —B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy ; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F. foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning ; M, misty; 0. overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally: R, rain, continued rain; S snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Govcrruucnt Meteorologist (Rev. D. C Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day .-—Northerly winds, freshening; hazy and unsettled weather; glass fall; tides and sea moderate. ARRIVED.—May 24. Storm, s.s., 405 tons, Broadhouso, from ] Lyttelton. i Koonva, s.s., 1,091 tens, Platts, from j the West Coast via the Bluff. 1 SAILED.—May 24. | Ulimaroa, s.s., 5,777 tons, Wyllie, for | Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers : For LyUelton—Misses Plnwell, Lewis, Moore, Mesdanus Isitt, Poison, Robins, Canty and family, Messrs Poison, Stewart. For Wellington—Misses Mount fort, Tomlinson, Meed allies Birt, Hill, Fox and child, Murdoch and family, Thomson and child. Fame*. Hogg, Treverton. Smyth and child, Messrs Hill. Clark, Stevenson. Murdoch, Fames, Birt. For Sydney—Misses j Rowe. Irons, Haggitt, Frater. Douglass, Mortley, Mesdames Mnltby. Fea and child, Messrs Mortley, Douglas. Douclaes, M’Mahon, Read, Johnson, Maltby, Sloan; twenty steerage for all ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Hauroto, from Auckland, May 25. —lntercolonial. Warriraoo, from Sydney via Cook Strait. May 57. Mokoia, from Auckland, May 28 (brings Sydney passengers transhipped from Maheno at Auckland.) Moeraki, from Melbourne, May 30. —Oversea, Sail.— Bminia, Italian barque, from Marseilles, j wiled January 28. 1 Duncrag, Norwegian barque, from Liver- I pool via Wellington; sailed March 10. I Marechal de Gontant, French barque, | from Pacific Coast; to sail. j —Oversea. Steam.— Morayshire, left Liverpool March 4 via Australia ami Northern ports ; at Sydney April 26, Auckland May 7, Wellington May 17, Lyttelton May 21; due Friday.

Waitemata, left Calcutta April 10 via Singapore, Samarang, and Northern porta ; left Samarang April 23; at Auckland May 17, Lyttelton May 21; due Friday. Swanley, left New York February 10 via Australia and Northern porta; at Melbourne April 16, Sydney April 30. Auckland Mav 19; due about end of Mav.

Delphic, left Liverpool March 24 via Northern ports ; at Auckland May 14; due about end of May. Star of Australia, left New Y'ork March 8 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne April 27; left Sydney May 17; at Auckland May 22; clue about June 4.

Pakeha. loft Liverpool April 13 via Australia and Northern ports; due about -Time 19.

Wakanui, left St. John March 26 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne AI ay 18; due about June 9. Drayton Orange, left Liverpool April 1 via Australia and Northern ports; due about June 14. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hauroto, for Auckland. May 26. Warrimoo, lor .Melbourne. Mav 28.

Mokoia, for Auckland, (May 30 (Sydney passengers tranship to Maheno at Auckland).

Moeraki, for Sydney via. Cook Strait, Mav 31.

In port at noon to-day ; —At Dunedin : Ereiz Izel. Uliraarca, Koonya, Storm (steam). At Port Chalmers ; Otaki. Paparoa, Knight of the Garter, Monowai, Mourn, To Anna, Dorset, Rakiura (steam), Hnanui (auxiliary). Good progress is being made at repairing the bottom of the Knight of the Garter. Some sections of the bottom have been repaired, both the outside and insido shells, and the usual hydraulic teste have ■been applied, showing' that the work is satisfactory.

Hanrofo, s.s.. is due to-morrow from Auckland and way ports. Morayshire, s.s., will not leave Lyttelton till to-morrow. She is expected to berth at Dunedin on Fridav afternoon.

The Huanui proceeded to the Lower Harbor yesterday evening and came to anchor at Carey Ray.

Monowai, s.s., at present under overhaul at Port Chalmers, will not resume the East Coast running this week.

Waitemata, s.s., from Calcutta via Northern ports, is to leave Lyttelton at noon to-morrow for Dunedin.

Kowhai, s.s.. has been delayed in the North, and will not load at Greymouth till Monday morning. She is expected at Dunedin about the end of next week. The Petone arrived at Oamaru at 4.130 p.m. on Monday from Newcastle. She struck the stormy weather that has retarded shipping during the past few days, and was obliged to seek shelter in Cook Strait, which she did, akwg with the Jlakanoa, behind Stephens Island. She signalled ashore, but as the wires were down the message could not be sent. The Petone had 800 tons of coal for Oamaru, whence she goes to Wellington and Greymonth. Mr J. Thomson, the eldest eon of the Otago harbor-master, is third engineer on the. s.s. Otaki, which arrived here yesterday from London. Mr Thomson recently completed his apprenticeship to the engineering at Port Chalmers, where he previously served in the Union Company’s draughting office the term requisite for qualifying as a naval architect. It is officially announced in Dublin by the promoters of the Galway-Halifax .Steamship Company that a suggestion will be brought before a colonial conference that the proposed harbor at Galway should be fully 400 acres in extent, and capable of dealing with the largest transatlantic steamers. . The undertaking is to cost fOJJXyXO, in addition to which Galway

proposes to spend £70,000 on railway construction, including the necessary station accommodation, at that new harbor. MESBAOEBIES MAEITIMES. .More .particulars of the building programme of the Messageries Maritimes are to hand. The new contract which the company have secured lias not yet been signed, but will, it is stated, be shortly. Steamers of 12,000 and even 15,000 tons register have run for some years in the Australian trade, but (says the ‘ Commercial News ’) the Messageries Company have decided on a bold departure from the other companies in avoiding the discomfort of hundreds upon hundreds of passengers being crowded together in a relatively confined space. Whereas all other companies have built their new steamers to cany dose upon 1,000 passengers of all classes, in the new French steamers only 500 first, second, and third class altogether will be carried. This will admit of not only large space on deck, hut also of wide passages inside (ensuring better ventilation), big and comfortable cabins, and ample accommodation in public rooms. An electric lift will nm between the various decks. The necessary power for this will bn originated in a special engine of 500 horse-power, which will also supply the current for working all the ship's derricks, etc. Each steamer will be fitted with two seU> of quadruple expansion engines, developing 11,000, and capable of driving the ship between eighteen and nineteen knots per hour. As the service contracted for is fifteen knots per hour at sea. ample reserve of engine power lias been provided. The cargo capacity of the ships ox the now fleet is each 6.0C0 tons of j fifty cubic feet, with mail space and large refrigerating accommodation. The Paul I Local will, it is believed, make hennaiden voyage to the Far East within six months, and next year she or her sisters will be placed on the Australian nm. The first of the new fleet is named after the managing director of the company, who is its oldest official, and is on the eve of retiring after fifty years’ service. The whole of the company's Australian and Far Eastern mail service will bu eventually conducted by vessels of which the Paid Local. recently launched, is the forerunner.

UNCHARTED ROCKS REPORTED. WELLINGTON. May 24. Captain Bollons, of the Government steamer Hinemoa. report* tho existence of an uncharted rock inside the Twins Rock, Bay of Islands, between the two being a clear passage, with seventeen fathoms of water. He also reports uncharted rocks at the Three Kings, throe having a depth of water over thorn at low tide of only Bft, sft, and 4ft respectively. NO SIGN OF THE YONGALA WRECK. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE. May A3. A search steamer has thoroughly patrolled Barren Reef, Nares Rook, ami Steam Lane, but saw no sign of the Yongala. OVERSEA STEAMERS. FREMANTLE. May 25.-Macedonia, from London. SHIPPING ’TELEGRAMS. OMAPERE, May 25.—6 p.m. yesterday, Claymore, for Unehunga.—Koront, scow, for Onehunga. AUCKLAND, May 25.--Honda Isle, barquentine, from Newcastle.—Mokoia. for Southern ports. 00LL1NGW00D, May 25.-4 p.m.. H.M.S. Pioneer, from Lvttelton. LYTTELTON, May 25.—Corinna. for Nelson, New Plymouth, and Onehunga. SYDNEY, May 25.—9 p.m., Aorangi, from Wellington. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)