SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14688, 4 October 1911, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORKOW. Taiaroa Head : 0.46 a.m., 1.5 p-m. Port Chalmers ; 1.26 a.m., 1.46 p-m. Dunedin : 1.56 a.m., 2.16 p.m. THE SUN. _ Rises to-morrow, 5-38 a.m. ; sets, 6.15 pan'. THE MOON _ Rose to-day, 1.38 p.m ; sets to-morrow, 4.44 a.m. —Phase® during October. — October 8 Full moon 5.41 p.m. OtAofc>.-r 15 T-ai-e. quaxtev 11-16 a-m. 'October 22 New moon 3.39 p.m. October 30 First quarter 6.12 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day ; Bar. Tber. W-eath. Cape Maria—E.,l 29.55 58 OP Basseil—S.E.,fb ... 30.CD 60 O Kaipara—E.N.E., 1 50.03 57 B Manukau —E.,1 ... 30.07 59 BC Auckland—E.,l ... 30.05 62 B G East Cape—S., fb ... 30.10 57 B Gisborne—Calm ... 30.09 58 0 Z Napier—S.W.,l ... 30.13 57 O Cape Palliser—E.. fb 30.21 58 BC New Plymouth—N-, 1 50.09 55 B Wanganui—E.,l ... 30-04 57 B Wellington—S., 1 ... 30.16 -55 B Cape Campbell—Calm 30.19 52 B Farewell Spit—S.E., 1 30.15 58 B Westport—S.W.. 1 ... 50.04 55 B G Grey-mouth—E..l Beaiey—W.,l... 30.11 52 B Christchurch —N.E., br 50.22 55 BC Emaru —Calm ... 30.00 51 B Oamaru—Calm 50.05 51 B G Dunedin —E.,1 30.00 49 BC Queenstown —Calm ... 50,07 49 BC Nuggets—N.W., br 29.96 46 C M Bluff—N.W..l 30.08 50 OF Nasebv— Calm ... ... 28.00 48 B Invercargill—-N.,1 .„ 29.98 52 BC Ealclntha—Calm ... Port Chalmers—N.E..l 50.07 54 ,BC Pembroke—Calm ... 29.00 55 B Roxburgh—Calm ... 29.70 55 EC Puysegirr Pt.—N.W.,l 50.06 50 G Clyde—Calm —• 56 , B Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; m g, 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 Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day ;—Strong northerly winds : hazy and unsettled weather; glass fall slowly; tides poor, sea moderate. ARRlVED.—October 3. Kotare, s.s., 141 tons, Treurn, from Catlins River. October 4. Koonya, s.s., 1,091 tons. Platts, from the West Coast via the Bluff. Kowhai. s.s., 792 tons, Scott, from Greymouth via Timam. SAlLED.—October 4. Manuka, s.s., 4,505 tons, Neville, for Sydney via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers : For Lyttelton—Mesdames Isaacs, Carson, Messrs Northe.y, Marshall. For Wellington—Misses Birth, Jamieson, Marshall, Shrhnpton, Douglas, Turner, Mesdames Morrison, Purdio (34, Ready, Jcfcoate, Lailey, Marshall. Field, Park, Wood gate, Messrs Ryan, Murdoch, Morrison, Thomas, Isaacs, Taylor, Jamieson, Dailey. For Sydney—Miss Collins, Mrs Ritchie, Messrs Collins, Patrick, Vanes, Ritchie; 14 steerage for all ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal— Mokoia, from Auckland, October 5. —lntercolonial. Moana, from Sydney via Cook Strait, October 7. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, October 8. Ulimaroa, from Melbourne, October 10. —Oversea, Sail— Matanra, Norwegian barque, from Seychelles. —Oversea, Steam,— Tomoana, left New York July 17 via Australia and Northern ports ; left Sydney September 23 : at Auckland September 28, Wellington October 2; due about October 9. Kent, left Liverpool July 29 via Northern porta; left Cape Town Angost 26; left Hobart September 21; at Auckland September 28 ; due about October 15. Cape Corso. left Montreal July 30 via Australia and Northern ports: at Melbourne September 28; due about October 19. Trifels, left New York August 1 via Australia and Northern ports; at Melbourne September 28; duo about October 28. Walkure, left New York July 1 via Northern ports: at Auckland September 28, Wellington October 3; duo about October 15. Whakaiane, left Montreal August 22 via Australia and Northern porta; due about November 5. Lord Lonsdale, left New York July 27 via Northern porta; due about end of October. Cranley, left New York August 27 via Australia and Northern ports; due about November 28. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Mokoia, for Auckland, October 6. Moana, for Melbourne, October 8. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland, October 10. Ulimaroa, for Sydney via Cook Strait, October 11. In port at noon to-day:—At Dunedin: Kaikouxa. Manuka, Flora, Koonya, Kotare, Kowhai (steam), Marechal de Gontant, Blenheim, Joseph Sims (sail). At Port Chalmers ; Orari, Karamea, Rimntaka. Hairroto, Takapuna, Moura, Dorset, Rakiirra (steam). Mokoia, s.s., is due to-morrow morning from Auckland and way ports. She was to leave Lyttelton at 1 o’clock this afternoon.

Oran, e.s.. leaves Port Chalmers tomorrow evening for Sydney to load in Australia for London. Flora, 8.5., is to sail for the West Coast via ports to-morrow. Kittawa, s.s., due to-morrow morning from Westport via Wellington, will leave Jhe same day for Greymouth direct. Karamea, s.s., leaves Port Chalmers tomorrow morning for Newcastle to go on the Australian loading berth for London. Tire New Zealand Shipping Company’s new 12,500-ton liner Remuera has left England on her maiden voyage, to New Zealand under the command of Captain IT. E. G recast reet. The Remuera left Plymouth on Saturday, and is doe at Cape Town on the 21st inst., Hobart on November 9, Wellington on November •14. and Lyttelton on November 20. Sir James Mills, of Dunedin (says the ■'Leeds Post’), has undertaken his present visit to London with a view to placing orders for t wo new steamers of 10.000 kuw each, to be used in the now mail Service between Vancouver and Auckland. The time of transit from London to New Zealand will be about 33 days, as compared with the 37 taken by the vessels on the Sue? Canal route. The new steamers will have a speed of 17 knots, and will, according to an estimate prepared by Sir James Mills, have to earn. £IO,OOO a" month each to clear their heavy expenses. The Norfolk, which was to leave the United Kingdom on September 4, and afterwards come over to New Zealand to take up the November loading berth for West of England ports, was delayed on account of the recent strike, and did not sail until September 27. The vessel will take up the December berth, the steamer to load in November being the Ayrshire, The butter vessel is scheduled to leave Now Zealand on November 24 for Avonmouth via Australia. The rock-cutting steamer Talcahuano started from Glasgow on August 21 on a fong voyage to.South America. She is jnf. 318-tons register, 100 ft long, and is of.

peculiar appearance, with her two great rock-cutting appliances and' crone-like structures on deck, while her draught is only about 6ft. On her preliminary trials she attained a speed of nine knots. Her destination is a place after which she is named, situate about 200 miles south of Valparaiso, to which port she .proceed® via the Strait of Magellan. She was built to the order of the Chilian Government, and was specially designed to construct a dock in which huge boulders have to be dealt with. TAVITJNI’S CARGO. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, October 4. The copra cargo in the Tavinni is being discharged. It is not thought to be seriously damaged by immersion. The oopra portion of the cargo was salved from the wreck of the Knight of St. George at Nukualofa. OVERSEA STEAMERS. FREMANTLE, October 3.—Orsova, from London. SHIPPING. TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. October 3.—Kia Ora, for Wellington. WELLINGTON. October 3.—-5 p-m., Mokoia, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers for Dunedin : Mesdames Cox, Henderson, Captain Pice. SYDNEY, October 3.—10 a.m., Warriiuoo, from Wellington—Beckenham, from Timarn.

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