SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14964, 26 August 1912, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. TV.aroa Head : 2.31 a.m., 2.47 p.m. Port- Chalmers : 3.11 a.m., 3.27 p.m. Dunedin : 3.41 a.m., 3.57 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-dny. 5.26 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 6.52 a.m. THE MOON. Rose to-day, 3.35 p.m. ; sots to-morrow. 6.59 a.m. —Phases During August.— . August 28 Full moon 7.29 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. T>. C. Bate*) eunplied the following •K-eather report* at 9 a.m. to-day : „- , L „ „ B; "-. Ther. Weath. Westport—S.E..l ... 30.24 44 B Greymouth—E..l ... 30.27 42 l{ (' Beaiey—E.,! 30.28 37 P, 0 Chrietehureh—S.W..l 30.35 48 BC Timaru—Calm 30.35 45 B Oamaru—N.W.,l ... 30.10 45 B Ihinedin—N.E..l ... 30.26 47 BC Queenstown—Calm *... 30.25 40 B ■Nuggets—S.,l 30.11 49 C Bluff—N.W.,l ... 30.21 48 DC Port Chalmers—Calm 50.24 50 0 3 nvercargill—Calm ... 30.27 48 P. Pembroke—Calm ... 29.15 40 B Clyde—Calm - 46 |; Centre Island—NAV.,] 30.25 50 Z Balclutha—S.W.,l ... [Naseby— Calm 28.20 40 BC Roxburgh—Calm ... 29.96 49 BC PuysegurPt.—N.W..l 30.26 50 B Wind.—L., light: br, breeze ;f b, fre.sh breeze; m e, moderate gaie: g, whole or leavy pals, ; v - ) g a ] e 0 f exceptional severitv. Weather.— B, blue eky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, paasinig ■clouds ; D, drizzling rain ; F. gloomy, dark weather; H. hail: LTluchtmng; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole »ky covered with thick clouds ; P, passing •bowers; Q, equally; R. rain, continued win; S. snow; T. thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Rates) supplied thn following at noon to-day :— Northerly winds, and freshening after 24 hours; then hazy and cloudy for storm apnroaching from the westward after 36 to'4B hour's; -lass unsteady, but fall fast after 24 hours ; tides and sea moderate. ARRIVED.—August 25. j Tnvercaryill, s.s.. 223 tons. Gillies, from ] Waikawa. Storm, s.s.. 286 tons, Gordon, from ] Timaru. j __ Wimmera. s.s., 3.022 tons. Waller, from ; Sydney via Auckland. Passengers : Mrs '■ J. \V. Little. Mr and Mrs A. Puflett, Mrs ; and Miss Park. Mrs Deuehrass, Miss ! Isdell, -Mre Moir and child. Miss Hav, Misses Taiaroa (2) : jive stcerase. ' I Kaiiipoi, s.s., 2,CKb tons. Buxton, from j .Westport. j Tavinuni. s.s.. 1.542 tons. Platte, from I West Coast via the Bluff. | SAlLED.—August 25. j Huanui, auxiliary schooner, 59 tons, j 51' Bride, for Kaipara. ) Maunganui. t.s.s.. 7.527 tons. Worrall, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart.' I August 26. j Moeraki, s.s.. 4,392 tons, King, for i Oamaru. "" > EXPECTED ARRIVALS. j —Coastal.— Monowai, from Auckland via East j Coast ports, August 29. I Tawvera, from Auckland via East ! Coast ports, September 1. j —lntercolonial. i Warrimoo. from Melbourne via Hobart I Bud the Bluff, August 27. j Manuka, from Sydney via, Cook Strait, j August 31. j Maitai, from Melbourne via Hobart and I lhe_Bluff. September 3. LTimaroa. from Sydney via Cook Strait, ' September 7. i —Oversea, Steam.— I Strathroy. left N»w York Mav 29; du» j Dunedin about August 27. _ Whakatane, from" Montreal via Austra- | Ha and Northern ports ; due Dunedin I August 27.

Essex, left Liverpool June 22; due Dun<e>din about August 29. Opawa. left London July 19; due Dunedin about September 1. Matatua, left Montreal June 20; d"» Auckland August 20; duo Dunedin about September 10. Kia Ora, left London August 1 for Ihmedin direct; due aooufc September 16. Waltrrraute. left New York June 5; due Dunedin about September 18.

Waimana, left Liverpool Ju';y 16; du» Dunedin about Sept-ember 20. Anglo-Californian, left New York Juna 11: dne> Dunedin about end of Sept-ember. Southern, left New York July 19 : due Dunedin about October 20.

Wimbledon, left Philadelphia August 5: due Dunedin about the end of October. Rakaia, left Montreal August 10; due Dunedin about October 31. Waiwera, was to leave Canada August 15; due Auckland October 21; due Dunedin early in November. Anglo-Mexican, from New York; to tail. Whakama, left New York August 6; iue Dunedin in October. Birkenfels, left New York August 12; lue Dunedin about November 4. Surrey, from Liverpool; to sail August J4 : due Dunedin November 4. —Oversea, Sail.— Titania, barque, from Surprise Island. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wimmera, for Svdnev via Auckland, August 27. Moeraki, for Svdnev via Cook Strait, August 28. Mcnowai. for Auckland via East Coast ports. August 30. Manuka, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, September i Tarawera, for Auckland via East Coast ports (connecting with the. Maheno for Sydney). September 3. Maitai, for Sydney via Cook Strait. September 4. Ulimaroa, for Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart, September 3. Tn port at noon to-day :At Dunedin : Kaiapoi. Wimmera. Tavinni. Rnkiura. Invercargill. Wairtuui (.stcami. Makawrlli (fail). At Port Chalmers : Storm., Corinna (steam),' Huanui (sail).

Wimmera. s.s.. sails to-morrow for Sydney via East Coast ports and Auckland. Strathroy. 5..5., is expftted to-morrow from New York via Northern, ports. Huanui. auxiliary schooner, went to the Lower Harbor yesterday and anchored in Carey Bay. She will'sail for Kaipara ■with the first favorable wind.

Storm, s.p.. arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday from the North, and this morning she shifted over to the dork head to have some, dented plates in her counter replaced. Moeriiki, .«..«., having completed her overhaul at Port Chalmers, left this morning for Oamaru to load potatoes for Australia. She take.-- up the Sydney running from Dnnedin at the middle of "the week. Karamu, s.s.. the new Union cargo carTier, is due here tomorrow afternoon from Hobart. Flora, e.s., is due on Thursday from the West Coast via Wellington and'Lytteltou. YVarrimco, s.s., is due at the Tiluff tonight, and hr.re late to-morrow. She was behind time in leaving Hobart this trip. ApaTima, e.g., passed Thursday Island on Friday. She is due at Auckland on September 2. and here towards the middle of the month.

Tavtuni, s.s., is to leave to-night for the West Coast via ports.

As an outcome of the Titanic inquiry new regulations have been gazetted by the Austrian Government, requiring a sufficiency of boats and other life-eaving appliances. Wairuna, s.s., leaves to-morrow night for Oamartt. She bunkers at Wellington, and sails for Fiji. Kaiapoi, .s.s.. will probably leave tomorrow night for Oaniaru to complete discharge. It is expected she will go "from there to Greymouth to load timber for Melbourne.

The Canadian Government are planning a scheme of reciprocity in regard to shipping regulations, so that certificates issued in Canada'may recognised by the. British Board of Trade.

NEW "BLUE FUNNELS." The Blue Funnel Line will very shortly, have their fleet augmented bv "two new steamers of 15,000 tons each. "These, will be the largest and finest boats that have yet traded to Australia. The both, will have. accommodation for 350 first rlass passengers only, and they are being built on a very elaborate- scale—of the' iEn«is, Aseanius, and Anchises dnsis. popular vessels of the same company. There will he single-berth cabins.and also cabins do luxe. The smoking room ac--commodation will bo largely increased by an additional lounge smoking room for both men and women. The steamers will be replete with every possible conveneince for the comfort and safety of the passengers. The liners are 560 ft long, and have a "beam of sSft. The first of these two in the running will be the Nestor, which is to leave Sydney early in the coming year. It will be followed later by the second, which will probably be named the ITysses. MISCELLANEOUS. The New Zealand Shipping Company's it earner Turakinn, after completing discharge at Lytte'.ton, will probably be docked at Port Chalmers for cleaning and painting. Captain Gordon lias resumed command of the Storm, in place of Mr End fold, who has reverted to his position .-is male. Mr .). H. Thomas has signed off the Strathroy as second officer, .and is at present in Wellington Hospital. Mr V. J. Hay was the first Amokura boy to qualify for a second mate's carti- I fieate, and the Murine Department intends, with the aproval of the Minister in charge, to send him a letter of commendation. Hay is not yet 18 years old, and he was not 15 when he joined the Amokura, He was for some time oil board the barque Marjorie Craig. ORDER FOR NEW STEAMERS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. August 25. (Received August 26. at 9.15 a.m.) The firm of Weeiiuan and Pearsons have ordered 20 tank- .steamers, at a cost of '■ £3,000.000. to convey oil from the Mexican oilfields, in which the firm are interested. THE WORLDS SHIPBUILDING. Fiom the returns compiled by Lloyd's; 'Register of Shippiue.' it appears' that." ex- j eluding warships, there were 529 vessels, of i 1.774 040 tons gross register, under con- i struciion in the United - " Kingdom at the! clt>se of the quarter ended June 30. 1912. The particulars of the vessels in question are as follow:—Steam: 483 steel vessels, totalling 1.762.560 tons, ami 9 wood or composite vessels of 564 tons, a total c' 492 vessels of 1,762.924 ions, as compared with 494 vessels of 1.675.597 tons for the previous charter. Sail : 37 steel or wooden vessels of 11.116 tons, as compared with 51 of 11.301 tons for the previous quarter. The total for steam and sail for the quarter i ended June 30. 1912. is 529 vessels, of.' 1.774.010 ton-:, as comp.-ied with 545; vessels of 1,686.898 ton.- for the quarter I ended March 31, 1912.

The under construction at the Ix-iiiiininjj of tho neiv quarter was about 37.000 tons more than that which was in hand at the end of last quarter, and exceeds by 298.000 tons the tonnage buildmj; in .Tunc. 1911. The present figures are the highest <?ver Tceonk'd in. the society's quarterly returns. The owneiship of the 529 vessels w.'s at- follow.*:—United Kingdom. 367 vessels of 1.231.347 tons ; British colonies. 31 of 70.768 tons ; Argentina., 3 of 5 030 tons: Austrin-Huiijrary. 6 of 26.157 tons: Belgium. 4 of 8,330 tons: B:-azil. 19 of 11,835 tons : Cuba, 1 of 120 tons: Denmark, 3 of 2.720 tons; Egypt, 3 of 2,850 tons : France. 4 of 3,940 "tons ; Germain-, 11 of 50,344 tons ; Greece, 7 of 26.930 tone: Holland. 11 ol 110.600 tons: Italy, 5 of 8.380 tons ; Japan. 2 of 8.600 tons ; "Koi wav, 15 of 55.295 tons ; Panama. 1 of 1.000 tons; Portugal. 3 of 178 tons; Russia. 1 of 5.8C0 tons; Snain. 4 of 30.790 tons; Sweden. 3 of 17.450 tons; Turkey. 4 of 1,100 tens ; country unknown, 2 of 300 texts; for Bale, or nationalitv not stated, 16 of 34.191 tons. Of the total of 529 vessels, 327 were -under 4.000 tons : 112 were from 4.000 to 6.000 tons, 43 from 6.000 to 8.000 tons. 20 from 8.000 ton;.to 10.000 tons. 10 front 10.000 to 12.000 tons, 6 from 12,000 to 15,000 tons, 8 from 15.000 to 20.000 tons, 1 between 30.000 and 40,000 torn, and -2 of over 40.000 tons each. The number and toronage of vessels building outside the United Kingdom, according to latest returns received on June 30. 1912. was 390 steamers of 1,013,565 tons, and 41 sailing vessels of 15.892 tons, a total of 431 vessels of 1.029,257 tons. Of these, 101 ve*-

sels of 388.166 tons were building in Oermanv. 99 of 204.519 tons in the United States of America. 54 in Holland of 99.405 tons, 50 in Japan of 45.246 ton?, 33 in Norway of 23.957 tons, and 22 in British colonies of 10.153 tons. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. August 25.—11.20 a.m.. Maheno, from Sydney.■■-1.50 p.m., Tarawera. from Southern ports. BLUFF. August 25.-~Hannriui IT., whaler, from Campbell Islands. SYDNEY. August 24.-2 p.m.. Manuka, for Wellington. MELBOURNE." August 24.—Maitai. from the Bluff.

(For continuation see Late Sr.inping.)