SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15064, 21 December 1912, Page 5

SHIPPING.

j HIGH WATER. - to-morrow. Taiaroa Head ; 0.37 a.m., 1.1 p.m. Port Chalmers ; 1.17 a.m., 1.41 p.m. Dunedin : 1.47 a.m., 2.11 p.m. MONDAY. Taiaroa Head : 1.25 am.., 1.50 p.m. Fort Chalmers : 2.5 a.m., 2.30 p.m. Dunedin : 2.35 a.m., 3 p.m. THE SDN. , f° - day, 7.53 p.m; rises to-morrow, 4.20, a.m. THE MOON. Rises to-day, 4.55 p.m.; sets to-morrow, Loo a.m. Phases During December.— December 24 , Full moon 4 p.m. ecember 31 Last quarter 7.42 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. ■p. l^l ?, Government Meteorologist (Rev. . . C.. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. .to-day ~, . ’ Bar. Ther.-Weath. Westport—nS.S.W.. hr 30.06 55 C P Greymonth—B.W., f - 30.05- 58 CP Bealey—AV., f b ... 29.95 57. BC Christchurch—N.E., 1 29.78 60 BC Timarn—N.,l ... ... 29.92 64 BO Oaniaru—N.E.,l ... 29.94 60 BC Dunedin—W.S.AV., 1 29.89 59 O Queenstown—«Ca 1m ... 29.93 51 j> Nuggets—S.W. f b ... 29.71 52 P Bhiff-W.S.W., 1 ... 29.87 52 OEM P. Chalmers—S.W.,br 29.78 56 OP Balclutha—N.W.. br Naseby—Calm 27.85 54 O Roxburgh—S.E.,l ... 29.64 56 O Invercargill—N.W., br 29.74 52 OR Pembroke—Calm ... 28.85 57 0 Clyde—N.E.,mg ... Puysegur Pt.—S.AV., 1 29.93 54 P Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. \\ eather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosP“ er ? clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, fog-ay ; (j gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; lightrung ; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole aky covered with thick clouds; P, parsing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ram; 8 ; snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. ■ ■ Forecast. ■ _Th6 Government Meteorologist (Rev. D- C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day : —Wind, southerly, modei rate to strong, squally at times; weather probably cool and changeable, with showers; glass rising tendency, but unsteady; sea rough off shore, tides good. SAlLED.—December 20. Hcmto, aux. schooner, 98 tons, Anderson, for Kaipara. - December 21. . Kotare, s.s., 141 tons, Treurn, for Invercargill and Riverton. Storm, s.s., 286 lons, Gordon, for Wanganui via ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.—• Mokoia, from Auckland via East Coast ports, December 26. —lntercolonial.— Maunganui, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, December 23. —Oversea, Steam.— Anglo-Mexican, from New York; sailed September 21; arrived Auckland December 10; due Dunedin about December 23. . Harpagus, from New York; sailed early IB October; at Melbourne December 16; due Dunedin middle of January. Hakushika Maru, left' Kushiro (Japan) on November 11; due New Zealand early. Hurunui, left Liverpool November 5; ft Melbourne December 16; due Auckland January 1. Mamari, from Liverpool; sailed November 14 for Dunedin direct; left Cape Town December 3; due here December 24. Buteshire, left New York November 5; , due Dunedin in February, j Star of Ireland, to leave New York December 24 Westmeath, from Liverpool; sailed November 28. . ■ *; ■ Rent, -from Liverpool; . sailed October 19; due .Dunedin January 2 from Liverpool; to sail January Tyrone, from Liverpool; sailed December 15. Rolenfels, left New York October 22; at Melbourne December 16; due Dunedin about January 16. Morayshire, left Liverpool December 5. Kaikoura, from London; sailed December .5; due Dunedin about January 19. Finisterre, from New York; sailed November 28; due in February. Waimate, from Montreal; sailed November 29; due Auckland January 29. • —Oversea, Sail.— Jane L. Stanford, left Puget Sound December 13; due m February. Yallaroi, ship, left Marseilles, September 23; dne Dunedin in January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Dlimaroa, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, December 23. Maunganui, for Sydney via Cook Strait, December 24.

Navua, s.s., will 'not . now arivc here until daylight to-morrow., morning. She leaves early on. Monday .morning, for Wellington direct. , Alaunganui, s.s., is due at the Bluff at • 6 o’clock on Monday morning. She leaves /’there at 1 p.m. for Dunedin, where she is j due about 4 on Tuesday morning. The same evening she leaves for Lyttelton, .Wellington, and Sydney. Flora, s.s., will leave Westport on Monday for Dunedin direct. ' , UHmaroa, s.s., arrived to-day from Sydney via' Cook Strait. She will not sail for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart until 2 p.m. on Monday. Niwaro-, s.s., was expected to get away this afternoon for Brisbane to load for Home. Triton, barquentine, shifted her position at the Rattray street wharf to-day to make berthage room for steamers.* Storm, s.s., sailed this afternoon for Northern ports. Kotare,. s.s., arrived late yesterday from the south, and sailed this afternoon., for Invercargill and Riverton. Latest charters include the four-masted barquentine Amazon, 1,105 tons, '< to load timber at Puget Sound for Now Zealand, with the option of Sydney, and a .South American port. The four-masted'schooner Carrier Dave, 634 tons, has also been chartered on a like mission. The Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary have chartered the well-known French steamer Breiz Izel, 4,838 tons, to load case oil aL New York for-Now Zealand ports. ; The Cape Finisterre left New York on i November 21 with a full cargo of case oil ■ for New Zealand/ and is to be followed shortly by the Cdllingham. PERSONALIA. , Mr Doughty, the well known and popular assistant manager of the Union S.S. Company-at . Sydney,'is to proceed to Fiji shortly to relieve Mr E. Morgan, manager at Fiji,: who, is'going,to Sydney to fulfil Mr Doughty’s .duties for three‘months, and then , enjoy a holiday extending to a similar-period. Mr Wheeler, an inspecting auditor of the Union Company, will 1 occupy the-,position of manager at Fiji after Mr Morgan’s departure .and until Air Doughty arrives.—‘ Shipping List.’ . Captain Befquisf. late of the barquentine Wanganui,. and who at one time had charge of the, old barque Adderley, left Sydney by the; st'eairfert Sonoma to take charge of the well-known barque, British Yeoman, now under’ orders to for Sydney. -: L■( ..

THE ANGLO-AIEXICAN

Anglo-Alexicah,_ s.s., has suffered delay at Wellington owing, to trouble with some of the waterside workers, which necessitated her crew turning to to help to discharge her. She is now due (here about Tuesday/ /

THE CERAMIC. Last week a cable message was restating that the new \\ lute Star liner Ceramic had been succosf™!ly la \ in I ? h ed by Messrs Harland and Wolff’at Belfast. The Ceramic will bo by far the largest steamer ever built for the Australian trade. She is 675 ft in length and 69ft in breadth, and her gross tonnage will be 18,000 tons. She will have accommodation for 600 passengers of one class only. Her total complement officers, crow, and passeugers—will bo 820. The Ceramic will lime an enormous cargo capacity, and portion of her cargo space will'be insulated lor the carriage, of frozen moat m bulk The Ceramic, which.will have ciglit decks, wd! he fitted with 12 watertight bulkheads, “boats for all” and every device to secure safety and comfort. One feature will bo alaroe g.i niiiasuim. for the use of passengers .1 he Ceramic is now being fitted out, 1913 " ' nm I<?r tn al trips in April,

UNION COMPANY’S TRAINING SHIP.

T7nL"«r reC c.'u tly '“nounced that the Union Steam Ship Company had decided to abolish, the Dartford as a training , bh . e h «s now been dismantled. "P for use as a coal ,Ilston - In . place of the U r coni P an -V have, decided to use their large steamer Aparima, to n Inch the cadets will be transferred Specm! accommodation will ),c provided for them m her, and the bovs will receive full instruction in seamanship, wdY S bo 10n ’ e i tC ” a s P ecial feature fniUnn W? °f . Physical drill, and tuition will be given in all matters BoanPof the T % their iJoaid of Tiade examinations, all of Kunder the supervision of a competent instructor. At the same cldX°in ortUm - ty WHI > -afforded the rudiment “ C^ llr + e lnsi S h * the ™ s , of , steam Propulsion, and they will also be instructed regarding the working of steam steering that rilTl’ ' vl . nc h ßS ; ntc. It is daimed that the Aparima will be an ideal vessel fot carrying out the alteration in the S<^ ne i 08 not o ul .vis she sufficiently Jar »e to provide the space for the speciai accommodation and training of Wad^ yS, R'■ Sho ,S “? a K e d hi oversea NW 7 i lfc ? - exp T ected she will leave Now Zealand in January for an AusTTn lo'i *r ■ ’ ) vhere sh ® wiU load for the Vilf 01 - Kingdom or the Continent. the extra expense involved will necessitate a revision of the scale of premiums paid tor cadets. On other training ships the premium varies, it is understood from £2OO upwards, hut in the case of the Aparima it is proposed to fix the amount at £l2O, spread otiar •teWffrfWfc* Jjfci &» second* and £3O third. As against the increase in the premium the company will nroyide a portion of the kit of the cadets. ™ THE CHANNEL COLLISION. ~ . LONDON, December 20. fmmV ■ u \T‘est on the body which was found in the boat belonging to the Derna after that vessel had Iteensunk i j H.M fe. Centurion, the evidence of the Centurion’s officers was that the unknown vessel did not carry a stern R.oht. I hey saw her masthead light six minutes before the collision, and thought that the vessel was approachin the battleship. The deceased’s neck had evidently been broken while he was jumping into a boat. OVERSEA STEAMERS. LONDON, December 20. Renjuera, for New Zealand. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON. December 20.—8.30 p.m., Warn moo, for Sydney.—4.so P.m Navua, for Dunedin. ~r ^XLNEY , December 20.—Invcric, from Wellington. NEWCASTLE, December 20.—Kurow, tor New Zealand. MELBOURNE, December 20.—Lavenir Belgian warship. ’ (For continuation see Lata Shipping).