SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15065, 23 December 1912, Page 7

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 21.15 a.m.. 2.44 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.55 a.m., 3.24 p.m. Dunedin : 3.25 a.m., 3,54 p.m. THE SUNT Sets to-day, 7.54 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 4.21 a.m. THE MOON. Rises to-day, 7.29 p.m.; sets to-morrow, 3.21 a.m. —Phases During December.— December 24 Full moon 4 p.m. December 31 Last quarter 7.42 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rey. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. Weath. Westport—N.W.,l ... 30.28 62 B Greymouth—N.W.,l 30.21 63 B Bealey—E.,l 30.15 63 B Christchureh—N.E.,l 30.30 62 B Timaru—N.E.,l ... 30.24 60 BC Oamaru— Calm 30.17 61 BC Dunedin—N.E.,l ... 30.19 55 BC Queenstown—Calm ... 30.16 60 BC Nuggets—N.,l ... 30.06 60 0

Bluff-N.W.,1 ... 30.15 57 0 Clyde-5.W.,1 - 70 BC Balclutha—Calm ... Port Chalmers—S.W.,l 30.18 58 C Invercamll—Calm 30.14 62 B C Naseby—Calm ... 28.15 55 BC Roxburgh—Calm ... 29.91 63 BC Pembroke—Calm ... 29.10 61 B Puysegur P.t.— W.,fr 30.18 57 G Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze,- m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, galo of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foegy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; O, 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; fair weather, but does not look like lasting; glass falling tendency; tides and sea moderate. ARRlVED.—December 21. Invercargill, s.s., 223 tons. Gillies, from Invercargill. December 22. Navua, t.s.s., 2,930 tons, Todd, from Wellington. SAlLED.—December 21. Kotare, s.s., 141 tons, Treurn, for Invercargill. Storm, s.s., 286 tons, Radford, 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 24. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, December 29. —Oversea, Steam.— Anglo-Mexican, from Ht-w York; sailed September 21; arrived Auckland December 10; due Dunedin about December 24. Harpagus, from New York; sailed early in October; at Melbourne December 16*; due Dunedin middle of January. Hakushika Maru, left Kushiro (Japan) on November 11; due New Zealand early. Hurunni, left Liverpool November 5; at Melbourne December 16; due Auckland January 1. Mamari, from Li%'erpool; sai'ed November 14 for Dunedin direct; left Cape Town December 3: now about due here. Buteshire, left New York November 5; due Dunedin in February. Star of Ireland, \e leave New York December 24 Westmeath, from Liverpool; sailed November 28. Kent, from Liverpool; sailed October 19; due Dunedin January 2 Essex, from Liverpool: to sail January 11. Tyrone, from Liverpool; sailed December 15.

Rotenfels, left New York October 22; at Melbourne December 16; clue 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 in February. Yallaroi, ship, left Marseilles, September 23; due Dunedin in January. • PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maunganui. for Sydney via Cook Strait, December 25. To prepare her for the. passage to New Zealand from Puget Sound the barque Albert is to undergo an exceptionally extensive overhaul. A new set of spars have had to be built for her, and the two lower fore and main masts and cross-trees are to renewed. A new set of rigging will also be provided, and it is said that the manner in which things are now being done on the Pacific Coast foretells many other American sailing vessels will have to receive similar attention.

Throwing a corked bottle containing her name and address into the Ohio River nearly five years ago, Miss Nora Lea, of Louisville, learned a fortnight ago that it had been picked up off San Diego, California, by Charles Collins, of Toledo, Ohio, who fished it out of Coronado Bay while on a visit to California. Captain John F. G. Hedgewald, U.S.A., retired, probably will make a report to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Ho believes the bottle passed down the Ohio, into the Mississippi, through the Gulf of Mexico, then across the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans before it was finally washed up on the coast of California. Maunganui, s.s., is due here about 3 o'clock to-morrow morning from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, and leaves at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Sydney. Flora, s.s., leaves Westport to-night" for Dunedin direct. She is clue here on Wednesday, and leaves on January 2 on her time-table run. Navua, s.s., sailed about 5 o'clock this morning for Wellington direct. Pukaki, s.s., leaves Wellington to-mor-row for the Bluff and Dunedin. She is due here on Saturday.

Whangape, s.s., from Newcastle, is due to-night or to-morrow morning. Kowhai, s.s., leaves Greymouth to-mor-row for Timaru and Dimedin, being clue here about Saturday. She surveys at Port Chalmers. , Wanaka, s.s., leaves Auckland to-mor-row for Port Chalmers direct, where she is due on Friday for survey. Kotare, s.s., is due to-morrow from Invercargill. She lays up for the Christmas holidays.'

COMING BY THE ATHENIC. The following is a list of passengers due at Wellington from London bv the ShawSavill R.M.S. Athenic on December 31 : First saloon—Colonel V. S. Sandenian, Colonel C. Bill, Mrs Bill and maid, Dr Clifton and "lira Clifton, Mr and Mrs W. Dunstan and Miss Dunstan, Mr and Mrs F. M'Questen and maid, Mr and Mrs J. B. Minchin, Mr and Mrs A. H. Russell, two sons, and Miss M. Russell, Mr and Mrs W T . Wilson, Mrs T. Cooper and the Misses G. and H. Cooper, Mrs R. Elsdale and Mr H. S. Elsdale, Mrs W. J. Hislop, Miss B. Hislop, and Master J. Hislop, Mrs G. R. Howe,' Mrs and Miss Gracie, Miss L. Coubrough, Miss G. Coulson, Miss V. Gunnerson, the Misses Miles, Miss D. Stewart, the Misses E. and R. Valentine, Mr J. J. Chapman, Mr R. Herman, Mr M. M'Rae, Mr L. Machado, Mr F. Proud, Mr C. H Purnell, Mr E. C. Stevens, Mr Campbeli Thomson.

Second saloon—Mr and Mrs G. W. Blair and family (3), Mr and Mrs W. J. Blake and son, Mr and Mrs W. J. Campbell and son, Mr and Mrs W. F. Evans, Miss L. Evans, Mr and Mrs E. W. Haycock and son, Mr and Mrs C. E. Jones, Mr and Mrs G. B. Matthews and son, Mr and Mrs T. Peters and family (5), Mr and Mrs A. Silvester, Mr and Mrs Smith, Masters Smith (3), Mr and Mrs J. W. Smith and son, Mr and Mrs J. Stewart, Mr and Mrs G. Whitmore, the Misses Whifcmore (4), Masters Whitmore (2). Mrs L. Barnes and Miss Barnes, Mesdames Byrne. O. Cooper, E. Davey, R. E. Hearn, 1. Hill, A. Knox, and the Misses Knox, M. Mason and A«.iss A. E. Mason, Mrs M. Wilkinson, Mrs H. L. Sharman, Misses J. R. Barr, A. G. Barnett, M. Chrystal, A. H. Coe, M. C. Growther, L. Deuchars, G. Grant, A. Hammerton, K. Kaye, W. Kennett, A. Marshall, F. Middleton, J. M. Orr, A. Parker, L. M. Ridges, E. Robbins, E. R. Rutter, K. Taylor, R. Wickens, Messrs F. L. Alston, U. Buhler, P. Byrnne, J. Crawley, G. Deakin, E. Dickson, F. E. Freeman, A. Gestener, J. Gray, C. T. Gribbin, A. D. Harding, A. V. Harrington, W. J. Hopwell, D. Hughes, P. Jensen, M. H. Kay, L. G. Larsen, L. Lav, J. W. M'Lachlan, A. Macmillan, J. M'Eldowney, D. M'llrov, J. Miller, G. F.Mitchell, A. Porter," A. Rose, N. Taverner, N. Theophilus. F. C. Woodward, W. G. Battey, R. Bell, G. Branston, and the Rev. E. D. Rice. In the third class there are some 540 passengers. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

The P. and O. Company have declared a dividend on tho deferred stock at 6i per cent, for the six months, together with a bonus at the rate of 5 per cent., making a total distribution of 15 per cent, for the current year (says the 'Press's' London correspondent, under date November 16). For tho 12 preceding years the declaration has been regularly a 10 per cent, dividend with a 3 per cent, bonus, making a total of 13 per cent. Tho announcement was awaited with much curiosity, for during the year stock has been as' high as 422 and down as low as 248. Now it is about 330. All sorts of rumors have been current concerning the P. and O. Company. The chief ono was that the company were about to amalgamate with the Royal Mail Company, but this was denied emphatically. As the P. and O.' is a chartered company its transfers arc not open to public inspection, consequently no one outside Leadenhall street knows how much stock has actually changed hands; and as any syndicate buying for control would probably be careful not to show its hand, butVould make use of many dummies, even the authorities of the P. and O. may well have wondered what was going on. "Through all this haze of conjecture," says 'The Times,' "two facts seem clear and indisputable. One is tho extraordinary prosperity of tho shipping industry. For a considerable time past high freight rates have obtained as a result of active trade conditions. The view in shipping circles is that these high rates will prevail at any rate until tho end of next vear. It was a perfectly fair inference'from this that the net surplus of the P. and O. for 1912 would establish a new high total. Whether they have done so or not we must wait for the annual report to disclose. It will not be forgotten that the benefit of higher freights may have been offset to some extent by less favorable factors; and. it is important to remember that, as already pointed out, the liners cannot take advantage of these to the same extent as the tramp steamers, free to avail themselves of the best terms.offered, and to pick and choose between raanv trades. The conservatism of the directors, provided it does not become hide-bound, is not the least of the company's assets. It would be rash to assume that henceforth it is to be all sailing through smooth seas." PERSONALIA. Captain Wylie, of the Ulimaroa, who went ashore at Melbourne to undergo an operation, is progressing favorably, and is expected to rejoin his" ship at the Victorian port this trip. Mr Tait, third officer of the Ulimaroa, - 1 has gone on holiday leave, and his place has been filled by the fourth officer beiii" promoted. Mr Harlick has joined as fourth officer. OVERSEA STEAMERS. , L 9* D . ON .- December 21.—Indralemn. for Wellington. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, December 22,—0.30 p.m Victoria, from Sydnev.—l.3o p.m. Wimme™V,f ™ Southern and East Coast ports. SIDNEY, December 21.-2.30 p.m., 1 Moeraki, for Wellington. MELBOURNE, December 21.-Ma-nuka, from the Bluff. (For continuation see Late Shipping).