SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15074, 4 January 1913, Page 5

SHIPPING.

: HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. • Head : 0.40 -a.m., 1.4 p.m. Port Chalmers : 1.20 a.m., 1.44 p.m. Dunedin : 1.50 a.m., 2.14 p.m. MONDAY. ~ Taiaroa Head : 1.30 a.m.. 1.55 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.10 a.m., 2.35 p.m. Dunedin : 2.40 a.m., 3.5 p.m. , THE SUN. Sets to-day, 7.56 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 4.31 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-dav, 5.24 p.m.; rises to-morrow. 1.43 a.m. —Phases During January.— January 7 New moon * 9.58 p.m. January 16 First quarter 3.32 a.m. January 23 Full moon 3.10 a.m.' January 29 Last quarter 7.4 p.m. . WEATHER REPORTS. The t Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. • 0. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. Weath. West-port— W.5.W.,1 29.92 68 BC Greymouth—N.E.,l 29.90 65 C Bealey—N.W.,fb ... 29.89 69 li Christehurch—E., 1 ... 29.85 68 B Timaru—Calm 29.75 66 F Qamaru—N.E.,l ... 29.70 66 BC Dunedin—N.E.,l ... 29.64 64 B Queenstown—N., str 28.70 71 B Nuggets—N., 1 29.48 62 F Bluff—N.l 29.65 60 B Naseby—N.W.,l ... 27.75 67 BC Invercargill—Calm ... 29.41 71 a C Roxburgh—N.E.,g ...29.41- 71 BC Balclutha—Calm ... Clyde—N.W.,fb ... P. Chalmers—N.E.,l 29.56 64 F Pembroke—N., str ... 28.68 72 BC PuysegurP.—N.W.,str 29.61 65 C 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 skv. be the atmosphere- clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather ; H, hail; £?" lightning ; M, misty; 0. overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; R. rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, uglv, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government. Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day .-—Strong northerlv winds"; cloudy and unsettled weather"; mist and fog in parts; rain probable: barometer falling, but rising after 16 hours: tides good, sea moderate swell on the coast. ■ . ARRlVED.—January 4. Bre'eze, s.S;, 386 tons, Broadhouse. from Lyttelton. Warrimoo, s.s., 3,529 tons. Clift, from Sydney, via Cook Strait. Passengers : Miss Hart, Mrs. Hart. Messrs J. A. Hart James, G. Holdsworth, Potts, Rev. Lawton North: five steerage.. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland via East Coast ports, January 5. ' ' • —lntercolonial.—. Ulimaroa, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff, January 7.' ■ Moeraki, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, January 14. Maunganui, from "Sydney via Cook Strait, January 11. —Oversea, Steam.— Kent, from Liverpool; sailed October 19; due Dunedin January 9. Harpagus, from New York; sailed early in October; at Melbourne December 16; due Dunedin about January 25. ■ Hurunui, left Liverpool" November 5 ; at Auckland December 29; due here about

January 11. Star of Ireland, left New York December 24; duo here about February 28. Butesh •, left New York November 5; due Dunectin in February. Westmeath, from Liverpool; sailed November 28. Essex, from Liverpool; to sail January Xumara, left Montreal October 15; arrived at Auckland December 28; due-here about January 11. Tyrone, from Liverpool; sailed December 15. Rotcnfels, left New York October 22; Morayshire, left Liverpool December 5. Kaikoura, from London; sailed December 5; due Dunedin about January 19. Tokomaru, left St. John, December *2B; due Auckland early in March. Finnisterre, 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 £,; dne Dunedin in January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Warrimoo, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, January 5. Moeraki, from Sydney via Cook Strait January 15. ' Tn port at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Mamari, Whangape, Kotare (steam), Tri-ton-(sail). At Port Chalmers : Zealandic, Maitai, Kauri, Wanaka. Progress, Moura Taviuni (steam). ' ' Warrimoo, s.s., arrived a little after noon to-day from Sydney via Cook Strait, after being delayed at the Heads by fog. She sails to-morrow for the Bluff and Melbourne. Kowhai, s.s., leaves here on Wednesday for Napier and Gisborne via ports. Pukaki, s.s., leaves on Thursday for the West Coast via time-table ports. The Arahura xvas to leave Lvttelton at noon to-day for Wellington to resume her West Coast running. The Monowai and Te Anau are both being used for the ferry service to-night. Aparima, s.s., is expected to get awav from Timaru to-night, and is due here to-morrow morning. She leaves about Thursday for the Bluff and Newcastle. Wanaka, s.s., leaves on Friday for the Bluff, Oamaru, and Timaru to load for Auckland. Whangape, s.s., goes to Port Chalmers on Monday for overhaul. Kauri, s.s., will probably resume running towards the end of next week. The Wellington-Lyttelton ferry, boats and the Monowai were delayed outside Lvttelton Heads this morninrj'by fog. Paparoa, s.s., is clue tomorrow at Port Chalmers for loading. Nairnshire, s.s., was to leave Lyttelton at noon to-day, and is due here to-morrow afternoon. Zealandic, s.s., which is loading a very large consignment of wool at Port Chaimers, will leave to-morrow mornino- for Timaru and Wellington. * Tarawera, s.s., is due here to-morrow from Auckland via East Coast ports. She leaves on Tuesdav on the return trip Ulimaroa, ss, is due at the Bluff on Monday, and here on Tuesday. MONOWAI GETS FIREMEN. The Monowai, which was to have Failed from Port Chalmers for Auckland via East Coast ports on the arrival of the 2.30 train from Dunedin, was stuck up bv a shortage of firemen. A number of "the men had left in the ordinarv way, and the difficulty experienced in getting others to fill the vacancies was such that at 4 p.m. yesterday it was thought the vessel would not get away until the morning. Better success than was anticipated was experienced, however, and the vessel sailed between 5 and 6 p.m. OVERSEA STEAMERS. ,J J ,°. NDON > January 3. Whakarua, from Wellington. SYDNEY, January 3.—Star of India, for New Zealand.