SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15281, 5 September 1913, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH, WATER.. TO-MORROW. , Taiaroa Head : 6.48 a.m.. 7.17 p.m. Port Chalmers : 7.23 a.m., 7.57 p.m. Duntdin.:: 7.58 a.m., 8.27 p.m. .. . THE SUN. .'. Sets to-day, 5.38 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 6,34 a.m. THE MOON. • Sets to-day, 11.24 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 8.43 a.m. . • —Phases During September.— September 8 First quarter 0.36 a.m. September 16 Full moon 0.16 a.m. September .24 Last quarter 0.0 a.m. September.'3o New moon 4.27 p.m. : WEATHER REPORTS. ,' The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C.' Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : ■ Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—N.W., f b 30.08 58 B Napier—N.,l 29.95 58 BC Wellington—N., m ... 29.84 57 0 Westport—E..l ... 29.85 50 OG P Greymonth—N.W., f b 29.74 52 OP Bealev—N.W.,l ... 29.76 43 OR Christchurch—N.W.,l 29.67 53 CB Timaru—W.,f b ... 29.62 54 BC Oamaru—S.,fb ... 29.52 51 B Dunedin—W., f b ... 29.46 54 BC Queenstown—S.W..l 29.58 48 BC Nuggets—W..fb ... 29.51 47 B Bluff—W.N. W.,f ... 29.50 48 BC Clyde—N.W.,fb ... Port Chalmers—Calm 29.51 53 B Naseby—W.,fb ... 27.60 48 BC Balolutha— S.W., f b Pembroke—N.,l ... 28.50 50 B Roxburgh—S., 1 ... 29.30 51 B Invercargill—N.W.,l 29.40 48 BC Puysegur Pt.—N.W.,l 29.50 48 OP Wind.—L., light; br breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, 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, f ogtry; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L7'lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squallv; 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 :—lndications are for westerly winds prevailing; the weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled; heavy rain to be expect'ed shortly, with rivers rising; barometer unsteady, and has a falling tendency; seas rough oft shore. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —lntercolonial.— Ulimarca, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, September 9. —Oversea, Steam.— Tyrone, left Liverpool Julv 8; due September 27. Rheinfels, left New York June 27; left Sydney September 4. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —lntercolonial.— __ Ulimaroa, for Sydney via Cook Strait, September 10. Warrimoo, s.s., leaves on Monday for Melbourne. Moeraki, s.s., is scheduled to leave Dunrdm on Monday, September 15, instead of Saturday, September 13; for Melbourne. Maitai, s.s., was to sail this afternoon for Auckland via East Coast ports. Corinna, s.s., arrived to-day. She is expected to get away to-morrow for the North, though it is not yet certain that she will. There will no boat from Sydney tomorrow. ' _ Taviuni,' s.s., is not due till Sundey from the Bluff. She leaves on Mondav for Oamaru, Timaru, and the West toast. t Flora, s.s., from the West Coast direct, is due about next Wednesday. Victoria, s.s., is due on "Sunday from Auckland and Sydney. She resails en 3 uesday. , M F \ Davis, having completed his holiday leave, rejoins the Arahura as chief, m place of Mr Beswick, who K oes on holiday. , The Wellington Harbor Board considered the position of the permanent employees' suspension for refusing to handle the cargo salvaged from the Devon. The men forwarded an admission that thev had acted wrongly, and the board eventually decided that they be reinstated with the loss of three days' pay . ALLEGED IMPROPER SALE. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) has reserved judgment at Wellington in the case of J. A. Redpath and Son and the Victoria Insurance Companv. Ltd versus A. Hatrick and Co., a claim for i ,\ IV ls i n f< out of the stranding and sale of the barquentine Carla, and also tor the moneys received by the defendants for the sale: of the coal from the Carla after she went ashore, the latter amount also being m the vicinity of £SOO Mr W. C. MaoGregor (Dunedin) and Mr W. J. rreadwell YVangamu) appeared for the ]w ir ffS ; T l Mr , C - B - Morison, K.C. Wellington), and Mr G. Marshall 'V , ? n #" , , u 0 J for the defendants. The plaintiffs case was to prove that Hatrick and Co. were the agents for the Carla S r ch ™l e l t0 *A. Redpath and Sons), and that when she was ashore thev quite improperly sold and then thev themselves purchased J. A. Redpath and Sons' .oal, an action which they concealed from the pnncipals, J. A. Redpath and Sons. • HUDDART-PARKERS LOCAL OFFICE. Messrs Huddart-Parker are opening r rnh kT' °fu C '° in neciin this month, probably m the same block as Mesrs Neill and Co. (m the Stamp Duty Department's premises). I hey are said to be bringing their own men from various other offices "f the company Mr T. J. Parker, of Melbourne, will be manager, and Mr P ii. . iNoseda, of Geelong, accountant. There fr'nl, wi e a " lan f r rom Auckland and one ™Tn H^ art - . Ml ; Jones (Wellington manager) is now in Dunedin in connection with the new office. Australian papers contain particulars of a presentation to Mr JNoseda by the Geelong office. COLLISION IN PORT. Press Association-By Telegraph—Copyright, BRISBANE, September 4. While the steamer Aldenham was manoeuvring she crashed into the steamer Hobart, which was moored at the wharf. Ihree of the Hobart's plates were stove in, and a hole Bft square was made, which £? s P T a T rt !y filled by the Aldenham's bow. Ihe Hobart was struck well above the water-line. OVERSEA STEAMERS. WELLINGTON, September 4.-5.30 p.m., Kumara, for London. SYDNEY. September 4.—Rheinfels, for New Zealand. ' SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON. September 4.-0.30 P.m., Indralema, from East Coast, Auckland, and L0nd0n.—5.25 p.m., Monowai, for East Coast and Auckland. LYTTELTON, September 4.-Kaituna, for Wellington. OAMARU, September 4.—10.30 p.m., Vvaipori, from Dunedin. INVERCARGILL, September 4.-4 p.m.. Invercargill, from Dunedin. NEWCASTLE, 4,-Wake-field for New Zealand. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)