SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15433, 5 March 1914, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MOBBOW. Taiaroa Head : 9.29 a.m., JO p.m. Port Palmers : 10.9 a.m.. 10.40 p.m. Dunedin : .Q. 38 a.m., 11.10 p.m. THE SUN. Sels to-day, 6.46 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 5.53 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-day, 10.3 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 3.13 p.m. —Phases of the Moon. — March 12 Full moon 3.49 p.m. March 19 Last quarter 7.9 a.m. Mdich 27 New moon 5.39 a.m WEATHER BEPORTS. _%9 Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. Weath Auckland—N.W.,l ... 30.13 67 BC Napier— W.,br - ... 30.01 66 B Wanganui— W.N.W..fb ... 30.07 66 BC Wellington—N.W.,br 29.99 67 BC Westport—S.W..l ... 30.08 '6l C Urevmoiith—S.S.W..l 30.07 63 OP Bealey—W.,fb ... 30.C6 59 BC Caristchureh—Calm 30.11 62 B Timaru—Calm ... 30.00 63 B Oamaru—S.,l 30.12 65 O Dunedin—S.W.,l ... 29.93 60 O Queenstown—Calm ... 29.94 60 O Nuugets—S.W.,fb 29.98 56 G Bluff—W.S.W..fb 29.93 55 ORF PyrtChalmers-5.W..l 29.93 62 O Roxburgh—Calm ... 29.58 60 0 Clvde—N.W..l ... Nasebv—Calm 28.00 60 BC Pembroke—Calm- ... 28.95 63 O Balelutha—W..l ... Invercargill— S.W.. f b 29.85 52 O PuysegurPt.—N.W.,l 30.01 55 R 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. foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning ; M, misty; 0. overcast, the whole sky" covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squallv; R, rain, continued rain: S. snow; T, thunder; 17, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Strong westerly winds; veering by south to east: prospect of fair weather; misty rain expected; glass will be very high shortly ; tides good, sea moderate. ARRIVED.—March 4. Hinemoa, s.s. (4.45 p.m.), 282 tons, Bolions, from Northern ports. March 5. InvercaTgill, s.s. (2.30 a.m.), 223 tons. Gillies, from Timaru. M-it.-J. s.s. (8 a.m.K 3.393 tons. Edwin, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses Mitchell. Thompson, Blanchard, Wagstaff, Rountr?e, Bagley, Mesdames Ross, M'Eldowney. Messrs Hicks. Thompson. White. O'Connor, Caffin, Arnott, M'Eldowney, Pollock; 19 steerage. SAILED.—March 4. Lobo. barque (noonl, 945 tons, Murchison. for Oamaru. Kotare, 5.3. (4.45 p.m.), 141 tons, Treurn, for southern ports. Maunganui, t.s.s. (.4.15 n.m.). 7.627 tons, Worrall, for Sydney via Cook Strait. EXPECTED ARRIVALS." —lntercolonial. Moeraki, from Sydney. March 7. Victoria, from Svdnev via Auckland, March 8. ,

—Oversea, Sfceam.—

Matatua, from Liverpool; now at Wellington ; due Dunedin about March 10. Rangatira. from London via Hobart; arrived at Wellington February 26; due Lvttelton March 5; due Dunedin about March 10.

Cairnross, from. Montreal; left Sydney for Auckland.. March 3.

Burgermeister Hachmann, from New York; left Napier March 4 for Dunedin direct, and is due here March 6.

Inverkip, left New York December 31; due Dunedin early in April. Argenfels. fgrom New York; due at Auckland March 5; due Dunedin about March 22.

Henrik Ibsen, from New York; sailed January 27: due here middle of April. Jeseric, left St. John January 4; left Cape Town February 4; due Auckland March 22; due Dunedin about end of March.

Surrey, from Liverpool; now at Auckland ; due here March 16.,

Buteshire, left Liverpool January 17; due Auckland March 23: due Dunedin April 8. John Hardie, left New York February 26: due Wellington early in May; due Dunedin about May 14. Clan Maclaren, from Newcastle; due at Port Chalmers in a few weeks. —Oversea, Sail.— Combermere (ship), left Marseilles Jannary 18; due May. "Andromeda (barque), left New York January 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —lntercolonial. Maitai. for Auckland. March 6. Moeraki, for Melbourne, March 8. Victoria, for Auckland and East Coast ports, March 10.

The Wahinp, from Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 6.50 this morning, connecting with the first express south. The Hansa liner Argenfels is due to arrive at Auckland to-day from New York via Melbourne and Sydney. She has 2,756 tons of general cargo for discharge at the four mam ports. She is due here about Mnrch 22.

The Gkvn Maelaren is <lus at Bluff shortly from Newcastle to load 2,300 bales of wool. She -will then come to Port Chalmers to load 4.645 bales of wool., and will afterwards procee<l to Northern ports for farther loading. Her cargo is Icr Dunkirk, Hamburg, and Antwerp. JOHN HAEDIE. With a full load of case oils for New Zealand ports the Vacuum Oil Company's chartered steamer John Hardie,, 4,872 tons. Captain Innes, left New York last week. The vessel should reach Wellington early in May. She is due at Dunedin about May 14. WHAKATANE AT MONTEVIDEO. Last Friday the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Whakatane arrived at Montevideo, bound from Wellington to London. SURREY'S ITINERARY. The F. and S. Line's Surrey arrived at Auckland from Liverpool via Australian ports on Sunday. She is to continue her journey to Wellington on Friday, March 5. and" is due there on Monday morning, March 9. From Wellington she will proceed to Lytteltn, Dunedin, and Bluff. Home loading will be commenced at Bluff, aa<l calls will be afterwards made at Timaru, Lyttelton, Wanganui, Waitara, Picton. an 4 Wellington. The steamer is due at Wellington on Acril 10, and will be despatched for Avonmouth via Las Palmas on April 15. WIRELESS MESSAGES. WELLINGTON, March 5. • A statement was published locally on Monday to the effect that the Federal Postmaster-General -was arranging to send ships within wireless range of the Commonwealth land stations a daily budget of 400 words of news at a cost of £24 per ship ' per annum. The statement further said that Mr Wynne had ordered a reduction to 6d a -word for messages to all ships in Australasia. This part of the subject was referred to an official connected with wireless telegraphv, and he explained that Mr Wvnne, on his own responsibility, or indeed* on behalf of the Australian Government, could "order" nothing before >*oy airanKement was arrived at. The

Marconi Company, or rather the Amalgamated Wireless Company of Australasia, Ltd., would have to be consulted. The matter of passengers on shifts having a daily supply of the world'l news was referred to the Postmaster-General. " The reduction to 6d per word mentioned in the announcement, said Mr Rhodes, "would seem "to indicate either that the Australian Government have not fallen in with the reduction to sd, agreed to by New Zealand, or that they are not prepared to be anything like so liberal to the public as it was thought they were prepared to be. To press the basis of charge as set out is unworkable. One fixed rate per steamer would be very unfair to steamers which were less frequently in wireless range. Some steamers performing regular intercolonial services are seldom out of wireless range, while other steamers are only in wireless range,two or three days for months. Most of the intercolonial vessels between New Zealand -md Australia are within wireless range of New Zealand on an average about eight davs per month, and in order that the present rate should be collected a -charge of, say, £IOO a vear per vessel should be necessarv. If such a scheme were contemplated by the New Zealand Government, the charge would have to be based upon the number of days on which messages were received." The present rate for wireless Press messages—ss per 100 words—is an exceedingly low one, and unless it is the policy of the Government to expend the moneys of the State to a still greater degree on the circulation of news, 1 do not think the rate-should be in any wa> lowered. At our present rate 400 word Pre«s messages would cost £1 only, and as the vessels "are within wireless range ot New Zealand coming and going about two davs the average cost of the news would be* about £2 ou each trip. Ihere is another phase of the question to be considered. There are usually six or more vessels within range at once, and the sending of 400 words of Press matter to pmrv one of th-se vessels would fairly block the transmission of private or other messages, particularly with outgoing boats, which were gradually getting out of range."

SLUMBER SHIP WRECKED

CVPT-VIN PUNISHED FOR SLEEPING ' "" AT THE WHEEL.

While hor crew—including the man at the wheel—were asleep, a- vessel ran asho-e and became a wreck. The story was told at a. Board of Trade inquiry at Yarmouth into the loss of the herring steamer Vert. Skipper Crane said he fell asleep suddenly in the wheelhouse, and Samuel GofSn, the mate, declared that ho fell asleep on deck while stewing the nets, hut awoke when the vessel struck. He flew to the wheelhouse door, put his back against it._ and forced the catch, and then saw the. skipper asleep, with his head on his arms. All the crew were tired, added the mate, but it was the rule with fishermen to go on working till thev dropped while herrines were about. He" supposed the skipper fell asleep through overwork or want of sleep, and this applied to all the crew. The moment they stopped working they felt drowsy.—Another member of the crew said the skipper was perfectly sober, but all the crew were pretty well worked out. On four successive days the Vera landed at Yarmouth an aggregate of over 400.000 herrings., and the crew kept on while the weather was fine. The owners left it entirely to the skipper to decide when to give" the men a night's rest ashore. —Some witnesses said that if they refused to go to sea they would have to' pay for substitutes.—The Court, in giving judgment, found that Skipper Crane was suffering from want of sleep, and that he was not justified in steering and keeping a lookout single-handed. The stranding was due to his wrongful act and default, and his certificate would be suspended for six months. The Court, however, will recommend the granting to him of a mate's ticket during his suspension. The Chairman pointed out to Crane the great risks he incurred by taking his _ vessel to sea while suffering from want of sleep. Going at full speed in a busy channel, when his vessel was practically not under control, he not only endangei-ed the lives of his crew, but his" ship was a serious menace to other vessels. It was lucky and providential that no other accident occurred. The Court hoped that this unfortunate stranding, which should never have happened, would be a lesson to him for the future.

ROUGH TRIPS FROM THE CHATHAMS.

MOUNTAINOUS SEAS.

The Himitangi's recent trip from the Chatham Islands to Lvttelton was one of the worst the vessel has ever encountered in that running. She originally left Wellington on February 19, and made a good trip to Waitangi, where she arrived on February 21, at 10.10 a.m. After taking aboard cattle and sheep the return journey was commenced at about 4 p.m. on the 23rd. A north-west wind was encountered, and at midnight this increased considerably. There was a high sea running, causing "the Himitangi to roll heavily, and altogether matters were decidedly unpleasant. Twenty-four hours later the wind changed to the south, accompanied by a high beam sea and terrific rain. Some seas were shipped on the fore deck, and at 2.43 a.m. the following day the conelitions were so bad that the vessel was hove-to. At 8 a.m. the wind attained the force of a cyclone, raising mountainous • seas, and making the live stock very uncomfortable. Conditions became easier at 4 p.m., at about which time Akaroa was sighted on the port bow, and the vessel made better headway, enabling her to reach Lyttelton shortly before midnight on Thursday. The very rough weather resulted in the loss of four bullocks and 20 sheep. The Taviuni, which arrived at Lyttelton on Friday morning with 3,000 sheep from the Chathams, also met the full force of the gale. The vessel received such a tossing about that speed w-as reduced to about four knots, just sufficient to keep the ship under control. Only four sheep were lost on the voyage. OVERSEA STEAMERS. LONDON, March 4.—Clan Sutherland, from New Zealand. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. OMAPERE. March 4.—10.5 a.m., Brisbane, from Wanganui. AUCKLAND, March 4.—0.50 p.m., Rosamond, from Gisborne.—4.4o p.m., Wa- . : ••• n ; .er, Lvttelton, Oamaru, Bluff, and Timaru. \y •" 1 v March- V 4.—5.50 a.m., Ayrshire, from Wanganui.—o.s a.m., Mapour ika, for Westport.—s.2o p.m., Awahou, for Westport.—3.s p.m., Rangatira, for Lvttelton.—4.4o p.m., Mangapapa, for Greymouth.— 5 p.m., Pateena, for Picton and Ne150n.—7.45 p.m., Corinna, for Dunedin.

LYTTELTON, March 4.-5.55 a.m., NgaheTß. from Oamaru.—B .a.m., Eunice, from Havelock. —8.35 a.m., Petone, from Napier.—3 p.m., Kittavva, from Wellington. —4 p.m., Fanny, from Chatham Islands. —4.30 p.m., Arapawa, from Gisborne. —4.50 p.m., Ngahere, for Greymouth. —Eliza Firth, for Kaipara.—Cyg net, for Kaikoura. —Petone. for Pelorus Sound.—Monowai, for Auckland. SUVA, March 4. Tofua, from Sydney.

SYDNEY. March 4.—Tahiti, from Wellington.—l.4s p.m., Maheno, for Auckland. MELBOURNE, March 4.—Ulimaroa, for Bluff and Hobart.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

In the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday a married woman named Jessie Armstrong was placed upon her trial for the third time on a charge of having performed an illegal operation. On two previous occasions the jury had failed to agree. After a brief retirement the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the accused was discharged. One kidney only was found in the body of a man aged 74, a clothworker, who died snddenly after dining with the Vintners' Company at London. Medical witnesses at the inquest said that this phenomenon was found only once in 250,000 cases.

Sir Hildred Carlile, M.P., has given 100,000 guineas to th* Bedford College for Women TSndowmcnt Fund as a memorial to his -mother.