SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15477, 27 April 1914, Page 9

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. To-MOaaow. Ttisffja Heart? : 4.14 a.m., 4.3? p.m. Port Chalmers : 4.64 a.m„ 517 p.m. Btinedin: 6.24 a-m., 6.*7 pan. THE. SUN. Sets to-diy, 5.7 pan.; rim to-morrow, 7.5 a.m. THE MOON! Ms to-day, 5.3 p.m.; tlms tomorrow, 6.6 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. Tfc» Government Meteorologist (Rev. 0. 0* Bates) supplied the foUowmg weather Teports at 9 a.m. to-day :

Wind.—L., light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional jeverity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing ilouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy £ 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, Taifl, 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 south-easterly winds; misty and foggy in parts; glass rising tendency; tides good, sea moderate swell on the coast. ARRIVED.—ApriI 26. Monowai, s.s. (7.45 a.m.), 3,433 tons, Edwin, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses O'Halloran, Taylor, Jones, O'Brien (2). Lomas. Lees, Mesdames Dyrell, Jones, Messrs Kenny, Taylor, Ponty, Pearson, Robertson, Dawson (2), Gearing, SjSrigg, Preece, Davies (2), Cowlishaw, Smith, Cotter; and nine in the steerage. SAILED.—ApriI 25. Corinna, s.s. (8.15 p.m.), 1,271 tons, Cameron, for Onehunga via way ports. April 251 Maunganui, t.s.s. (3 p.m.), 7,527 tons, Worrall, for Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, April 30. : —lntercolonial. Moeraki, from Melbourne, April 28. Ulimaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, May 2. Victoria (connecting with Riverina from Sydney), from Auckland, May 3. —Oversea, Steam— Hearik Ibsen, from New York; arrived Sydney April 13. Zealandic, from London; due Dunedin May 1. Kaipara, from London; due here May 17Hcllington, left St. John January 29: arrived Sydney April 13; due Auckland April 30. John Hardie, left New York February S5; due Wellington early in May; due Dunedin about May 14. 3.... Bimntaka, left London March 14j due 'Auckland May 12; due Dunedin May 26. Westmeath, left Liverpool February 14: arrived Auckland April 14; due Dunedin May 2. t Whakarua, from New York, due here end of May. Southport, left New York February 3; due here middle of May. Kia Ora, from St. John via Northern ports, March 6; arrived Adelaide April 34; due here May 20. TarmenfeZs, left New York March 22. Batsford, left St. John April 4 for New Zealand; due here end of June. Orari, sails from London June 4; due Dunedin July 21. Miffiixo, from Glasgow and Liverpool; left the latter pOTt on March 28 for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. Northern, left Liverpool for New Zealand ports, April 18, Cyrena, arrived at Auckland from Singapore April 17; due here May 7. —Oversea, Sail.— Combermere (ship), left Ma»seilJes January 8. Andromeda (barque), left New York January 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Monowai, foT. Auckland (connecting with Sydney boat), April 28. Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, April 29. " • Ulimaroa, from Melbourne, May 3.

Moerafcl, S.S., is expected to leave Bluff at 8 o'clock to-night, and will endeavor to catch the 5 o'clock tide and come right np to Dunedin to-morrow morning. Invercargill, s.s., sailed at noon yesterday with a cargo of Oregon timber for Oamarn. Aparima. s.s., is due at Newcastle today from Calcutta and Singapore. She sails thence for Auckland and other New Zealand ports. Nerehana, s-s., which left Sydney for Auckland on Saturday morning, had been -Iry docked .owing to damage sustained in a collision -with a wharf when leaving . Melbourne, which delayed her departure for New Zealand considerably. She is expected to reach Dunedin about the middle of May. MARATHON IN TROUBLE. An adcident, -which proved costly to repair, bnt fortunately did no personal damage, occurred on board the Aberdeen liner Marathon during her last passage from Australia to London. The trouble occurred at Port Natal, and was an engine- room affair, it being the collapse of no less than six of the furnace irons of t-oilers. Two dropped down about 4in. the ethers about l£in each. Repairs took four days to complete, and cost between £450 and £SOO. SYDNEY HARBOR. - According to a recent survey of Sydney Harbor hy the Admiralty, the chart was altered and a warning issued to mariners advising that off Bradlay's Head ihs spit had shoaled dangerously. The amended .chart was published for general informs* tion. Since then the local authorities at Sydney have taken Soundings at Bradley's Head, irith the result that a grave differ- -■ esice exists between the Admiralty and the local reports. According to the Hstbor Trust and the New South Wales Public Works Department officials the depth of water off Bradley's Head is as good as ?ver it -*a«, with possibly & few feet more than before. The Admiralty soundings show that the -water has decreased by half all the way r»tmd. This difference, it is nnderstod. has been brought under the notice at the fl-va] anth'-flrftias, and it is likely that another survey of the" point will be made. PERSONAL. Captain H- White-Parsons, having retnxßfd from holijiay leave, has joined the s.s. Patents at Wellington, replacing Captain W. 15. Cameron, on holiday. Captain J. 6. Watson, late of the s.s. Pukaki, has been appointed to. the command* of the b.B. Koinata, and joins that vettpl at Wellington, replacing Cantain B- 3. Ifwin, -When 'comes ashore for in--<*»actkH»

BMTISB WRECKS IN FEBRUARY. The Jiet tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received jit th* Board of Trade during tko month of February, 1914. and the number of lives lost are as follow :—Sailing, SS lost, 6,843 tons, 39 lives lost; steam, IS lost, 6.964 tons, 112 lives lost. The figures in : elude tile losses of 16 sailing vessels of 2,957 tons, sod four steamers of I*4lß tons belonging to British possessions abroad, involving the loss of the lives of 22 persons, of whom one was lost in a sailing vessel and 21 in a steamer. Casualties not resulting in total loss of vessels, and the lives lost by such casualties, are not included. THE VICTORIA. In consequence of the Victoria being engaged to convey a number of Territorials from Gisborne to Napier on Thursday, it has been decided to detain the vessel at Auckland until .Wednesday, a day late. The Victoria will also be late in her northward running. She will leave Dunedin on May 6, and at Napier will take on board a body of Territorials for Gisberne. It is expected, however, that both Napier and Gisborne will-be worked on May 9, enabling the Victoria to. arrive at Auckland on May 10. - ■ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

SYDNEY, April 25—5.35 p.m., Ulimaroa, for Wellington.—l.4o p.m., Nerehana, for New Zealand. BLUFF, April 27.-3 a.m., Maunganui, from Port Chalmers.—B.2o a.m., Moeraki, from Hobart (with an English mail). OAMARU. April 26.—8.30 p.m., TnvercargUl, from Port Chalmers. (For continuation see Late Shipping).

Bar. Tfcer. Weath Auckland—S.E., I ... 29.98 60 BC Na0ie*-S.S.W., 1 30.07 50 B Wiagaani—N.E.,1 ... , 30.02 57 BC WelHngfcea—S.E., 1 30.05 53 OMD WestjNJrt-S.fi., 1 ... 30.05 53 BC KrevmotitiH-II., 1 30.02 55 BC Bealey—S.W., f b ... 29.92 48 OB Christchnrcb.—Calm 30.23 54 R ■• Timaru—S.E.. 1 30.27 53 R Damaru—S.W., 1 30.25 54 OD Dunedin—E.,1 30.24 53 D Queenstown —Calm ... 30.18 50 O Nuggeta—E.,1 30.21 50 F Bluff—E..fb 30.22 52 OFP Port Chalmers—Calm 30.20 55 D Nasefey—Calm 28.14 49 R Pembroke—Calm 29.15 56 R Clyde—N.W.,1 — 53 0 Roxburgh—S. t l 29.95 54 O Invercargtll—N.,1 ... 29.75 53 BC Balclutha—E.,1 — 52 R PuysegurPt.—S-E.,1 30.18 52 B