SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 15478, 28 April 1914, Page 9

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER TO-MOEROW. Taiaroa Head: M a.m., 5.26 pjn. Port. Chalmers : 5.41 a m., 6-6 p.m. Dunedin : 6,11 a.m., i.36 p-m. TUB SUNT* Sets to-day, 6-5 p-m.; rises to-morrow, 7.6 a.m. THE MOON. A Sets today, &§, p.m.; rises to-morrow, " ■ 10.87 a-m. f WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied , the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day :

Pnysegut Pt.—N.. 1 30.12 52 WinA—L., light; hr, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional seventy. Weather.—B, bine sky, be the atmosphere dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing elouds; 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, squally; R, rain, continued min; 8, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The ’ Government Meteorologist {Rev. D, O. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Strong northerly winds; cool mid changeable, with haze and cloudiness for change to come shortly; glass falling tendency; tides good, sea moderate swell on the coast. ARRIVED.—ApriI 28. , ' Moeraki, s.s. {8.30 a.m.), 4,392 tons, Collins, from Bluff. Passengers : Intercolonial —Misses Espie and Taylor, Mesdam.es Rosa, Brown, Campbell and infant, Taylor, Phillips, Messrs Ross, Brown, Bicknell, Campbell, Veale, Deer, Spence, Smith, Jeffries, Hardie, Phillips, Corrigan, Bagley, Dibbs, Meban, Thurley, Elite, Masters Phillips (2), Ellis; and 26 steerage. Coastal—Messrs Scott and Morrison. Invercargill, s.s. (5.30 a.m.), 123 ions. Gillies, from Oamaru. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal. — Tarawera, from Auckland, April 30.’ —lntercolonial. — Moeraki, from Melbourne, April 28. UHmaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, Mav 2. Victoria {connecting with Riverina from Sydney), from Auckland, May 3. —Oversea, Steam.— Henrik Ibsen, from New York; arrived Sydney April 13. Zealaodic, from London; due Dunedin May 1. Kainara, from London; due here May 17. Hcllington, left St. John January 29: arrived Sydney April 13; due Auckland April' 30. John Hardie, left Now York February 23; due -Wellington early in May; duo Dunedin about May’ 14. Rimntaka, left London March 14; due Auckland May 12; due Dunedin May 26. Westmeath, left Liverpool February 14: arrived Auckland April 14; due Dunedin ■ from New York, due here end of May. Southport, left New York February 8; due here middle of May. Kja Ora, from St. John via Northern ports, March 6; arrived Adelaide April §4; due here May 20. Tannenfels, 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

Dnnedin July 31. Mimiro, from Glasgow and Liverpool; left the latter port on March 28 for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin. Northern, left Liverpool for New Zealand ports, April 18. Gyrene, arrived at Auckland from Singapore April 17; due here May 7. —Oversea, Sail.— Gomhennere (ship), left Marseilles January 8. Andromeda (barque), left New York January 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Monowai, for Auckland (connecting with Sydney boat), April 28. Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, April 29. Ulimaroa, from Melbourne, May 3. There were no arrivals or sailings from Utis port yesterday. Moeraki, a.s., leaves to-morrow afternoon for Sydney via Cook Strait. Monowai, s-s., leaves this afternoon for Auckland, connecting with the Manuka for Sydney. Kowhai, s.s., from Greymouth via Oam«ru, should reach here early to-morrow morning. Tavhmi, s.s., is expected to leave Bluff sarly tomorrow for Dunedin, leaving here agnm on Thursday for the West Coast via ports. Poheraa, s.s., leaves Westport to-mor-row for Dunedin. Aorangi, s.s., from San Francisco, left Wellington at 3.45 this morning for Sydney, where she lies up. The WUlochra replaces the Aorangi in the ’Frisco run, leaving Sydney on May 16, and Wellington on May 22. Rakanoa, s.a., left Westport on Sunday morning for Lyttelton, Timaru, Camara, and Dunedin. She is due here about the end of the week.

Kamona, s.s., left Newcastle last night for Wellington and Kaipara with coal. Waitomo, s.s., is due to leave Port Chalmers for Newcastle at the end of this week. There she wil] load coal for Bluff, Dnnedin, and Camara.

BRITISH CORPORATION REGISTRY. From the twenty-lonTth annual report of the British Corporation for the Survey and Registry of Shipping, held in Glasgow. we gather a few facts which servo tc show the wonderful progress made by thai body. The tonnage built to the classification of the corporation during 1912 . amounted to 343,000 tons, the largest in the history of the society. It is 21 year* since the society’s rules for construction - w ** e Published, and in that time 3,339,(300 tons of shipping have, been built to thn classification requirements. They claim to have led the way in practically ill the improved methods of ship building which have been adopted since 1893, and the Chairman remarked : ** Careful watch . js being kept on the Sow of practice, and whenever considerable alterations in the roles seem wise the committee will be ready to deal with them.” In top course of his remarks the Chairmaxi of the T*>cb ideal Committee of the society said; “Earing 1913 several vessels have bc-n in service which carry bulk oil in fTadricul tanks stowed vertically or h-wHr-msally tn the ship's hold, and there ase s* present under construction several vessels which contain a development of «hj» id"* in the form of cylindrical w of vh« largest nossible diameter b.a into th«. ship The main idea appears to_ he v'cnnr .y of construction and Upkeep aris'ug f~am the efficiency which Is obtained *Jom *h» oil cylinders being only subjected to internal treasure, thus avoiding altossthsar i\s co<nfy and troublesome systems of stiffening which are .gecagpazy to fiat-wWed tanks. Another advantage claimed la (Hr comparative ease with which ton vessels can be converted into ordinary fretgM steamers by the re«n n lk« » «t»«|S iyi'v i-. i i 1 ■■■ ,■' ii,

MOTOR SHIPBUILDING. The Clyde was somewhat late in the day in making a real start in the matter of motor shipbuilding, but it promises to make up its leeway rapidly. Messrs Harland and Wolff have now launched from their Govan yard their second large motor ship, and the third of the East Asiatic Company's steamers has come to Glasgow to bo. “converted” to motor propulsion. There are, therefore, five largo motor ships at various stages of construction on conversion in Glasgow Harbor at present, ■while Messrs Harland and Wolff have—so it is said—at least five others on the stocks or on order, making a total of 10. It is difficult to say exactly how many ships of any kind the firm have on hand, as they seem to have an endless succession of contracts, but they have certainly brought to the Clyde a remarkable amount of - work, a large proportion of- which is tonnage for motor engines—of which, so far, they have built none at Belfast. — * Fairplay.’

A COALING RECORD,

We take the following from the ‘ Port of Spain Gazette’ :—“Apropos of the s.s. Victoria Luisa, it is interesting to note that all records for coaling at this port (Trinidad) were completely smashed by the Trinidad Coaling Company, who completed the formidable task of putting 1,000 tons of coal in the ship’s bunkers during the short period of less than 12 Jhours. The work was dona with lighters and barges alongside the ship. It was commenced exactly at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and as the steamer had to proceed to La" Brea, a break was made at midnight. On her return from La Brea, the coaling of the Victoria Luise was restarted at 2 p.m. on Thursday, and by .9 p.m. the same day everything was finished. This is certainly something to boast about, and is proof, if any were wanting, of the rapidity with which ships can be hunkered at this port.” SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, April p.m., Riverina, for Sydney. LYTTELTON, April 27.—Corinthic, from Wellington.—Westmeath, from lingtonBLUFF, April 27.—5.10 p.m., Maunganui. for Hobart. NEWCASTLE, April 27.—Wairuna, from Auckland.

SYDNEY, April 27.—11.40 p.m., Ventura, from San Francisco.

WELLINGTON, April 28.-3.45 a.m., Aorangi, for Sydney.

(For continuation see Late Shipping),

Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland —S. E., I ... 29.93 61 R Napier—S.W.,1 Wanganui—E., 1 Wellington—S.E., 1 30.00 56 O R 30.00 30.12 57 58 B C O Westport—S.E.. I 30.09 52 BC Grey mouth—S. E., hr 30.10 56 BC Christchurch—N.E., 1 30.37 56 C Tunaru —E.,fb 30.37 54 OP Oamaru —N.E., f h ... 30.27 54 OG Dunedin—N.E., 1 30.27 58 BC Queenstown —Calm ... 30.18 50 BC Nuggets—N.E., f b Bluff—N.E., 1 30.21 30.15 50 51 Z B P. Chalmers—N.E., f b 30.25 56 C Naseby—Calm 28.20 50 BC Pembroke —Calm 29.15 53 B Roxburgh—N.W., 1 29.90 54 BC Clyde—S.E., 1 Balciuthar—N.E., 1 ... - — 55 B C — 50 BC Invercargill—E-,! b 29.45 52 B