SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head: 3.26 a.m., 3.48 p.m. Port Chalmers : 4.6 a.m., 4.28 p.m. Dunedin : 4.36 a.m., 4.58 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.60 p.m. ; rises -to-morrow, 6.35 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-dav, 5.43 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 8.7 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. P. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Then Weath, Auckland—S.E., 1 ... 30.09 67 BC Napier—W.. 1 30.14 69 B Wanganui—E., 1 ... 30.10 62 B Wellington—E., 1 ... 30.16 61 BC Westport—S., 1 30.12 60 B C Grey-mouth—N.E., 1 30.14 58 0 Bealey—W., 1 30.02 48 B Chrißtchuroh—Calm 30.20 60 0 Timaru—N., 1 30.18 54 O Oamaru—W., 1 30.07 60 O Dunedin—N.E., 1 ... 30.06 57 0 Queenstown—Calm ... 30.13 51 BC Nuggets—Calm 29.98 53 D Bluff—Calm 30.09 56 FR Balclutha—W., 1 ... Invercargill—Calm ... 30.16 60 0 Roxburgh—Calm ... 29.80 60 OD Clyde—"Calm Naseby—Calm 28.00 55 BO Port Chalmers—N.E., b 30.59 60 0 Pembroke—Calm ... 29.10 55 B Puysegur Pt.—N.W., 1 30.10 60 C 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, hailj L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S ? snow; T", thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. 0. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Moderate to strong northerly winds prevailing and freshening; mild and hazy conditions, with increasing haze and cloudiness; barometer falling; tides good ; sea moderate swell. ARRIVED.—ApriI 2. Kamona, s.s. (8.35 a.m.), 1,425 tons, Sewell, from Westport via Oamaru. Opawa, s.s. (2.50 p.m.), 7,250 tons, Barnes, from Lyttelton. Rosamond, s.s. (4.40 p.m.), 721 tons, Stewart, from Bluff. April 3. Victoria, s.s. (10.45 a.m.), 2,969 tons, Croft, from Wellington. Aurora, s.s. (10.45 a.m.). 259 tons, Stenhouse, from Antarctic regions. SAILED.—ApriI 1. Invercargill, s.s. (1.35 p.m.), 224 tons, Hanning, for Bluff and Invercargill. Karon, s.s. (2.30 p.m.), 1,863 tons, Hill, for Westport. April 2. Poherua, s.s. (10 a,m.), 1,175 tons, Nicholas, for Westport. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Paloona, from Melbourne, April 4. Westralia, from Sydney, April 16. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Victoria, for Sydney, April 4. Paloona. for Melbourne, April 5. Westralia, for Sydney, April 18. The Kamona leaves to-morrow for Westport and Greymouth. The Corinna is due on Thursday from Wellington, and thence to New Plymouth via ports. The Paloona left Bluff this afternoon, and is due here early to-morrow morning. She leaves on Wednesday for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Melbourne. The Rosamond left this morning for Oamaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The Moeraki was due at Wellington to-day from Sydney. She will proceed to Lyttelton, leaving there on Wednesday and Wellington on Thursday for Sydney. The Niagara, from Vancouver, arrived at Auckland yesterday with the following passengers :—Miss Boswortb, Mesdamos Clifton. Israel, Noble, O'Brien, Andrews, Messrs Briggs, Clifton (2), Jones, Israel, Noble. Inch, O'Brien, Gracey, Lamp, Dr M'Donald. BRAVEST DEED OF THE YEAR, The Stanhope gold medal, which is awarded for the bravest deed of the past year performed in and around the British Isles, was given rocenllv by the Royal i Humane Society (England) to Cecil i Hctherington, a ship's apprentice belongj ing to Allendale town, in Northumberland, | whose action was thus described officially ! | At 11.30 p.m. on August 15, 1915, the steamship lacona, while on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Montreal, was either torpedoed or struck a mine, and sank in two minutes. There was no time for launching boats, all hands going down with the ship. The captain and nine others came to the. surface clinging to some wreckage. Some 10 minutes later what was thought to be a boat was seen floating some 75 yards away. As the men were exhausted Hetherington volunteered to swim to the object, winch he did, and, [ finding a boat, succeeded in climbing into her and bringing her back to the wreckage, and in this way was the means of I saving 13 lives, the remainder of the orew, 25 in number, being lost. After i five hours in the boat they were picked lup and landed. Hetherington, who is j still in his teens, is 6ft 3in in height, I his robust build being of great service to him during the trying ordeal. A GOOD SPECULATION. With "Old Glory," as the American Flag is termed by those from the land of Stars and Stripes, flying at the foremast, the steamer Republic is now on her way to San Franoisoo from Papeete, in which harbor she lay for 12 months, almost totally submerged. It was as the German steamer Walkure, and as a direct result of shell fire from men-o'-war of the same nationality, that the Republic began her sojourn in such an unusual position, and whilst lying submerged she became the property of an American syndicate, which secured her at a very low figure from the French Government. The moment negotiations were completed the syndicate sent out to the French port a complete salvage outfit in the schooner Chehalis, and operations began under the guidance of Captain Curtis, who had the satisfaction of setting the vessel afloat and paving the way for the syndicate to make a good thing out of the speculation. OVERSEA STEAMERS. LONDON, March 3L—Pakeha, from New Zealand.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, April a.m., Otald, for southern ports.—April 2: 6.50 a.m., Waimarino, from San Francisco.—7 p.m., Niagara, from Vancouver. WELLINGTON, April 1.-9.15 p.m., Victoria, for Dunedin.—April 2: 5.20 a.m., Te Anau, from Auckland.—7.s a.m., Kittawa, from Westport.— ll.6o a.m., Oorinna., from Onehunga.— &lo p.m., Koutonui, from the ' East Coast.—9.2s a.m., Golden Gate (American barque), lor Papeete. • ' LYTTELTON, April 2.—8.15 a.m., Monowai, from Port Chalmers. BLUFF, April 2.-8 pjn,, Paloona, from Melbourne. SYDNEY, April 1.—9 a.m., Westralia, from Auckland.—April 2! Manurawa,! from Wanganui. MELBOUENE, April 2.—Booral, for New Zealand. SAN FRANCISCO, March: 31— WaM kawa, from New Zealand- i (For continuation eee Late Shipping.)