SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16089, 14 April 1916, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 0.9 a.m., 0.29 p.m. Port Chalmers : 0.49 a.m., 1.9 p.m. Dunedin : 1.19 a.m., 1.39 p.m. . . THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.30 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 6.48 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-day, 1.43 a.m.; rises to-morrow, 3.43 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports 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 severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; (3, 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, squally; 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:—Westerly moderate to strong winds, and backing by west to south; the weather will probably prove equally and changeable; rain probable, and weather probably become colder; barometer unsteady, but rising soon; tides good; sea considerable ewell. ARRIVED.—ApriI 13. Monowai, s.s. (11 a.m.). 3,443 tons, Drewette, from Auckland via ports. Passengers : —Misses Simon, Kerry, Godfrey, Caldwell, Fraser, Strang, Bishop, Toasc, Staddick, Mesdames Brown and two children, Mellowes and two children, Bragg, Scoular, Parke and child, Finlayson, Strang, Hutton, Cowan, Taite, Abbott, Kennedy and two children, Tubman, Bells, Messrs Mackay, Scoular, Parke, Burt, Foote (2), Hutton, Collins, Rev. Kennedy Ross; and 14 in the steerage. Invercargill, s.s. (9.25 p.m.), 224 tons, Manning, from Invercargill. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Westralia, from Sydney, April 16. Wimmera, from Melbourne, April IS. Victoria, from Sydney, April 30. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Westralia, for Sydney, April 18. Victoria, for Sydney, May 2. The Otaki arrived here early this morning from Lyttelton to complete her discharge. She will be loaded outwards tmder_ the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and is expected to leave here on Tuesday or Wednesday for North Island ports. The Monowai le-aves to-day for Auckland via ports. The Warrimoo leaves Dunedin on Monday for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Auckland. The Corinna leaves Wellington on Saturday for Dunedin direct. She leaves here for New Plymouth, via ports. The Rosamond left Lyttelton yesterday afternoon nrwrl is due here this evening. In continuation of her voyage from Singapore, the British Imperial Oil Company's steamer Cyrena left Auckland yesterday for Wellington. After putting out some 40.000 cases of oil the vessel is to come on to Lyttelton. On this occasion she will not p'roceed south, but will leave Lvttelton on her return to Singapore. The Physa, of the same fleet, is expected in New Zealand waters at an early date. The F.S. Line's steamer Dorset is due in the Dominion shortly from Australia. £he is to visit Waitara, Picton. Lyttelton. and Wellington. The Te Anau is expected to leave Wellington on Tuesday for Lyttelton with troops, who will leave on their return by the same vessel on Saturday, 2?Tn inst. NORWEGIAN FORESIGHT. A syndicate of Norwegian owners lias succeeded in placing orders for several vessels on joint account, and has not hesitated to pay very stiff prices in order to secure early delivery. Two vessels of 3,500 tons deadweight have been placed with Sunderland builders at a cost of £56,000 each, and one of 3,000 tons with a Tyne firm at a cost of £50,000. while a fourth has been ordered in Holland (of 3,500 tons) at a still higher pr'ce. In Great Britain, too, Norwegians are placing orders freely, notwithstanding the high prices ruling. Norwegian shipping has made so much money out of the war that an almost unlimited amount of capital is available for building new tonnage. DUTCH SHIPS FOR GERMANY. In spite of the war, the deliveries of Dutch shipbuilding yards for German account during 1915 were very considerable. Taking the year as a whole the Dutch yards were busier than they German shipbuilders themselves owing to the fact that the latter were so largely employed on war orders that they had little leisure for commercial building, whereas the Dutch shipbuilders were able to build more cheaply and guarantee prompt delivery. Moreover, the shortage ■ f lebor from which the German yards suffered did not affect the Dutch * builders. In the last few months of the year there was a change in the situation, the shipbuilders _in Holland being so fully provided with work, and prices having risen to such an extent, that the Germans found it cheaper to construct the smaller classes of steamer at home. Most of the vessels built in Holland for German account were tugs, power barges, and lighters for use on the Rhine and the western canals THE lONIC. i The Shaw-Savill liner lonic, now in the Dominion, is still under the control of the Imperial Government. In order to meet the demand for passages from the Dominion, both to England and South Africa, it has been' agreed to carry passengers._ The company, however, are not responsible for delay in sailing, interrurtior. or cancellation of tho voyage, whicTT may be occasioned by tho requirements of tho Imperial authorities. Such eventnalitiec. however, arc considered to be

OVERSEA STEAMERS. MELBOURNE, April 13.—Waimato, from St. John (Newfoundland). SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, April 13.—7.30' p.m., Kamona, from Westport.—2.3o p.m., Maheno, from Auckland.—2.3o p.m., Oorinna, from New Plymouth.—-3.30 p.m., Tarawera, from Dunedin and Lyttelton.— 10.15 p.m., Tarawera, for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. LYTTELTON, April 13.—3.30 Rosamond, from Wellington.—4.ss P.m., Rosamond, for Timara.—Arawa for Wellington.—April 14 : 7.30 a.m., Koromiko, from Newcastle. SYDNEY, April 13.-5.30 p.m., Manuka, for Wellington.—Niagara, for Auckland.— Cowan, for Auckland. MELBOURNE, April 13.—Uganda, from 'Wellington. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Ther. Weatli. Auckland—N.E. 1 ... 30.03 65 BC Napier—N.W., 1 ... 29.97 64 B Wanganul—N., 1 ... 29.95 64 G Wellington— N.W. br 29.92 63 OB. Westport—N.E., br 29.99 64 OM Greymouth—N., br Bealey—N.W., 'l ... 29.92 62 MR ... 29.77 56 R Christchurch—S. W., f 29.93 60 O Timaru.—S.E., 1 ... 29.88 55 R Oamaru—S., 1 ... ... 29.92 55 OR Dunedin—S.W., f ... 29.85 57 0 Queenstown—N.E., 1 28.86 49 OR Nuggets—W., f ... 29.81 49 G Bluff—S.W., br ... 29.88 50 0 Invorcargill—,S. W., Clyde—Calm 1 ' 29.74 51 0 58 R Balclutha—S.W., 1 52 O Naseby—Calm ... .".'." 27.80 55 OR Roxburgh—S.E. 1 ... 29.55 59 OD Port Chalmers—S.W..1 29.55 61 O Pembroke—Calm ... 28.85 60 R Puysegur Pt.—W., f • 29.89 56 C.