SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16090, 15 April 1916, Page 1

SHIPPING.

——*- HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW, Taiaroa. Head : 0.50 a.m., 1.11 p.m. Port Chalmers : 1.30 a.m., 1.51 p.m. Dunedin ; 2 a.m., 2.21 p.m. MONDAY. Taiaroa Head: 1.32 a.m., 1.53 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.12 a.m., 2.33 p.m. Dunedin : 2.42 a.m., 3.3 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.28 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 6.50 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 5.26 p.m.; rises Monday, 6.51 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-dav, 2.50 a.m.; rise? to-morrow, 3.59 p.m. Sets to-morrow, 3.59 a.m.; rises Monday, 4.24 p.m.

WEATHER REPORTS.

The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C, Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day :

Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere- clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing cloud?; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; LTliphtning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick cloude; 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 :—Strong easterly gale; cloudy to overcast; heavy rain probable: barometer falling'; storm approaching from the north; tides and sea increasing on the coast.

ARRIVED.—ApriI 14

Rosamond. s.=. (7.15 p.m.), 721 tnn? : Stewart, from LvtHton. KoUu-e. s..s. Vg 20 p.m.). 141 tons M'Lelian, from Catlins River.

SAILED—ApriI 14. Im-c-rcai-riii. s.s. (3.25 p.m.), 224 tons, Ilaumiig, i'ui' Bluff and Invercargill,

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal and Intercolonial,— Weetraiia, from Sydney, April 16. Wimmera, from Melbourne, April 18, Victoria,- from Sydney, April 50. PROJECTED DE ? ARTURES. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Vvpstrnlia, for Svdnev. Ann] 18. Victoria, for Sydney, *Mav*2.

The Rosamond leaves here to-dav for Bluff; Tima.ru. and Wellingt"!:. The Corinna is due to-morrow nigh; from Wellington, and leaves on Tuofday for New Plymouth via ports. The Tarawera leaves Auckland on Monday for Lyttelton via ports. The Kittawa leaves Westport and Grrymouth about the end of next week for Dunedin. The Warrimoo will load about 800 bales of wool for transhipment to the Koromiko at Lyttelton before she sails from Port Chalmers at the beginning of next week. The cargo of wool is destined for Sydney.

The schooner Ystobel, recently purchased by the Scales Line, is at present undergoing an extensive overhaul at Auckland. No announcement has yet been made of her future trade.

The American schooner Annie Larsen. which had to put back to the Pacific Coast in December last whilst bound to Lyttelton owing to damage sustained, and which left agp.in on February 10, is now fully due at that port, and should put in an appearance at any time. The vessel has a cargo of lumber to discharge.

THE FERRY SERVICE.

The Maori reached Lyttelton at 7.20 a.m., and connected with the first express.

THE SUBMERGED MATATUA.

Salvage operations on the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Matatua, which lies submerged at St. John, are pow progressing fa-vorably and as cxpedl*

tiously as can be expected, says the Ne« Zealand 'Herald.' All the carbide sh« had on board has been discharged, and the general merchandise is now being recovered. The latest message made no mention of whether the chances of saving the vessel have improved, but probably the attempt to lift her will be made when ehe is free of most of the cargo.

GERMANY AND NEW YOEK

SERVICE,

The statement is made that two leading German steamship lines, the HamburgAmerika and the North German Lloyd, expect to put about five new liners each on the New York service as soon as peace is declared. These will be in addition to their ships now detained in potts of the United States and Germany. It has been estimated that there will be at least 500.000 Germans, Austrians, Hungarian!,', Polos nud .Slavs waiting, their money in hand, ready to start for Europe m tho first days of peace to find out what has become of their propertv. Naturally the great bulk of these wift travel by German and Austrian steamers, and most of them will travel second class or steerage. Officials of the German lines m New York stato that already soma thousands of people have written or called Ot their offices to reserve accommodation. Competition will doubtless be very keen fo> tho first-class American trafflo "to Europe, which during the first spring and summer after peace is declared will probably far surpass all previous records. In this competition, the British and French linos, and the Holland-Amerika Jjine, which have all kept up their services through the war, will undoubtedly faro best, especially, if, as is believed, the German liners will not bo permitted to call at British or French ports to land passengers.

THE NON-SINKABLE SHIP AGAIN. If bysome chance it ever occurs that an Australian produce? a really non-sinkablo ship, as is claimed is likely to be the case, it will bring Australia still further into the world's limelight, but although what lias so far transpired relative to the invention, now being or shortly to be. tested, lias been most satisfactory, it would bo as well to await some * time before waxing too enthusiastic over the matter. In the past we have had "nonsinkable" vessels built and successful!v run—for a while—and no doubt we will hear of them again from time to time. Very possibly the war and its interests have attracted the marine architect too strongly since the memorable August 4. 1914, to allow them to devote any attention to the matter, else, no doubt, wo would have had the claim put forward during the last 18 months in a really serious way. But the Titanic disaster is really too fresh in mind for any person to seriously consider the advisa'bility of assuming what man has been so long in search of, and which is practically an open taunt of defiance against Nature, has really bceH obtained with the first step of success. The best brains in the world watched and helped in the construction of the Titanic, and no money was spared in the effort to justify the assertion that man had overcome the horrors of the ocean. Yet. as we all know, the one crash on the huge iceberg, certainly in a most extraordinary position and manner, settled the fielf-assurance and confidence, years of deep thinking, years of hard work, and years of costly experiments had built up. Wo certainly hope that the day will come when the really non-sinkablo vessel will be an accomplished fact, and a review of the great stride? scientists have made i:i. tin- l, t st lev vears appears i.„ make such a thing appear possible, but until the proof that time and time alono can really give is available, well, it remains open for one to believe that no matter how staunchly a vessel may be built there _is some * vulnerable spot in her composition that may prove weak, just a.s was the case with'the proud vessel Titanic, the loss of which will go down from generation to generation as one of the greatest losses in the liistorv of the world's mercantile marine. It i's not our desire to discourage the Australian iivventor; indeed., quite the reverse, but still facts must be looked at fairlv and fully.—Sydney 'Shipping List.'

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON. April 14.—7.20 a.m.. lonic, from Bhiff.—7.ss a.m.. Arawn. from Lyttelton.—7.4o a.m.. Cvrena, from Auckland.—lo.so a., in., Westralia, from Napier and Auckland.—3.4s p.m., Turakina, from Auckland.—s.3o p.m., Wim-mei-a, from Melbourne.—7.2s p.m., Wes-t-nil ia. for Lyttelton and Dunedin.

GREYMOUTII. April 14.-5 p.m.. Kn rori, from Dunedin.

LYTTELTON. April 14.-8.20 n.m.. Mnheno. from Wellington.—ll.4s p.m.. Storm, from Timaru.—3.so p.m.. Maheno. fur Dunedin.—Storm, for Pirton.--April 15 : 6.50 a.m., Monowni. from Port Chalmers.

NEWCASTLE, April M-.Tonr, Crais for LyU-cltou.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 14.-Sierra for Australia.

SYDNEY. April 15.—6.15 a.m., Victoria, from Auckland.

'or continuation pee Late Shipping.)'

Auckland—N., 1 liar. T ... 29.80 her. A 68 Veatli. O Napier—Calm .,, ... 29.72 63 0 Wanganui—N.E., 1 ... 29.57 64 R • Wellington—Calm ... 29.50 58 11 WoBtport—S.W., f ... 29.54 60 B 0 Grevmouth—E., 1 ... 29.50 50 OM Bealey—Calm ... 29.60 36 S OhrlBtchurch—Calm 29.87 52 OR Timaru— Calm ... ... 29.73 50 OG Oamaru—Calm .,, ... 29.76 50 OP Dunedin—N.E., f ... 29.74 53 BC Queenstovm —Calm ... 29.71 47 BC Nuggets—S., f ... ... 29.71 48 D Bluff—N.E., br ... 29.74 49 BZ Port Chalmers—N.P ]u 1 29.78 58 OD Clyde—Calm ... ;-i 56 BC Pembroke—Calm .'.',' 28.90 50 Q Balclutha—S.W., 1 52 B Roxburgh—Calm .'.'.' 29.40 53 BC Naseby—E,, m ... ,.; 27.65 51 BC Invereargill—Calm ... 29.60 48 B Puysegur Pt.—S.E., f 2Q.67 55 C Wind.—L, light; br, breeze ; fb, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; j I, whole or heavy gale: w, gale of exceptional severity.