SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16196, 18 August 1916, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head: 6.55 a.m., 7.21 p.m. Port Chalmers : 7.35 a.m., 8.1 p-m. Dunedin : 8.5 a.m., 8.31 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.17 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.5 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-day, 8.35 a.m. j rises tomorrow, p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day :

Wind.—L, lighb; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmos phere clear or heavy ; C, 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, thundjr; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the folic jving at noon to-day : —South-easterly, strong to gale; expect dull weather, with much mist and fog in parts; rain probable, and snow on high country; rivers rising; the barometer has a falling tendency; sea rough; tides high. ARRIVED.—August 18. Monowai, s.s. (5.30 a.m.), 3,433 tons, Drewette from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : —Mesdames Collins and three children, Peaks and infant, Messrs Sutherland, Stone, Williamson, Sergeant-major Greenwood; and nine steerage. SAlLED.—August 17. Kotare, s.s. (3.5 p.m.). 141 tons, M'Lellan, for Bluff and InvercargiD. Kowhai, s.s. (4.15 p.m.), 792 tons, Elders, for the West Coast via ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS —Coastal anH Intercolonial— Victoria, from Sydney, August 20. Wimmera. from Melbourne, August 22. Paloona. from Melbourne, August 29. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —Coastal and Intercolonial Victoria, for Sydney, August 22. Wimmera, for Melbourne, August 23. Paloona, for Melbourne, August 30. The Kainpoi leaves Wellington to-mor-row for West port, where she loads for Auckland. The Kaitangata is loading timber at Mercury Bay for Sydney. The "Kaituna, which left Greymouth on Tuesday night for Melbourne, returns from there to Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The Kurow leaves Auckland to-night for Kaipara, where she loads timber for Sydney. The Karori leaves Lyttelton to-morrow night for Oamaru and Dunedin. The Kokiri leaves Westport on Saturday for Auckland. The Rakanoa leaves Newcastle to-day for Auckland. The Waipori is duo at Greymouth today, where she loads timber for Sydney. The Monowai arrived here early this morning from Auckland via East Coast poFts. She will leavo apain to-day on the return journey. The schooner Omega was towed down to Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon. She will leave for Port Towmend as soon as a full complement of hands is secured. The Manuka left Sydney August 17; due Wellington August 21, Lyttelton August 22, due back Sydney via Wellington August 28. The American four-masted barque Golden Gate, which recently discharged case oil in New Zealand, has been chartered to load another consignment for Australia or New Zealand. According to the ' San Frr.nciseo Commercial News,' the American steamer Jacob Luckenbach, bound from San Francisco to Leith. was sunk early last month off Dover after collision with the British steamer Eddystone. The crew were saved. The steamer was owned by the Luckenbach Line, owners of the Edgar F. Luckenbach. Latest charters include the Strathavon, 4.403 tons, to load at New York for New Zealand ports. The vessel -was recently purchased by the Federal Government. She wnll probably lift cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. She will come through the Panama Canal.

The names selected bv the Commonwealth authorities for the ships which wore purchased for Australia a few weeks ago all begin with the prefix " Austral," followed by the name of some distinctive feature of Australian scenery. The new names for the steamers are :—Australdale, Australford, Australpool, Australglen, Anstralrange, Australmount, Australbrook, Australcrag, Australpeak, Australbush, Australplain, Australport, Australmead, Australfield, and Australstream.

_ According to advices received in Wellington, the steamer Nairana, which is being built at Dumbarton to the order of the Huddart-Parker Company, and which was expected to be ready to place in the Melbourne and Tasmanian trade at the beginning of last year ( has been in an almost completed condition for some time, but owing to all the available shipbuilding labor being required for other purposes her _ completion is indefinitely postponed. It is stated that the completion would take only two months to accomplish. According to English advices, the Norwegian steel four-masted barque Ferm, 1,898 tons, ex Emamiele Accame, built in 1891, has been sold to Denmark for 675.000 kroners (about £42.000), leaving about 350 per cent, for the shareholders. If this price is correct; it is an extraordinary figure for a sailing vessel like the Ferm to be sold for. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Mararoa arrived at Lyttelton at 8.20 a.m., and connected with the second express. CARGO RATES FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Shipping men along the waterfront, discussing rates on the Pacific and Atlantic, stated the ' San Francisco Chronicle ' last month,, predicted that conditions will soon be normal. There has been a gradual trend ol freight rates downward in the past few months, it is said, and ships that received as much as 40dol a ton for freight are now receiving only 16dol. With the downward trend of freight

rates, owners of bottoms are looking for charterers and purchasers. Owners of vessels limited to the carrying of caso oil are particularly apprehensive. Up to a few months ago oil cargoes to Australia brought as high as Sdol a case. A vessel recently left port with a 60,000-casa cargo at Idol a case. This is said to be an Indication of the general trend downward of rates.

THE LUMBER TRADE. The lumber trade, carried on between the Pacifio Coast and the Orient by sailing vessels, which was run off several years ago by the competition of the tramp steamers and the big freight liners, bids iair > to show a revival (says the Sydney ' Shipping List'). Some months ago the schooner Hugh Hogan carried a cargo of lumber from the Columbia River to Shanghai, and the American schooner Wilbert L. Smith has left the, Sound with lumber for Shanghai. She will be followed by two other schooners, the Alex. T. Brown and the William Nottingham, which have arrived at the Sound from Port Pirio, also under charter to load, and ' the schooner Bainbridge is preparing to load for the Orient. A year ago tho suggestion that sailing vessels would carry lumber from the Pacific Coast to the Orient would have been regarded as visionary, but the scarcity of ships of anv kind is making transpacific voyages profitable for windjammers. The Vancouver-owned schooner Amy Turner will shortly he towed to Portland to load lumber for Shanghai. THE ADELAIDE. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce have received, by courtesy of the Premier's Office, the following further cablegram from the Agent-General for that State in London:—"Following from Sir T B. Robinson for Sydney Chamber of Commerce :—' Governor of Loanda ultimately declined to hand over Adelaide to representative of British Government. Order has now reached Loanda from Lisbon instructing Adelaide sail Cape Town, consigned to Portuguese Consul there.' Expect she will leave Loanda for Cape Town to-morrow, and British Government are endeavoring to arrange for vessel to be delivered to them at Cape Town. In the meantime authorities at Loanda have refused permission examine manifest and ships papers. Can you inform me at which Australian port it was intended ship should call? Best information obtained here indicates Melbourne. Svdney, Brisbane only.'" To which the Sydney chamber have replied as follows : "Complete manifests Adelaide here. Ports of discharge Melbourne Sydney, Brisbane. See letter December'2l. Consignees greatly appreciate your services." The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce have received the following cable message from' the Agent-General for Queensland in London (Sir Thomas Robinson) : " In order to dry dock the Adelaide it may be necessary to discharge the stores and reload part of the cargo. The owners of tho cargo should know this for the purpose of insurance. Am now considering the advisability of putting a supercargo on board during the voyago to Australia." SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, August 17.—11.10 a.m., Rosamond, from Napier.—l2 50 p.m., Port Elliott, from Napier.—2.so p.m., Tarawera, from Dunedin.— 3.30 p.m., Breeze for Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin.—s.2o p.m., Riverina. for Sydney.—lo p.m., Moana, for Eafotonga. LYTTELTON, August 17,-Karori, from Westport. TIMARU, August 18.—7 a.m., Eowhai. from Dunedin. INVEPCARGILL, August 17.-4 p.m. Invercargill, for Dunedin. ' SYDNEY, August 17.—Ihumnta. from Auckland.—4 p.m., Manuka, for Wellington. b (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Ther. Weath Auckland— N.E., f ... 29.37 64 OR Napier—N.E., f 30.02 53 0 Wanganui—E., 1 Wellington—N., 1 ... 29.93 29.94 54 51 a OM Westport—N.E., m ... 29.77 53 OP Grey mouth—E., br ... 29.80 51 OG Bealey—N.W., 1 ... 29.79 44 R Christchurcli—S.W., 1 30.03 47 R Timaru—S., f 29.85 45 0 Oamaru—S.W., 1 ... 29.90 47 OG Dunedin—Calm 29.93 47 O Queenstovm —Calm ... 29.86 44 a Nuggets—N.E., 1 ... 30.21 45 O Bluff—E., £ 29.90 48 O Roxburgh—N.E., 1 ... 29.65 45 O Port Chalmers—Calm 30.15 50 0 Pembroke—Calm 28.80 45 0 Naseby—Calm 27.85 42 0 Invercargill—Calm ... Clyde—Calm 29.92 40 0 — 49 0 Puysegur Pt.—E.S.E., 129.84 49 G Balchitha—Calm 42 0