SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16197, 19 August 1916, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER.

'■ TO-MOitHOTV. Taiaroa Head; 7.48 a.m., 8.17 p.m. Port Chalmers : 8.28 a.m., 8.57 p.m. Bunedm : 8.58 a.m., 9.27 p.m. MONDAY. ' Taiaroa Head: 8.48 a.m., 9.16 p.m. Port Chalmers : 9.28 a.m., 9.56 p.m. Dun-, edin : 9.58 a.m., 10.26 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.18 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 7.3 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 5.19 pan.; rises Monday, 7.2 a.m. THE MOON. Sets to-day, 9.10 a-ra, j rises i-o-morrow, 0.38 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 9.38 a.m. t rises-. Monday, 1.34 a.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 ;f b, 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; I), drizzling rain; F. foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; E,, lightning; M, misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

ARRIVED.—August IS. Storm, b.s. (4.10 pan.), 405 tons, Cowan, from Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS, —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Victoria, from Sydney. August 20. Wiramera, 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 Warrimoo if expected to arrive at Port Chalmers to-morrow from Bhif: for survey.

The Mannka is due at Wellington on Monday from Svdnev.

The Kittawa is espc-cted to leave West, port to-day for Oamaru and Dunedin.

Heavy seas are being experienced on the West Coast, The Poherua, with, coal for Dunedin and Oamaru, and tho Kahika are bar-bound at Greymouth. The Paloona arrived at Melbourne yesterday, and leaves again on Wednesday for Bluff direct. " The. Wanaka. arrived at Lyttolton this morning from Newcastle.

The barque Daniel and the barquentino Wangamu engaged in an interesting ocean race from Australia to Auckland recently. The Daniel left Clarence Town, Now South Wales, on August 4 with a cargo of hardwood, and left NewCastle on August 5 with superphosphates. A barque thought to be the Daniel, passed Cape Maria Van Diemon. bound east, at 2.50 p.m. on Mondav, while tho lightkeepcr at Cape Brett reported that a barquentine passed south at 4 p.m. on Monday. A telegram received from Auckland on Tuesday night stated tliat the Wanganui had reached port,, thus winning tho race. °

The ' Hawke's Bay Herald' reports that at 11 a.m. on Mondav. when the Rosamond was berthing at 'the Glasgow wharf, Napier, she came into collision with the front portion of the wharf. About Bft of tho wharf was smashed in, large totara posts being split almost to matchwood. The vessel escaped with little damage, mainly owing to the anchor taking the main force of tho blow, although the points of the anchor pierced the plates on the bow. A number of men from Messrs J. J. Niven and Co. were soon engaged in doiug temporary repairs. In the afternoon she went into'the inner harbor to complete discharge. THE TERRY SERVICE.

The Maori arrived at Lyttelton at 6.30 a.m., and connected with the first express.

INTERESTING WIRELESS.

A few years ago the ocean-going steamer sailed out of a port to destination, according to schedule, and passengers .-of»1c;? down to the incontrovertible fact that between the last headland of the .port they were leaving and tho first outpost of the port to which they were travelling Jay an interval of silence and lack of knowledge as to the progress of matter* which concerned thorn on terra firma. In these days very much of that, has changed, and while it mav hold its disabilities' to the humoring of 'the " dulce far niente r " state of a trip on board a palatial liner, there still remains the fact that eation A yith land is of inestimable value to the. ship and the souls aboard it 0:ilv the other day the mail steamer Ventura left Sydney for San-Francisco, and it wnarranged as an experiment that she .should

keep in communication with tho loc.-.! office as far as possible, with the id";., of establishing what might be :■. r.vr.i.,l iV directly transmitted '" wireless vne.-r—-,.-I be first "-ssaw gave the stenmer's clitance as 473 miles.from Sydney mid <!.- most rrr.y,,!. j, s ever 2.OCj mil'..-, ail directly transmitted.

It is linivd that nv.-u this hj. message im.y be ~- th;:n <,V„nled i" mileage, which would mean that f1... steamer would pass tl-r.!:..d. th ( . fsunoi,.* and reach Honolulu still iu the position for ca.pt.iin and pussenrevs In keep up, daily communication with the friends oland. The experiment is being watched with much interest.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. MELBOURNE, August 18.—Paloona. from Wellington. WELLINGTON. August 18.-6.45 a.m., Kaiapoi, from Westport.—l.2o p.m., Edgar Luckenbach, for p.m., Rosamond, lor Picton and Onehunea..— August 19: To sail 10 p.m., Victoria", for Iranedin. LYTTELTON. August 13.-7.15 a.m., Connna, from Wellington.—Noon, Breeze, from Wellington.—4 p.m., Kini, for Westport.—To sail -. Breeze, for Timara.— August 19 : 8.20 a.m., Monowai, from Dunlin.—9 a.m., Wanaka, from Newcastle.

Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—Calm 29.94 56 O Napier—W.S.W., 1 ... 29.79 63 BC Waneamii—N.W., br 29.78 53 B 0 Wellington— N., 1 ... 29.70 53 BC Westport— S., 1 29.75 46 BC Grevmouth— S., 1 29.76 50 B0 Bealey— W., f 29.61 41. BC Christ church—P. W. f 29.83 46 0 Tuiiaru—W., 1 ... .„ 29.60 45 C Oama.ru—W., 1 29.75 48 OR Dimedin—S.W., 1 .., ' 29.69 43 0D Queenstown—N.W., 1 29.76 40 G Nuggets—Calm ... ,„ 29.99 45 I) Bluff—N.N.W.. 1 ... 29.71 47 OF Port Chalmers—S.W., 1 29.69 51 R Clyde—Calm 50 BC Pembroke—Calm 23.80 44 0 Naseby—Calm 27.70 45 O Invercarjiill—Calm ... 29.69 45 0 Roxburgh—N.E., 1 ... 29.45 48 o Balclutlla—Calm 44 6 Puysegur Pt. —Calm 29.73 47 c