SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16409, 27 April 1917, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 7.56 a.m., 8.25 p.m. Port Chalmers : 8.35 a.m., 9.5 p.m. Dunedin ; 9.6 a.m., 9.55 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.8 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.5 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter April 29 4.52 p.m. Full moon May 7 2.13 p.m. Last quarter May 14 1.18 p.m. New moon May 21 12.17 p.m. Sets to-day, 9.18 p.m. j rises to-morrow, 12.56 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rov. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day :

t Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, bine sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; IT, hail; L, lightning; if, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; B, passing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance ; Z, haz.y. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day:—Strong northerly winds; storm approaching from the west; hazy and cloudy for change; glass falling; tides high; sea moderate swell. SAILED.—ApriI 26. Kota re, s.s. (8 p.m.), 141 tons, Hanning, for Invercargill and Riverton. ARRIVED.—ApriI 27. Tara-wcrn, s.s. (10.35 a.m.), 2.003 tons, Cameron, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers ;—Misses Rutledge, .Smcllie, Mmhunes Watkins, RnVedge, Messrs Duckworth, Watkins; aad nine steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze, from Lyttelton. April 30. Kotaro, from OV.maru. 'Mav 1. Kini, from Lyttelton, May 2. Calm, from Lyttelton, flay 3. Ooriima, from Wellington' Mav IQ. Tarawera, from Auckland, -Mav 10. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kowhai. for' Wellington, this day. Rosamond, for Wellington, this day. htnrm, icr Wanganui, this day. Breeze, for Wanganui. April fb. Kotare, for Invercargill. May 1. Culm, for Wanganui, fi.luv 3.' Comma,_ for. New Plymouth, May 11. .Monowai, for Auckland (nut fixed). Tlte Rosamond went down to Port Chalmers this morning to loud additional cargo. She i.s expected lo leave Pert Into thls m tern eon with a full shipment of general merchandise for Wellington. The Kini is at present at Westport completing her loading of timber and coal for Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel should arrive here about W cdnca lav next. . The Canterbury Company’s steamer Ftorm arrived here tins morning from Lyttelton. She is fixed to sail to-ri-dit tor_ Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wmnramii. taking general cargo for th-sc ports." The coastal steamer Kolare. which sailed last evening for Invcror.gill and Riverton, will afterwards got' tu' Stewart Isuiiul id load timber for Oamaru. The vessel should arrive hack hero yn Mom dav evening next, and will sail lira following aay for Bluff and Invercargill. Ihe Canterbury Company’s steamer Calm is due back at Weiinmiou ahoig bun day from Onchmiga, She ‘i s exec-. :-d to leave, WellittgUm on (Monday evening t o )h Lyttelton and Dunedin. The Government cable repair sB-amm--1 ulanckai was placed on the Wellington patent slip on Wednesday to under-m'fim-periodical survey and ovmhaul. Owing to tho scarcity of coal that will obtain lor some davs vet. m, r pmMi on has iJsen made regarding the Union Company s Reamers which have been witliaiawn jrom their usual raining.-T-W 'Y; -Mtin hie. late assistant purser <u tne At eraroa. has, none t-o Tiiuaru for orc!;u •\vre. late assistant emver of tile Pateena. ha; taken Air -Uurchic's place on the Marnroa.

Mr Jackson, late third officer of tho Pateena, is now on tho Kamo, Mr C. W. Richardson has signed on tho Pateena’s articles ns purser. Mr F. W. Davidson has joined the Pateena as wireless operator in place cf Air J. G.’ Higgins. In an extract fiv>m the ‘ Now Zealand Gazette ’ tho Marino Department adviso that owing to tha condition of the Waikato River entrance, any vessel drawing more than 13it runs a risk in negotiating 1 tho bar. ’ e b Information has been received in Sydney by the Federal authorities that tho Commonwealth steamer Australplain encountered such bad weather on a'recent voyage that on arrival at port extensive repairs, costing £5,0C0, were fonn-d to be usees* sary. The cost of repairs will fall on tho underwriters. Eight or ten ships of from 5,000 to 10,000 tons aro being rushed to completion in Brazil. Tho prospect of build-, ing a merchant fleet that will makn Brazil independent of foreign bottoms is being supported liberally by the Government, but details are lacking. The Government steamer Hinemoa. was working at Nugget Point to-day. She will afterwards go to Waipapa Point, Dog Island, and Bluff. She will make two trips from Bluff with building material for new dwellings at the Puvsegur Point lighthouse. Mr W. Anderson, late assistant purser of tho Monowai-, has signed on the Pohcrna as purser. Mr S. K. Ewan, purser of the Tarawera, has come ashore, and Air C. W. Richardson has joined in his place. Air H. Glnsson, purser of flic Karamn. has signed off that vessel’s articles. Air Ross, who has been relieving Mr Gaudoll, second engineer on the Kamona. is returning to Wellington. Air Gaudeli rejoined the Kamona'’ at Lyttelton cn Wednesday. After completing discharge at New Plymouth, the Blackball Coal Company’s steamer Ngahera is to proceed to Greymouth, where, if coal is available, she will load for Timarn. After undergoing an extensive overhaul at Wellington the Chatham Islands Fishing Company’s steamer Hiraitangi sailed from Wellington on Tuesday evening for the Chatham Islands to load stock and general cargo for Lyttelton and fish for Wellington. The vessel will visit Owcnga, Pitt Island, AV hangarua, and Kaingaroa. The Kowhai completed discharging tho balance of her limber cargo from Oroymonth yesterday. She i.s fixed to sail kite this afternoon with general cargo for Bim.-iru, Wellington. Westport, and Grcvntemih. The Kamona is loading a full cargo of prod lice in. Lyttelton to-day for Auckland. Site is expected to clear 'the Canterbury port to-night. Captain ./, Scott, late of the Polierua, is at present on holiday leave in Dunedin. The ■ schooner Huanui is expected to leave ca about the end of this week for \v raraigapp, where she will lead a cargo of timber for Dunedin. 11.0 Karr;run is leading a. cargo of coal a ‘fi to-day for Wellington. The Kant is also loading coal at Grevmoula to-day for Wellington. The Tp Aram is loading prod-ace at Blnf! to-day tor Napier, Gisborne, and Auckhni-1. hiie is expected to clear Bluff to-night for Oamaru to complete her leading. lira Kamo is duo at Auckland to-day with a lull shipment of general cargo irnm Dunedin and Lyttelton. The. '-esrad s future movements liave not been do- i finih’-ly lived. The Pohenm arrived at Timarn yost-w----day morning from Wellington. She is now loading a full shipment" ot prodra L* lOR riucklaml. is expected to clear the houtli Cauterbun- rravt to-morrow. The Kittrnva. with genera! cargo from Dunedin, left Wellington last night for HapK-T. Gisborne, and Auckland. A steamer Timarn last Av'it:i a largo shipment oi’ jirc-duce for Aucldam;]. The Ka.hika arrived at Onohmimi at ttooii yesUrday with a full load ofoliaff irnm Picton. The vessel’s future movements have not yet been fixed. The coasted .steamer John is due at Wellington to-day from Dunedin and way pin-t;. che will afterwards go to Wan-' gamii, subsequentiy returning to Wellington and South Bland ports. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Pateena arrived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m., and connected with tlic express for the south. TRAINING SHIP AMOKURA. , The Government training ship Amnkura should now he at the Korinadec Islands, hmo will, remain iiinrci for a few days, and then return to New Zealand. It - is not known whether site will call at Auckland or Gisborne first on her wav back. The I vessel .should arrive Iwk at Wellington in j Bra course of a week or two. ' | PARSENGERB FROAI AUSTRALIA. The last steamer which .arrived .at a. northern port from Australia brought (ho following saloon passengers :—Alis«cs Whnrte. Reid. Dndlev, Paterson. Smith Nurse Walker, bisters Alary Brigid mtd Marv Lmma. AJc«d imes S.kett and child. -Warns. Fraser. Imgrarn and child. Ccck-n-. Turned go ami two cltildroi!, Hyde, Rnddjiclv ami f-mr chi’lren, Tosland. ’ King, Kell and two childrou. Messrs' Fraser, Cocker. Christie, Turnedge. Vale, Rm!doclc. King, Afcrdows, Collev, Newman. Scott-Young, Glinkin, Grange, Private Nairn. Rev. Feidy. LOSS OF-THE STEAAiER. OTAKI. CORRECTED LIST OF Or*EICE]-’S ’ AND ENGINEERS. A Press Association message from Gm-istch-,r.i-!i states that the New’ Zealand .-hipping Company have received advice ■ ropi London that the steamer Otuki. which was sunk on March 10 by an enemy raider, was commanded by Captain A. ii. Smicm v, iio Ind associated with him the following officers R. H. L. APNish, cmef; H. Al. Mood, second; E F J’attenden. , third; J. J. Goldfinch, fourth the engineers oil board were G. Wilson, citiej ; w. A. Thompson, second; A. H. Little, third; 11. .Somerville, fourth; J.

Uyne, fifth: L. C. Smart, sixth; I. hp.'in, c.iiof reinventing engineer: C. Lancaster. second refrigerating engineer. It is understood that at the "time the Utakt was sunk she was on the vovaee v‘ 0m Lo, T !nn to Xcv; York. She left Lon■cion on February 23. STEAMER DUE ON MONDAY. A steamer, which left Auckland, on Wednesday afternoon for southern ports, should reach Wellington to-morrow morning. The vessel is fixed to leave Wellington to-mor-row evening for Dunedin direct, and should therefore arrive here early on Monday morning. On arrival the vessel will berth at r "'ther the Victoria or Rattray street wharf. J THE CORINNA’S MOVEMENTS. Owing to the holiday last Wednesday, the Comma was delayed at Timarn. She left the South Canterbury port last night for Lyttelton, and will leave the latter part to-day, and Nelson on Monday for Now Plymouth. She is fixed to sail from I chew Plymouth next Wednesday for Wellington, and will afterwards return to the iaranaki port to load again for Wcllincton the Comma is exnecled to retain to Dcnecin acmr, May 10, and if circumstances par. .v.ji she will blew down her boue ; c fer znjmciion, and will leave here aoouu xj for

THE TARAWERA: Tlio Tarawere an-ived at Dunedin at 10.30 a,m. to-day from Auckland and East Coast parts, and was bei thcd at the Cross wharf to discharge, several hundred tons of cargo, and to load a sliiomeiifc of general merchandise. Tlio vessef made tlio run from Lyttelton, a distance of &04 miles, in the creditable lime of hours. The Tarawora is now timed to sail at 4 p.m. to-morrow for East Coast ports and Auckland, THE MONO AVAL Tlia Monowai left her berth at tire Birch ntroot wharf at 6 a.m. to-day. and .steamed down to Port Chalmers, where nho will lay up until coal supplloa are available. During hor stay at Port tho vessel will dock for cleaning and painting and oil necessary repairs effected. It is expected that she will resume her usual running in tho Dunedin-East Coast-Auckla-nd service as soon as a supply of coal comes to hand. STEAMERS OUT OF COMMISSION. Inquiries made kt tho bend office of the Union Company to-day elicited the information that so far nothing definite has yet been decided upon ay to when tho ferry steamer Maori will bo recommissioned. The vessel is still on the lay-up berth .at Wellington. Tho collier Komata is also still out of commission at AVcllington, and no orders have been received yet for that vessel. As it will tnke several days before the much-nsoded bunker supplies and coal cargoes aro available, i o general recommissioning of laidnp boats is anticipated. As tho supplies como_ to hand tho steamers will resume running. No difficulty is being experienced now in discharging coal from any steamers at Wellington, and a start was made last Tuesday to unload any that had been held up by tho waterside workers. NEW UNION STEAMER ARMAGH. Tho Union Steam Shin Company's now steamer Armagh, which lias been launched at Homs, is practically a sister shin to another vessel which has visited Nfew Zealand. When the war started tlio Armagh was in tho builders’ hands, but owing to the rush of war vessels, she has, for some considerable time, remained in a state of semi-completion. Now, with the sudden decision of tho British Government to build cargo vessels she Las been completed. Tho vessel, which is one of some 12,000 tons gross, is intended for the Now Zealand meat trade, and nkc her sister ship, vail aho carry passengers She is fitted with tho latest cargoworking appliances and a powerful set'of machinery. Tho now vor-S'T will be propelled by four geared turbines‘ coupled to two shafts, and will have cruiser stern. Her length is 535 ft, breadth 6yft, and depth 31.9 if. Tlio builders arc owau. Hunter, Wigrani, and Richardson. RECENT WELLINGTON COLLISION. , Captain G. G. Smith, Government sunorintem.cnt of mercantile marine, has Add ” Preliminary _ inquiry into the cimnnsLances attending the collision alongside trie Queen s wharf, "Wcllingtnn. o” Wednssday night, April JB, when Levin and Companysteamer Queen cf lh o South humped mto the Wooltmi, owned by dm ivaiapo! Slapping and Trading Cnmhauv jtviuenco was given by Captain Brigdem cl tne Queen of the South, his mate and bcatswmn. and also by Captain Lsvrrou, of the \>■cotton. The. has' been Jorwnrdcd to the Marine Department for consideration. Tiie 'Anmtou s repairs wore expected f o bo completed to-day. end the vessel will ■ r -ra' :>n to .*h ? ep for Wang. mi. live repairs, which are being ofSs'S.' - r - Tl ' Vi!l ' “ l (Tor continuation soe Hate Shipping.)

Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—S.E., 1 ... 30.02 62 0 Napier—E.,. 1 Wellington—Calm 50.03 30.05 60 56 11 B Westport—S.E.,' I ... 30.07 53 B Greymouth—E., 1 ... Beaioy— W., 1 Christchurch—W., ,1 30.04 30.11 30.11 53 47 59 0 B 0 Timaru—N., 1 20.90 49 BO Oiimaru—E., 1 2,0,90 50 BZ Dunedin—N.. 1 20.80 52 BC Queenstown —Calm ... 29.93 50 BC Nuggets—N.W., br ... Blurt—N., fb 29.96 29.91 51 48 B C Balclutha—S.W., lb ... 48 B Clyde—Calm 55 BO Port Chalmers—Calm 29.94 56 B C P oxbu rgh—Calm 29.50 55 B C Pembroke—N.W., br 29.00 57 0 Naseby—Cairn 27.95 51 BC Invercargill—Calm ... 29.8-3 53 B