SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16629, 11 January 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

■ • HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head: 1.46 a-m., 2.11 p.m. Port Chalmers: 2.26 a.m., 2.51 pan. Dunedin: 2.56 a.m,, 3.21 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 7.53 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 4;38 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New moon Jan. 13 10.6 a.m. First quarter Jan. 20 2.8 a.m. Full moon Jan. 27 2.44 p.m. Last quarter Feb. 4 7.22 p.m. to-day, 6.27 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 3.22 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. O. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m, to-day :

Wind. L, light ; br, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; rag, 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; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy,'dark weather; H, hail; L, lighting; 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. Bales) supplied the following at noon to-day ;—Strong south-east winds; rain, mist, and fog; glass rise soon; tides good; sea moderate. SAlLED.—January 11. Kotare, s.s. (0.30_ a.m.), 141 tons, M'lntyre, for Invercargill. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Te Anau, from Auckland, January 13. Putiki, irom Wellington, January 14. Breeze, from Lyttelton, January 14, Kotare, from Invercargill, January 15. Kaitangata, from Westport, January 15. Calm, from Wanganui via ports, Jan. 16. Portland, scow, from Auckland, Jan. 18. -Rosamond,-from Bluff, January 18. Storm, from Lyttelton, January 19. Corinna, from Wellington, January 20. John, from Wanganui via ports, Jan. 20. Monowai, from Auckland, January 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. John, for Wanganui via ports, this day. x-recze, for Wanganui via ports, Jan. .i.','. - Putiki, for 'Wellington via ports. Jan. 14. Kotare, for Invercargill, January 15. Te Anau, for Auckland, January 15. Calm, for Wanganui via ports, Jan. 16. Kaitangata, for Bluff, January 17. Rosamond, for Gisborne, January 19. Storm, for Wanganui via porta. Jan. ig Comma,_ for New Plymouth, Jan. 21. Monowai, for Auckland, January 22. The Corinna, which left Dunedin to-day for Oamaru, Timarn, Lyttelton, Wellington Nelson, and New Plymouth, will probably arrive back here about January 19. The Kotare, which sailed early this morning for Bluff and Invercargill, has been fixed to load timber at Waikawa tomorrow for Dunedin. She is expected to arrive back here on Monday night. The steamer Breeze is due at Dunedin about Monday from Wellington and Lyttelton. She will load general cargo here for Pimaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Wanganui. . The coastal steamer John was delayed m loading operations at Dunedin this morning owing to rain. She is expected to sail this evening for OSmaru, Wellington, and Wanganui. The local agents for the steamer Calm advise that the vessel is due at Dunedin on January 16 from Wanganui via Wellington and Bluff. She has been fixed to load here for Timarn, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Kaitangata arrived at Westport at o p.m. .yesterday from Onehnnga. She is expected to leave the West Coast port to-morrow with a cargo of coal for Dunedin and Bluff. The Kaituna arrived at Blnff at 5 a.m. to-day from Dunedin. She is expected to leave the southern port to-morrow for Oamaru and Timarn to complete her loading for Auckland. The Kowhai arrived at Grevmonth at 1.45 a.m. to-day fxxrni Now Plymouth. ; t TV s now fading a cargo of coal for Wellington. The Kini is expected to leave Greymouth to-morrow with a cargo of coal lor discharge at ’Wellington. The Union Company advise that the Mapounka, which has been laid up at Wellington for over a week owing to a shortage of firemen, will not resume runnin £ * n W est Coast service this week The collier Kahika left Westport at 6 p.m. yesterday, coal laden, for Wellington. 6 Fine weather prevails at Greymouth today, with light easterly winds. A moderate sea is running on the bar. A moderate sea is also running on the Westport bar. 1 The Rosamond will leave Napier to-day for Gisborne to discharge the balance of her cargo from South Island ports. She will afterwards go to Wellington to load for Bluff and Dunedin. After discharge here the Rosamond will load general cargo for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne.

All work was stopped on tlio Wellington wharves yesterday owing to heavy rain, and many vessels were detained there in consequence. The Monowai will leave Wellington to-day for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. She will be due at Auckland on Monday next, and will probably sail on Tuesday afternoon for East Coast and Southern ports. The Kqmata, which has been surveyed and repaired on the Wellington patent slip, was to have been relaunched to-day. On Saturday night the ferry steamer Mararoa will not leave Wellington for Lyttelton until 10 o’clock. The schooner Lily, which is discharging timber at Lyttelton, will probably be despatched on Monday for Kaipara. She will take produce and general cargo;, and will load timber at the northern port for Lyttelton. The death occurred, in Westport on Saturday last of Captain Oliver Powell, who was well-known and highly respected in Wanganui. The late Captain Powell commanded at different times the Stormbird, Oreti, and other steamers. When the question arose at Wednesday’s meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board as to when a certain contract would be completed the engineer, Mr Cyrus Williams, said that in present conditions it was nest door to impossible to say. It might be a month, or it might be six months, as it depended l on the shipping facilities between Australia and the Dominion. A new lower foremast is now being fitted in the scow Portland at the Shelly Bay wharf, Wellington, to replace the mast that was sprung on the passage from Auckland to Wellington. The new spar measures 58ft, and is of Oregon , pine. The work is to be completed by next Tuesday, when the scow will sail for Dunedin with the remainder of her cargo of explosives. A silver cup has been received by the Board of Trade through the Norwegian Consul-General. This cup has been awarded by the King of Norway to Captain Colin Macdonald, master of the steamship Gratloe, of Limerick, in recognition of his services in rescuing the crew .of a Norwegian steamship which was sunk in November, 1916. As a result of the north-east gale which prevailed in the north for several days last week, the bar at Opotiki has silted up, and at high water there is only sft on the bar. On her last trip from Auckland, the steamer Ngatiawa was unable to enter Opotiki. She landed, her passengers at Ohiwa, whence they made their way to their destination overland. The Opotiki cargo was transhipped into scows at Ohiwa and taken back to Opotiki. It is expected that the same arrangement will be made for some time, until the bar again becomes workable. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Mararoa arrived at Lyttelton at 9 a.m., and connected with the second express for the south. THE TE ANAI7. The Te Amui. with original cargo from Auckland, left Wellington at 10 last night for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She,is due here on Sunday, and is now fixed to sail on Tuesday with general cargo for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland.' REVENUE OF LYTTELTON HARBOR. At last Wednesday’s meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board Mr H. F. Nicoll asked if the chairman could give any information as to what amount of shortage .in harbor revenue during the past three months was due i ... , h,t train from Lyttelton, or as to the number of vessels that had not visited the port that would have done so if the circumstances had been different. Mr A. Kaye said that no tally had been kept, and it would be misleading to give guesswork information. There was no doubt that a goodly number of vessels had been induced not to visit Lyttelton, because it was known that work on the ships stopped at 6 p.m., and where it had been possible in the interests of the ships they had avoided Lyttelton. He could not give any details at present. Mr Nicoll asked if some approximate idea of the loss of revenue could not bo given, but Mr Kaye said that he did not care to venture a guess at it. TRIBUTE TO MERCHANT SERVICE. During an inquest at Birkenhead on an engineer who lost his life on a ship torpedoed by an enemy submarine, the coroner said that it was not necessary to say anything with regard to the action of the mercantile marine during times past, but their wonderful courage, steadfastness, and resourcefulness had been instrumental in bringing to naught the schemes of the enemy, rightly exciting the admiration of the world, and deservedly bringing to themselves the complete gratitude of the country. The jury associated themselves with, these remarks, and requested that their sympathy bo conveyed to the widow and children of the deceased. A verdict of “Death from a fractured skull, due to the action of the enemy ” was returned. LYTTELTON HARBOR AFFAIRS. At a, meeting of the Lyttelton Harbor Board on Wednesday last the harbor master reported that during the month of December 167 vessels, with a total tonnage of 106,590, entered Lyttelton, as compared with 172 vessels, aggregating 114,243 tons, in the corresponding month of 1916. The chairman (Mr A. Kaye) remarked that harbor dues last month bad been less in amount than for any previous month for some time past. This had been due to the strike and to the absence of a late train in the evening from Lyttelton. The engineer reported that the dredge Canterbury had removed 103,590 tons from the inner harbor; the dredge Te Whaka had been engaged in hard ground between the inner ends of Nos. 6 and 7 jetties, and had lifted 1,120 tons. The gap in the reclamation wail caused by the settlement in October last would be closed in a few days. The new cheese store was nearing completion. The report was adopted. Arising out of a report from the harbor master respecting the fire on December 14 on board- an overseas vessel, it was decided to take the advice of the board’s solicitor respecting the question of whether the fire brigade or the port authorities should control matters in connection with fires on the waterfront. TRAINING SHIP AMOKURA. LARGER VESSEL REQUIRED. A request that Auckland should be made the headquarters of the training ship Amoknra for a portion of each year was made to the Hon. Mr Wilford (Minister of Marine) by a deputation representing yachtsmen and launch owners. The Minister said he recognised the facilities possessed by Auckland Harbor ! for training purposes, and would instruct I that the Amoknra should be stationed at Auckland for. a certain number of months I each year. He added that far more ap- | plications for admission to the Amoknra | than could be dealt with were being re- I ceived from New Zealand youths desirous 1 of following a seafaring life. The Government recognised the necessity for providing more adequate facilities, but the question was one of finance. The Marine Department was on the lookout for a large modern vessel, suitable for training purposes, but a vessel of the type required would be very expensive at present. (For continuation sea Late Shipping.)

Auckland—E., 1 Bar. Ther. Weath. 29.98 67 OR Napier—E., 1 29.97 72 B C Wellington—S.E., 1 . 30.02 65 G Westport—N.W., 1 ... 30.00 63 B Grcymouth—N.W., 1 29.99 66 BC Bealev—E., br 30.05 60 p Christchurch— Calm ... 30.07 64 OD Timarn—S., 1 30.03 57 OR Oam a ru—E., 1 30.01 66 OR Dunedin—N.E., 1 29.96 58 M Queenstown—Calm ... 29.98 60 D Nuggets—E., m Bluff—E., f 50.00 30.10 50 S3 D OE Port Chalmers—N., f 30.10 55 R Balclutha—S.W., 1 ... 52 0 Clyde—Calm ■ 62 R Roxburgh—S.E., I ... 29.85 51 R Naseby—Calm 28.00 58 D Invercargill—E., hr 30.08 55 O Pembroke—N.E., 1 ... 28.95 67 RO