SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16779, 6 July 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MOIIROW. Taiaroa Head : 1.25 a.m., 1.51 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.5 a.m., 2.31 .p.m. Dunedin : 2.35 a.m., 3.1 p.m. MONDAY. Taiaroa Head : 2.16 a.m., 2.41 p.m. Port dial mors : 2.56 a.m., 3.21 p.m. Dunedin : 3.26 a.m., 3.51 p.m. "~THE SUN. Sots to-day, 4.29 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.54 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 4.30 p.m.; rise? Monday, 7.53 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New moon July 8 7.52 p.m. First quarter July 16 5.55 p.m. Full moon July 24 8.5 a.m. Last, quarter July 31 0.44 a.m. .Sets to-day, 2.24 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 6.33 a.m. Sots to-morrow. 3.21 p.m. ; rises Monday, 7.13 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather

Wmil.—Li, lignt; br, breeze; id, ires" breeze; nig, moderate gale; g, wholo or heavy gale; w, galo 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; 11, hail; L, liphoning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing si lowers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ruin; S, snow; T. thunder; U, ugly, tnrcatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the. following nt noon to-day:—£ to nig south-west winds; rain probable; glass' rise after 24 hours; tides high; sea rough swell. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kotare, from Inverc.urgill. July 7. Putiki, from Wellington. July 8. ! Coriuna, from Wellington, July 8. Kiurmn-a, from Westport, July 9. Breeze, from Oneliunga, July 10. Mav Howard, from Invercargitl, Jy. 11. Ifoiito, from New Plymouth. July 11. Westralia, from Melbourne, July 11. Calm, from Wangnmii, July 32. John, from Wa-'igamii, July 13. (dsborne, sch., from Wellington, Jy. 14. i Poherua, from Greytnouth. iulv_ls. I Storm, from Wanganui, July 15. i I Hincmoa, from Wellington, July 18. I Stella, from Auckland.' July 31'. | PROJECTED DEPARTURES. ! Mav Howard, for Inve-argill, to-day. fli (1 Riptuu foi M( honi ie, i-o-dav 1 i iia for iiuklmd this di\ ],a.nj)>i tor V c 11 in 'fun Jn'v 8 \i 11 i ten 1 m nu i stti k-ii Tul 8 , Pi ill i 1 » WeUiu., on Tuh 8 ( onnni foi Ntfl "i noutn, Inly 8 1 Bie-"/ foi W m n inn 'ih 10 1 k i ii i t >t f n i mouth In 1 11 j ( 'm foi \\ Ttih V \ii i ib i oi Melbourne luH 12 | vi 011 l i ] i ~d hi \ U I ]i hn lot Hit, mm lul\ lo -i m n ; nif.inu J 1\ 1 r ) ' 11 ml > ii nu dm him-, hj \\ 15 1 ~ i , .1 ii i <» nil. i 1] 'it Ink 11 1 I r u intra •, hj d t > hj m Dm t (Ii I ii Jlljn I Ol 1 Mil 1 ill 1 UIM I 1 loi ,1 1.1 l ' I'll ! 1 w i, \ hj hj i nu < < har tug _i ir ,1 u_ ] mi M hj ii < it " \ K (n,n HI MM i'i 1 'l r ' \\t\ I hnjoii tu ( Hi pit .In I ii s ht. 1 ( |f. ii i' I l, i t i 1 lI i .1 i nd I Tin l U t i hj 111 hj 1 \u ' n ' I hi K )l n 1 It Ivl\ei < i il ' l 11 ti <! i foi Pu ii do \hi ii In '" m i-in in ii nnii, Hh fi i 1 lo i' ui "\ |7k! ij miii in i il ( i » ii 1 inrn d ! \ tti It ui 1 In I oi i m 1 f' \ J ] 1 it Hit ' ii . ii I'u iidm ud 1, .11,11 1 ' i idi i 1 i h(in V i\id in *i i n , 0 1 \ bio i < il'ur .1 1 \ n < . V Hid I ' 1< 1 i l ' I ' If < l ! nur J i\ 1 ist 1 i \\\ ( l I t i I ih I Ml 1) ,u h-t n hf ho i ' t i 1 >' i hi l linv, dm t Dun.- 1 n on A < ndi i id l d d 1 » ul V<( <■ urn 1 i foi 0 » ii ind \\ I'm ton p i L ii ' hj i o i n d, 1 ud i tli* i >i hj hj 1 id \ t i i ' i i > • | 1 (Ii d 1 j n\< it Du i dn on Vii rln s In m \f dom OiiehiinTi, and T \t t n \ftii dis.hu,nu hir iu_o ol I ni'ii hj v, ill loid 1 1 iki il mr hj mdi t tin 1 \ Milt >n ind \\ i it,inm onh ] In lni m In mn ( i bun hj due at Wellint/ton to-morrow from Inveirnrgill I he \essil will lo id g"ne"i' < ai „o at Yv«lliugfon ii(\t i(<k *oi Ditcdn [ ne K tin a i dm il ( u mo ith t i dav fi > n Dinn dm Mn \ill had i< tl e We 1 ' oi'i p nt fu I \tt( 1 t( n 1 1 < i\ itm ia n i pu fid t>> \i I 1 uid toil loi Wistpml \ hen he \ M 1 id < i il i mi hj i \n<' nd lb Ki i hi i i xjtortn 1 ti 1 i\i \\i t ti 11 inn 'il \ ith i t n' 1 ' n i of i oai o ('nil i' Poit ( ' "hi j id D i i i M < 1 ould nu i V '< ui Tu »d v I Kittnii am\r(( it dmhiiui \c~ U m\ iiom \ port and \ \\ ''Knioii' l sh" i (\p ( I ' t > c il timing 1 >r \\c=ti>-nf mi =1 e i ill loi 1 o 1 ti l and Timam. Ih linn 'dl 'l'm i n 'e. hj f oi Pi \m"l'i ti hj id .oil t -it aniei \* ei di (lni it tin IT awl r s B i\ iiort ski. will return to O-revinmith to livid fo TU od i lb K'ni left PrH\ nou'l da\ aflnnosin <rnl lihi P i \\ ilm n t 1-,p i, vm?l w dl i ten so tr \ i\ Plvnonth ai 1 I' < n to ( r outh to hj id cr f " T-vttp'U ti Hie T 'nihil i pin ct-od to ha e \\ °st 7 rir toda\ with i n mi oi oal F F n in "she vvi'l subsooiKii H j;o t r W-"dPTf and tl ( n to f>ri m< nth o Vad for ilhncl i The Aliti 157- 1 "• vhten his bf"i rie la\od it W "ilincrfon otMng to iam i-. c\ p eted t leim the north n m p'-it today fo \»c } land Tlie Poh"rua is exneeted to le-av» Lyttelton to-day for W a stno'-t- to load fr.T i Wellington. After discharge at the : t , <irfrb.f>rn port she 'HI] go to Wnsttiort ind Grevmonth to load ena.l for Dnncdin. i The RosAiTiond is fv;cd to leave Timam to-day for Napier. Sln> will afterwards go to Wellington and then to Oman! and Tima.ru to load produce for Gisbovve. Tho Te Anan is expected to leavo AuekInnd to-day for Wellington and Timnru. The vessel will afterwards go to Bluff and Oamaru to load oroduce for Auck- I land. 4

Tho Huddarl-Parker liner Rivenna is due at Wellington on Monday from Sydney. Tho vessel will sail on Tuesday evening for Lyttalkm, return to Wellington on Thursday, and leave the latter port the same day for Sydney and Hobart. The schooner Lily, which has been undergoing alterations a.nd repairs at her berth alongside tho Gladstone pier, Lyttelton, is expected to sail in about three days' time with a carp) of produce for Ka.ipa.isa. Tlie coal exported from Gievmnut-b for the week ended Juno 29 was* 9,272 tons ]7ewt. Tlio Talune. which left Auc.ld.ind for Fiji at an early hour on Tuesday morning, returned to port at mid-day for minor repairs to her machinery. The repairs were exported to be completed in time for he.r to resumo her voyage early on Wednesday. The Union Company advise that the Moana is fixed to leave Wellington next Thursday (tho 11th inst.'i for can Francisco via P arotonga and Papeete. An interesting return presented to the Motueka. Harbor Board on dune 29 by the harbor master, Mr P. G. Moffatt. showed, that the fruit shipped over the Motucka wharf during the month, of May thU vear was 34.707 birdi.'k-. compared with 27,272 bushels in the previous year, an increase of 7.555 bm-heK What is said to be a world's record for wood ship construction v.?« achieved at Portland. Oregon, by the Oram. Snvthporter Co. on April 20, when a:, three minuter before the stroke of midnbjht 51 davs after tho lav ins; of the keel—the hull of the steamship" Wakan out--ed the waters of the Williametre River. Tin? vi?,ssnl is of 3.500 tons deadweight. The. latest charters in.b'do : .Ay 01. ship, 1,939 tons, San Francisco to Wellington, merchandise: C. S. Holmes, three-masted schooner. 376 tons. Snn Francisco to New Zealand. case oil : Otfilie Fjord, threo-mastod. schooii")-. 247 tons. Sao Francisco to Nov/ Plymouth, merchandise. I'crimps no American sailing vessel trading to Australian ports is so well known as the five-ma.ste<i schooner Snow and Biirfrcss. The vessel, which v.as biii!t in 1878, was originally a barque, and as such was a familiar figure in Sydney Harbor. Later on she was a. hulk, and afterwards site was converted into a five-" , a?ted sc!v>oner. Recently news was received stating that she had been sold in New York at the. abnormally high figure of £45.000. CORINXA .DUE OX MONDAY. The- Union Company advi.se that iiie Corinna, which arrived at Wellington today from Onehnntra and Now Plymouth, .c "xpiTi."d to sad to-niahf for Dunedin direct. She should arrive here on Monday morning, and is fixed to sail on Monday night for Oamaru. Timar-u. Nelson, and New Plymouth. The Corinna will a f forward" go to Lyi-telton to load for Nelson and New Plymouth. WESTRALIA FROM: MELBOURNE. The liudd.-i.t-Parker steamer West-ralia is due at Wellington to-morrow from Melbourne, do-et. ' The vessel is timed to leave Wellington on Tuesday evening for Lvtfelton and Dune-din. She is due here on Thursday next, nod has 630 ton? of Melbourne on bon-d for discharge at this port-. The YWstralia is timed to leave Dmiedin on Friday. Jnlv 12, for Pdnff and Melbauriie. MEN AFLOAT A Nil .WTJORE. Mr P. B. Cooke, a former purser on the Union Company's island steamers, lias taken up an important- position <>n a pp---ci.nl service steamer. Mr Cooke came a«horp some vo-<"« at'o. and was attached to the. Union Comnany's Auckland and Wellington office staffs before corning to Donedin to fake up hi? present position. Oantain Ve"d ue. of the scow Macao. v -ill take mi iho duties of signalman at' BHi.heim. and Ids pbee <;-r. the Magic, will be taken by Captain Holmps, 3 formerly of the Eunice. Mr L. Cunii has taken Mr W. Cooneys place ;is a"isto.'o nnr-'V of the Maori. Mr R. D. Thompson has signed on the Pa.loona n<= wireless operator, in place of Mr T. W. P.earnp. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LVTTELTOX. July 6. 7.5 a.m.. Maori, from W-llingt-on (connected with express). 'For continuation sec Late Shipping.)

reports at 9 a.m. tc ►-da; f ■ — Bar. Thor. Weath. Auckland—N.W., 1 30.01 51 BC Napier—W., 1 ... 29.83 59 B Wellington—N.W., f" 29 74 52 O West-port—- Cal m 29.76 47 M Grnvmout-h—E., 1 29.80 44 P, B™W—S.W., 1 29.69 38 B Ch i'i s tell uroli—Ca 1 m 29 65 38 BO Tiniaru —W., 1 ... ._ 29.59 38 BC Oriniani—W.. I ... 29.62 40 BC Dune-din—Calm ... 29.57 42 BC <.) n iv uptown - -N. W. . "f 29.53 35 BC Nucsets—X.W.. f 29.53 42 B 151.iff—W.N.W.. bi 29.49 42 BCZ Pembroke —N. W., <T 28.55 43 0 Balclutha— Calm — 32 B Pt. Chalmers.-—Cab Ql 29.47 44 BC Clyde -Calm ... 29.05 ..— (.' B-oxbim;h—S.E., 1 29.05 42 BC Naseby—Calm ... 27.52 35 BC Invercarm'll—Calm, 29.55 35 B