SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16784, 12 July 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. | 10-JIOIiUOW. I Taiaroa, Head : 6 a.m., 6.22 p.m. Port Chalmers : 6.4-0 a.m., 7.2 p.m. Duuedjn : 7.10 a.m., 7.32 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 4.34 p.m. ; visas to-morrow, 7.52 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter July 16 5.55 p.m. Full moon July 24 8.5 a.m. Last quarter July 31 0.44 a.m. New moon August 7 8 a.m. feet.--, to-day, 8.53 p.m.. ; rises to-morrow, 9.3D a.m. WEATHER FORECAST. Tho Govern.,,cm M.ete<u,,.ogt.-t (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day : —Moderate southerly winds, veering by west to north; temporary improvement'in -weather, but prospect of becoming bad again soon; glass failing after 20 hours; tides good;; gea rough. ARRIVED.—JuIy 11. Ngakuta, s.s. (4.30 p.m.), 1,775 tons, Dowell, from Grevmouth. Calm, s.s. (6.15" p.m.). 890 tons, Radford, from WiUiganui via ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. John, from Wanganui, this day. Kotare. from Lyttelton, July 15. Waipori, from 'Wellington, July 14. Storm, iroui Wanganui, July 15. Houto, from New "Plymouth, July 16. Pol.ema. from Gun-month, July 17. Putiki, from Wellington, July 18. Gisbonie, from Wellington, July 18. Breez-.s from Onehunga, July 18. May Howard, from Wellington, July 20. Oh I'm, from Wangamii, ,J uiy 20. Ooriiiiiri, from Wellington, July 22. Hi nemo;.!, from Wellington, Juiy_24. Monowai, from Auckland, July 28. Stella, from Auckland, duly 31. Westrulia, from. Melbourne, July 31. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Calm, for Wanganiti, this day. Hazel Repton. tor Melbourne, to-day. Kolure, for Liverca.rgill, July 15. Joiin. for Wanganui July 13. Wcstraiia, for Melbourne, July 15. Ngakuta, for Oa nam, July l.'j. Kamona, for Grevmouth, July 13. Storm, for Wanganui. .July 10. Monowai, for Auckland. July 15. Waterlily, kcii., for Wellington. July 16. Putiki, ior Wellington, July 18. jjre:'/.e, for Wangamu, July 18. Houto. sell., for Oncliunga." July 20. Corinna, for New Plymouth, July 22. May Howard, for 1 nvercargill, July 23. Hiiiemoa, for southern lights, July 24. The Kamona went down to .Port Chalmers last evening to discharge the balance of her Westport coal cargo. The vessel's future movements have not yet been definitely fixed. The John is due here this evening from Wellington direct. The vessel will dichaiL'e'a. ijua-ntity of hides at Pert Chainlets before coming up to Dunedin... She will sail to-morrow for Oama.ru, Timaru, and Wanganui. Tiie auxiliary ketch Walerlily, which is now undergoing .-;;■..ae minor repairs at Port Chalmers, will come up to Dunedin to-morrow to commence loading for Wellington. She will be despatched early next week. The Oorinna left Timaru yesterday for Nelson and New Plymouth. The vessel is expected to leave the latter port tomui'iuw night, for Wellington, Lyttelton, Nelson, and New Plymouth. The To Anau arrived, at Timaru at 8.30 last night from Auckland and. Wellington. She was expected to k-J1 this afternoon for Bluff and Oamaru to load for Auckland. The Kahikt), arrived at Lyttelton at 2 a.m. to-day from Grey mouth. After discharging her cargo of coal she will return to Cirevmouth to'load for Wellington. The "Waipori left Wellington last night with a large shipment of general cargo for discharge at Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is expected to' arrive here on Sunday. the Rosamond left Wellington last night for Lyttelton. She will afterwards go to Timaru to load produce for Gisbonie. The Poherna, ■which is discharging coal at Wellington to-day, is expected to leave the northern port to-morrow for Westport and Grey-mouth. She will load at the West Coast ports for Dunedin. The Blackball collier Ngakuta arrived at Port- Chalmers at 4.30 p.m. yesterday with a cargo of coal from Greymouth. She is expected to sail to-morrow for Cam rum to co nplete her discharge. The vessel will .afterwards proceed to Wellington and then to Greymouth. Tho Calm, which arrived here last 'evening fi'&m Wanganui and way ports, ■will sail to-day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. She is loading a targe shipment of general cargo for the ports named. The Australian steamer Glaucus, which recently discharged a cargo of guano at Dunedin, was expected to leave Wellington yesterday afternoon with a cargo of timber for Melbourne. The Union Company's steamer Flora arrived at Auckland yesterday morning from the Eastern Pacific islands. The vessel brought a cargo of fruit and other island produce. I

Tho annua] meeting of the executive council of the Federated Seamen's Union will commence in Wellington on Thursday, August 29. According to tho ' New Zealand Waterfiider,' " tho merry month of June produced a crop of accidents on tho Wellington wharves. . . . There were 29 accidents, averaging over one accident for each working day." An echo oH the Eunice case was heard at the vV-angauui Harbor Board mooting' last Friday night, when the board passed an account for £145 12s 6d, the board's s,ha;-« of the Imlay Freezing Company's costs. It is not known what the board's own expenses were, but it is expected that £3OO would cover those. The barquentine lima, which arrived at Sun Francisco early in June after a stormy passage of about 00 days from Wellington, was refitted for the sea bv the Union Company about the same time as tho hulk Dartford. A third (the f.illa) was bought by Messrs Reese Bros., of Christchurch, who are converting her into a steamer to replace the Opouri. The cruiser Adelaide, the keel of which was laid last year, is to bo launched from the Government dockyard at Cockatoo Island on July 27. 'it is intended to put her into commission as soon as possible. The Government are gratified at the rate at which the work of construction lias progressed. During tho last trip of the Mneraki from Wellington to Sydney, over £3l was raised amongst the passengers for the -relief of the shipwrecked seamen of tho Wimmoro. The amount wa.s handed_ to tho master of the vessel (Captain Collins), who, in returning thanks, said that the Royal Humane Society needed every penny that oould be raised to meet, the demands upon its rsouroes. The Sydney-owned schooner Zir.gari arrived in the stream at Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Tho schooner, which is a wooden three-masted vessel of 185 tons, left Newcastle on June 25 with a load of 80.000 ft of hardwood timber, the voyage taking 14 days. She was berthed: at the Clyde Quay wharf on Wednesday to start discharging, on completion of which she may return to Newcastle or load at Wanganui. Captain Whitton is in command. The auxiliary schooner May Howard arrived at Tnvercargill on Wednesday from Dunedin with "a full load of general cargo. She will load preserved rabbits at the southern port for Wellington. The Nobel Company's schooner T-Inia is at present discharging general cargo at Ancklnnd. The vessel left Auckland on May 6, and since then has been to Melbourne and Wellington. She left Wellington on Saturday, June 30. and experienced a strong variable wind up too coast. Wh-en off the Bay of Plenty she cast her propeller, and had to make the rest of the voyage to Auckland under sail only. After she has discharged i.er cargo and been fitted with a, new propeller she will load for Melbourne. Tho evidence taken beforo the superintendent of mercantile marine at Auckland, last week at tho preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of the loss of the steamer Wimmera off the North Cape on the morning of June 25 was received by the. Marine Department on Tuesday. A few days will have to elapse before a decision is reached as to whether <v magisterial inquiry will bo necessary or not. THE MONOWAI. The work of overhauling the Monowai at Port Chalmers is expected to be completed to-morrow afternoon. The vessel will probably come up to Dunedin to-mor-row night, when she will berth at the Cross wharf to commence loading for the north. She is fixed to sail on Monday afternoon for Lyttelton, Wellington. Napier, Gisborne. and Auckland. SCOW HAZEL REPT'ON DELAYED. The scow Ha'/ei Renton is still at an anchorage- in Carey .Bay. The vessel has a full larco of timber on board consigned to Melbourne. She completed her loading over a. week ago. and went to an anchorage at the end of bust week. It was first reported that the vessel was waiting ior a favorable wind to put to sea. hut it is rumored thai the scow's detention is duo to some trouble amongst the crew. NFAVS OF BARQUE ANTIOPE. It is now several months since the wrllj known barque Autiope left Port Chalmers iii! a long "oversea "trip, and since that ' time the "oh! vessel has covered a wide expanse of ocean. She arrived at Auckland on April 15 last from San Francisco, after a snwt passage of 51 days. Aftsr discharging her inward f-"ight. the Antiopo loaded a full shipment of flax, tallow, etc., and cleared Auckland on May 92 for San Francisco. Site is therefore 50 oars our. t.o-day. and news of her arrival at the (.V.liforuian port should como : to hand shortly. The An Mono has been chartered to load again at San Francisco for a New Zealand port W EST~COA ST W E A TH ER. Although the weather shows an -Improvement on the West Coast, the ports of We- f oort and Grc.-inouth were A\\] unworkable last night. Fine weather provadtd at G:. \ luuili lodiv. but a h-a;-y - >a was running oi 111' 1 ha.. Th • mllii r Kai.io, which nn'-'cd i J 'he port v.»t'V. dav moruiovr "x.m W llnmloo. a . .'till di laved oiil.-ide the b..r tlii.-, nuvniug. Hooorts leeri-od t'r< m We-lpnrt staf >d that a slight ounont •.<.,> "uTiipug in the ■'•\ '!•. and the -a a in .' "• ha'' v. a>- moderating. The lv H '"va. f'.'o-.n Onohu"g;>. " I ieh v e- drbiv d ' i:t -:d • t' l " p it yes-tp;-<lav, w ■ • t -.j.. • 1-1 to c V . .- jh,. 1,,,,. t'<i = running -"'■■ .'MI '. p W'-tprrl for 'li-neii .p-1 !.'•!' '' n Th ' Kulnngn<a. loaded with coa! for Vu-kland. is b,n----j hound at Wesfr;. i\\ THE TNTERCOr.'tMAL M-CVIOE. The local office of the 1! ud<\,rt-Pa A-.. r Coin pan v have not vei re<."i-\.-d uotilisa(hn as'to whether 'th- ill-Od-d stivier ■ Wiunnera. will ho replaced in the New Zealand-Sydney scjvk- hy another steam-r. THE- LOSS OF THE INVERNESS. VESSEL BURNT IN SOUTH PACIFIC A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the Cardiff-owned barque Inverness, bound from Durban to Tqtn'que with a cargo of coal, was 'bund at 8«i in the South Pacific, on April 27. Her crew, numbering 24. reached Auckland yesterday morning from Papeete, having made an adventurous vnyatre of 560 miles in open boats to Rapa Island, the nearest land. It is understood that the fire was due to spontaneous combustion in the cargo. Tho crew were unable to check its progress, and when it became apparent that the shin was doomed all the stores possible were put into two boats, and the whole crew embarked. Hie Iwats set sail northwards for Rapa Island. Fortunately tho weather was moderate, with generally favorable winds, and both boats reached land—one in nine davs and the other in 10 days. Captain Umrhes and the first mate (Mr TotmanJ commandpd the boats. The boats were fairly well provisioned, and tho men's chief anxiety appears to have been for the supply of water, which thev carefully husbanded. On making land they still had a supply in the tanks, but all suffered a good deal from thirst. The lip 3 of some became cracked and brown in color. At Rapa Island the only white man was the French Administrator, who at once did everything in his power to anpply ■■

the needs of the castaways. The crew sav that the natives were kindness itself. In about six weeks an auxiliary schooner, which had temporarily replaced a- steamer, called at the island. and the i crew left in her for Papeete, where- they | were oared for by the British Consul, ( who got passages for tlimn on the Flora,, I which was leaving for Auckland almost at once. The Inve.rne.ss was a fine steel barque of 1,959 tons register, built on the Clyde m 1902. Up till last year she was rogis- ! tcred at Aberdeen. SCHOONER. BURNT AT SEA. Leaving the waters of the Pacific carpeted with burning oil for a distance of more than a mile, th" S-eattle-buiJt auxiliary schooner Portland, which was hurried off the Peruvian coast hist January, went to her grave in the depths of the sea after a terrific explosion, which sent flaming debris skyward and practical! v desfcrovfid the vessel's upper works. Details of the disaster reached Seat Mo on May 4 with the arrival of the Seattle, power "schooner Rubv. which reseurd Captain A. Markusen "(master of the Portland), his wife, and tho vessel's officers and crew off the South American coast. ' The burning of the Portland w.as spectacular in the extreme." said Cant-aiti S. T. L. Wh'tlam, comnwivbr of the Rubv. "The fire started in the vessel's eiKrW room, and spread to her oil tanks, which had b»en replenished in a Peruvian port onlv a short time before. There was v.. terrific explosion, and soon the sea. for n- of more than a mile was a seothin-; uia.ss of flames. We sighted "vo lifeboats oontniiiinrr Captain Markuson. his wife, and the officer? and crew of the Portland—2l persons all told —at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of January 4 off _ the Peruvian coast. They had been adrift in the open ocean for more than 48 hourswith onlv a small amount of fond a"d water. We took the survivors of the illfated craft aboard, and, landed them in Ph.f.'o. Peru. They afterwards went to Oallao. and then to New Orleans via Panama-. A en-ions feature of the disaster was the fact that not a trace of the Portland or her cargo of I.SCO.COOFt of lumber could be found a few dr>vs after she was burned. Tuns from Calhio were sent out in {parch of the vessel. but not even a piece of debris was discovered." IMAKAMRO TN MORT'S DOCK. The Navigation D ■•oartmeni of New South Wales'on Ju'v 2 conducted a preliminary inquiry into the recent groundino- of the Bums. Philp. Co.'s steamer Makamho at Lord Howe Island, while on a voya-'e from the New Hebrides to Sydney. Th* vessel is at present in Mort's (loci:, undergoing repairs. A purvey of th-~ vessel has' been made, and it is stated that over- 70 plates will have to bo dealt with. The bottom nlatts on both .shirs are corrugated, th<: k""l pinto, bent in. two places, stevnpnst slightly bent. and plates round the stenipo=t'badly shaken, and rivote 10-osered. The work of jcpoivius the ves=yl is expected, to occupy about six week*. (For continuation see. Lnte Shipping.)