SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16822, 26 August 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-HOHBOW. Taiaroa Head : 6.30 a.m.. 7 p.m. Port Chalmers: 7.10 a.m., 7.40 p.m. Dunedin : 7.40 a.m., 8.10 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 5.25 p.m.; rises tomorrow, 6.55 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Last quarter August 29 6.57 a.m. New moon Sept. 5 10.14 p.m. First quarter Sept. 14 2.32 a.m. Full moon Sept. 21 0.31 a.m. Sets to-day, 8.22 a.m.; rises to-mor-row, 0.0 p.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 ; 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 j C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; O. gloomy, dark weather j H, haih L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P. passinrr showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued n>in; S, snow; T, thundeT; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. WEATHER FORECAST. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following a 1 -loon to-day ? —Mode-rate southerly winds; mist and fog and rain : glass rise; tides good ; sea moderate swell. ARRIVED.—August 25. Stella, s.s. (11.50 a.m.), tons, Hamilton, from Auckland and Wellington. TCaramu, s-s. (3.45 p.m.), 93-1 tons, M'LeUan, from Greymonth. August 26. Kotare, s.s. (3.30 a.m.), 141 tons, M'lntyre, from Catlin's River. Corinna, s.s. (11.50 a.m.), 1,271 tons, Elders, from Wellington. SAlLED.—August 24. Lyttelton, tug (4.10 p.m.), 292 tons. Harris, for Lyttelton. Kakapo, s.s". (8.30 p.m.), 1.521 tons. Jackson, for Timara. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wostralia, from Melbourne, August 27. John, from Wariganui, August 28. Kotare, from Invorcargill, August 30. May Howard, from Lyttelton, Aug. 30. j v utiki, fivm Wellington, Augn.-ii 31. Rosamond, from Wellington, August 31. Stella, from Wellington September 1. Monowai, from Auckland, September 1. Breeze, from Wanganui, September 2. Storm, from Lyttelton, September 3. Calm., from Wanganui, September 4. Corinna, from Wellington, September 8. PROJECTED DEPARTURES, Calm, for Wanganui, to-day. Corinna, for New Plymouth, August 27. Kotare, for Invercargill, August, 27. Stella, for Wellington, August, 28. John, for Welling'ton, August 28. Westralia, for Melbourne August 28. Gisborne, for Invercargill, August 30. Rosamond, for Gisborno, September 2. Putiki, for Wellington, September 2. Breeze, for Wanganui, September 2. Storm, for Wanganui, September 3. Monowai, for Auckland, September 3.

The Karamu arrived at Dunedin yesterday afternoon from Greymonth. She brought a full cargo of coal, and on completion of discharge will go down to Port Chalmers to undergo survey and overhaul. Tho Lyttelton "Harbor tug Lyttelton, which arrived here on Friday evening with a large American sailing vessel in tew. sailed on Saturday afternoon for Lyttelton. Owing to' rain the work of discharging and loading the steamer Calm was delayed on Saturday and this morning. The work, however, was commenced at 10.30 a.m., and the vessel will leave Dunedin this evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Kotare, which arrived here early this morning with a full cargo of timber from Catlin's River, * will sail to-morrow for Bluff and Invercargill. The Corinna. arrived here at noon today from Wellington direct with a large quantity of general cargo. She will sail to-morrow for Oamnni, Timaru. Ncl-oii, and New Plymouth. Th-f vessel will subsequently go to Wellington and L\lteltoii to load for Nelson and New Plymouth. The Komata is expected to leave Wellington to-day for Picton. whero she will load a cargo "of chaff for Onehnnga, The local Superintendent of Mercantile Marine has been advised that tho captain of the ferry steamer Mararoa. reports having passed a large log on the night of August 23, bearing N.E. half E.. Godley Head six miles off. The Kamona k fixed to leave Wellington for Grcymouth to load coal for Lyttelton.

The auxiliary schooner IT onto _ left Lyttelton on Saturday morning with a full cargo of produce for Kaipara. fhs vessel's "movements from Kaipara have not been definitely fixed. The Rosamond arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. yesterday from Wellington. She will sail to-morrow with a cargo of produce for Napier. The vessel will afterwards go to Wellington to load for Difnedin, and will subsequently load here and at Oamaru and Timaru for Gisborne.

The Poherua arrived at Lyttelton at 5 p.m. yesterday from Greymonth. After discharging her cargo of coal she will return to Greymouth to load for Napier. The Kini left Lyttelton at 5 p.m.. on Saturday for Weeiport, where she will load, coal for New Plymouth and Onehunga. The Monowai left Gisborne at 4 p.m. y&sterday for Auckland, in continuation of her voyage from Dunedin and way ports. She was due at her destination about 4 p.m. to-day, and will leave Auckland about Wednesday for East Coast ports and Dunedin. The Kokiri left Auckland at midnight on Saturday for Wellington. After discharging her general cargo rlir will go to Westport to load coal for Auckland.

The Kahika left Onehunga at 4 p.m. on Saturday for Greymouth. She has been fixed, to load at the. West Coast port for Wellington. The T© Anaa is expected to leave Bluff to-day with a full cargo of produce for discharge at Napier and Auckland. Heavy rain fell at Wellington this morning, and the work of discharging and loading the various vessels in port was oonsideoably hampered in consequence.

The Kakapo arrived at Timarn yesterday morning from Port Chalmers. She is now loading s. ca-rg-o of produce for Auckland.

The Mararoa, on her arrival at Wellington to-morrow morning, will withdraw from the ferry service to undergo her annual overhaul sirtd survey. She will be relieved by the Pateena, -while the Mapourika -will take up the Poteens,'s running in tho Wellington-Picton-Nelson service for a week.

The coastal steamer Hnia, which, has been laid np at Wellington for several months past, is expected to commence her new running to-day in the Wellington-Wamranui-New Plymouth service. The vessel has been thoroughly overhauled, and is reported to be in first-class order. The American motor schooner Wergeland, from Port Blakeley, laden with lumber, arrived at Sydney on the evening of August 14According to American advices a now four-masted auxiliary schooner was launched at Bilox. Miss., on June 15, and christened Elizabeth Ruth. It is understood that when ready for sea she will take the berth for an Australian port. Tho Elizabeth Ruth registers about 800 tons net.

Good work in discharging the Blackball collier Ngahere was performed at Wellington last Thursday. Commencing at 8 a.m. with six gangs of men, she had put out about 800 tons of produce by 2 p.m.. with the usual hour for luncheon intervening.

News of a smart piece of work in connection with the loading of a vessel comes from. Sydney. In four days no less than 3.602 tons of cargo were put into the shin, an average of 923 tons per day. According to a Wariganui paper the upper end of the town" wharf berthage is silting up, and vessels having occasion to discharge or load there have touched the bottom.' On Monday last the Storm encountered the sandbank, and it took Rome skilful manoeuvring to shift, her and eventually moor her ngain.

Owing'to the. strike at the Blackball mines at Greymouth the Xgahere _ has been detained at Wellington awaiting orders. The Nga.toro. en route from Napier to Greymonth. was signalled last Friday to go "in to Wellington, to proceed with her overhaul, which is now about due.

The Opibi, which has been converted from a sailing vessel tv a steamship at Lyttelton. is now receiving the finishing toucbos to her superstructures. With a continuation of the present fine weather conditions the vesel should be completed in at least a fortnight, when she -will bo tafem for a trial run. 'Die general -workmanship internally and externally is all that could he desired, everything presenting an up-to-date appearance. At the meeting of iho Canterbury Industrial Association on Tuesday last some reference w«« made to (lie action of the Commonwealth Government, in preventing the Fuddart-Parker Company from placing a oargo boat in the New Zealand trade in place of the Wimmera, and a motion v;as passed asking the Government to communicate with the Federal authorities urging i'he removal of the embargo (reports' the ' Lyttelton Times '). Fine weather prevailed at Greymouth and We-stoort to-day. with, light easterly winds. The sea was, smooth on the bars .it both ports.

MTNES OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST.

An Association cable from Sydney states that a mine has been sighted off Port Kembla, and all shipping is warned to keep a sharp look out. A. search for the mine, is proceeding. JAPANESE TPADR BRISK.

Another Japanese freighter, the Ujina Maru, has reached Australia, having arrived at Sydney on August 3. The txa.de between Australia and Eastern ports during tho past three months has been marked by a b rude new which was not known even before the war. In 10 weeks 12 Japanese, steamers nave visited Melbourne,*while Sydney lias had 15-arrivals from the Orient. The Osaka Shosen Kai.-ha line is maintaining a monthly freight service to these shores, while, in addition to the regular service conducted liv the company, the Nippon Yusen Kaiaha line has despatched several cargo carriers on special trips to cope ■with the business offering", and two_ or thrnje tramps have come south to various agencies. STELLA FROM AUCKLAND.

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FIRST MOTOR MIIP

The Othuvia. the fir-- f >f tb:> motor to bo comnlctcri, which wore <tdered to 4» built in far the Commonwealth Government, has left- n. I'acilie Coast port- with <i cirgo of st< el phx:^ for shipbuilding and a com;ig:ime.vit of paper for Australia. The vessel is bound 'for Sydney.

TUB WRECK OF THE HIMITANGI.

MIRVIVORi AT WELLINGTON \ Pre's Afioci.itvm tehcrnm i-Jtes that thu Oiverum nt "Wine- jutin<'..u arrived at Wellington jr<-tercbt\ i f< r noo'i : on tV Chatham Inland- hi i< mz Cirtain Thompson, fom ,md 10 of fi.i crew of the 111-fited ITin''taiijr. all of ttlivn ai-e well Tin wross nie relactant T<> si,r ilr of tl <• v r.vk widcnK m view of j'i iiiqiurv. but genT'l r-'ate men!* subrte„i tiate p.evmn« lepo'* \ prchmm«n)v mourn h"= already Ik en Lel'l at- the Chatham?; before the Collector of Customs, \vho?e report lias been sent t-o the Minister for Marine. A magisterial inquiry will bo held at an early date. PORT GLASGOW ACTIVITIES. Port Glasgow's eight big shipyards are doing valuable work in the production of merchant shipping (states ' Shipping World')- Messrs Russell and Co. recently completed for the BrockJebank Line' of Liverpool a large first-claBS freighter of over 16,000 tons capacitv, named tho Malancha. Shortly afterwards they launched a sister ship, the Macharda. ■which was engined in Glasgow by Messrs D. Rowan and Co. She is 518 ft long, 63ft 7in broad, and 35ft 4in deep, and, has a gross tonnage of 10.572 tons. She will be able to carry nearly 17,000 tons of foodstuffs. A simple calculation shows that on every voyage she ■will bring enough food to give almost lib to every man, woman, and child in this country. The importance of expediting the output of such vessels is too obvious to need upon.

THE SCARCITY OF TONNAGE. Owing to ih& scarcity of tonnage in £he Australian inter-State trade the North Coast S.N. Company's _ cargo steamer Tintenbar has been requisitioned by the Shipping Controller. Toe Tintenbar will be employed in the Sydney to Brisbane trade. She is a steamer of 608 tons, possessing good carrying capacity, and a fine tarn of speed. The Tintenbar waa specially built for tlie North Coast trade, but the dangerous state of the river entrances of late has somewhat hampered her running. The Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company's steamer Merimbala, whirli has bean lying idle oft Doable Bay 'Sydney) for coma months past, is to ta plaoed in commission. The vessel hf« been chartered by a Sydney firm, and will be 'employed m the inter-State trade. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, Auenst 34.-5 p.m., Talune, for Fiii.—lo.ls p.m., Omana, for Opua. August 25.—0.15 a.m., Kokiti, for "Wellington.—o.3o a.m., Kauri, for Newcastle.—l a.m., Tarawera, for Melbourne.

LYTTELTON. -Wn=t 25.—7.20 a.m., Mararoa, from Wellington. TTMARU, August to.— 9 a.m., Kakapo, from Port Chalmers.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—S.E., 1 ... 29.86 58 O Napier—Calm 50.03 54 0 Wellington—S.E., br 29.97 49 QM Westporfc—S., 1 29.93 47 BC Gr-eymouth—E., br ... 29.90 49 BC Bealey—Calm ... ... 29.93 42 0 Cln-iafcchurck—S.W., 1 29.99 49 c Timara —S., 1 50.06 45 R Oamarn—S.W., 1 ... 29.97 t OD Dun«lin—S., 1 30.11 OD Quoenstown—Calm ... 30.05 44 O 30.09 42 D Bluff—E., br 30.09 45 oz Balolutha—Calm — 44 0 Clyde—Calm ... ~. ■— 50 0 Invercargill—Calm ... 30.10 44 0 Naseby —Calm 27.98 41 M Pembroke—Calm 29.00 48 BC Port Chalmers—Calm 30.06 47 R Roxburgh—N.E., 1 ... 29.75 47 O