SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16908, 4 December 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. To-moanow. Taiaroa Heads 5.26 a.m., 3.60 pjn. Port Chalmers: 4.6 a.m., 4.30 p.m. Dm edin: 4.56 a.m., 5 p.m. THE SUN. Rote 10-dov, 7.57 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 4,18 n.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New Moon To-day 2.49 e.m. First quarter Dec. 11 2.1 p.m. Full moon Dec. 18 6.48 a.m. Last quarter Deo. 25 6.1 p.m. Sets to-day, 8.14 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 4.36 a.m. WEATHER FORECAST. , The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. G. Bales) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day :

Wind. —L,, light; hr, breeze; £b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale j w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather. —B, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds: D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; U, gloomy, dark weather; 11, hail; L, lightning; M. misty; 0. overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; B. min, continued rain; S, snow; T. thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. FORECAST. Hie Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. 0. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Strong W. winds: heavy rain; glass fall; tides good: sea rough. SAILED. — December 3. To Anau, s.s. (9 p.m.), 1,622 tons, Appleyard. for Bluff. Kotaro. s.s. ;4.20 pun.), 14-1 tons. M‘lnly re, for Bluff and Invercargill. December 4. OaJin, s.s, (5.20 p.m.), 890 tons, Radford. for Wanganui via ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Gisborne, ech., from Kcipora., Dec. §. Monowai, from Lyttelton, December 8. Kotare, from Invercargill, Dec. 8. Storm, from Wanganui, December 11. Putiki, from Wellington, December 14. Stella, from Wellington, December 14. John, from Wellington, December 14. Calm, from Wellington, December 14. Corinna, from Lew Plymouth, Doc. 14. Breeze, from Wanganui, December 17. Manaroa, from Wellington, Dec. 30. OVERSEA MOVEMENTS. Vessel. From Due about Waitomo Calcutta Dec. 10 Kent London Deo. 22 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Putiki, for Wellington, to-day. Kamoua, for Wellington, December 5. Stella, for Wellington, December 5. Houto, soh., for Lyttelton, December 5. Breeze, for Lyttelton, December 7. Kota re, for Lyttelton, December 9. Monowai, for' Auckland, December 10. Storm, for Wanganui, December 11. Aratapu, for Melbourne, December 14. Calm, for Wanganui, December 14. John, for. Wellington. December 14. Corinna, for New Plymouth, Dec. 16. The steamer Claim, which was held up at Dunedin for two weeks owing to tho influenza epidemic, sailed last evening with a large shipment of general cargo for Timam, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Tho Ta.ra.wera. completed the discharge of her Sydney cargo to-day. She is now loading chaff and general cargo for Auckland, for which port she will sail on Friday. ’fim Kamo no returned to Dunedin late this afternon from Port Chalmers, end was berthed at the cross wharf to commence loading for Wellington. She will lift about 2,000 tons of general cargo for the Northern ports. The Kaituna. armed at Auckland at midnight last night with a cargo of coal from Westport. The Kowhai left OnohungaatAp.m. yesterday for Grey mouth, where she will ioad ; coal for New Plymouth and Onehtmga. Tho # Kahiloa azenred at Lyttelton at 8 last night from Greymouth." After discharging her cargo of . coal she will prortod to Westport.

The Kiai is st-iU held up at Wellington. Should a crew be secured this week, the vessel will go to tho West Coast to load coal for Timaru and Dunedin; but otherwisejsho will undergo surrey land orariiaul at Wclluigton. The Hiiiemua returned to Port Chalmers last evening from Capo Saundem. She s&iled at 7 a.m. to-day for Paiaexxi Read, and_ after landing stores there proceeded on hor way to southern and. West Cbast lighthouses. Hie Te Anau, after bunkering at Port Chalmers, sailed last night for Bluff. She wfll load produce at Bluff and Cam am for Auckland. The Gladbrook (formerly the County of Anglesoa), which, is being refitted as a sailing vessel at Port Chalmere, commenced loading cargo yesterday for San Francisco. Tire American motor enjhoonOr La. Merced, winch arrived at Melbourne early iu November from Timaru, was released from quaKintiuo on November 25. The vessel lias boon: placed on the tog berth, at the Victorian port for the United States. • The Russian. steel ship Kensington was expected io reach Melbourne at iha end of November from New York, with a cargo of paper and general lines, .The vessel was- 120 dlays out on November 20. The Federal-Shire liner Devon, in continuance cl’ bar voyage from Port Said to New Zealand, is expected) to leave Sydney to-morrow for Waiter* and other porta. She is due there about December 9, without cargo. Her outward loading is for Egypt. The Ronmera, winch wns due at Wellington on Monday from Timaru to ccmplcte the loading of her Homo cargo, is to leave Wellington on December 10 lor London, via Panama. Tha Ounard liner Port Abna, which arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday from Wellington, is expected to have her Lyttelton cargo, consisting of 6,000 bases of wool, loaded in rime to tail to-xnoTOw for Egypt via. Sydney and Bombay. The American barque Oakland was taken out of dock at Lyttelton on Monday. Final repairs will bo completed before she takes her dapaatamo lor Apia, to load for San Francisco. Iho animal survey and overhanhng- of the schooner Lily was completed oil Monclay at Lyttelton, and tie vessel was token off the slip and berthed at the Gladstone Pier, where she will load prextofee l«b Kai-1 para. ! The French barque Dnquosn®, with a 1 cargo of case nil on board! for Lyttelton,) is row 83 days out from San Francisco, which port she left on September 12. The srhooner Planter (700 tons), under Captain H. Lorenzen, is due at Timara' in Jammy with a full cargo of case oil from Sam Francisco, consigned' to the' Vacuum Oil Company. The Planter v’sited Timaru about a year ago. After unloading she will be despatched' on a return voyage to San. Francisco. Tho Cmnard liner Port Sydney is timed to leave Sydney on December 7 for New Zealand ports to lard for Egypt. _ • The Westport Coal Company’s collier ( Canopus is due at Timaru. to-morrow from' Westport, 'The vessel will probably make two more trips to Lyttelton, before Oarifit ; mas after which she will lay up for docking and her annual survey and overhauling. Tier master. Captain Sellars, to at present ashore in Lyttelton on sick leave, and the chief officer to acting as master. The Port Hacking left London at the end of November for Melbourne, Auckland, and Wellington. She is due to New Zealand early in February. The bare .f 'K v -;v‘ arrived at Syito n onNovember* 12 from 'San FrenolßCO with a carsio of case oil. After a passage of 70 days from Puget Sound, the American barqueutine Benicia arrived at Sydney on November 11, with 840,000 ft of lumber. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Mararoa arrived at Lyttelton at 7 , a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected with the express for the south. The Monowai, which arrived at Wellington) this morning, sailed again this afternoon for Lyttelton. NIAGARA AT VANCOUVER Gable advice received by tho Union Company states that the R.M.S. Niagara arrived at Vancouver yesterday from Auckland and way ports, all well The vesesl will sail on the return voyage towards the end of the week. THE MONOWAL As the Monowai will be retained in the Wclltogton-Lyttelton ferry service for several days yet, the vessel is not expected to reach ftunedin this week. Tho vessel will leave Lyttelton to-morrow night, and Wellington on Friday for Lyttelton. The overhaul to the Pateena is expected to be completed any day now, and when that vessel takes up the ferry running the Monowai will come to Dunedin to load for East Coast ports and Auckland. THE PORT OF WELLINGTON. The Wellington Harbor Board statistics for the year ended September 30 show that whilst an increase was recorded Over the previous year in tho tonnage of general goods passing over the whalves (inwards and outwards), the quantities of our primary products showed a decrease all round, obviously due to the increasing shortage of shipping tonnage. This amounted to 122 vessels, representing 80,371 tons. Whilst there a falling off, as compared with the previous year, of 131 steamers which worked the port, an increase of nine sailing vessels is recorded. The net decrease of tonnage is equal to 3.3 per cent. : but no credit is taken for tonnage of men-of-war. Imperial or Dominion transports and hospital ships, yachts, and other non-trading craft entering the port. Coal handled during the year was 446,586 tons, a decrease for the year of 44.802 tons, equal to 9.1 per cent. Wool, hemp, meat, butter, and cheese passing over the wharves all slww substantial reductions in quantities for tho year compared wit hj the traffic for the 1916-1917 period. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, December 3.—6 p.m., lona, for Kji, (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Tiler. W’tbr. Auckland—X.W., I... 30.07 64 M Xapior—Calm W*ik$ta —(N.W., m Westport—X.W., f 29.92 65 B C g 29.84 61 B C b 29.oo 59 0 D Grovm’th—S.W., hr 29.77 59 0 M Bealey—W., 1 ... ■Ukristch’ch- —X. E., 23.78 58 0 "l 29.60 72 B Tim am—S.E., f b 29.60 61 B C Oamarn —X.E., br 29.56 61 B Dnnoclin—'S.E., f 1 29.51 66 B 0 Qucensfc’wn —S.W., Xug.gots-X.W-, 1 br 29.62 62 B 0 29.69 60 Z ii-inn —W.X.W., m g 29.58 59 0 Roxburgh—Calm 29.50 60 B 0 Pembroke—N. W. 28.60 60 B 0 Xasoby—W., f b 27.65 60 IB c Invorcrgl—X.W., f b 29.55 62 B a Balchitlia —W.. 1 b — 65 B Ft. Chlnirs—X.E., "i 29,62 63 B c Clyde—Calm — 70 B