SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16912, 9 December 1918, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 7.33 a.m., 8 p.m. Port Chalmers : 8.13 a.m., 8.40 p.m. Du nodi u ; 8.43 a.m., 9.10 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 7.43 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 4.17 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter Dec. 11 8.1 p.m. Full moon Dec. 18 6.48 a.m. Last quarter Dec. 25 6.1 p.m. New Moon Jan. 2 7.54 p.m. Sets to-day. 11.23 p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 10.50 a, in. WEATHER RETORT. The Government Meteorologist {Rov. D. C. Bates) supplied tho following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day 1 — Bar. Ther. Weath.

Wind.—-L.. light; hr, breeze; f hj, fresh bre-u; m moderate gale; g. whole or ixc-\ v mile; w, gale of exceptional severity. 1 cal her. —B, bine sky, be the atmosph'ie clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing cloi-h; D. drizzling rain; F. foggy; G, P ;l,v>.uv. dark weather; 11. hail; L, light-iii-g misty; O. overcast, tho whole skv covered with. Ihick clouds; P, passing shower-; Q. squally; R. rain, continued rain; S, snow: T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Foiiiotosr. The Government Meteorologist (Kcv. D. U. Bales) supplied the following at noon to-day : —Moderate S. winds; cold ami shoverv weatlwr: glass rise; tides good; sea heavy. Alvß] V K1) December 9. Eol-'re. -i a. i' 1 Id a.m.), 141 tons, M‘lntviv, f 1011 ! dlr.vari i-hm-d. SAILED.-_NOVK-AIB KR 7. Breeze. s.s. U0.46 p.m.), 553 tons, Braidwood, for A* angamn, via ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Gisborne, k.-li., n >ui ivaipara, now -due. Monowai, from l,ytt.:llon. December 11. Storm, from Wanganui. December Rot-arc. from Lvit'lton. December J. 3. Kiui, from t !r..vni-.-uih, December 15. Hl-.’l!a, from Nelson. December 14. ((aim, from V.•riliiigton, December 14. Putiki, iron) AVellinetoii, December 14. Uorbina, from New Plymouth, Dec. 14. •Lihu. from Wellington, December 16. Breeze,- from \\ uimunui, December 17. Karanui, from Greymouth, Dee. 18. Kaiaooi. from December* 28. Manama, from Wellington, Dec. 30. A\ cstralia. from Melbourne, early. OVERSEA MOVEMENTS. Vessel. From Due about Wait mm Calcutta Doc. 12 Rent London Dec. 22 Tofna London Dec. 24 Suevic London Jan. 30 Ruahino London Iteb. 5 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kotare, for Lyttelton, to-day. Mokoiu, for Auckland, December 10. Storm, for Wanganui, December 11. Maori, for Lyttelton, December 13. Calm, for AViuigamii, December 14. Monowai, for Auckland, December 14. Kini, for Westport, December 14. Aratapu, for Melbourne, December 14. Putiki, for London, December 14. John, for AVcllington, December 16. Gorkina, for New’ Plymouth, Dec. 16. Stella, for AA’elilngtou, December 17. Breeze, for AVs.iiganui, December 17. Kaiapoi, for Lyttelton, December 31. OVERSEA. Vessel. For. Aprox. date Gladbrook, bq. San Francisco Dec. 21 Tho work of refitting the sailer Gladbrook at Port Chalmers is being delayed owing to the shipwrights being employed, on another vessel. The Gladhrook is loading for San Francisco, but it will bo a week or two yet before sho will be ready for sea. Tho Mokola came up from Port Chalmers this morning, and berthed at the cross wharf to load a large shipment of general cargo for Auckland. Sho is expected to complete her 10-adiog in time to sail to-morrow. Tho Kotare, winch arrived here this morning from Stewart Island, will sail tonight with general cargo for Ttnxara and Lyttelton. 1

The Stella was delayed at Wellington J last week owing to a shortage of labor, 1 suwl only commenced to discharge ber oarco from Dunedin on Saturday morning. . She will lead 100 tons of general cargo at j Wellington for tills port, and will thou j go to Nelson to load a quantity of dredge | machinery. Tho ratclla is duo back hei o | at the end of this week. j The auxiliary schooner Hmito is ex- - peeted to leave Lyttelton- to-morrow with 1 a cargo of produce for Ivaipara. _ j The Kurow is exi'ccted to leave Welling- | t-ou at the end of tins week with a full ■ general cargo- for San Francisco. [ The Kamoiw arrived at Wellington at_3 | p.m. vest-erdav from Dunedin. After discharging her general cargo yihe will go to Greymouth to load' coal for Wellington and Nuoier. The banpxentino Sonorita arrived at Auckland yesterday wil.h_ a full cargo of rose* oil from San Francisco. The vessel I left t-ho Californian port on September 29. ‘ The K;ma arrived at Groymouth on ‘ Saturday from Wellington. She is ex- [ ported to sail to-night with a cargo of | coal for discharge at Timarn and Dun- | edin. -

The To Anam arrived at Oamarux at 8 last night from Bluff. She is expected to leave t-ho North Otago port to-night for Auckland direct. The Cortona is expected to leave Nelson to-night for New Plymouth, Wellington-, and Dunedin. She is due back here about tho end- of this week. The Kaitinm left Auckland late on Saturday night for Westport, where she will loud coal -again for Auckland. Tho Wana-ka arrived at Lyttelton &t 8 last night from Auckland direct- She is expected to sail on Ihursday for Timaru, where sho will complete her loading for Auckland. The Karaimi left Wellington at 6.50 p.rn. on Friday for Auckland. After discharge at the ‘northern port eho will go to Grey mouth to load coal for Oamam and Dm edin. Tim Kowha-i loft Greymouth at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, coal laden, for Now Plymouth and Onehunga. Tire Union Company’s steamers Flora and Tallin® are still held up at Auckland for want of crews. The Patecna, Koinnta, and Kakapo are hold up at Wellington owing to tho same cause.' Tho weather was unsettled at Grevmoutli to-day, with strong south-easterly winds. A considerable sea was running on the bar, and a moderate fresh an the liver. llie bar was unworkable this morning. Westport reported a moderate sea on the bar. The Shaw, f?a-vi,ll -and Albion liner Arawa. Ls expected to leave Auckland tomorrow for Homeward loading at Gisborne, Nani or, and Wellington. J3ho is due at Wellington- about December 20, and will sail five days later for London. Tho steamer breeze sailed late on Saturday night with a full shipment of general cargo for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wanganui. The vessel "was docked at Fort Chalmers last week for survey and overhaul, and is now in first-class condition. There is no word of the Government training ship Araokura being despatched to the Southern Islands yet. Several residents at Bluff are awaiting tho advent of ilm Amnkura to proceed to the Campbell Islands to assist in mustering and shearing operations. , , _ , News has been received that the Chinard steamer port Phillip was -sunk in Gravesend Bay, New York! through collision with a collier. The American barqnentine S. Q. Wilder loft San Francisco on October 23 with a cargo of case oil for Auckland. The American barque Oakland has been I thoroughly overhauled and renovated at Lyttelton,' and will probably be in readiness to take her departure for Apia and I San Francisco on Wednesday or Thursday j next. I The steamer Joan Craig, under the com-

mand of Captain Mausmi, arrived at Lyttelton on Thursday morning from Newcastle. She left Sydney on November 15 for Newcastle, tho'nco to Clarence Liver to pick uo a quantity ol hardwood. The vessel returned to Newcastle to complete her loading, after which she sailed for Lyttelton direct. _ A total of 460,000 ft of timber will bo discharged at t-lio Canterbury port. r ! he French ship. Admiral Cecil®, under ■ charter to the A. and -1. Line, icft New ! York in October with a general cargo Jor j .Auckland and vVelhngton. She is due at I Am-kland early in .January. .MAORI RESUMES THIS WEEK. 00-od progiv-sn is bemg made with the, overhaul iVtli-e fern- steamer Maori at Port Chalmers, -and the vessel is expected m he- redv to resume her running 111 the Lvi! v! tor-Wellington servue at- the. er-d of i-ii- week. 11;e Union ( on,|-.»cy advise that it is hoped to -dcsnaU-n too Maori from Port on Friday next rev L\ l-teiton. in whi-oh case she will leave the- Canter I Purv pert. on S:;.i-unl y owning tor AA cllinglon. NAVUA U-A Vito PAPEETE. A win les.s messc a- rr'’f"ivod by the Union Company state* that the Navua loft Pa [v- etc on Friday lust- In’ Wellington direct, in conti mm Con of her vpyage from p-aii Francisco. 1.1.c vessel was deln-vcd at Papeete for over a- week owing to sick-iK-s-■ unu-ncst her crew. She is duo at AV-’-Uington on j ;cccnibi?r 16. KATAPOI LOADS AT MELBOURNE. Tin- Union Company's steamer Kaiaix-i clrvi”(■■(! ('.roymouth at noon on Saturday with a. full cargo of limner for Melbourne, j lie v<-s« 1 i.-; duo at t.V Victorian port 011 Si.‘lin'day next., a,ml after discharge will load a- full general cargo (here tor discharge at Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and’ W dlington. CARGO BY TIIF WAITOMO. The Union Company's cargo steamer AAAaitomo is due at Dunedin about Thursday irorn Ualciitt-a- via Singapore and Northern ports. The vessel’s cargo for this port amounts to about 2,000 tons, and include** 'Lite usual lines of Eastern merchandise. The W-uitomo’s movements after discharge here have not yet been announced. GEORGINA ROLPH FOB, NEAV ZEALAND. Advice has been received that another new American. wooden steamer—-the Georgina Holph—has been iixod to load a full general cargo at San Francisco for New ' Zealand. The vessel is expected to leave the Californian port seme time this month, and should reach the Dominion about the middle- cf January. PALOONA FOR KAN FRANCISCO. The Union Company's steamer Paioona, which- had been hold up at Wellington for over two weeks owing to the influenza epidemic and a shortage in her crow, left the Northern poii at 5 p.m. yesterday tor Rarotonga, Papeete, and San Francisco. Tiie vessel is not carrying any passengers. She is duo at San Francisco about the end of tills month. AYRSHIRE FOR NEAV ZEALAND. Tho Federal Shire liner Ayrshire, en route from London to Auckland, left Colon on November 16. She is due at Auckland about December 22. The vessel wilt discharge at several Dominion ports, and will afterwards load for West of Engj land ports.

MAKURA FOR SYDNEY. A Press Association telegram from Auckland states that the E.M.S. Makura, which had been in quarantine for over a week owing to influenza amongst the crew, sailed from the northern port at 1.15 p.m. yesterday for Sydney. The Is ow Zealand passenger's by the vessel from Vancouver were landed at Auckland last evening by a harbor steamer from the quarantine station, and those bound for southern ports left by the Main Trunk express last night. The Makura will return to Auckland at an early date, and will leave there in about two weeks' time for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. BARQUE STAR OF LAPLAND. The fine barque Star of Lapland arrived at Auckland on Saturday from San Francisco, with a, full cargo of case oil. The Star of Lapland is comparatively a new vessel, having been built in 1902. She is one of the largest sailing vessels which has visited the northern port, being of 3,381 tons gross register. Tha Star of Lapland was formerly known as the Atla.s, and was built at Portland (Maine) in 1902 by A. Sewall and Co. for the Standard Oil Co. of New York. She is now owned by the Alaska Packers’ Association, of San Francisco. Captain P. E. Rasraussan is in command. ZEALANDIC ARRIVES HOME. Cable advice received states that tha White Star liner Zealandic arrived at an English port on December 3 from Wellington, Napier, and Lyttelton. MATATUA AT LONDON. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company have received cable advice which sidles that the liner Matatua arrived at Lo»3on on December 3 from New Zealand pasts. FRENCH SHIP DUQUESNE. The French sailer Duquesno, laden with 3,400 tons of general merchandise from San Francisco, armed at Lyttelton on Friday, after n passage of 85 day*. The Duquesno brought the following cargo : — 12,230 sacks salt, 35,515 cases benzine, 200 barrels lubricating oil. 33 automobiles, 16 pianos, 4,023, bundles lathes, 170,558 ft timber, 728 kegs nails, 297 kegs paint, 519 cases paper, 222 crates bottles, 310 cases horseshoe nails, and 245 cases shade rollers. The vessel was towed alongside Gladstone pier on Saturday morning. No cases of sickness Were reported on the ship. SHIPWRECKED CASTAWAYS. Captain J. Chugg, of the wrecked barque John Murray, who was missing for several weeks in the Pacific, with two other members of the crew, arrived in Sydney on November 13 from Raratonga and Wellington. The John Murray, it will remembered, was totally wrecked On Malden Island while on a voyage from San Francisco to Melbourne, and on July 27, when the crew of the vessel had been marooned for 66 days, and the increased consumption owing to the arrival of the crow of the wrecked steamer Annie Larson was beginning to have its effect on the stock of provisions at Malden Island, Captain Chugg left the island in one of the ship’s boats. Captain Vaughan, the master of the John Murray, had previously sailed away from the island in a boat in search of assistance, and Captain Chugg determined to soak relief in another direction by steering for Samoa, • which is 1.144 miles from Samoa. A month’s provisions and 100 gallons of fresh water were carried. A large sail was rigged, and Captain Chug took with him as companions A. Cameron, ship’s carpenter, J. Beil (an able seaman), and Tanniva (a kanaka), who was engaged as foreman on the guano fields worked by Mr J. Grice on Malden Island. Tho castaways had an exciting experience after leaving Malden Island. The boat had been damaeid in launching, and after it land been repaired, and got well out to sea. heavy weather set in. Then the pump broke down, avid the occupants had to bale tho be.at out every few hours. TJm crew in the bad weather were mors or lew? .shir, and they suffered severely from the intense heat. The first land .'••Edited was Penrhyn Island, and ’••hvu tlmv landed the© they were treat, d with generous hospitality by the native.-, who ;:t first thought they might be (Jemi a ns. Th> castaways spent about 10 ve'<k< on Penrhyn. and eventually rear In .-1 Rarotonga, where they joined tho Moans, for Wellington, en route to Sydney. The. boat on which the. castaways made the perilous voyage was only 23ft long, with a. beam of 7ft. SHIPPING TELECPAMS. AUCKLAND. December 7.—Star of Lapland, barque-, from San Francisco.— 5.15 in in., Dorset, for Wellington. December 8: Awanui, schooner, from Nine Island.—Sonorita, barquentine, from San Francisco. I.V ITKr.TON. December 8.—8.5 a.m., Mii'.ooa.. ir»m Wc'Jinulon. TEMARU, December 8.—11.50 a.m., Prce/e, from Dunedin, (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Auckland, W., f b 29.75 61 B G Wanaary.ii, S.W., 1 Wellington, «S., f b ... 29.63 58 BC 28.76 52 O BC Westport. S.Iv.. f b ... 29.60 65 G-roy mouth, K., br ... 29.75 53 BG Bcaley, K., f b 29.81 45 O C’hi'i vtchur-ch. S.W., I 29.80 50 OB Timarn, S W., .1 29.80 52 O G Oainyru, S.E., 1 29.84 52 B C Dunedin, S.j br 28.85 46 BC Queenstown., S., 1 Xut'siets. S., 1 29.25 29.91 52 40 B C R Bluir, K.W., 1 29.82 48 OZ Invercargill. S.W., 1 ... 29.79 50 0 Xa-eby, S‘.W., 1 b ... 27.75 59 G Clyde, c>lm — 59 C 0 Ba.lr.luMw.. calm — 50 Port {.1i:’..ltriers. S.W., 1 29,77 54 O Rur-rburgli. S.L’.. 1 29.55 52 R puy. Point, S.K., fr ... 29.88 51 G Pembroke, calm 28.67 51 B C