SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 16990, 12 March 1919, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head : 0.3 a.m., 12-25 p.m. Port Chalmers : 0.43 a.m., 1.5 p.m. Dunedin : 1.13 a.m., 1.35 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 6.34 p.m. ; rises tomorrow, 6.4 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full moon March 17 3.11 a.m. Last quarter March 25 8.4 a.m. New moon April 1 8.35 a.m. First quarter April 8 0.9 a.m. Sets to-day, 0.54 a.m.; rises to-morrow, 4.30 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather report at noon to-day :

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale: w, gale 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; H, hail: L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R. rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Westerly wind, strong to gale, and backinsr by west to south; heavy showers, with hail and sleet at times: the weather will probably become colder; barometer rising after about 10 hours; sea rough off shore; tides good. .SAILED.—March 11. Kowhai, s.e. (5 p.m.), 792 tons, Dinsmore, for Timaru. Putiki. p.s. (10.30 p.m.). 422 tons, Robertson, for Lyttelton. Kamona, «.s. (11.30 p.m.), 1,425 tons, Rankine, for Westport. The Rosamond will load n-t Gisborne and Napier about the end of this week for Dunedin. The steamer Livingstonia. which was loaded at Auckland bv the New Zealand Shipping Company, cleared the northern port yesterday morning, bound: for London via the Panama route. The Moeraki left Wellington at 10 la*t night foT Sydney direct. The Waipori has been released from quarantine at Sydney, and has proceeded to Newcastle to load •coal for Wellington. The Karamu left Greymouth yesterday, ■coal laden, for Napier. The Tarawera left Napier yesterday with a load of sheep for Lyttelton. r Fhe New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the liner Rnapehu is now timed to leave Wellington on Saturday next for London. The steamer Highland Monarch, which is to load a- cargo of wool at Bluff, is fixed to leave there on March 23 for London via Panama. The Blackball steamer Ncakuta arrived at Sydney yesterday from Greymouth, and was ordered into quarantine. She. has a cargo, of timber for discharge at the New South Wales port. Rain fell at Greymouth to-day, accompanied by a. strong northerly wind. A moderate sea was running on the bar. The Corinna left Wellington late last night direct for Dunlin. She is due here to-morrow morning, and will proba.bly be despatched to-morrow night for way ports and New Plymouth. The Kowhai left Dunedin last evening for Timaru. where she will complete loading for New Plymouth and Greymouth. A Sydnev telegram published on Monday reported that, the Pacific Phosphate Com- I panv's wooden auxiliary schooner Jubilee, j 127' tons, had mailed for a- New Zealand | port. __ | The cargo brought by the Navur.. which i arrived at Wellington on Monday morn- ; ing from San Francisco, is a general ore i of" 2.454 tons. A consignment of 10.000 : cases of oil is one item on the manifest. i The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company | intend to despatch t»he Burma from Wei- j lington to-dav for London via Bombay. j The steamer War Citadel bunkered in ] the stream at Wellington on Saturday. \ and .sailed on Sunday morning for London j via Panama. Tt is rumored in official circles in Sydney that there is a. possibility of i.be. Orient Company running a weekly service to Australia next year. j The port of Westport returns for Feb- j ruary, 1919. show that the total output of coal was 52.117 tons, and the. total exports : were 51,431 tons, and 33 058 superficial! feet of timber was exported. During the j month 48 steamers, representing 26.W5 j tons, left the port, and the total tonnage j for the month "was 52.750. " j The Riverina is expected to leave Svd- , ney next Friday for Wellington. The, j Riverina arrived at Sydney on Sunday,! from Wellington. ! The liner Port Melbourne, was rclea-ed I from quarantine at Auckland on Friday j last, and berthed at the Queen's wharf to load cargo for the [Jnit"d Kingdom. Cap- : tain F. J. Kearney is in eomrmi.nd. Th ■ vessel will leave Wellington 011 March 31 for London via Panama. i

WAIHORA DELAYED The Union freighter Waihora. whieh arrived off Bluff yesterday from Calcutta via Albany, was released from quarantine early this morning, and was then berthed at the southern port. The work of unloading the Bluff portion of her cargo was delayed to-dav by heavy rain, and in consequence of this the Waihora will probably not. reach Dunedin until Friday or Saturday. THE WAR OPAL. The local agents for the steamer War Opal, which arrived at Auckland last week j from New York, state that .she will leave the northern port in a day or two for j Wellington. Lyttolton. and Dunedin to -uieeharge the balance of her cargo. She is expected to arrive here on March 22, and on completion of discharge will load in ! tho Dominion for London under the auspices of the Federal-Shire Lin£. KAIAPOI DUE ON SATURDAY. The Union Company advise that the Kaiapoi, which is now discharging a quantity of general cargo and wheat at Bluff from Melbourne, is now expected to arrive at Dunedin on Saturday. She will sail from here early next week for Lyttelton and Wellington to comj>lete her discharge.

THE WAR COURAGE. The local agents for the C. and D. Llna advise that the steamer War Courage lias been fixed to load in New Zealand in April for Hull and Immingham. She will be despatched from Wellington, and will proceed Home via Panama. The War Courage is at present en route from New York to Melbourne and Adelaide. MANUKA AT AUCKLAND. The Manuka (Union Line) arrived at Auckland at 4 a.m. to-day from Sydney with mails, passengers, and a large shipment of general cargo. As the vessel was placed in quarantine for 24 hours, in accordance with the regulations, she will not berth at the northern port until tomorrow morning. The Manuka will probably be despatched from Auckland at the end of the week on the return trip to Sydney. WIRELESS FROM HORARATA. A wireless message received by the NewZealand Shiping Company from the captain of the liner Horarata states that the vessel will arrive at Wellington on Friday afternoon from London via Panama. After landing her troops she will proceed to Auckland to commence discharge of her Home cargo. The Horarata „ will subsequently return to Wellington, and then visit Lyttelton and Port Chalmers to complete her discharge. MAIL STEAMERS AT AUCKLAND. MAKURA AND NIAGARA. The Canadian-Australasian Royal Mail steamers Makura and Niagara arrived at Auckland at 5 a.m. to-day, the former from Vancouver via Honolulu, and the latter from Vancouver via Honolulu and Suez. The Niagara, after discharging the New Zealand .portion of her cargo, will proceed to Sydney as usual. She will return to Auckland in time to leave theTe on Tuesday, April 1, for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. The Makura, which brought a large European and American mail, and also a largo shipment of Canadian merchandise, will not proceed on to Sydney this trip. The vessel was originally timed to leave Auckland on March 18 for way ports and Vancouver, but in consequence of the shortage of labor, as a result of the large amount of shipping at the northern port, she will not complete discharging and loading operations in the time allowed, and her departure has therefore been postponed until Thursday, March 20. THE BELGIAN SCHOONER ADY. The second stage of her maiden trip from the yards of her builders at Hoquain, Washington, to Antwerp, was completed when the Belgian auxiliary three-masted schooner Ady—or more _ appropriately motor schooner, or oil-engined ship—arrived at Wellington last week from Sydney. Besides a cargo of wheat, the Ady has brought for discharge a deck load of timher and barrel oil. The Ady (450 tone) was launched in the early purt'of last year, and took 12 months to build and make ready for sea. At her trial in August Lift she ran satisfactorily, and the bad weather that has been met with so far has proved her worth. The Ady has the appearance" of being strongly constructed—she was not built on the one-a-month principle—and is intended for coastal work. Her machinery—a 150 hp. Union engine—is placed aft, and gives an average speed of over six knots. Captain J. Verschaureu is in command. A crew of two mates, two 'engineers, five sailors, a* *-ook, and a mess boy is carried. Some of them have been on active service with the Belgian army. Her first freight was limber loaded at Bellingham, Pu'get Sound, for Sydney. Sailing on October 18, very stormy weather was encountered, and four weeks later during which there was little cessation of the gale, the Ady limped into Honolulu with "her rudder damaged and part of rer cargo lost. The first continuous use of her°en"ine in hugs seas had been a strain, and they also needed plight repairs before proceeding on to Sydney. The run to that port was started nine days later, and good weather ruled. Nearly eight weens were spent between her two ports. Cornin"- across from .Sydnev bad weather again prevailed, and the use of her engine was called upon for the entire trip. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, March 11.—12.5 p.m., Ihumata. from Newcastle.—l.lo p.m., Westlaiul, fvnm New ork—March 12 : 415 a.m., Manuka, from Sydney.—s..o a m Niagara, from Vancouver.— k'm!! Makura. from Vancouver and HonoMarch 11-10 pm. Corimia. for Punedni March .2: 710 am Calonne. from Newcastle. " T yTTI-T TON. March 12.-~9.30 a.m., Marnmn. fr,.m Wellington (connected with CX T[ C MART-. March 12.—7 a.m., Kowlni, from Dnncdin. TTT BLUFF. March 12.—4 a.m., Vv alhora, from Calcutta. . NEWCASTLE. March 11.—Tvaitangala, fov Anrkinnd.-Pevth. for Wellington. SYPVKV, March 11.—Ngakuta, from Greymonth. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Tl isr. WeatTi. Auckland—S.W., 1 .. 29.88 67 BC Napier—S., f 29.70 69 BC Wellington—N.W.. f 29.61 57 BC Jrevmouth—W. N. W. 1 29.71 58 0 Bea'ley— W.. 1 29.66 55 BC Cliristdvurch—Calm .. . 29.53 62 BC Timaru—S., 1 29.57 56 BC Oamaru—W.S.W., 1 29.47 58 CB Thinedin —N.E., br .. 29.73 58 Cr Queensto-wn —Calm .. 29.58 52 B. "Nuggets—N.W., br .. 29.50 51 B. Bluff—W., f 29.51 56 OFP Pembroke—N.W., str 29.60 62 B, Pt. Chalmers—N.W., br 29.50 62 O Clyde—Calm . 68 O Naseby—Calm 27.55 58 BC Invercargill—S.W., 1 29.60 50 OP Balcltitha—Calm .— 53 O Roxburgh—S.E., 1 .. 29.24 62 R