SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17036, 6 May 1919, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiairoa Head: 8.57 a.m., 9.23 p.m. pOTtCbaJiwrs: 9.37 a.m., 10.3 p.m. Dunedin: 10.7 a.m., 10.33 p.m. THE SUN. Sets (to-dav, 4.54 p/mi; <nses to-movvo\v, 7.18 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. First guarter May 7 11.4 a.m. Full moon May 15 12.31 p.m. •Last quarter May 23 9.34 a.m. New moon -May 30 12.42 p.m. Sets to-day, 10.53 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 1.3 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following weather reports at 9 a.m. to-dav : "Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—S.W., 1 ... 33.31 52 B G Napier—-S., f •. 30.23 57 t) Wellington—S.. br ... 30.35 55 C Westpoa-t—S.. .1 50.40 45 BC Greymouth—E., 1 ... 30.38 42 EG Bealey—Calm 30.30 35 R Christehurch—Calm ... 30.29 46 BO Timara—E., 1 30.37 49 0 Oamaru—S.W., 1 ... 30.35 47 BC DunediiL—S.W., 1 ... 30.41 50 BC Queenstown—N.W., 1 30.42 37 B Nuggets—S.W., f ... 30.37 46 D Bluff—W. SAY., f ... 30.33 50 CP Baflolutha—S.W., 1 ... Olvde—Calm lirvercai-sill—W., 1 ... 30.45 48 CD Na.se.bv—Calm ... ... 28.35 45 B Pembroke—Calm ... 29.27 42 'BC Pt. Chalmers—S.W.. f 30.35 54 B Roxburgh—Calm ... 30.20 51 BC Wind.—L., light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, 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; O, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing i 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 :—Southerly wind, moderate to strong; weather probably cold and changeable; showers on the coast; barometer little movement; sea heavy; tides high. ARRIVED—May 6. Calm, s.s. (0.15 a.m.), 890 tons, Radford, from Wellington. The Calm arrived here at midnight last night from Wellington, after a record trio of 50 hours. She left Wellington at 10 p.m. on Saturday, and had to contend with a strong southerly and heavy head seas throughout the passage. The vessel, which .brought a large shipment of general -cargo for discharge, will sail to-night for Timara, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Hosamond left Oamaru at 11 last night for Tiinaru to complete her loading for Napier and Clisborae. The Poherua arrived a I Westport at 11 last night from .Lyttelton and Wellington; She is now loading a cargo of coal for Wellington. The Kini left Greymoutii at noon yesterday with a cargo of coal for Bluff and Dunedin. She is due here towards the end of the week. The Kakapo is due at Bluff to-day from Westport. She is expected at Dunedin about Thursday, a.nd after the balance of her coal cargo has been discharged will return to Westport. The Corinna is to leave Wellington te~ day for Dunedin direct. She is due here on Thursday morning, and will sail <>n Friday for New Plymouth via. the -usual way ports. The Putiki is due here about noon tomorrow from Wellington via ports. She will discharge 300 tons of general cargo,' and will tail on Thursday for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The Kotare, which sailed to-day for Bluff and Invercargill, is due hack, here on Friday night. She will load tranship- J ments ex the Bhaino from Glasgow <.n I Saturday for Lyttelton. ] The Whakatane, with general cargo from New York, left Atn-khi.no at 6 a.m. to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin "to complete her discharge. She is I due here about May 15. . A Press Association telegram from Napier states that the Union Company's 'oilier Kanna arrived at that port last niijlit with 2,000 tons of coal from Newcastle. The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Hororata left Wellington late h<-t : night, bound for London via tlm Panama j route, with a full shipment of Now Zea- : land products. | The R..M.S. Palcona left Welling!on at 2 j p.m. on Sunday for San Francisco via i Rarotouga and Papeete. The Talune arrived at S'uva on Ratur- ; day from West-port. She is expected to | leave the island port on Thursday directfor Auckland with a cargo of fruit. Boiler?, propellers, arid several lareepieces of machinery are now being installed m the new 5,000-ton cargo steamer Droir.ana-, whioh was launched from the. "WilHamstown yards (Melbourne.) early this month. The steamer Port Pirie is to leave J.-on- ' don shortly for Australia and New Ze-a-land. The vessel will i.-ome via t.'ajn; Town, Melbourne, and Sydney, thence U> Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. The American four-masted schooner EVe was towed to tea from Wellington o.u Saturday in continuation of her voyage from Nukualofa to Portland. Oregon. j The KoiHjmiLc, after a stay of three | ! weeks -at Lyttelton, was despatched on j Saturday morning with general cargo for j Sydney. After unloading at the 1,-n-Le.- j port she will proceed to Newcastle to !i>a.-l coal for Lyttelton. j The Auckland Harbor Board's pilot-boat j Waitemata, which has beon laid up for ; three, months undergoing extensive altera- i tions, has been a<eeom missioned. While on the. slip one of her engines was taken out and the shaft of the other engine .lengthened. Hex stem has also been altered to suit the remaining engine, and sfie is now a single screw vessel instead of a-twin-screw one. With a. gaping hole 40ft by 30ft, in her .side, the torpedoed steamer Orainton, in March of last year, was taken 58 miles, only to sink when !e« than two miks from an Irish port. For a month the vessel lay with her decks awash, and when taived it was found that 1,800 ions of coal luid fallen through a hole in her side The Grainton a-rrired at- Melbourne two weeks «j,ov> to load wheat for tho United Kingdom or Continent. THE SCHOONER COMMERCE. A Press Association telega-am states that the American fo'ir-mastod schooner Conimeric arrived at Auckland at 7.30 p.m. yesterday, after a voyage of 64 days from San Francisco. The vessel brought a full cargo of case oil and timber for discharge at the northern pert. GLAUOUS FOR DUNEDIN. Tho -cargo steamer Glaucus, which was recently <ut Wellington, left Port Kembla on April 22 for Noumea. The vessel will load a cargo ol siuano at the New Oale 'denial i port for Dunedin.

j /CARGO BY THE WELTERX COMET. ;; Advice received by the local agents for the'Luckenbach Steamship Company state that, cargo by the .steamer Western Comet, for Lvtteiton :ln d Dttnedin will be landed at Auckland, and then Iran shipped by one of the coastal r trader-. Tli<>. "Western ' Comet left New York on April 22, and should reach , Auckland about May 25. From Auckland the vessel will proceed to Melbourne <ind Sydney 1" complete her ' discharge. . NO MORE SAILERS FROM NEW YORK. According to the •American Fxprut Monthly,' of March 8, the ship Bragdo sailed from Now York tut March 7 fev Syd- , i;ey, via the Cape of Good Hope, The barque Asmtmd, tor Melbojrne, has since sailed, and aJeo the barque Janna, for Sydney. These are the last sailing vessels to load at New York for Australian potts; no others bare been announced, and ' in view of the reduction in steamer rates, it is doubtful if further sailers will come to Australia from New York. WAIMARINO'S WAR EXPERIENCES. Tito Union freighter Waimariiio, which in now loading at Tinniru for Auckland, bad been previously in the service of tlm Imperial Government, and for two years braved the perils of the Mediterranean danger /.one, the favorite hunting ground of the German submarine.-;. The chief officer of the vessel, in an interview, stated with regard to the sy.-tem of sinking submarines that it was the custom of the eor.voy, after the advice of a. submarined proximity had been received i>y iniokss, to form a circle round the Mibmarin-e. Thei t'.M chaser*, going at 25 knots pethour, were sent forward. On they went, dropping depth bombs the while, until the hunted submarine crime to the lop. Then ■ the end of the TJ boat came qrickly. for m the latter part of the war no ipiarter was allowed the pirates. The Waimarino had many times been attacked by submarines, but, by a. stroke of fortune, was never damaged. "We have bad several exciting fights," he said, "and several times it was a 'jolly near go. 1 One peaceful Sunday morning, as the Waimarino was steaming along at the. head of a convoy, a submarine, 'apparently m.t of its bearings, made its appeal ante'off the bow of the ship. The Waimarino's gun was trained forward at the time, nn.l although it wa.s ready loaded it refined to tire. As, it was a case of seconds, a signal wits given immediately to the rest of the convoy. The other vessels lost little time in opening' on the. U boat, and ihe Hun disappeared. The Waimarino is the. only ve-scl of six to return to Now Zealand to have. Iver adventures related. The Waikav.a. Waihemo. and Waitemafa v. - ere. all torpedoed in thii war zone, the Wairtma was captured by the raider Wolf, and the War totara was burnt at sea,. RUAHINE AT PLYMOUTH. Cable advice, received by the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the liner Ruahino arrived at 'Plymouth on April 2-3 from Wellington via ports. The Ruahine iri timed to leave London about May 19 for Wellington, Lyttclton, and Dunedin via Panama. KAIAPOI'S MOVEMENTS. The Union freighter Kaiapoi, which is due at Bluff to-morrow with a full general cargo from Melbourne, is expected in remit Dunedin on Saturday. She will discharge several hundred tons of Iter freight hero ,and will then proceed to Lyttclton and Wellington to put out the balance. From 'Wellington the Kaipaoi wi!! go to Greymou.th to load timber for Melbourne. MAKURA AT AUCKLAND. Tho R.M.S. Miikura arrived in th" stream at Auckland at 9 a.m. to-day from Vancouver via Honolulu and Suva. Ihe vessel was expected to berth tin- afternoon. The Makura brought Euiopeau and American mails, a large number <.f pa- . sengers, and the .-bipmeiit ' !' Canadian merchandise for New Zealand. She will not proceed to Sydney this trip, but will leave Auckland on Tuesday, May 13, for Vancouver via ports. WESTRALIA FROM. MELBOURNE. The Wal ojnee of the ilnddarl-Parker Company advise that tho Vv'estralia left Mfibcuiue at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday last direct for Wellington, where sue is due to-morrow. The vessel ha? I.SCO tons of cargo for New Zealand, about 500 tons of which will be disehuryed at Dunedin. The W.-siralia. which i* not bringing any passengers, is expected to arrive hen; on Tuesdav, Mav b 7 .. and is timed to sail the following day for Bluff and Melbourne. Site will take passenger? from New Zealand to Meilbourec. and theberthing list is already nearly fi!hd. THE SYDNEY STEAMER-. I ! [ I jt v M 1 \1 1 hj I e i i \Hi et f or i 1. I t 1 U ttb 1 VII !tt 1 1 \ II ill <o to "- , 1 \ U r \d \ 1 t it P S 1 1 r * al -i y I \tn l tin 1 to I \r i i i t Ire t l r _, 1 s tIH , \ \U ns (, i v I |* f > t 1 t 1 t e] i T i 1 \ Ma " 'I , 1 -> d \ V \ Ait er trim \o /f 1 1 or F* ( l ( OW T\ss! 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Tb' Sl-..".-i ra,ki will return to Sydney from .Suva. j DAMAGED STEAMER BESsA. j T'um i- -til' a lair amount of v atei peaking tbunigh the daa-i_td pbitt - <f rt. Norwegian .-.teanii r Jse--a, \i li< hj i- , ItLiug temporarily jepaited at the Qnteas - JT.-li.'! \\ e'fiiurV'ii. V sab will }jc> an jwit'irtd in due f.uM- tt .'. iju.it.tlty of rai_'.» nhiih '> i- l>e<"i damaged by -ea ! v at< T,p goods u> be di-po~e4 ot com--m> p.ipti, • hiefh eoirdctP.rsi to Au.diaMiau piit- The <L\er ha.- examined the stail>oaid -ide of the Be—-a a*, far in the quaitei, and has ji ► damage to j the -hip on that side. Unle*.* any hit* It louuis in the "tpas'r wo.k. tb" Bef-a v.i'! be <<bb * . iie=da> Thursday nest fox Sidney.

THE lONIC. Messrs Dulgeiy and Co., Ltd., local agents for the Shaw. Savill, and. Albion liner lonic, advise that the vessel is due at Part Chalmers on May 10 from London via Wellington and Lyttelton. After discharging the balance of her Home cargo, amounting to 1,200 tons, she will load a 4 Port for London. Tha lonic wil tail from Port Chalmers about May 14 for I/s-ttelton and Wellington to c<jroplflite fc«J cargo. NEW YORK CARGO. There was no accumalati on of New Zea* land cargo awaiting shipment at Nero) York when the Whakafeme left there in March. She loaded all that was offering at tie time. There is, however, awaiting shipment to Australian ports cargo sufficient to keep all ships asivilable lor thab trade busy for some time. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING GO. The. following are tha latest movements of steamers announced by tha New Zea* land Shipping Company : The Opawa will leave London about May 15 with general cargo for Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, t-he will come out via Capetown. After discharge at Brisbane the Opawa will oome to New Zear land to load for Home. The Ruapehu will leave London about May 30 for Auckland and Wellington. FULL-RIGGED -SHIP TERPSICHORE..; The full-rigged chip Terpsichore, 133 days out from St. John (Canada), arrived in the stream at Wellington early on Wednesday morning. Captain Morris Jones, who is in command c-f the Terpsichore, reported a voyage of average land of weather—storms varying with fine epella. No damage was suffered by the ship, and only one t-ail —a topsail—was lost on the passage, which was via the Cape of Good Hope route. There had been no sickness on board. The Terpsichore, whiA comes to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company, brings about 3,400 tans of general cargo. The ship is a Jrlritidi-butlt vessel, but was owned by Germans at the outbreak of the war, and was seized by the British Government. Captain Jones has never visited these .parts before. Hia crew is rather a ooaanopolitam one. LAUNCH'S LONG VOYAGE. One of ihe -smallest vessels that have left New Zealand for an overseas port sailed from Auckland on the morning of April 28 for Samoa. The vessel is the new motor launch Siliafai, which was built at Auckland for the passenger and cargo trade between the Upolu and Savaii Islands in the Samoan Group. She made an attempt about a fortnight ago, but only got as far as; Mercury Bay, wlwii stormy weather compelled her to return to Auckland. Since then site has fikipned, a new crew, four all told. Captain-W. R. Percy, recently chief officer in the sdhoon«» Hnia, is in charge, and has with him an engineer and. two seamen. Captain Percy, it is understood, will edgbt the Kermadeo Group to check hia chronometer, and will take a fresh departure from there. He hopes to reach his destination in about 10 days, but has taken food and fuel for a much longer period. Tito crew will bring tfite auxiliary «-hooner Wave back to Auckland. WHAKATANE FROM NEW YOBK. After a voyage, of 40 days, the A. and A. Line's chartered s-teamer Whakiiatia arrived, at Auckland on Tuesday evening from New York. The- vessel left the Allien em port on March 21, and met with fair to moderate weather on the voyage. She brings 2,400 tons of general cargo for Auckland,'2.9oo for Wellington, 1.500 for Lyttelton. and 1,&84 for TJuitcdin. Tho crew- were not immune from the ravages of influenza during the trip, and about a week out from London the third engineer (Mr J. B. Wallace) died of influenza ami bronchitis, and was buried at sea. A call was made at Pitcairtn Island after clearing the Panama. The Whakatane visited "Auckland two years hist January. In the meantime she lias bei'u employed carrying frozen meat cargoes from the Argentine to London. Captain S. L. Martin is in command. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. • PORT AHURLRI, May 5.—11 p.m., Kama, from Newcastle. LYTTELTON. May 6.—8.15 a.m., Maori, from Wellington (connected with earpres-f). GREYMOUTH, May 5.-2 p.m., Melbourne, for Svdnev. SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.—Moaria, from Wellington. Airtiope, b<j., for Au'-k-AUCKLAND, May 5- 7.30 p.m.. Commeric, sch.. from San Francisco.—May 6 : 6 a.m.. Whakatane, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, Mev 5.—4A5 p.m.. Monovai. for Ateidand via ports.—ll.ls p.m., }lororai-n, for London via Panama, (For continuation see Late Shipping.}