SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17086, 3 July 1919, Page 1

SHIPPING.

! 11JQH WATER, xo-MOaacw. Tadßioa Head : 7.36 sum*, 8.1 p-jn. Port. ChaiJmera./. 8.16 ».nu, 8.41 p.m. Uunedin : ,8,4$ &.m., 8.11 p.m. THE STFN. £ete*to««lajy, 4.28 ipvm.; noes-to-morrow, !?*65 S.fli. PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter July 5 2.<W p.m. jjuil moon July 13 5.32 p.m. quarter .Tidy 20 1(5.33 p.m. New moon July 27 4*51 p.m. Sets to-duy, M<?7 p.m.i-rises*to'mc!ti>crtVj 10.45 a.«i. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist >sßi&v. D. 0. IJates) supplied the following' -weather reports-Kit £i a.m. today :

Wind.—L., light; br, breeae; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather. —B, blue sky, bo the atmosphere dear or heavy; 0, clouds, passing clouds; p, drizzling rata; F, foggy; Q, 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 Meteoiologist [Rev. D. 0. Bates) supplied the following at noon tp-day :—-Southerly wind, strong to gale; the weather will pi'obabry prove very boisterous, and become very cold; rain proibatolo, and sno\v on high country; barometer rising; im, irougih. and increasing; tides good. The Kaihika leit Lyttelton last night for Tdroarui to discharge the balance of her coal cargo. She will afterwards proceed to Greytnouth. The Kaituraa loft New cast Jo at noon yesterday wlt!h a full cargo of coal for discharge at Wellington. Heavy rain fell at Grey mouth to-day, and there was a considerable sea on the bar and a slight fresh in the river. The Karamu left Westport at 1-30 a.m. to-day with a Ml cargo of coal for Lyttelton, ■ The Kind arrived outside Greymouth tliis morning from OneJumga. and was cx'pected to berth at the West Coast port at midday. •She will load at Grey mouth for Wellington and New Plymouth.

The- Poheraa is expected to leave Na- | pier to-morrow for West?*»t, where she I will fead coa2 for Osmam and Dimedin. I Tli© Kaiiangata, which arrived aiGrey- ! mouth at 1 p.m. yesterday from Auckland, 'is expected to * sail with a cargo of coal for LylMton. The Kokii'i, which wus bar-bound at Weetport on Tuesday night, cleared the West Coast port at 1 pan, yesteiday, coal laden, for Wellington. The Tarawera, which arrived at Napier yesterday morning from Lyrtolton, La- expected to sail to-day for" Gi&borne and Auckland. She will undergo survey and overhaul on completion of discharge at the latter port. Fifteen cargo drips, with a. deadweight tonnage of 103,692, were lant during 1918 by the United States overseas transportation service, according to ;i report just made public. Six ships, aggregating 42,627 tons, were destroyed by enemy activity; five vessels, with a combined tonnage of 44,071, were sunk in collision; and four, totalling 16 984 tons, were destroyed by firo and explosion. Captain E, A. Downic, who died re- | eently at Adelaide, was for many years in the employ of Messrs Howard Smith, Ltd. Ho was a native of Canada, and at different times had charge of several of the company's largest, cargo steamers trading in 'Australian waters and overseas. The Bluff ' Press' reports that the auxiliary schooner Scout, owned hy the Marlborough Tim bar Company, which has been riding at anchor in the upper reaches of the harbor sines die was taken off the run with provisions to Port Craig, has now been purchased by Captain C. Younge. It "is understood "that the new owner intends utilising the vessel for fishing .purposes. Captain Younge is a retamed soldier who has seen service abroad. PORT HACKING FOR NEW ZEALAND Advice has been received that tl.e liner Port Hacking left London on June 20 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttolton, aaid Duncdin via Panama. She is due at Auckland about August 9. PORT VICTOR TO LEAVE NEW YORK The steamer Port Victor is at prefer.* loading at New York, and is expected to sail at any time for Weill igton, Lyttelton, and Dmiedin. From this port she will go to Melbourne and Sydney to complete her discharge. SCHOONERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO Advices to hand slate that tb". following vessels were to kind timber at San Francisco for New Zealand ports : Albert Meyer, three-masted schooner, 3RB tons; Irene, four-masted schooner, 687 tons: Kohaia. iour-ma.->ted barquentine, 779 tons : Mhidoro, four-masted schooner, 642 tons; Planter, «.-hooi;er, 499 tons; and Win. E. Bura'hani. four-masted schooner, 642 tons. MEN AFLOAT AND ASHORE. Mr D. C. Shmipe, formerly on the steamer Stella, ie now mate of lh!e schooner Houio. Gaptain Far-mar. formerly of fh-' Port Albany, is new in command of the steamer Port Pirie, which is due in New Zealand waters next month from London. Mr J. Boyd has succeeded' Mr G. M. Simpson as chief officer of the. barquo Bona. Mr Cyril Marshal!, fo-- many years punser in the Union Steam Courr-any, who went away with the 2S-l,h R-«mfcwe-ments, rftttirned by the Waimana lastweek. _ Mr Mfl.rshel! lias seen a great deal of active service—from Parsehendaele on-wards—-and after a few weeks' holiday will resume his duties v.-IJi the Union Steam Ship Company. THE WAIWERA. The local agents for the steamer Waiwera advice that the vos»?l is exiiacted to leave Lyttelton to-morrow for this port, in continuation of her voyage from Now York. The Waiwora will berth at Port Chalmers to.diVharge about 1,700 tons of gen-oral mcrc'handise. CITY OF DUNKIRK DELAYED. The steamer City of Dunkirk has been delayed at Lyttelton owin-<; to keaw rain. The' ve-sr-cl will probably leave the Can-tor-bury port to-day for Duncdin. in which case (die should, arrive here t-o-morrcw a-fternoon. THE STEAMER, SUFFOL?.. The steamer Suffolk, which arrived off Ojta>2'o Heads at 11.20 a.m. yesterday from Newcastle, lias one ca&e of influenza on board, and it is therefore indefinite when she will be _b earthed at Port. Chalmers, where she will discharge about 400 tons of lead. The Suffolk will afterward.* load at Port. Lyttwiton, and Wellington for Liverpool. WHANGAPE FOR AUCKLAND. The work: of discharging Use Whangape's cargo of phosphates at Port Chalnwra was suspended yesterday and this momin.fi owinc; to the hoavy rain. It is ev.noctod that the vessel will complete her discharge eoree time next week. She will then omiß up to Duncdin to load genewa-t car-jo for A-ncklrmd. TJia Whaugaoe will complete* liei- loading at Oamarw and Tiraaru. SCHOONER ALVENA BERTHED. The American ecbooner ATvena was towed up to Dunedin yesterday afternoon bv the tug Pln-ckv. and berthed at the Rattray f.ti-e©t wiharf. Tho vessel feft San Francißoo on May 1, and made tho faassnge from port to port in 60 days. Fine wcathrr gene-rally was met with until the East Capo was sighted 12 days ago. Strnntr westerly wind.* and unar-t-tle.l weather was then encourKtered, and these conditions prevailed until arrival off Otago Heads on Monday night. The A'lvsna has made rsumeTous trips from Fan Francisco to Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide, but this ■is h.*r fii'Pt trip to a New Zealand port. Bias broueht 25.000 cases of assorted oil*, but f«h« is not carrying the oustomarv deck load of lumber. On coruipletion of discharge the Alven-a will sail for fh& islands to load copra for San Praisckco. HEAVY RAIN DELAYS SHIFP-ING, Shipping at Dunedin and Pott CBial-mc-To has been cousodcrably hampered during the past two d'aye by heavy rain. The Mokoia, Corinna, Ptotiki, Kotare. wrd tihe American schooners Alvena,- Forester, and Lily wero worked tlide meming und-er difficulties, and consoquently very little progress w-fts made in the handling of cargo. The Stella was v.'orlc©d for en Thour or two, but operatioas wer© then kuk nended, while no work was carried out on the Ftakanoa during the day. An effort will be made to despatch the Corinna to-day for way ports and New Plymouth, an-d it is expected t3iafc tlie Mok-oia ■will sail -bo-uight for East Coast ports and Auckland.' The Kotare wiU probably sail to-nij-rlit for Bluff and InvercargiU. and the Putiki also to-night for northern ports. Heavy rain fell at Lyttelton again today, and all work on the shipping m port was greatly retarded in consequence. Work on the shipping at Timam was hampered throughout ycrterday oT.iag to heavy rain.

BTBA3ffißfi FBOM IfiNDON. Advica tswivod fcy t£» local t««fe for itk& Shaw, Savill, osfi AJbioa tS» ©tsfcoa tjhat tiie Mtanari ie expected to leave Lond<m ehortlv £or sfoW" Zfisilaad ports: also that the Matataa -Kill be deepcutcSoa from London eariy this jnontli £ar N*r.r ik4h vessels -witt oome via Panama, and should roach tlo 3>oa«iiion. towards t2ie end of August. EX-GERJMA,N LTKER PJIXNZEBSL'!?* I Special in-tor-esfc &ttadL» to the amviilT at Wellington on Monday of t&a Paim*] essin, as «jis is t'trn, first of tfee captaawt ■ German lines to oomo to the Dwniniona J Built in 1905, she if a iwin-eorew Bteaimsr , ! of 6,387 tons, and was formerly one ol' the D«utsclie-Ea6t Afrika fleet. Captain Noagle is in corumand of th.o veeeel. Tho, \ Prinsessin left London on ifey 16, hawing; j thus takan 45 dii-ys on the voyage via ttin \ Panama Canal. ' : THE STEAifEB AUSTRALPvANGE. The Australian Govensnent gteameS' Australrange, which arrived in tha atwam at Lyttelton on Suridav afternoon fxoas Ne%v York direct, has about 40,000 cases of oil on board consigned to tibo Vacuum Oil Company. The vessel took aboard a cargo of chalk at London for discharge at Now York, where ~hs loaded a cargo of benzine for New The Australrange is tiie finst steamer ownod by 13mi Austrailian Gcvesrunent to visit Lyttelton. She is of 4,409 gross tons, and pro» viously to being boaglii by tihe Australian! Govaniment was named, tie Strsbadea," She was built at, in 1807 for th« Sl-ratMeo Steam Slip Connpaay, Ltd* {Burrcll and -Son). Her iensrth a 376 ft, vtidih 52.3 ft, depth 17.6 ft. Captedn May" is in oonnniand. The AtHfcralnaieo will complete her at BasaSa and Sydney. S'UNKBN KULK UMBW. Ajfter having been undar yna.r%r for eight w«aks, steites the ' Herald,' the Union Steam Ship Oompany'is coal imlk No. 6 was floated at Auckland last week, and berthed at th« Hdaaon wJjarf. Tia hulk sank at her jnooringß off Eihoal Bay on Blaster Mondiay nioirning, with 330 tons of coal on board. Salvage* opera Hone wero delayod for some time' owing to tihe necessary liavinj io ba oWiaad from ■ Dunedin and to the fact that- the port was so busy that eufheient kbor was not avail- - able. It is nndar.stcod that tihe work waa the heaviest- of its kind done in New 5 Zealand. The undeawv-'er lift was 275 ' tons, and tho total hti of (2» vessel and cargo about 1,200 tons. Tis hoik was floated by Lwo of tlie Harbor Boanl boowjj and two punts, two kauri logs, 66ft long and 33in in diametei'. and each weighing nine tons, being lasha! to tive punte. The lifting was donft by means of ax Sain wire ropes placed under t3io bottiwn, of the hulk, tihe ends being mads fast to the lifting vessels. Work wts started on June 12. The, wires were. tWhtenoft up at each low wat<M', and as tie ta<w rose the hulk was lifted, and eha wfis ; towed near the baach. Seven lifts had to be made bafore the vessel was higjb) enough on th.a beach to bo pumped ott6i The strain on tlue wire ropea during 4S>S lifting was such that the salvage vaaseia'- v were 2ft 6m below their tßual water line. The Hasbor Board's lireflodfci pumped the hulk dry. The hulk was nofc injured by the salvage operations, bat ber decks were damaged tluvugih. being! blov.-n out by tihe force of tho air oom-i pressed wh-e-ii fhe sank. _ There wae a* vaft accimiul&tioii r- .-ilt in hen SHIPPING TELtGRAMS WELLINGTON, July 2.-2.5 Tofua, from Lyttelton.-—July 3: 8 Iris, cable etcamor, fnom Aucldand. LYTTELTON, July 3.—8.50 a.m., ■ Maori, from Wellington. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

4ucklaiidr-W.S.W M if 29.32 51 BC Nanier—E., £ Wellington.'—Oaihn 29.12 53 BG 29.09 AS C WcstpOTfc—«N.W., br 29.11 45 OP GrevmouAh—E., I — Boaley—Calm ... .,. 29.16 42 o — 36 0 CShriatebarcii—*k-\V., 1 28.94 44 11 Timam-HS.W., I ... 29.07 43 0 Oamaru—S.W., 1 ,„ 29.05 48 R Donedin—S., 1 „. .,. 29.03 46 D Queenstown —Oaan ... 2947 38 0 Nuggets—S.E., f .«. Blu?-S.E. ; i 29.13 44 EF 29.15 45 OFM InverwurgiU—S., 1 .... 29.30 45 OD Balclutfaa—Calm — 43 R Pfc. Clhakners— S.W.,he 29.04 51 OR Clyde—Claim ... ... — 45 O Nnseby—Cialni ... .„ 27.10 40 R Pembroke—Calm 28.08 39 R Rosbm-gh—N.W., 1... 29.89 45 R