SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17311, 26 March 1920, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. St. Clair : 8.25 a.m.. 8.57 p.m. Taiaroa Head : 8.35 a.m., 9.7 p.m. Poit Chalmers : 9.15 a.m., 9.47 ip.m.- Dunedin i 9.45 a.m., 10.17 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 6.5 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 6.24 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter Mar. 27 6.15 p.m. Full moon April 3 10.25 p.m. Last quarter. April 12 0.54 a.m. New moon April 19 9.13 a.m. Sets to-day, 10.9 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 1.31 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—S.E., f ... 29.93 62 0 Napier—Calm 30.08 60 O Wellington—S.S.E., 1 30.05 57 BC Westport—S., 1 ... 50.06 54 B Greymouth—E., br ... 30.03 50 B Beaky—Calm 30.05 47 O Christchurch—S.W., 1 30.11 57 O Timaru—N.E., 1 ... 30.22 56 C Oamaru—Calm ... 30.14 56 OD Dunedin—Calm ... 30.17 52 B Queenstown—Calm ... 30.15 46 B Nuggets—W., 1 ... 30.12 53 0 Bluff-S.W., 1 ... ... 30.07 54 OG Clyde—Calm ' 60 O P. Chalmers—S.W.,lbr 29.97 55 BC Pembroke—Calm ... 29 JO 50 B Roxburgh—S.E., 1 ... 29.P0 56 O Balclutha—Calm ... 30.12 53 O Naseby—-Calm 28.15 50 O Invercargill—Calm ... 30.21 60 O Puysegur Pt.—E., 1 30.15 56 MR Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, 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; 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:—Wind, easterly, moderate to strong, and backing by east to north; there is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather, with increasing haze and cloudiness for change after about 24 hours; barometer, falling shortly; sea, moderate swell; tides, good. ARRIVED.—March 26. Storm, s.s. (7.25 p.m.), 405 tons, Robertson, from Wanganui and Lyttelton. SAILED.—March 26. KotaTe. s.s. (8.5 p.m.), 141 tons. Mumby, for Bluff and Invercargill. March 26. Hinemoa, s.s. (6 a.m.), 542 tons, Bollons, for southern and west coast lighthouses. VESSELS EXPECTED AT DUNEDIN. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— Monowai, Auckland via ports, Mar. 28. John, Nydra Bav. Mar. 29. Kini, Westport, Mar. 29. Kotare, Port Craig, Mar. 30. Poherua, Westport, Mar. 30. Breeze, Wanganui via ports. Mar. 31. Stella, Campbell Islands, April 1. Calm, Wanganui via ports, April 1. Tarawera, Sydney, Bluff, April 2. Paloona, Melbourne, Bluff, April 2. Corinrta. Wellington, April 3 Westralia, Melbourne, April 4. Progress, sch., Greymouth, April 4. Storm, Wanganui via ports, April 5. Waihora, Adelaide via ports, April 7. Wanaka, Auckland via ports. April 5. Houto. sell., Lyttelton, April 15. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waihemo, Wellington, to-day. Te Anau. Chatham Islands. Mar. 27. Storm, Wanganui direct, Mar. 27. Kauri, Timaru, Mar. 30. John, Wanganui via ports, Mar. 30. Breeze, Wanganui via" ports, Mar. 31. Kotare, Bluff, Invercargill, Mar. 31. Monowai. Auckland via ports, April 1. Calm, Wanganui via ports, April 1. Kini, Wellington, April 1. Paloona, Melbourne via ports, April 3. Corinna, New Plymouth. April 5. Westralia, Melbourne, April 6. Tarawera. Sydney via ports, April 6 Wanaka. Bluff, April 7. VESSELS IN PORT AT 3 p.m. TO-DAY. Waihemo. Victoria wharf. St-.inn. Birch street wharf. Maunganui, Port Chalmers. Marama. Port Chalmers. Maori. Port Chalmers. Manaroa, Port Chalmers. Te Anau, Port Chalmers. The John is duo at Dunedin about Monday from Nydia Bay and Lyttelton. After discharging a part cargo or timber she will load for way ports and Wanganui. The Union freighter Waihemo willleave Dunedin this evening for Wellington and Sydney to discharge the balance of her case oil cargo from San Francisco. The Te Anau is now exnrcicd to leave Port Chalmers to-morrow for the Chatham Islands to load sheep for Timaru. The Kotare was able to secure sufficient, lignite yesterday to enable her to steam to Bluff, where she will require to replenish her bunkers before proceeding to Invercargill, Port Craig, and Dunedin. The Kaiapoi arrived at Oamaru earlv this morning with. a full cargo of coal from Newcastle. _ The Monowai, which arrived at Wellington at 8.30 a.m. to-day from Auckland and Napier, is expected to sail tonight for Lyttelton and Dunedin. The Maheno left Sydney at 4 p.m. yesterday for Auckland, where she is "due on Monday. The Tarawera was expected to leave Sydney late last night with general cargo for discharge at Bluff and Dunedin. Tho Paloona is to leave Melbourne today with mails, passengers, and general freight for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellincton. She will not go to Newcastle on her next trip to Australia, but will proceed from Wellington direct to Melbourne. The Kini will load coal at Greymouth and Westport this week for Dunedin. She is due here on Monday, and after discharge will load general cargo for Wellington. The Navua arrived at Auckland at 4 p.m. yesterday from-the Friendly Islands with a full c&rgo of fruit. She' is timed to leave Auckland on Tuesday for Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. - The New. .Zealand Shipping Company's .iner Whakatane is expected to leave Auckland to-day for the port of Whakatane to bad 10,000 carcasses of mutton and a quantity of tallow. The vessel will return fn A to coirml°to loading for London. The Kurow is exnected to leave WeiHngton to-day tor ' load phosphates for New Zealand. According to a cablegram received by the Wellington agents for the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, tho steamer Port Bowen. which was to load at Glasgow and Liverpool for New Zealand ports, has been withdrawn.

A tireless message received from the captain of the steamer Lorain, en route to Auckland from New York, states that she will arrive at the northern port tomorrow afternoon. The Lorain b&s a large - cargo of benzine, and after discharging her Auckland portion she will proceed to Wellington, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. MEN AFLOAT AND ASHORE. F Mr E. A. Cox, third ofncsr of the Kittawa, has come ashore on holiday leave. Mr K. G. Don. third officer of the Mararoa, has resigned from the Union Company's service." Captain W. D. Cameron has transferred from the command of the Patcena to the Mapourika, relieving Captain V. G. Webb, who has come ashore for orders. Captain T. C. Sewell, who has been ashore on holiday leave, will resume command of the Pateena. Mr E. Carlvon, lnj-e of the Monowai, is now purser on the Tofua. Mr G. Norman, late purser of the Tofua. is ashore at Dunedin awaiting instructions. Mr E. Sherson. late of the Arahura, has joined the Monowai as purser temporarily. Mr L. Munn. late of the Te Anau. has joined the Arahura as purser. VESSELS TN WIRELESS CALL. The following steamers should he within ranee of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night :—Awanui : Whangaoe, •Riverina, Maheno. Atua. Auckland : Athenic. Wanaka, Whangape, Eiveriti.n. Wellington : Ulimaroa. MaMiia. Waipovi. Athenic. Suffolk, Kurow. Wahine, Monowai, Mararoa. Awarua : Mahia,' Chatham Islands : Tainni (Lotidon to Auckland), Cathlamet (New York to Lvttelton). ATHENIC'S SAILING DATE. The local ngr-nts for the Phaw, Sa-vill. and Alhinn Line advise that the sailing of the Athenic from Wellinnton for London has been postponed instil 5 p.m. on Thur-dav. April 1. The Athenic is due at Wellington to-morrow from Auckland to complete her loading for England. MOKOIA'S ITINERARY. The Union Company announce that the Mokoia, which arrived at Auckland this morning from the islands with the New Zealand parliamentary party, will leave the northern port on Mo'ndav next direct for Wellington. She will sail from Wellington on the ■evening of April 1 for Lyttelton, and leave the Canterburv port on April 5 fc* Wellington as an extra ferry steamer. The Mckoia's movements after her return to Wellington have not been definitely fixed. CANADIAN CARGO SERVICE. Tiie Canadian Government steamer Canadian Raider is expected to reach Auckland early in April and lead general cargo for Montreal and Nov.- York" The steamer is at present at Vancouver, r.nd will tnks a shipment of lumber to Melbourne, where she will bad coal for New Zealand and sail direct for Montreal. This will he the first occasion, on which New Zealand cargo has been taken direct io_ Montreal. The Canadian Raider is being transferred from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic trade between Montreal and the West Indies, and she is being diverted to New Zealand for one trip only. It is not the intention, of tho Canadian Government to maintain a caTgo service between New Zealand and Montreal. The Canadian Exporter, the second steamer that is being despatched from Vancouver in the Canadian-New Zealand cargo service, was expected to leave Vancouver on March 19. She is due at Auckland about the middle of April. AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION ACT. It was provided in the Navigation Act that Vessels registered in Australia, or engaged in the coasting trade, should have separate messrooms for seamen and apprentices on an open deck. As some doubt prevailed as to what was meant by ''open deck." the matter was referred by the Minister for Customs at Melbourne to the Marine Council, and instructions have now been issued by the Minister to officers of the department to enforce the provision of messrooms on the first deck above the deep load line, or some higher deck. Sufficient table and seating accommodation must be provided for the taking of meals at one sitting by the whole of the crew, with the exception of the stewards and cooks, it being understood that satisfactory arrangements were made for them in the dining salo-m before or after the passengers (if any), or in some messroom provided for the use of the crew. CAST STEEL SHIPS. w The construction of standardised ships of steel at the rate of more than one a day is advocated by a writer in the ' Iron Age,' a leading American technical publication. The plan, as described, is to build the ship bull in sections, each a casting as large as conditions will allow, and weld the castings together eleetrioallv by an arc method. One casting might constitute the bottom of the vessel for a section of Bft in the dimension lengthwise of the ship, another casting would form practically one side of the hull for that section, and a third the corresponding side opposite: a fourth casting would form part of the deck framework of the stiffening between the upper part of <he sides. By observing in the -welding that the rteel is not allowed to get Vyond I the plastic stage in the heating, ami'that manganese is supplied through the soldering rods, it is claimed that the resultant welded joint has 125 per cent, of the strength of the casting it-self. This shipbuilding nroiect, it is declared, could produce 6.C00.000 tons of shipping per year. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. March 25.—4 p.m., Navon, from Fiii.—62s p.m., Riverina, for Svdney.—March 26: 5.20 a.m., Mokoia. from Suva.—7.3o a.m., Athenic, for Wellington. WELLINGTON. March 25—10.55 a.m.. Calm, from Eyttelton.—3.lo p.m., Knmona, from Westport.—l.2s p.m., Ulimaroa. for Sydney.—4 n.m.. Wocttoii, for Lyttelton.—March 26 : 9.15 a.m., Knnna. from Newcastle.—6.lo a.m., Suffolk, for Gisborne. • LYTTELTON. March 25.—11.40 a.m., j John, from Nvdia 8ay.—12.30 p.m., Corinna. from Timaru. OAMARU. March 26.—6.30 a.m., Kaiapoi. from Newcastle. SYDNEY, March 25.—Daniel, bq., from Wanganui.—s p.m., Maherio, for Auckland. NEWCASTLE. March 25.—Heiahin Maru, from Auckland. (For continuation see Late Shipping.')