SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 6

SHIPPING

The is Being delayed at Lyttelton owing to a shortage "of labor, and is not expected 'to reach Dunedin until Thursday in consequence. The Kakapo is to leave Lyttelton tomorrow for Wellington to complete her loading for Auckland. The Kahika is to leave Lyttelton toNapier and Gisborne. Ths Kiiii is being dolayed at Lyttelton owing to a shortage of labor and railway trucks. The Te Anau arrived at Lyttelton this afternoon from the Chatham Islands -with a. load of sheep. She is expected to sail to-night for Port Chalmers, where she will complete her overhaul. The Kaiwarra is to leave Auckland on -Wednesday for Newcastle, where she will load coal for Auckland. ' T .^. el it. was aa acute shortage of labor at Wellington to-day, which means that manv v,-ss-ls .irt> beine delaved. This, combined with the congestion in ths iv I ; s ]^ ds > has been brought about bv the hold up of shipping as a result of ta? recent stormy weather. The Karnri is" now leading hardwood at Newcastle for discharge at DunwHn.' Lyttelton. and Wellington? The Kauri is due at - Newcastle tooay from Timaru. After bunkering she will go to Geelong to load wheat for a New Zealand port. The Kaikourn, en route from Auckland to London, continued her voyage from Newport News on April 9. REMUERA CLEARS PANAMA. Advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the Bemu era. en route from London to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. and Dunedin, cleared the Panama Canal on April 8. She is due at Auckland on April 27. s 'THE SCHOONER PROGRESS, j The schooner Process, timber laden from Greymcuth, was sighted from the Heads at 8 a.m. to-day. The tug Plucky j went out to tew her, to Dunedin. and she was expected to berth at the Victoria wharf late this afternoon. DREDGE 222 IN DRY DOCK. I Dredge 222 was floated off the Spit on Saturday, and .proceeding on the flood j tide to Port Chalmers under her own j steam, was docked in the evening for I repairs. The damage she sustained Inst i Wednesday by bumping a submerged object at the Mole end. consists of a small hole in her bottom about 6in in diameter. I Captain Thomson ( harbor master), Mr Wilkie (engineer), Mr Robertson (dredge J master), and Captain M'Kenzie (sailing | master) all took an active part in reI floating the dredge. STEAMER ANGITINISH REFLOATED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY. April 12. The steamer Anghinish was refloated after her cargo had been lightened. [The Anghinish went ashore on April 6 off Montague Island while en route from Port Pirie to Newcastle with 4.500 tons of iron ore on board. It was at first feared that she would become a total wreck.] THE RECENT GALE. KOUTONUI'S EXPERIENCE. [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 12. The small coastal steamer Koutonui met the full force of the recent southerly gale when hound from Wellington to East Coast stations. The Koutonui met tho storm off Cape Palliser, and the captain decided to endeavor to return to port, but a heavy hawser was washed over the side and became entangled with the propeller, causing great trouble. Two anchors were run out, and, facing the storm, the vessel w-ent full steam ahead. Meanwhile the Koutonui commenced to drag shorewards, and at one time was within a stone's throw of the reef. Heavy seas wore shipped, stoving in the door bf the crew's mess room, shattering the wooden bulkhead of the saloon, while the invading seas broke the partition between the saloon and the space overlooking the stokehold. The result was that the water flooded the stokehold until it was level with the stokehold plates. The aperture of the pumps down below became jammed with debris. This was ultimately cleared, and a portion of the hawser cut away, but this did not free the propeller. The port anchor cable parted, but as the weather improved the Koutonui was able to steam out to sea at half a knot per hour until 8 a.m. on Saturday, when 6he was 20 miles off the land. The gale having then moderated, the vessel was enabled to come into port. AUSTRALIAN COASTAL SHIPPING. At an early date the Commonwealth control of coastal shipping is to be entirely abolished. All shipping is to be released, and will revert to the control and management of the owners. The only reservation will be that supervision will be retained over charges for freights and passenger fares, in oixler to prevent unduly high rates being charged to tho public. Overseas shipping is already practically free from restrictions. The British authorities stilLretain the services of certain vessels for military purposes, but beyond that owners are now" free to employ their ships as they think fit. COASTAL STEAMER'S ROUGH TRIP. The coastal steamer Storm, which arrived at Dunedin yesterday afternoon from the north, was held up at Akaroa by. the heavy gale which disorganised the mosquito fleet sailings from North Island ports towards the end of last week. The Storm made the trip from Wanganui to Lyttelton against heavy weather, and cleared Lyttelton at ]0 p.m. on Friday. Almost immediately she ran into Bad'weather, which increased to the force of a gakj, and Captain Robertson was forced to take his ship into Akaroa Harbor for shelter, where she anchored at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The force of the gale may bo gathered from the fact that tho Lyttelton-Akaroa run, which usually takes three hours and ohalf, took the Storm 10 hours to accomplish. At one period during the night she made only nine mile 3 in four hours, instead of the usual 36. Though tosseo about like a coi : by the angry sea, the little steamer shipped no heavy seas, ?i3 she was steaming fn light trim. She left Akaroa at 2 p.m. on Saturday, arriving at Dr.nedin after a 24-honi) passage in fair weather. COMMONWEALTH STEAMERS. The Prime Minister for Australia on March 19 tabled in the House of Representatives fit Melbourne the- agree-t-ments made with Vickers, Ltd., and William Beardmore and Co., of England, for the construction of steel ships for the Commonwealth line of steamers. Three vessels were ordered from Vickers and two from Beardmore's. Vickers undertook to endeavor to deliver the first vessel within 18 months of the signing of the contract, and the ship would be ready towards the end of the present year. The second vessel is to be ready In.May, 1921, and the third in September, 1921. Under the agreement with Beardmore and Co., the first vessel is to be completed in June, 1921. and the second in September, 1921. All five vessels are to have a gross cargo capacity of 900,000 cubic feet, and a speed of 15 knots. The price, according to agreement, will be the net cost of material, the net coet of labor, and actual incidental expenses, plus 2E>2 per cent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, April 10.—3 p.m., Port Napier, from Picton.—4.so p.m., Kaitangata, from Westport.—l p.m., Kamona, for Westport.—April 11.—7.15 a.m., Wahine, from Lyttelton. SYDNEY, April 11— Orari, from Timaru via Melbourne. BRISBANE, April 11.—Kent, for Lyttelton. VANCOUVER-, April B—Waitemata, from Auckland. PANAMA, April B.—Megantic, from Wellington. LONDON, April 9.—Pakeha, for Weij iinston. \UPLAND. April 12.—4 a.m., Huia, . »ch., from Sydney.—ll.3o a.m., Mokoia,. >.v.miiiin via norts.