SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-lIOKHOW. St Clair : 0.4 a.m., 12.2b p.m. Taiaros Head : 0.14 a.m., 12.36 p.m. Port Q&almers : 0.54 a.m., 1.15 p.m. 1.24 a.m., 1.46 p.m. THE SUN. " Sets to-day, 5.27 p.m.: rises to-morrow. 6.50 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New moon April 19 9.13 a.m. First quarter April 25 0.58 a.m. Full Moon May 3 1.17 p.m. Last quarter May 11 5.21 p.m. Sets to-day, 3.27 p.nh: rises to-morrow, 3.20 a.m. The Port Denison was to leave London early tills month for Auckland,- Napier, and Wellington via Melbourne and Sydney. The Port Stephens has been fixed to load at New York in June for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Port Napier, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday afternoon last, after riding out the storm in Cook Strait, will sail on • April 17 for London via Panama. The Mission steamer Southern Cross sailed from Auckland last Friday afternoon for the Islands with a general cargo and a number of passengers. She is expected to return to Auckland about the end of July. The barque Rothesay Bay arrived at Auckland last Friday afternoon from Whangarei. She will complete her loading, of timber at Auckland for Sydney. The steamer Suffolk is due gjt Wellington on Saturday from Lyttelton to corardete her loading for Boston and New York. . The Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Mamari is due at Wellington on Saturday from Wanganui roadstead to complete Homeward loading. The vessel will leave Wellington on the 23rd inst. for London , via Panama. A cargo, comprising 1,000 tons, was brought to Wellington by the Ulimaroa this week. This included the following lines : —6OO cases of whisky, 200 bags barley, 80 cases tobacco, 400 cases- soap, 100 barrels cocoannt oil, 276 pigs lead, 3’50 cases matches. 300 packages tea, 900 bags calf food. 170 cases currants, 40 crates cement slates, 5,000 bundles tiles, 300 bags salt, 200_ cases tinned pineapple, and 1,864 pieces timber.

WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m. torday :

Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued ram; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosning; M, Misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing •clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightbreeze; m g, moderate Mle; g, whole or phere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing heavy gale; w, gale of ’ exceptional severity. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. O. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—Winds, northerly, moderate to strong; increasing haze and cloudiness; barometer, falling: sea, moderate; tides, moderate. ARRIVED.—ApriI 15. Kotare, s.s. (4.15 a.m.), 141 tons, Mmnby, from Port Craig. • Wanaka, s.s. (8.20 a.m.). 2,422 tons, Flynn, from Auckland via Lyttelton and Timaru. VESSELS EXPECTED AT DUNEDIN. —Coastal and Intercolonial.— John, Nydia Bay, to-day. Stella, Campbell Islands, to-day. Calm, Wellington, April 15. Monowai, Auckland via ports, April 15. Kowhai, Greymouth, Bluff, April 16. Mararoa, Lyttelton, April 17. Waihora, Adelaide via ports, April 17. Breeze, Wanganui via ports, April 17. Corinna, Wellington, Anri] 19. Kotare, Lyttelton, April 19. Houto, sch., Lyttelton, April 20. Mokoia, Auckland voa ports, April 21. Poheraa, Westport, April 22. Storm. Wanganui via ports, April 22. Karori._ Sydney, Newcastle, April 22. Port Victor, Wellington, April 24. Tarawera, Sydney, Bluff, April 30. Kurow, Makatea Island, April 30. Paloona, Melbourne, Bluff, May 1, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, Lyttelton, to-day. Wanaka, Bluff, Oamarn, to-day, Nokatay, Melbourne, to-day. Whangape, Makatea Island", April 16. Kotare, Timaru.- Lyttelton, April 16. Calm, Wanganui via ports, April 17. John, Wanganui via ports, April 17. Kowhai, Wellington via ports, April 17. Monowai, Auckland via ports, April 19. Breeze, Wanganui via ports, April 19. Corinna, New Plymouth, April 20. Progress, sch., Greymouth, April 21. Te Anau. Napier, Gisbpme, April 21. Storm, Wanganui via ports, April 22. Karori, Lyttelton, Wellington, April 26. Mokoia, Auckland via ports. April 23. Port Victor, Lyttelton, April 28. Paloona, Melbourne via ports, May 3. Tarawera, Sydney via ports, May 3. VESSELS IN PORT AT 3 p.m. TO-DAY Wanaka, Birch street wharf. Kotare, Rattray street wharf. Progress, sch., Victoria wharf. Nokatay, Port Chalmers. Whangape. Port Chalmers. Te Anau, Port Chalmers. Mannganui, Port Chalmers. Marama. Port Chalmers. Maori, Port Chalmers. Manaroa, Port Chalmers.

„Tho Rotate arrived here earlv this morning from Port Craig with 46,900 ft of timber. After discharge she will load for Timaru and. Lyttelton. , The Wanaka arrived at Dunedin at 8 a.m. to-day from Auckland via Lyttelton and Timaru, and was berthed at Ihe Birch street wharf to discharge 480 tons of general freight. She will sail to-night for' Bluff to complete discharge and load for Napier and Auckland. The Wanaka will complete her loading at Oamaru and Timaru. The Monowai, which arrived at Lyttelton at 8.30 a.m. to-day from Wellington, was expected to sail at 4 p.m. for Dunedin. She is dae here to-morrow morning, and will berth at the cross wharf to discharge and load a large quantity of general cargo. The vessel is timed to sail on Monday afternoon for East Coast ports and Auckland. The Tarawera, which left Wellington on Tuesday evening for Sydney, will load at that port, and also at Newcastle, next week for Bluff and Dunedin. She should arrive here about Anril 29. The Calm left Wellington last night direct for Dunedin with a large quantity of general cargo. She is duo here tomorrow afternoon, ( and after discharge will load for way ports and Wanganui. The Mokoia is due at Dunedin about April 21 from Auckland and East Coast ports.

The_ Kaitangata left Wellington late last night for Westport, where she will load coal for Auckland. The Kamona arrived at Wellington at 10 a.m. to-day from Westport. After discharge she will return to Westport to load again for Wellington. The Rosamond is ‘to leave Westport to-day with a cargo of coal for Wellington. °

• The Kamo left Greymouth at 7 a.m. to-day with a cargo of timber for Lyttelton.

The Knwhai arrived at Blnff this morning from Greymouth. She is to sail tonight for Dunedin to discharge the balance of her coal cargo, after which she will go to Oamaru and Timaru to load for Wellington. The Te Anau is being delayed in the discharge of her ballast at Port Chalmers caving to a shortage of trucks. This will mean a delay in the completion of her overhaul, and she will probably not be ready to load at Dunedin until the middle of next week for Napier and Gisborne. There was a moderate swell on the bar at Greymouth to-day. The sea was smooth on the Westport bar. The Union Company’s steamer Waikawa, now discharging Newcastle coal at Wellington, is to load part general • cargo at the northern port for San Francisco. The > vessel will leave Wellington about April 19 for Sydney to complete her loading in Australia. WAIMATE FROM LONDON. The New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the Waimate, which is due at Wellington to-morrow from London and Auckland, is expected to arrive at Dunedin about the first week in May. The vessel has 1,500 tons of general freight for discharge at this port. The Waimate will afterwards load at various Nov/ Zealand ports for London. THE PORT LYTTELTON. The liner Port Lyttelton is due at Auckland on April 18 from Now York Panama. She is . carrying general freight for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. The vessel is expected to arrive here about the first week in May. OPAWA FROM LIVERPOOL. W r ith a full shipment of general merchandise the steamer Opawa arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon from Liverpool via Panama. From Auckland the vessel will go to Wellington then Lyttelton, Du icdin, and Bluff to complete discharge. Her cargo for this port amounts to 1,200 tons. The Opawa is expected to arrive' here about April 20.

THE FERRY SERVICE. The Wahino arrived at Lyttelton at 7.45 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected with the first express for the south. FORMER GERMAN STEAMER JAVA. The former German steamer Java is- at present undergoing repairs and overhaul in dry dock at Melbourne, before procecding to Adelaide tO-Joad a cargo of wheat for France. She is the largest vessel which has yet entered dry dock at Melbourne. Built in Germany in 1913, the Java is of 7,676 tons gross. She is 482 ft long, with, a beam of 53ft. The dock will accommodate a vessel up to 500 ft in length with a beam of 64ft. The Java is now owned by the French Government, and runs with the Messageries Maritlmes Co. NEWCASTLE SHIPPING TRADE. The shipping trade of Newcastle CN.S.W.I during the quarter ended March 31 was slacker than in the corresponding period of last year. The arrivals numbered 1,206, as compared with 1.238, a decrease of 52. The total tonnage was 844,433. Tile trade distribution was : Coastal —93l vessels. 268,731 tons. Interstate—los vessels. 169.483 tons. Foreign —l7O vessels, 405,219 tons. PORT VICTOR TO LOAD. - Tbe Port Victor is due at" Wellington to-day from Auckland and Napier to discharge .the balance of her London cargo. The vessel will subsequently come to Port Chalmers, where she is due about April 24, to load 43,000 carcasses of mutton. 1,800 crates of rabbits, and 200 tons of general cargo. The Port Victor will probably load at Wellington and Lyttelton before coming south, in which case she will leave Port Chalmers about thcend of April for London via Panama. ESTABLISHING OIL DEPOTS. As n, result of negotiations which have been in progress for several months past, arrangements have been completed for the establishment of two large oil depots at Melbourne ahd Fremantle to supply fuel to the increasing number of overseas steamers which are now using oil instead cf_ coal as fuel. The enterprise has been initiated by the Anglo-Pcrsian Oil Company. who have already established similar depots at Marseilles, Suez, Colombo, and Durban. Two-thirds of the shares in this company aro owned by the Imperial Government. and tho remainder by the Burmah Oil Corporation. Tho depot at Port Melbourne and tjic one at Fremantle will be constructed to bold 48.0G0 tons of oil, which will be broiudit in tank steamers from the Persian oilfields. It is hoped that eventually oil will bo discovered in sufficient quantities in. Papua and New Guinea to meet at tho least all Australian requirements. SYDNEY TUG’S EXPERIENCES. The bydney tug Heroine, which was requisitioned by the Admiralty during tho has a fine record of service to her credit. She was employed in the Mediterranean and homo "waters, and fully maintained her seagoing capabilities throughout. The Heroine had an exciting experience in the Bav of Biscay. She left Plymouth with the tug Samson in tow, and meeting rough weather, the towline fouled, and she had to put back. The Samson continued her voyage, and was never afterwards heard "of. " The’Samson. which was a vessel of 232 tons, in comand of Captain Hoi ford, has since been posted missing at Lloyd’s. Sbo is believed to have gone- down with ail hgnds ; The Heroine took a prominent part in rescue work, and was the means of saving several vessels which had been damaged by Hun torpedoes. Captain Smiles, who has command of the Heroine, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for services during the war. FIRE ON STEAMER TROPIC. The liner Tropic, which has arrived at Liverpool from Wanganui and Australian ports, with a large and. valuable cargo, was forced to put back to Cape Town on account of an outbreak of fire in her lower bunkers. It appears that tne Tropic took in coal at Durban, and when_ about a day or so north of Table Bay it was reported that tbe coal in one of the bunkers was on fire. When the captain heard of tho outbreak lie decided to put back to Cape Town, and arrived there on February TO. After a quantity of the cargo had been discharged the seat of the fire was got at and extinguished. It was then discovered that the he/it had penetrated the bulkheads and attacked the meat in the cold storage compartments. Ro great was the heat that the bagging of many quarters of beef was burnt clean away, and the meat itself roasted more or less. At all events, the native laborers engaged on tho work'considered the meat well enough done to eat. and _ surreptitiously ate it. evidently with relish. The cold storage batches were lifted, and on February 15 and 16 the damaged meat was discharged into refrigerated tracks and taken to the shore cold storages, where it was sorted, and what was found fit was reshipped. In the compartment affected bv the fire there were 235.000 carcasses cf'meat. nearly all beef. Only a small being that near the'bulkheads, had'been damaged. While the work of taking the meat out was in progress on February thc - K olc l was clouded with steam, home of the beef quarters were very much more baked than the others. MAORI SAILS TO-DAY. . Tbs repairs to the Maori's boilers having_ been completed, tbe vessel is once again in a first-class sea-going order and it is expected that she will make faster passages in the Wellington-Lyttelton service than formerly. The vessel, which is under the tommand of Captain W D Cameron, was to "have sailed from Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. to-day for Lvttelton m order to relieve the Mararoa from the Canteroury port- to-morrow evening It has been arranged that in future tho Maori will wait at Lyttelton until after the arrival cf tho second express from the south, -which arrangement will be of great benefit to travellers from Invercargill and Dunedin. VESSELS~IN WIRELESS GALL. The following steamers should bo within range of the _ undermentioned wireless stations to-night : —Awanui : Moana AnM r? r Wellington), Maheno (Auckland to Sydney), Atua (Suva to Auckland), Kaiwarra and Koromiko (Auckland te Newcastle) Auckland • Eakanoa (Newcastle to Auckland! Waimate (Auckland to Wellington), Mokoia, Maheno. Kaiwarra. Koromiko. Wellina. ton Ulimaroa (Wellington to Sydney') Lorain (Wellington to Wanganui) Corin’ thic (Wellington to Timaru), Paloona

{Wellington to Melbourne), Tarawera (Wellington to Sydney), Mamari. Awarua: Wanaka (Dunedin to Bluff). Chatham Islands: Whakatane (Auckland to London), Otaki (Liverpool to Auckland), Port Lyttelton (New York,to Auckland), Moana. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. April 14.—5.50 p.m., Opawa, from Liverpool.—4.4o p.m., Walmate, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, April 14.—0.25 a.m., Karamu, from Greymouth.—lo a.m., Kamona, from Westport.—s.lsp.m., Kakapo, from Lyttelton—s.2o p.m., Monowai, for Lyttelton and Dunedin.—ll p.m.. Calm, for Dunedin.—ll.4s p.m., Swallow, from Sydney. LYTTELTON, April 14.—5.55 a.m., Storm, from Timaru.—s.ls p.m., Waihora, from Wellington.—7 p.m., Orcpuki, from Greymouth.—4 p.m., Kahika, for Napier. NEWCASTLE, April 14.—Kauri, from Timaru. SYDNEY, April 14.—City of Agra, from Wellington. L(?.vDON, April 12.—Wairnana, from Wellington.

Bar. Ther. Weath. Auckland—N.B., 1 ... 30.20 63 0 Napier—S.E., 1 30.35 S3 B Wellington—Calm ... 30.38 49 BC Westport'—E., 1 30.26 53 B Oreymouth—E., 1 ... Bealey—Calm ... 30.21 54 G 30.43 48 B Christchurch—N.E., 1 50.31 56 BO Timaru—N.E., 1 30.31 49 B Oamarn—N.W., 1 ... 30.23 48 B Dunedin—Calm 30.18 48 BC Queenstown —Calm ... 30.15 42 B Nnegets—N.E., fb ... 30.20 49 OZ Bluff—N.E., lb ... 30.11 44 BZ Paysegur Pt.—N., l b 30.13 52 OZ Invercargill—Calm 30.06 33 B Clyde—Calm ... ... 52 BC Naseby—Calm 28.15 44 B P. Chalmers—Calm ... 30.19 56 BC Roxburgh—N.E., lb 29.85 52 0 Balclutha—S.W., lb 30.15 40 O Pembroke—Calm 29.02 46 BC