SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17366, 31 May 1920, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. St. Clair: 1.51 a.m., 2.12 p.m. Taiaroa Head : 2.1 a.ra., 2.22 p.m. Port Chalmers : 2.41 a.m., 3.2 p.m. Dunedin : 3.11 a.m., 3.52 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 4.27 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.45 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full moon June 2 4.48 a.m. Last quarter June 10 6.29 a.m. New moon . June 17 1.11 a.m. First quarter June 23 6.20 p.m. Sets to-night, 5.44 a.m.; rises to-morrow, 4.12 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.W., 1 ... 30.09 48 B Napier—S., fb 30.01 46 BC Wellington—S., fb ... 30.07 48 C Westport—S;E., 1 ... 30.09 35 B Greymouth—E., br ... 30.09 33 B Bealey—Calm 30.27 39 C Christchurch —S.W.,fb 30.03 44 R Timaru—Calm 30.02 43 OP Oamaru—S.E.. 1 ... 30.09 44 C Dunedin—S.W., br ... 50.11 46 OP Queenstown —Calm ... 50.10 37 O Nuggets—S.W., fb 50.22 43 R Bluff—S.W., 1 b ... 30.13 48 OZ Balclutha—Calm ... 30.14 45 O Naseby—Calm 28.10 39 O Clyde—Calm P.‘Chalmers—S.W.,fb 29.97 48 OP Invercargill— S.W., lb 30.23 47 0 Roxburgh—S.W., 1 ... 29.90 48 O Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; fb, fresh showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; 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 gale; g, whole cr phere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Forecast. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :• —Winds, southerly, moderate to strong, and squally at times; the weather will probably prove cold and showery, but should improve soon: there will probably be a hard frost to-night; barometer, rising; sea, heavy; tides, good. ARRIVED.—May 29. Paloonn, s.s. (1.30 p.m.), 2,771 tons, M'Lean, from Melbourne via Bluff. May 30. Kotare, s.s. (0.40 p.m.), 146 tons, Mumby, from Bluff. SAILED.—May 29. Opawa, s.s. (0.30 p.m.), 9,297 tons, Martin, for Bluff. The Oparva left Port Chalmers on Saturday to complete her discharge at the Bluff and to finish her loading for the United Kingdom. The Romuera, which is discharging and loading at Port Chalmers, occupied the Opawa’s deep water berth after the latter left for the Bluff on Saturday. The Wnipori left New Plymouth on Wednesday last, and arrived at Westport at 7 a.m. on Sunday to load for Auckland.

The Rosamond arrived at Westport on Sunday morning from Greymouth She expected to sail to-day for WellingWnir° owliai ' fr om Picton, arrived at ° n Saturday night and leaves Tim Z 0I ! Greymouth to load timber for limaru. thence Dunedin. Ihe Vvahine arrived at Wellington at on Sunday morninon 111 ™° tare l ir ? m a ™ed at ” csterday, and is due to leave on rpT n tr y ! - f ° r ? luff and Invercargill. T^!fu Koa J ri r from West POTt, arrived at Lyttelton at 5 p.m. yesterday rcSsri?" 1 * * a ~ " d , Ka ™? j eft Greymouth at 9 last ni S 1 l fc for Gisborne and Nanier. The Kaiapoi left Bluff at 11 on Sunday mo ! n ’ n r " » for i 9 reymouth to load there “I stport for Wellington. rho Te Anau vras expected to leave this for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Napier, and Gisborne. ■The Monowai left Lyttelton at 1.40 p.m. on Saturday, and was delayed by bad weather She was expected to berth a n % s after noon, and will saf a nn !t P rida J f( ? r Auckland via ports. Hie Comna is expected to leave Nev Plymouth to-day for Wellington and Dun. ecim. She is due to leave here about Friday for Xew Plymouth via Oamart and Timaru. The Mokoia was expected to clear WelImgton to-day for Auckland via ports. Tbo Breeze, which left Lyttelton at o.A) p.m. on Friday for Dunedin, has not arrived yet. She is probably Sheltering at Akaroa or Pigeon Bay. owin'* to bad weather. ° PALOONA DELAYED. The Paloona is delayed here owing to bad weather, and her departure has been postponed tdl Wednesday, when she sails tor Lyttelton, Wellington ,and Melbourne. EXPLOSIONS HEARD AT SEA. A report from Lyttelton states that lighthouse-keepers at Akaroa and people at Wainui heard, at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, 29th inst., two loud explosions to seaward. Shipping leaving in that direction is requested to look out for signs of wreckage or men in distress, or other evidence of explosions such as dead floating fish. WITHIN CALL. The following ships are within call o'f the undernamed radio stations Wellington : Gallic, Waihora, Mokoia, Somerset. Awarua : Westralia. Chatham Islands Port Hacking. BAD WEATHER IN THE NORTH. SHIPPING AFFECTED. [Special to the ‘ Stae.’] CHRISTCHURCH, May 31. The week-end weather was the worst experienced in Christchurch for many years. The Maori’s trip down was one of the dirtiest she has ever experienced. Tile collier Karori, from Westport, arrived at 5 o clock last night. She first encountered the gale at 10 o’clock on Saturday mornmg. when off Kaikoura, and was plugging against it at an average speed of two and three-quarter knots. Some of her deck cargo broke loose, but otherwise she was little the worse for her rough passage. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, May 29.—1.45 p.m., Opihi. from Newcastle.—6.4o p.m., Navua, for Fiji.—May 50 : 2 p.m., Wanaka, from Napier. LYTTELTON. May 29.—8.30 p.m., Wahine. for Wellington,—May 30: 3 P-ni-, Maori, from Wellington.—6 p.m., Karori, from Westport. BLUFF, May 30.—0.30 p.m., Opawa, from Port Chalmers. SYDNEY, May 29.—9 p.m., Makura, from Auckland.—l.3o p.m., Manuka, for New Zealand. NEWCASTLE. May 29.—0.45 a.m., Katoa. from Auckland. LONDON, May 2T_ —Bremen, for Sydney. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)