SHIPPING. '

Evening Star, Issue 17393, 1 July 1920, Page 7

SHIPPING. '

HIGH WATER. ~ TO-HOEEOW. ' St, Clair ; 2.53 a.m., 3.15 p.m. Tdiaroa Head : 3.3 a.m., 3.25 p.m. Port Chalmers : 3.43 a.m., 4,5 p.m. Dunedin 04.13 4.35 p.m. ' THE SUN. Bets to-day, 4.27 p.m. j rises to-morrow, 7,55 a,m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Fall moon July 1 8.11 p.m. Last quarter . July 9 4.36 .p.m. New moon July 16 7.55 a.m. First quarter July 23 - 6.50 a.m. Set to-day, 7.15 a.m.; rises to-morrow, 5.36 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Rev, D, C. Bates) supplied the following at 0 a.m. to-day : Bar. Thor, Weath. Auckland—S.W.. 1 ... 30.55 45 BO Napier—Calm 30,53 33 B Welling’n—N.N.W., f b 30.47 51' C ’ Westport—S., 1 30.30 47 C Greyniouth—E., 1 30.30 45 0 Bealey—W., 1 30,59 45 0 Christchurch—Calm 30.14 52 0 Timaru—N.W., 1 ... 30.29 52 C Oamara—N.W.. 1 ... 30.18 56 0 Dunedin—N.W. Ihr 30.14 56 O Queenstown—Calm ... 30.21 49 R Nuggets—N.W., fr ... 30.15 66 0 Bluff— N.W., 1... ... 30.00 50 OP Invercargill—Calm ... 30.15 37 0 Balclutha—Calm ... 30.10 45 O Pembroke—Calm ... 29.20 52 R. Roxburgh—N.W., f b 29.85 51 0 Clvde—Calm Naseby—S.W., 1 ‘ ... 28.25 45 0 P. Chalmers—N.W.,fb 30.06 51 O Wind.—L, light ; hr, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or hea vy’- 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; O, overcast, the whole sky covered wiih thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, smjally; R, rain, continued rain; S. sno'Tz; T, thunder; TJ, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

Forecast. The. Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C., Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day :■—Wind (freshening) northerly, strong to gale after 10 hours :-.weather appears likely to be cloudy and unsettled, with rain following; storm approaching from tlie west; barometer falling; sea, moderate swell, but increasing offshore: tides moderate. ■■ ARRIVED July 1. Kotare, s.s. (1.45 a.m.), 141 tons, Mumby, from Port Craig. SAILED.—.June 30. Port Hacking, s.s. (3,25 p.m.), 5,225 tons, Jolly, for Hobart. Paloona, s.s. (3.40 p.m.), 2,271 tons. Donrly, for Melbourne via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers—For'Welllngton : Misses Sutton, Bennett. Mrs Sutton, Messrs Moor?, Sutton. For Melbourne : Mesdrttnes Nelson and two children, Hutton and child, Thompson, Messrs Hutton, Thompson (2); and five in the steerage for all ports.

VESSELS IN PORT at 3 p.m. TO-DAY. Wairuna. Victoria wharf. Kotare, Rattray street wharf. Kini, Kitchener street wharf. Flora, Birch street wharf. - Wanaka, Birch street wharf. Kauri, Rattray street wharf. Mannganui, Port Chalmers. Mararoa, Port Chalmers. Progress, soli, Port Chalmers. Tire Paloona. which sailed yesterday afternoon for Lyttelton and Wellington." will bo despatched from the latter port on Saturday direct for Melbourne. The C. and D. liner Port Hacking left Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon to complete discharge of her New York cargo at Hobart, Melbourne, and Sydney. She will load in' Australia and thereafter at Napier and Wellington for Lcstdon. The liner Port Sydney," which' sailed from London on June 19 for Australian ports, Auckland, Napier, and Wellington, at Auckland about August 27. Hie Shaw-Savill chartered steamer Narenta is due at Lyttelton to-morrow inwn Timaru to complete her Homeward loading. She will sail from Lyttelton next week for London via Panama) The A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer City of Winchester is expected to leave Auckland to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin to continue discharge of her New York cargo. From Dunedin she wli! go to Australian ports to complete discharge.

The Navua has been fixed to load, sugar at Suva for Auckland on July 15. / The Atna is expected to leave Suva about July 8 or 9 for Auckland with, a cargo of bananas. A ' •. . , The steamer Malaita, now en route from Qroymouth to Newcastle, is. to load coal at the latter port for. Noumea. After discharging at that .port she will proceed to Walpole Island and take in a cargo of phosphates for Auckland. . . ■ ■ The room repairs ibedng carried out on the Durham at expected to be completed m time for the vessel to continue her voyage from Newn( Wales) on Saturday. The Durham ue at Wellington about July 6, and after discharge of the remainder of her cargo she will proceed to Timaru to load for New York.

The Breeze is due here on Sunday from Lyttelton, and will be despatched bn Monday night for way ports arid Wanganui. . Transhipment cargo ex the 'P. and 0. liner Palermo from London arid Eastern ports will reach Dunedin in’ about two Weeks’ time by the Tarawers, from Sydney.. , *-

The Kowhai is to leave Wellington morrow for Greymouth, where she will load for Gisborne. The Karamu left Greymouth lata last night with a full cargo of coal for Dunedin. She is due here on 'Saturday morning- ’ '

The Kittawa left Greymobth late last night, coal laden, for Lyttelton.' ; . The Kamona left Aucldand rj midnight last night with general cargo for discharge at Napier and Lyttelton. From the latter port she will proceed to Westport. The Karori, which arrived at Napier yesterday from Newcastle* ■:was, expected to berth this ■ afternoon'-ife--discharge her coal cargo. y The Monowni, which arrived at Wei? lingt-on at 8 to-day from Duhedin and Lyttelton, is to sail to-night for way ports and Auckland.

The Te Anau was -expected iso, arrive here late this afternoop from Bluff. .She will- sail to-morrow for Oamafu, Timaru-, and Lyttelton to load for Napier and Gisborne. .

The Flora, which is now discharging a cargo of coal at the Birch street wharf, will afterwards load transhipment cargo ex the Te Anau from Bluff for Wellington. The Flora will complete her loading at Oamaru.

Tho Maheno, which arrived at Sydney on Wednesday morning from Auckland, is to sail on the return voyage to-morrow afternoon.

The Eaituna is now expected, to leave Sydney to-morrow for Bluff,. Dunedin. Timaru, and Lyttelton with a cargo cf hardwood. , •

The Tarawera, which is now steaming between Wellington and Sydney, is expected to leave the New South Wales port about July 8 for Bluff and Dunedin. THE FERRY SERVICE. 0 TheWahine arrived at Lyttelton at 8.25 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected With the second express- for the south. STEAMER MELBOURNE SOLD. Advice received from Melbourne states that the steamer Melbourne has been purchased from the Melbourne 'Steamship .Company by tho Tasmanian Government. The vessel will run between Tasmanian ports and Melbourne under the direction of. the State Shipping Line. -Built at Hartlepool in 1802, the Melbourne is 1,139 tons gross. She lias a. length of 260 ft. a breadth or 56ft. and depth of 18ft. The purchase price is said to' be £70.000.'

SOFALA’S MOVEMENTS. . Tlie Union Company advise that the Eritish-India steamer. Stifaia, which has been delayed at, Auckland owing to the congestion of shipping and shortage of labor, Is to leave there on Saturday for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She should arrive here about July 12, and after discharging the balance of her Eastern cargo will steam to Newcastle. WHARF FACILITIES AT LYTTELTON. The urgent necessity for facilities for lifting heavy weights on the Lyttelton waterfront was illustrated on Tuesday (says the Christchurch 'Press’), when the Corinna had to load a 41-ton bailer, consigned to a freezing works at New Plyiftonth. There is no crane on the wharves which would lift this weight except the Harbor Board's 10-ton fixed crane on the No. 1 breastwork, and this is reported to be out of order at present. In any case,' it would have hem necessary to, have shifted the vessel from No. 7 wharf to the other end of the inner harbor. They difficulty was got over by the Corinna using double derricks, with double blocks on oacli. Tlie vessel gave a decided list when the weight waW taken. The work took fully an hour to perform, during which time rilost of the men had to stand idle. Comparisons were made of the time and labor necessary in this instance and

the ease with which a floating crane «on)d 1 have picked up the boiler (or a much heavier weight) anddeposited it on the deck of -the steamer. . . , A CONGESTION AT ENGLISH PORTS. It is reported by shipping firms in Melbourne that the British-Australian service is being seriously disorganised. Vessels laden with refrigerated and other cargoes from Australia are being kept waiting outside the docks in London, Hull, Manchester. and Liverpool for periods varying from two and three weeks up to two months and more before being allotted wharfage space on which to-, discharge their cargoes. The loss thus incurred both to ship-owners and shippers has already amounted to many thousands ox pounds, and the Commonwcrlth Government Line is one of the heavy losers. It is officially stated that Commonwealth steamers -have recently been delayed in English ports for five and six weeks; while two vessels of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, the steamers . Port Hacking and the Port Nicholson, wero delayed for 77 and 62 days respectively over normal time. <• VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. ' ’ The following vessels should be within range of the undermentioned wireless star’ tioris to-night:—Awanui; Kia Ora, Rakanoa. Niagara, Waipori, Lorain, Talune. Auckland: Niagara. Talune, Mokoia,, Westmeath, City of Winchester. Welling- - ton : Waipori, Kgskuta, Moeraki, Mono- i wai, Moana, Otarama, Orari v Paloona, Paparoa- Asrarua : Port Hacking .{Port Chalmers to Hobart). ' • - v .’ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, June 30.-4.30 p.m., Argyllshire, from Sydney.—7.2s p.m.. Niagara, for Vancouver via ports.—ll.ss n.hi.. Kamona. for Napier. July 1 { 7 a.m., City o' Winchester,, for Wellington, —9 a.m., Rira. ketch, for Norfolk Island. WELLINGTON. June 30.—8.20 p.m.. Tonic, from Port Chalmers. . July 1,: 0.20 a.m., Kumara, from Newcastle.—B.ss 0,m., Tensho Manx, from Newcastle. GREYMOUTH, June 50—10.50 pm, Kavamu, for Dunedin. • • ■ LYTTELTON, June 50.—10.25 a.m., ! Wootton, from Wellington,—l2.s p.m.,' Surrey, for Wellington.—s.3s p.m.. Mono- : wai, for Auckland via ports. July Is; 9.10 a.m., Paloona, from Dunedin _ SYDNEY. June 30.—8 p.m., Manuka, from Wellington., (For continuation see Late Shipping.)