SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 17959, 4 May 1922, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MOKROW. St. Clair : 9.13 a.m„ 9.43 p.m. T«fcw» Head : 9.23 a.m., 9.53 p.m. Pert Chalmers: 10.3 a.in., 10.33 p.m. Dunedin.. 10.33 a.m., 11.3 p.m. THE SUN. Sols to-day, 4.58 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.14 a.m. _____ PHASES~OF THE MOON. First quarter May 5 0.25 a.m. Full- in non May 11 p.m. Last quarter May 18 o-47 p.m. New moon May 27 5.34 a.m. Rose to-day, 12.52 p.m.; sets to-day, 11.16 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Air D. C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m. ' Bar. Ther. Wcath.

Wind.—L, light; hr, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or licSfVy \'i*j ijci-lo of exceptional severity. Weather. —J>, blue sky, be tbo atinO" sphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F. foggyj G, gloomy, dark weather; IT, hail; L, ligbt-

ningj'M, misty; O. 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 Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied tho following at noon to-day Tho indications arc for northerly winds, moderate to strong; the weather will be cloudy and foggy to overcast at times; tho barometer has a falling tendency; sea moderate, tides good. SAILED—May 3. Cornwall, s.s. (4.45 p.m.), 10,559 tons, Robertson, for Timam, Tho Wanaka is duo at Dunedin ibis evening from Auckland via ports, and will rail to-morrow for Bluff, Camara, and Timaru to load for Auckland. The Corinna ft clue hero on -Saturday morning from Wellington. She will bo .placed in drv dock fit Port same -afternoon for cleaning and painting, and will load at Dunedin on Monday k. Nelson and New Plymouth. Tho Kiitangata. left Grevmonih earlv this morning, timber laden, for Meibom no. The John is due hero to-morrow morning from Wanganui. She will lease in the evening direct for Manpanni. The Gale is expected to arrive, on Saturday morning from Lyttelton to load for wav -ports and W anganui. The steamer Progress went to Port

Chalmers yesterday afternoon under her own steani. Mm will bo placed in dry dock on -Monday for cleaning and painting Having discharged the balance of her Home cargo and loaded a, consignment of apples, tho -steamer Cornwall left Port ('lwlmcrs last evening for Timaru, Lyttelton. Napier, and Wellington to comnleto her loading for London. The mail steamer Manama is in leave Sydnov to-day for Wellington. She ir, lister] 'to leave the hitter port on Ma.v 9 for San Francisco via, Rarotonga and Papeete. The Holmdale is due at Dunedin; on Saturday from Wellington to Lmd for Oam:mi'. Timaru. Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Tho Canadian Spinner, which sailed from Bluff at noon on Tuesday for Melbourne. discharged 53,099 oases of oil and fiftv tons of paper at the southern pert. The Tasmania, which made a. belated berthage- at Bluff ou Tuesday, will load 5,417 bales of wool -and 131 bales of hemp for London and 1.500 sacks of fescue for New York. The Dorset left Bluff on Tuesday morning for Wellington niter loading for London 29,000 freight carcasses, 12,090 crates of cheer-o, 1.078 boxes of butter, 2,060 bales of wool, 17.000 Rigs of peas, 100 cases of tallow. Captain G. 15. Corbv, of the. Kakapo, and Captain IL G. Knowles, of the Kahika, have exchanged ships. Mr F. T. Frye has joined (he Gale as third engineer. Mr W. H. Reeve, second mate of the Gale., has signed olf the vessel’s articles. The Hndd:rrt-Parl;er steamer Ulimaroa. which arrived at Sydney from Wellington on Tuesday, is scheduled to leave Sydney on Saturday with passengers, mails, and cargo for Auckland, where she is due on the following -Wednesday. The yawl-rigged yacht Amaryllis, which arrived at Auckland from England via iiie Islands and Sydney, on December 31. sailed for Noumea, on Sunday last, en route for England. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received cable advice that tho Otaki arrived at Adelaide on April 29, on route from New York and Newport News. Tho hulk Rothesay Bay, purchased by the Union Commriv, after having been damaged in a collision with the steamer Calm in Otago Harbor, was towed out from Wellington on Monday afternoon by the Katea. en route for Auckland. The Federal Line advises that the Durham is to sail from Wellington, to-day for Lyttelton In complete loading. She •will leave Lyttelton probably on Saturday for Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. The Horn rata., en route from Melbourne and Adelaide to London, arrived at Durban on April 29. The Federal Line steamer Devon is to leave, Wellington to-morrow for Bluff. Dunedin, and Lyttelton, and is to rail from Lyttelton on llio 20th iust. for Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company advises that tho Mabia will leave Auckland about the end of this week for Gisborne. Wellington, and Lyttelton for Homcword loading. She is expected to get away from Lyttelton on May 24 for London. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Maori arrived at Lyttelton at- 6.55 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected with the 8.45 a.m. express for the south. INCOMING VANCOUVER MAIL. The RsM.S. Makura, en. route- from Vancouver to Auckland, left Suva last Monday evening. She is expected at Auckland to-morrow morning, and is to sail to-xnou’ow -opening ipr; .Sydney,

PORT AUGUSTA LEAVES COLON. Cable advice received by Messrs J. W. Swift and Co. states that the steamer Port Augusta, en route from New York to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin. Melbourne, and Sydney, resumed her voyage from Colon on (May 1. The vessel 'is due at Auckland on May 20, and at Dunedin, about June 6. NIAGARA REPORTED. The Union Company has received advice that the R.M.B. Niagara left Suva at noon on Saturday Last for Honolulu and Vancouver, on route from Sydney and Auckland. THE CANADIAN CONSTRUCTOR. The Canadian Constructor is to leave Melbourne on May 12 to load at Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland for New York, Boston, and Montreal. She is trow due at Dunedin about May 20. RUAHINE FROM SOUTHAMPTON. According to cable news received by the New Zealand Shipping Company the liner Ruahine arrived at Colon on April 27 from Southampton, and left Panama on, the same clay for Auckland, Wellington, and Port Chalmers. The vessel is due at Auckland on May 20, and at Dunedin about May 31. TEKOA’S ITINERARY. The Tckoa, which arrived at Auckland on Tuesday morning from Liverpool, of tor completing discharge of cargo at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, will load at Dunedin, Tim am, Lyttelton, and Wellington for Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. She is to leave Wellington for Avonmouth about the middle of Juno. THE CANADIAN MILLER, The Canadian Miller is duo at Dunedin from. Melbourne at the Litter end of May. She will load at Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Auckland for New York, Philadelphia., Boston, Montreal, and inland points in U.S.A. and Canada.. FLOATING SPAR SIGHTED.

NEAR EAST CAPE ISLAND. Tho following message was received by the secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, from tho Auckland radio station at 9.15 p.m. yesterday :—“Tho captain of the steamer Ku.toa reports ; ‘ East Ca.no Island, 177'deg. 4| miles, passed vessel’s spar, like top-gallant mast, floating vertically 6ft above water, apparently attached to wreckage below.’ ” WIRELESS FROmTiAKO. A wireless message received by Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co, from the captain of the steamer Pinko, en route from til.. John and New York 1o New Zealand and Australian ports, dates that the vessel will arrive -at Auckland to-morrow afternoon. THE PORT PIRIE. Messrs J. IV. Swift and Co. advise that tho C...and D. liner Port Pirio is now or,--.-ten to leave Lyttelton at imm nr. Saturday for Dunedin. She should therefore arrive hero on Sunday morning, and will bo berthed at the Victoria wharf to discharge the balance of her general cargo from Glasgow and Liverpool. The vessel will go fo Port Chalmers on Tuesday or Wednesday next to commence Homeward loading. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL,

The following vessels are expected to be - within range of the undermentioned wiro- ■ less stations to-night Awanui.—Makura, Iturow, Rakanoa. ’ Auckland.—lvatoa. K-aikorai, Piako, • Moeraki, Whanga.pc, Naviia, Tutanokai, ’ Carpentaria. Wellington.—Maori, Mararoa, Ngaio, ■ Aralmra, Paloona, Waipori, Taim-i, Durham, Canadian Spinner, Koromiko. > Chatham Islands.—Raranga, Zealandic, | Tredcnham. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. i AUCKLAND, May 3.—6.45 a.m., 1 Fiona, irom Fiji. - WELLINGTON, May 3,—2.35 a.m., Woollen, from Lyttelton.—7.ss a.m,,Wai--1 inana, for Napier.—Port Pirio, for Lyltel- - ton and Dunedin. 1 CREYMOIITH, 3fay 4.-2 a.m., Kai-tan-oata., for Melbourne. 1 LYTTELTON, May 3.-11.30 a.m., 1 Wanaka, from Wellington,—L4o p.m.. ' Baden Powell, from Kaipara.—l2.lo p.m.. ■ Opua. for Grcyinoutlb.—4 p.m., .Kalcapo, for Timaru. TIMARU. May 4.-3 a.m., Cornwall, ■ from Port Chalmers. ? TABLE BAY, May 2.—Ceramic, for 1 London, ) PORT NATAL, May I.—Hororaf-a, for j London. ! . COLON, -May I.—Port August a. lor I • Auckland. I HALIFAX, -May L—Canadian Leader, ; for Sydney. ! NEW YORK. (May I.—Canadian. ' G minor, from Auckland. HULL, May I.—Cooce. for Melbourne. LONDON, May I.—Ruapehu, from i Wellington.—Tropic, from Melbourne.— ’ Wi.ngnrntta, from Wellington.—Orvielo. I from Sydney. i

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

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