SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 18173, 13 January 1923, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. St. Clair : a.m., 12.16 pjn. Taiaroa Head : a.m., 12.26 p.m. Port Chalmers : 0.40 a.m., 1.6 p.m. Dunedin t 1.10 a.m., 1.36 p.m. MONDAY. St. Clair; 0.42 a.m., 1.8 p.m. Taiaroa Head : 0.52 a.m., 1.18 p.m. Port Chalmers : 1.32 a.m., 1,58 p.m. Dunedin : 2.2 a.m., 2.28 p.m. THE SUN. Sols to-day, 7.53 p.m.; rises to morrow, 4.41 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 7.53 p.m.; rises Monday, 4.42 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Set to-day, 5.49 p.m.; rises to-morrow. L 55 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 4.57 p.m.; rises MonMay, 2.44 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m.

Wind.—L, light; hr, breeze; fb, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy 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; 0, 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 the following at noon to-day :—The indications are for southerly winds, moderate to strong; the weather will probably prove squally, with heavy showers, and colder; barometer rising soon; sea rough, tides high. S AILED. —Jan nary 12. Maimoa, s.s. (5 p.m.), 8,001 tons. Gaskcll, for Lyttelton, January 15. Corinna, s.s. (2 ami.), 1,319 tons, Anderson, for New Plymouth via. ports. The Shaw-Savil liner Maimoa, after loading a quantity of wool and other cargo, left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. yesterday for Lyttelton, Timaru, and North Island ports to complete loading for America, and the United Kingdom. The Storm is now expected at Dunedin on Tuesday from Lyttelton to load for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Wanganui. The Kailangata, which is undergoing overhaul at Port Chalmers, will go into dry dock on Monday morning. The mail steamer Makura is duo at Auckland on Monday morning from Vancouver via ports. She is to sail on Tuesday raornin/g for Sydney. The Ngatoro is duo at Dunedin on Tuesday from Napier direct, and is listed to sail the same day for Napier and Gisborne via ports. The Union Conmnny's cargo steamer Kaitoke lias been lixed to leave Sydney on January 31 for Fiji and Auckland. The Suffolk is to sail from Auckland tn-day for Boston, Avonmouth, Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow. The Pakcha, from Liverpool, is duo at. Auckland on February 10. She will sad later for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. The Kawatiri, which is expected at Dunedin about the end of next week from Newcastle with coal, will discharge and then dock at Port Chalmers for survey and overhaul. The Port Hunter, due at Lyttelton on January 19 from Wellington, is to sail on .January 31 for London. Having completed repairs to her pump, the Rama sailed from Lyttelton on Thursday afternoon for Waitangi, Chatham Islands. The Canadian Transporter is expected to leave the Pacific Coast about February 1 for Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Advice has been received that the Canadian, Government steamer .Canadian Ranger is to leave Halifax about February 15 for Now Zealand and Australian ports. Tho Waitotno is duo at Port, Chalmers early to-morrow morning from Nauru Island via Lyttelton to discharge a part curve of phosphates. ■]ho \Yaiteraata.left Lyttelton kite Inst inn-hb for Timaru and Dunedin to d.iv charm part cargo from Singapore. She is duo hero on Tuesday, and will sail about Wednesday for Bluff to complete discharge. The Wanaka,. from Auckland via, Wellington and Lyttelton, is duo at Dunedin on 1 nesdav morning. She is to sail on Tuesday evening for Bluff.

The Kaitangata is to leave Port Chalmers at tho end of next week for Greymouth to load for Wellington. Tho Kahika is duo hero on Thursday next from Wellington to load fox New Plymouth and Nelson. Tho Holm dale is due here on Monday from Lyttelton, and is listed to Bail on Monday night for way ports and Wanganui. Tho Breeze is duo here to-morrow from Timaru, and will sail on Monday night for way ports and Wanganui. Tho Manuka left, Sydney yesterday afternoon for Auckland, where, she is duo on Tuesday morning. She .is timed to sail on the return voyage on Friday morning. A cable,gram from Loudon states that the steamer Moldavia, eu route from Melbourne to London, and the steamer Montrose, bound from Australian ports to tho United Kingdom, passed Perim on January 11. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Wahine arrived at Lyttelton «.l 6.50 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected' with the first express for tho south. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. From Sydney via Wellington, Rarotonga., and Papeete, the Union Company’s R.M.S. Tahiti arrived at San Francisco at 3 p.m. on Monday last, Sho was to leave San Francisco yesterday for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. MAHIA AT LONDON. The Shaw-Savill Company has received advice that tho Mahia., which left Auckland on November 23, arrived at London on January 9 after a voyage of forty-two days via Montevideo. MAHAN A LEAVES BALBOA. Tho Shaw-Slivill Company’s liner Mahan a, en route from London to Auckland and Lyttelton via Fiji, left Balboa- on Monday last. She is expected at Suva on January 28, and will unload a portion of her cargo there. Tho Mahana is due art Auckland on February 4, later proceeding to Lyttelton to complete discharge. OVER 1,600 MOTOR SHIPS. The important position which the motor ship Ihsus now reached in the maritime world is demonstrated from the official figures which (have just been issued giving details of tho world’s tonnage. From these the fact is indicated that, there are now 1,620 motor vessels classed in * Lloyd’s Register,’ totalling 1,542,000 tons gross, whereas in July. 1914, the number was only 297. The ‘ Motor Ship ’ points out that during the year ended July, 1922, motor ships totalling 293,360 tons gross wore placed in commission, this figure represemtmi£f the largest output of internal-combiifition-enffiined craft that has over been achieved during a smelo year, Snecial importance attaches to tins matter in view of tho very severe depression- under which tho shi.pbualdin.ff industry lias labored for Romo time past. It is equally significant that if the records for tho past three years ho examined it will bo found that the tonnaee of motor ships has shown a regular me e v t i i i f ms bunt has steadily declined. THE CANADIAN PIONEER. Messrs IT. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the Canadian Pioneer, from Adelaide, was delayed in working cargo at Bluff yesterday owing to a shortage of labor and trucks. Slip is expected to reach Port Chalmers early to-morrow morning, and will sail on Monday evening for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland to complete loading for New York, Boston, Halifax, and Montreal. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. NAPIER,, January 13,—T0 sail. 8 p.m. ; Nsatnro, for Dunedin, WELLINGTON. January 12.—Arrived : Otararna (8.20 run.), from Auckland. Sailed : 'Wanaka, (6.10 p.m.), for Lyttelton and ’Dunedin. LYTTFJjTON, January 12.—Sailed ; Breeze (6 p.m.). for Timaru and Dunedin, Port Darwin, for Gisborne. January 13—Arrived : Maimoa (9.40 a.m.), from Port. Chalmers. -Sailed : W-aitomo (0.25 a.m.), for Port Chalmers. GAMA BIT, January 13. Arrived : Ckirin.na- (10 a.m.), from DunciJin, BlilTF!'', January 13.—Sailed ; Cfsfflidian Pioneer (10.15 a.m.), for Porfr-Ohii-l-me.rs. SYDNEY, January 12.-—Sailed ; Manuka (11 a.m.), for Auckland. ALEXANDRIA, January 11.--Sa.iled ; Boon all. for London. TABLE BAY. January 11. —Sailed ; Hector, for Melbourne. TENERTFF'E. January If.— Sailed : Suevio. for Melbourne. LONDON. January 11. —Sailed : Benalia, for Adelaide. (For continuation see Into Shipping.)

New moon Jan. 17 2.11 p.m. First quarter Jan. 25 5.29 p.m. Full moon Feb. 2 3.23 a.m. Last quarter Feb. 8 8.46 p.m.

to-day : — Bar. Ther. Weath. WelTton-N.W., f b 29.65 62 OD Greyraouth—S M b ... 29.65 60 BO Christchurch^ —N.E., 1 29.45 71 0 Timaru—S.E., 1 29.50 60 BO Oauiara —>S.W., 1 .... 29.49 60 OP Dunedin- —S.W., i ... 29.60 67 OD Queenstown —S.W., b 29.53 68 G Nuggets—S.W., I ... Biuff —S.W., 1 ... ... 29.57 51 P CZ 29.60 58