SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 18336, 25 July 1923, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. S(. Clair ; 0.44 a.rn., 1.11 p.m. Taiarna Hoad : 0.54 a.m., 1.21 p.m. Port Chalmers : 1.54 a.m., 2.1 p.m. Dunedin ; 2.4 a.m., 2.31 p.m. THE SUN. Set? to-day, 4.46 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.41 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full moon July 28 10.3 a.m. Last quarter Aug. 5 6.52 a.m. New moon Aug. 12 10.47 p.m First quarter Aug. 19 5.37 p.m. Hose to-day, 2.18 p.m.; seta to-morrow, 5.32 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to day

Wind.—L, light; b, breeze; fb, fresh jieezc; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional io verity. Weather.—B, 'blue sky, be the atmo-U-'here clear nr heavy ; C, clouds, passing douds; D. drizzling rain; F, foggy: G, doorny, 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; IT', ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast. Tho Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied-the following at noon to-day ; —The indications are for northerly v mds. moderate to strong, freshening, and backing by west to south; the weather will prohalLly prove cold and showery: barometer unsteady, but rising after about twenty hours; sea, moderate swell; tides good. ARRIVED.—.JuIy 24. Gale, s.s. (3.30 p.m.). 610 tons, Sharpe, from ’Wanganui via ports. Wanaka, s.s. (7.30 p.m.), 2,495 tons, Watson, from Auckland via ports. July 25. Kolare, s.s. (3.30 a.m.), 147 tons. Mum by, from Waikawa. VESSELS EXPECTED AT DUNEDIN. —Coastal.— Calm, Wanganui via ports, July 27. Kin:, Gisborne direct, July 28, 'Comma, Wellington, July 28, Storm. Wanganui via ports. July 30. Kotare, Bluff, Waikawa, July 3‘). Holmdale, Wanganui via ports, Ju.lv 31. Karori, Croyirmuth via ports. Aug. 1. Kakangata, We-tjjort, Aug. 1. Breeze. Wanganui via ports. Ang. 2. Wingatni. Auckland via ports, Aug>- 2, Opihi, New Plymouth, Well.. Aug. 3. Gale, Wanganui via ports, Aug. 3. Kamo, Greymouth via port?, Aug. 4. Kurnw, Auckland via ports, Aug, ?. Kaioa. Auckland via ports. Ang. 9. Wanaka, Auckland via ports, Aug. 15. —lntercolonial and Oversea.— Canadian Miller, Adelaide, to-day. Vwiiliemo, Vancouver via ports, July 26. Athol], Montreal via ports. July 26. Mneraki, Melbourne via ports, July 27. Port Chalmers, London, Ju'y 27. Kalomn, New York via ports, July 31. Westmoreland, Liverpool, July 31. Pukaki, ’Walpole Island, Aug. 1. Whang,ape, Sydney via ports, Ang. 9. Knsmo, New York via ports. Aug. 9. Dnouhnlm, Montreal via ports. Aug. 9. Armagh. London via ports, Aug. 14. WaikouaiA, Newcastle, Svd , Aug. .16. Naringa. Liverpool via ports. Aug. iO. Swazi. New York via ports. Aug. 24. Paparoa, Liverpool via ports. Sept. 1. Clan Mackenzie, New York, Sept. 1. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. Tahiti, left San Francisco July Z 0 for Wellington and Sydney via, ports; due Wellington August 11. Makura, leaves Sydney August 2 and Auckland August 7 for Vancouver via ports. Niagara, left Auckland July 10 for Vancouver via ports; due Vancouver Julv 28. Mauuganni, left Wellington July 24 for San Francisco via ports: due San Francisco August 13. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. —Coastal.— Gale, Wanganui via ports, to-day. Kotare, Bluff. Invercargill, July 26. Canadian Miller, Lyttelton, July 25. Wnikouaifi, Lvtt-e.lSoji, Sydney, Julv 20. Kamo, Greymouth via ports, July 2d. Calm, Wanganui via ports, July 2d. Kiui, Gisborne via ports, July 28. CWinna, New T’lyni. via ports, July 28 Wanaka, Auckland via ports, July 30. Storm, Wanganui via- ports, Julv 30. Port Chalmers, New Plymouth, July 51. Holmdale, Wanganui via ports, July 31. Breeze, Wanganui via ports. Aug. 2. Kaitaiignta, Uamarn, Tiniaru, Aug. 3.. Wingatni. Auckland via ports, Aug, 3. Pukaki. Auckland via. ports, Aug. 4. Opihi, New Plym. via ports, Aug. 4. Kurow, Auckland via ports, Aug, 8 Katna, Auckland via ports, Aug. 10. —lntercolonial,—■ Cumberland, Sydnev. to-day. Wailicmo, Sydney Vancouver. July 28. Mneraki. Melbourne via Bind', July 27 Atlu.ll, Melbourne, Sydney. July 27. Kalomn, Sydney, Aug. 1. Whangape. Sydney via ports, Aug. 10. '1 lie Kotare, which arrived here early this morning with a cargo of timber from Waikawa, is to sail to-morrow for Blufl, Invercargill, and Riverton. The Waikouaiti is to sail to-morrow morning for Lyttelton, where she will discharge the remainder of her Australian cargo and load for Sydney.

The Kiui is due at Dunedin on Saturday from Gisborne direct. She is listed to sail the same day for Napier and Gisborne via ports. Tho Karori, which has been delayed on the West Coast by bad weather, is expected to leave Greymouth on Friday for Timarii, Onrnaru, and Dunedin. The Wanaka, which arrived here last evening from Auckland via ports, is to sail to-day for Bluff. She will return to Dunedin on Sunday, and will load on Monday for cast coast ports and Auckland. The Gorinna is due here on Saturday morning from ’Wellington, and is listed to sail on Saturday evening for Now Plymouth and Nelson via ports._ The Calm is due at Dunedin on Friday from Bluff, and is listed to sail nil Saturday for Tiniaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the steamer Athoil, from Montreal via northern ports, is dim at Dunedin to-morrow to discharge 600 tons of Canadian merchandise. The vessel will sail on Friday for Australian ports to complete discharge. The Union Company’s freighter Waitomo arrived at Auckland on Saturday from Nauru Island with over 6.000 tons of phosphate. The Devon arrived at- Lyttelton yesterdnv morning from Wellington to load meat for West of England ports and London. From Lid tel ton the vessel proceeds to Bluff, Napier, Gisborne, and back to Wellington to complete.Captain Glcgg. who is in command of (he Athoil. is on his first visit to New Zealand. The Government steamer Lady Roberts, which has been taken over ihy the Samoan Administration, arrived at. Apia from Auckland via Russell and Suva on July 18. The vessel will be stationed at. Apia, and will be utilised to carry passengers, mails, and cargo bet-ween different parts of Samoa controlled by the Administration. , THE FERRY SERVICE. The Mararoa arrived at- Lyttelton at--9.25 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected with the 12.20 p.m. express for the south. INCOMING SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. The R.M.R. Tahiti sailed from San Francisco on July 31 for Papeete. Rarotonga. Wellington, and Sydney. She, is expected at- Wellington on August 11. ■ SHIP'S VARIED CARGO. Includ'd in the cargo of the Federal Steam Navigation Company's steamer Surrev, which berthed at Melbourne on Julv 9, were numbers of bullocks, fowls, anf! canaries, consigned to various Australian ports. A “super-cargo” of two slowa-wavs, who were found concealed among the coal, was also carried. NEW ITALIAN STEAMERS. The Principessa Ginvanna and I’rineipefsa Maria, new Dlovd Sabando steamers are scheduled to leave Genoa for Australia on Sopt'”nher 12 and November 12 t '”?ncrlivelv. Built specially for the Australian trade, they have- a dead-wei , r ht tonnage of 12,500, and. burning oil fuel, their sea-going .speed will the 121, knots. MAJESTIC’S SPEEDY VOYAGE. While steaming nn the Channel between the Caskets and Cherbourg, the While Star liner Majestic, which reached Southampton reeentlv. averaged a meed of 29.70 knots. Plates ‘Lloyd’s Shipping Gazelle.’ This remarkable figure was obtained ehie.lly bv virtue of a strong following tide. The vessel, by .steaming 603 miles in twentv-four hours. e«taWi«hed a record day’s run, and also bv completing a trip at an average speed of 24.79 knots, exceeded her own record era,(bound. PASSENGERS FOR THE ISLANDS. Following is a li«t of passenger* on board the Tofnn. which left Auckland on Saturday morning for Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga: Mesdames Jacobey. Todd. Pigeon, Lovett. O'Brien. Sievers. MMlsop. Menzies, llunnibzll. Henry, Pcpnlewe’L Baxter, Craig, Oliver, Syme, Rice. Bet ham. Cooke,. Guthrie, Wingate. Horsley Richardson. Martin. Wakcni.in, Smith, Lnckarl, Tenlon, MAm-s Tanner, Spence. Bell. Todd, HoiievTdd (2). Dickinson. Evans, Hnnnibell. Mayo, Madid. Butler. Fraser. Clarke. Richard-ou, Hoimlev (2). Bentley, Smith. Hon, D. H. Guthrie, Messrs Pigeon. Meiizic-:, Hello''. Giimnur, Sheppard, Popplcwell, Baxter. R-v. R. V. Macdonald, Oliver, Carew. Western. Barkas. Captain Campbell. Rev. Canon Rice, Cooke, Wingate, Angus, Bakwell. Richardson. Patterson. Crtberwood. Roes. R pence. Baldwin, Bland. Michael, Turner, lies. Madid, Tforslev, Wickste-ad, Craig. WRECK OF SCHOONER ALERT. The American schooner Alert, winch reeentlv became a total wreck on the island of Niue.fomi, in tho Tongan Group, whilst loading copra, was a wooden fourmasted schooner of 548 tons, built in 1902. and owned bv the E. K, Wood Lumber Company, of San Francisco. Sim took a cargo of lumber from Puget Sound to Fiji, and was cliart-ercd by Mc-s-ra Mon-is Hedstrom, Ltd,, to return from the Tongan Group to San Francisco with a freight of copra. Nin.afnnu is in the northern part of the Tongan Group, there is no harbor there, and vessels while loadhig have to be moored on a ledge of rneks. and are exposed to danger during a sudden change of wind, WIRELESS FOG SIGNALS. Tim greatest peril to shipping is fog. Unti'l recently the captain of a ship has had no practicable means of accurately locating in a fog either his own ship or other ships which he is meeting. The radio fog signal and radio compass give the navigator accurate hearings in fog just ns well as in clear weather. In his annual report to Secretary Hoover, the American Commissioner of Lij, lithium's slated that several additional radio fog • signals have been installed during ‘he past year, including one on the new lightship oft Gape I Latter,as and one on San Francisco lightship. America now has five such stations regularly in operation, and six more will be installed in the near future. The United States is in advance of any other nation in tho establishment of these protect ice signals. Their cost is stated to be very moderate, as they can bo operated iby tho regular employees on lightships and at lighthouses. SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC. For the year 1022 the number - of vessels which passed through the Suez Canal was 4.345, their aggregate* tonnage being 28 510.922, and their net tonnage 20.743.245. Of the total, 63 per cent, were British ships, and tho percentage of the net tonnage was 64. S per cent. ; American, ships numbered 137, of a net tonnage of 668,213; Dutch, 455 sinus. 2.161,471 tons; Italian, 225 vessels, 358,011 tons; Japanese, 170 whips. 928,586 tons ; and German, 149 ships. 735,129 tons. If laden merchant vessels alone are counted, tho total for all nations was 2,983, of a net tonnage of 14,247,836. British vessels numbered 2,009, of a, not tonnage of 9,729,963. Out) of 235 vessels in ballast, representing 1,092,498 tons, 225 were British, and of a net- tonnage of 902,652.

THE WESTMORELAND. Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co. advise that tho Federal steamer 'Westmoreland, from Liverpool via ports, is to leave Wellington at noon to-morrow for Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge. She is due hero on Tuesday next, and will subsequently load at New Zealand ports for England. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The, following vessels are expected k) be within range, of the under-mentioned wireless stations to-night Auckland. —A.thenic, Canadian Pioneer, City of Christiania, Dundrennan, Flora, Kntoa, Kaikovai, Kekrrangn, Kosmo. Las Vegas, HALS. Laburnum, Bona, Tofua, Armagh. Wellington.—-Wahine, Mararoa, Ngaio, La Marseillaise, Ling Nam, Arawn, Port Hunter, Tutaiiekai, Koromiko, Ma-unga-nui, Canadian Miller, Wanaka, Moeraki, Eakanoa, Kaitokc. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, July 24.—Sailed ; Opihi (12.15 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Calm (6.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton and Bluff; Maungamii (3 p.m.), for Sun Francisco; Ripple (9 p.m.), for Napier. July 25 Arrived ; Ulimarna '6.30 a.m.), from Sydney; Waihora (3.25 a.m.), from Melbourne. LYTTELTON, July 24.—Arrived : Devon (12.15 p.m.), from Wellington. Saiied : Ka.ltika (6.25 p.m.), for Westport.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

Bar. Ther, Wealh. Wellington—N., h .. . 29.97 48 i> C Gveymnuth—K., b . 30.01 35 0 Chi’istclnirdi—Calm ... . 29.86 40 M Tiniarn—N.'W., 1 .. , 29.88 42 * 0 Oarnaru—N., 1 . 29.89 38 0 Dunedin—Calm . 29.96 41 .15 U Queenstown —N. W,, 1 29.93 36 C Niijmcts—N.W., 1 .. . 29.94 44 0 Bluff—W.. b . 29.85 43 CP