SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 18399, 6 October 1923, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. St. Clair i a.m., p.m. Taiaroa Head : a.m., 12.6 p.m. Port Glialmars : 0.18 a.m., 12.46 p.m. Dunedin : 0.48 a.m., 1.16 p.m. MONDAY. St. Clair : 0.20 a.m., 12.46 p.m. Taiaroa Head : 0.30 a.m.. 12.56 p.m. Port Ohalmers : 1.10 a.m., 1.36 p.m. Dunedin : 1.40 a.m., 2.6 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 6.18 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 5.34 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 6.20 p.m.; rises Monday, 5.32 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Set to-day, 1.19 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 3.40 a.m. Sets to-morrow, 2.28 p.m.; rises Monday, 4,15 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 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; 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 following at noon to-day -The rttlacationa are for southeasterly winds, moderate to strong, and freshening; the weather will probably prow cold and showery; the night will bo very cold; barometer rising soon; sea heavy, tides good. ARRlVED.—October 5. Kotare, s.s. (5.30 p.m.), 147 tons, Mumby, from Bluff.—ll. C. Campbell, Ltd., agents.

SAlLED.—October 5. Opibi, s.s.' (4.35 p.m.), 1,117 tons, Elders, for New Plymouth via ports. Kamo, s.s. (5 p.m.), 1,236 tons, Davey, for Napier and Gisborne via ports. Gale, s.s. (6.5 p.m.), 610 tons, Sharpe, for Wanganui via ports.

Tho Corinna is due on Monday from Wellington to load for way ports and New Plymouth. The Flora is duo to-morrow from Bluff, and is listed to sail on Monday for Timaru and Auckland.

Tho Pukaki, from Auckland and Wellington, is duo on Monday morning, tjhe will load for Tirnarn, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. The Waitomo is due. at Port Chalmers to-morrow from Nauru Island and Lyttelton. After tho balance of her phosphate cargo has been discharged she will undergo survey. 'The Hohndale completed her annual overhaul at Wellington yesterday, and sailed last evening for Dunedin. She is duo to-morrow evening, and will sail on Monday for Wellington and Wanganui via ports. The Kamo sailed last, evening for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington to complete loading for Napier and Gisborne.

The Uliinaroa left Auckland yesterday morning for Sydney. She will leave the New South Wales ’port on Saturday ne.xt for Wellington, where she is due on October 17.

Cargo discharged from the Marama at Wellington this xveek < included transhipments ex the following steamers :■ —Levuka, Marella, Riverina, Macnmha, ()s----tc-rley, Coulhnrn, Sonoma, Naldera, Hobson’s Bay, Jervis Bay, Cephco, Victoria, Madras Maru, Tasixarem, Wyreeraa, Teneriffa, Eastern, and Ci-tta di Genoa. The vessel also brought over 3,000 cases of fruit. The Marama sailed on the return trip to Sydney yesterday morning. According to the latest reports the fourmasted barquentine Hesperian has been chartered to load timber at North Pacific ports for Auckland and Wellington.

Mr L. T. Munn, purser of tbs Mararoa, has left that vessel, and baa joined the Wahine in a similar capacity, relieving Mr T. G. Harding. Mr R. A. Nock lias been engaged as purser of the Mararoa. The Federal Company advises that the Piako, from New Plymouth, is due at Wellington about October 10 for loading. She proceeds thence to Napier and Auckland, and will sail from the latter port about October 24 for London and West of England. The Nippon Yusen Kaisba is considering the construction of a fleet of eighteenknot ships of ( 23,000 tors apiece in opposition to the Canadian Pacific Oriental Line. Th© Canadian Traveller is to leave Vancouver on October 15 for Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. She will be followed by the Canadian Importer, which is to sail from Vancouver on December 10 for Auckland and Sydney.

THE FERRY SERVICE. The Wahine arrived at Lyttelton at 7.25 a.m. to-day from Wellington, and mails and passengers connected with the 8.45 a.m. express for the south. OUTGOING VANCOUVER MAIL. The Union Company’s R.M.S. Makura is duo at Auckland on Monday morning from Sydney. She will leave the northern port on Tuesday for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. RUAPEHU FROM LONDON. The liner Ruapehu is scheduled to sail from London on October 28 for Auckland, Napier, and Port Chalmers. CANADIAN SPINNER TO LOAD. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the Canadian Spinner will probably load in Now Zealand towards the end of November for New York, Boston, and Halifax. CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL, The Ha-in steamer Trecarrcll, with general cargo from West of England ports, was expected to leave Auckland yesterday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff to complete discharge. HORORATA LOADS AT LIVERPOOL. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Fororata is to leave Liverpool to-day with general cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. lONIC LEAVES BALBOA. Cable nows received by tho Shaw, P-avill, and Albion Company states that the lonic, on route from London and Southampton, left Balhna on October 1 for Wellington, where she is due on October 24. Tho vessel will disembark her passengers at Wellington, and will sail on the same day for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff to discharge her cargo. PAKEHA DUE AT AUCKLAND. Tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Pakelia is expected to arrive at Auckland about tho beginning of next week from London. Tho vessel will go to Mot-uliihi first to discharge about 300 tons of explosives. Afterwards she will berth at Auckland to unload over 5,000 tons of general merchandise. The vessel will then come to Dunedin to complete discharge. A large quantity of the Pakcha’s cargo includes machinery and iron work, which was delayed at London on account of the dockers’ strike.

AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAMERS. The Moldavia, which left Fremantle, on September 25, is due at London on October 26. The Mongolia left London on Sopfember 28, and is due at Sydney on November 8. Tho Naldera leaves Sydney on October 10. and is due at London on November 23. The Narkunda. arrived al London on September 28 from Fremantle. The Khybcr, which left London on August 31, is due at Sydney on October 15. " ‘ MASTERS TRANSFER. The following transfers of masters of the Shaw, Sa.vill, and Albion Company’s service are announced : —Captain A. J. Charman, late of the Waimnna, lias joined the Tninui; Mr C. M. Andrews, late of the Raranga., is now on the Waimana; Air H. R. Gordon, late of the Knniara. is now on the Raranga; Captain W. P. Clift-Mogg, late of the Waiwera, is now on tho Maliia ; Captain IT. C. Elford, late of the Mahia. is now on the Olira. ROTORUA’S DEPARTURE. Tho New Zealand Shipping Company advises that tho Rotorua is to leave Wellington on Tuesday for Auckland to complete Homoward loading. Passengers will join the vessel at Wellington on Tuesday morning, and at Auckland next Friday evening. Tho Rotorua is now timed to leave Auckland at noon on Saturday, October 13, for Southampton and London via Panama. MOTOR LINER FOR PACIFIC TRADE UNION COMPANY’S LATEST. Additional details have boon received regarding the new motor liner which is under construction al the yard of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. Tho vessel, which will be of 20,000 tons displacement, will bo tho largest motor ship in the world, and tho largest vessel crossing the Pacific Ocean. Tho new vessel is to bo called the Aorangi, which is the Maori name of Mount Cook, New Zealand, and tho same name as a well-known transpacific liner of the Union Company in pre-war days. The now vessel will be 600 ft in length, with 72ft beam, and will be driven by four screws, tho motive power being provided by internal-combustion engines of tho Sulzer type. In the new vessel the space for passenger accommodation will bo 18 per cent, greater than would be available if she were driven by steam turbines with oil fuel. There will bo provision for 920 passengers, of which 400 will bo in the first class. A feature of the accommodation will be the large number of single and two-berth cabins installed, many having private bathrooms attached. In the general design of the vessel there are several innovations. Ice cream and soda fountains will be one feature, anil there will be a soft-drink lounge on deck for first and second class passengers. On the boat deck there will be a gymnasium, which will bo reached by two electric elevators from the lower deck. The Aorangi will make the trip across the Pacific in eighteen days, travelling at seventeen knots, and it is expected that she will be ready towards the end of 1924. Compared with the former vessel of the same name, she is a wonderful example of the advance of shipbuilding in forty years. The old Aorangi was built in 1883, and before tho war was often seen in Sydney Harbor, with her clipper bow, three masts, and a single funnel. The old Aorangi was engaged for many years in the Union Royal Mail Line running from Sydney to San Francisco.

N ew moon Oct. 10 5.36 p.m. First quarter Oct. 17 8.24 a.m. Full moon Oct. 25 5.55 a.m. Last quarter Nor, 2 8.19 a.m.

Bar. Ther. Weath. Wellington—S-, { b... 29.87 51 0D Grcymouth—B., m s 29.78 66 BC Christchurch—Balm... 29.99 63 0 Timaru—S.E., f b ... 30.02 50 0 Oamaru—-S.E., 1 29.99 51 0 Dunedin—Calm ., 30.04 49 0 Queenstown—E., "l 29.91 47 B Nuggets—Calm . — 47 0 Bluff—E., I 29.89 46 0