SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 18998, 21 July 1925, Page 1

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow,— St, Clair: 3.16 a.m., 3.33 p.m. Taiaron Hood: 3.26 a.m., 3.48 p.m. Port Chalmers. 4.6 a.m., 4.28 p.m. Dunedin; 4.36 a.m., 4.58 p.m. THE SUN. Set to-day, 4.43 p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 7,44 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sots to-day, 4.58 p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 8.15 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Tlio Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Ratos) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-dav:—

Wind.—L, light; b, breeze; f to, fresh breeze; mg, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue shy, bo the atmosphere dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; I), 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 ruin; S, snow; T, thunder; 11, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. Forecast, The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Rates) supplied the following at noon to-day :—The indications are for westerly winds, strong to a gale at times; weather cloudy and unsettled, rain probable; barometer falling; sea, moderate swell; tides good. SAILED.—JuIy 20. Comeric, s.s. (2.40 p.m.), 6,711 tons, J. R. Dickenson, for Newcastle and Fremantle. Kamo, s.s. (5.25 p.m.), 1,236 tons, Gardiner, lor Oamaru. The Wanaka, which wont to Port Chalmers yesterday for cleaning and painting, was for about a- week lying idle at the cross wharf. The vessel is expected to come out of dock to-night, but her subsequent movements aro indefinite. Tne Kami 1 ), which was idle at Dunedin for several days owing to the waterfront trouble, sailed last evening for Oamaru. There she is to start loading for Napier and Gisborne. Timaru and Lyttelton will bo the way ports. The Weir steamer Comeric left Port Chalmers yesterday after discharging nearly 1,000 tons of sulphur from Galveston. She is bound for Newcastle to replenish her hunkers before going to Fremantle to finish unloading. The Calm is due to come out of dock at Port to-morrow evening. On Thursday she should load here for Wanganui via pons.

The Waikouaiti is expected to commence loading at Sydney to-morrow for Rlnff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Timaru. The Storm will proceed from Bluff to Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton to load lor Wellington and Wanganui. She will not visit Dunedin on account of the shipping deadlock.

The Hohndalo is due at Dunedin on Friday from Wellington to discharge and load general cargo. From Dunedin she will go to Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui.

The Kotare is loading a full general cargo, including Oregon timber, for Invercargill. She is to .sail late to-night. Tho Kaitangata is to leave Timaru to-night for Dunedin to continue discharge of her Australian cargo. The AVingatni, listed to leave Lyttelton at noon, should arrive at about u a.m. to-morrow to discharge a large quantity of general cargo (including fruit and sugar) from Auckland. The chartered steamer Doonholm is due to arrive to-morrow from Lyttelton to discharge assorted freight from Sydney (Cape Breton), Montreal, and Newport Nows. Tho Middlehain Castle should reach Dunedin about August 1 to unload ease oil ami general merchandise from New York via Panama and Now Zealand ports. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Maori, from Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 0.50 a.m. to-day, and passengers and mails connected with the 8.50 a.m. express. TR ANS P‘AC fFI C CARG O SER VICE. The following movements of vessels engaged in flic transpacific cargo service aro announced by the Union Company:— Hauraki, left San Franeisca on July 2 for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne. Adelaide, and. Sydney. Due at Auckland about .Inly 25. Wiilaslon. left San Francisco on Juno 23 for Napier, Lyitelton. Tmiam, P - edin, Bluff, and New Plymouth. Duo at Napier about July 21. Wairuna, left Newcastle on June 26 for Vancouver direct, where she is duo about July 24. She loads at Vancouver and San Francisco during July and August for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. Waiotapu, left Sydney mi July 15 for Vancouver via Suva, Lautoka, and Fanning Island. She loads at Pacific Coast ports during August for Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney. The forward loading dates at Pacific Coast ports are approximately as follow ;—Wairuna, late July early August, for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney; Waiotapu, late August, for Auckland. Melbourne, and Sydney; Waitemata, late September and early October, for P.apeeto, Napier, Nelson, and New Plymouth; AVillaston, October, for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Newcastle; Hanraki, late October and early November, for Auckland, Melbourne,, Adelaide, and_ Sydney; Waikawa, November; Wairuna, late November and early December; Waiotapu, December.

CARGO FROM AMERICA. The Swavne and Hoy to Line steamer West Cahokia, from San Francisco, arrived at Auckland on Wednesday with a large cargo of lumber, case oil, and general cargo from Pacific Coast ports. The vessel liad to unload 500,000 ft ol lumber, 26,000 cases of oil, and 500 tons of general cargo. The cargo was loaded at Tacoma, Seattle, Everett, Vancouver, and San Francisco. The West Cahokia cleared Vancouver on July 11 and San Francisco on Juno 17. Generally, fair weather prevailed on the voyage, and the speed crossing the Pacific averaged 9.2 knots. The West Cahokia, commanded by Captain L. A. Gilley, has cargo also for Lyitelton, Melbourne, and Sydney. MOTOR SHIPS OR STEAM? “ Only English conservatism is responsible for Great Britain not building more motor ships,” said the chief olhcer of a Swedish motor ship that visited Melbourne recently. “The motor ship lias now proved itself. The great English shipbuilders are apparently letting others do the experimenting with motor ships and merely watching the results. But if they do not take care they will find fhat the .shipbuilding industry !ms slipped out of their bands, for motor ships are proving themselves every day to bo superior to steamers, and tew of these ships are being built in Groat Britain.” Defending the steamship, an officer of the Bardic said;—“Motor ships aro still on trial. At present all seems to bo well with them, out a ship cannot he judged by its performance during the first few years. It is not till about six or seven years have passed that it can be seen whether a ship is a success. It is the. general opinion among those in England who incline towards steam that motor ships will not stand the tost of time. In the case of steamships the engines would give warning of any weakness in time for it to he remedied before any serious breakdown occurred. If in mid-ocean a steamer could run on only a few cylinders while repairs were being carried out. _ A fault causing a mishap in one portion would not sheet all of the engines. If any part of the engines of a motor ship became weak no warning would bo given till the actual breakdown occurred, and a small fault in one part of the engines would probably affect the whole machinery. The motors work at such speed that a comparatively small mishap would probably tear them to bits before they could be stopped. In the case of motor ships with several separate engines these are all geared to the same shaft, and a breakdown in one engine would affect all.” MATATUA’S LOADING PORTS. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Line’s Matatua, which is now discharging Glasgow' and Liverpool cargo at Port Chalmers, is to sail on Thursday evening for Oamaru to commence Homeward loading. She will proceed thence to Timaru, and will return to Port Chalmers about August 5 to load frozen meat and general cargo. From Port Chalmers the Matatua will'proceed to Lyttelton and Wellington to complete loading. She is scheduled to sail finally from Wellington on August 20 for Loudon via Montevideo. UNION COMPANY’S NEW STEAMERS. Captain W. Paul, of the Union Steam Ship Company, who is at present in England for the purpose of bringing out one of the company’s new steamers to New' Zealand, has some interesting remarks to make about the various vessels in a letter received in Wellington recently. He states that tho first_ of three boats being built for tho Union S.S. Company at Gray’s yard, West Hartlepool, for the Greymouth trade, was launched recently. She is a line type of collier, the engines being placed aft, and fitted .with all the latest patents for the handling of coal. The new' vessel is of 3,000 tons dead-w'eight, and her speed will be about 9$ knots on a coal consumption of about twenty tons per day. The now' passenger boat Tamahinc, for the Welliiigton-Picton service, states Captain Paul, will be ready about the end of September. The new' vessel has nice lines, and will be capable of doing seventeen knots per hour. As is usual with most of the Union Company’s speedy special service boats, the Tamahinc will have twm funnels, and w'ill bo fitted with electric winches and capstan, as well as being up to date iu every wav.

The latest tiling in oil-tankers, which has been named the Alokia, was launched at Hull on February 23. She is fitted with tiulzor-Diesel engines, and is twin-screw. Special attention has been paid to accommodation for the new, which can only be called splendid. Everywhere there is plenty of room, and the fittings are good. Tho greasers. oilers, and seamen are berthed forward, and have a big social hall at their disposal, fitted with settees, chairs, and card tables. The engineers aro placed aft, and they also have, good looms and a social hall. BRINGING CANADIAN CARGO. The Canadian Challenger, which lett Montreal late in May for Auckland via, Panama, sailed for Wellington alter discharging part of her Canadian general cargo. The steamer was scheduled to leave Wellington to-day for Lyttelton and Timaru. and is due here troin the latter port about July 25 to unload . about 700 tons of her freight. She should commence loading at Dunedin .for Now York, Boston, and Montreal, and will call at Wellington and Auckland to (lull up. The Challenger is fixed to leave Auckland finally about August 2 or 3. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—’Min, Hanraki. Dunedin, Arawa, Laburnum, Veronica, Flora, Kaitoke, Tungsha, Omana, Kaiapoi, Poolta, Koronuko, Sonoma, Pakipaki, West Calera, Tofua, Kaikorai, VVTHasten. Chatham Islands. -Arawa, Dorset. Awania.—Comeric, DooiJ’olm. Hoilinside, K a rein, Kaituna, Kaitangata, Kotka, Penniorvali, Tugela, Manana, Wnitomo, Wingatni. Wellington.—Maori, Mararoa, Ngain, Arahura, Gurna, Kauri, Tahiti, Katoa, Canadian Challenger, Tekoa, Ruapehu, Waiwera, Physa, Karon. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 21.—Arrived: Maunganni (7 a.m.), from Sydney; lluia, schooner (8.30 a.m.), from Grafton; Canopus (1.45 a.m.), from Westport. Sailed; Kaitoke (1.50 a.m.), lor Wellington. WELLINGTON, July 20.—Arrived: Kia Ora (12.35 p.m.), from Tokomaru Bay; Tutanekai (1 p.m.), from southern lighthouses. Sailed: Ilemnera (3.15 p.m.), Tees (10.30 p.m.), lor Lyttelton; Holmdale (6 p.m.), for Wanganui; John (midnight), lor Havelock. LYTTELTON July 20.—Arrived; Kennedy (12.20 p.m.), from Foxton. Sailed; Kumara (4.30 p.m.), for JtVelJington,

New moon To-day 9.10 a.m. Fiist quarter duly 29 7.53 a.xn. Full moon Aug. 4 11.29 p.ra. iiast quarter Aug. 11 8.41 p.m.

B. T. W. Wellington—N.W.. b .‘10.09 58 lit; Grojnioi!t.h—N., ,1 ! b 30.08 47 ? ChristcrJmrch—K. I... 29.98 46 J3C Timaru—N.W., 1 ... 29.8!) 89 BG Oiimaru—N.W., b ... 29.88 45 BO Dunedin—Calm 29.8(5 41. B (J Qucoiist’ii —N.W., f b 29.88 86 c: Bind—N.W., b ... 29.82 48 B