SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 19375, 8 October 1926, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH 'WATER. —To-morrow.— St. Clair: 3.42 a.m., 4.2 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 3.52 a.m., 4.12 p.m. Port Chalmers: 4.32 a.m., 4.62 p.m. Dunedin: 5.2 a.m., 5.22 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 6.24 p.m.; rises fo-mor-row, 5.27 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON,

Sets to-day, 7.28 p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 6.34 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the following at u

Wind.— L, light; b, breeze; ! b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be the atmosphere dear 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, harv. Forecast, Tho Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day;—Tho indications are for northerly winds), strong to gale, freshening and backing by west to north; the weather appears to bo cloudy and unsettled, witn rain following; barometer falling; sea rough swell off shore, an dinercasing, tidas good. SAlLED.—Octoks* 7. Kurow. s.s. (4.15 p.m.>, 2,625 tons, Elders, for Bluff. John, s.s. (5.30 p.m.), 339 tons, Hawick, for Wanganui via ports. The Katoa, which has been delayed by rain, wall sail to-morrow morning for Auckland via ports. The Kaponga was to sail at 4 P-m. for Bluff, Groymouth, and Adelaide. The Ilolmdalo is now expected, at Dunedin on October 14 from Wellington to load for; way ports and Wanganui. Tho Ecmuora was to leave Wellhigfcon at 4 p.m. for Southampton and London via Pitcairn and Panama. The Calm, which was kept at Bluff yesterday by bad weather, is now duo here early to-morrow morning. She will .sail to-morrow for Timaru, Lyttclt.n, Wellington, and Wanganui, Tho Opihi, having been delayed at New Plymouth by. rain, was to leave thoro this afternoon, and should leave Wellington to-morrow for Dunedin direct. She is due on Monday morning to load out for Nelson and New Plymouth via ports. THE NEW WAIPIATA. The Union Company’s new steamer Waipiata, now en route to New Zealand, was built by Napier and Miller, Ltd., at Old Kilpatrick. . Sbe is a twodeck vessel with poop, bridge, and forecastle, three cargo holds, three cargo ’tween docks, cross coal bunkers, machinery aft, double bottom throughout, and classed 100 A.l at Lloyds. Her dimensions are:—Length, 3151 t 15.1!., and beam, 45ft. Her dead-weight tonnage is 4,415 tons. Nos. 1 and 2 ’tween decks and No. 2 hold are specially constructed and tho carriage of cased benzine. Tho propelling machinery, constructed by John G. Kincaid and Company, Ltd., Greenock,, consists of a single-screw triple-expansion surface-condensing inverted engine, with cylinders 25in by 41in by GBin, with 45in stroke; two boilers, Kift diameter by 12ft 2in long. The boiler pressure is 2001 b. There are nine steam winches. Trials lasting six hours were carried out, and a mean speed of 14 knots was attained. THE MANUKA, The Union Company advises. that the steamer Manuka, which left Wellington on Tuesclav with passengers, mails, and cargo for Melbourne, is due at the Victorian port on Sunday. She should sail again on October 13 for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff, and is timed to arrive hero on October 21, and to leave on the following day for the southern port; thence Melbourne. MANY STEAMERS BENAMED. Tho management of tho Ellcrman and Bncknall Line has renamed a. large number of steamers.- Many of the vessels are well-known traders to Australia. Some of the now names arc:— City of Mobile (ex Kentucky), City of Winnipeg (ex Kansas), City of Derby (ex Karonga), City of Khartoum (cs Karroo), City of Perth (ex Kandahar), City of Carlisle (ox Kathln.inha), City of Halifax (ox Kalomo), City of Johnncsbnrg (ex Melford Hall), City ot Dundee (ex Sandon Hall). OCEAN SAILING SHIPS. Wo learn (states ‘Lloyd’s’) that tho British barque Gnrthncill has been sold in Australia, and thereby the number of square-rigged ocean-going . sailing ships still flying the Bed Ensijjn has been reduced to four. Garlhneill, it is understood, has been acquired as a grain store ship in Adelaide. The Marine Navigation Company of Canada, Ltd., her recent owners, still _ own Garthpool, one of the four survivors, while the other three. Monkharns, Kilmallic, and William Mitchell, are owned by Messrs John Stewart and Co., of 2(3-28 Bill iter street, E.C. The Garfhneill, a, steel barque of 1,340 tons, net, was built at Port Glasgow' in 1895 by Messrs Bussell ami Co.

COLLISION JUST AVERTED. Passengers on board the steamer Cameronia (Anchor Lino, from Glasgow), which docked at. New York recently, tell how, in spite of all precautions which wore taken owing to the donso fog recently, the Cameronia ana Samaria (Cinmrd Lino) only avoidci. what might have been a disastrous co lision by a bar© Gft. The Cameronia was proceeding slowly in _ the darkness when the Samaria, which had been heralded by foghorns, ! suddenly appeared on her starboard ! side. The Cameronia swung hard aport, and the Samaria passed her stern so closely that the passengers could easily road the name on the how. The pas- , sengers saw that the slightest, hesita- ': tion on the part of the captain in manoeuvring would have been fatal. The ' combined passengers and crews of the * two ships numbered IiSOO. . - - V ij

THE FERRY SERVICE. The Maori, from Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 7 _ a.m.' to-day, and passengers and mails connected With the 12.20 p.m. express. TOFUA’S P.ASSENGERS. The list of saloon passengers who arrived at Auckland on Monday by the Tofua from Suva was as follows: —Mr Alexander, Misses Brand, Mr Bennett, Mrs Bayloy and child, Mr Broadbent, Mr Batchelor, Mr Brahne, Mr and Mrs Campion, Mr and Mrs Channer, Mr Charlton, Mr Came, Mrs Clark, Mr and Mrs Cotter, Mrs Cunningham, Mr and Mrs Dempsey, Mrs Dowling, Mr and Mrs Evans, Mr Gibson, Miss Guttenbeil, Mr and Mrs Gardiner and two children, Mrs Hammond, Mr Hepburn, Mr Jones, Mrs and Miss Jackson, Miss Lynch, Miss Maclean, Mrs M'Alister, Mr M'Dougall, Mr Marbrook, Miss M'LachJan, Mises M'Kenny, Mrs Mail, Mr Neilson, Miss Pownall, Mrs Robertson, Mr Riechelman, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Rankin, Mr Sinclair, Mr Swinnock, Mr and Mrs Sanft, Mr Sutherland, Mr Stuart, Mr Vickery, Mr and Mrs Wrights Mrs Watson and child and Miss Watson; seven steerage, two Chinese, and seven natives. LONG BOTTLE DRIFTS. Some further instances of the long drifts sometimes made by bottles put in the sea for the purpose of ocean current research are given in a recent issue of the ‘ Hydrographic Bulletin (Washington). A bottle left by tbo American steamer Eagle,, on September 11. 1923, in lat. 11.32 N., long. 90.23 W., was found among the Elnbppine Islands in February, 1925, in (approximately) lat. 8.35 N., long. 126.10 E., having drifted about 8,600 _ miles. Two other bottles picked up in the Philippine Islands had drifted about 7,140 and 6,600 miles respectively. On July 19, 1923, a bottle was dropped by the Polish steamer Lwow in lat. 24.20 N., long. 22.08 W., and was picked up on the coast of Florida in about lat. 30.27 N., long. 87.25 W., baving drifted some 4,500 miles. Between November, 1924, and September. 1925, an officer on board the Italian steamer Ammiraglio Bettolo cast overboard seven bottle papers, all of which were picked up after they had drifted distances varying from 190 to 4,400 miles. ISLAND YACHT OVERDUE. Masters of vessels in the waters of the Western Pacific Islands are' requested to keep a sharp look-out for a cutter-rigged yacht, the Otufelenite, which is more than a week overdue, and to report any observation to the harbormaster at Nukualofa (stated Tuesday’s ‘Herald’). The vessel left Numuka in the Hapai Group on September 22 for Nukualofa, and no word had since been heard of her. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to bo within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland. Veronica, Ngakuta, Niagara, Hororata, Dunedin, Wingatui, Kiwitea, Kaiapoi, Clan M'Whirter, Kaitangata, Ulimaroa. Hmemoa, Taransay, West Islip, Kauri, Omana, Kahvarra, Waiotapu. Chatham Islands.—Tamaroa. Wellington.—Arahura, Maori, Ngaio, Wahine, Manuka, Tahiti, Kairanga, Enton, Kartigi, Mamari, Rimutakn, Port Hacking, Poolta, Tutnnekai, Remuora, Kahuna, Karori, Mararaa. Awarua.— Sir James Clark Ross, Cumberland, City of Newcastle. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, October 7.—Sailed; Kauri (2.15 p.m.), for Newcastle; Waiotapu (10 p.m.), for Wellington; Omana (10.30 p.m.), for Kaipara. October B—Sailed: Ulimaroa (11 a.m.), for Sydney. OPOTIKI, October S. Sailed; H.M.S. Dunedin (8 a.m.), for Tokomaru Bay. WELLINGTON, October 7.—Sailed: Kartigi (4.40 p.m.), for Westport; Tot aril (6.25 p.m.), for New Plymouth. OAMARU, October B.—Arrived; John (2,16 a.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF, October 7.—Arrived: Calm, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Cumberland, for Port Pirio. October B—Arrived: Kurow (8.30 a.m.), from Dunedin. SYDNEY, October 7.—Sailed; Tahiti (5.15 p.m.), for Wellington.

(For, continuation see Late Shipping.)

First quarter Oct. 15 1.53 a.m. Full moon Oct. 21 4.45 p.m. Last quarter Oct. 23 10.27 p.m. Now moon Nov, G 2.4 a.m.

a.m. to-day: Bar. Ther W. Well’ton—N W., f b 29.69 58 OG Gveymouth— -E., b... 29.63 50 BE Ohristch’ch— -S.W., 1 29.67 55 BE Timaru—E., 1 ... ... 29.64 52 BE Oumaru—N. b ... 29.63 52 O Dunedin-—N. E., b ... 29.62 50 OM Qaeenstown--S., 1 ... 29.60 50 B Nuggets—15. 1 ... 29.53 4S 0 Bln it—X.E., 1 29.50 48 B G