SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 19549, 6 May 1927, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-monw. — St. Clair:'7.2l a.m., 7.52 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 7.31 a.m., 3.2 p.m. Port Chalmers: 8.11-a.m., 8.43 p.m, Dunedin; 8.41 a.m.,' 9.12.p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 4.59 p.m.;. rises to-mor-row, 7.11 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sets to-day, 8.43.p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 0.56 p.m. WEATHER REPORT, ■ The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D, C. Bates) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day;— Bar. Then W.

yViiHl.—L,'light; breeze; ( b,. fresh brew*; m .g, moderate .gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gfile of exceptional severity. Weather.—D, blue sky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, rlouds, passing cloud? D, drizzling rain;• F t foggy; G gloomy, dark -weather; H, bail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0. overcast, the whole «ky covered with thick clouds; I\ passing showers; O, squally; R, rain, continued rain; 5, snow; T, thunder; U t ugly, threatened appearance; Z, hazy. Foufxast, The Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day;—-The indications ore for south-easterly winds, ’ moderate to strong prevailing; the weather will probably be cold and .changeable, the night will probably he very cold, with frosts inland; the■ barometer has a rising tendency; tides high, sea considerable' swell. ARRIVED.—SIay 5. Storm, -s.s. (6 p.m,), 749 tons, Sharpe, from Wanganui via ports, ARRIVED.-’-May 6. Queen Maud, s.s. (8.30 a.m.), 5,209 tons, C. R. Williamson, from Eastern Canada via- Panama and northern ports. ■ SAILED;—May 5. Oreti, s.s. (5.55 p.m.), 174 tons, MTyonzio, for Invercargill and Port Craig. SAILED.—May 6. Karetu, s.s. (5.43 a.ni.), 3,210 tons, Morgan,- lor Bluff and Sydney, Tho Katoa was duo late this afternoon. She sails on Monday for Timaru, Lyttelton, 'Wellington, and Auckland. The Opihi leaves Westport to-morrow for Dunedin direct. Duo on Tuesday,, after discharge, she will load out for Nelson, New Plymouth, and Westport ’ia.ports, ' , The Norfolk was to sail this afternoon for northern ports for further loading. The Oreti put back to Port. Chalmers last night owing to-stress of weather. The Storm was to sail this afternoon for Bluff. The Gale is due on .Sunday from Lyttelton. She sails on Monday for Tlmarn, - Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Queen 1 Eleanor, from Louisburg. St, • John, and Newport News via Da nama, with cargo for discharge at Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney, arrived, at Auckland yesterday. : She is duo here about. May 13. . - The Crpsskcys, leaving Timaru tomorrow, is duo hero on Sunday. The Wingatui left Auckland last night for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. The Kahika will leave Wellington on Tuesday for Dunedin direct. She will load, out on Thursday for Napier and Gisborne via' ports. The Denham is expected to-morrow from New York via ports to continue unloading. The Kaituna. from- Adelaide, left. Melbourne on Monday lor Hobart to complete loading for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, New Plymouth* and Auckland. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Maori, froifi Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 6.50 a.m. to-day, and passengers and. mails connected ..with the 12.20 express. HIGH SALVAGE REMUNERATION. Fifty pounds a minute was the rate of salvage'-remuneration- awarded- by Mr Justice Bateson, in the Admiralty Court, to .Middlesbrough tugs tor the salvage of the. Atsuta .Mam 'from her dockside peril,, when'a lire was raging in the sheds of a Middlesbrough' dock on‘the night of March 23, last year (reports ‘The Harbor’). Mr Justice Bateson gave the owners, master, and crew of the tug Cleveland £l5O for rather more than ten minutes’ .work, and- £SO to Harry Page and Joseph Harrison, tugmeu, of the same port.' The Cleveland is of 172 tons gross and 120 ft in length, and'2oft Ginin beam, valued at about £5,000. Tho Atsut a Mara is of 7,978 tons gross, and her value is £50,000, the value of her cargo at the time of tho service being £3,000.. At 9.45 p.m. the lire broke out in the transit shed of the L.N.E.R., and burned very rapidly. The Atsut-a- Mara was lying at No. 9 (piay, alongside the blazing warehouse. The Cleveland, with her steam up, was at No. 11 quay, and, seeing the danger of the defendants’ vessel, went to her assistance; the two other plaintiffs manned the tug N.E.R-. No. 3 lying by and gave other - assistance, with the result that the vessel "-as towed to another berth in safety. The defendants’ case was that the ship was not in any danger, and the tugs were never in any risk. WELLINGTON WATERS!DEES. About 500 members of the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union attended the monthly. “ stop-work ” meeting, yesterday. (states Wednesday’s ‘Dominion’). Mr L. Glover (president) occupied the chair. The question of the effects of working basic slag in ships’ holds was held over till a later date. The members were recommended to co-operate with the Government inspector regarding enforcement of tho regulations requiring that ships’ hatch beams are securely bolted so that they cannot be easily displaced, and add to the risk of men working below; .also to see that tho regulation minimum of space for the hatch apertures is enforced. The meeting decided to, increase the capitation contribution to the Waterside Federation in ; order to provide a legal fund; to test all - compensation Bases.'

NEW DESTROYER AMBUSCADE. Messrs Yarrow and Co., Ltd., Scotstoun, have completed the torpedo boat destroyer Ambuscade, which they launched in January of last year for the British Admiralty. The vessel ran her official full-speed trials in March, maintaining easily a speed of 37 knots. The Ambuscade is the first .warship laid down and completed on the Clyde since the war, and the first destroyer of the British post-war naval programme to run ■ official trials. She is_ the outcome of experience gained during the war, and much research work on the part ot the Yarrow firm. Her length is 323 ft, beam 31ft, mean draught Sift, and displacement 1,300 tons. The propelling machinery consists of Brown-Cnrtis geared turbines, obtaining steam from Yarrow high-pressure water-tube boilers using oil fuel. ADVICE BY WIRELESS. The value of wireless at sea was again illustrated on a recent voyage of the Aorangi from Vancouver to Auckland. While steaming across the Pacific Captain Crawford, master of the Aorangi, received a wireless message from the American steamer West Jslip. Tho captain of the latter vessel reported that one of the crew had dislocated his shoulder, and asked tor instructions how to deal with the case. Dr A. E. Shaw, of the Aorangi, sent the desired information, and a later message from tho West Islip stated that the seaman was doing well. THE MOTOR TRAMP.' Official statistics which have lately been published in America confirm the generally accepted belief that the tramp is to a largo extent being replaced by the cargo liner. In this development the motor ship has played a prominent part, for practically the whole of the motor cargo tonnage built during tho past lour or five years has been represented by ships intended to maintain a regular service to schedule. There have been a few motor tramps constructed, but they can hardly have totalled more than 1 or 2 per cent, of the whole. : MATAROA FROM HOME. With nearly 600 passengers, besides mail and general cargo,, the Shaw, Savill, and Albion _ Company’s liner Mataroa (Captain W. A. R. Kershaw) arrived at Auckland from Loudon and Southampton on Tuesday morning, three hours ahead of time. On her recent voyage the Mataroa,, which is on her second visit to Auckland, left London on March 24, and proceeded to Southampton to embark her; passengers, sailing thence on the-following day. A call was made at Curacao on April 7 for oil fuel, departure being taken the next day. Colon was reached on the afternoon of April 10, and transit through the Panama Canal obtained the next morning. Crossing tho Pacific tho liner made a call at Pitcairn Island on the afternoon of April 22, when the natives came off in their canoes' with supplies of fresh fruit. Fair weather was experienced throughout the trip. 'The Mataroa is expected to sail about to-morrow for Wellington to complete discharge of her Home cargo. * • Tho list of passengers who arrived by the vessel was ns follows:—First class: Miss R. Comfort-Eowlands, Mr F-. Dart, Mrs A. .Carr, Mr H. Clark, Mrs Mi Cropper, Misses E. and P. Cropper, Miss J. Makgill, Mr J. Mitchell, Mr Smith, Mr Philip, .Mrs N. Clayden, Miss B. C'layden, Mrs C.- Fitzgerald, Miss D. Miller, Mr'T. Sherwood-Hale, Mr and Mrs W. Sutton.-Misses E. (2) Sutton, Mrs H.. Withers, and 574 third class. HORORATA LEFT PANAMA. The Hororata, on route'from Wellington to London via the Panama- Canal, arrived at Panama, on Sunday, and sailed again on the same day in continuation of her voyage. She sailed from Wellington, on April 10. WAIKAWA TO BE LAID UP. The, Waikawa left .Lyttelton at 11.30 last night. She is duo hero -to-mor-row morning to land hardwood from West Australia. After unloading she will he withdrawn from service. QUEEN MAUD’S VOYAGE. The Queen Line steamer Queen Maud arrived, this : morning, from Eastern Canada via northern ports with general cargo for discharge. The vessel arrived at Louisberg on February 24 from Antwerp. St. John was. cleared on Mareh 2, and Colon reached on March 23. Transit through Panama was given the next day, and tho ship made good passage to Auckland. The weather on the voyage was very lair, although larger quantities of Hooting ice were encountered in the Atlantic. The Queen Maud is commanded by Captain C. R. Williamson, who has associated 'with him the -following officers:—Cliiei officer,' Mr R.' M'Lood; second, .Mr R-. Stewart; third. Mr D. Fotheringham; chief "engineer, Mr G. Barclay, second, Mr W. Adair; third. Mr W. Donga 11; fourth, Mr G. Fleming; wireless operator, Mr P. J. Finnigan; chid steward. Mr P. 'Anderson. The vessel will sail_ about 4 p.m. tomorrow for Wanganui, New Plymouth, Melbourne, and Sydney. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The fallowing vessels arc expected to bo within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:-Auckland. —Tofua. Petricola. Austraiind, Whangape, Canadian Britisher, Baron Ruthven, Wairuna, Kartigi, Kaponga, Aorangi, Mara-raa. Cha fch a m 1 sla nds.—- Ruapehu. Wellington.—Maori, Wahiue, Tamabine, Ngaio, Arahnra, Tahiti, Kaiapoi, Port Darwin, Northumberland, Tainui, Otokia, Hertford, Kairanga, Kanna, Karori. Tongariro, UHmaroa, Maunganui, Hurunui, Cumberland. Moernki. ,4warua, —Queen Maud, Karetu, Denham, Norfolk. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ■ WELLINGTON, May s.—Arrived : Somerset (4.20 p.m.), from Dunedin. Sailed; John (3.10 p.m.) and Gale (4.30 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Waipiata (5.30 p.m.), for Auckland. May 6-Arrive-d: . Kairanga (2.45 a.m.), from Newcastle.

. LYTTELTON. May 5 Arrived; Tees. (2.30 p.m.), from Wellington. SailedTotara (3.50 p.m.), for Wellington; Katoa (5 p.m.), for Dunedin; Crosskevs (5.25 p.m.), for Timaru; Waikawa (11.20 p.m.), for Dunedin. May-6—Arrived: Kamo (10.15 a.m.), from Timaru. SYDNEY, May s.—Sailed: Aorangi (5 p.m.), for Auckland.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

First quarter May 9 2.57 a.m. Full moon May 17 .6.33 a.m. Last quarter May 24 5.1 p.m. Now 3UOOU May 31 8.3(3 a.m.

Wcll’ton—N.N.E., 1 30.01 49 G Greyinoutli—E., b ... 30.03 38 B Ohnstch’ch—N..AV., 1 30.10 42 BZ Tiii'am—Calm ... ... 30.05 43 li Oninani—W.. 1 ... 30.03 43 B Dunedin—S.W., b ... 30.01 51 BC Queenstown—S., 1 ... 30.06 35 G Nuggets—S-j b ... 29.99 46 Z Bluff—S.W., f b ... 29.95 49 GD