SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21290, 20 December 1932, Page 1

SHIPPING

For daylight saving time, it will be necessary to add half an hour to the times given in the tables below, HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— ■' St. Clair: 8.38 a.m., 9.4 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 8.48 a.m., 9.14 p.m. Port Chalmers: 9.28 a.m., 9.54 p.m. Dunedin: 9.68 a.m., 10.24 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 7.58 p.m., rises to-mor-row 4.13 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Set to-day 11 a.m., rises to-morrow WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day:— Bar. Thsr. W.

Weather.—B, blue sky? be, blue sky «nd detached clouds,, o, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u utflv; r. rain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing thunder; i f og; rr mist; z, haze. Wind.—o, calm; I light air; S, slight breeze; 8, gentle ’ b eeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; 6 dtrong bre-re; 7 high wind; 8, gale; 0 strong gale; 10, whoh gale; 11. storm; 18, hurricane Foridaut. Thp Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at noon to-day —The indication* are for variable and moderate breezes; there is a prospect of fine weather; barometer, little movement; sea smooth, tides poor. ARRlVED.—December 20. Wainui, s.s. (6.15 a.m.) ; 1,633 tons, Howie, from Melbourne via Bluff. 1 Opihi, s.s. (9.15 a.m.), 1,117 tons, Hackworth, from Timaru. SAlLED.—December 19. Wingatui, s.s. (6.10 p.m.), 2,378 tons, Whitefield,. for Auckland via ports. Port Wlmagaiai, ,m.s. (6 p.m.), 603 tons'‘‘Holm* for *Whaugarei via ports. Holmdale, s.s. (11 p.m.), 681 tons, Copland, for Wanganui via ports. December 20. Poolta, s.s. (11 a.m.), 1,673 tons, Dalgleish, for Gisborne via ports. The Poolta sailed this morning for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. The Opihi, which arrived this morning from Timaru is to sail at 5 o’clock for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. The Waipiata left Wellington last night for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due here to-morrow afternoon, and sails in the evening for Bluff. The vessel returns on Saturday to load out for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Now leaving Bluff this afternoon, the Kiui is to discharge coal here to-mor--row before going north. Arriving from Bluff this afternoon the Storm is to sail to-night for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. The Wingatui sailed last evening for Auckland via ports, and the , Port Whangarei followed bound for _ Tauranga, Auckland, and Wbangarei via ports. Late at night the Holmdale left for Wanganui via ports. The John was due in this afternoon from Lyttelton to load cargo. She sails to-morrow evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and New Plymouth. The motor ship Maui Pomare berthed at Lyttelton yesterday morning to put out a large shipment of bananas and sundries. She also brought a full complement of passengers. The Tees arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning from the Chatham Islands. Her cargo included 640 sheep, 223 bales of wool, and forty-seven crates of cheese. The Tees is to lay up until January 7. THE FERRY SERVICE. The Rangatira, from Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 6.55 this morning, and passengers and mails caught the south express. WAIHEMO ARRIVES. Early this morning the Waihemo arrived from Lyttelton to discharge cargo loaded at Pacific Coast ports. She is timed to sail in the morning for Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Fiji, and Vancouver. WAINUI IN PORT. The Union Conjpany’s Wainui arrived this morning from Melbourne via Bluff to put out a quantity of general cargo. She sails this evening for Lyttelton and Wellington, and at Wellington she withdraws for survey. YOSERIC WITH PHOSPHATE. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the Yoseric, from Makatea Island via northern ports, is due at Ravensbourno to-morrow to unload portion of her phosphate cargo. lONIC’S .MOVEMENTS. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s liner lonic arrived at Auckland from Wellington yesterday. She will leave Auckland on Friday for Picton, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Wellington, and is due to sail finally on January 11. CUMBERLAND LEAVES DAKAR. The Cumberland, which is coming to New Zealand in Ballast, left Dakar on December 15. She is due in New Zealand about January 23.

AN OLD TIMER. Fifty-three years ago this month New Zealand’s most remarkable ship of last century arrived at Port Chalmers from Dumbarton. It was the Rotomahana, with Captain Underwood on the bridge. After a visit to the dry dock for renovation she i went up the coast and ran the holiday season excursion from Wellington to Nelson. The Rotomahana afterwards found herself the speed mistress of the Tasman, and emblazoned her supremacy by carrying a golden greyhound above the main truck. In addition to speed she had appearance, her clipper bow and general design imparting something ot the gracefulness of the old whitewinged clippers. After many years of remunerative service the Rotomahana was dismantled at Melbourne and finally sunk at" sea. NOTICES TO MARINERS. The Marino Department advises mariners that a light buoy has been established in Neiafu Harbour, in the Vavau Islands. It is painted red, and exhibits a flashing white light every 3sec, thus; Flash O.Ssec, eclipse 2.7 sec. It replaces an unlighted light-float, and is about one and a-half cables 065 deg from Muitafuni (Muitafuna) Point—lat. 18deg 39min south, long. 147 deg west (approx.). An amendment to former notices concerning British Official Wireless messages to merchant ships is announced altering Schedule, Area 5, footnote Perth and Sydney, to read: “The 1,000 G.M.T. transmission is repeated on 8,640 kc/s.” A further notice announces an alteration in the light-buoy marking the southern end of Narrow Bank, in the Magellan Strait, Cape Horn. The colour of the light has been altered from red to white. Other characteristics are unchanged.

WANGANELLA’S EXCURSION. The Huddart-Parker new liner Wanganella enters the intercolonial service at Sydney on January 12, 1933, for Wellington. She makes an excursion trip to Milford Sound, leaving Wellington on January 6, and arriving back there on the 20th, and on the same day will return to Sydney., The excursion fares are £8 saloon and £6 second. The Wanganella is 9,560 tons gross, with graceful and modern lines, cruiser stern, and two funnels. There are seven watertight bulkheads dividing the ship into eight watertight. compartments, which should make her one of the safest passenger vessels afloat. The Wanganella has three complete steel decks, with spacious promenade and boat decks. The passenger accommodation is spacious and luxuriously furnished berths are provided for 304 first class passengers, including _ the special suite of rooijs, eighty-one single berth rooms, and Seventy-three three berth rooms. There ore *>ho 101 berths for second class passengers, twentyeight two berth and sixteen three berth rooms. SHIPPING REVIVAL.

There are many who consider that a revival in shipping and shipbuilding will commence abroad and expand to this country (says the ‘Motor Ship’). The indications of the recovery in Australia are hopeful, as instanced in the new order for a motor ship by Burns, Philp, and Co. for a steamer for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, and the purchase of the fine motor passenger liner Achimota by Huddart, Parker Ltd. There are more than signs of a reawakening trade in China, which is, perhaps, the least depressed of all countries at the present time, if real wealth be taken .as a basis, and this should lead to improvement in shipping to the Far East, with further hopes for shipbuilders, in_ addition to the moderate orders for minor tonnage for service in China. Japanese shipbuilding shows possibilities, and in Holland are to be found the beginnings of renewed optimism. A few orders in Denmark have slightly improved the situation, and there are hopeful signs in other countries that there is a turn of the tide.

lONIC FROM SOUTHAMPTON. Afte a fine and uneventful trip, the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner lonic arrived at Wellington on Friday from London and Southampton via the Panama Canal. The following tourist class passengers were on board:—Wellington: Master R. Bates, Mr E. Brain, Mrs E. Brayshaw, Master E. Braysnaw, Mrs N. Carter, Master P. Carter, Mrs E. Collie, Miss M. Cotter, Miss H. Crighton, Mrs E. Daniels, Mr J. Daniels, Mrs F. Davies, Miss F. Davies, Mr A. Dawson, Mr J. Dixon, Miss A. Gillies, Miss M. Godfrey, Mr L. Green, Mr E. Halliday, .Miss B. Harmsworth, Mrs J. Harris, Master D. Harris, Mrs P. Hartley, Mrs A. Hogg, Miss T. Hogg, Miss B. Hogg, Mr D. Hogg, Mr A. Holloway, Mrs Holloway, Master Holloway, Mrs T. Hughes, Mrs E. Hutchin,- Mr R. Huxford, Mrs Huxford, Master A. Huxford, Mr A. Inge, Mr T. Kelliher, Mrs Kelliher, Mrs E. Kingdon, Mr A. Leak, Mr J. Masterton, Mrs Masterton, Miss D. M'Gowan, Miss E. M'Gowan, Mr J. M'William, Mrs A. Morgan, Miss E. Morris, Mr J. Nicolaus, Mr A. Nicolaus, Mr G. Phillips, Mrs W. Reid, Mrs E. Sheppard, Miss M. Skinner, Mrs F. Smith, Mr F. Stone, Mrs A. Stone, Surgeonlieutenant H. Wells, M. 8., B.Ch., R. For Auckland: Miss V. Baxter, Miss A. Burgin, Mr J. Casey, Mrs M. Cashmore, Mr T. Cashmore, Mr C. Coles, Mrs Coles, Mr M. Connell, Miss C. Grant, Mr T. Hanlon, Mrs Hanlon, Master G. Hanlon, Master G. Hanlon, Mr L. Harwood, Mrs Harwood, Mrs A. Hon-g, Mr W. Jacks, Mrs Jacks, Miss F ‘knight, Rev. M. Lavelle, Mr W. Loughton, Mrs K. Mackey, Master J. Mackey, Miss C. Mayson, Mrs E. Millar, Mr J. Miller, Mrs M. and Miss A. Minshall, Mrs H. Murphy, Master S. Murphy, Mrs K. Murphy, Mr J. Pel-ham-Tliorman, Miss E. Pndeaux, Mr B. Rowntree, Mr R. Schroeder, Mrs K. Master R., and Miss P. Sly, Mrs S. Smith, Mr F. Stuart, Mr S. Wagland. Captain N. Wilson, Mr A. Woodforde. For Lyttelton: Mrs J., Miss E., and Master'll. Arthur, Mrs E. Chaffer, Miss E. Charlton, Miss G. Crum, Miss G. Glanville, Miss M. Hyndman, Mr R. Simpson, Mrs E., Miss G., and Mr H. Thomas, Mrs L. and Miss P. Veale, Messrs W. and T. Waddell, Miss K.. Wilkinson, Mr G. Yandle. _Froin Jamaica to Wellington: Mr E. R. Dyer, Miss D. Herbert, Mrs J.H. Twigg. From the Canal ZonoYo.Wellington : Mrs G. Genova, Mrs E. Lindsay. For Port Chalmers: Mr J. iiir- _

rell, Mrs Birrell, Miss M. Campbell, Mr. A. Churchill, Mrs Churchill, Mr H. Cowan, Mrs Cowan, Mr J. Jackson, Mr W. M'Lintock, Mrs M‘Lintock, Mrs M. Muirhead, Miss M. Muirhead, Mrs S. Smith; and thirty-four for Australia. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Astoria, Kairanga, Newton Elm, Monterey, Voco, Rangitata. Wellington.—Aorangi, Bencruaclian,. Brunswiclc, Canadian Leader, Huntingdon, Karamea, Mahana, Mariposa, Matai, Mataroa, Niagara, O, A. Knndsen, Port Brisbane, Port Fremantle, Port Sydney, Rangatira, Rangitiki, Ruahine, Tamahine, Tasmania, Wahine, Yarraville. Awarua.—Sir J. _C. Ross, Waikou-, aiti, Wainui, Yoseric. ■ TELEGRAMS AND CABLES. AUCKLAND, December 19. Arrived: lonic (2.45 p.m.), from Wellington. WELLINGTON, December 19.—Arrived: Waipiata (6 a.m.), from Portland; Yarraville (3,45 p.m.), from San Francisco. Sailed :_ Orepuki (4.45 p.m.), for Wanganui; Kiwitea (6.5 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Waipiata (8.10 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, December 19.—Sailed: Awahou (12.15 p.m.), for Waikokopu; Halmglen (1.10 p.m.), for Wellington; Maui Pomare (4 p.m.), for Wellington; Wahine (8.20 p.m.), for •.Wellington : Gale (3.16 p.m.), for Bluff. _ TIMARU, December 20. Arrived: Wingatui (6 a.m.). and Port AVaikato (0.30 a.m.), from Dunedin. OAMARU. December 20. Arrived: Holmdale (6.15 a.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF. December 19.—Arrived: Otnio (6:50 a.m.), from Wellington; Kini (12.35 p.m.). from Westport. SYDNEY, December - 19.—Arrived : Monowai (2 p.m.), from Wellington.

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Last quarter Dec. 21 7.52 a.m. New moon Dec. 27 10.52 p.m. First quarter Jan. 4 3.54 a.m. Full moon Jan. 12 8.6 a.m.

Wellington—S.E. 5 30.15 55 0 Greymouth—N.W. 2 30.10 63 B Clmstcli’ch—SW. 6 30.18 56 0 Timaru—S.E. 2 30.25 54 0 Camara—S 1 30.25 60 BC Dunedin —S.W. 2 30.29 54 C Queenstown —S. 2 30.11 55 B ■Nuggets—S.E. 2 30.23 54 0 M Bluff—S. 1 30.22 53 0