SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. - To-morrow.—■ St. Clair; 4.37 a.in., 5.02 p.m. Taiaroa Head; 4.47 a.m., 5.12 p.m. Port Chalmers: 5.27 a.m., 5.52 p.m. Dunedin: 5.57 a.m., 6.22 p.m. THE SDN. Sets to-day 6.04 p.m., rises to-mor-row 5.57 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sets to-day 9.02 p.m., rises to-mor-row 6.49 A.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied tho following at 9 a.m. to-day:—

Weather.—l 3, blue sky: be, blue sky and detached clouds; e. cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u, ugly: r, rain, s, snow; d. drizzle; p, passing showers:\h ban: q. squally; 1, lightning; t, thunder; •. fog, m, oust; z, haze. Wind.—o calm; I. light air; 2. slight breeze; 8, gentle b*«’cze, 4 moderate breeze; 5. fresh breeze; b. strong freeze; 7, high wind; 8, gale; 9, strong gale; ID, whole gale; U, storm; 12, hurricane. Forecast. The following weather forecast was issued at noon by tho Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern district—Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Bluff, Halfmoon Bay: The recent depression is now east of New Zealand, and an anti-cyclone is advancing from the Tasman Sea. Forecast: Moderate, hut freshening, westerly winds; weather mainly fair, but some showers likely, chiefly on the coast; temperatures milder; seas rather rough. ARRlVED.— September 21. Wingatui, s.s. (7 p.m.), 2,378 tons, Lowe, from Auckland via ports. —September 22;Holmglen, m.s.' (0.25 a.m.), 432 tons, Mead, from Port Waikato via ports. SAILED. —September 21. Port Waikato, m.s. (5 p.m.), 669 tons. Watchlin, for Bluff. The Wingatui arrived from Auckland via ports and is to sail to-morrow morning for Wellington and Auckland, via Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton. The Opihi is to leave New Plymouth to-night for Dunedin direct. She is due on Sunday night and will sail on Monday for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. . The Titoki is to leave Gisborne to-day for Dunedin. Due on Monday morning, she will sail on Tuesday for Tauranga via Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. The Port Waikato, which came in on Wednesday, sailed yesterday afternoon for Bluff. Returning to Dunedin tomorrow, she will sail later in the day for Tauranga, Auckland, Whangarei, via Timaru, and Lyttelton. Tho Waipiata is scheduled to leave Auckland to-day for Dunedin and Bluff, via Wellington and Lyttelton. She is due on Wednesday and will sail the same day for Bluff, returning to load out and sail again the following Saturday for Auckland. The Holmglen arrived early this morning from her northern ports and is to sail this evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Waikato. The British tanker Eclipse is reported to have cleared Palembang, Java, on September 3, with bulk petrol for the Atlantic Union Company for discharge at Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, and Auckland. Advice has been, received that the Danish motor ship Victoria left Nauru Island on September 11 with 8,000 tons of phosphates for discharge at Lyttelton and Auckland. The vessel is due at Lyttelton on Saturday. She will unload about 2,200 tons at Lyttelton and the remainder of tho cargo at Auckland. THE FERRY SERVICE. Tho ferry steamer Maori from Wellington arrived at Lyttelton at 7.50 a.m. to-day. Passengers and mail for the south connected with the express. NARBADA ON TUESDAY. The Union Company’s Indian Trader, Narbada, was to leave Lyttelton to-day for Timaru and Dunedin. She is due on Tuesday, and will probably sail about Thursday for the East via Bluff and Newcastle. WAINUI’S PORTS. The Union Company’s Wainui is scheduled to leave Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. She is due at this port on October 3. FATE OP THE TARAWERA. I.lr Hans Nilsen, of tho Neck, Stewart Island, received word last mail from the Marine Department that the sunken steamer Tarawera is now his property, reports the Stewart Island correspondent of the ‘ Southland Daily News.’ The Tarawera is in quite shallow water, so that the greater portion is clear from the sea. There is considerable value in the gear left on board, such as hand winches, doors, and iron work of all description. The deck also is of solid teak, and there is about sixty tons of fine coal, but mostly covered with sea water. During a recent heavy wind the effect ol tho sunken ship as a breakwater was very apparent. Mr Nilsen’s launch now lying in smooth water protected by tho big ship.

PASSENGER LISTS. —Makura. — The following passengers were booked to leave Wellington by the Union Company on Tuesday afternoon : Mr S. Abrahams, Mr and Mrs E. C. Andrews, Mr and Mrs Allen, Mrs E. d’Argeaval, Mr L. Brown, Mr.G. Bush, Dr Ida Brown, Mrs A. Cunningham, Miss 11. C. Cunningham, Mr and Mrs Cramond. Mr Doyle, Major M. Dunham, Miss Dobbie, Mr J. E. Donoghue, Mrs H. A. Eanp, Mr H. Foley, Mrs Faulkner, Miss F. E. Hoey, Mr W. C. Hewitt, Mr E. C. and Mrs S. Hands, Mr W. Hawes, Miss M. Gilchrist, Miss M. A. Glasier, Mr H. Jackson, Mr C. H. Jones, Mr T. C. Leys, Father T. Linehan, Mr A. Lindesay, Mr and Mrs E. A. Muster, Mrs E. M. Meredith, Mr W. M'Kav. Mr H. Neale, Mr Ollivier, Mr C. J,“Pewter, Mr N. F. Peterson, Mr. R. Purdie, Mr W. Pnrdie, Miss El Sheffield; Mr C. S. Sheffield, Mr and Mrs W. G. Smith, Mr K. L. le Sueur, Mr Shanahan, Mr W. T. Swain, Mrs E. and Miss 1). Swain, Mr M. A. Toomey, Mr J. R. Trayes, Mr and Mrs T. Tracey, Mr G. S. Upstill, Mr V. C. Whitehnrn, Mrs M. Whitehorn, Mr and Mrs Webster, Mr F. Williams, Mr S. L. Anderson, Mrs 1. L. Adams, Mr N. A. Chalmers, Mrs M. F. Crawford, Mrs T. Everv-Burns. Mrs Faram, Mr E. Harconrt, Miss E. S. Hagen, Mrs Horton, Mr D. W. Henry. Miss I. E. Lingard, Miss R. Lazarus, Mr H. H. Morrison, Mrs M. Marsden, Misses Marsden, Mrs F. Moran, Miss V. E. Odam, Mr J. Oliver, Mr and Miss Brooks, Mrs and Misses Harwood, Messrs fnglis ,(2), Mr R. Mathieson, Mr and Mrs L. and Miss Porch, Miss D. Ryan, Miss J. Spiden, Mr S. Tapping, Miss L. Thompson, Mr R. Veitch, Mr C. F. Woodhead, Mr and Mrs Wilson and child, Miss 6. Yeats, Mr R. Aii'ken, Mr L. Boa, Mr and Mrs C. H. Butcher, Miss and Master Butcher, Mr F. C. Dickinson, Miss C. Gale, Mrs M. Hayes, Mr A. Hibberd, Mr F. Hibberd, Mr C. Jones, Mr Tow Kee, Mrs l>. Kenyon and infant, Master Kenyon, Mr D. J. Llovd, Mrs I. C. Muuro and infant, Miss M. Morrison, Mr John Morgan, Mr C. B. Park, Mrs M. K. Richardson, Mr W. N. Rudd, Mr Leong Kwok Tai. Mr L. H. Williams, Mrs A. E. Williamson, Mrs L. H. Williams. —Mongolia.— The list of passengers on the P. and O. liner Mongolia, winch is due at Sydney from London on Thursday, includes the following for New Zealand: —For Auckland: Mr A. E. Cameron, Mr A. Minns, Miss V. M. Penrose, Mr W, Watt, Mr J. L. Wells. For Wellington: Mr and Mrs J. Gibson, Miss A. M. Heard, Mr and Mrs H. Money, Mr C. A. Newson, Mr C. H. Purvis, Miss B. M. Watson, Mrs E. C. Robertshaw, Miss E. M. Robertshaw. For Lyttelton: Mr and Mrs G. Dunkley, Mr J. Nicol, Mrs L. R. Hyde. A FAST PASSAGE.. The motor ship Taranaki, which , arrived' at Sydney on September 9 from London, made the run from London to -Fremantle in 26 days 10h 41min, from pilot to pilot, averaging 15 knots for the greater part of the run. This is better than her previous trip, being eight hours quicker. After discharge of her inward cargo at the Queensland ports, she will start to load wool and general cargo for the United Kingdom and Continent, sailing from Sydney on October 4. WAIRUNA TO CALL AT NUKUALOFA. . The Union Company advises that tho Wairuna is to leave Vancouver on October 4, San Francisco on October 10, and Los Angeles on October 12, for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and Australia, via Nukualofa. The vessel is scheduled to reach Nukualofa on October 31 and Auckland about November 5. . MARAMA’S TRANSHIPMENTS. Transhipments from the following vessels were included in the cargo of the Marama, which arrived at Wellington on Tuesday morning from Sydney:—Cardross, Kyokkoh Maru, Parakoola, Talleyrand, Cathay; Orungal, Kowarra, Nellore, Port Fremantle, Bendigo, Strathaird, Katoomba,, Tasman, Orama, Changte, Ormiston, Bitterfield, Commisaire Ramel, Mqreton Bay, Baradine, Kitano Maru, Time. OBITUARY. Captain James Green, a former master in the service of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd., died in a private hospital at Wellington on Monday. Captain Green was born at Manning River, New South Wales, on October 13, 1884, and at an early age went to sea in sailing ships. After serving his time he obtained iiis second mate’s certificate at Sydney in November, 1909. He joined the Union Steam Ship Company’s employ on January 17, 1910, as fourth officer of the R.M.S. Makura, and Later transferred to the Warrimoo in a similar capacity. Ho was promoted third officer of the Monra in April 1910, serving in a similar capacity in the Koromiko before being appointed second officer of the Squall in November, 1911, afterwards transferring to the Kauri, Koromiko, and Karitane. In May, 1915, he was appointed acting chief officer of the Tofua and was later confirmed in tho rank and transferred to the Karori; he also served in that capacity in the Wanaka, Tarawera, Pateena, Mararoa (for more than three years), Waitomo, Moeraki, and Maori. Captain Green, was appointed master on March 2, 1923, his first command being the Rakanoa, and he subsequently held command of the following Union Steam Ship Company vessels;— Corinna, Kaimanawa, Koromiko, Kaitangata, Ngahere (wrecked Grey bar, May 12, 1924). Kamona, Kaiapoi, Kaikorai, VVaipahi, Kaponga, Wingatui, Karori, Kanna, and Opihi. He resinned from tho service on October 5. 1927. THE WANGANELLA. DOCKED FOR REPAIRS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, September 21. The Wanganella has been docked for repairs. [The Huddart Parker Company advise that the Wangauella’s sailing from Sydney has been postponed until Saturday, and the vessel will now leave Wellington at noon on Wednesday.]

RANGITANE’S PROGRESS. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Rangitane left Colon on September 19 for London. She left Auckland on August 31. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Aorangi, Golden Bear, Kalingo, Marama, Maui Pomare, Monterey, Opawa, Port Alma, Port Campbell, Port Hardy, H.M.S. Veronica. Wellington.—Asama Maru, Canadian Victor, lonic, Maori, Mariposa, Mataroa, Monowai, Rangatira, Rangitane, Remuera, Ruahine, Tamahine, Victoria. Awarua. —Kanna, Kiwitea, Makura, Matai, Mannganui, Narbada, Rhymuey, Waikouaiti, Wainui. TELEGRAMS AND CABLES. AUCKLAND, September 21.—Arrived: Marama (2.50 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed; Port Hardy (3.50 p.m.), for London. NEW PLYMOUTH, September 22. Arrived: Tekoa (6.4 a.m.), from Dunedin. WELLINGTON, September 21.—Arrived; lonic (3.50 p.m.), from Southampton. Sailed: Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. September 22—Arrived: Rangatira (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, September 21.—Arrived: Foxton (6.10 a.m.), from Timaru; Rangatira) (6.45 a.m.), from Wellington; Waimarino (7.10 ami.), from Timaru; Narbada (8.10 a.m.), from Wellington; Storm (2.30 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Foxton (noon), for Wellington; Storm (5.40 p.m.), for Bluff ; Ruahine (6.10 p.m.), for Napier; Waimarino (8.30 p.m.), for Wellington; Rangatira' (8.40 p.m.), for Wellington. ■ BLUFF, September ■ 22.—Arrived: Port Waikato (9.40 a.m.), from Dunedin.' (For continuation see Late News.)

First quarter Sept. 27 3.6 a.m. Full moon Oct. 4 4.38 a.m, Last quarter Oct. 12 4.16 a.m. New moon Oct. 19 5.15 p.m.

Bar. Tli. Wea. Welling’n—S.S.E. .3 29.97 48 0 Greymouth—E. ... 2 29.90 45 BC Christeh ’ ch—S. W. 4 29.98 49 0 Timaru—S.W. ... 2 30.00 50 B Oamani—N.E. ... 4 29.99 47 B Dunedin—S.W. ... 3 29.98 51 BC Queenstown 0 29.95 45 B Nuggets—S. 3 29.94 49 B C Bluff—W. 4 29.95 49 CP