SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21619, 15 January 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

The following times are New Zealand mean time. During the operations of summer time ?0 minutes should be added to them. HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— St. Clair: 2.51 a.m., 3.20 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 3.01 a.m., 3.30 p.m. 'Port Chalmers: 3.41 a.m., 4.10 p.m. Dunedin: 411 a.m., 4.40 p.m. THE SUN. ' Sets to-day 7.'57 p.m., rises to-mor-row 4.39 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sets to-day 7.54 p.m., rises to-mor-row 4.57 a.m. ; WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day:—

Weather.—B, blue elcjf; be. blue ekjr and detached clouds; c,' cloudy: a overcast; g, gloomy; u. ugly; r. ain s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showeis; h, hail; q, squally; L lightning; I, thunder; f, fog; m, mist; a. haze. Wind.—o, calm, 1 > light air; S, slight breeze, 3, gentle b eeze; i moderate breeze: B, fresh breeze; fl strong breeze; 7. high wind: 8, gete; I, strong dele; 10, whole gale; 11, aterm; IS. hurricane., i Forecast. The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the southern district—Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill, Riverton, Orepuki, Bluff, Halfmoon Bay:— The recent depression is situated east of New Zealand, while an anti-cyclone covers the western Tasman Sea. Forecast : Moderate to' fresh south-west winds. Weather cool and changeable, with isolated showers, and thunder likely. Seas rather rough. ARRlVED.—January 13. Waipiata, s.s. (7.30 a.m.), 2,826 tons, Chatfield, from Bluff. Waikouaiti, s.s. (1 p.m.), 3,926 tons, J. Rankine, from Newcastle, Sydney, and Port Kembla via Bluff. Bear of Oakland, aux. barquentine (7.30 p.m,) , 703 tons, R. A. J. English, from pßston via Panama,- Napier, and Wellington. January 14. Holmdale, s.s. (10.15 a.m.), 681 tons, Copland, from Wanganui and Wellington. Fordsdale, s.s. (7 a.m.), 9,949 tons, A. Avern, from London via Colon, Panama, and Bluff. January 15. Opihi, s.s, (9 a.m.), 1,117 tons, Evans, from Wellington. SAlLED.—January 13. Cornwall, s.s. (4 p.m.), 10,940 tons, H. E. Reilly, for Bluff. Waipiata, s.s. (7.15 p.m.), 2,826 tons, Chatfield, for Auckland via ports. . INTERISLAND SERVICE. > The interisland express steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 7 a.m. yesterday. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Holmdale arrived yesterday from Wellington, ■ and is to sail this evening for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui, via ports. Waipiata arrived on Saturday from Bluff, and sailed the same evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, Wellington, and Auckland. Opihi arrived from Wellington this morning, and is to sail late to-night for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth, via ports. John is to load on Friday at Dunedin for Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Port Waikato. Waimarlno was to leave Wellington to-day for Lyttelton; Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due here on Thursday. Storm is due on Wednesday from Wellington. She is to sail on the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Calm is due from Bluff on January 20 to load for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. AYMERIC’S MOVEMENTS. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the Aymeric, which was expected at Auckland this morning from Galveston (Texas) to unload sulphur, is to leave the northern port on Wednesday for Port Chalmers. She is to discharge sulphur at the Otago port, after which she will sail for Newcastle. CANADIAN LEADER COMING. Advice has been received from Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. that the Canadian National steamer, Canadian Leader, is due on January 29 from Montreal and Melbourne.- She is to sail on January 30 for Lyttelton, - thence New York. THE WAIKOUAITI. The Union Company’s Waikouaiti arrived from Bluff early on Saturday afternoon, and is to sail to-morrow afternoon for Timaru, Lyttelton, Bluff, and Sydney. WAINUI TO-MORROW. The Wainui left Bluff to-day, and is due to-morrow morning. She is to sail in the afternoon for Lyttelton and Wellington.

PORT CHALMERS FROM LONDON, Cable advice has been received thal the Commonwealth and Dominior Line’s new motor ship Port Chalmer; left London on January 10 on hei maiden voyage. She is going first tc Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, and Launceston, and is due in New Zealand waters early in March to commence Homeward loading. The vessel, which was launched af Newcastle-on-Tyne early in October, has a gross tonnage of about 8,800 and a deadweight carrying capacity of 11,500. She will be driven at a designed speed of 15) knots by two sets of Doxford opposed-piston Diesel engines, each of 8,000 li.p. Five of her six holds are insulated for the carriage of perishable produce, giving a capacity of 465,000 _ cubic feet. Arrangements for the carriage of fruit and dairy produce are of the latest design, with fans for every compartment. Accommodation for twejve passengers in single and double-berth cabins is provided. FORDSDALE IN PORT. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.’s chartered steamer Fordsdale arrived at Port Chalmers from London via Bluff yesterday. She loaded to-day, and is to (sail for Timaru and Auckland tomorrow. She is due at Auckland on January 21, arid is to sail for London via Panama on January 27. TUSCAN STAR RETURNING. The Blue Star Lino motor ship Tuscan Star is to leave London in ballast for New Zealand, where she is due on February 17 to again /load Homewards. The vessel is making a very quick turn round. She left Wellington December 2 for London, arriving there on January 6. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Marine Department that lights have been established on Lifulsa Island at the followirig points:—(l) On Hakau Mikuku, 2.05 miles 346 deg from Pangai observation spot, a light flashing white every 3seo at an elevation of 22ft on a red structure; 26ft in height. It is visible six miles. (2) At Pangai, 2.9 cables 309 deg from Pangai observation spot, a fixed light with white and red sectors, mounted on a black steel column lift in height. It is visible two miles. • - • Supplement No. 2 to the ‘ New Zealand Pilot ’ (tenth edition) , corrected up to and including Admiralty Notice No. 1,241 of 1933, and New Zealand Notice No. 12 of 1933 has been published and may be obtained by persons who have purchased the volume, in New Zealand at mercantile marine offices at the main ports. ; The black buoy marking Whale Rock has broken adrift and will not be replaced. ' - ;;;-i..;.,-,.- -feta 1 v; PORT HUNTER’S PASSENGERS. The Port Hunter is due from London on January 21 with general merchandise for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, and Bluff. In addition to cargo the vessel has the following passengers for New Zealand:—Mrs H. Sowerby, Misses E., M. H., and B. A. Sowerhy, Master B. W. Sowerby, Mrs M. C. Holderness, Mr and Mrs Booth, Mr W. H. Leemipg, Mr G. Harkness, Dr W. Sowerby is acting ship’s surgeon. VICTORIA FROM NAURU. The Norwegiari motor ship Victoria is reported to have left Nauru Island for Auckland on Monday. The vessel has 8,000 tons of phosphate, all for Auckland. She is due about January T 7. -- HUNTINGDON AT AUCKLAND. Generally fair weather was experienced during the voyage of the Federal Line steamer Huntingdon, which arrived from Newport, Glasgow, and Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon. After discharging cargo for Auckland she will proceed to Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers to complete discharge.. For her Homeward voyage the Huntingdon will load at Port Chalmers, Napier, Gisborne, Auckland, Wetlirigton, arid Bluff. She is scheduled to load at Auckland ori February 3 and to sail from Bluff for London and west coast ports of Great Britain on February 15. NARBADA’S CORNSACKS. With her annual big shipment of cornsacks to hold Canterbury’s grain harvest the Union Steam Ship Company’s chartered steamer Narbada arrived at Lyttelton from Calcutta via Auckland and Wellington on Friday. As is usual with the Narbada’s January cargo, cornsacks form the principal part. The Narbada will take three or four days to discharge her Lyttelton cargo, and this includes 8,000 bales of cornsacks, or approximately 2,000,000 sacks. This number should hold riiore than 6,500,000 bushels of wheat. Other shipments of sacks arrive during the year, but the January shipment is the main one. The bumper wheat harvest in Canterbury last season was responsible for every available new sack being used up, even though two large shipments were sent away in bulk, and_ sacks were ,n short supply for some time. It is expected that there will be sufficient sacks this year. Except for very small orders, importers have arranged for their clients’ orders to be made up at the ship’s side in truck lots for the different townships. So large is the Narbada’s cargo this time that the Union Steam Ship Company had to send its cargo steamer Karetu out East for supplementary loading. The Karetu is due at Lyttelton on Tuesday. KARETU FROM THE EAST. Tho Karetu was scheduled to leave Wellington to-day for Wellington and Dunedin. She is due on Wednesday to discharge cargo from the East. HAURAKI ON WEDNESDAY. The Union Company advise that the' Hauraki, with cargo from the Pacific Coast, was to leave Wellington to-day for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due on Wednesday, and after discharging her cargo will sail for Hobart, Beauty Point, Melbourne, and Sydney.

VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Abel Tasman, Ashburton, Canadian Victor, City of Lyons, Huntingdon, Marama. Maui Pomare, Monterey, Pensilva, Sultan Star. Wellington.—Ahamo, Aorangi, Avelona Star, Canadian; Scottish, Hauraki, Kanna, Karetu, Kiwitea, Mahia, Mariposa, Niagara, Norfolk, Northumberland, Port Hunter, Port Melbourne, llangatira, Rangitane, Rangitiki, Recorder, Rotorua; Storanger, Tainui, Tamahine, Taranaki; H.M.S. Veronica, Wahine, Wanganella. Awarua. —Bear of Oakland, Jacob Ruppert, Kartigi, Orari, Port Sydney, Strathaird, Waikouaiti, Wainui, Wyatt Earp. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, January 13.—Sailed: Monterey (1.25 p.m.), for Los Angeles. January 14.—Arrived: Dalryan (3.15 p.m.), from Java; Aymeric (11.30 p.m.), from Galveston. WELLINGTON, January 13.—Arrived: Wahine (7 a.m.), Calm (11.25 a.m.), from Lyttelton. January 14. Arrived: Storm (7.40 a.m.), from Onekaka; llangatira (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Karetu (7.15 a.m.), from Auckland; Port Whangarei (7.20 a.m.), from Lyttelton; AVaimarino (9.45 a.m.), from Napier. January 13.—Sailed: Poolta (1.35 p.m.); for Napier; Opihi (1.40 p.in.), for Dunedin; Calm (6.30 p.m.), for Wanganui; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; John (11.40 p.m.), for Wanganui. LYTTELTON, January 13.—Arrived: Holmdale (6.50 a.m.), from Wellington. January 14.—Arrived: Wahine (6.55 a.m.), from Wellington; Ahamo (7.10 a.m.), from Auckland; flolmglen (4 p.m.), from Timaru; Taujiata, from Wanganui. January 13. —Sailed; Port Whangarei (11.5 p.m.). for Wellington; Foxton (4.5 p.m.), for Pihton; Rangatira (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington. BLUFF, January 15. —Arrived: Cornwall (11.15 p.m.), from Port Chalmers. SYDNEY, January 14.—Sailed: Wanganella (12.55 p.m.), for Wellington. LIVERPOOL, January 13.—Arrived; Kia Ora, from New Zealand. NEW YORK, January 13.—Arrived: Canadian Challenger, from Lyttelton. MONTEVIDEO, January 13.—Sailed: Pakeha, for London. CARDIFF, January 13. —Sailed; Otaki, for Wellington. ,

(For continuation see Late News.)

New moon Jan. 16 7.7 a.m. First quarter Jan. 22 11.20 p.m. Full moon Feb. 1 9.56 p.m. Last quarter Feb. 7 8.52 p.m.

Bar. Th. Wea Wellington—N.W. 3 29.75 65 B Greymouth—S. ... 4 29.56 55 P Ch'ch.—\V. ... 2 29.78 56 0 Timaru—S. 2 29.84 55 0 Oamaru—S. 129.81 58 C Dunedin—S.W. 3 29:77 53 0 Queenstown —S. W. 3 29.80 52 0 Nuggets—S. 5 29.79 52 OP Bluff—S.W. ... 5 "9.82 50 CP