SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21637, 5 February 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

The following times are New Zealand mean time. During the operations of summer time 30 minutes should be added to them. HIGH WATER. —To-morrow. —• St. Clair: 7 a.m., 7.25 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 7.10 a.m., 7.35 p.m. Port Chalmers: 7.50 a.m., 8.15 p.m. Dunedin: 8.20 a.m., 8.45 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 7.36 p.m., rises to-mor-row 5.9 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Set to-day 10.35 a.m., rises to-mor-row 9.40 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9

■ Weather.—B, blue sky; be, blue sky and delached clouds; c, cloudy, o, overcast; g, glooniy; u, ugly; r, rain; s snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showers h, hail; q, squally; I, lightning; r, thunder; f, fog; m. mist; z, haze. W Mid.—o l vim; 1, light air; 2 slight breeze; 3. gentle bieeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; C, strong breeze; 7. high wind; 8. gale; 9, stiong gale; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane. 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, Hnlfmoon Bay:— The anti-cyclone east of New Zealand is gradually losing intensity. A deep cyclone is still located over the South Tasman Sea, but the centre is likely to pass south of the dominion. Forecast: Moderate to strong north to north-west winds; weather cloudy, warm and sultry, with ra ; " developing; seas moderate, but rising. ARRlVED.—February 3. Waipiata, s.s. (5.30 a.m. - ). 2.826 tons, Chatfield, from Auckland via ports. February 4. Canadian Leader, s.s. (midday), 5,492 tons, Lyons, from Montreal, via Australian ports, Lyttelton, and Timaru. February 5. Gale, s.s. (6.20 a.m.), 567 tons, Davies, from Wellington. SAILED. —February 3. Huntingdon. s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 10,946 tons, H. G. B. Field, for Napier. Whakakura, H.M.S. (1.15 p.m.), 290 tons, Commissioned Gunner A. Garden, for Akaroa. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Waipiata arrived from Auckland, via ports, on Saturday alW'noon. She is to sail at 6 p.m. to-day for Bluff and Tim am. Gale arrived early this morning from Wellington. She is to sail to-night for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Wauganui. Jireeze is due from Lyttelton on Wednesdny. She is to load and sail the same evening lor Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Poolta was to leave Bluff this afternoon, and is due to-morrow morning, She wifl sail in the afternoon for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, and Tauranga. Waimarino was to leave Wellington to-day, and is due on Wednesday, sailing on the same day for Bluff. Wingatui is to leave Auckland on Friday for Wellington, Lytteltop, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due on Thursday. Kini is to load at Westport on Thursday for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due about the following Thursday, and after discharge will load on February 16 for Oamaru, Tunaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Westport. INTERISLAND SERVICE. The interisland express steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from A\ ellington at 7 a.m. yesterday. Passengers and mail will arrive by to-day’s express. SULTAN STAR FROM AUCKLAND. It is reported that the Sultan Star, which left Auckland for London on January 12, arrived at Balboa on January 29. MAUNGANUI AT WELLINGTON. The Maunganui arrived at Wellington from San Francisco this morning, and is to sail for Sydney to-morrow. WAINUI TO-MORROW. The Union Company advises that the Wainui arrived at Bluff from Melbourne last night. She was to sail to-day, and is expected here to-morrow morning, and will sail later in the day for Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, Bluff, and Melbourne. CANADIAN LEADER HERE. The Canadian Leader arrived yesterday, and was berthed at the southern end of Victoria wharf. This vessel left Montreal on her present voyage on November 24, and fair weather was met with throughout. After reaching Sydney on January 13 the Canadian Leader visited Melbourne before sailing for New Zealand. After arriving at Lyttelton on January 30 the vessel proceeded to Timaru ahd arrived off the Heads yesterday morning. She will not sail for Bluff rail Monday next, and will return to this port about February 16, sailing later for New York, Boston, and Halifax. 4

I SCHOOL FOR SEAMEN. The first vocational school for jobless seamen is reported to have' been opened at Hamburg on board the Norcldeutscher Lloyd cabin class steamer Stuttgart, which is lying idle in the harbour. The first roll call was answered by 330 seamen. ROTOR SHIPS. The announcement made recently that the second of Flettner’s experimental vessels, the Barbara, was to bo turned again into a steamship recalls the much-discussed application of rotating towers to ships some nine years ago. . When the particulars of this invention, which was made by an engineer named Flettner in order to increase the speed of a vessel with simultaneous considerable economies, were made public, great hopes were pinned to it on account of the promise of fuel savings up to two-thirds. At that time the economic machinery of Germany was slowly emerging from the debris of post-war years, and the innovation was sensational enough to demand attention. The inventor succeeded in raising the speed of the vessel from 10 to 12.5 knots. Before his invention, however, had time enough to take a firm root, new inventions were made, especil ally those which enabled the two German record ships Europa and Bremen to reach a speed of more than 29 knots, also with considerable economies. The Flettner rotation principle was therefore wholly discarded and entirely forgotten, though to this engineer still remains the honour of having been Instrumental in bringing about, indirectly, the speeding up .and general improvement of German ship construction. CARGO FROM SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA. The Karepo is scheduled to load at ' Adelaide and Edithburg about the middle of February, completing at Mel- ; bourne, for Auckland, Wellington, Lyt- | telton, and Dunedin. The Kartigi, from Edithburg and Adelaide, left Newcastle on January 29 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttelton. RANGITIKI’S ADVANCE LJST. The following is an advance list of passengers by the Rangitiki, which is I due in Wellington on February 15 from London ;—■ I First saloon: Major and Mrs R. W. I Hannah, Miss J. H. Gore, Major and : Mrs H. Pollitt, Major A. F, G. Ram- ' say. Mr J. Mathieson, Mr J. L. and j La civ Mabel Luddlngton, Mr and Mrs 1 J. Wade, the Right Hon. Sir Montague I Barlow, 8.C., P.C., K.8.E., ArchdeaI con R. H. Cole and nurse, Mrs Cole and two daughters, Miss R. Hamilton, Miss V, A. E. Robertson, Mr F. M. Cooper,'Mrs H. M. Faithful,. Mr and Mrs T. Hope-Bell, Colonel Frank Ashe, Mrs E. M. Eckersley, Mr and Mrs A. Green, Lieutenant-colonel Charles Hope-Murray, Dr and Mrs R. V. Hooper, Mrs F. E. Sutton, Miss M. Sullivan, Mr J. Archer, Miss M. Horsfall, Mr J. M. Horsfall, Mr and Mrs W. H. Dimsdale, Mrs M. Evans, Miss D. L. Reid, Miss K. E. F. Barlow, Mr and Mrs W. F. Howie and son, Mr and Mrs F. F. S. Powell, Mr G. C. Richdale, Miss H. Sabin, Mr H. S. A. Baker, Mr E. and Lady Evelyn Gifford, | Miss Deila T. Bun bury, Mr Alan de ; Mowbray Belairs, Mr E. A. Brodie, | Captain and Mrs H. B. Norton, Mr G. J. Emanuel, Dr and Mrs F. R. C. Reed, Miss D. A. 1 Raymond, Mr and Mrs Weldon, Mr and Mrs Jacobssen and family, Mr J. W. Courtis, Mr Lamm, Miss A. E. Brooks, Professor and Mrs Dickinson, Captain F. A. Hemming. Tourist class: Miss G. Johnston, Miss A. Barclay, Rev. J. J. Kelly, Mrs E. M. Smith and daughter, Mr F. W. Sibley, Mrs I. E. Cameron, Miss H. I. L. Spark, Miss B. Hughes, Mr J. Murray, Miss M. E. Hamilton, Mrs E. H. Parry, Mrs L. B. Liudberg, Mrs R. Firth and daughter, Mrs M. W. Collins, Mrs J. Hodgson, Mr R. Hall, Mrs D. E. Cobb and child, Mr and Mrs R. R. Burns, Mr A. D. Paterson, the Misses 0. G. and M. C. Richards, Miss E. ,G. M’Dowell, -Mr, Mrs, and Miss Hackett, Rev. Father L. G. Harvey. Third class: Miss M. Douglas, Mrs 1 M. R. Knight, Mr M. J. Luby, Mr F. Halls, Mrs H. Donaldson, Mrs L. M. Cox and two children, Miss E. Dovey, Mr J. P. Gentles, Mrs H. Blackshaw and child. THE TANKER SOUTH AFRICA. The tanker South Africa will unload bulk petrol for the Texas Oil Company at New Zealand ports, in place of the tanker New Zealand, which will now unload in Australia. The South Africa was to arrive at Auckland to-day from San Pedro, according to wireless advice. After unloading cargo for AuckI land she will proceed to southern ports I to complete discharge. THE PORT CHALMERS. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s new motor vessel Port Chalmers is reported to have cleared Table Bay on Monday last, en route from London to Australia. After discharging her ; cargo at Australian ports the vessel I will come to New Zealand to load for j England. She is the first of three | large new motor ships ordered by the I company, and was launched last Octo- | her, now being on her maiden voyage. ] Her tonnage is about 8,800 gross, and , her dead-weight carrying capacity is 11,500 tons. She has two sets of Doxford opposed-pistol Diesel engines, each of 8.000 horse-power, and her designed speed is fifteen and a-half knots. Five of her six holds are insulated for the carriage of perishable produce, giving a capacity of 465,000 cubic feet. NOGOYA’S CHANGED SCHEDULE. The Nogova. en route from London i in ballast, ‘left Sydney on Tuesday evening for Oamaru, to commence her Homeward loading. She is due there on Sunday, and vyill now proceed to Picton, Wanganui, Wellington, and | Auckland. Her loading dates at Wel- | iington are now February 15 to 17, and ‘ she leaves Auckand on February 24 for Southampton and London via Cape | Horn. ONE MAST AND ONE FUNNEL. The new Orient liner to be built by Messrs Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., of Barrow in Furness, will have only one mast and one funnel. The elimination of a second boiler room due to the introduction of water-tube boilers has enj abled the designers to dispense with

a second funnel, and to use the space thus released to increase the area of the games deck, the public rooms, and passenger accommodation. It is expected that the ship’s decoration will follow a more modern style than that of any ship now on the Australian run. She will be slightly larger than her predecessors. She will carry about 475 first class and, instead of third class, 675 tourist class passengers. Special arrangements are being made for children’s decks and playrooms in both classes. The games deck, one of the great features of all Orient liners, will be larger and clearer of encumbrances than ever. In the design of the ’tween decks attention is being paid to possible developments in the carriage of chilled meat from Australia, and several small chambers are being installed for the carriage of special cargoes. It is estimated that the building of the ship will employ an average of 3,300 men and women for eighteen months, including the labour employed by subcontractors. BREEZE DOCKED. The Canterbury Steam Ship Company’s new motor ship Breeze was docked on Friday for cleaning and painting before being recommissioned for the coastal trade. She was expected to come out of dock to-day. Those who saw the Breeze in dock were particularly impressed with her underwater lines, a feature of which is that the vessel is absolutely flat on the bottom for her whole width. There is no semblance of a keel whatever. The Breeze was built for river work as well as for the usual coastal run. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland. —Avelona Star, Balaklava, City of Los Angeles, H.M.S. Diomede, H.M.S. Dunedin, lonic, Lachlan, Matai, Maui Pomare, New Zealand, Pensilva, Port Sydney, Triona, Waipahi. Wellington.—Abel Tasman, Aorangi, Brisbane Maru, Canadian Victor, City of Brisbane, Huntingdon, Kalingo, Kent, Lurline, Mahana, Marama, Monowai, Opawa, Orari. Port Napier, Rangatira, Rangitata, Rangitikei, Shinko Maru, Taraahine, Tuscan Star, Wahine, Zealandic. f> Awarua.—Bear of Oakland, Jacob Ruppert, Makura, Port Victor, Waikouaiti, Wainui. TELEGRAPHIC ADVICE. AUCKLAND, February 3.—Arrived: Gabriella (4.35 p.m.), from Newcastle. Sailed; Triona (1 p.m.), for Nauru Island; Huia (1 p.m.), for Melbourne; Avelona Star (4.15 p.m.), for London; Karetu (7 p.m.), for Westport; Port Whangarei (10.35 p.m.), for Wellington. February 4—Arrived: Kanna (10 a.m.), from New Plymouth; Kartigi (2 p.m.). from Newcastle. Sailed: Mahana (7.30 a.m.), for Gisborne. RUSSELL, February 5. —Arrived: H.M.S. Dunedin and Diomede (6 a.m.), from Auckland. WELLINGTON, February 3.—Arrived: Tamahine (12.45 p.m.), from Picton; Hawera (3.5 a.m.), from Patea; Arahura (5.45 a.m.), from Nelson; Kaitoa (6.50 a.m.), from Motueka; Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kini (11.25 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Wingatui (2 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Eairhurn (7.5 a.m.), from Westhaven; Calm (9.30 a.m.), from Wanganui; Port Waikato (3.50 p.m.), from Sydney; Koutunui (4.30 p.m.), from Patea. Sailed: Tamahine (1.15 p.m.), for Picton; Gale (4 p.m.), for Dunedin; Eairhurn (5 p.m.), for Westport; Canadian Victor (5 p.m.), for New York; Hawera (6.5 p.m.), for Patea; Kapuni (6.10 p.m.), for Patea; Kiwitea (6.30 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Calm (6.35 p.m.), for Wanganui; Kini (6.50 p.m.), for Nelson; Arahura (7.35 p.m.), for Nelson; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Kaitoa (11 p.m.), for Motueka. February 4—Arrived: Kapiti (2.50 a.m.), from Wanganui; John (3.30 a.m.), from Wanganui; Brisbane Maru (4.20 a.m.), from Hobart; Matangi (5.10 a.m.), from Nelson; Kohi (11.30 a.m.), from Nelson; Echo (5.50 a.m.), from Picton; Opijii (6.55 a.m.), from Oamaru; Rangatira (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: Holmglen (6 a.m.), for New Plymouth; Port Napier (4.40 p.m.), for Wanganui. February s—Arrived: Maunganui (12.25 a.m.), from San Francisco; Waimarino (7.15 a.m.), from Auckland. LYTTELTON, February 3.—Arrived: Rangatira (6.45 a.m.), from Wellington; Alexander (8.35 a.m.), from Marlborough Sounds. Sailed : Alexander (10.30 a.m.), for Picton; Kalingo (12.10 p.m.), for Greymouth; Rangatira (8.35 p.m.), for Wellington. February 4—Arrived: Totara (4.5 a.m.), from Timaru; Wahine (6.50 a.m.), from Wellington; Awahou (7.55 a.m.), from Gisborne. NEWCASTLE, February 4.—Arrived: Narbada, from Wellington. BALBOA, February 3.—Sailed: Tuscan Star, for New Zealand. (For continuation see Late News.)

Last quarter Feb. 7 8.52 p.m. New moon Feb. 14 12.13 p.m. First quarter Feb. 21 5.35 p.m. Full moon Mar. 1 9.56 p.m.

a.m. to-day :— Weli’ton—N. N. W. 3 Bar. Ther. 30.00 65 Wea. BC Grey mouth—N. ... 2 30.02 64 C Christchurch 0 29.77 70 C Timaru 0 29.70 70 0 Oamaru—N.W. ... 1 29.72 74 C Dunedin 0 29.75 71 B G Queenstown —N. 2 29.70 66 BCP Nuggets—N.W. 4 29.66 67 0 U Bluff—W. N.W. ... 4 29.60 65 0