SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21715, 9 May 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow, — St. Clair: 11.49 a.in., 12.2 p.m. Taiarca Head: • a.m.. 12.12 p.m. Port C/’a'mers: 12.29 a.m., 12.52 p.m. Dunedin: 12.59 a.m., 1.22 p.m. THK SUN. Sets to-day 4.55 p.m., rises to-mor-row 7.11 a.m. PHASES OF THE 1 MOON. New moon May 14 12.1 a.m. First quarter ' May 22 2.50 a.m. Full moon May 29 9.11 a.m. Last quarter June 5 12.30 a.m. Set to-day 2.41 p.m., rises to-mor-row 3.22 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day:— Bar. Ther. W.

WcMlior.—R. Ijluc sky; he. blue sky mid detached clouds; c. cloudy, o, ovorenst; £. gloomy; u ugly; », ain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing •diower?; h. bail; q, squally; I, lightning;, t, ihunder; I tog; m mist; / ha/e. Wind.—o, palm; 1. light air; 2 slight breeze; 3. gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5. fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, high wind; 8, gale; 9. strong gale; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; I*2, hurricane. ARRIVED.—May 9. Taranaki, m.v. (11.25 a.m.), 8,286 tons, Johnson, from London, via Suva. SAILED.—May 9. Storm (6.30 p.m.). 749 tons, Williams, for Wanganui, via ports. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Storm sailed last evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, ’Wellington, Piclou. and Wanganui. Poolta is due from Bluff on Thursday and is to sail the same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. Wmgatui was scheduled to leave Wellington to-day for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She has been delayed by gales on the coast, and is due on Friday afternoon, and is to sail on Saturday for Bluff, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. John is to leave Lyttelton to-night lor Dunedin, and is due to-morrow afternoon. ' Parera was expected late this afternoon, and to sail for Bluff to-night. She is due back on Friday, and is to sail on the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, AVanganui, New Plymouth, and Waikato. Gale is due on Friday from Wanganui, and is to sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. JNTERISLAND SERVICE. The iutcrisland express steamer Wahine reached Lyttelton from Wellington at 8.55 a.m. to-day. Passengers and' mail for the south connected with the first express. HERTFORD’S SAILING 'DATE. The Federal Line steamer Hertford, which is loading products at Port Chalmers, is now expected to sail at daybreak on Friday for Halifax, London, ; and West of England ports. PORT ALMA AT LONDON. The C. and D. Line has received cabled advice that the motor ship Port Alma, which left Bluff on March 28 for Hook of Holland and London, via Cape Horn and Dakar, reached London on May 3.

i MIDDLESEX LEAVES HALIFAX. Cabled udvfce has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Middlesex, which left Wellington on March 31 for Halifax and London. cleared Halifax on May 2. WANGANELLA DELAYED. [Put United I’kess Association. | WELLINGTON, May 8. The Huddart, Parker Company’s vessel Wanganella, on her journey from Sydney with 130 passengers,’ was delayed by bad weather, and did not arrive until 9.15 to-night. WAITAKI LOADS AT RED SEA. The Union Company’s new steamer Waitaki, which is en route from England to New Zealand, will load phosphates' at Safaga. Bay, Red Sea, for Bluff and Wellington. ABEL TASMAN AT AUCKLAND. 1 Alter having been delayed two days by heavy weather, the steamer Abel Tasman reached Auckland on Sunday from Sydney. She left there again on Monday for Wellington, Pictou, Lyttelton," Dunedin, Bluff, and Westport j to complete discharge. I ■“ ' THE SOMERSET. 'The Federal Line steamer Somerset will leave Liverpool on June 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on August 8. The steamer will replace the Otaio, which was previously to have i made the trip'. TARANAKI ARRIVES. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Line’s motor vessel Taranaki arrived in the harbour this morning from London via Suva, and berthed lat’er at the Victoria wharf. The vessel commenced her voyage on March 29. Generally bad weather was experienced for the whole time. She commenced discharging cargo at Suva, and is expected to sail about Friday for Lyttelton and Timaru to complete. Captain J. W. Johnson is in command, and his officers are:—Chief, R. G. Ireland; second, T. 13. A(arsden; • third. B. M. Morris; fourth, C. Stewart; chief engineer, J. Duncan; second, J. Barton; third, Blackburn; chief refrigerating engineer, E. W. Hinchcliffi; electrician, R. Willimott; chief steward, E. Bayer; and three cadets. KUMARA COMING. 'The S.S. and A. vessel Kumara is to leave London on May 30 for Lyttelton. Port Chalmers, and Bluff. She is due at Lyttelton on July 4, and Port Chalmers about July 8h The Kumara was originally the White Star liner Bardic, and later sailed under the name of Horatius. On being taken over by the Shaw, Savill Company she was named Kumara. She is similar to the Otira in size. GREATER SPEED WITH LESS COAL. In the last few years considerable progress has been made in tl* economical running of vessels. The , Arcwear, which did 11.15 knots on a twenty-four- hours’ run on a consumption of twenty tons of northcountry coal, with a dead-weight carrying capacity of 7,000 tons, compares more than favourably with vessels built even three or four years ago. The steamer Portregis, of 7,820 tons dead-weight, built in 1930 at a cost of £66,000, arid steaming 9 to 9J knots on twentv,.threo to twenty-five tons of 1 coal per “day, was sold recently for i £33.560. ’ Tims it will bo seen that in less than four years’ progress the modern ship can do the same speed hut on a consumption of about ten tons of coal less per day. This represents about 2,000 tons of coal saved per annum, and space for an extra 1,000 tons or so of cargo on a year’s voyages going out in ballast, it is considered by some shipowners that the latest vessels will hold their own against the steamers of ten to fifteen years of age which have been sold at very low prices to the Greeks and others during the last lew years. Apparently, however, the Greeks are satisfied, ior there are continually repeat sales of similar tonnage. Although the output of new steamers and motor ships last year aggregated only 489.016 tons gross, ’ there does not seem to be any dropping off in the sales for breaking up. Excluding Japanese and American ships, sixty steamers totalling 191,361 tons gross were disposed of in January to be broken up, as compared with forty vessels of 191.377 tons in January ot last year. Thus it will se seen that the tonnage was practically the same, although the increase in ships was 50 per cent. ! VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. 'The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland. —Deebank, Fite, Eliubank, Kalingo, Maui Poniare, New Zealand, Narbada, Remuera, Rotorua, Trojan Star, Wairuna, Wakakura, Wmton. Wellington.—Abel Tasman, Akaroa, i Aorangi, Canonesa, Fordsdale, Kartigi, I Mariposa, Monterey, Niagara, Nucula, Osthav, Port Melbourne, Port Sydney, Port Wellington, Rangatira, Rangitane, Wahine, Storanger, Tamahine, Turakina. w , |: Awarua. —Brisbane Maru, City ot Tokio. Golden Cross, Kavepo, Maimoa. Strathaird, Wainm. ______

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