SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21717, 11 May 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow. — St. Clair; 1.07 a.in., 1.28 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 7.17 a.m., 1.38 p.m. Port Chalmers; 1,57 a.m., 2.1 S p.m. Dunedin: 2.27 a.in., 2.48 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 4.52 p.m., rises to-mor-row 7.17 a.m. PHASES OF THE 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 3.20 p.m.,‘rises to-morrow 5.47 a.m. , WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day;— Bar. Ther. W.

Weather.—B, blue sky; ,bc, blue sky and de* taclicd clouds; c. cloudy, o, overcast; g, gloomy; u. . ugl) ; r, -ain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showers; h, hail; q, squally; 1, lightning; t, thunder; I, tog; m mist; 7 haze. •Wind,—o, calm; 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; 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, Halfmoon Bay:— A moderate anti-cyclone covers the New Zealand area, the highest pressure being east of the South Island. A shallow depression is located over the Western Tasman Sea. Forecast: Light to moderate but freshening north-easterly winds, backing to southerlies again'tonight. Weather fair to fine at first, and milder, but later some shower?, more especially in coastal and southern parts; seas smooth to moderate, COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Gale is due from Bluff to-morrow morning. She will load and sail- the" same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. Parent is due to-morrow and is to sail at night for Bluff. Returning on Tuesday she will sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, "Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Waikato. John is due to-morrow, and is to sail the same dav for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and Westport. Breeze is due on Tuesday from Lyttelton. She is to load and sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Wingntui was to leave Wellington this afternoon for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due on Sunday, and is to load on Monday for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Totara left Westport yesterday morning tor Port Chalmers and Dunedin. She is expected at this port on Sunday. Holmdale is due on Monday from Wellington, and is to sail the same day for Oainaru. Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Port Waikato is due from Auckland, viaj ports, on Tuesday. She is tq sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland, and Port Whangarei. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL VESSELS. —Southward.— Mariposa left San Francisco on. May 1 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Suva. She is due at Auckland on May 18 and Sydney on May 21. Aorangi is to leave Vancouver on May 23 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on June 11 and Sydney on June 16. Niagara left Vancouver on April 25 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on May 14 and Sydney on May--19 Maunganui left San Francisco on May 9 for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Wellington on May 28 and Sydneyon Juno 2. . Monterey is to leave San Francisco on May 29 and Los Angeles on May 30 for Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne via Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Suva. She is due at Auckland on Juno 15, Sydney on June 18, and Melbourne on June 22. Makura is to leave San Francisco on July 4 for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Wellington on July 23 and Sydney on July 28. —Northwards. — Monterey left Melbourne on April 28 and Sydney on April 30 for San Francisco via Honolulu. She arrived at Auckland on May 5, and is due at Sail Francisco on May 21. Maunganui will leave Sydney on June 7, and passengers for Rarotonga, Papeete, and San Francisco will transfer to the Makura, leaving Wellington on June 12, arriving at San Francisco on June 29. „ . Aorangi left Sydney on April 26 and Auckland on May 1 for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. She is due at Vancouver on May 18. Marama will leave Sydney on July 5 for San Francisco via Wellington, Rarotonga, and Papeete. Passengers will transfer to the Maunganui, leaving Wellington on July 10, and the vessel is due at San Francisco on July 27. Niagara is to leave Sydney on May 24 and Auckland on May 29 for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. She is due at Vancouver on June 15. Mariposa is to leave Melbourne on M'ay 26, Sydney on May 30, and Auckland on Juno 2 for San Francisco via Suva, Pago Pago, and Honolulu. She is due at San Francisco on June IS.

INTERISLANJ> SERVICE. The interisland express steamer AVahine reached Lyttelton at 6.45 a.m. to-day. Passengers and mail for the south connected with tho express. THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH. The Canadian Scottish, en route from Halifax to Australia, Dunedin, ami Lyttelton, cleared Colon on April 25. She is due at Dunedin about Juno 7. WESTMORELAND LEAVES PANAMA. The Westmoreland, en route from Liverpool in ballast, sailed from Panama on May 5. She is due at Wellington on May 28 to commence loading for Home ports. MONOWAI FOR AUCKLAND. The Monowai is to leave Sydney todavifor Auckland and Wellington. She is due at Auckland on Monday, and will arrive at Wellington on May 17, and will leave again the following day for Sydney. MATAKANA REPLACES TAMAROA. The Matakana will replace the Tamaroa, sailing from London on June 13 for Auckland and Wellington. The Matakana is due at Auckland about July 21, and at Wellington about July 27. TANKERS FOR NEW ZEALAND. Four overseas tankers are now en route to New Zealand with motor spirit or fuel oil for discharge. Three of these are due at Wellington within the next week. The Union Company’s chartered tanker Storanger, bringing fuel oil from San Pedro, arrived there yesterday, while the Shell Company’s Osthav, 'from Singapore, also arrived. The Thelma, also chartered by the Shell Company, is at present'scheduled to reach Wellington about next Tuesday . from Balik Papan. Another tanker, the Ahamo (ex. Plume), is en route from San Francisco to New Zealand. The Texas Oil Company’s tanker New Zealand left Auckland on Wednesday evening after completing the discharge of motor spirit from San Pedro. With both the Osthav and the Storanger reaching Wellington yesterday, there were three tankers in port, as the Shell Company’s coastal motor tanker Paua was also berthed, at the Burnham wharf. YACHT TO SALVAGE SHIP. It is striking to notice how speed is being made one of the principal qualifications considered necessary by Abe most experienced .salvage firms, owing, no doubt, to the cost of protracted salvage operation and the price of tonnage when the job Is'-completed. Tho new salvage tugs built in Holland and elwhere, too, have a good speed, while the latest ship to be converted, the Salvador, was originally one of the fastest steam yachts in the United States._ Originally this vessel, which is destined for operations in the 'Mediterranean, was the famous Noma, built in 1902 by the Burlee Dry Dock Company, of Port Richmond, New York, for Mr William. B. Leeds, the famous millionaire. She was a twin-screw schooner of 873 tons, her triple-expansion engines water-tube boilers being capable of giving her a speed of over nineteen knots. During the war she was lent by a later owner, Mr Vincent Astor, to the United States navy on free loan, and armed with four 3in guns and two machine -guns she made a remarkably effective patrol vessel against submarines operating in European waters. After the war the vessel changed hands several times, until early, last year she was bought by Dutch buyers and resold almost immediately for Bremen owners for under £3,000 for intended passenger service in the Baltic. Instead, however, they had the vessel converted into a salvage steamer by Krupp’s Germania Yard at Kiel, and under the Italian flag she will how be worked in the Mediterranean by an associate of the famous German Towage and Salvage Company. It is reported that her speed is still in the neighbourhood of eighteen knots. WAITAKI’S ITINERARY. The Union Company’s new 2,260-tou steamer Waitaki, at present on her maiden voyage to New Zealand, is reported to have arrived at Safagi, in the Red Sea. where she is to load phosphates for Bluff and Wellington. She is to leave Safagi on Monday, and proceeds to South Australia, where she will load general cargo for the dominion. She is expected to reach South Australia during the first week in June, and will load at Adelaide and Edithburg for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. When she reaches New Zealand she will replace the AVainui in the cargo service between Melbourne, Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and AVellington. MAIMOA EXPECTED. Tho National Mortgage and Agency Company advises that the Maiinoa is expected at Port Chalmers on Tuesday or AA’eduesday from Sydney via Bluff. She is to load meat, dairy produce, and general cargo, and is expected to sail the same day as she arrives for Timaru, Lyttelton,. AVcilington, and Auckland. She is to leave the latter port on May 29 for London and west coast ports of England. AVAINUI EROM MELBOURNE. The Union Company advises that the Wainui is to leave Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. She is due on May 22. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—pity of Delhi, Deebank, Elmbank, Kalingo, Maui Pomare, Niagara, New Zealand, Rangitata, Remuera, Trojan Star, AA'aikawa, AA’aipahi, AAmiruna, AA’inton. Wellington.—Abel Tasman, Antonio, Aorangi, Fordsdale, Mahia, Mariposa, Monterey, Osthav, Port Melbourne, Rangatira, Raugitane, Rotorua, Tainui, Taniahine, Turakina, AVahine, AA’anganella. Awarua.—Brisbane Main, City of Tokio, Hertford, Maimoa, Makura, Maunganui, Monowai. Port Sydney, Strathaird, Taranaki, AVainui.

CITY OF TOKIO TO-NIGHT. The New Zealand Shipping Comphny advises that the City of Tokio, which has been delayed at Lyttelton by rain, was expected to arrive off the Heads about 4 p.m. to-day. After working cargo at Dunedin she is to sail at 2 pan. to-morrow for Sydney to complete discharge. TELEGRAPHIC ADVICE? AUCKLAND, May 10.—Arrived: Narbada (6.30 a.m.), from Calcutta. Sailed; Mahia (7.15 a.m.), for AA(ellingtou; Port Waikato (1.15 p.m.), for AA'ollington. AVELLINGTON, May 10.—Arrived: Storanger (1.35 pan.), from- San Pedro; Osthav (3 pan.), from Singapore ; AA’ingatui (6.55 pan.), from Auckland. Sailed: Holradalo (7 a.m.), for Picton; AVanganelia (12.40 pan,), from Sydney; Tainui (4.20 p.m.), for Timaru; Parera (7.15 p.m.), for Dunedin ; AVahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Kanna (10 pan.), for Picton. May 11.—Arrived: Rangatira (7 a.m.), Opilii (10 a.m.), for Lyttelton; Breeze (7.25 a.m.), from AA’anganui. Sailed: Port AA’hangarei (6.40 a.m.), for Auckland. AVESTPORT, May 10.—Sailed: Totara (4.45 pan.), for Dunedin. LYTTELTON, May 10.—Sailed; Opihi (4.40 pan.), for AVellington; John (5.40 pan.), for Dunedin; Storm (8.25 pan.), for AA r ellington; Rangatira (8.30 p.m.), for AVellington; City of Tokio (9.40 p.m.), for Dunedin. SYDNEY, May 10.—Sailed : Makura (4 p.m.), for AVellington. SUA r A, May 10.—Arrived: Niagara, from A^ancouver. SOUTHAMPTON. May 9.—Arrived • Tamaroa, from AA'ellington. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9.—Sailed • Maunganui, for AVellington. CURACAO, May 9.—Sailed: Cumberland. for the United Kingdom. COLON, .May 9.—Arrived: Canadian Leader, from Halifax.

(For continuation-see late news.)

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