SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21820, 8 September 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— St. Chur: 2.18 a.m., 2.30 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 2.28 a.m., 2.40 p.m. Port Chalmers: 3.08 a.'m., 3.20 p.m. Dunedin; 3.38 a.m., 3.50 p.m, —Monday.-^ St. Clair: 2.56 a.m., 3.15 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 3.06 a.m., 3.25 p.m. Port Chalmers: 3.46 a.m., 4.05 p.m. Dunedin: 4.16 a.m., 4.35 p.m. THE SDN. Sets to-day 5.46 p.m., rises to-mor-row 6.25 a.m. Sets to-morrow 5.47 p.m., rises Monday 0.23 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New moon Sept. 9 11.50 a.m. First quarter Sept. 16 11.56 p.m. Full moon Sept. 23 3.49 p.m. Last quarter Sept. 30 11.59 p.m. Sets to-day 4.55 p.m., rises to-mor-row 6.00 a.m. Sets to-morrow 6 p.m., rises Monday 6.17 a.m. • WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist ‘ (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day:—

Weather,—B, blue sky; be, blue sky and de« (ached clouds; c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u ugly; r, rain, s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showers; h, hail, q. squally; 1, lightning; t, (bunder; f, log; m, mist; z, haze. Wind.—o, calm; 1, light air; % 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; 18. hurricane

Forecast. Tho 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 rather shallow trough of low pres r sure is still slowly crossing the dominion. Pressure has been rising rapidly over South-eastern Australia, and a southerly change has already reached the southern extremity of the South Island. Forecast: Moderate to strong southerly winds. Weather becoming cold, with some rain in most places. Hail likely on the coast. Seas rough, . » SAlLED.—September 7. Tekoa s.s. (3.15 p.m.), 8.529 tons, Howell-Price, for Lyttelton. September 8. Winamac s.s. (6.45 a.m.), 5,621 tons, Chalmers, for San Francisco. ARRIVED. —September 8. Opihi s.s. (TO a.m.), 1,117 tons, Russell, from Lyttelton. . MOVEMENTS ON THE COAST. Opihi arrived this morning from Lvttelton and is to sail on Monday afternoon for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth via ports. Parera is due to-morrow from Wellington, and is to sail on Monday evening for Wellington, Nelson. Wanganui, New' Plymouth, and Port Waikato via ports. Holmglen is due from Wellington on Monday. She will load and sail the same day for Port Waikato and Dargaville. Port Whangarei is to load at Dunedin about September 15 for Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland, and Port Whangarei. ' - Storm is due bn Monday from Wanganui and Wellington' and is to sail the same day for Wellington, Wanganui, and New Plymouth via ports. Waimarino left Auckland, on Friday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due on Wednesday. INTERISLAND SERVICE. ' The interisland express steamer Rangatira reached, Lyttelton from Wellington at'6.45 a.m. to-day. Passengers and mail for the south connected with the express. PORT HOBART FROM NEW YORK. - Messrs J. W. Swift and Co. advise that the Port Hobart, which arrived at Lyttelton yesterday from New York via ports, was expected to sail to-day for Dunedin, where the remainder of her American cargo will be discharged. She ■ should arrive tomorrow afternoon. . ' TAMAROA FROM, ENGLAND. The Shaw, SaviiC i! and Albion, liner Tamaroa was to leave 'Southampton yesterday with passengers and mail for New Zealand and cargo for discharge at Auckland and Wellington. She is due at Auckland on October 10. lONIC AT SOUTHAMPTON. The lonic, which left Wellington on July 25 for Southampton and London via Panama and Kingston, arrived at Southampton on the morning of September 4. BOILER AMIDSHIPS! At a recent meeting of the Oslo Ship Owners’ Association an interesting account was gjven of the new Fredrikstad type of steamship, in which the boilers are placed in the super-structure amidships. It is said that this arrangement; is particularly suitable for vessels with good cubic capacity. A 2,400-ton vessel of this type has been in service since November last, and has proved an excellent sea-going vessel, and, despite. the arrangement of the boilers,, she has not suffered as regards stability. An advantage ot this arrangement is that stokers are enabled to do their work in daylight and under highly favourable conditions. , L’ATL ANTIQUE. The formal appeal against the findings of the Court of First Instance at Paris in the case of the liner L’Atlantique, which was burnt in the Channel, arid which the court had decided to be the constructive total loss, has been filed by the underwriters. Sensational details have appeared in the British Press on the manner in which the underwriters have obtained fresh and important evidence bearing on the case. It is substantially true that this information was obtained at great expense and in a manner which competes with the most sensational thriller yet written. The judgment to be appealed against is whether or not the vessel was 0.T.L., hut in the Court of Appeal fresh evidence will be called, as in the case of the Georges ’Phillippar, and intended to prove that the vessel was unseaworthy previously, and at the time of the disaster, in which case the insurance would be invalid. DANGER OF SMALL CRAFT. A warning issued by the State Department ot Navigation recently asks shipmasters to keep a specially good lookout north and south of Sydney Heads for small craft usually operating about four miles off the coast, i Frequent complaints have been received by the department of big ships narrowly missing fishing boats, and the notice draws attention to the obligation of occupants of fishing craft under article 9k of Regulations for Prevention of Collisions at Sea, which reads as follows :—•

“ All vessels or boats fishing with net or lines or trawls, when under way, shall in tho day-time indicate | their occupation to an approaching vessel by displaying a basket or other efficient signal where it can best be seen. If _ vessels or boats at anchor have their gear out, they shall, on the approach of other vessels, show the same signal on the side on which those i r essels can pass.”

In the case of craft not fitted with a mast, such signals should be displayed from an upended oar or boathook. It is pointed out that a small boat hidden for some lime in the trough of a wave is difficult to pick up from a ship’s bridge, and that on numerous 1 : -asions collisions have been narrowly averted through this difficulty. ■

WAIKOUAITI TO BE DOCKED. The Union Company advises that the Waikouaiti is due at Port Chalmers from Oamarii on Thursday to dock i for cleaning and painting. She will sail on Friday for Bluff and Newcastle. WINAMAC AWAY. Tho tanker Winaniac, which has -been discharging, bulk motor ; spirit from Sumatra sailed this morning for San Francisco. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL.' The following vessels are expected te( be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations to-night:— . Auckland.—Saturday onlv: Aug Kessler.. Saturday and Sunday: Akaroa, Canadian Conqueror, Elmbank,Leverbank, Mariposa, Opawa, Rotorua, Waipahi. ; . Wellington.— Saturday only: Maori,Marama, Omana, Rangatira, Tamahine. Saturday and Sunday: Atbelduke, Golden State, - Kaimiro, Koyo Maru, Monterey, Rangitane, Rangitata, Remuera, Waitaki. Awarua—Saturday only: Parra, combe. Saturday and Sunday: Kar. Ugi; Kekerangu, Makura, Maunganui,Waikouaiti, Wanganella. Sunday only; Forsdale, Port Hobart. TELEGRAPHIC ADVICE. . AUCKLAND,' September. 7.—Arrived; Narbada- (4.30 p.m.), from Calcutta; Melbourne Maru i/o p.m,),from .Wellington. Sailed; Koyo Mara (3 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Marama (6 p.m.L for Wellington; Mariposa (IP p.m.), for Sydney; Waimarino (7 p.m.),, for Wellington; Opawa (7j p.m.), .for London. ■ WELLINGTON, September .7. Sailed:, Akaroa (5 p.m.), for Auckland; Rangatira . (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Omana (10 p.m.), for Auck. land. September 8., —Arrived': Maori (7 a.m.), Waitaki (8.30 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Holmglen (9.45 .a.m.). from Port Waikato. . LYTTELTON, September 7.—Ar. rived: Port 1 Hobart (12.30 ‘ p.m.), from Wellington; Waipiata, from. Auckland/' Sailed: Totara (3.45 p.m.), for Wellington: Kini (5.20 p.m.), . for Westport; Waitaki, (6.15 p.m.), for ■Wellington; Brecz© (7,20 p.m.), - fdr Wellington; Wingatui (9.15 p.m.), for Wellington; Maori (8.40 p.m.), for Wellington. September B.—Arrived: Tekoa (8.30 a.m.),•from Dunedin.

O AMARU, September 7.—Arrived j' Port Waikato (7.15 p.m.), from Dunedin.

(For continuation see Late News.),

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