SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22271, 24 February 1936, Page 1

SHIPPING

During the operation of summer time 30 minutes must be added to the times given in the following tables;— HIGH WATER. —To-morrow. — Sfc. Clair: 4.16 a.m., 4.42 p.m. Taiaroa Head; 4.26 a.m., 4.52 p.m. Port Chalmers: 5.6 a.m., 5.32 p.m. Dunedin: 5.36 a.m., 6.2 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 7.6’ p.m., rises to-mor-row 5.37 a.m, PHASES OF THE MOON.

ARRIVED. —February 22. Breeze, m.s. (3.10 p.m.), 620 tons, Stewart, from Wanganui via ports. City of Dieppe, s.s. (4.40 p.m.), 7,863 tons, Cartwright, from Paulsboro, New York, and Newport News via Cristobal, Panama Canal, and northern ports. ARRIVED. —February 23. Canadian Britisher, s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 3,369 tons, J. F. Smeltzer, from Bluff. Awahou, m.s. (2.20 p.m.), 410 tons, Kanerva, from Port Waikato and Wellington. Omana, s.s. (6 p.m.), 2,550 tons, Brisco, from Edithburg and Adelaide via northern ports. SAlLED.—February 22. Waimarino, s.s. (5.10 p.m.), 3,067 tons, Prosser, for Bluff. Benledi, s.s. (5.45 p.m.), 5,943 tons, J. H. Patterson, for Timaru. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. —Northbound. — Maunganui left Sydney on February 13 and Wellington on February 18 for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete. She is due at San Francisco on March 6. ■ Aorangi is to leave Sydney on February 27 and Auckland on March 3 for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. She is due at Vancouver on March 20. Mariposa is to leave Sydney on March 4 and Auckland on March 7 for Los Angeles and San Francisco via Suva, Pago Pago, and Honolulu. She is due at Los Angeles on March 21 and San Francisco on March 23. Makura is to leave Sydney on March 12 and Wellington on March 17 for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete. She is due at San Francisco on April 3. —Southbound.— Makura left San Francisco on February 12 for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Wellington on March 2, and Sydney on March 7. Niagara is to leave Vancouver on February 26 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on March 16 and Sydney on March 21. Monterey is to leave Los Angeles on March 4 for Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne via Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Suva. Maunganui is to leave San Francisco on March 11 for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Wellington on March 30 and Sydney on April 4. INTERISLAND EXPRESS, The interisland express steamer Wahino arrived in Lyttelton from Wellington yesterday at 7 a.m. NARBADA FOR THE EAST. The Union Company’s chartered steamer Narbada is to come to. Dunedin next Saturday from Port Chalmers to load general cargo. She is to sail at 9 a.m. on Sunday for Newcastle, Rangoon, and Calcutta. HAURAKI FROM PACIFIC COAST. The Union Company advises that the Hauraki, which loaded at Pacific Coast ports, is scheduled to leave Los Angeles on Wednesday for Papeete, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. CITY OF DIEPPE FROM AMERICA. The A. and A. Line’s chartered steamer City of Dieppe arrived on Saturday afternoon from Paulsborough, New York, and Newport News via Panama, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. She was berthed at the Bowen wharf. Port Chalmers, where the Dunedin portion of her American cargo will be discharged to-day. The City of Dieppe will sail this evening or to-mor-row morning for Sydney to completedischarge. PORT WAIKATO FROM AUSTRALIA. The -motor vessel Port Waikato is due at Dunedin on March 5 from Clarence River and Sydney via northern ports to discharge general cargo and timber. She will load- at Dunedin, and sail on March 6 for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Taura'nga, Auckland, and Whangarei. BENLEDI SAILS. The steamer Benledi, after loading 8.000 bales of wool, left Port Chalmers on Saturday evening for Timaru to complete loading for Dunkirk, Hull, and London.

STEAMERS IN BALLAST. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Kumara left London for New Zealand in ballast on February 14 to load for Great Britain. She is due in New Zealand about March 30. The company’s steamer Mahana left London in ballast on February 12, and she is due in New Zealand about April 2. PERSONAL. Captain J. W. H. Holmes, of Gisborne, has been appointed master Of the motor ship Port Waikato, and will | take up his duties early m;xt month. Captain Holmes spent 13 years in the service of the Union Steam Ship Company Ltd., and later he was harbourmaster at Picton for some time. During his residence in Gisborne he served for eight years as a member of the Borough Council, and he has also acted as harbourmaster. CAPE YORK PROM PACIFIC COAST. The Union Company’s chartered motor ship Cape York arrived at Auckland on Friday from Pacific Coast ports. She will complete discharge at Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. The Cape York is due at Dunedin on March 6. GERMAN-CANADIAN SERVICE. The Hamburg-Amerika Line is, it is understood, to resume its regular passenger service to Canada shortly. The St. Louis, Germany’s largest motor ship, will bo employed on this service between Hamburg and Halifax, N.S. THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH. The Canadian Scottish left Halifax on February 13 for Auckland, Wellington, and Australia. She is due at Auckland about March 23. HORORATA IN BALLAST. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Hororata left Liverpool for New Zealand in ballast on Febru- | ary 4 to load for Great Britain. She is due in New Zealand about March 20. UNUSUAL TYPE OF BOW.

The steamer City of Dieppe, which is at present at Port Chalmers, will attract more than usual interest among those connected with shipping, on account of the ship being fitted with a Maierform bow. During August of last year the ow'nors of the City of Dieppe decided to have the vessel fitted as an experiment, witli the possibility of having other ships similarly altered or built. Before the alterations were carried out at Birkenhead by Messrs Cammed, Laird Ltd., a model of the City of Dieppe was fashioned in wax and tests were carried oviX in the Tcddington experimental tank. When it was definitely decided to carry out the alterations, the whole bow was cut away. The new Maierform bow fitted has a deck line of 44 feet which tapers to 28 feet at the water line. It is claimed that this class of bow fines down the co-efficiency of the ship. It also gives half a knot more speed, and in rough weather is a decided advantage, for the Maierform bow does not push the bow wave right out as in the old type of bow. Although the City of Dieppe was the first British ship to have such a how* she is not the first boat with such a bow to visit Dunedin. The Brattdal, which was here in November last year, possessed a similar bow. PASSENGERS ON AKAROA. The following is the advance list of passengers on the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Akaroa, ■which is due at Auckland from London on February 29' For Auckland: Mr C. J., Mrs, and Miss and Master Barton. Mr and Mrs E. R. and Master L. Gray, Mr J, Sawers, For Wellington: Commander A. J. Mathews, Miss E. J. Mathews. Rev. A, MacKinnon, Mrs M. E. and Misses' C. A. and F. C. Robertson, Miss D. M. Chown, Miss E A. Fry, Miss M. Kember, Mrs M. C. Din<rah, Mr J. C. Edmunds, Mr R. 0. Fullerton Smith, Mr J. M. Jobbins, Mr T Todd, Mr and Mrs A. H. feeiger. For Lyttelton; Mrs M. Crjicroft-Wil-son, Mrs J. P. Westmacott lor Napier; Miss G. G. Rind; also 27 round-voyage passengers and 15 passengers for Australia. JOSEPH CONRAD ARRIVES. VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. [ Pei; United Press Association.] AUCKLAND. February 21. A full-ringed ship, the Joseph Conrad, arrived to-day, 16 months out of Harwich Harbour, on a leisurely yoy;we round the world, hor the last -2 days she has been making her way across the Tasman from Melbourne to Auckland, and after a few days here she will sail for the islands of the Pacific, and then round the Horn and back to England. The owner and master, of the Joseph Conrad is A. J. Villiers, a former Australian journalist, who travelled before the mast in Scandinavian and Danish vessels before lie became au ownei in sail. He has written books of the sea. On board the ship are four raining engineers and prospectors—Messrs T. J. Shephard. T. White. H. Slocombe. and F. Herbert, Australians—who are travelling as Captain Villiers’s guests to an unnamed tropic island, where tbev have hopes of finding and developing rich gold deposits. . , . Two American ladies who arrived at Auckland by the Mariposa yesterday— Mrs VI. A. Lindslcy, traveller and writer and her daughter—are to join the Joseph Conrad for the voyage back to New York. They will travel as Captain Villiers’s guests. RANGITATA FROM LONDON. Advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company states that the Raimi tata, en route from London to Wellington and Auckland, arrived at Kingston on the afternoon of February 20. She is due at Wellington on March 12. CANADIAN BRITISHER TO LOAD. The Canadian National Line steamer Canadian Britisher arrived at Dunedin yesterday from Bluff to load wool and other products. She is to sail to-day for Tiinani to complete loading for New York, Boston, and Halifax.

MARAMA DUE TO-MORROW. The Marama arrived at Bluff yestera: day afternoon from Melbourne via, ford Sound. She is to sail this afte>*' noon for Dunedin, where she is duai at 6 a.m. to-morrow. The Marama wilt sail on Wednesday at 4 p.m. for Lyttelton, Wellington, Bluff, Milford Sound* and Melbourne. The Marama has for discharge at southern ports transhipments ex Esquilino-. Meliskerk, Orontes* Mooltan, Kamo Maru, and Atsut# Maru. SHIPS BARBOUND. ' Owing to the recent stormy on the West Coast ,of the South Island: the harbour bars at the entrances t» Westport and Greymouth have shallowed to an alarming degree, _ making the ports unworkable for shipping. A* suddenly as it formed, the shoaling on the Greymouth bar almost disappeared on Saturday, the increase in the depth of water at high tide being 3ft compared with Friday, the depth of 18ft* allowing the barbpund vessels to depart. The Poolta, which had been held uni for a week, and the Kaimiro, which had been delayed for several days, both sailed. Soundings taken indicated that 4 constant improvement was taking_ place, and, noth the spring tides making, it was unlikely that there would be any further trouble. Additional shipping information will be found elsewhere.

First quarter February 29 8.58 p.m. Full moon March 8 4.43 p.m. Last quarter March 16 8.5 p.m. New moon March 23 3.43 p.m. Sets to-day 7.27 p.m., rises to-mor-row 8.36 a.m.