SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22354, 2 June 1936, Page 3

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. St. Clair: 12..‘38 a.in., 1 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 12.48 a.in., 1.10 p.m. Port Chalmers: 1.28 a.in., 1-50 p.m. Dunedin; 1:58 a.m., 2.20 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 4.32 p.m., rises to-morrow 7.39 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

First quarter Juno 27 6.52 a.m. Sets to-day 4.22 a.m., rises to-mor-row 2.43 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidson) supplied the following at

« Wrathei.—b, blu .sky; to, blue iky and r!etacHed clouds; c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u. ugly; r ral, 'l s sn O'VJ d, drizzle; [i. passing showersJ h had; q, squally;. I, lightning; t. thunder: f fog. m mist; /, 'laze. Wind.—o. cairn, 1 light tar; 2, ..light breeze; 3, gentle btee/c; i. moderate breeze; 3 fresh breeze. 6 strong breeze: 7 high wind: 8. gale; 3, strong gale; Itr, whole gale: 11, storm; 13, hurricane. SAILED. —June I. Canadian Constructor, s.s. (3 p.m.), 7.178 tons, Webb, for Lyttelton and Wellington. „ , . , Waipiata, s.s. (6.10 p.m.), 2,826 tons, Lowe, for Auckland via ports. _ ARRIVED. —June 2. Kaimai, s.s. (9.30 a.m.). 1,435 tons, Collier from Westport via Bluff. DUE. --To-morrow. — Gale, Wanganui via ports. Holmglen, Port Waikato via ports. Benholm, Newport News via ports. Melbourne MaruJ Yokohama, Melbourne. TO SAIL. —To-morrow. — Kaimai, Oamaru, Greymouth. Gale, Wanganui via ports; Holmglen, Port Waiaato via ports. —Thursday.— Benholm, Sydney. CARGOES TO ARRIVE, At Dunedin,

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MOVEMENTS. Coastal. Kaimai arrived this morning from Westport via Bulff. She will sail tomorrow for Oamaru and Greymouth. Gale is now due on Wednesday to load and sail for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Holmglen is now expected here tomorrow to sail the same day for Wellington, New Plymouth, and Port Waikato via ports. Kartigi leaves Wellington to-morrow for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due here on Friday, to sail on Saturday lor Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington. and Auckland. - . Karu leaves New; Plymouth on Friday for Dunedin direct. She will sail on Monday for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth via ports. Breeze is due here from Lyttelton on Friday, and is to sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Kiwitea is to load at Westport on June 9 for Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due here on June 13. Waimarino is to leave Auckland next Friday for Dunedin via ports, and is due here on June 10. She will sail the same day for Bluff. Wainui is scheduled to leave Wellington on Friday for Lyttelton and Dunedin, and is due here on June 9 to load for Napier and Gisborne via ports. Wingatui, which has been undergoing survey at Auckland, is to resume on Friday, when she will sail for Lyttelton. She will load there for a return voyage to Lyttelton. Overseas. Melbourne Maru radios that heavy weather is being experienced, and she will not reach Dunedin until to-morrow afternoon to discharge Japanese cargo and load a quantity of general cargo. From this port she will proceed to Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland to complete. Benholm is now expected here tomorrow from northern ports to discharge. She is to sail on Thursday to complete discharge at Australian ports. Wairangi, which is now berthed at Port Chalmers, is expected to Sail this evening for Lyttelton to complete, and is to sail finally on June 13 for Southampton and London via Cape Horn and LAs Palmas. Canadian Constructor completed working cargo at Dunedin yesterday, and sailed in Lie afternoon for Lyttelton and Dunedin.

Cape Horn is expected to sail this evening for Melbourne, Sydney,_ Fiji, Apia, Vancouver and San Francisco. Parracombe is now due at Lyttelton on Friday, and is not at Ravcnsbourne until Sunday, Juno /. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The iuterisland express steamer Wahiiie arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 6.40 this morning. Passengers and mail for the south connected with the express. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. —Northbound. — Niagara left Sydney on May 21 and Auckland on May 26 for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. She is due at Vancouver on June 12. Monterev left Sydney on May 2/ and Auckland on May 30 for San Francisco via Suva, Pago Pago, and Honolulu. She is due at San Francisco on June 15. Maungauui is to leave Sydney on Thursday and Wellington on June 9 for San Francisco via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at San Francisco on Juno 26. Aorangi is to leave Sydney on .lime 18 and Auckland on June 23 for Vancouver via Suva and Honolulu. She is due at Vancouver on July ID. Mariposa is to leave Sydney on June 24 and Auckland mi June 27_ for Los Angeles and San Francisco via Suva, Pago Pago, and Honolulu. She is due at Los Angeles on July 11 and at San Francisco on July 13. Alakura is to leave Sydney on July 2 and Wellington on July 7 for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete. She is duo at San Francisco on July 24. —Southbound.— Aorangi left Vancouver on May 20 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on June 8 and at Sydney on June 13. Mariposa left Los Angeles on May 27 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Suva. She is due at Auckland on June 12 and at Sydney on June 15. Makura is to leave San Francisco tomorrow for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Auckland on June 22 and at Sydney on June 27. Niagara fs to leave Vancouver on June 17 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on July 6, and at Sydney on July 11. Monterey is to leave Los Angeles on June 24 for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu, Pago Pago, and Suva. She is due at Auckland on July 10, and at Sydney on July 13. Maungauui is to leave San Francisco on July 1 for Wellington and Sydney via Papeete and Rarotonga. She is due at Wellington on July 20, and at Sydney on July 25. SUMMER CRUISES. The Union Company is announcing an increased number of cruises for next summer. The outstanding features of these will be a fortnight’s cruise by the Maungauui from Sydney round the South Island raid a cruise by the new steamer Awatea from Auckland to the northern bays. The Maungauui on her retirement from the Australia-New Zealand-San Francisco service will _ be the vessel principally used for cruising this coming season. The first cruise will he by the Maunganai from Sydney to Milford Sound, George Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound, Stewart., Island, v"Dunedin, Lyttelton, (JueetV Charlotte : Sound, and Pelorus Sound, leaving Sydney on December 2. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. Waitaki is to leave Melbourne tomorrow for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. She is due at Dunedin on June 9. Omana was expected to load at itditliburg, and will load at Adelaide on Thursday for Auckland, Portland, Wollington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on June 13. Karetu left Sydney yesterday for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. She is due here on June 7. Monowai is due to leave Sydney on June 5 for Auckland and Wellington. She is expected at Auckland on June 8 and Wellington June 11 to load and sail for Sydney. PERSONAL. Captain J. L. Brisco is in command of the Kaikorai, which recommissioned at Port Chalmers on Saturday, and his officers are: —Chief, Mr J. Warcup; acting second, Air D. J. Rutter; third, Mr 11. Watson ; chief engineer, Air T. Melville; second, Air L. Blomtield; third, Air C. M‘Vicar; fourth, Air R. Al. Sunley. , Captain F. W. Collins lias taken coinmand of the Karepo, relieving Captain A. H. Howie for holidays. Air T. Stevenson has joined the Kim as second -officer, relieving Air E. J. Taylor for holidays. Mr E. J. Leeds lias joined the Afonowai as fourth officer, vice Air J. A. Noble, who has transferred to the Waipiata as third officer. Air J. L. Watson is now third officer of the Kartigi, relieving Mr 11. D. Scotchmer for holidays. WAIWERA’S NEW RECORD. The Shaw, Savill motor ship . Waiwora, which readied New Plymouth at the week-end from Brisbane to load Homeward, made a very fast passage from "London to Australia, wjiero she discharged cargo. The Waiwera s time from London to Fremantle was 27 days 17 hours 12 minutes, at an average speed of 16.86 knots. 1 During the run from Loudon to Cape Town the Waiwera cut one day 14 hours 36 minutes from her previous record, making the passage in In days 24 minutes, at an average speed of 16.92 knots. The voyage was done non-stop, and entailed no undue pressure on the ship’s engines. On the run to the Equator the average speed was 17.4 knots. Strong head winds were then encountered, reducing the ship’s speed. THE PORT HUON. The Port Line motor ship Fort Huon arrived at Auckland on May 27 to commence discharge. The remainder of the cargo i 3 for Wellington, and Dunedin, where she is due ou Friday. After completion of discharge she will load at Oamaru, Timaru, Bluff, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, and Wellington. She is scheduled to clear Wellington finally on June 27 for London via Cape Horn. NEW FRENCH LINER. Further details are to hand of thevessel which will be laid down in ALny by the Cliantier et Ateliers de St. Nazire-Penhoet to replace the burnt-out liner L’Atlantiqno. 'The ship is to have a displacement of about 30,000 tons, and an overall length of about 65Gft. The engines will consist of four groups of Parsons type single-reduction geared

turbines, with a total output of about 60,000 i.b.p. The trial speed is to be more than 25 knots. The vessel will be different from L’Atlantique not only on account of her lower tonnage, but also for her higher speed and improved machinery. Whereas L’Atlantique had fire-tube 'boilers, the new vessel will be fitted with 10 Penhoet watertube boilers of the type used for the Normandie; furthermore, the steam drums of these boilers will be electrically welded. The vessel will be put into service in the autumn of 1938, and the contract price is understood to bo about £2,400,000. BELGENLAND TO BE SCRAPPED. Columbia, ex Belgenland, os Belgic, triple-screw passenger .steamer, four decks and shelter deck, 24,578 tons gross 13.130 tons net. built Harlaud and Wolff, Belfast, 1917,- S.S. No. 1, 1935, and owned by the Atlantic Transport Company, of West Viriginia, has been sold to Douglas and Ramsey, Glasgow. for about £55,000, as she lies in New York, and will be broken up. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, June I.—Arrived; Waimarino (3.30 p.m.), from Pictou. Sailed: Poolta (11 p.m.), for Portland and Grevmouth. WELLINGTON, June I.—Arrived: Port Huon (9.50 a.m.), from Auckland , Storm p.m.), fyom Greymouth. Sailed: Breeze (noon), for Picton; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Alatai (8 p.m.), for northern lights; Holmglen (10.20 p.m.), for Dunedin. LYTTELTON, June I.—Sailed: Maori (8.15 p.m.). for Wellington. BLUFF, June I.—Sailed: Kaimai (6 p.m.). for Dunedin: Paua, for Lyttelton ; Kaikorai, for Sydney. SYDNEY, June L—Arrived; Alouowai (2.10 p.m.), from Auckland; James Cook, from Greymouth. IN RADIO RANGE. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Dunedin, Alaui Pomare, Port Whangarei, Waipahi, Augsburg, Beatus, Huntingdon, Alonterey. Simonside, AV. B. AValker. AVellington.—Maori, Alatai, Tamahiue, AVahine, H.M.S. Achilles, Recorder, Aorangi, Niagara, AVanganella, Beduin, Chifuku Maru. Empire Star, Mariposa, Alataroa, Parracombe, Port Adelaide, Port Hobart, Port Huon, Rangitane, Remuera, Rotorua, Ruahine, Tamaroa, Thorhild, AA’aipawa, AVaiwera. Awarua.—Kaikorai, Ivairanga, Karetu, Benholm, Canadian Constructor, Cape Horn, Alelbourne Maru, Wairangi.

Full moon .Tune 4.52 p.m Last quarter June U 11.35 p.nr New moon June Til 4.14 p.m,

9 a.m. to-day;—■ Wellington , 0 Bar. 30.55 Thor. 45 W. B Grcvinoutli—E. ... , 4 30.58 33 B Ch’ch—N.K 1 30.50 30 B Z Tima r it—E. ...0 30.50 34 BZ Oam am—S , 1 30.47 36 B Dunedin—S.S.E. .. . 1 30.49 4.1 B Nuggets—N.W. ... , 1 30.47 44 B Bluff—N.N.W. ... 1 30.44 4S B

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