SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22595, 12 March 1937, Page 3

SHIPPING

The times given in the following tables are standard, and half an hour must be added to each to convert it to daylight saving time. HIGH WATER. —To-morrow. — St. Clair: 2.32 a.m., 2.55 p.m. Taiaroa Hoad: 2.42 a.m., 3.05 p.m. Port Chalmers: 3.22 a.m., 3.45 p.m. Dunedin: 3.52 a.m., 4.15 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 6.38 p.m., rises to-morrow 6.58 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. New moon March 13 7.2 a.m. First quarter Marchi 19 11.16 p.m. Full moon March 27 10.42 a.m. Last quarter April 5 8.47 p.m. Sets to-day 5.53 p.m., rises to-mor-row 6.18 a.m. ARRIVED. March it. Awahou, m.s. (10 p.m.), 410 tons, Copeland, from Wellington. SAILED. March 11. Waipahi, s.s. (10.15 p.m.), 1,783 tons, Burgess, for New Plymouth yia ports. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Vessel. Berth. Southland ..Port Chalmers (laid up). Banui....-^w.Rattray street. Chalmers Waikouaiti....; Victoria wharf. Hertford. ..y....-.Port Chalmers (in dock. WEATHER REPORT, The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidso.n) supplied the following at 9 a.m., to-day:—

Weather.—B, blue skv, t>c, blue sky and detached clouds; c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; ugly* r k. d, drizzle; p» showers; h, hail, q. squally; 1. lightning, t, thunder; t tog: m, mist; z, haze. Wind.—o calm, 1, light air; 3, slight breeze; S gentle breeze; i, moderate breeze; 6. fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, high wind; 8, gale; 9. strong gale; 10, .whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane

MOVEMENTS. Coastal. Waipahi sailed last night for Wellington, Nelson, and New; Plymouth via ports. Awahou arrived last evening from northern ports, and is to sail this evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and New Plymouth. Waimarino is due to-morrow, and will sail on Monday for Bluff, Timaru, Lyt-. telton, and Auckland. Storm is due to-morrow from Bluff. Gale is due on Monday from Wellington, to load for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui via ports. Holmglen, from Waikato via ports, is due on Monday, and will sail the same day for Waikato via ports. Port Whangarei is due hero on Monday from Wanganui viaports. She will sail the same day for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui via ports. Wainui is expected here on Tuesday from Bluff, and will sail the same day for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne via ports, Waipiata leaves Auckland on Friday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is, due at this port on Wednesday.

Overseas. Waikouaiti was to sail this afternoon for Timaru and Lyttelton. Arawa, from Southampton via northern ports, was to sail this afternoon for Bluff to complete discharge. South Africa is expected on Sunday from San Francisco via northern ports with motor spirits and kerosene for discharge. Hertford docked at Port Chalmers yesterday, and is expected to sail about Tuesday for Bluff to commence Homeward loading. Cambridge is now due here on Tuesday from Liverpool via main northern ports. City of Glasgow, from Halifax via northern ports, is expected here on Tuesday. Hauraki, from Pacific Coast ports via northern ports, is expected at Dunedin on Wednesday. After discharge she will sail for Melbourne, Sydney, Fiji, Tahiti, San Pedro, and Vancouver. Port Denison, which arrived at Auckland on Thursday from New York, is scheduled to reach Dunedin on Friday next. She will subsequently sail for Melbourne to complete loading. Anhalt, from New Orleans, is due on Friday next to load wool. From this port she will proceed to Westport to hunker, and will then sail for Noumea. Port Hobart, which arrived at Auckland from west coast of England pprfcs yesterday, is expected to reach Dunedin on March 28, and will sail for New Plymouth to complete discharge. _ Opawa is due here from London via Suva on March 24. She will sail for Lyttelton, Timaru, and Nelson to complete discharge. Aymeric, from Nauru Island with a cargo of phosphate, Is due here on April 1. Benwyvis is due from Port Kembla via ports on April 5, to sail for Dunkirk. Port Gisborne is due at Port Chalmers from Bluff on April 5 for final loading, and will sail on April 7 for London via Cape Horn and Las Palmas, Karetu will leave Sydney on Monday for Hobart, Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton, after loading at Newcastle, Port Stephens, and Sydney. City of Brisbane left New York on March 3 for Philadelphia and Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Port Hunter is to sail from London on March 25 for Suva, Dunedin, Lyttelton. and New Plymouth. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. Marama left Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington, and is due here on Tuesday, sailing the next day for Lyttelton. Awatea loft Sydney on March 5 for Wellington, where she arrived on March B.' She left that port on March 9 for Sydney, where she was expected to-day. Wanganella will leave Sydney tomorrow for Wellington, where she is due on Wednesday, leaving the following day for Sydney. She is expected there on March 21, 1

TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. .—Northbound.— Aorangi left Sydney on February 18 for Auckland, Suva, and Honolulu. She arrived at Auckland on February 23, and was due at Vancouver to-day. Monterey left Sydney on March 3 for Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She arrived at Auckland on March 6, and is due at San Francisco on March 22. Niagara is to leave Sydney' on March 18 for Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. She is due at Auckland on March 22, and at Vancouver on April 9. Mariposa is to leav.e Melbourne on March 27 and Sydney on March 31 for Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She is due at Auckland on April 3 and at San Francisco on April 19. —Southbound. — Niagara left Vancouver on February 17 for Sydney via Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She arrived at Auckland on Monday, and is due at Sydney tomorrow, _ Mariposa left San Francisco on March 2 for Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on March 19 and at Sydney on March 26. Aorangi is to leave Vancouver on Wednesday for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on April 5 and at Sydney on April 10. Monterey is to leave San Francisco on March 30 for Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on April 17 and at Sydney on April 19. VESSELS TO ARRIVE.

INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The interisland express steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 7 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. FAMOUS HOUSE FLAG. fr—Flown by Esperance Bay.—. A famous house flag that is seldom seen in New Zealand ports is that of the 'Aberdeeu-Comiuonwealth Line flown by the Esperance Bay. It is a house flag that has, been famous for a century and is usually known as the Aberdeen White Star flag. It has no connection with the former White Star Line of Liverpool. The Aberdeen Line was founded more than a century ago by George Thompson and Co., who, in 1835, had a fleet of 10 sailing ships. Perhaps the most notable ship ever owned by this firm was the little clipper ship Thermopylae, 948 tons, built in 1868. For many years she was the rival of the equally-famous Cutty Sark—at first in the China tea trade and later in the Australian wool trade.

Georg© Thompson and Co. owned and sailed many other beautiful clipper ships. Their pioneer steamer was the Aberdeen, barque-rigged, of 3,684 tons, built in 1881 expressly for the Australian trade. They built a second Thermopylae in 1891—a steamer of 3,711 tons. She was wrecked in 1899 and replaced by the first lonic, 4,748 tons, which was renamed Sophocles. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Akaroa was formerly owned by the Aberdeen Line as the Eurypides. The last steamers built for Georg© Thompson and Co. were the Sophocles and Diogenes, which are now employed in the New Zealand trade by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company as the Tamaroa and Mataroa.

The Aberdeen Lin© house flag now flown by the steamers of the AberdeonCommonwealth June is red id the upper half and blue p the lower h«Wi and carries a sis&pointed whit© gtar Jn the centre.'

IW RADIO RANGE* The following vessels are expected to be within rang© of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland. Hauraki, Kairanga, Kekerangu, Limerick, Maui Pomare, Niagara, Omana, Canadian Highlander, Antonio,- Bosworth, City of Winchester, Golden. Coast, Herborg, Melbourne Maru, Northumberland, Opawa, Port Denison, Strathnaver, Surrey, Sydney Maru, Thorhild, Waipawa. Wellington.—Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, H.M.S. Dunedin, Aorangi, Awatea,, Kalingo, Port Whangarei, W. B._ Walker, Anhalt, Augsburg, CamCity of Glasgow, Hurunui, Mamari, Mariposa, Mataroa, Monterey, Port Fremantle, Rangitane, Rangitata, Remuera, Rotorua, Simnia, South Africa, Tamaroa, Wairangi, Zealandic. Awarua. Marama, Waikouaiti, Arawa, Berengaria, Chifuku Maru, City of Glasgow, Maloja, Moldavia, Mooltan, Nieuw Zeeland, Orion, Oronsay, Orontes, Queen Mary, Strathaird, Tainui. Chatham Islands.—South Sea,AT OTHER PORTS. WELLINGTON, March 11.—Arrived: Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: Hurunui (7.5 a.m.), -for London ; Mamari (5.15 p.m.), for Wanganui; Port Whangarei (6.30 p.m.), for Wanganui; Waimarino (7 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Kiwitea (10 p.m.), for Westport; Earn (10 p.m,), for Greymouth,

LYTTELTON, March 11.—Sailed: Rangatira (8.30 p.m.), for Wellington; Breeze, for Wellington. SUVA, March 11.—Sailed;. Monterey, for San Francisco (5 p.m,}*

■ ' ■ Bar. Ther. W. W ellington—N. W, 5 29.61 52 0 Greymouth—E. 2 29.67 45 0 Ch’ch—S.S.W. 2 29.51 50 0 z Timaru—N. — 2 29.48 47 0 Oamaru —N.E. ... 2 29.48 47 b e Dunedin —N. ... 1 29.43 45 0 Nuggets—S.S.W. 6 29.43 49 OPQ Bluff—W.S.W. 5 29.46 53 OMP

—At Dunedin and Port Chalmers.— March 14 San Francisco City of Glasgow March 16 March 17 .. Liverpool March 17 Los Angeles Port Denison ... March 19 March 19 New York March 21 Port Hobart March 23 England March 28 I. .os Angeles Aymeric , April 1 . Nauru Is. Chifuku Maru April 2 Japan April 5 .... London Berwyois April 7 . Bluff Raranga April 7 ... London Rangitane April 12 .... London City of Brisbane ... April 14 New York Brisbane Maru April 18 Japan Cape Horn April 20 Vancouver Cumberland April 20 . Liverpool Manju Maru May 4 Japan Tongariro May 12 . . Liverpool Sydney Maru May 19 Limerick v .... May 31 Vancouver Keifuku Maru June 2 Melbourne Maru ...... June 19 Melbourne Star June 19 „ Liverpool Kent June 26 Hauraki June 27 Vancouver Rangitiki July 5 Cornwall July 10 , Liverpool Wairuna July 31 ■— At Other Ports.— Vancouver Rangitata Wgt’n, March 12 Oamaru, March ... London Kumara 27 London Mataroa Wgt’n, March 27 ... London OVERSEAS SAILINGS. Hauraki Dun., March 17 .. .. Australia Maman ....v............. Wang., March 17 ... London Waipawa Auck., March 18 ... London Arawa Wgt’n, March 27 ... London Melbourne Maru ...... Auck., March 31 Wairangi Lytt., March 31 ... London Cape Horn Auck., April 8 ... Vancouver City of Brisbane ...... Dun,, April 14 .. Australia Kumara Wgt’n, April 16 ... London Chifuku Maru Auck., April 16 Raranga Wgt’n, April 20 .. Wgt’n, April 23 .. Mataroa Brisbane Maru Auck., April 28 Sydney Maru Auck., May 36 ... Keifuku Maru ...... Auck., June 14 Manju Maru Auck., May 10 Melbourne Maru ... Auck., June 25 <