SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22630, 23 April 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: 1.14 a.m., 1.34 p.m. Taiaroa Hoad: 1.24 a.m., 1.44 p.m. Port Chalmers: 2.4 n.m.. 2.24 p.m. Dunedin: 2.34 a.m., 2.54 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 5.19 p.m., rises to-mor-row 6.54 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full moon April 26 2.53 a.m. Last quarter May 4 6.6 a.m. New moon May 11 12.47 a.m. First quarter May 17 6.19 p.m. Set to-day 4.8 a.m., rises to-morrow 1.5 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 aim. to-day: Bar. Ther. W. W’g’ton—W.N.W. 3 29.13 53 BC Greymouth—S. ... 4 29-14 41 BC Christchurch —S.W. 1 29.06 37 BZ Timaru —W. ... 1 29.00 41 BCZ Oamaru —S.E. ... 5 29.04 42 OS Dunedin —N. ... 1 29.05 41 ORM Nuggets—N. ... 2 29.09 41 C Bluff—E. 2 29.06 37 O Weather.—B, blue sky; he, blue sky »nd detached clouds: c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u. ugly: r, «in; a snow. d. drizzle: p, passing showers; h hail - ,j, 1, lightning; t, thunder; f tog: m mi.t; z, haze. Wind.—o. calm; 1 light air: 8, slight breeze; 3, gentl- breeze; 4 moderate breeze: 5, fresh breeze; 6. strong breeze; 7, high wind: 8, gale: 3. strong gale; 10. whole gale; 11. storm; 13. hurricane. ARRIVED. April 23. Gale, m.v. (9.15 a.m.), 620 tons, Davies, from Wellington. SAILED. April 22. Port Denison, s.s. (2.45 p.m.), 8,043 tons, Bradley, for Wellington. Karepo, s.s. (6.20 p.m.), 2,562 tons, Russell, for Bluff and Westport. Ruahine, s.s. (5 p.m.), 10,870 tons, Kinnell, for New Plymouth. Waimarino, s.s. (10 p.m.), 3,067 tons, Cameron, for Bluff. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Vessel. Berth. Southland Laid up. Brisbane MaruVictoria wharfWairuna Victoria wharf. Yarraville Oil berth. Gale Rattray street. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. Wanganella left Melbourne on April 8 for Sydney and Wellington, where she arrived on April 14, sailing on Friday for Sydney, where she arrived on April 19. She arrived at Melbourne on April 21, to sail for Sydney (April 24) and Auckland (April 28). Awatea left Sydney on April 16 for Auckland, where she arrived on April 21, to sail for Sydney, where she is due to-morrow. Karepo arrived on Saturday from Lyttelton, and sailed last evening for Bluff and Westport. Waitaki left Wellington on April 8 for Lyttelton and Dunedin, taking over the Marama’s run. She arrived here on April 10, and sailed the same day for Bluff ' and Melbourne. She left Melbourne on April 21 for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington, commencing a three-weekly schedule. She is due here on Tuesday, to sail the same day. Waikouaiti left Bluff on April 6 for New Zealand ports. She has loaded at Newcastle and Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and ijlyttelton, and was due to-d'ay, to sail on Tuesday. James Cook arrived this afternoon from Newcastle via Wellington, with cargo from Australian ports. She will sail on Monday f(»r Lyttelton and GreymoutH. Karetu has been fixed to load at Newcastle on April 28 and later at Port Stephens and Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. Kauri is to load at Edithhurgh and Adelaide about the second week in May for New Plymouth, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and Bluff. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. —Northbound.— Niagara is to leave Sydney on May 13 for Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. She is due at Auckland on May 17 and at Vancouver on June 4. Mariposa is to leave Melbourne on May 24 and Sydney on May 28 for Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She is expected at Auckland on May 31 and at San Francisco on June 15. Aorangi left Sydney on April 16, arrived at Auckland on April 19, and sailed on April 20 for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. She is expected at Vancouver on May 7. Monterey leaves Melbourne on April 26 and Sydney on April 30 for Auckland (where she is expected on May 3), Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles (May 17), and San Francisco (May 18). —Southbound.— ■ Monterey is to leave San Francisco on May 25 for Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney. She is expected at Auckland on June 11, at Sydney on June 14, and at Melbourne on June 17. Niagara left Vancouver on April 12 for Sydney via Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She arrived at Honolulu yesterday, is due at Suva on April 30, at Auckland on May 3, and will sail on May 4 from that port, arriving at Sydney on May 8. Mariposa leaves San Francisco on April 27 and Los Angeles on April 28 for Melbourne via Honolulu, Pago Pago, Suva, and Auckland. She is due at Auckland on May 14, Sydney on May 17, and Melbourne on May 21. FRENCH LINER NAMED. According to a statement in the French Senate by M. Henri Tasso, Under-Secretary of State for the Merchant Marine, the (lie. Sud-Atlantique liner now being built by the Chantier et Ateliers de St. Nazaire-Penhoet in the place of the burnt-out L’Atlantique is to be given the name Pasteur, iu honour of the great French biologist, ARAWA CLEARS COLON. The Arawa, which left Wellington on March 27 for the United Kingdom, loft Colon on Sunday afternoon, WAIPAWA AT LONDON, The Waipawa, which left Auckland on March 2(). f arrived at London on Monday morning.

VESSELS TO ARRIVE. —At Dunedin and Port Chalmers— Jamfs Cook Ap'il Nnwrastlc Waikouaiti April 33 ; Sidney Cape-Horn April -t \ incouver Hororala April 2-1 i.la S pow Cuntbei land April z 7 Liverpool AnJ’nvoht Mav 3 ‘ scw \oik Pori Hrisbanc Mav 3 London Manju Maru Mav A Coptic May 5 Annverp Otnwa Mav 6 London j| n ‘ v . s Melbourne Port Hunier May 10 Halifax Jongariro May 12 1 001 Canadian Conqueror May 17 Halifax Sydney M,.ru May 10 J-'P 3 " City of Oran May *2l> , Pakehr May 30 Liverpool Lamaroa May 00 Southampton Keifuku M-iru Wm: 2 . Limerick '.... June 0 Canadian Highlander June 11 HaJiiax Melbourne Man June 10 . , J“Pan Melbourne Star Juno 19 Liverpool Kent : June 26 London Hanraki June 27 Vancouver Rotorua June 29 London Waiotapi- July 1 riisco Chilukn Maru July 4 japan Rangitiki July 5 London Hanraki July 15 Vancouver Cornwall July 18 Liverpool Hrisbane Maru July J 8 Japan Maimoa July 29 Liverpool Wairuna July 31 Vancouver —At Other Ports. — Tongmito Auck. April 23 ... Liverpool Marama Auck., April 23 ... Sydney Lhorhild Wg.’n, April 23 Oeban Akaroa Auck., April 24 ... London Auck., April 24 ... Galveston Matua Auck., April 26 Suva Rigault de GenouiMy Auck., April 26 ... Noumea Manju Maru Auck. April 26 Japan Goslar Auck., April 26 New Orleans Golden West Auck., April 27 Los Angeles Brandon Auck., May 2 ... Antwerp Canadian Conqueror Auck., May 4 ... Halifax Narbada Auck., May 7 ... Calcutta City of Oran Auck., May 11 New York Maetsuycker Auck., May 11 ... Saigon Sydney Maru Auck. May 12 Japan Pakcha Auck., May 13 ... Liverpool Remuera Auck., May 14 ... London Westmoreland Wgt’n, May 16 ... London Port Townsville ..... Wgt’n, May 19 ... London Port Chalmt-s Wgt’n, May 20 ... London Limerick Auck., May 23 Los Angeles Melbourne Star May 25 ... Liverpool Tamaroa Auck., May 26 ... London Canadian Challenger Auck., May 28 ... Halifax Stockwell Auck., June 4 ... New York Maimcti Auck., June 5 ... Liverpool Waiotapu Auck., June 19 ... ’Frisco Kept Lytt., June 23 ... London Nardana Auck., June 24 New York Cornwall Auck., June 24 ... Liverpool Fordsdale Wgt’n, June 25 ... London Rotorua Auck., June 29 ... London City ot Bagdad Auck., June 30 ... Halifax TredennicJc Auck., July 18 New York OVERSEAS SAILINGS. Wairuna Pt* Chas.. April 23 VancVr , Mataroa Wgt’n, April 24' ... London Port Hobart Nap., April 24 ... London Brisbane Maru Auck., April 28 Japan Kumara Wgt’n, April 28 ... London Karamea Wgt’n, April 28 ... London Port Denison Wang., • April 30 ... London Ard.-nvohr Dun., May 3 ... Australia Port LVisbane Pt. Chas., May 6 ... London Rigault de Gcnouilly Auck., May 7 Tonga Opawa Pt. Chas., May 7 London Coptic Ly«t., May 8 London Hororara vVgt’n. May 8 ... London Port Dunedin Wgt ’n, May 11 •• London Port Caroline Wgt’n, May 14 ... London Manju Ma-u Auck., May 16 Japan Doric S*ar Auck., May 20 ... London Akaroa Wgt’n, May 21 ... London Sydney Maru Auck., May 26 Japan Keifuku Maru Auck., June 14 Japan Melbourne Maru ... Auck., June 25 Japan MOVEMENTS, —Coastal.— Waimarino arrived yesterday from Wellington andi sailed the same day for Bluff. She will leave there on Saturday, arriving here on Sunday, to sail on Monday for Titnaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Gale arrived from Wellington this morning, to load and sail this evening for Wellington and Wanganui via ports. Port Whangarei arrived this afternoon. and! is to load and sail-this even-, ing for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Whangarei. * Port Waikato is due here on Sunday from Wellington, to sail the following, day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington-, Auckland, Tauranga, and Whangarei, Storm is due here on Monday from Wellington, to sail the same day for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui via ports. Wainui is due on Tuesday from Bluff, to sail at midday for Napier and Gisborne via ports. Waipiata, from Auckland via ports, is due here on Wednesday. —Ovarseas.— Hertford sailed yesterday for United Kingdom ports via Montevideo and Dakar. ■ _ Yarravill© arrived yesterday to discharge motor spirit, and was expected to sail this afternoon. Ruahine sailed last evening for United Kingdom ports. Port Denison sailed last evening for Wanganui and Wellington, en route to Boston, Halifax, Southampton, and London. She will sail finally on April 30 from Wellington. Wairuna is to sail to-morrow morning for Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Fiji, Apia, Papeete, San Francisco, andi Vancouver. Brisbane Maru is to sail to-morrow morning for Wellington, Napier, and Auckland, and will make a special call on her homeward rim at Cebu (Phillipine Islands). Hororata is due her© from Wellington to-morrow afternoon, to load for Hook of Holland and London. She will sail on April 29, and is due at London on June 15. Cape Horn is due here from Vancouver via ports on Sunday, and will sail on Monday for Melbourne and Sydney. Cumberland, from West Coast of England ports, is due here on Tuesday via northern ports, to sail about Friday for Bluff. Port Hobart left New Plymouth on April 9 for Auckland, Wellington, and Napier, sailing finally on Saturday for London via Panama and Halifax. Port Brisbane was to leave Auckland to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, and is due here on May 3, to sail on May 5 for London via Cape Horn, Opawa begins Homeward loading at Nelson and is to complete at New Plymouth, Opua, Auckland, Waikokopu, Wellington, and Port Chalmers, and is due back here on May 6, to sail on May 8 for London via Panama, east coast of America ports, and Halifax (Nova Scotia). Port Hunter sailed from London on March 25 for Suva, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and New Plymouth. She is due here about May 10. Tamaroa left Southampton on April 17 for Auckland and Port Chalmers. She is due at this port about May 30. Melbourne Star is to leave Liverpool to-morrow for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She is due at Auckland on May 25, Stockwell is to leave New York on April 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and DunedinCity of Oran sailed from New York on. April 10 and Newport News on April 12 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due here about May 26. Coptic leaves New Plymouth on Monday for Bluff, is due'at Port Chalmers on Api'il 30, thence Auckland, "Wellington, and Lyttelton (for final loading). Ardenvohr is due from New York via northern ports on May 3, to sail about May 9. Aller is clue here from Melbourne on May 8 to load wool. Goslnr sailed from New Orleans on March 26 for Auckland, and is due here via northern ports about May 20. Pakeha, from London, is due here on June 8. Canadian Conqueror is due from Halifax via northern ports on May 17,

200 YARDS BETWEEN VESSELS. Air incident that took_ place during the voyage of the liner Nieuw Holland to Australia is probably unique in shipping history. When she passed her sister ship the Niew Zeeland near Thursday island, a beam from the Nieuw Zeeland’s searchlight was thrown on to the figure of Mrs G. Bos, standing on the wing of the bridge. This enabled her husband, the second engineer of the Nieuw Zeeland, who waved a flashlight in the darkness, to see her quite plainly, as the distance between the ships was no more than 200 yards. _ The originator of the idea was Captain J. Blaanboer, of the Nieuw Holland, who made arrangements by wireless with the captain of the Nieuw Zeeland. OVERSEAS FREIGHTS. —Position in Australia.— Commenting on the statement recently made by the Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr Thorby) that a serious hitch had occurred in the negotiations between the Commonwealth Government and overseas shipping interests for freight reductions on certain primary exports, the general president of the Primary Producers’ Association (Mr J. S. Teasdale) stated at Perth that Mr Thorby’s statement was so brief and indefinite that little could be gathered from it. Negotiations had been in progress for many months with the object of laying down some general basis of freights on primary products shipped overseas. The excessive freight on wool, he said, cost Australia from £750,000 to £1,000,000 a year. His association, in _ conjunction with the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales, had been making a strenuous fight to establish the right for a shipling line owned by the producers themselves to take an active part in shipping produce to Europe, and, by so doing, provide the only safeguard against exploitations by a powerful monopoly. By reason of its power to refuse any new line admittance to the Australian Overseas Transport Association and the royalty rebate system, this monopoly had a giant’s grip on 90 per cent, of the produce from Australia under the existing agreements. Realising that wool freights were too high, growers’ organisations had requested Westralian Farmers Ltd. to enter into the shipping business. During the last wool shipping season the company had reduced freights by 10s a bale, and was securing business right round the coast of Australia. There had been an immediate outcry from members of the A.O.T.A, To assist the Government to secure favourable agreements for all lines of produce, Westralian Farmers Ltd. had offered to limit the amount of cargo that their line would transport, provided certain reductions in rates were arranged, and to fall in with any plan of co-ordina-tion which might be laid down. It appeared, however, that shipowners were more concerned with removing competition, and, after reductions had already been agreed upon, a request was made that the Westralian Farmers’ line should not take part in the shipping of berth cargo to Australia. The hitch in negotiations referred to by Mr Thorby apparently arose out of this request. During recent months, Mr Teasdale continued, endeavours had been made to induce Westralian Farmers Ltd. to withdraw their ships from the Australian overseas trade, and offers were made that, if they would do so, conference lines would reduce the freight on wool, chilled beef, and also make some reductions on apples and pears. It was inconceivable that Australia should allow a system whereby shipowners, sheltering, behind an amendment to an Australian : Act of Parliament, were permitted to dictate rates of freight, make space available in whatever ships they wished, and, at the same time, decide if other shipping companies should be allowed to enter the berth trade. QUARTERMASTER'S HOBBY. With an ordinary ship’s sash-tool for' the backgrounds, one or two brushes made of human hair for the fine work, and some ship’s paint, Frank Simpson, quartermaster of the steamer City of Dieppe, paints pictures which he exchanges for cigarettes. As he paints about 20 pictures a trip, and does two trips a year, he always has a good stock of cigarettes. His production is limited by the fact that ship’s paint takes three or four days to dry, and he ha* to put on the light colours first for that reason. At .present he has two pictures in his cabin painted on plywood—one of a New Zealand lake and the other of the City of Dieppe, which is remarkable for its Maierform bow, which was added three years after the ship was built, and which increased its speed appreciably. FAMOUS HULK FOR THE WRECKERS. The history of a famous sailing vessel will be brought to a close shortly, when the old hulk of the barque Garthsnaid will be taken to a dry dock to be broken up for scrap metal. The Garthsnaid was a steel barque of 1,418 tons, and was built by A. M'Millan and Sons Ltd., of Dumbarton, Scotland, ip 1892, _ for George Milne’s famous Inver Line. After the war the vessel was sold to Canada and was renamed the Garthsnaid. During the years the hulk lay at South Wharf (Melbourne) the wharf dues amounted to more than the vessel was worth, but owing to a legal technicality the Harbour Trust was powerless to remove the vessel. Eventually the matter was brought before Parliament, and legislation was passed to enable the trust to remove the hulk. REFRIGERATED CARGO RESEARCH. . Important experiments in the carriage of refrigerated cargoes, particularly chilled beef and fresh fruit, will be made during the homeward passage of the Port Line new motor ship Port Jackson, which was loading at Sydney recently. The experiments, which are another step in the efforts of British ship to land Australian produce in Britain in the best possible market condition, will be carried out by Dr A. J. M. Smith and Messrs H. J. Shepherd and G. Mann, who are acting for fine food investigation branch of the British _ Department of Scientific, and Industrial Research. The Port Jackson is particularly suited for such experiments, as five of her six hatches are insulated, and she has space for about 500,000 cubic feet of refrigerated cargo, and is specially fitted for the carriage of about 750 tons of chilled beef in 12 carbon-dicxide-filled compartments. In addition to the space for chilled beef, special provision has been made for the carriage of cheese, eggs, butter, apples, and oranges, each of which demands separate temperatures and conditions.