SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22632, 26 April 1937, Page 3

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow. — ' St. Clair: 3.14 a.m., 3.36 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 3.24 a.m., 3.46 p.m. Port Chalmers: 4.4 a.m., 4.26 p.m. Dunedin: 4.34 a.m., 4.56 p.m, THE SUN. ' Sets to-day 5.14 p.m., rises to-morrow 6.58 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Set to-day 7.18 a.m., rises to-morrow 5.39 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-dav :

Weather.-r-B, blue sky; be, blue sky and detached clouds: c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u, ugly; i*. ain; s. snow, d, drizzle: p, passing showers; h hail- q, squally; 1, lightning; t, thunder; f, fog; m nn.t; 2, haze. Wind.—o, calm; 1. light air; 8, slight breeze; S, gentl* breeze; i. moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze: 7» high wind; 8, gale: 9, strong gale; 10. whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane. ARRIVED. —April 24.—• Hororata, s.s. {4.45 p.m.)', 11,245 tons, Hamilton, from northern ports. SAILED. —April 24.—' Gale, m.s. (12.50 p.m.), 622 tons, Davies, for Wanganui via ports. Wairuna, s.s. (2.30 p.m.), 5,832 tons, Reejl, for Melbourne and Sydney.Port Whangarei, m.s. (5 p.m.), 506 tons, Copland, for Picton and .Wanganui via ports. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Vessel, Berth. Southland Laid up. James Cook...Rattray street. Hororata Victoria wharf. MOVEMENTS. —Coastal.— Gale sailed on Saturday for Wellington and Wanganui via ports. Port Whangarei sailed on Saturday for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Whangarei. Storm is expected to arrive early this evening, having been delayed by rain at Wellington, and will sail tomorrow for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui "via ports. Port Waikato is due here to-morrow from Wellington, and will sail the same evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, and Whangarei. Waimarino is due to-morrow from Bluff, to sail in the evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. ' Wainui is now due here tor-morrow from? Gisborne direct, and is to sail late on Tuesday for Napier and Gisborne -via ports. Breeze is due here on Thursday from Wellington, to sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Waipiata left Auckland on Saturday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff She is due here on Thursday, and will sail for Bluff,, whence she will return on Saturday to load for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, ahd Auckland. -

Waipahi will leave Wellington on Saturday next for Dunedin direct, and is due here on May 3, to load and sail the same day for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth, via ports. Holradals is due here on May 3 from Wellington, to load and sail for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. —Overseas.—

Wairuna sailed on Saturday for Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Fiji, Apia, Papeete, San Francisco, and Vancouver. Hororata arrived on Saturday afternoon from Wellington to load for Hook of Holland and London. She will sail on Thursday evening for Timaru and Lyttelton to complete loading, and is due at London on June 15. Cape Horn was expected to arrive this afternoon from Vancouver via ports, and is to sail to-morrow afternoon for Melbourne and Sydney. Cumberland, from west coast of England ports, is due here to-morrow afternoon, via northern ports, to sail about Friday for Bluff. Port Brisbane left Auckland on April 23 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 left Liverpool on April 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She is due at Auckland on May 25. Stock well is to leave New York on April 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. City 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 was to leave New Plymouth today for Bluff, is due at Port Chalmers on April 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 duo here from Melbourne on May 8 to load wool. Goslar 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. 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 op April 19. She arrived at Melbourne on April 21, to sail for Sydney and Auckland, where she is due on April 28,

Awatea left Sydney on April 16 for Auckland, where she arrived on April 21, to sail for Sydney, w’here she arrived on Saturday and sailed the same day for Wellington. 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 duo to-morrow, to sail the same day for Lyttelton, Wellington, Bluff, and Melbourne. Waikouaiti left Bluff on April 6 for New Zealand ports. She has loaded at Newcastle and Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Tiraaru, and Lyttelton, and arrived here on Friday, to sail to-mor-row afternoon. James Cook arrived on Friday from Newcastle via Wellington, with cargo from Australian ports. She was to sail to-day for Lyttelton and Greymouth. Karetu has been fixed to load at Newcastle on April 29 and later at Port Stephens, Port Keinbla, and Sydney for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. Kauri is to load at Edithburgh 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 15 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 was to leave Melbourne today 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 on April 22, 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 tomorrow and Los Angeles on Wednesday 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. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The interisland express steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 7 o’clock yesterday morning. VESSELS TO ARRIVE.

OVERSEAS SAILINGS

MATAROA’S DEPARTURE, The Shaw, Savill liner Mataroa is now scheduled to clear Wellington finally at 5 p.m. to-day for Southampton and London via the Panama Canal, Kingston, and Curacao. WAITAKI LEAVES MELBOURNE. Cabled advice has been received by the Union Company that the Waitaki left Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. She was due at Bluff to-day. The Waitaki has, for southern ports, transhipments ex Orford and Templar. MARAMA LEAVES SYDNEY. The Union Company has received cabled advice that the Marama, with cargo only, left Sydney on Wednesday for Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. _ She was due at Auckland this morning. COPTIC’S ALTERED ITINERARY. Due to delays at New Plymouth by rain, the loading itinerary of the Shaw, Savill motor ship Coptic has been rearranged. She was to leave New Plymouth to-day for Bluff, Port Chalmers, Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton to fill up. The Coptic is now due at Wellington on May 8, and is scheduled to clear Lyttelton finally on May 14 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, and Glasgow via Cape Horn,

BRISBANE MARU LATER. The O.S.K. Line motor ship Brisbane Maru was due at Wellington yesterday from Dunedin to continue her loading. She was to leave again to-day for Napier and Auckland to fill up, and is now to clear Auckland on April 29 for Japanese ports via Hongkong and Shanghai. ROTORUA DELAYED. The Rotorua, which was scheduled to leave London on April 29 for Auckland and Wellington, is now to leave on May 3, arriving at Auckland on June 13, and at Wellington about Juno 18. WESTRALIA’S QUICK DISCHARGE. The new motor ship Westralia arrived at Auckland on her maiden voyage on Tuesday night. She berthed on Wednesday morning at King’s wharf to discharge 1,000 tons of sulphur from Galveston. This was completed in the early afternoon, and the ship left in the evening for New Plymouth to complete discharge. lONIC’S BELL WILL RING.

Recently presented to the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the bell from the well-known Shaw Savill and Albion liner lonic is not to remain in mute display when it is placed in the museum. Its ring will echo through the building at closing .hour, when its striking will be a signal that the building must be cleared. This useful and fitting purpose to which the historic memento will be put was announced at a meeting of the Auckland Institute and Museum Council last week. The president, Sir Garrick Robertson, said that the mayor (Mr Ernest Davis) had promised to have a spitable stand provided, and the bell of the lonic will take the place of a Burmese gong for use in ringing the clearing signal. IN RADIO RANGE. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland. —H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Leith, Matua, Maui Pomare, Wanganella, Ardenvohr, Dalryan, Fernmoor. Golden West, Opawa,. Thorhild. Wellington.—-Rangatira, Tamahme, Wahine, Nucula, Aorangi, Awatea. Kaikoura, Kalingo, Karetu, Niagara, Yarraville, Arawa, Brisbane Maru, Coptic, Mataroa, Port Caroline, Port Denison, Port Hobart, Eangitata, Raranga, Remuera, Tamaroa. Awarua. —Matai, Waikouaiti, Wairuna, Waitaki, James Cook, Recorder, Triaster, Triona, Berengaria, Cape Horn, Comorin, Columbia, Hertford, Mooltan, Nieuw Holland, Nieuw Zealand, Orama, Ormonde, Otranto, Queen Mary, Strathaird, Strathnaver. Chatham Islands.—South Sea. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, April 25. Arrived: Kaimiro (6.40 a.m.), from Greymouth; Kekerangu (6.50 p.m.), from Melbourne; Kartigi (7 a.m.), from Westport; H.M.S. Leith (8.10 a.m,), from Hauraki Gulf: Tongariro (11 a.m.), from Liverpool; Goslar (noon), from New Orleans; Akaroa (3 p.m.), from Southampton. Sailed: Dalryan (1.10 p.m.), for Newcastle; Waipiata (5.30 p.m.), for Wellington. April 24—Arrived: Marama (3.45 p.m.), from Sydney; Larchbank (4.30 p.m.), from Ocean Island.

GISBORNE, April 24.—Sailed: Wainui (5.20 p.m.), for Dunedin. WELLINGTON, April 24. Arrived: Rata (12.10 a.in.), from Gisborne; Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed; South Sea (2.40 p.m.), for Chatham Islands; Holmlea (6.5 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Storm (6.5 p.m.), for Dunedin; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. April 25—Arrived: Kaimai (5.55 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Rangatira (7 a.m.), from If-'telton; Karamea (0.50 a.m.), from Iwipier; Brisbane Maru (10.35 aim.), from Dunedin. Sailed: Raranga (7.20 a.m.), for London; Thorhild (7.25 p.m.), for Sumatra. LYTTELTON, April 24. Arrived: Rangatira (7.10 a.m.), from Wellington; Wingatui (7.20 a.m.), from Wellington; Rangitane (9.25 a.m.), from Bluff; H.M S. Wakakura (12.45 p.m.), from Wellington; Port Waikato (4.45 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Koimai (12,15 p.m.), for Wellington; Cape Horn (3.55 p.m.), for Dunedin; Rangatira (8.45 p.m.), for Wellington. April 25—Arrived: Wahine (7 ’a.m,), from Wellington. . , „ , TIMARTJ, April 24.—Arrived: Gale (10 p.m.), from Dunedin. SYDNEY, April 24.—Arrived: Awatea (11.45 a.m.), from Auckland. Sailed: Awatea (9.12 p.m.), for Wellington; Wanganella (5.15 p.m.), for Auckland. BALBOA, April 24.—Arrived; Surrey, from Wellington, ' LAS PALMAS, April 24.—Sailed: Tekoa. for Fremantle. CRISTOBAL. April 24. Arrived: Pakeha, from Liverpool. AVONMOUTH, April 24.—Arrived: Huntingdon, from Curacao.

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.

» ».m. xo-aay ; Bar. Ther. W. Wellington—S. ... 4 29.53 52 B Ch’church—S.W. 6 29.60 49 B C Timaru—S.W. ... 5 29.63 50 B Oamaru—W. 3 29.66 44 B Dunedin —S.W. ... 6 29.62 43 0 Nuggets—S. S.W. 5 29.69 41 OP Bluff—S.S.W. ... 3 29.68 45 B C

—At Dunedin and Port Chalmers — Cumberland ......... April 27 . Liverpool Coptic April HU ,. Port Brisbane May 3 Manju Maru May 4 Alter May 8 Melbourne Port Hunter May 10 .... Tongariro May 13 .... , Liverpool Canadian Conqueror May i7 .... Sydney M*ru May ID .... May 20 .... City of Oran May 26 New York Tamaroa May 30 ... .. Southampton Keifuku Mini June 2 June 6 Vancouver Canadian Highlander June 11 .... Melbourne Maru June 19 .. Melbourne Star ..... June 19 .. Liverpool June 27 ... Vancouver July 1 .... Chifuku Maru July 4 Rangitiki July 5 Hauraki July 15 ... Vancouver Cornwall July 18 .... , Liverpool Brisbane Maru ...... July 18 Maimoa July 29 .... . Liverpool lulv 31 .... —At Other Ports — Marama Auck.. April 26 ... Sydney Matua Auck., Apri* 26 Manju Maru Auck. April 20 Golden West * Auck., April 27 Los Angeles Brandon Auck., May 2 .. Antwerp Canadian Conqueroi Auck., May 4 ... Halifax Narbada Auck., May 7 .. Calcutta City of Oran Auck., May U New York Maetsuycker Auck., May a ... Saigon Sydney Maru Auck. May 12 Pakeha Auck., May 13 .. Liverpool Remuera Auck., May 14 ... London Westmoreland Wgt’n, May 16 ... London Port Townsville . Wgt’n, May ID ... London Port Chalmers Wgt’n, May 20 ... London Limerick Au;k.,- May 23 -os. Angeles Melbourne Star Au'k., May 25 .. Liverpool Tamaroa Auck., May 26 ... London Canadian Challenger Auck., May 28 ... Halifax Stockwell Auck., June 4 .. • New York Maimoa Auck., June 5 .. Liverpool ... ’Frisco Walotapu Auck., June 19 Kent Lytt., June 23 ... London Nardana Auck., June 24 New York Cornwall Auck., June 24 .. Liverpool Fordsdale Wgt’n, June 26 ... London Rotorua Auck,, June 29 ... London City ot Bagdad Auck., June 30 ... Halifax Trcdenniclt Auck., July 18 New York

Brisbane Maru Auck., April 29 , Kumara Wgt’n, April 28 ... London Karamea Wgt’n, April 28 ... London Port Denson Wgt’n, April 30 ... London Ardenvohr Dun., May 3 ... Australia Port LVisbane Pt. Chas., May 6 ... London Rigault de Genouilly Auck., May 7 .. Opawa Pt. Chas., May 7 London Coptic Lyit., May 8 ... Hororata vVgt’n, May 8 . ... London Port Dunedin Wgt’n, May 11 •• London Port Caroline Wgt’n, May 14 ... London Manju Maru 'Auck.. May 16 ... Doric Star Auck., May 20 ... London Akaroa Wgt’n, May 21 ... London Sydney Maru Auck., May 20 . Kelfuku Maru Auck., June 14 , Melbourne Maru ... Auck., June 25 t