SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22719, 5 August 1937, Page 3

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— ■ St. Clair; 1.56 a.in., 2.19 p.m. Taiaroa Head; 2.0 a.in., 2.29 p.m. Port Chalmers: 2.40 a.m., 3.9'p.m. Dunedin: 3.16 a.m., 3.30 p.m. . THE SUN. ; Sets to-day. 5.4 p.m., rises, to-morrow 7.22 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sot to-day 3.3 S pan., rises to-morrow 6.35 a.in. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidson) supplied the following at 9

L Weather— B, Blue sky; be, blue sky and dej tached clouds; c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy; u, ugly; r, rain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p; passing showers; h hail; squally; 1, lightning; l, thunder; f, fog; m. oust; z, haze. Wind—o, calm; 1, light air. 2, slight breeze; 3. gentlr bteeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; C. stiong b*eczc; 7, high wind; 8, gale; *», strong gale; i.O, whole gale; H, storm; IS; hurricane. SAILED. August 4. Waiuui, s.s. (11.10 p.m.), 1,033 tons, Collier, for Napier and Gisborne via ports. ARRIVED. —August 4. — Port Wbangarei, m.s. (4 p.m.), 506 tons, Webster, from Wbangarei via ports. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Vessel. Berth. Karetu Kitchener wharf. Port , Wbangarei Rattray street. MOVEMENTS. —Coastal. — Waiuui sailed last evening for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne via ports. Gale is due to-morrow morning from Wellington, to sail the same day for Wellington and. Wanganui via ports. Port Wbangarei arrived last evening from Auckland via ports. She will sail this evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Tauranga, Auckland, and Wbangarei. Waipiata is to leave Auckland tomorrow, and is duo here on Wednesday, August 11, via ports. She will sail the following Friday for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. i Waimarino left Auckland on July 30 for Dunedin via ports, and is expected hero on Saturday,, to sail for Bluff. Storm is expected on Monday from Wellington, to load and sail the same day for Wellington, Picton, and WangahuL.via.'ports.*,, . ■. ilolrnglen. is on Saturday to load for' ■■-Wellington yv-New... Plymouth, and Waikato via Timai-u arid-Lyttelton. , Holmdale is diio on ‘August 11 to load -for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton.' and Wanganui. ' Waipahi is duo here to • load on Friday, August 13, for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth via ports, —Overseas.— Waimana, from London via Panama and northern ports, is duo at Port Chalmers on August 11 to discharge her Home cargo and sail for Bluff. She is due back here on August- 20 to load. City of Glasgow, which sailed from Montreal on June 23, arrived at Auckland on July 31, and is due at Dunedin about August 16, when she will continue loading for New York and Montreal. Northumberland, from Newport (England), is expected at Port Chalmers via northern ]>orts to-morrow morning. She will sail on Monday for Picton, Sho arrived in Auckland on July 21. Anhalt left New Orleans on June 30 for Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She was due at Auckland on August 4, and ■is expected at Dunedin on August 21. Essex is due at Port Chalmers from West Coast of England ’ports via northern ports on August 21. Mataroa, from Loudon, cleared Southampton on July 9 for Auckland, Dunedin, and Bluff. Sho is due at Auckland on August 12, and at Port Chalmers on August 23. Empire Star is duo at Port Chalmers on August 14 from Australia and Bluff to load, sailing on August 16 for Timaru. City of Shanghai arrived at Auckland on July 81 from New York, and is to discharge also at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Cambridge sailed from Philadelphia on July 2, from New York on July 9, and from Newport News on July 11, for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland about August 12 and at Port Chalmers on. August 26. Narbada is • now to leave Calcutta about August 10 for Penang, Singapore, and Java to-complete loading for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. Mamari, from London via Suva, is expected at Port Chalmers on August 9. She arrived at Suva on July 31 and sailed on August 4. From here she will sail for Lyttelton and New Plymouth to complete loading. \ Sydney Mam, which left Kobe on July 27, is now expected to arrive at Auckland on August 26, sails the following clay for Wellington is duo there on August 30,' and sails the next day for Lyttelton. She is duo there on September 1, and sails the next day clay for Dunedin, where sho is expected to arrive on September 3, sailing the next day for Noumea, Manila, Hongkong, and Japan. Myrtlebank is expected at Lyttelton about August 15 from Nauru Island. Thence she will proceed to Ravenshourne and Dimeclin, and is due at Ravensbourne oil August 17. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. Wanganella left Auckland on July 23 for Sydney, whore she arrived on July 27, and Melbourne; where sho arrived on July 29. She left the same day, aiicl left Sydney on July 31 for Wellington, whore sho arrived on August 4. Sho left to-day for Sydney and Melbourne, where sho is clue on August 9 and 11 respectively. Awatca sailed on July 31 from Sydney for Auckland, where she arrived on August 3. Sho will leave again tomorrow for Sydney, where she is clue on August 0. Mouowai left Sydney on August 3 for Wellington, where sho is clue tomorrow.

Aorangi left Sydney to-day for Auckland, where sho is due on August 9. Monterey is to leave Melbourne on August 16 and Sydney on August 20 for Auckland, where sho is due on August 23. .Niagara is to leave Auckland on August 24 for Sydney, where she is to arrive on August 23. Niagara is to leave Sydney on September 2 for Auckland, where she is expected to arrive on September 6. Monterey is to arrive at Auckland tomorrow, and sails for Sydney and Melbourne, whore sho is due on August 9 and August 12 respectively. Mariposa leaves Auckland -on September 3 for Sydney, where she is duo on September 6, and Melbourne on September 9. ’ Aorangi is to leave Auckland on September 21, and is expected at Sydney on September 25. , Karetu cleared Sydney on July 19 for Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. She arrived here on Sunday, and is to sail this afternoon for Bluff. Sho is expected to leave Bluff on Saturday, and will load at Newcastle on August 13, and Sydney on August 10, for her usual South Island ports. Waikouaiti loft Bluff on July 20 for Newcastle, where sho commenced loading on July 27. She completed at Port Kembla and Sydney for Lyttelton. Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. Sho left Sydney on August 3, and is expected here about August 13. Karetu is expected to load at Hobart during tho second half of September for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. Waitaki is to leave Mel bourne tomorrow- for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Dunedin, and is expected here on August 11. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. —Northbound.— Mariposa left Sydney on July 23 for Auckland, Suva, Pago Pago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. She arrived at Auckland on July 26, and is expected at San Francisco on August 10. Aorangi left Sydney to-day for Auckland, where she is expected to arrive on August 9, to leave the following day for Vancouver via Suva (August 13), Honolulu (August 20), and Victoria (August 26). She is expected at Vancouver the following day. Monterey is to leave Melbourne on August 16 and Sydney on August 20 for Auckland, whore sho is expected on August 23, to sail the same day for San Francisco via Suva (August 26), Pago Pago (August 27), Honolulu (September 1), and Los Angeles (September 6). She is due at San Francisco on September 7. Niagara is to leave Sydney on September 2 for Auckland, where she is expected to arrive on September 6. Sho will leave there the following day for. Vancouver (where she is due on September 24) via Suva, (September 10), Honolulu (September . 17), and Victoria (September 23). —Southbound.— Niagara left Vancouver on August 4 for Sydney via Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She is expected at Honolulu on August 11, at Suva on August 20, and Auckland on August 23. Sho is to sail tho next day; and is expected to arrive at Sydney on August 28. Monterey left San Francisco on July 20 for Sydney via Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. Sho arrived at Suva on August 3, and is expected at Auckland to-morrow, at Sydney on August 9, and at Melbourne on August 12. • Mariposa is to leave San Francisco on, 4rigust 17, and Los Angeles on August 18, , for Auckland and Sydney via Honolulu (August 23), Pago Pago (August 28), and Suva (August 31). Sho is expected at ; Auckland on September 3, leaves tho same day, and is expected at Sydney on September 6 and at Melbourne on September 9. Aorangi is to, leave Vancouver on September 1 for Auckland (where she is due on September 20) via Victoria (September 1), Honolulu, (September 8). and Suva (September -17). She will leave Auckland on September 21, and is expected at Sydney on September 25. HOLMGLEN RESUMES. Vessel Re-engmed at Wellington. A,liter having been laid up at Wellington for nearly four mouths, Holm and Co.’s motor ship Holmglen left lasfc Saturday night for Onekaka on her first trip since she has been re-engined. She is due hero on Saturday. Tho Holmgleri’s new engine is an Atlas-Polar Diesel of 450 horse-power, which is more than double that of hexoriginal 220 h.p. engine, and on her trials oxx Saturday attenxoon she averaged 9-J knots, compared with her prevxous speed of knots, in addition to being re-engined, the Holmglen has been .thoroughly overhauled) and has had new Diesel-driven cargo winches fitted. Captain, ADArthur is again ( in command of the Holmglen. Built in Germany in 1923, the Holmglen, ex Argus, has a gross tonnage of 448, and was bought by Holm and Co. Ltd. in 1935. SWEDISH LAID-UP TONNAGE. Statistics of laid-up tonnage compiled by the.. Swedish Shipowners Association show; that the total deadweight more than doubled durixxg .May. Twenty-eight vessels, of 54,109 tons gross or 86,933 tons deadweight, were idle on June 1, compared with 33 vessels, of 34,270 tons gross or 40,125 tons deadweight, on May 1, arid 60 vessels, of 55,538 tons gross or 73,144 tons d.w., on April 1. NORWEGIAN TANKERS SOLD. Concordia and Thelma. Two well-known Norwegian tankers, the Concordia (5,545 tons gross) and tho, Thelma (5.578 tons gross), have been sold to Japan for more than £30,000 each. They wore built in 1919, as tho War Gaokwar and War Begum respectively. LOST TONNAGE. Tho list of maritime casualties published monthly by Bureau Veritas shows that during March the names of 58 steamers were removed from the register, together with four motor ships and four sailing vessels. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. Tho iutcrisland express steamer Pangatira arrhod at Lyttelton from Wellington at 0.40 this morning. Passengers and mails -for the south connected wit lx the express. NEW ZEALAND STAR REPORTS. Tho Blue Star Line has received a wireless message from its motor ship New Zealand Star, ,en route from London to Wellington, reporting that sho expects to arrive at Wellington next Sunday morning. The New Zealand Star loft London on July 8, and is making a very smart passage. From Wellington tho vessel will px-oceod to Lyttelton to complete discharge..

CANADIAN CRUISER REORTS. Tho New Zealand Slapping Company has received a wireless message from the M.-A.-N.Z. Lino steamer Canadian Cruiser, en route from Port Alfred, reporting that sho expects to reach Auckland at noon to-morrow. Siie will later proceed to Australia to complete discharge. NORFOLK AT AVONMOUTH. Cabled advice has been by tho Federal Company that Norfolk , reached Avonmouth last Friday morning. Sho loft Lyttelton on June 18 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, and Glasgow via Cape Horn and Montevideo. Tho Norfolk is not calling at London, and her cargo for that port will bo transhipped. IN RADIO RANGE. Tho following vessels are expected to he within range of tho undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland'. —H.M.S. Endeavour,' Aorangi, Kairangn, Maunganni, Canadian Cruiser, Birch bank, Cambridge, City of Glasgow, Empire Star, Larchbank, jVlamari, Monterey, South Africa, Sve-’ nor. Van Bees. Wellington.—-Maori, Matai, Rangatira, Tamahine, Monowai, Wanganella, New Zealand Star, Arawa, Huntingdon, Kozan Main, Mariposa, Matakana, Mataroa, Port Darwin, Port Fremantle, Rangitane, Rangitiki, Turakina. Awarua.—H.M.S. Achilles, H.M.S. Lcandor, H.M.S. Leith, Hanraki, Karetn, Port Whangarei, Wnikonaiti, Recorder, James Cook, Triastor, Triona, Northumberland, Otranto, Port Gisborne, Queen Mary, Thorhild. Chatham Islands.—South Sea. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND. August 4. Arrived: Rangitata (3.35 p.m.), from Wellington. WELLINGTON, August 4.—Arrived: Rangatira (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kartigi (noon), from New Plymouth; Jamc Stovo (7.20 p.m.), from New Plymouth; Holmglen (9.20 p.m.), from Picton, Sailed: Breeze (6.35 p.m.), for Picton; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Galo (9 p.m.U for Dunedin; Waimana (10 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, August _ 4.—Sailed; Foxton (5.30 p.m.). for Picton; Pooltn (5.30 -p.m.), for Wellington; Arawa (5.40 p.m.), for Now Plymouth; Maori (8.35 p.m.), for Wellington; Port Waikato (8.10 p.m.), for Auckland.

New moon August 7 12.7 n.in. First quarter August 14 1.58 p.m. Full moon August 22 12.17 p.m. Last quarter August 20 11.24 a.in.

a.m. to-day; Wellington—N.W. 5 Bar. Ther. W. 29.78 48 0 Greymouth—E. ... 5 29.75 36 11 Christch’cli —N .E. 2 29.65 42 OZG Timaru—S. . ... 1 29.61 33 CZX Oamaru. —W. '..I 2 29.60 37 B C Dunedin —S. 1 29.59 39 0 Nuggets—N. 4 29.61 41 B C Bluff.—AV.N.W. (5 29.57 45 CP