SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 22880, 11 February 1938, Page 2

SHIPPING

Thirty minutes must be added to the following times to convert them to daylight-saving time. HIGH WATER. -—To-morrow. — St. Olair; 12.4 a.m., 11.32 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 12.14 a.in., 12.42 p.m. Port Chalmers: 12.54 a.m., 1.22 p.m. Dunedin; 1.24 a.m., 1.52 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day 7.28 p.m., rises to-morrow 5.17 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

row 5.21 p.m. WEATHER REPORT. The Government Meteorologist (Dr F. Kidson) supplied the following at

Weather—B, blue sky; be, blue sky and detached clouds; e, cloudy: o, overcast; g gloomy; u, ugly; r, rain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showers; L‘, hail; q, squally: I. lightning: t, thunder; I, fop: m, mist; z. haze. Wind—o. calm; 1, lighl air; 2, slight breeze; 3, gentle bieeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5. fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, high wind; 8, gale; D. strong gale; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane. ARRIVED. February 10. Gale, m.v. (9.40 p.m.), 622 tons, Anderson, from Wellington. Port Waikato, m.v. (5.30 p.m.), 685 tons, Watchlin, from Auckland via ports. —February It.— Karetu, s.s. (6.45 a.m.), 3,210 tons, R. L. Davies, from Bluff. Akaroa, s.s. (7 a.m.), 15,128 tons, Summers, from Lyttelton. Durham, m.v. (12.30 p.m.) ; 10,893 tons, Pilcher, from Liverpool via ports. SAILED. —February 10.— Imperial Star, m.v. (6.30 p.m.), 10,733 tons, Maclarlane, for Bluff. TO SAIL. —February 11.— Wainui, 4.30 p.m., for Port Chalmers. Gale,: 6.30 p.m., for Wanganui via port. Port Waikato, 10 p.m., for Auckland via ports. TO ARRIVE. —February 11.— Waikouaiti, 3 p.m., from Newcastle and Port Kembla via Bluff. VESSELS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY, Akaroa . t,..Port Chalmers. Oakbank.. Port Chalmers. James Cook Victoria wharf. Karetu . Victoria wharf. Durham .Victoria wharf. H.M.S. Wakakura Rattray street. Port Waikato Rattray street. Wainui Birch street. Gale ; Kitchener street. MOVEMENTS. —’Coastal.— Wainui will sail for Port Chalmers this evening, and will leave there tomorrow for Auckland via ports. Port Waikato arrived here last evening to load and sail this evening for Auckland via Timaru and Lyttelton. Holmdale arrived this afternoon to load and sail this evening for Oamam, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Gale arrived last evening from Oamaru to load and sail this evening for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui via ports. . Karu is due here from Wellington on Sunday to load and sail on Monday for Nelson and New Plymouth via ports. Waipiata was to leave Auckland today for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due here on Wednesday, February 16. Waipahi is duo on Tuesday next from Bluff to load and sail the same day for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne via ports. Kaimai is to load at Westport tomorrow for Timaru and Dunedin. She is due here on Tuesday next. Storm is due hero on Wednesday to load and sail the same day for AVellmgton and Wanganui via ports. —Overseas.— Oakbank sailed this afternoon for Nauru Island. Imperial Star sailed last evening for Bluff and New Plymouth for final discharge. She will load Homeward in Australia. New Zealand, tanker, with bulk motor spirit, is due here on Tuesday from San Francisco via ports. Durham left Liverpool on December 19 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She arrived at Auckland on January 19, and here today, and will sail early next week for Bluff. Port Darwin reached Auckland on January 30 from Newcastle, and is to load at Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Bluff, and Port Chalmers. She is due ‘here on February 21, and will sail finally on February 27 for London, Newcastle, and - Hull. Zealandic sailed from London on ■December 15 for Australia, and arrived at Bluff on February 7. She will proceed to Timaru, Wellington, and Auckland, and will then come to Port Chalmers, where she is due on February 25. Benledi, to load wool for the United Kingdom and the Continent, is due at Port Chalmers on February ,22 via northern ports and Bluff. She will sail finally on February 25 for Dunkirk and London via Panama. Piako left New York on January 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland to-morrow, and here about 1 { ebruary 25. Cambridge left Liverpool on January 1 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on February 18, and is expected here on March 4. Akaroa arrived here this morning from Lyttelton to load for United Kingdom ports. It is hoped to despatch her to-morrow evening tor Auckland. . , , ~ , Goslar is due here from Adelaide ana Why alia via Bluff on February 22 to load wool for Continental ports. Wairuna left Vancouyer on December 25, Los Angeles on January 5 for San Francisco, which she left on January 15 for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Wellington on

February 19 and bore on February 25. Dessau ieft New Orleans on February 3 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on February 21 and here on March 2. Tainui left London on January 14 for Suva, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Wellington on February 28 to land passengers, and at Lyttelton on March 1 to discharge. She is due hero on March 4, and will sail on March 8. Port Alma left Liverpool on January 16 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on February 20 and here on March 5. Limerick ieft Vancouver on January 10, San Francisco on January 29, and Los Angeles on February 2 for Papeete, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on February 25 and at Dunedin on March 11. The Port Line steamer Port Sydney left New York for New Zealand on January 31, in place of the Port Caroline, which is going to Australia. Tho Port Sydney will bring cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and she is due at Auckland about March 2 and at Dunedin about March 14.

Hertford left Liverpool on February 5 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She is due at Auckland on March 22 and at Port Chalmers on April 7. Naniwa Maru left Kobe on January 26 and Miike on January 29 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is expected at Auckland on Friday next and here on February 26. Rangitata left London on February 4 for Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff. She is due at Wellington on March 12, at Lyttelton on % March 13, and here on March 17. Brisbane Star left Liverpool on February 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. City of Delhi is to leave Halifax on February 21 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, and Dunedin. City of Canberra is to leave New York on Fehrary 22 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Melbourne Maru is to leave Moji on Thursday for Auckland Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is expected at Auckland on March 9 and at Dunedin on March 18. lluahine is to leave London on February 24 for Wellington, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, and Bluff. She is due at Wellington on April 13, at Port Chalmers the following day, and at Lyttelton on A'pril 19. _ Sussex is to leave Liverpool on Fchruary 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff, is exipected at Auckland on April 7 and here on April 23. Port St. John will now leave Halifax on February 28 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and New Plymouth. City of Wellington was to leave Halifax to-day for Wellington, Auckland. Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due here about March 25. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. —Passenger.— Awatea left Sydney to-day for Auckland, where she is due on Monday. Wanganella will leave Wellington tomorrow for Sydney, where she is due bn Wednesday, and Melbourne, due on Friday next. Niagara left Auckland on Tuesday for Sydney, where she is due to-morrow. Mariposa will leave Auckland on Wednesday for Sydney and Melbourne, where she is due on February 21 and February 25 respectively. Maunganui left Bluff on Monday, arrived at Hobart to-day, and is due at Melbourne on Sunday. Niagara is to leave Sydney on Thursday for Auckland, where she is due on February 21; Aorangi is due at Auckland on March 7 from Suva, and will sail the following day for Sydney, where she is due on March 12. Mariposa is to leave Melbourne on February 28 and Sydney on March 4 for' Auckland, where she is due on March 7. She sails the same day for SUVE. "TO —Cargo.— Karetu loaded at Newcastle, Sydney, and Hobart, whence she sailed last Friday morning for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Oamaru. She arrived here this morning from Bluff, and will sail to-morrow afternoon for Timaru. Waikouaiti loaded at Newcastle and Port Kembla, whence she sailed last Friday for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton. She arrived here this afternoon from Bluff, and will sail on Tuesday for, Timaru. She will return to Port Chalmers to dock for survey. Waiana left Oamaru on Saturday for Williamstown to load a cargo of wheat for the New Zealand Government. It will he discharged at Bluff and Dunedin. She cleared Williamstown yesterday, and is due here on Thursday next. James Cook will sail to-morrow for Lyttelton and Greyraouth. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The interisland express steamer W r ahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 0.35 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICE. —Northbound. — Aorangi loft Sydney on January 21 for Auckland, where she arrived on January 24. She sailed the following day for Vancouver (where she arrived to-day) via Suva (arrived January 29), Honolulu (February 4), and Victoria, B.C. (yesterday). Monterey left Melbourne on January 31 and Sydney on February 4 for San Francisco via Auckland (arrived February 7), Suva (yesterday), Pago Pago (to-day), Honolulu (duo Wednesday), and Los Angeles (February 21). She is due at San Francisco on February 22. Niagara is to leave Sydney on Thursday for Auckland, ‘where she is due on February 21. She will sail the following day for Vancouver, where she is due on March 11 via Suva (February 25), Honolulu (March 4), and Victoria, B.C. (March 10). Mariposa is to leave - Melbourne on February 28 and Sydney on March 4 for San Francisco, where she is due on March 22 via Auckland (due March 7), Suva (March 10), Pago Pago (March 11), Honolulu (March 16), and Los Angeles. —Southbound.— Niagara left Vancouver on January 19 and Victoria, 8.C., the same day for Auckland, where she arrived on February 7 via Honolulu (arrived January 26) and Suva (February 4). She left Auckland on Tuesday, and is duo at Sydney, to-morrow. Mariposa left San Francisco on January 26 and Los Angeles on _ February 2 for Auckland, where she is duo on Friday next, Sydney (duo February 21), and Melbourne (February 25) via Honolulu (arrived February 7), Pago Pago (due to-morrow), and Suva (Tuesday). Aorangi is to leave Vancouver on Wednesday for Auckland, where she is duo on March 7, and sails tho following day, and Sydney, where she is due

on March 12 via Victoria, iB.C. (due Wednesday), Honolulu (February 23), and Suva (March 4). Monterey is to leave San Francisco on March I for Sydney, where she is due on March 21, and Melbourne (March 25) via Los Angeles (due March 2), Honolulu (March 7), Pago Pago (March 12), Suva March 15), and Auckland March 18. She will leave Auckland the same day for Sydney, and Sydney on March 23 for Melbourne. LIMERICK AND WAIRUNA. Revised ports of call for the Union Steam Ship Company’s trans-Pacific cargo vessels Limerick and Wairuna, cn route to Vancouver, are advised. The Wairuna will leave Dunedin about the end of this month for Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, thence Lautoka direct, Suva, Apia, Papeete, San Francisco, and Vancouver. Limerick will leave Sydney in midApril for Suva, Lautoka-, Suva again, Papeete, Los Angeles, and Vancouver. WELL-KNOWN TRAMPS SOLD. The well-known Hain line tramp steamers, Trewyn and Trematon, which have been frequent visitors to Australia, have been sold to foreign owners. The Trewyn has been renamed Moni Itickmers by the Kickrners line, of Hamburg, and the Trematon is now the Jurgo Topic, under the Jugoslavian flag. SHIPS SUNK IN WHANGPOO. In the latest supplement to ‘ Lloyd's Register of Shipping,’ five small Japanese steamers are reported as totally lost. The ships were owned by the Japan-China S.S. Co., and were deliberately sunk to block the Whangpoo River. WAIWERA’S FAST PASSAGE.

Although sho did not travel at full speed, the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s motor ship Waiwera made what is believed to be a record trip from Bluff to New Plymouth by completing the voyage of 593 miles in 363 nours, an average speed of 16.23 knots, Captain W. C. Meet, commander of the Waiwera, stated that he had no intention of attempting a record. In fact, the vessel could have arrived earlier, but in the last six hours of the trip speed was slackened so that the ship would arrive at 6 a.ra., which is the earliest time that an overseas vessel can he berthed at a port. The trip was comparatively smooth until Cook Strait was reached. There they ran into a strong north-westerly wind, and at the same time visibility was poor. The Waiwera, a modern motor ship, is one of the fastest in the New Zealand trade, and is noted for her exceptionally smart passages. RANGITIKI FOR AUCKLAND. DUE TO-MORROW MORNING. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received a wireless message from its motor liner Rangitiki, en route from London via Kingston and the Panama Canal, reporting that she expects to reach Auckland at 5 a.m. to-morrow. She is due at Wellington about February 19 to complete discharge. PIAKO REPORTS. A wireless message has been received from the Piako, en route from New York, reporting that she expected to reach Auckland at 3 p.m. to-day. She will later complete discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and is expected here about February 24. PORT DENISON LEAVES ANTWERP. Cabled advice has been received by the Port Line that the Port Denison left Antwerp on Februarv 2 with basic slag for Auckland and New Plymouth. She is proceeding via Cape Town and Sydney, and is due at Auckland on March 28. PORT SYDNEY LEAVES NEWPORT NEWS. The Port Line has received cabled advice that the Port Sydney, from New York and Philadelphia, left Newport News on Monday for Auckland, AVellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Sho i is calling at Kingston to load oranges, and is due at Auckland on March 7. PORT HUNTER AT LONDON. Cabled advice has been received by the Port Lino that the Port' Hunter reached London last Sunday morning. She left Napier on December 30 for London via the Panama Canal. AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS. BRITISH OFFICERS ENVIOUS. Wages and labour conditions in Australian coastal ships are the envy of seamen whose livelihood is earned along the British coast, according to a recent article in the ‘ Nautical Magazine,’ the leading British magazine devoted to mercantile marine affairs. The article advocates Australian rates of pay and conditions as a standard to which British seamen should aspire. In British seamen should aspire. In Britain at the present time much thought is being given by merchant service officers to improved pay and conditions. They regard the Australian regulations and awards as among the best in the world, and would be more than satisfied if such conditions operated on the British coast, warning is given that officers who are At the conclusion of the article a working under inferior conditions should not be carried away by the thought that all is “ beer and skittles ” on the Australian coast. “ The work is hard and the hours are long, as the ships are the nearest thing to perpetual motion afloat. An idle night’ in port is a very rare thing,” says the article. IN RADIO RANGE, The-following vessels arc expected to be within range of the under-men-tioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland. H.M.S. Endeavour, Kairanga, Matua, Maui Pomare, Niagara, Wairuua, Fiona, Orangemoor, Rangitiki, Troian Star, Waiwera. Wellington. Matai, Rangatira, Tainahinc, Wahine, Awatea, Kaikorai, Kauri, Waitaki, New Zealand Star, Benledi, Gera, Kent, Maetsuycker, Mariposa, Matakana, Mataroa, Monterey, Port Darwin, Rangitane, Rangitata, Remuera, Sitala, Tainui, Tekoa. Awarua. —H.M.S. Achilles, Maunganui Omana, Waikouaiti, Triona, Akaroa’, Cathay, Discovery 11., Mooltan, Naniwa Man\, Nieuw Zeeland, Orcades, Ormonde, Queen Mary, Strathmore, Swarterdioudt. Chatham Islands.—South Sea. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, February 10.—‘Arrived: Triaster (12.55 ip.ra.), from Nauru Island; Cambridge (3.35 pan.), from Liverpool; Sangstad (8 p.m.), from Nev Orleans., Sailed; Port Tau-

ranga. (6 p.m.), for Waikokopu; Canopus ("6 p.m.), for Westport. WELLINGTON, February 10.—Arrived: Wahine 7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Shabonee, from Palembang. Sailed; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Poolta (11 p.m.), for Gisborne. LYTTELTON, February 10.—Sailed: Holmglen (12.40 p.m.), for Wellington; Akaroa (3.50 p.m.), for Port Chalmers; Durham (5.15 p.m.), for Port Chalmers; Rangatira (8.35 p.m.), for Wellington. _ , OAMARU, February 10.—Sailed; Gale (4.30 p.m.), for Dunedin.

(For continuation of shipping see 'late news.).

Full moon Feb. 15 4.44 a.m. Last quarter Feb. 22 3.54 ip.m. New moon Mar. 2 5.10 p.m. First quarter Mar. 9 8.5 p.m. Set to-day 12.45 a.m., rises to-mor-

9 a.m. to-day;— Wellington—N. 1 Bar. Ther. W. 29.83 71 OJP Greymouth 0 29.70 63 Oil Christ’ ch —S. S. W. 1 29.82 62 0 Timaru—S.W. ... 1 29.80 .62 OGM Oamaru —S.AV. ... 2 29.81 60 0 Dunedin —S.AV. 1 29.82, 58 OM Nuggets—N. ... 1 29.80 67 or Bluff—E ;. 1 29.73 64 0