SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 23124, 25 November 1938, Page 2

SHIPPING

Half an hour must be added to the following times to convert them to daylight saving time. HIGH WATER. —To-day.— St. Clair: 4.5 a.m., 4.27 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 4.15 a.m., 4.57 p.m. Port Chalmers: 4.55 a.m., 5.17 p.m. Dunedin: 5.25 a.m., 5.47 p.m. THE SUN. Rose to-day 4.18 a.m., sets to-day 7.32 p.m.

SAILED. — November 24. — Kaiumi, s.s. (5 p.m.), 1>435 tons, S. E. Gaskin, for Westport. Waipahi, s.s. (11.15 p.m.), 1,783' tons, W. E. Jones, for Nelson and New Plymouth via ports. ARRIVED. — November 25. Waimarino, s.s. (7.5 a. in,), 3,067 tons, W. D. Cameron, from Auckland via ports. Kauri, m.v. (6.15 a.in.), 2,400 tons, S, Hewitt, from Tarakohc. TO ARRIVE — November 25. Port Waikato, 6 p.m., from Auckland via ports. TO SAIL, — November 25. Port Whahgarei, 4 p.m., for Auckland. Waimarino, 11 p.m., for Oamaru. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Murihiku Port Chalmers. Port Whangarei Rattray street. Rangitata Port Chalmers. Tekoa Victoria wharf. Waimarino Victoria wharf. Kauri Dock. MOVEMENTS. —Coastal. — Port Whangarei sailed this afternoon for Auckland direct. ' Kaimai sailed yesterday for Westport. Waipahi sailed yesterday for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth via ports. Waimarino arrived from Auckland via ports this morning to load and sail to-night for Auckland via Oamaru, Timarn, Lvttelton, and Wellington. Kauri arrived this morning from Tarakoho and docked at Port Chalmers for annual overhaul. She will leave for Hobart on Friday next. Port Waikato is due this evening from Auckland via ports. She will proceed to Timarn, Lyttelton, and Auckland to-morrow without loading. Breeze is due from Wellington on Sunday, will discharge the next day, and will dock at Port Chalmers for annual overhaul. She will load on Thursday and sail the same day for Timarn. Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and •Wanganui. Matai left Wellington on Wednesday for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Port Chalmers to-morrow afternoon to load, and sail on Tuesday morning for West Coast Sounds and Southern lighthouses. Waipiata is due to-morrow morning from Wellington and Lyttelton, and will proceed in the afternoon to Bluff. She will later return to load and sail the same day for Auckland via ports. Holmglen is due on Monday from Wellington to load and sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, New Plvmouth. and Waikato. Holmdale is due from Wellington on Wednesday to load and sail the same day for Oamaru, Timarn. Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Wainui is due from Bluff on December 6 to load and sail the same day for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne via ports. —Overseas.— Rangitata will sail to-morrow evening for Bluff, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Tekoa will sail to-morrow afternoon for Timarn. City of Lyons is now due here on Tuesday morning from northern ports to discharge New York cargo. She will sail for Sydney next Thursday. fepeybank sailed from Los Angeles on October 17 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She arrived at Auckland on November 11, and is due here on Tuesday. She will sail the following day for Melbourne. Naniwa Mara left Miike on October 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She arrived at Auckland on November_2l, is due hero on Tuesday, and will sail for Japan the nest day. Gera left New Orleans on October 11 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Wanganui. She arrived at Auckland on November 16, is due here on Wednesday, and will proceed to Wanganui. —Forward Cargoes.— Cumberland, December 5, Liverpool. Kaipara, December 8, Montreal. Waimarama, December 9, Liverpool. ' Beduin, December 9, Los Angeles. Port Auckland, December 16, New York. 9 Orari, December 20, London. Canberra Maru, December 28, Moji. Waipori, December 30, Rotterdam. Huntingdon, December 30, Liverpool. Bencruaehan, to load, January 1, London. Durham, January 10, Liverpool. —Loading for Dunedin.— Curaberlaud left Liverpool on October 9. Kaipara left Montreal on October 21. Waimarama left Liverpool on October 22. Port Auckland left New York on October 31. Orari left London on November 3. Huntingdon left Liverpool on November 5. Limerick left San Francisco on November 16. Durham left Liverpool on November 19. Port Saint John, Montreal, November 21. Tongariro, New Aork, November 22. Tainui, London, November 24. Narbada, Calcutta, November 29. Canberra Maru, Moji, December 1. Anhalt, New Orleans, December 2. Waipawa, Liverpool, December 3. Port Hunter, London, December 15. City of Manchester, New York, December 15, Kent, Liverpool, December 17. City of Glasgow. Halifax, December 21. Cape Horn, Los Angeles. December 27. Empire Star, Liverpool, December 31,

City of Dieppe, New York, January 8. Opawa, Liverpool, January 14. Kaimuta, Halifax, January 21. Arawa, London, January 26. Cornwall, Liverpool, January 28. Port Brisbane, New York, January 31. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The interisland express steamer Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 6.45 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. —Passenger. — Awatea loft Auckland on Tuesday for Sydney, where she arrived to-day, and sailed again for Wellington, where she is clue on Monday. She will sail from Wellington the same day, and from Auckland on Wednesday for Sydney (due December 3). Westralia left Wellington yesterday, is duo at Sydney on .Monday and at Melbourne on Wednesday. She will leave there the same day and Sydney on Friday next for Auckland, where she is due on December 6. Maunganui left Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff (due Sunday, and will sail tlie next day) via Milford Sound, Dunedin (Tuesday, and will sail the same day), Lyttelton (Thursday), and Wellington (Friday). She will leave Wellington on December 3, and Bluff on December 5 for Melbourne, where she is duo on December 9 via Milford Sound. Niagara left Sydney yesterday, and is due at Auckland on Monday. She is due back there on January 9 from Vancouver, and will sail the following day for Sydney, where she is due on January 14. Mariposa arrived at Auckland today, and sailed again for Sydney, where she is due on Monday, and Melbourne (Friday next). She will leave there on December 5 and Sydney on December 9 for Auckland, where she is due on December 12, Aorangi will leave Auckland on December 13 for Sydney, where she is due on December 17, She will leave there on December 22, and is due at Auckland on December 26. . —Cargo.—Karetu is due here from Eden, Sydney, and Hobart on Friday next via Bluff. She will proceed to Timaru and Lyttelton. Waikouaiti, from Newcastle, Port Kembla, and Sydney via Bluff, is due here on Tuesday, and will continue discharge at Timaru, Lyttelton, and Oamaru. Kakapo is to leave Melbourne on December 3 with Christmas fruits from the Nardana, from Basra. She will proceed to Bluff and Dunedin, and is due here on December 10. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICE. —Northbound. — Monterey left Melbourne on November 7 and Sydney on November 11 for San Francisco, where she is due on Tuesday via Auckland (arrived on November 14. and sailed the ; same day), Suva (November 17), Pago Pago (November 18), and Los Angeles (due Monday). Niagara loft Sydney yesterday for Vancouver, where she is due on December 16 via Auckland (due Monday, and will sail the following day), Suva (Friday next), Honolulu (December 9), and Victoria, 8.C., (December 15). —Southbound. — Mariposa sailed from San Francisco on November 8, and Los Angeles tho following day, for Melbourne, where she is due on Friday next via Sydney (due Monday). Intermediate ports are Honolulu (arrived November 14), Pago Pago (November 19), Suva (Tuesday), and Auckland (arrived today and sailed the same day). Aorangi left Vancouver ou Wednesday and Victoria, 8.C., the same day for Sydney, where she is due on December 17 via Honolulu (due \S eclnesday), Suva (December 9), and Auckland (duo December 12), and will sail the following day). PACIFIC ISLAND TRADERS, Maui Pomare sailed from Wellington on November 22 for Apia and Niue, and is due back at Lyttelton ou December 12. Matua left Wellington on November 5 and Auckland on November 15 for Rarotonga, Nukualofa, Apia, and Suva. She is scheduled to return to Auckland on Monday. REMUERA LEAVES COLON. . The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Remuera, which left Auckland on November 2, sailed from Colon on Wednesday for London, where she is due on December 8. GERMAN PORTS BUSIER. According to the official statistics, 58,116 vessels aggregating 45.988,000 tons net arrived at or left German ports during the first half of tho current year, against 52,844 of 41,931,000 tons iiet in the corresponding period of 1937. The increase in tonnage, amounting to 9.7 per cent., was mainly due to”an expansion of trade from overseas countries, which rose by 2,833,000 tons, or 8.4 per cent., while shipping between German ports expanded by 1,224,000 tons, or 15.3 per cent. About 85 percent. of the 'total was accounted for by the three North Sea ports; Hamburg recording a rise of 12.6 per cent., Bremen 28.8 per cent., and Emden 23 per cent. The Baltic ports, with the exception of Kiel, registered only moderate improvements. GLENBANK FROM JAVA. Tho Bank Line motor ship Gleubank is expected to reach Auckland from Java on Monday with a full cargo of raw sugar for discharge at Chelsea. WAIPORI CLEARS BALBOA. Cabled advice has been received by the Union Company that its new steamer Waipori, en route from Rotterdam to Auckland, Wellington, Bluff, and Dunedin, cleared Balboa last Saturday. She is due at Auckland ou December 14. SMART MAIDEN TRIP. Twenty-eight days out from Liverpool, the new Shaw Savill motor ship Waimarama arrived at Auckland at 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday, after a smart maiden passage from the United Kingdom. She brings cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and is due hero on December 8. » KARETU FROM HOBART. The Karetu was to leave Hobart yesterday for Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru. and Lyttelton, and is due hero on Thursday. She has on hoard transhipment cargo from the following steamers: — Nankin. Noptuna, Titania, Strathmore, Sira tlia Han, Esquilliuo, Yaye Maru, Chaugtc.

FOR OTHER PORTS. Akaroa, Auckland, December 1, London. Skotaas. Auckland, December 1, Uidikpapnn. Ora, Auckland, December 5, San Francisco, t Tborsov, Wellington, December 6, Sumatra. Limerick, Auckland, December 11, Los Angeles. Tasman, Auckland, December 12, al ßangitane, Wellington, December 14, London. Napier Star, Wellington, December 29, London. Hauraki, Auckland, January 5, Los A Tnhalt, Auckland, January 7. New or Bimutaka, Auckland. January 12. L °Ruahine, Auckland, January 23, Middlesbrough. Tamaroa, Wellington, January 25, London. SHIPPING SALES. SKAGERN AND BARON MURRAY. Two freighters, which have been regular traders to AustraHia for some years, have recently changed hands The Swedish steamer Skagern, of 5,842 tons gross, owned by the Transatlantic S.S. Company, lias been sold to another Swedish company. The vessel was built in 1917. Owned by Hogarth and Sous, Glasgow, the steamer Baron Murray, of 3,103 tons gross, has been sold to a Chilean company and renamed the Quinenco. The vessel was built at Glasgow in 1924. SCRAP METAL. TENNESSEE TO LOAD FOR JAPAN. The Wilhehnsen motor ship Tennessee, which recently arrived at Avonmouth from Port Pirie, will, after discharge, proceed to one of the Atlantic ports to load about 7,500 to 8,000 tons of scrap metal for Japan. The Nordvard and Ann Stathatou had also been fixed for the same business, but one of these vessels has the option to load at California. The fixing of more vessels to load scrap metal at U.S. Atlantic ports for Japan at slightly higher rates than recently ruling, was the principal development last month in the British freight market. This year has been a noted one for the great number of vessels fixed to load scrap metal for Japan. OVERSEAS SAILINGS. Rotorua, Auckland, November 28, London. Kaimata, Auckland, November 29, New York. Naniwa Maru, Dunedin, November 30, Japan. Arawa, Napier, December 2, London. Port Townsville, Auckland, December 3, London. Fordsdale, Napier, December 9, London. Rangitata, Auckland, December 16, London. Trojan Star, Napier, December 16, London. Nanmburg, Wellington, December 19, Dunkirk. Port Huon, Wellington, December 24. Dencruachan, Dunedin, January 5, London. PERSONAL. Captain A. F. Inman arrived at ?)unedin by the express from the north yesterday to take command of the Kauri. Captain S. Hewitt will go to Wellington to-morrow for orders. MELBOURNE MARU’S CARGO. The O.S.K. Line’s motor ship Melbourne Maru, which arrived at Sydney on November 17 from Japan, brought considerable cargo for New Zealand ports. Neill and Co. have been advised that this will bo transhipped without delay. OLDEST VESSEL. The recent sale of the two-masted schooner Germain brought notice to the fact that she is the oldest vessel on the British register. The Germain was built of local timber and teak at Grand Port, Mauritius, in 1837, and for many vears was owned by Le Vallou Sugar Estate Company Ltd., who employed her in carrying sugar from Mahebourg to Port Louis, but since the enactment of legislation prohibiting the transport of this commodity, except by the Government Railways, she has been laid up. She is of 40 tons register, with a length of 61ft Gin, beam of loft lOin, and depth of Cft 3in. Her present owners are the Nouville Societc Huiliere do Diego Ot Poros, Port Louis, who have had her reconditioned. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, November 24.—Arrived: Fiona (5.30 p.m.), from Suva. WELLINGTON, November 24.—Arrived: Wahine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Holmdale (8.40 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Naniwa Maru (5.20 p.m.), from Auckland. Sailed: City of Lyons (6.50 a.m.), for Wellington; Waipiata (1.10 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Omana (6.50 p.m.), for Bruce Bay; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Westralia (10 p.jn.), for Sydney; Holmdale (11 p.m.), for Picton. November 25.—Arrived: Kiwitea (1.45 a.m.), from Auckland; Breeze (7.20 a.m.), from Wanganui); Wainui (8.45 a.m.), from Lyttelton) ; Karu (9 a.m.), from Greymouth. LYTTELTON, November 24.—Arrived: City of Lyons (9.20 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Waimarino (2.40 p.m.). for Dunedin; Gale (3.43 p.m.), for Wellington; Wninni (5 p.m.), for Wellington; Port Waikato (7.56 p.m.), for Dunedin; Rangatira (8.40 p.m.), for Wellington. BLUFF, November 24.—Sailed: Kaimata (3.50 p.m.), for Timaru ; Waiana. for Wellington. SYDNEY, November 24.—Sailed: Waikouaiti (4.30 p.m.), for Bluff; Niagara (5 p.m.), for Auckland. PICTON, November 25.—Sailed; H.M.S. Wellington (7.30 a.m.), for Auckland. IN RADIO RANGE. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—H.M.S. Endeavour, Kaiwarra, Korowai, Maui Potnare, .Niagara, Trojan Star, Beduiu, Gera, Kaipara, Mariposa, Port Townsville. Wellington.—Rangatira, Tamahine, Wahine, H.M.S. Leander, H.M.S. Wellington, Awatea, Kaikorai, Kalingo, Omana, Waitaki, James Cook, Westralia, Arawa, Mataroa, Monterey, Rangitanc, Rangitiki, Remuera, Spoybank. Awarun. —Matai, Aorangi, Karetn, Maungaiim, Port Tauranga, Waikouaiti, Triaster, Tricnza, Triona, Edward E. Johnson, G. S. Walden, Akaroa, Esperanee Bay, Chitral, Largs Bay, LlandafT, Maetsuyckor, Narkunda, Nicuw Holland, Niomv Zeeland, Orama, Orcades, Orford, Oronsay, Orontes, Otranto, Port Jackson. Rangitata, Stratballan, Strathoden, Strathnaver, Tasman.

PHASES OF THE MOON. First quarter Nov. 30 3.29 p.m. Full moon Dec. 7 9.52 p.m. Last quarter Dec. 14 12.7 p.m. New moon Dec. 22 5.37 a.m. Rose to-day 6.44 a.m., sets 10.2 p.m.