SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 23129, 1 December 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;-8.47 a.in,j 9.10 p.m. Taiaroa Head; 8.57 a.m., 9.20 p.m. . Port Chalmers: 9.07 a.m., 10 p.ni. Dunedin: 10.7 a.m., 10.30 p.m. THE SUN. Rose to-day 4.15 a.m., sets to-day 7.40 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON., ’

ARRIVED. —November 30. Waipiata, sis. (3.45 pirn.), 2,826 tons, W. H. Gardner,; from Bluff., —December I. Holmdale, m.v. (7.45 a.m.), 676 tons, A. Copland, from Wellington, . . Naniwa Mam, s.s. (8.15 a.m.), 4,800 tons, Knpayama, from Japan via northern ports. SAILED. —November 30. Holmglen, m.v. (4.30 p.m.), 432 tons, Munro, for Timaru. Maunganui,. s.s, (7 p.m.), 7,527 tons, W. Whitefiekl, for Lyttelton; . TO SAIL. ,—December I. City of Lyons, 5 p.m.,. for Sydney. Naniwa Maru, 5.30 p.m.,-for Japan. Holmdale, 8 p.m., .for Oamaru. IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Murihiku .' Port Chalmers. Kauri. Port Chalmers. Breeze Dock. Karetu Kitchener street. City of Lyons Victoria wharf. Waipiata Birch street. Holmdale Cross wharf. Naniwa Maru .....Rattray street. MOVEMENTS. —Coastal.— Holmdale arrived this morning from Wellington to load and sail to-night for Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui via ports. Waipiata is to sail to-morrow afternoon for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Breeze is to come to Dunedin this evening to load and sail to-morrow afternoon for Timaru. Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Waipahi is due trom Wellington on Monday to load and sail the same day for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth via Oamaru, Timaru, and Lyttelton. Gale is due from Bluff on Tuesday to load and sail the same day for-Wel-lington and Wanganui via Timaru l and Lyttelton. Waiana is to leave Auckland on Saturday for Dunedin direct. She is due here on , Tuesday, and will proceed to Bluff the same day. Wainni is due from Bluff on Tuesday to load and sail the same day for, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne via ports. This will be her last trip of the year. Port Waikato is duo from Wellington on December 9 to Hoad and sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Auckland.

Holmlea is due from "Wellington on Monday, to load and sail the same day for _ Wellington, New Plymouth, and Waikato via Timaru and Lyttelton.

—Overseas. — City of Lyons is to sail this evening for Sydney. Naniwa Mara arrived this morning from Japan via northern-ports, to load and sail finally this evening for Japan. Beduin is due to-morrow morning with bulk motor spirit from Los Angeles. Speybank sailed from Los Angeles pu October 17 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, andl Dunedin. She arrived at Auckland on November 11, and is due here on Saturday, and will sail on Monday for Melbourne and Sydney. 'Gera left New Orleans on October ll for Auckland l , Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Wanganui. She arrived at Auckland on November 10, is duo here on Monday, and will proceed the next day to Wanganui. Waimarama sailed from London on October 22 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. She arrived at Auckland on November 22, is duo at Port Chalmers on Thursday next, and will sail again on December 10 for northern ports. Cumberland left Liverpool on October 9 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She arrived at Auckland on November 18, and is due here on December 13. Kaipara sailed from Montreal on October 21 for Dunedin via Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. She arrived at Auckland on November 22, and is expected here on December 13. She will returned on December 29 to load finally, and sail on December 31 for Montreal. —Forward Cargoes.— Port Auckland, December 16, New York. Oran, December 20. London. Limerick, December 24, Los Angeles. Canberra Maru, December 28, Moji. Waipori, December 30, llotterdam. Bencruachan, to load, January 1, London. Goslar, to load, January 3. Huntingdon. January 4, Liverpool. Tongariro, December 10, New York. Durham, January 17, Liverpool. Kozaa Maru, January 25, Japan. —Loading for Dunedin.— 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 St. John left Quebec on November 24. Tongariro left New York on November 24. _ Tainui left London on November 24. Canberra Maru, Moji, December 1. Anhalt, New Orleans, December 2. Waipawa, Liverpool, December 3. Narbada, Calcutta, December 5. Port Hunter, London, December 15. City of Manchester, New York, December 15. Kent, Liverpool, December 17. City of Glasgow,- Halifax, December 21. Capo Horn, Los Angeles, December 27. Kmpire Star, Liverpool. December 31. City of Dieppe, New York, January 8, - ; • Opawa, Liverpool, January 14.

Port Nicholson. Halifax. January 21. Arawu, Loudon, .January 20. Cornwall, Liverpool, January 28. Port Brisbane, New York, Jannarv 31. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND. —Passenger.— Awatca loft Wellington on Monday for Auckland, whence she sailed yesterday for Sydney, being duo there on Saturday. She will leave Sydney the same dav for Wellington, where she is due on Tuesday. ... Wcstralia left Melbourne yesterday, and will sail from Sydney to-morrow for Auckland, where she is due oil Tuesday; She will leave there on Thursday next, and is duo at Sydney on December 12. Maunganui left Melbourne on November 23 for Bluff,(arrived on Sunday and sailed the next day), Dunedin (arrived on Tuesday, and sailed the next day), Lyttelton (arrived to-da.v), and Wellington (duo to-morrow).- She will leave Wellington'on Saturday ami Bluff mi Monday for Melbourne, where she is due on December 9 via Milford Sound. Niagara is duo at Auckland cm January ,9 from Vancouver, and will sail the following day for Sydney*, where >;ho is clue on January 14. Mariposa arrived at Auckland last Friday, and sajled again for Sydney, where she arrived bn Monday,; and Melbourne (due to-morrow). She will leave there ,oii Monday, and Sydney on; December 9, for Auckland, where she is duo on December 12. Aorangi will Jcave Auckland bm> December 13 for Sydney, where she is due on December 17. She : will" leavo there bn .December 22, and is duo at Auckland on December 26. Mofltdrcy is due at Auckland on December 23, and will sail tho same day for Sydney, where she is clue on December 26, and Melbourne, due December 30. —Cargo.— Karetu will usail to-morrow evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Bluff, and Sydney. -• , ■Kauri will sail tomorrow from Port Chalmers for Hobart direct. Waikouaiti, from Newcastle, Port Kembla, and Sydney via Bluff, is clue here to-morrow, and will sail on Monday to continue discharge at Timaru, Lyttelton, and Oamaru. Kiwitoa has been fixed to load coal at Newcastle to-day for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Kakapo is to leave Melbourne on Tuesday with Christmas fruits from tho Nardann, from Basra. Sho will proceed to Bluff and Dunedin, and is due hero on -December 13. TRANSPACIFIC MAIL SERVICE. —Northbound. —■ Niagara 'left Sydney on November 24 for Vancouver, where she is duo on December 16 via Auckland (arrived on Monday and sailed tho next day), Suva (duo to-morrow), Honolulu (December 9), and Victoria, B.C. (December 15). Mariposa is to leavo Melbourne onMonday and Sydney on December 9 for San Francisco, whero she is due on December! 27 via Auckland (due December 12, and will sail the same day),, Suva (December 15), Pago Pago (December 16), Honolulu (December 21),. and Los Angeles (December 26). Aorangi is to leave Sydney on December 22 for Vancouver, where sho is' duo on January 13. Intermediate ports will ■ be' Auckland (due December 26, and. will kail-the following day), Suva (December;.Bo), Hololulu (January 6), and B.C. (January 12). Monterey is to leave Melbourne on January 2, and Sydney-on January 6.. foi’-San Francisco, where she is due on January 24 via Auckland (due January 9), Suva (January 12), Pago Pago (January 13). Honolulu (January 18), and Los Angeles (January 23). —Southbound.— Mariposa sailed from San Francisco on November 8, and Los Angeles the following day, for Melbourne, where she is due to-morrow. Aorangi left Vancouver on November 23 and Victoria, 8.C.. the same day. for Sydney,, where sho is due on December 17 via Honolulu (arrived yesterday), Suva (duo December 9, and Auckland (December 12, and will sail the following day). Monterey is to leave Snn Francisco on Tuesday and Los Angeles the following day for Sydney, where she is due on December 26, and Melbourne (December 30). Intermediate ports will be Honolulu (due December 12), Pago Pago (December 17), Suva (December 20), and Auckland (December 23. and will sail tho same day). Niagara is to leave Vancouver on December 21, and Victoria, 8.C., the same day, for Sydney, whero she is due. on January 14. She will proceed via Honolulu (December 28), Suva (January 6), and Auckland (January 9, and will sail the following day). PACIFIC ISLAND TRADERS. Maui Pomare sailed from Wellington on November 22 for Apia and Niue, ami is due back at Lyttelton on December 12. Matua was to leave Auckland to-day for Rarotonga. Nukualofa, Apia, and Suva. She will leave Auckland again on Tuesday for Nukualofa, Apia, Suva, omitting Rarotonga. FOR OTHER PORTS. Akaroa, Auckland, December 1, London. Skotaas, Auckland, December 1, Balikpapan. Oraj Auckland, December 5, San Francisco. Thorsov, Wellington, December 6, Sumatra. Limerick. Auckland, December 11, Los Angeles. Tasman, Auckland, December 12, Saigon. llangitane, Wellington, December 14, London. Susana, Auckland, December 17. Bunbury. Llnnclaff, New Plymouth, December 20, Seychelles. Napier Star, Wellington, December 30, London. Sultan Star, Auckland, January 5, London via South AfricaHauraki, Auckland, January 5, Los Angeles. Anhalt, Auckland, January 7, New Orleans. Tasman, Auckland, January 11, Saigon. Rimutaka, Auckland, January 12, London. Ruahinc, Auckland, January 23, Middlesbrough. Tamaroa, Wellington, January 25, London. TREMORVAH AND TREMEADOW. SOLD TO ITALY. Two Hain Lino steamers, the Tremeadow and Tramorvah, which were reported as being sold to Italian shipowners for £32,000 each, have boon renamed the Sagritta and Nirvo respectively. They have been displaced from the Hain fleet by tho new motor ships Trevalgan and Trevanion. Both tho Tromeadow and Tremorvnh wore regular visitors to Australia during the wheat loading season. They were built by 1). and W. Henderson and Co., of Glasgow, in 1019, I

OVERSEAS SAILINGS. Naniwa Warn, Dunedin, December 3, -Japan. Kaimata, Auckland, December 2, New York. Arawn, Napier, December 3, London. Port Townsville, Auckland, December 3, London. Fordsclalo, Napier, December 9, London. Rangitata, Auckland, December IC, London. Trojan Star, Napier, December IC, London. Nan ra burg, Wellington, December 19, Dunkirk. Port Hnon, Wellington, December 21. London. Akaroa, Lyttelton, December 30, Southampton. Tekoa, Auckland, December 31, London. Waimarama, Lyttelton, December 31, London. Zcalandic, Port Chalmers, January 4, London. Bencruaehan, Dunedin, January 5, Loudon. Rangitanc, Wellington, January 12, London. Port Auckland. * Port Chalmers, January 14, London. Sultan Star, Napier, January 28, London. Cumberland, Wellington, January 31, London. INTERISLAND’EXPRESS. The intcrislancP express steamer Rangatira arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 6.40 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south con- : nccted with the express. TANKER BEOUIN, With a cargo of motor spirit for the Associated Motorists’ Petrol Company, tho Norwegian tanker Beduin is duo hero to-morrow morning to complete discharge. PORT SAINT JOHN LEAVES MONTREAL. The Port Line has' received advice that the motor ship Port Saint John left Montreal last Wednesday for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is coming via Kingston, and is now duo at Auckland on December 28. . EASTERN TRANSHIPMENTS. Neill and Co. advise that cargo from Hongkong from the Changte arrived here by tho Karetu. _ That of the Xaiping will ho transhipped into tho Storm, duo to leave Sydney on December 3. Transhipments from tho Melbourne Marti will arrive here to-morrow by the Waikouaiti. PORT OF LOS ANGELES. According to the Marine Exchange of .the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce a total of 501 vessels arrived at tho Port of Los Angeles in tho month of September, their aggregate net tonnage being 1,550,871, as against 634 vessels and a tonnage of 1,737,107 tons in the same month last year. Departures during the month totalled 495, of 1,523,637 tons. Nations were represented in the arrivals ns follows; United States 344, British 37, Japan 41, Norwegian 40, Denmark 12, Sweden 7, France 9, Germany’ 7. ' Dutch 5, Italian 1, Panamanian 1, Philippine 1, Greece 2

NEWSPRINT SHIP’S VOYAGE. For tFio first time the M.-A.-N.Z. Line is sendinga ship from Montreal to Australia via _ the Cape of Good Hope. The Canadian Cruiser will leave Montreal shortly, with newsprint for Fremantle, Adelaide, and Melbourne, and to save making a long trip round Australia will ta'lce the alternative route. PORT JACKSON AT LONDON. The Port Lino motor ship Port Jackson, which left Auckland on October 28, arrived at London on Monday last. THE PURIRI WITH SLAG. The Anchor Shipping Company, Nelson, has received advice that its new motor ship Puriri had successfully completed her trials at Leith at 11.5 knots. She was expected to leave Leith on Monday for Immingham to load basic slag for Auckland. The Puriri will proceed via Panama and arrive there early in January. After discharging at Auckland she will leave for Nelson to enter the company’s coastal services. IMPORTANT CONTRACTS. Harland and Wolfe Xiiraitcd have received an order from the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited for the conversion of three passenger liners of their “L”-class from coal to oil fuel burning. The work is to be carried out at Belfast, and tbo vessels are the Llan'daff Castle (10,786 tons gross), built by Workman, Clark, and Co. Ltd., in 1926; Llandovery Castle (10,608 tons gross), built by Barclay, Curie, and Co, Limited, in 1925; and Llahstephan Castle (11,299 tons gross), built by tho Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, in 1914. Harland and Wolfe Limited have secured another important reconditioning contract. They are to reconstruct and redecorate the Canadian Pacific liners Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Richmond, Duchess of York, and Duchess of Bedford, at a total cost of more than £120,000. The work will be carried out piecemeal at Uvcrpool as each vessel finishes a voyage, and it is expected that all four will be completed early next year. THE NARBADA. The Union Company’s chartered steamer Narbada is now to leave Calcutta on December 5 for Penang, Singapore, and Samarang to complete loading for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is duo at Auckland about January 5. NOTICES TO MARINERS. LEADING BEACONS DISCONTINUED. The beacons about lODcleg, four cables from the flagstaff on Steep Head, New River, have been discontinued. They are situated in latitude 46dcg 31min 3seo south, longitude 168 deg lomin 3seo east approximately. LESSER DEPTHS AT HOPE ROCK. The Hope Rock shoal has been examined and found to consist of three main rocky patches with least depths of 2J, 3, and 3J fathoms M.L.W.S. in positions 289 deg, 2.1 miles, and 288dcg, 2.03 miles respectively from Okuri light. 'The shoal lies in a 32odeg145deg direction with tho three-fathom patch in the centre, and iis approximately 1.5 cables long by .5 cables wide, with depths of 25 fathoms close around. Its position is latitude 40deg 57min 9seo south, longitude 173tjeg 43miu ssec east approximately.

IN RADIO RANGE. Tho following vessels are expected to bo within range of tho undermentioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland. H.M.S. Eendeavour, Awatea, Kairanga, Korowai, Matua, Maui Pomare, Niagara, Port Auckland, Rotorua’ Springbank, Ward. Wellington.—Rangatira. Tamahine, Wahine, H.M.S. Leander, H.M.S. Leith, Kakapo, Karepo, Maungauui, AVaitaki, Arawa, Cumberland, Mataroa, Rangitane, Rangitiki, Remuera, Tainui. Awarua. —Matai, Aorangi, Kauri, Triadic, Triaster, Trienza, Triona, Wcstraiia, Edward F. Johnson, Beduin, Ceramic, Chitral, Comorin, Esperanco Bay, Jervis Bay, Largs Bay, Llandaff, Maetsnycker, Melbourne Star, Moreton Bay, Naniwa Maru. Narkunda, Nestor, Nieuw Holland, Nieuw Zeeland, Orcados, Orion, Orford, Orontes, Otranto, Queen Mary, Strathallnn, Stratheden, Strathmore, Strathnavcr, Tasman, Tckoa, Ulysses. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, November 30.—Arrived; Waiana (5 p.m.), from AVellington; Skotaas (6.15 p.m.), from Balikpapan. Sailed; Kairanga (5.10 p.m.), for Newcastle; Awatea (5.25 p.m.’), for Sydney; Canopus (11 p.m.), for AA Testport. AVELLINGTON. November 30.—Arrived: Rangatira (7 a.m ), from Lyttelton; Forsdale (2.30 p.m.), from New Plymouth. Sailed: Gera (11.40 a.m.), for Lyttelton; Arawa (6.50 p.m.), for Napier; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Soeybnnk (9.20 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Kakapo (midnight), for Melbourne. LYTTELTON, November 30.—Sailed : Naniwa Maru (11.15 a.m.), for Dunedin; Nikau (2.10 p.m.), for Nelson; Port AVaikato (9.30 p.m.), for Auckland; AA r ahine (8.45 p.m.), for AVcllington, , For continuation of shipping see / late news.),

Full moon Dec. 7 , 9.52 p.m. Last quarter Dee. 14 12.7 p.m. New . moon. Dec. 22 5..47 a.m. First quarter Dec. no 10.23 a. in. Roso to-clav 12.40 n.m.. sots to-mor-row 12.3C n.m.