SHIPPING.

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 May 1906, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF GREYFADUTR.

WEATHER REPORT Groymouth.—Wind, south-east, light breeze; weather, fine; barometer, 29.ii0; thermometer, 60 degrees; tides, good; bar, smooth. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin wired from Wellington at 9 a.m. this day as follows “Expect strong winds to gale from ne tween orth-east and north and west after 12 hours from now; glass rise, but falling again after that time; tides high, sea heavy; rain probably heavy, river heavy fresh." ARRIVED. May 16. —Puliki, ss, 157 tons, Captain Dcwhurst, from Foxton. May 16. —Pohenia, ss, 749 tons, Cap- ! tain Hales, from Dunedin and way ports, i May 16.- I’etone. ss, 588 tons, Captain ; Christian, from Wellington. SAILED. May 15.—Rosamond, ss, 462 tons, Captain Cushman, for New Plymouth. May 15.—Haupiri, ss, 464 tons. Captain Campbell, for Napier and Auckland. May 16.—Nil. IN PORT. Earitane, Kmi, Pohenia, Petonc, Putiki, Edward, Wliangaroa, Annie Hill. The Haupiri sailed last night for Napier. The Rosamond sailed lasi night for New Plymouth. The Kamona leaves Wellington to-night for Grey direct . The Defender leaves Wellington tomorrow for Grey mouth and Hokitika. The Pohenia arrived this afternoon from Westport and south with general cargo. The I’areora from Lyttelton is due to-morrow afternoon, and sails for Wellington on Friday. The Pntiki arrived from Foxton this morning, and sails tomorrow for Wanganui with a cargo of coal. The Charles Edward leaves Wellitndon to-night for Nelson and the West Coast, and is due on Friday afternoon.

The I’ctone arrived from Wellington this morning, and sails for same port tonight with a cargo of lllaekball coal. The Waverlcy is due to-night from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport. She sails at 8 p.m. to-night for Westport and riclon. The Maponrika arrives to-morrow afternoon from Wellington and West Coast ports. Her departure has been postponed until 7 tun. on Friday. The hanpientine Whangaroa is at present engaged taking aboard the machinery of the old Kohinoor dredge for transhipment to Sydney. The dredge will he erected on a dredging claim in the southeast portion of New South Wales. The recent gales and freshes in the river of late have had a peculiar effect on the (ireymonth liar. Soundings taken yesterday showed the depth ot water between the two breakwaters to he 3711. while on the bar proper -several hundred feet further out —there is a depth of 24 feet. Then, again, the. bottom recedes until a depth of 30ft is attained. The Union Steamship Company lias received advice staling that the new twinscrew steamer Alua, built for the Island trade, showed a high efficiency during her trial trip. With 3450 tons of cargo on hoard and with three quarter boiler power an average of 133 knots per hour was maintained. A cable message announces that the Maheno lias arrived at Vancouver, llritish Columbia. Tito Maheno is on her initial trip in the Canadian-Australian service. The usual time occupied on the voyage from Sydney to Vancouver is 24 days. Apparently, the Maheno has aceomplised llie trip in less than 22 days. The distance, over 7200 miles, is probably the longest yet attempted in a regular service by a turbine steamer.

The I’olierua, which arrived this afternoon from Dunedin and way ports, has 520 tons of cargo to land. During the last four or five days upwards uf one thousand tons of general cargo has been landed, with the result that the shed accommodation has been taxed to its utmost capacity. The ' consignments for Hokitika, Reefton and elsewhere were unloaded into trucks, as there was not suflicient shed room.

The Collector of Customs lias received a circular from the Marine Department as follows: —The attention of officers is drawn to subsection 1 of section 2 of "The Shipping and Seamen’s Act Amendment Act, 1905, extending the time for receiving applications for masters’ ccrtilicates of service to three months from the date of coming into operation of the \ct. The Act came into operation on the 19lii April, and therefore, only only applications which are in l>y the? 18tli of duly next can he recognised. 1 would also ‘direct attention to Section t, subsection c of the Act, which enables the granting of certificates of service to engineers mentioned in the sub-section, viz—those of pleasure yachts, missionary sips, or fishing boats. 1 hese applications should also be in before July loth next. AUSTRALIAN HURTS. While on his recent holiday visit to Australia, Mr J. HI air Mason, engineer to the Dunedin Harbour Hoard, made a tour of inspection of Sydney and -Melbourne harbours, and while there was verv much struck with, in both instances, the* progress made and the very evident signs of a determination on the part of both harbour authorities that the two ports shall rank amongst the foremost m the world, both as regards wharfage accommodation and in the matter of stoiage for everything that is to be loaded or unloaded. *ln Melbourne, winch is the Federal capital pro tern., a big effort is being made to concentrate there the bulk of the Federal business. With a view io allowing the largest vessels to enter Port Phillip at all slates of tide and weather, a rocky ledge at the entrance is being pulverised with explosives, whereby it is hoped to obtain there a depth of 56 feet at low water. Should the scheme pro\e successful, the largest vessels will be in a position to enter the hay. Further, it has been resolved to widen and deepen the canal from Port Phillip Ray to Melbourne, so as to permit of vessels, going direct to the city, which, under existing conditions' are compelled to remain at Port Melbourne, from which place cargo is railed to Melbourne, as is the ease with Dunedin and Port Chalmers. From this it will he seen that everything possible is being, or is to be, done to make Melhonrno Harbour accessible to the very largest boats, and thereby have her eight or more miles of wharfage utilised to the fullest. The Melbourne Harbour Trust, the engineer to which is Mr J. Halliday, one time associated with Mr Robert Hay (of Dunedin), is at present engaged in the reclaiming of over 500 acres of swamp ground almost in the centre of the metropoilitan area. The different improvements to Melbourne Harbour will mean extern sivo dredging, reconstruction of wharves, and other work, and it will naturally bo some time before everything is completed. With Sydney Harbour, vvith its groat depth of water and the wonderful facilities it affords for berthing of the largest steamers, almost everyone is more or less acquainted. Wharfage and other facilities there arc in a very advanced slate, and the number of, minor jetties for use of the .different shipping companies is very great. The wharfage is at present being extended to meet rapidly-increasing requirements, and to cope with the annual despatch of grain and wool, which form a very large export. For the handling of cargo huge conveyers have been installed. The expenditure of money on Sydney Harbour in the way of renewing wharves and constructing sheds is likely to bo heavy for some time to come, but everything possible is being done with a view* to general advancement. In the two cities spoken of, there is altogether wonderful evidence of progress and prosperity, and, generally speaking, Mr Mason was very much impressed with everything that came under his notice.

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