SHIPPING.

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 May 1906, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF GREYMOUTH.

(UGH WATER .May 21.—9.10 a.in. ; 9.57 p.m. May 22.—9.64 a.in.; 10.10 p.m. May 23.—10.26 a.in.; 10.43 p.m. WEATHER REPORT Groynioiitii, —Wind, oast,, light breeze; weather, fine; barometer, 30.20; thermometer, 48 degrees; tides, good; bar, rough. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin wired from Wellington at 9 a.m. this day as follows:—• “Expect strong winds to gale from b„> tween ortlnvest and west am} ; glass rise, tides moderate, sea heavy, rain probable and weather cold. ARRIVED. May 21.-Nil. SAILED. May 21.—Nil. IN PORT. Karitane, Kamona, Pareora, Whangaroa, AnniQ Hill, Edward. The Karitane sails to-night for Lyttelton direct. The Kamona sails to-night for Wellington and Lyttelton. The schooner Annie Hill, with a cargo of timber, sails for Lyttelton to-morrow. '1 lie Pi it iL i and Oreti from Wanganui are due. and will probably get in tonight. The schooner Clyde left Wellington tor Greynioiith on .Saturday with a general cargo, The Pareora did not get away on Saturday, but sails tonight, weather conditions permitting. The Arahnra arrives this evening about seven o'clock, and sails on return at ten to-morrow morning. The Koonya leaves Wellington this afternoon for Westport and Greynioiith, and is due here on Wednesday morning. The Rosamond has been detained off the bar since Saturday afternoon. She should arrive to-night, and sail again tomorrow morning for Wellington. Owing to the strong run in the river and rough sea, there were no arrivals or departures to-day, but it is probable the bar will be workable on to night's tide. The colonial-owned barque Rose, which left .Shark's Ray (West Australia) on August 4th for Shanghai with a cargo of sandalwood, and which put into Hong Kong on November 10th in a damaged condition, has been sold to Chinese buyers. The New Zealand owned barque Onxy, which was lately chartered to load hardwood at the Clarence River for Dunedin, has hail her charter cancelled, and will now load coal at Newcastle for Nelson. The Onyx left Sydney tor Newcastle on the lOtll ilisl. 1 let ween the 2nd and 16th instants, 5162 tons of general cargo was landed on the (Ireymonth wharf, which constitutes a reiord, and goes to show the increase in (he trade of what is the distributing port of the West Coast. The following leave by the Arahnra, which sail tomorrow morning: Mesdames Dread, !Stanley, Johnston, O'Shea, Langdon; Misses Garhnt, Kelling, Bird, Dyer, .Messrs Broad. Ellis, MeFarlane, Adair. MeDonagh, Hannan, Mills, Derrick, Todd, O'Shea.

notlm.t shipping record is being establisliecl by Ibirlaiul ami W’ollf, of Belfast, Ireland. The White Star liner Adriatic, now in ronr.se of construction at Queen's Island, will have a tonnage of 25,000, a length of 7101,ft, and a depth of 40ft. She will he the darkest vessel in the world. In 1905 no fewer than 400 vessels were sold by British owners to foreigners. Norwegians were the largest purchasers, securing 64 sailing ships and 22 .steamers. Sweden, on the other hand, took only 21, of which all but three were steamers. Germany bought 45, apan 37, Italy 32, Frame 51. Spain 59, Denmark 25, Holland 23, and Greece 21. The llotomahana was docked at J’ort Chalmers on Tuesday to undergo repairs to her hull. They consist of several largenew plates and a number of angle iron ribs and minor repairs. Her propeller shaft was to have been drawn yesterday for the usual inspection, and her engines are receiving a thorough overhaul. When her overhaul is completed, the llotomahana will leave Fort Chalmers nearly "as good as new.'’

The following account of the recent voyage of the steamer l.uthiau across the I’acilic is told by San Francisco papers:— After sailing through miles of water so hot that the cook declared he was able to boil eggs in the steam tl. I aro from it, the l.lritish sterner Lothian arrived Irian .lapan and China. Ihe boiling water is supposed to have been caused by submarine volcanic disturbances, and altogether it is figured that the Lothian steamed through fifty miles of the midmean hot springs. The ship was between Hongkong and Cebu, and was making 12 knots an hour in a tranquil sea, when the water began to boil. The mate of the Lothian said that the first knowledge they had ol the boiling water was when the ocean all round the ship began to crackle like the noise of burning wood. At the same time the ocean began to bubble. The atmosphere 25ft above the sea was perfectly clear, but below that the steam rose until it was condensed by the air. No distinct shock was felt, but the ship trembled as it it had "chills and fever.”

Making a grand total of 7422 tons 11 e.wt, including 6.J tons of firebricks and tons of coke.

PHASES OF THE MOON —MAY. First Quarter .. 2nd 6.37 a.m. Full Moon .. 9th 1.40 a.in. Last Quarter .. 15th 6.33 p.m. New Moon .. 23rd 7.31 p.m. First Quarter .. 31st 6.dO p.m.

COAL EXPORT The export of coal last wet k teas ;is fol lows; — STATE MINE. Tons Cwt. Kennedy 159 7 Tiileri 446 1 Rosamond 592 16 ilanpiri 331 10 iv ini 1075 15 I’utiki 343 12 Karitane 116 1G Roherua 328 10 Mapourika 72 10 Charles Edward 211 2 Kainona 1335 10 Totals : 5013 9 BRUNNER. Kennedy 38 G Storm 438 9 Ilanpiri 221 5 Pohcrua 95 8 Mapourika 378 19 Kainona 451 8 Total : 1623 15 UBACKBAEB. Pareora 705 7