SHIPPING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 October 1908, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PHASES OF THE MOON—OCTOBER.

WEATHER REPORT. Clreymonth.—Wind, east breeze; barometer, 30.13; thermometer, 52 degrees; tides, good; bar, considerable swell. HIGH WATER. October 9.—10.6 a.m.; 10.25 p.m. October 10.—10.46 a.m.; 11. V p.m. October 11.—11.26 a.m.; 11.45 p.m. ARRIVED, October B.—Pukaki, ss, 917 tons, Captain Tait, from Wellington. BAILED. ' October B.—Maponrika, ss, 718 tons, Captain S. Kennedy, for Westport, Nelson and Wellington. Passengers Misses Escotb (2), Clarke, McConnou; Mechanics Cain, .McConnou, Shirley and child ; Messrs 1 ’hick, Ericksen, Griffon, Clarke, Schlichting, Garr, Rudd, Espic, Gidson, Green and Mirfin. October B.—Pohcrua, ss, 749 tons, Captain Robertson, for Wellington. IN POET. Clyde, Bankfields, Eakanoa, Koonya, Pukaki. The Himitangi is due from Foxton tomorrow morning. The Defender leaves Wellington on Tuesday for Hokitika. The Maponrika railed for Wellington, via ports, at 8.30 last night. The Poherua sailed for Wellington direct at 9.30 last night with a load of State coal.

The Rakanoa is expected to sail to-night for Lyttelton, via Westport, with coal and timber.

The Koonya, in port since Thursday morning, sails on to-night s tide for Bluff and Dunedin with State coal. The Jane Douglas was anchored at -pen Bay Island yesterday. Captain Irvine expected to enter Haast to-day. The Pukaki from Wellington arrived in port this morning. She loads a cargo of Blackball coal for Lyttelton, and sails tomorrow night for that port. Captain Burgess has command of the Tarawera, which has been recommissioned to allow the Maitai to be overhauled, and is engaged on the east coast trade. His officers are:—Chief, Mr J. B. Frew (late of the Flora); second, Mr W. Hely (late of the Flora); third, Mr W. Keefe.

A RECORD TIMBER CARGO.

The s.s. Kaitangata, 1233 tons, Captain Crawford, which left Greymouth yesterday morning for Sydney, had a record cargo from this port. She took away altogether 1,076,000 superficial feet of white pine timber. The Kaitangata, which drew 17 feet, had thus a cargo of 2700 tons on board, so that two records were achieved—viz., that she had the largest quantity of timber ever shipped here in one bottom and also the heaviest cargo that has ever gone out of the port. Sawmillers reckon that an acre of forest land yields on an average about 10,000 sunerficial feet of sawn timber, so that the Kaitangata s cargo would represent the product of over 107 acres.

First quarter . 3rd 5 44 p.m. Full moon . 10th 8 33 a.m. Last quarter . 17th 3 5 p.m. Now moon . 25th 6 17 p.m.