SHIPPING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 October 1910, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

PHASES OF THE MOON—OCTOBER. Date. Hour. New Moon .. 3 .8.2 p.m. First Quarter ..12 1.10 asm. Full Moon ..19 1.54 a.m. Last Quarter .. 25 5.18 p.m. HIGH WATER.

WEATHER REPORTS. Westport.—Wind, south-west, breeze ; barometer, 29.73; thermometer, 45 degrees; tides, moderate; bar, smooth. Grcymoutli.—Wind, south-west, breeze • barometer, 29.80: thermometer, 49 degrees ; tides, good; bar, considerable. WEATHER FORECASTS. Rev. D. C. Bates (Government Meterologist) wired at noon to-day as follows : 'Expect westerly moderate to strong winds backing; weather probably cool, showery and changeable; glass unsteady; rca moderate swell; tides high and sea increasing." ARRIVED. October 6.—Kittawa, ss, 708 tons, Captain Pennington, from Onehunga. October 6.—Ngahere, ss, 556 tons, Captain Dilner, from Lyttelton. October 6.—Arapawa, ss, 200 tons, Captain Corby, from Wellington and Westport. October 6.-—Waverley, ss, 93 tons. Captain Stevens, from Wellington, iNcison and Westport. BAILED. October 6.—Kairaki, ss, 256 tons, Captain Scott, for Lyttelton. IN PORT—THIS DAY. Arapawa, Kittawa, Nsrahere, Waverley (steam), Mary Isabel (sail). EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Mapourika, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, this afternoon. Ennerdale, Nydia Bay, this afternoon. Alexander, Picton, to-night. Taviuni, Dunedin, Lyttelton, to-night. Kini, Wellington, to-morrow. Waimea, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Saturday. Kaitoa, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Saturday. Arahura, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Monday. Ngatoro, Wellington, Monday. Petone, Wanganui, Monday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waverley, Picton, to-night. Ngahere, Kaipara, to-night. Mapourika, W T estport, Nelson, Wellington, to-night. Kini, Onehunga, to-morrow. Mary Isabel, Kaipara, to-morrow. Waimea, Napier, Saturday. Arahura, Westport, Nelson, Welling"fcon, Monday. Petone, Lyttelton, Oamaru, Tuesday. Ngatoro, Wellington, Monday night. The Kairaki sailed this afternoon for Lytelton, timber laden. "The Kaitoa is expected to arrive from Wellington to-morrow. The Kini is due to-night and loads coal for New Plymouth anc! Onehunga. The Ngahere arrived this morning from Lyttelton. She saUs to-night for Kaipara. The Arapawa arrived this morning from Wellington and Westport with a careo of explosives. The Mapourika arrived from Wellington this afternoon, and sails on return at r-.ne o'clock to-night. The Kittawa arrived from Onehunsra and New Plymouth this morning, and leads coal for Wellington and Lyttelton. The Waipori left Auckland yesterday evening for Greymouth direct. The Taviuni is due to-night and, loads coal for Bluff and Dunedin. .She calls at Milford Sound eh route to the Bluff. The Waverley arrived early this afternoon from Wellington, via Nelson, and sails later for Picton direct with a cargo of coal. .-'"-' ...

The Waimea- is due this evening from r.cith. On the discharge of cargo she leads timber for NapierJ sailing to-mor-row ebening. • ■ ' The folowing passengers have booked by the Mapourika, leaving to-njglit for Westport, Nelson and Wellington: Miss b'ampson; Mrs Sampson; Messrs McKee, Atkinson, Harrold, Maxwell, Sampson, Ferguson, Binning, Cook, Benzoni, Gibbons, Kennedy, Brettenden, Mettrick, Sandant, Neville. ■ "Fairplay" states that the New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, is inviting lenders for the construction of a passenger steamer and for a cargo steamer for the New Zealand trade. Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co. are also traid to be negotiating for a steamer, while the 'Union Steamship Company of New Zealand-will, it is expected, shortly be in the market for some high-class vessels. On Friday last, when the main breakage was being repaired, two flaws were discovered in the main shaft of the Kotuku, and as one of them was of a serious nature, it was expected that the steairter might be ■ further delayed at Wellington on account of the defect.

The depth.of patriotism, when it comes to a matter of wages, was commented on at Dunedin by a captain of an oversea si earner. His patriotic grievance was that out of fiye pilots recently appointed on the Clyde only one. was a Britisher. The rest were foreigners; and to .the British sea captain of Celtic accent this preponderance of the foreign element was as gall f.nd wormwood. v'Mr W.' J. King, late chiisf ■'office*:' of th4,Maitai, is?acting master 'of the Flora. Captain Ritch'ie is ashore at. Wellington, Mr Eyre, second officer of the Manuka, having left that vessel at Sydney on sick leave, Mr; F; R. Gamble joined the Manuka as second officer; at the Bluff »on Wednepday. Mr A. J. R. Barr, who nas, passed for his foreign-pointr master's cer"firate, has been appointed, second officer to the Monowai, in place of Mr C. H. Srost, who will come ashore for instruc'uohs. . , .. '' : ,' i

'EXPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER. The exports from the port of Greymouth during September were as follows: Timber ...... 4,301,791 super, feet Pricks ;.. 92 i-ons ' 14cwt Coke 393 tons I2cwt Sleepers 6,626 State coal 15,814 tons 3cwt Blackball coal ........ 10,630 tons llcwt Brunner coal ..:... 2,225 tons ,16cwt Paparoa coal >'0461 tons 13cwt North Brunner coal 365 tons 9,ewt OKARTTO HARBOUR, IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS. A letter lias been received by Mr T. E. Y. Seddon, M.P., from the Minister of Marine on the subject of the proposed improvement of Okarito harbour. We make the following excerpts from the communication : • The Marine Engineer vent very carefully into the matter of the works that would be necessary to do any real Rood, and he reported that what was required as a beginning was the construction of a curved training wall from the present wharf seawards. This wall, after passing through the sandspit, would have to be continued in a direction normal to the general coast line. Its length would be 2,200 ft, the cost «wns estimated a- £33,000, and it to fo#m part of a more extensive scheme for the future. The Marine Engineer considered that no improvement would result unless about twothirds of this wall was constructed at an estimated cost of £22,000.

"Bearing in'mind the limited amount of money available for harbour works and the fact" that it is not nrblXbTe the revenue that would be derived from dues on the increase of shipping that would follow the construction of the work would be nearly sufficient to provide interest on the cost, the Government came to _ the conclusion that.it -would npt.be instificd in asking Parliament to vote the money. T? the people of the district are willing to have a ttnrbour board constituted for the port and to have a harbour rating -bstrict formed in order to provide secu'•■.ty for interest and sinking fund on a loan, it would be advisable that they should take steps to have the necessary local Bill introduced into Parliament, and on its beincr passed the Board would be nble to deal witli the question of carrying out the. requisite works."

October T.--11.51 a.m. . p October B.--0.5 a.m.; 0.18 p.m. October 9.--0.32 a.m.; 047 p.m. October 10.—1.3 a.m.; 1.21 p.m. October 11. —1.41 a.m. ; 2.2 p.m. October 12.—2.27 a.m. ; 2.58 p.m. Octobcr 13.—3.35 a.m. ; 4.18 p.m. October 14.' —5.7 a.m.; 5.55 p.m. October 15.—6.39 a.m. ; 7.6 p.m. October 16.—7.46 am 811 p.m. vjctober 17.—8.33 a.m. ; 8.54 p.m. October 18.--9.14 a.m.; 9.34 p.m. October 19.--9.53 a.m. ; 10.11 p.m. Octobcr 20.--10.31 a.m .; 10.51 p.m. October 21.--11.12 a.m .; 11.33 p.m. October 22.—11.54 a.m • j '• October 23.--0.16 a.m. ;. 0.39 p.m.