SHIPPING NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 February 1911, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

PHASES OF MOON—FEBRUARY. First Quarter .. 7 2.58 a.m. Full Moon .. 13 10.8 p.m. Last Quarter .. 21 3.14 p.m. HIGH WATER. Feb. 24.—5.55 a.m.; 6.3 p.m. Feb. 25.-7.25 a.m.; 8.2 p.m. Feb. 26.-8.35 a.m.; 9.1 p.m. Feb. 27.-9.23 a.m.; 9.43 p.m. Feb. 28.—10.2 a.m.; 10.20 p.m. March 1.-—1Q.37 a.m.; 10.53 p.m. March 2.—11.10 a.m. j 11.27 p.m. March 3.—11.38 a m.; -. March 4.—0.2 a.m.; 0.20 p.m. March 5.—0.38 a.m.; 0.56 p.rm March 6.—1.15 a.m.; 1.34 p.m. March 7.—1.55 p.m.; 2.17 p.m. WEATHER REPORTS. Westport.— Calm; barometer, 30.16; thermometer, 64 degrees; tides poor; bar smooth. Creymouth.—Wind, north-east breeze; barometer, 30.08; thermometer, 63 degrees; tides poor; bar moderate. WEATHER FORECASTS. Mr Pemberton (acting Government Meteorologist) wired at noon to-day as follows: "Expect light and variable winds, but moderate to strong northerly winds, and winds freshening. Expect unsettled and cloudy weather and rain probably follow; glass fall, tides good and sea moderate." ARRIVED.

February 23. —Waipori, ss, 1229 tons, Captain Harris, from Lyttelton. February 23.—Kaiapoi, ss, 1274 tons, Captain Retnaut, from Lyttelton. BAILED. February 23. —Mapourika, ss, 718 tons, Captain Watson, for Westport, Nelson and Wellington. Passengers : Misses Scott, Hayes and infant, Seebeck, Curtis, Armstrong, Curtis (2), Armstrong, Ashley, Murdoch, Grogan, Heaphy; Mesdames Harrold, Scott, Clunan, Mitchell; Messrs Harrold, Clunan, Cowell, Pennigs, Beamish, Laing, Bush, Scott, Winchester, Ashton, McLeod, Redshaw. Bonar, Thorn* ton, Griffen, Walters, Eliffe. February 24. —Koonya, ss, 663 tons, Captain Norton, for Dunedin and the Bluff. February 24.—Kaiapoi, ss, 1247 tons, Captain Reliant, for Westport and Lyttelton. IN PORT—THIS DAY. Waipori, Defender (steam), Mary Isabel (sail). EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waverley, Wellington. Nelson, Westport, this'afternoon. Ngahere, Wellington, to-night. Arahura, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Monday. Alexander, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Monday. Kini, Onehunga, New Plymouth, Wellington, Monday. Waimea, Napier, Monday. Mapourika, Wellington, Nelson, Westport, Thursday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waverley, Day's Bay, to-night. Defender, Lyttelton, to-night. Arahura, Westport, Nelson, Wellington, Monday. Waimea, Gisborne, Monday. Mapourika, Westport, Nelson, Wellington, Monday. The Ngahere is due about midnight from Wellington. The Defender sails to-night for Lyttellon. The Waimea leaves Napier on Saturday for Greymouth. and is due bore on Friday. Sh oloads a cargo of timber the same clay for Gisborne. The Waverley leaves Wellington on Monday for Greymouth, and is due here on Wednesday. The Kaiapoi arrived last night, and sailed early this morning for Lyttelton and Oamaru, via Westport, coal and timber laden. The Waipori arrived last night and loads timber for Sydney and Melbourne. The Mapourika sailed for the north at 5.30 o'clock last night. The Koonya sailed early this morning for Dunedin, via Westport, coal laden. The Kini is due on Monday morning from Onehunga, New Plymouth and Wellington. The Alexander leaves Wellington to-day for Greymouth, and is due here on Moriday. The Waverley is due this afternoon from north, and loads coal for Day's Bay, Wellington. Mr J. S. Corbett, second, officer of the Holmdalc, has gone ashore for a month's holiday. Mr C .H. Stevens, who came out as an officer of the Kowhai, is acting second mate of the Holmdale.