SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1922, Page 7

SHIPPING

; 0 j HIGH WATER.

ARRIVED. March 11—Ngahere, s.s., 680 tons, from Gisborne. March 12 —Karori, s.s., 1190 tons, from AVestport. SAILED. March 11 —AVaipori, s.s., 1919 tons, for AA’ellington. March 11 —Ngakuta', s.s., 992 tons, for Wellington. March 12—Ngahere, s.s., 680 tons, for AA’ellington. March 11 —Kaiapoi, s.s., 2005 tons, for Melbourne. IN PORT. Karori, Opua. 'the Karori arrived yesterday from southern ports, via West port. She will lo?M general cargo for AVellington. leaving about AVednesday. The Kaiapoi sailed on Saturday with a lull cargo of timber for Melbourne and Adelaide. The Ngakuta, after loading coal, left for Wellington on Saturday. The Ngahere sailed for AA’ellington yesterday morning. The Regulus sailed on Saturday for i AVestport and A\ anganui. ■ Thei AVaimea is due here to-night from AVeliington. via Pieton mid AVestport. Alter discharge of inward • cargo she loads coal for Tieton. The Alexander will probably leave : Wellington to-morrow for Greymouth, < via. usual way ports. < ] AT OTHER PORTS. r AVESTPORT. This Day. 1 Arrived. Saturday, Regulus, from Grevmouth. c WELLING TON. This Day. t Arrived at 12.15 a.m., Ngakuta, J from Grevmouth. a SYDNEY, Manh 13. ' Arrived. Manurewa. NEWCASTLE. March 13. 11 Sailed, Polshannon, for New Zealand.

MISCELLANEOUS. l Mr. A. Hitchie has joined the Maori as- seventh engineer. - Captain Arthur Jrvitie, who celebrated his 87th birthday last week it Dunedin. is one of Ihe oldest shipmasters in the Dominion- He w<im harbourmaster at Wanganui for over thirty years. (’aplain Irvine was born in the Shetland Islands in 1835. i and. despite his great age, is hale and liea Tty. 'I he Gisborne correspondent of the ( hristchureh ‘‘Press” reports that a new harbour scheme was presented to a meeting of the Harbour Board hv Mr. Leslie lleynolds, who waited upon the board for the purpose of explaining his jirojiosals. Mr. fievnolds said that hjs scheme meant the diversion of the river, with some other work, including a 40011. overlap of break water. litvu ttld give immediate relief, and there would be no silt difficulty. The cost would be about £350.000't0 £400,000. His proposals were part of Hie scheme which the I>< rd had already adopted, and it was an initial portion of ilm scheme. 'I he Arahura could be readily accommodale<l in such a harbour, and there would about 250 ft. of berthage. .Mr. Reynolds was requested to supply full <ietails at next meeting. Officers of the Loyal Dutch I’aekoL Navigation Company’s steamer Houtman. which was at Melbourne on February 28. stated that a<lvice ha<l L.xatl .... : 1- < 1

been received of an immediate reduction of 10 per cent, in the wages <d’ seann-n and officers on the company’s stctimers, as well as the shore staff. The J lout man is employed, with other steamers <>[ tile company, m the j.-ts-setiger and cargo trade between .Alelhourne and Java. Arrangements have been made I’-r the 1 utrnekai to carry a wireless operator when she puts to sea- I he ntatter was given publicity when a correspondent wrote Io- The Post, stating t hat all hough the ’i’utanekai is fitted with wireless, she did not carry anyone who was <->mpetent to operate it- Ihe t t ilth of the, statement wtts admitted by the .Marine Departinc-r.t, which. In- the instructions of the .Minister in Charge (the Hon. G. J. Anderson). has now' made provision for one of the Post and Telegraph De- ) artnient s wireless operators to accompany the ship whenever she puts to sea. Iherelore, in case of need, it >'-il] be possible in future , for immediate cemmunmation to be set up between the ship and land stations. Since this announcement was made Mr. j). McMahon has been appointed wireless operator.

| March 15—10.9 a.m. : 10.30 p.m. Marell 14 —10.55 a.m. ; 11.14 p.m. March 15—11.35 a.m. : 11.59 p.m. March 16 0.21 p.m. March 17—0.45 a.m. ; 1.12 p.m. March 18—1.32 a.m. ■ 1.58 p.m. March 19—2.21 a.m. ■ 2.48 p.m. March 20—3.14 a.m. • 3.46 p.m. ! March 21—4.22 a.m. ; 5.5 p.m. i March 22—5.52 a.m. ; 6.42 p.m. ! March 23—7.20 a.m. ; 7.45 p.m. I March 24—8.10 a.m. ; 8.35 p.m.