SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 June 1923, Page 7

SHIPPING

. - June 23—4.35 a.m; 5.10 p.m. June 24—5.50 a.m; 6.30 p.m. June 25 —7.7 a.m; 7.42 p.m. June 26—8.12 a.m ; 8.37 p.m. June 27—9.0 a.m; 9.23 p.m. June 28 —9.45 a.m; 10.8 p.m. June 29—10.30 a.m; 10.53 p.m. June 30—11.15 a.m; 11.40 p.m. IRRIVEIX X June 22—Opua, s.s., 420 tons (DeW' hursjf), 3 p.m., from Lyttelton. June 22 —Waimea, s.s., 207 tom (Graham), 3.20 p.m., from Westport; June 22 —Kakapo, s.s., 1521 tons (Knowles), 3.50 p.m., from 'Wellington. June 23—Regulus, s.s. (Wildman), 6 a.m., from Westport. SAILED June 23 —Ngahere, s.s., 680 tons (Morgan), 5 a.m., for Wellington. June 23—Kahika, s.s., 1172 tons (Anderson), 5.20 a.m., for Lyttelton. IN PORT Ihuniaia, Progress, Baden Powell, Regulus, Opua, Waimea, Kakapo. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Orepuki, Lyttelton, to-day. Rakanoa, Wellington, to-day. Kamo, Westport, to-day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Baden Powell, Wellington, to-day. Progress, Wellington, to-day. Waimea, Nelson, to-day. Regulus, Picton, to-day. Opua, Tarakohe, to-day. The Baden Powell will sail tonight for Wellington. The Opua arrived yesterday and sails this afternoon for Tarakohe. The Orepuki is due to-day from Lyttelton. The Ngahere sailed early this morning for Wellington, with coal and timber. The Kahika, with coal and timber for Wellington sailed early this morning.

> 'The Progress is to sail to-day for Wellington. The Kakapo arrived yesterday from Wellington, and will load coal timber and general cargo for Wellington and Miramar. The Kamo is due to-day from Southern ports, via Westport, with general cargo.' She will load coal and timber for Dunedin. 'the Ihumata will sail on Tuesday night for Sydney, with 770,000 super feet of timber. The Waimea, which arrived from Westport yesterday, is loading coal and timber for Kelson and sails tonight. The Alexander leaves Wellington today for Greymouth, via way ports. The Regulus arrived this morning, and loads coal for Picton and Wanganui. She is expected to sail to-night. AT OTHER PORTS. SYDNEY, June 22. Sailed, Marama, for Auckland. PIUTON, June 22. Sailed at 4.45 p.m., Rakanoa for Gieymouth. MISCELLANEOUS. Soon the world’s second biggest vessel will be seen in British waters as a passenger liner running from New York to European ports. This is the Leviathian, formerly the Vaterland of the Hamburg-American Company, which was seized by the United States in port in 1917, and, after having been used as a troop transport, has been refitted to enter the passenger service of the United States lines. Reconditioning of the enormous ship (which is 907 feet long, 100 feet beam, and has i a gross tonnage of 65,634, compared ; with the White Star liner Majestic’s 66,402), was estimated at 7,000,000d015. i it has actually cost the United States j Shipping Board,, which could find no ]

company willing jto take her off the Government’s hands, 8,500,000 dollars, or, say, £1,800,000. Altogether since she was taken away from the Germans the expense of the Leviathian to the country has been £2,000,000, notwithstanding that for four years the huge bulk lay idle in the North river, a mass of internal rust, decay, and debris, inhabited by rats to such an extent that the watchmen put aboard could not live in her, and were forced to seek quarters ashore. Scores of cats were requisitioned to fight the plague of rats. They were never seen again after being released on the decks, and not a scrap of leather or any other material or substance that hunger could drive the rats to eat was left aboard. Prison gas had to be employed before a crew could man her to take her down to Newport News, Virginia. There, with no fewer than 1000 firms

contributing, the ship has been transformed into a veritable palace, even surpassing in luxuriousness the appointments and accommodation which originally made her the most sumptuous vessel afloat. The Vaterland was completed only two months before the outbreak of war. She was interned in New York, and afterwards seized by the United States Government. After having been, employed as transport she was valued by the U.S. Shipping Board at £1,404,000. It cost £170,000 to convert her from a liner to a troopship, and £700,000 to convert her engines for oil-burning, and make her ready for passenger service again.