SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 July 1924, Page 7

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. July 9—2.42 a.m. ; 3.10 p.m. July 10—3.36 a.m.; 4.10 p.m ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. x Nil. IN PORT. Waimea, Coolana. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze, Bluff, this day. Titoki, Westport, tiiis day. Kahika, Wellington, this day. Ngatoro, Wellington, to-day. Reg ulus, Nelson, to-morrow. Kaitangata, Auckland, Friday. Kaiuona, Lyttelton, Friday. Opua, Lyttelton, Friday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Coolana, Melbourne, this day. Waimea, New Plymouth, this day. The Regulus is due to-morrow night from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. After disiiarge she loads coal for Wanganui. The Titoki is expected this afternoon from Nelson, via Westport, to load coal for Picton. The Waimea sails to-night for New Plymouth with a cargo of coal and timber. The Kamona is due at the end of the week from Wellington to load coal for the same port. The Coolana completed her loading of timber last night, and will sail for Melbourne this evening. She was to have sailed at 1.30, but there was not sufficient water on the bar.

The Ngatoro is due to-day from Wellington to load coal for the same port. t The Kaitangata was expected to leave Auckland to-day with general cargo for Greymouth. She loads coai and returns to Auckland. The Breeze, which left Bluff yesterday, after sheltering from bad weather, is due here to-day. She , loads coal again lor Wellington. The depths at high water yesterday were as follow: —Bar, 24ft. 3in; river, 22ft, 3in.

Rather boisterous weather was experienced in June, stated the Harbourmaster (Captain F. AV. Cox) at last evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board. There were several freshes in the river, which, however, kept the bar at a good depth. The dredge Dlawhera had just about finished its work, with the exception of q week in the lagoon, stated the Harbourmaster (Captain F. W. Cox) at Ijist evening’s meeting of the Greymouth Harbour Board. The freshes in the river had shoaled the coal loading berths, therefore, it would be the end of the month before the dredging was finished.

MAUNGANUI’S MISHAP.

(Per Press Association).

WELLINGTON, July 9.

When the mail steamer Maunganui, which arrived to-day, was four days out from ’Frisco, one of the blades of her propeller was stripped. The vessel’s speed was reduced slightly for the remainder of the journey. The damaged propeller was not, however, the main factor in the Maunganui being 24 hours late. She was delayed at Raratonga leading a fruit cargo, and did not leave that port until midnight last Tuesday, being almost 14 hours late.

SHIPBUILDING STATISTICS,

LONDON, July 8.

An improvement in the shipbuilding trade is shown by “Lloyd’s Register,*’ the shipbuilding returns for the quarter ended June 30, showing 1,465,000 tons actually under construction in the United Kingdom,, the highest since March 31, 1922. The tonnage commenced was 375,000, compared with 227,000 in the corresponding period last year. Tonnage launched was 364,000, the highest for 2g years. Merchant tonnage actually building abroad was 960,000, which was 35,000 more than on March 31.

AT OTHER PORTS.

WELLINGTON, July 9. ’’ Arrived at 11.45 a.m., Ngatoro, from Greymouth. AUCKLAND, July 8. Sailed, Niagara, for Suva. NEWCASTLE, July 9. Sailed, Inga, for Wanganui.