SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 November 1926, Page 7

SHIPPING

4 HIGH WATER.

JJJ4) .- DEPTH QF BAR. The depth on the bar ana river at high water yesterday' was:—Bar, 24ft. 6in; river, 20ft. 6in. ARRIVED. Nil. , (i > SAILED., November 25—Tees, s.s„ 247 tons (Dowell), 1.30 p.m., for Wellington. IN PORT. Nil. / ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ff r *'.• in I H Orepuki, Wellington, to-night., Waipori, Bluff, early. Poolta, Lyttelton, early. Kaimai, Wellington, early. Kaltangata, Auckland, early. Parera, Napier,; early. Regulus, Wanganui, early. Titoki, Wellington, early. . ... PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Poolta,' Sydney, early. Orepuki, Tarakohe, early. Waipori, Melbourne, early. Kaimai, Wellington, early. Regulus, Onakaka, early. Titoki, Wanganui, early. Parera, Gisborne, early. OTHER PORTS. SUVA, November 26. Sailed, Tofua, for Auckland, With 27,000 cases of fruit, the largest for many years. LYTTELTON, November 26. Sailed at 8.45 p.m. on 25, Poolta, for Greymouth. PORT AHURIRI, November 26. Sailed at. 6.10 p.m on 25, Parera, for Greymouth. SHIPPING NOTES. The. Parera is due on Sunday from Napier. She loads coal for Gisborne, sailing via Westport. The Kaimai is due here with general cargo from Wellington about Friday. She will load a cargo of coal and timber for return to Wellington. The Waipori is due here from Bluff early to load timber for Melbourne and Adelaide. The Poolta is due from Lyttelton this week. She will load a cargo of tiigb.er for Sydney and Newcastle. She completes at Westport. The Kaitangata is expected to sail from Auckland with general cargo for Grey mouth to-day. The Tees sailed yesterday with a full cargo of timber for Wellington. She returns from that port with general cargo, and loads again with a full cargo of timber for Wellington. The Regulus is due on Sunday from Wanganui direct to load coal for Onakaka. ■ The Titoki leaves Wellington on Tuesday for Nelson, Westport and Greymouth, with general cargo. After discharge she will probably load coal for Wanganui. The Orepuki is due from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, on Friday with general cargo. After discharge she loads coal for Tarakohe. ’ Captain W. P. Collins, one of. the former senior masters of the Union Steam Ship Company, died in Wellington on Tuesday. Captain Collins was born at Melbourne on November 11, 1863. He joined the Union Company on March 20, 1890, and his first command was the Kittawa, to which he was appointed master on June 27, 1901. Prior to joining the Union Company, Captain Collins was in the service of the New Zealand Shipping Company. He commanded ships that called at Greymouth. Practically since 1912 until his retirement on August 11, 1924, Captain Collins was engaged in the intercolonial service. BLUFF WHARF. INVERCARGILL, November 26. Bluff’s new wharf, which to date has cost £50,000, promises to be a white elephant. During a discussion it was ■ stated that the depth at the end was only nine feet, and that a rock shoal practically prevented big ships berthing lower down. In order to dredge a safe channel, expenditure of at least was required. A communication from Captain Sharman. Superintendent of the Shaw Savill Co., was read, in which -he stated that 99 per cent, of shipmasters would condemn outright the new wharf. It might be useful for tying up the Bluff fishing fleet, but it was otherwise useless. The structure was a mad-brained idea and a waste of money. Captain Lindsay, Harbourmaster, said that the structure would be of value in relieving the pressure on the old wharf at rush periods, as it was very useful for small boats. The Board decided to continue the work, and to have the channel to the new wharf and the entrance channel deepened. BILLS OF LADING. DUNEDIN, November 26. A new point regarding the responsibility of shipping companies for pillaged cargo, was raised at the Magistrates Court, to-day, in the case where Bing, Harris and Company, claimed £54 . from Dalgety and Co., being value of goods not delivered by the Tainui. Mr. Hanlon, for the defendants, moved for a nonsuit on the grounds that no claim was made within three days in terms of the bill of lading, and that no . evidence that the goods were in the .package received by the ship. . Mr. Sinclair, for the plaintiff, contended that the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924, prohibited any such clause in a bill of lading, inasmuch as it provided that no clause’ be inserted that would lessen the shipping companies responsibility. This notice clause had . saved the shipping companies enormous sums. . , Mr. Bartholomew, S.M, reserved his decision, stating that this was a serious point, not determined before.

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