SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1927, Page 9

SHIPPING

HI&H WATER.

Depth of bar.

The ; depth dif the bar and river at high' water yesterday was: —Bar. 24ft. fivdr, 20ft.

ARRIVED. April 28—Orepuki, s.s., 224 tons' (Pearson), 10.15 a.ffi., from Tarttkohe. sailed. Nil. IN PORT. Tees, Kartigi, Kaiffiai, Orepuki. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Patera, Waikoku'pU, to-day. Kanna, Wellington, to-night. Waimea, Lyttelton, to-night. Gabriella, Wanganui, Saturday. Ihumata, Wanganui, early. Kaimai, Wellington, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tees, Wellington, to-night. Kaimai, Wellington, to-night. Kartigi, Napier to-night. Orepuki, Tarakohe, early. Gabriella, Sydney, early. Ihumata, Melbourne, early. Kaimai, Wellington, early. Kanna, Wellington, early. Parera, Gisborne, early. Waimea, Picton, early.

AT OTHER PORTS.

PORT AHURIRI, April 28. Sailed at 9.30 pan. on 27, Parera, for Greymouth. AUCKLAND, April 28. Arrived at 8.10 a.m. on 27, H.M.S. Diomede, from Suva.

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Kaimai sails to-night for Wellington and Miramar, with coal, tim J her and general cargo. After discharge she returns to this port to load a further cargo of coal for Wellington. The Kartigi sails to-night for Auckland and Napier, via Westport, with coal.

The Kanna is due tb-day from Wellington to load coal for that port, proceeding hence via Westport to complete.

The Parera is due from Waikokupu to-day to load coal for Waikokupu &nd Gisborne.

The Karori leaves Auckland to-day with general cargo for Greymouth.

The Tees sails for Wellington tonight with a cargo of tiriiber, and from thence proceeds to the Chatham Islands.

The Orepuki arrived this morning from Onehunga, via Nelson, with general cargo. After discharge she loads coal for Tarakohe. The Waimea is due to-night from Lyttelton, via Wellington, Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. After discharge she loads coal for Picton.

The Ihumata is due from Wanganui early in May to load timber for Melbourne.

The Gabriella is due from Wanganui on Saturday to load a cargo of timber for Sydney. WORLD’S TONNAGE. An interesting comparison is made of the world’s mercantile fleet in 1914 with the latest available figures. Disregarding sailing vessels and wood steamers, in view of their comparatively small importance in international trade, the gross tonnage of seagoing steel and iron steamers and motor ships amounted, in June, 1914, to 42,514,000 tons, while at June, 1926, the figures were 59,117,000 tons —an increase of over sixteen and a-half million tons. A remarkable change has taken place in the total tonnage of some types of vessels included in these figures. For instance, tankers, which in 1914 totalled 1,479,000 'tons, now amount to 5,665,000 tons; and motor ships, which in 1914 only reached 234,000 tons, now amount to three million and a-half tons (including auxiliaries).

April 28 —7.20' a.m.; 7.50 p.m. April 29—8,20 a.m.; 8.50 p.m. April 30 —9.1ff a’.ih.; 9.40 p.m.