SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 November 1929, Page 8

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER—NOVEMBER, 1929. November .9—3.43, a.m.; 4.5 p.m. November 5 p.m. November 11—5.45 a.m.; 6.20 p.m. November 12 —7.0 a.m.; 7.30 p.m. November 13—8 a.m.; 8.30 p.m-l4-UB/59;a.,m.; 9.10; p s m. November 15 —9.9, a.m.; 9.51 p.m. November .16 —10.13 a.m.; 10.40 p.m. November 17—11.5 a.m.; ll.2o._pjn. j November 19 —0.2 a.m.; 0.30'p.m. November 20—0.48 a.m. 1.8 p.m. November 21—1.20 a.m.;, 1.55 p.m. ; November 22—2.15 a.m.; 2.40 ' November 23 —3.10 a.m.; 3.35 p.m.

Tide times are advanced half fin bom from October 13, to conform with sum merjUme. ' - - DEPTH OF THE BAR. The depth of the bar and river at high water ' yesterday ' £ was';—Bar, 23ft.; river, 20ft; ■ ARRIVED. November 9—-JKamona, s.s., 904 tons (Hackworth), 4 a.m., from Auckland. November 9 —Alexander, s’.sV, 1.85 tons' (McLeod), 6.20 a.m., from Web lington. ' ' November 9 —Kahika, s.s., 528, tops (Gardner), 9 a,m‘., from Wellington/ ' SAILED. November B—Kaponga,8—Kaponga, s.s., 1166 tons (McDonald), 2.30 p.m., for Melbourne? ’ INJPORT Kanna, Kai tangata,. Kai tuna,, Kahika, Kanaona, Alexander. ’ *''■> r F EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Nil. PROJECTED' DEPARTURES.’ Kanna, Wellington, to-day. Kaituna, Auckland and Napier, today. '■ ‘ ‘ / Kahika, Gisborne and Napier, tomorrow. Alexander, Wanganui, to-morrow. Kampna, Wellington, Monday 1 Kaitangata, ; Auckland, Tuesday.

AT QTHER PORTS. .SYDNEY, November 9. Arrived, Aorangi, from.. AucMapd. The Kaponga sailed yesterday afternoon witli £imber r: for Melbourne. The Kaniia is loading coal and ,tiniber for-Wellington', and is expjectpd to sail this afternoon. The Kaituna is expected to sail this afternoon for Auckland' and Napier/ ’ The Kahika arrived to-day from Web lington to load for Gisborne arid Napier, via Westport. She sails to-mortow early. ' ' ’ /•' '' ‘ '■ The Kamona arrived to-day from Auckland, to load coal and timber for Miramar and Wellington. ! The Kaitangata will sail on Tuesday with coal and timber for. Auckland. ’ '• The Alexander arrived to-day from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. After discharge she loads for Wanganui. ’ . ‘ “ WELLINGTON COLLISION.

WELLINGTON, November 8. At 2 a.m. to-day a slight collision, occurred at Wellington Heads between cdastal steambr"Cygnet , and the big American motor vessbl City of Dalhart; The Cygnet was arriving from’ ,Kaikoura, and the latter, was inward .bound from New York. Neither was seriously damaged. A preliminary inquiry was held to-day, and the evidence.will be considered. by the Marine Department’. - ' ~ . “totara;s” engines. WELLINGTON, November 8. The Union S.S. Company received a radio to-night that the Totara’ bound from New Plymouth to Wellington/was disabled by engine trouble. The Totara gave her position as practically 12 .miles north-east of Sltephen island, and asked that assistance 1 be sent .her. jThe Corinna sailed at 9.25 to-nfght'‘with?.or-ders to locate the Totara and tow.Jtier to Nejson for repairs. ’ ' r ’ ’ “ :

HELM ORDERS. Strenuous opposition to the .proposal to discontinue the use of the words “port” and “starboard” -when giving steering orders on 'bpard ships, was contained in a statement macle- by the Court of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners at’their annual meeting last month. The statement referred to the recent Convention on Safety of Life at Sea, which agreed that after next June steering orders shall be given in the direct sense'and added —“the point of utmost ipiportance now is to..decide on-the words that are to be used in the .‘helm order,’ and this,,it ,would seem, ia;purely a matter for seamen.” Various suggest tiohs had come under consideration; including such phrases as left, right, left wheel,, right wheel, steer left and steer fight; •' ’ ’ " L r -- ■■ The faster Mariners feel that under no consideration ..(whatever will. British 9 n the .terms to “which tfley and their forefathers have been accustomed—namely, ‘.‘port”,and ‘Starboard. ’ They consider .that. the' gent’ eral t preference of „ seamen would 'be for a continuance of the use of foe simple expressions of “bort” and “starboard” in the direct sense. If, however, a safeguard is considered necessary, .it is suggested that a'recommendation should accompany any Action that is. made that officers should use the word '“steer” before the Ilell ß order, in other words, that' it Zva I? 6 t d^sible -for ' a period ,to xv d - r " steer starboard,’' ’instead of the direct order . It would Qhite naturally, in a short time, fcon‘™cV,tsel< tlle bld expression port and “starboard” with the’new meaning. W.