SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 June 1930, Page 8

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER —JUNE, 1930.

June '27—10.45 a.m.; 11.7 p.m. June 28—11.30 a.m.; 11.52 p.m. June 29 ; 0.15 p.m. June 30— 0.40 a.m.; 1.5 p,m.

DEPTH OF THE BAR.

The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was;—Bar 18ft. 6ins.; river, 22ft.

ARRIVED.

June 27.—Gabriella, s.s., 942 tons T .Matheson), 10.30 a.m., from Wanganui. June 27— Parera, s.s., 251 tons (Miles), 11 a.m., from Westport. SAILED. Nil. IN PORT. Kaimai, Kahika, Poolta, Kanna, Kaituna, Kamona, Kiwitea, Tees, Parera, Gabriella. EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Huia, Melbourne, to-day. Orepuki, Wanganui, to-morrow. Regulus, Wellington, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Kiwitea, Melbourne and Adelaide, early. Tees, Wellington, early. Kahika, Wellington and Miramar, early. Kanna, Auckland, early. Kaimai, New Plymouth and Wellington, early. Kaituna, Auckland, early. Kamona, Miramar and/Wellington, early. Poolta, Wellington, early. Gabriella, Sydney and Newcastle, early. Parera, Gisborne and Waikokupu early. ‘Regulus, Onakaka, early. AT OTHER PORTS. SYDNEY, June 26. Sailed: Aorangi for Auckland. MELBOURNE, June 27. Sailed, Maheno, for Bluff.

SHIPPING NOTES. ,

The Kanna, Kaimai, Kahika, Poolta, Kaituna and Kamona will sail as soon as the sea on the bar moderates. The Kiwitea is loading timber for Melbourne. She will sail to-morrow night. The Gabriella arrived to-day from Wanganui to load timber for Sydney and Newcastle. The Tees will sail when the sea on the bar moderates with timber for Wellington. The Parera arrived to-day from Gisborne, via Westport/ She will load a part cargo of coal, to complete at Westport, for Gisborne and Waikokupu. The Huia is due to-day from Dunedin with explosives. The Orepuki is due to-morrow from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. After discharge she will load coal for return to Wellington. The Regulus is due to leave Wellington to-morrow for Greymouth direct, to load coal for Onakaka.

MAUI POMARE WELLINGTON, June 25. The technical advisory committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Breeze, Chief Surveyor of Ships, has carefully investigated the cause of the trouble which developed in the engine-room of the Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, and has made a discovery which will enable the fault to be permanently rectified. The principal fuel tanks run beneath the two main engines, and the investigators found large areas of loose riveting. They consider there has been -faulty workmanship, because the rivets were packed with some material which has fallen out. It is necessary to renew the rivets on the whole of the tank tops -on which the main, engines are bedded; therefore, before repairs commence, the engines must be lifted out of the ship. This will be done at the Wellingr ton wharves within the next few days, and' the tender of the Wellington Patent Slip Company has been accepted for the whole of the work, which, it is estimated,.will take six weeks. In addition to renewing faulty rivets, it is intended to provide added strengthening to remove all possibility of vibration of the main engines while under load.