SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 November 1930, Page 9

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER—NOVEMBER, 1930.

DEPTH OF THE BAR. The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was: —Bar, ,27ft.; river, 23ft ARRIVED. November 23 —Orepuki, s.s., 232 tons (Pearson), 11.10 a.m., from Westport — IN ROADSTEAD. Kaimiro, Kaimai, Kiwitea. SAILED. Nil. IN PORT. Kartigi, Kalingo, Kamona, Kaitoa, Titoki, Kahika, Orepuki. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kaimai, Wellington, to-day. Kiwitea, Auckland, to-day. Kaimiro, Wellington, to-day. Kaponga, Wellington, Friday.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Kaitoa, Nelson and Mouteka, to-day. Titoki, Wanganui, to-day. Kamona, Auckland, to-day. Kartigi, Auckland, to-day. Kalingo, Melbourne and syuney, to-day. Kahika, Miramar and Wellington, early. Kaimai, Miramar and Wellington, early. Orepuki, Petone, early. Kaimiro, Auckland, early. Kiwitea, Auckland, early. Kaponga, Auckland, early. AT OTHER PORTS. AUCKLAND, November 24. Arrived, Tofua, from Suva. LONDON, November 23. Arrived at Colon, Port Huon. Sailed, Ruahine from Curacao; City of Delhi from New York.

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Kalingo will sail to-day, if the bar is workable, with a cargo of timber for Melbourne and Sydney. The Kartigi sails to-day, if the bar moderates, with coal fox- Auckland. The Kamona -will sail to-day for Westport, to complete a cargo of coal for Napier and Auckland, if bar conditions permit. . The Kahika arrived at noon on Saturday from Wellington, to load a full cargo of coal for Wellington. Tho Kiwitea arrived in the roadstead from Auckland yesterday morning. If the bar conditions moderate she should enter port to-day, to load coal for return to Auckland. The Kaimai arrived in the- roadstead on Saturday night from Wellington. She is expected to arrived in port today, and after discharge she is scheduled to load coal and timber for Miramar and Wellington. / The Kaimiro arrived in the roadstead early this morning. The vessel is expected to arrive in port this afternoon to take on a cargo of coal for Auckland.

The Kaponga is due on Friday from Wellington to load coal and poles for Auckland. The Titoki was expected to sail today, coal laden, for 4 Wanganui. Tho Kaitoa was expected to sail today with timber for Motueka, and coal for Nelson The Orepuki arrived yesterday from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. After discharge she loads timber for Petone.

LIGHTHOUSE SITE.

WELLINGTON, November 24.

Mr Eric Riddiford, of Orongorongo, has presented the Marine Department with a site at Baring Head, for the transfer of the lighthouse and fog signal from Pencarrow Head. The site was selected by the Marine and Public , Works Department officials last week, and equipment will be transferred to Baring Head in due course. It is described as a natural site for a lighthouse.

“NO WIRELESS” PROSECUTION. AUCKLAND, November 21. As the result of a prosecution by the Marine Department, Geoffrey George, master of the steamer Hiku rangi, appeared before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., in tho Police Court, charged witli taking his ship to sea without a wireless installation and with carrying five more passengers than the number allowed by his certificate. Mr Hubble, who appeared for the Marine Department, said that the vessel had a certificate of survey as a foreign going steamer. The usual crew was fifteen, but on this trip to Norfolk Island, they had a special permit to take three more who were signed on as members of the crew. On tho return trip, however, they brought back four or five passengers, making a total of twenty-two or twenty-three on board. The largest number which tho ship was entitled to carry without being equipped with wireless was nineteen.

Mr George pleaded not guilty on behalf of the skipper. He said that one of three extra taken down to Norfolk Island was not allowed to land there by the authorities who requested Captain George to bring back three or four people who had been stranded on the island and could not afford to pay their fares back to New Zealand via Sydney. Captain George carried an extra lifeboat on account of the additional complement.

Captain George was convicted and ordered to pay costs. “The lives of people on board the ship are in the hands of the master,” said Mi’ Hunt; “The matter of failing to carry a radio is a serious one. In any case, defendant should have cabled from Norfolk Island for permission to carry extra passengers.”

November 24 —1.0 a.m.; 1.23 p.m. November 25 —1.43 a.m.; 2.4 p.m. November 26 —2.55 a.m.; 2.48 p.m. November 27—3.10 a.m.; 3.35 p.m. November 28—4.5 a.m.; 4.30 p.m. November 29 —5.0 a.m.; 5.33 p.m. November 17—7.35 a.m.; 8.10 p.m. November 30—6.10 a.m.; 6.45 p.m.