SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 May 1931, Page 9

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER—& AY, IWI. May 6 —0.50 a.m.; 1.17 p.m. DEPTH oFtHE BAR. The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was:—Bar, 26ft. sins.; river, 21ft. ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. May 6. —Kartigi, s.s., 1164 tons (Buxton), 0.30 a.m., for Auckland. IN PORT. Nil. expectedTarrivaLs. Rata, Wellington, to-morrow. Kaimai, to-morrow. ? . Kaponga, Westport, Saturday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Rata, Nelson, Friday. Kaimai, New Plymouth and Wellington, early. . , , Kaponga, Wellington and Auckland, early. OTHER PORTS. Vay 6. Arrived at 9.35 a.m., Kartigi, from Greymouth. „ s r , t ' SUVA, May 6. Arrived, Tofua, from Apia. PORT NELSON, May 6 t To sail at 6 p.m., Rata, for Greymouth, via Tarakohe. LONDON, May 5. Arrived at London: Tasmania, .'it Rio De Janeiro, Mataiana. WELLINGTON, May 6, , Sailed: Tamaroa for AUCKLAND, May 6. Arrived: Sir Karl Knudson, from Singapore; Corinthic from London; Diomede from Napier.

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Kartigi sailed this morning for Auckland and Napier, via Westport. The Kaimai is due tp-morrow from Westport to load coal for New Plymouth and Wellington.

The Rata left Wellington yesterday for Nelson, Westport and Greymouth with general cargo. After discharge the vessel loads coal for Nelson.

The Kaponga is due on Saturday from Westport to load coal for Miramar and Wellington, thence Auckland via Picton.

Captain T. A. G. Atwopd, superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Auckland, will probably retire on superannuation witjhn the .next few\ months. Captain Atwood hap held, hfs present ppsition for over nine years, and has been in the Government service for nearly 30 years.

PORT HOBART’S hiISHAP'. May 5,:-; The action of the Government in cutting out as an economy measure the broadcasting of weatbier reports to shipping was criticised in the Course of the Port Hobart Magisterial inquiry to : day by Mr G. G. Watson, who appeared for the owners of the ship. He. said that on two days prior to the accident one of the wprst northerliep ■qver experienced raged in.,the vicinity of Cook Slrait, but nowhere else, and the master, in .coming down the. coast, did not know this. Had he known he might .well have reasonably expected abnormal tides, but he had been deprived. of an important aid to navigation by the Government’s suspenesion of the broadcast. The Court decided to return the chief officer’s certificate. The inquiry is proceeding. A . WELLINGTON, May 6. While reserving decision at the Port Hobart inquiry, Mr E. Page, S;M., President of the Court, announced that the Court would not come to a conclusion which would in any way affect the master’s certificate, so far as suspension or cancellation was concerned. His certificate as well as that of the chief officer, was returned, and the Port Hobart left for Lyttelton last evening.

MONOWAI DELAYED. WELLINGTON, May 5. The departure of, the MofiOwai for Sydney was postponed till 8 p.m,. today, owing to a dispute over manning. Negotiations are proceeding. WELLINGTON, May G. d’here is no settlement yet of the Monowai dispute. Her departure is postponed until two o’clock. SAILING VESSELS 1 LONDON, May 5. The Master Archibald Russell arrived at Falmouth, being ninety-five days from Port Lincoln, compared with the Cecilia Herzogin 92. The Viking also arrived after 129 days. She was at Callao when the revolution broke out. The captain was offered £2,000 apiece to take away refugees, but refused, as .. being tod risky, owing to the strict watch over the ship. . , . g: --