SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 February 1933, Page 8

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER, FEBRUARY, 1933. (These times have been altered to conform with Summer Time.) February 11. —11.25 a.m.; 11.45 p.m. February 12. —0.5 a.m.; 0.25 p.m. February 13. —0.30 a.m.; 0.45 p.m. DEPTH OF THE BAR The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was: —Bar, 23ft. lin.; river, 21ft. lin. ARRIVED Nil. BAILED February 10. —Rata, s.s., 375 tons (Vasta), 2.25 p.m., for Westport. IN PORT. Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Totara, Wellington, to-night. Kartigi, February 17. Gabriella, .Wellirigtoh, Feb. 17. Kalingo, February 20. Kiwitea,Westport, February 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES kalingo, Sydney, early. Totara, Gisborne, early. Kartigi, Melbourne, early . OTHER PORTS. SYDNEY, February 10. Sailed, Wanganella, for Wellington; Karetu, for New Zealand. AUCKLAND, February 11. Arrived at 5.30 a.m., Karepo, front Greymouth. LONDON, February 10. Sailed: Rangitata from Panama; Arariiis frdin San Francisco. SUVA, February 11. Departure, yesterday, Aorangi, for Vancouver. Arrived, to-day, Lurline, front Sait Francisco. SYDNEY, September 11. Arrived, Makura, from Wellington. Sailed, Highland Warrior, for Auckland. SHIPPING NOTES. The Totarri, from Wellington, is in the roadstehd, and will enter port when the bar hioderates. She will load coal for Gisborne. The Kaimai will load general cargo at Dunedin on Wednesday next, for Greymouth. The Gabriella is due next Friday from Wellington, to load coal arid timber . for that port. The Kartigi is due next Friday, to load timber for Melbourne and Adelaide. The Kalingo is due about February 20, to load timber for Sydney and Newcastle.

The. Kiwitea is due on February 20 frorii Westport,, and will complete a coal cargo for Wellington and Napier.

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS CRUISE. The Local Office of the Union Steam Ship Co. announce that the ‘Monowai’ will leave Wellington on March 6, circumstances permitting, pri a cruise to D’Urville Islaild, Queen Charlotte and Pelprous Sounds, returning to Wellington on Friday morning, March 10. Exceptionally low fares are being charged for the foui- days’ cruise, and in view of the great success of the “Monowai’s” cruise to West Coast Sounds,. no doubt will result iri the cruise being well patronised by both Australian and N.Z. sightseers. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. A committee of shipowners representing ten of the principal maritime nations recently called together by the International Chamber of Commerce, passed a resolution in favour of all riiaritime countries in consultation adopting a policy of scrapping or laying up surplus tonnage, arid the industry continuing its own measures to adjust the supplies of tonnage to the prospective demand. The committee pointed out, however, that such measures would be made useless if Governments continued to increase or maintain surplus tonriage by artificially stimulating the building of ships. “World Trade,” dealing with the shipping problem, gays: “The shipping industry illustrates the absurdity of the theories according to which only Swedish shoe laces are suitable for tying up Swedish shoes, only a German hat can fittingly cover a German head, only an Argentine-made typewriter can properly type an Argentine invoice, and only a Swiss ship could be trusted to transport meat destined for Swiss stomachs. .. . Only an agreement on an international basis can hope to meet the surplus tonriage situation.” It points out that half the shipping of the world is carried by ships flying the British flag, but that nearly half of British commerce is shipped by non-'British vessels. This is not a. paradox. It merely reflects the fact that the shipping industry is sufficiently supple to adapt itself to the intricate requirements of world commerce.