SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1933, Page 8

SHIPPING

TIDE TABLE—APRIL, 1933. April 12—11.25 a.m.; 11.50 p.m. April 13— ; 0.12 p.m. DEPTH OF THE BAR The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was: —Bax: 28ft. 3ins.; river, 23ft. 3ins. ARRIVED. April 12. —Gael, m.v., 45 tons (Nalder), 4.35 a.m., from Wellington. SAILED. April 11. —Kaimai, s.s., 784 tons (Hackworth), 11.55 p.m., for Wellington. April 12.—Gael, m.v., 45 tons (Nalder), 8.30 a.m., for Hokitika. IN PORT. Karepo. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Rata, Wellington, to-day. Kaimiro, New Plymouth, Friday. Kini, Westport, Saturday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Rata, Westport, to-night. Karepo, Sydney to-morrow. Kaimiro, Wellington, early. AT OTHER PORTS. WELLINGTON, April 12. Arrived at 2.35 a.m., Kini, from Greymouth. WANGANUI, April 12. Arrived, Moa, at 8.45 a.m, from Greymouth. FREMANTLE, April 11. Arrived, Narkunda, from London. HOKITIKA, April 12. Arrived at 11.15 a.m., Gael, from Greymouth. WESTPORT, April 12. Sailed 12.20 p.m. Rata, for Greymouth.

SHIPPING NOTES. The Kaimai sailed last night, with coal, for Miramar and Wellington. The Gael arrived early this morning from Wellington and sailed later for Hokitika. The Rata is due this evening from Wellington, via Westport. She will part load coal, and is scheduled to sail at midnight for Westport to complete for Onakaka. The Karepo is scheduled to sail at noon to-morrow, with timber for Sydney. The Kaimiro is due on Friday, from New Plymouth, to load coal for Wellington and Auckland. The Huddart Parker Coy’s motor ship Wanganella, which left Wellington at 11 p.m. on Monday, with approximately 240 tourists, en route to the Sounds, passed Greymouth about 4.50 p.m. yesterday. She is due back in Wellington at 7 o’clock on Friday morning. FISHING LAUNCH AFIRE. WELLINGTON, April 11. The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department has received the following navigation warning broadcast by the Sydney Radio to-night;— A fishing launch was burnt and foundered at 9 p.m. on Sunday about five miles south of Seal Rocks, N.S.W. Two survivors were picked up about 3 p.m. on the 11th by the s.s. Portfield, from a raft. A third member of the crew, with a lifebelt, endeavoured to swim ashore, but has not yet been traced. All ships passing the locality are requested to keep a look-out. An additional warning states the 40 foot launch, which was abandoned burnt, was last sighted about _ six miles east of Seal Rocks, on April 10, and is considered a danger to navigation.

ANOTHER CARGO-VESSEL. WELLINGTON, April 12. The Commonwealth and the Dominion Line announces that an order has been placed with the Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, for a new motor-ship for the Australian and New Zealand trade. The vessel will have a length of 486 feet, a beam of 65 feet, a service speed of sixteen knots, and five insulated hatches. SYDNEY, April 11. The motor ferry Daphne caught fire on Sunday night, five miles off Newcastle, when bound for Sydney. The three men aboard tried to extinguish the flames, but finally abandoned the task. They constructed a raft whereon two men were able to keep afloat until picked up, this afternoon, in the last stages of exhaustion. The third man, Edward Hogan, decided to try to swim ashore on Sunday night, since when he has not been seen, and is believed to have been drowned. BRITISH YARDS BUSIER. LONDON, April 11. For the first time in three years, shipbuilding activities in Britain present a more favourable aspect. Work on twenty-seven thousand more tons is proceeding than during the three months ended March 31, representing the first quarterly increase since 31/3/30, according to Lloyd’s returns. Nevertheless the total of 252,401 tons under construction is 120,572 tons below the tonnage building a year ago. \