SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1934, Page 8

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER, APRIL, 1934.

These times have been altered to conform with Summer time. DEPTH OF THE BAR. The depth of the bar and river at high water yesterday was:—Bar, 22ft. 9ins.; river, 22ft. 9ins. ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. Nil. IN PORT. Kini. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Gael, Wellington to-day. Karepo, Westport, to-day. Rata, Westport, Friday. Kanna, Wellington, Friday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kini, Wellington, to-morow. Karepo, Melbourne, early. Kanna, Wellington, early. Rata, Tarakohe, early. SHIPPING NOTES. The Kini remains bar bound. She may sail to-morrow morning for Wellington and Gisborne. The Rata leaves Wellington to-day, for Tarakohe, Westport and Greymouth. She is due on Friday to load coal for Tarakohe and Nelson. The Gael is due to-day from Wellington.

The Kanna leaves Wellington tonight with cargo. She is due on Friday, to load coal and timber for Wellington and Auckland. The Karepo is due to-day from Westport, to load timber for Melbourne and Adelaide.

DANGEROUS SIGNAL.

AUCKLAND, April 17.

Owing to the dangerous condition of the fog signal at Tiri Tiri, the Auckland Harbour Board has decided to notify the Marine Department immediately that, in the circumstances, it could not allow the signal men in its employ to continue operating it. The Marine Department will also be asked to instal modern sound signals of the diaphone type, similar to those installed at Pencarrow: Head, Godley Head, and Tairoa Head. The present machine was considered to be out of date, and, through defects, the lives of the men working it were placed in danger.

CONSTRUCTION INCREASING.

LONDON, April 17.

Shipping under construction in Britain and Ireland at the end of March totalled 481,440 tons, nearly double the tonnage at the corresponding date last year, according to Lloyd’s quarterly returns. The tonnage under construction in the rest of the world was 597,731. This constitutes the first quarterly increase of any consequence since June 1930. Tonnage under construction in the leading foreign countries was: — Japan 122,590, France 103,188, Germany 82,650, Holland 51,315, Denmark 51,140, Italy 47,670, Sweden 47,340, Spain 34,480, United States 27.334.

World tonnage of motor ships was 588,589, oil tankers 248,578.

April 18— 1.20 a.m.; 1.45 p.m. April 19— 1.55 a.m.; 2.20 p.m. April 20— 2.45 a.m.; 3.8 p.m. April 21— 3.30 a.m.; 3.55 p.m. April 22— 4.20 a.m.; 5.0 p.m.