SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 August 1940, Page 5

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER—AUGUST, 1940.

: DEPTH OF THE BAR. The depth of the bar and river at high water to-day was: Bar, 24ft; river, 21ft 6ins. ARRIVED. August 2: Titoki, s.s., 252 tons. (Martin), '7.10 a.m., from New Plymouth. August 2: Totara, s.s., 147 tons (MacMillan), 7.14 a.m., from Wellington. SAILED. August 2: Gael, m.v., 45 tons (Tregidga), 11.45 a.m., for Jackson’s Bay. IN PORT. Totara, Titoki. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Hokitika, Wellington, to-morrow. Kiwitea, Wellington, Wednesday. Rata, Wednesday. Puriri, Nelson, Thursday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Totara, Wellington, to-night. Titoki, New Plymouth, to-night. Hokitika, Woodpecker Bay, early. Puriri, Onehunga, early. Rata, Nelson, early. Kiwitea, Wellington, early, SHIPPING NOTES. Titoki arrived this morning from New Plymouth. She is to sail this evening for New Plymouth and Tarakohe. Totara arrived this morning with cargo from Wellington, and is to sail to-night, with coal for return. Gael sailed this morning for Jackson’s Bay and Okuru. Rata-, replacing Alexander, is due on Wednesday, to load coal for Nelson. Kiwitea is expected on Wednesday, from Wellington,- to load coal for return. Puriri is due on Thursday, from Onehunga, via Nelson, to load timber for Onehunga and Port Waikato. Hokitika left Wellington last night for Greymouth via Tarakohe, and is due to-morrow afternoon. After discharge, she will proceed to Woodpecker Bay, to load coal for Wellington. TEES SOLD. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. The steamer Tees (545 tons), which has been engaged in the Chatham Islands trade for many years, has been sold by the liquidators of the Westland Shipping Company, Ltd., to Southern Traders, Ltd., a Wellington firm. Holm and Company will be managing agents for the vessel, and Captain S. Holm is at present in Christchurch in connection with the recommissioning of the Tees. Mr H. L. Herdman (Lyttelton) will retain the local agency. The Tees is to be engaged in the Chatham Islands trade, but will be used in coastal work between trips to the islands. She is to leave Lyttelton, to-day for Greymouth, where she will load for Wellington. Later the Tees will return to Lyttelton to load for the islands.

The Westland Shipping Company was floated in 1922 by Mr. J. S. Robertson, of Greymouth, and" Captain A. T. Dowell, with a capital of £15,000. Citizens of Greymouth provided practically all of the £ 12,000 that was raised on the West Coast, and £3,000 was subscribed by Chatham Islanders. The Company sent Captain Dowell to England in 1923, to purchase a vessel, and he arrived back in New Zealand in 1924, with the steamer Tees. The vessel was purchased for the West Coast trade and the Chatham Islands run, and she has been operating since her arrival in 1924, mostly in the Chathams trade. She has made many visits to Greymouth. Accommodating 17 passengers, the Tees has been the sole passenger ship running to the Chatham Islands. Included in her general cargo from the Islands have been fish from the freezing works on consignment to Wellington.

Aug. 2— -8.59 a.m. 9.24 p.m. Aug. 3— - 9.45 a.m. 10.8 p.m. Aug. 4— -10.27 a.m. 11.50 p.m. Aug. 5— -11.15 a.m. 11.38 p.m. Aug. 6— -11.59 a.m. Aug. 7— ■ 0.23 a.m. ■■ 0.42 p.m. Aug. 8— ■ 1.10 a.m. 1.31 p.m. Aug. 9— ■ 1.56 a.m. 2.20 p.m. Aug. lO- ■ 2.46 a.m. 3.16 p.m. Aug. ll— ■ 3.46 a.m. 4.20 p.m. Aug. 12— • 5.3 a.m. 5.45 p.m. Aug. 13— ■ 6.28 a.m , 7.0 p.m. Aug. 14— -7.35 a.m. 8.0 ] p.m.' Aug. 15— 8.30 a.m. 8.49 p.m. Aug. 16— 9.17 a.m. 9.33 p.m. Aug. 17— 9.56 a.m. 10.11 p.m. Aug. 18— 10.32 a.m. 10.47 p.m. Aug. 19— 11.7 a.m. 11.-27 p.m. Aug. 20— 11.42 a.m. 11.56 p.m. Aug. 21— 0.14 p.m. Aug. 22— 0.28 a.m. 0.49 p.rh.