SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14310, 2 March 1907, Page 8

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON.

WEATHER REPORT, ETC. "/w High Water, This Day (Saturday), Moiuinsr 6.50 a.m., afternoon 5.59 p.rn. Sun n=os : 6.43 a.m., sets 6.43 p.m. Moon rises <.ol p.m., sets 7.9 a.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 1. 9 a.m. Fioon. 5 p.m. Barometer . ~80.30 30.16 30.10 Thermometer . 67 b ‘ FtVind, S.W. ARRIVED. ... March I—Maheno, s.s., 3277 ions; Seville. fro"i Melbourne, via southern ports. Lmon Steam shin Company,. agents._ Passengera gsaSffc &S"L l oS; SS& »•»!», Siepparil, Bareli, To'tei, .’Williams (2), Dempster, Hogg, AAi.dma.i, Hill, Kirkland and Field/Mesdames Archbold, Scarr. Williams and elu.d, Hac .- ing, Chota, Smith, Gardlan Spann, Sheppard, -Dexter, Dempster. Mackie, Bo.urko, ' Edwards, Wildman and two children and . Bonrke, Hon Dempster, Messrs O Reill Harrington, Lefelan, Jewell, Archbold Choto (3) Scarr, Williams, Hacking, Truscott Kirkwood. Barlow, Gardlan, Thompson, Spawn, M’Millon, Gordon, Boimdey. Bexter, Butler, Oavanah, Jackson, Mackie, Edwards, Caygul, ’ Horsfall, M’lntosh and Bourke and twenty- . .twa steerage. ! : - r ,-, MarcK I— Warrimoo, s.s., 1807 tons, M Betu, from Sydney, via Wellington. tinion Steamshin Company, agents. .Passengers—Misses , Stevenson, Turnbull, Hamilton, Clark, 2\ico3J, Ashley. Buckley, Telford (2), Say well Arnold Jones, Paterson, Sparks, Edwards and /Carroll', Mesdames Edvrard, faargood, Hay, Derby and two children, 1 ml- , Bps, Sherman, Udy, laywell, Brown, Staples, Henderson and infant, Hah, lomsou, M’Laughlin, "Black and child, Wood, Hill, ’ Leslie and-Kildie and two children, Rev Father Keogh, Surgeon-General Sherman, Bra Hosking and Andrews, Messrs Prouse, Gibson, Edward, Sargood, Higgins, Hatfield, Shwartz, Rhodes, Caskey, Bird, Smith, Greatbatch, Welch, Phillips,, Ford, Moore, Williams, "Hayden, Bennett, Stephenson, Quinton, Oram, Waters, Ford, Shaw, Palethorpe, Dasent, Saywoll, Brown, Moyle, Tregear, Staples, Hardwick, Shackleford, Hendeman, Roberts, Black, Frankenberg, Hawkins, Keen, Wood, Hall, Shove, Hill, Maybury, Brook, Ponder (2). Ferguson, M’Donald, Win- ‘ ter and Guest and forty-two steerage. ■ March X—Edtomahana, s.s., 914 tons, Collins, from Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—226 saloon and

steerage. . i March I —Patecna, s.s., 550 tons, Stewart,. ' from Wellington. Union Steamship ComS any, agents. Passengers—Mrs M’Lellan, fessrs Ritchie, M’Lellan, Watson, Holfe, Blade, Carrqck, Little, Harriett, Ureenriill,

Finlayson and Wilkinson and eight steerage; ■March I—Hippie, s.s., 174 tons, AUsop , from Wanganui. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. ‘ - March I—Cygnet, s.s., GG tons, Murray, : from Kaikoura. Pitoaithly and. Co., agents. ilUl't-s-,':'. i • / , SAILED. 1 March I—Warrimoo, e.s. 1837 tons, M’Beth, ’ for Melbourne, via southern porta. Union. Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—i DO saloon and steerage. ! March' I—Rotomahana, ».5.,914 ions, Col-si-Jins, for Wellington; Union Steamship . Com- ;; i psuiryv agents. Passengers—3so saloon and ! steerage. , - ■ . '}'■ i, ( : March . I—Pateena, S.s., 550 tons, Stewart, ! for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. ' Passengers—loD saloon and steerage. ;:iri March I—Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons, Wills, for j Kaikoura and Wellington. Kinsey, Barits and . I .Co., agents. ■ ’ ..Merck I—Maheno, s.s., 3377 tons, Neville, for Sydney via Wellington. JUnion Steamship Company, agents. Passengers—ls 4 ; saloon and steerage. , EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ; From. London—Opawa, s.s., at Auckland, , [February 27. Karamea, s.s., at Port Chaljuerfj February 26. Marere, s.s., at WelUugfi:l; I <on. ylondc,,s.s., at Wellington, February'2s., Mimiro, s.s., left January 19. Turakina, s.s., iith Kft January 29. due Wellington March 12. Athenio, s.s", left February 7. _ Star of Scotland, 8.9., at Wellington. Waimate, s.s., left February 6. Arawa, s.s., left February 21. Pap area, s.s., left February 22 From Liverpool—Surrey, s.s., at Wellington, Devon,, s.s., left December 8. Ayrshire, 6.5., at Adelaide, February 19. Morayshire, s.s., Jof; February 2. Star of New Zealand, s.s., left February 11. From New York—lnverclyde, s.s., left Do-_ ■ . comber 6. John Harclie, s.s.. at Melbourne.' February 21. Bloemfontein, s.s., left January B. Invexan, s.S., left February 3. Tomoana, left February 11. ig: IViFcom Marseilles—lngehorg, barque, 1070 tons, sailed January 6. V .'} From Sydney—Manuka, s.s., left February tv;. . ' From Melbourne—Riverina, s.s., left Febru- • kry 27. ' THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S FLEET. ! ' SATURDAY. —Mararoa arrives from Wolj- U lington and leaves .on return trip. Waikaro arrives from Dunedin and leaves for Wclnf lilington and East Coast .ports. : Poherua arrives from Tima'iu, Oamaru and Dunedin, und leaves for Wellington, Westport and ■ G-reymouth. ■ ■ - SUNDAY. —Rotomnhana arrives from Wcl- . lington. The barque Helen, now discharging timber ■ from Tasmania, is to Jeavo Lyttelton for Hobart du ballast about Thursday next. ■ .; The s.s. Ripple arrived from Wanganui at 8 p.m. yesterday. She is to leave for Waitangi, Chatham Islands, this evening. The s.s. ! Warrimoo’ left for Melbourne, via Bouihern ports, at 2.10 p.m, yesterday.' The'Huddart-Parker Company’s s.s. Victoria is to arrive from. Sydney, via east coast , ports, this morning, and to leave for Dunedin ;• this afternoon; It is stated that Mr Showman, chief officer ;1 of. the b. 5. Maheno, is to proceed to England oa business connected with bringing out one , o i the Union Company’s new steamers. ■ Last evening the s.s. jßotomahana loft for IWe! lington at 6.25, the s.s. Patcena for Wcl- : lington at 6.40, the s.s. Wakatn for Kaikoura ■ad Wellington at 7.40 p.m., and the s.s. M»heno for > Sydney, via 'Wellington, at nine o’clock. '* The s.s. Cygnet arrived from Kaikoura at 16.10 p;m. yesterday. ■ In view of the contemplated substitution of ’Southampton for Liverpool; as the port of I: 'departure oS Atlantia White Star liners, it is interesting to note the expansion of the passenger traffic by this line from Liverpool ~10 New York and vice versa during the past .‘Bute years. In 1897 61,715 passengers were 'conveyed across the western ocean by vessels j 5;." Of -the White Star fleet. Meanwhile, the Vado has steadily increased year by year, %!»til iri 1903 no fewer than 112.301 voyagers i-Vere safely landed, either at Flew York or Liverpool. Aii oven greater increase was fciiceable in', the traffic conducted by the |#oaard lincra over the same route, the miniSl* of passengers having grown from 60,332 fa 1897 to 120,329 in 1906. An important uu'dertaking in connection' with the shipping accommodation of Southampton was reported to : bo in contemplation when the last mail ! ,toi hand left London. ■ It consisted of the

conjunction of a new deep-water dock, which ,<;;at low tide would have a depth cf 40ft of Water, and accommodate four leviathan White ' Star liners at the one-time. Plans cf the , dock were- already under consideration by f,- the port authorities, and it was said that the would be'proceeded with immediately. The dock, which is to be an open cue, will - have an -entrance about 300 ft in width, and be _the deepest basin in Europe. , Yesterday the b.s. Mahono arrived from Melbourne via southern ports at G. 35 a.ni,, the •,s. Warrimoo from 'Sydney via Wellington at 7.25 amr., the s.s. Rotomahana from ,WelJ Jington at 8.30, a.m., and the s.s. Pateena . from Wellington at 9.10 a.m. ' _ It is stated that the s-.s. Waipori. which 'left Newcastle for New Zealand, on Tuesday ; , r dast,'is bringing coal for , Pioton, Napier and 1 ; TWwlangtori., - , ' The March time-table of the-TTnicn ■Steamahip Company contains, tho names of tho . ■ Jour steamers now being built for the com- ; . parry—the twin screw Mairama, of £O3O tons frosS; tho, Waihora, of 4500 tone; the turine. Maori, of 8000-tons, and .the item at a, of : 2900 tons., These vessels raise the red funnel fleet to sixty-one steamers, of a total gross - tonnage of 130,358. : V ’ An .exchange states that Mr Charles W. Morse has merged the Eastern, Metropolitan. ■ Ciyde, Mallery .and Hudson lines into one . fleet, to be called the Consolidated Steamship Innas Company, with a capital of OO.OOOdoI. . The headquarters are at Portland, Maine. The fleet comprises ninety steame'rs, totalling’ ■ about 200,000 tons, and there are two turbine • steamers and six other steamers under con- !, struotion. ‘ A, correspondent, writing to “Fair-play,” ' - states that some shipmasters, who are at present being paid £2O per month, 'are’ likely -.■■.to 'get a rise of £1 per month,-ns this will place them beyond the provisions of the ComTT pansation Act. - Complaim comes from Sydney of scarcity • . of. deep-sea sailors, owing to wheat, snips having drawn largely, within a. brief period, on , .the supply. There were .forty-seven sailing •/•■'’lvessel* in. port, tonnage 89,022, on Februarv The Now Zealand and African Company's s.s. Ayrshire, due from West of England ports .Iriand Australia .about the middle of tho month, ■ -"jt.isl bringing ii large cargo this trip', Tha . vessel left Home with 10,048 tons of cargo. 1579 tons being for Wellington. The steamer also has a coneidprabla number of passengers.

including 15 saloon and 119 steerage for Yew Zealand. The repairs and overhaul on the s.s. Auia were completed at Port Chalmers on Wedncsday. Captain Newton resumes command, and the following deck officers have signed on:—Chief, Mr Brighton; second, Mr 1 Herder; third, Mr Mason. The Atuta. goes to Wc.itport, to load coal for Wellington. The New Zealand , Shipping Wmipanv’S steamer Wakanui, which loft Wellington for London on Tuesday, took the following cargo from New Zealandls,7o9 carcases mutton, 15,091 bales wool, 6105 .carcases lamb, 1500 quarters beef, 1243 pkgs frozen sundries, 710 disks tallow, 300 casks polls, 615 bales.hemp, 423 bales tow, 212 pkgs cordage, 103 bags legs mutton, 75 sacks grass seed, 70 pkgs. Irozen poultry, 52 casks casings, 35 boxes_ k dreys, 22 bales rabbit skins, 32 pkgs sundries. The barque Onyx was floated out of the Port Chalmers graving dock oh Thursday. While she was in dock three new,plates ami 30ft of sheathing were placed in position on her top sides. All the lower Lull plating was found to be- in a satisfactory condition. It is the intention of Messrs M'Lcan Bros., who have secured' the contract (eays the “Post”) to push on the work of constructing the Wellington graving dock, and already the preliminary arrangements are in hand Mr Neil , M’Le'an, the Wellington resident partner, has gone to Auckland to consult with his brother, Mr John M'Lcan, aud from there ho goes on to Australia to secure material for the job. The contract time within wlrc’n th© dock is fo be completed is December 31, 1910. The dock is to have a length on its contra line inside the- coping of 633 ft, and on .the bottom of GTlft. It is to have a breadth at -the entrance at coping level of 81ft, and at 22ft below high-water level ot SOft. The contract will absorb about 80,000 cubio vards of concrete, 380.000 cubic yards of filling, 80 tens of wrought iron, and ISS tons of cast iron. The site of the dock and pummiig station, off Te Aro. has already been dredged out to the proper depth by the Harbour Board’s dredge. The cement to bo used must be of colonial or British manufacture. If British vessels carried as many boy® as German ships (writes a correspondent of an exchange) there would soon be an army of ■British 0 sailors, and British ships could dispense with the services of foreign seamen, wTiich at present they cannot. As far as the theoretical education of Germany’s seamen is regarded it is tlio most perfect of any nation. The merest by-port in Germany, right along the whole of'her sea-border, has properly equipped nautical colleges, each supplied with" an observatory and every artificial means to teach navigation, as if it were in practice. A whole staff of teachers is attached to those colleges, and the whole of them tinder ono director. German masters and mates receive a most thorough technical education requiring from nine to eleven months, and l aro also instructed during that time in surgery, shipbuilding, and English, and for this course the candidates pay 30s; the Government pays the rest. Not only that, but the Prussian Government used to give two valuable prizes to each collegi l for the two best examinations, first and second prize. These colleges have been made more efficient as time and science advanced.

A telegram, dated G-alle, January 4, published in the “ Weekly Times of Ceylon,” gives the following account of the marine disturbances which were recently reported by cable from Ceylon:—Great excitement prevails at the wharf to-day in consequence of the sea recoding in a most remarkable manner. At 1.30 p.m. the sea had receded some 30ft, and it has receded several times since at intervals. The whole coast around the harbour has been affected. On the return of the tide there was a. swell with a strong current, which menaced danger to tho lighters landing rice from the 8.-I. Loodiana. One or two narrowly escaped being dashed on the rocks. The water covers the lower stage o.f the passenger jetty to a depth of about 2ft. The sea is fairly calm. Coolies and others are catching fish and lobsters which tho tide has left on the rooks. This was followed shortly after by news from Hambantota, through Mr H. O. Barnard, of tho Surveyor-General’s Department, who reported;—The following unconfirmed telegram has just been received from tho Assistant Government Agent and Master Attendant, Hambantota: “ Sea ebbing and flowing continually in Hambantota Harbour; difference between greatest rise and fall 14ft, measured at jetty.” The cause of the disturbance was an earthquake, a record of which was taken by the seismometer at Colombo. Masters of vessels leaving Wellington after dark (says the “Post”) have had an anxious time getting down tho harbour of late, because of the increasing number of oil launches, and yachts which have been sailing about the fairway. Tho practice of yachts sailing at night, has only become general of late. BVw if any of the boats carry lights, and the only wonder is that an accident ha* not happened. In the interests of tho shipmasters and the boatmen, trip authorities should step in and see that lights are carried by yachts and launches when sailing in the harbour at night. On ono night this week one of the lorry steamers was almost on top of a small sailing , boat before the lookout man saw tho danger. The Shaw-Savill steamer lonic arrived at Wellington on Monday, via Cape Town and Hobart. The vessel left Plymouth on January 12, aud had a fine trip out. Nothing of note occurred during the) voyage, fine to moderate weather being experienced throughout. The vessel put up a creditable steaming'performance, doing the journey in 41 days 7hrs 12m-ins. The run from Hobart te Wellington was made in 3 days 21hrs. The usual call at Toneriffa had to be missed, owing te an outbreak of plague at that place. Captain J. O. Carter, who is in command, has the following officers with him:—Chief, Mr J. Hughs; first, Mr W. Weston; second, Mr R,' R. Vaughan; third, Mr S. Crostriwaiie; fourth, Mr W. Paul. Mr J. T. Cummins is still purser, and Dr A. Gilmour is surgeon. The engineering 'department is in .charge of Mr'G. M’Lellan, with Mr C. W. M’Kimm second. Mr W. H. Stapleford is chief- refrigerating engineer. The lonia did not bring as many immigrants as have been coming to hand of late by tho Shaw-Savill, boats. The total passenger list was 393, made up .as fol-lows:—Twenty-four first saloon, 60 second saloon, and 203 third class. Of the abovo total, 112 came out under assistance from the New Zealand Government —nineteen of tho second saloon passengers and 93 of the third class. Tlie third class passengers are mostly mechanics and labourers.

The Sydney “Commercial News” of February 20 says;—Another change in tho freight arrangements from Germany is believed to bo impending, recent cable advices stating that tho sailer opposition from -Hamburg in expected to be discontinued. . This step, if it bo actually taken, would further add to the cost of importing,heavy goods, such as fencing wire, from Germany, as it is considered probable that a. discontinuance’ of the opposition sailers would be followed by a discontinuance of the conference sailers, which wore put on to meet the competition. The jailer rates of freight have advanced by successive stages from 5s per ten until 12s Gel per tori has been reached for shipment early next year. But a steam rate of freight of 19s' would mean an .addition of Gs 6d per ion to the cost of importing fencing wire, tho forward market for which is in a strong position already. The steam services from Germany consist of the mail line of the- Norddeutscher Lloyd and tho cargo lino of tho same company from Bremen, and tho steamers of the Gcnnan-Australian lino from Hamburg via Antwerp. Loading at Antwerp, however, entails an extra cost of 2s Od per ton in railway freight as compared with Bremen.

Tho “ Sydney Commercial N ews ” says: —- One of the most- unjust provisions of tho Immigration Kostriction Act, which has done so much to bring the Commonwealth into disrepute abroad, is that which makes it penal for shipmasters to permit prohibited immigr&uts who are members of their crews to escape into tho Commonwealth. A notable example of this grave injustice occurred recently, when, in one day, in Sydney, shipmasters were lined an aggregate sum of £703 for permitting prohibited persons to escape from their ships. The injustice ox tho provision lies in the fact that, whereas a master may bo certain as to the probabilities of passengers being allowed to Jane!, and can make provision against a breach of the Act by compelling them to deposit the amount of a possible fee or fmo before coming on board, he cannot do this in tho case, of his crew. It would be absurd to expect a Chinese or Indian coolie put up £IOO before he could sign on. Yet the law makes no distinction between passengers and crew. In the case of tho latter their conduct in port should be a matter for the police. The men can not bo kept in irons while in port, yet this is what tho law implies, and ail. that should bo expected of the captain should be that he should at once communicate with the police should a prohibited immigrant leave the ship, it being their duty to find him. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. LYTTELTON, March 1. Arrived, 8.35 a.m., Makeno, from Port Chalmers; 7.35 a.m;, Warrimoo, from Wellington; 8,30 a.m., Rotomahana, ITcra Wellington; 9.13 turn., Pateena, from Wellington; 6 p.m., Cygnet, from Knikoura. Sailed, Wakatu, for Kaikoura; 0.23 p.m., Rotomahana, for Wellington; 8.49 p.ra., Pateena, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, ilarch 1Arrived, 7 a.m.. Tv Anaii, from Lyttelton; 6.10 a.m., Mararoa, from Lyi teiton. Sailed. 8.10 a.m.. Gothic, for London; 8 p.m., Mararoa, for Lyttelton; G p.m., Victoria, for Lyttelton. TIMARU, March 1. Arrived. 2 a.m., Corinna, froiu A I: area; 8 a.m.. Estkanos, from Lyttelton. Sailed 9.15 p.ra.. Pohcrua, for Lyttelton. PORT CHALMERS, March 1. Sailed, 5.30 p.m., Waikare, for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. KAIPARA. March 1. Arrived, February 23—Alexander .Craig,

barque, from Auckland. March I—Emprcza, barque, from Auckland. Sailed—Melbourne, for Melbourne, via Hokianga. WELLINGTON, March 1.

Sailed—Mararoa, for Lyttelton; passengers —355 excursionists. Victoria, for Lyttelton and Dunedin; passengers for Lyttelton—• Misses Eoskruge, Martin, Pannill, Stalker and Hutchings, Mesdames Old, Newton and family, Buckley and Stalker, Dr Faulkc, Messrs Burnett, Holmes, MTlvenoy, W. Coblcdick, G. Hunt, Atmore, Johnson, Armita'ge, Taylor, Kirk, Buckley and M’Keuzic; for Dunedin—Miss Sim, Mrs Sim, Messrs R. Allen, Cowie, and fifteen steerage lor bath ports. DUNEDIN, March 1. Arrived—Corinnn, from Timaru. Tarawera, from New Plymouth.

DUNEDIN March 1. Sailed—Waikare, for Auckland, via. east coast ports; passengers for Lyttelton—Misses Whitson, Commin, Bagley, Ormiston, Mee, Every, Bunting, Brown (2), Walton and Williams, Mesdames Bagley, Becker, Freeman, Esquilant and Walton, Messrs J. Blair, Mason, Bagley,- Mason, Esquilant, Cray, Span!, MTnddo and two boys, Burrows. Ward, Herons, Bartholomew (*2), Scott, Johnson and Horsburgh ; for Wellington—Misses Terry and Munro (3), Mesdames Macdonald, Priest and Munro, Messrs Priest, Hodd and Stratton; lor Napier—Mr Fuller; for Auckland —Misses M’Farlano and Mitchell, Mesdames Norris, Paterson and Campbell, Messrs Norris, Wilkie. Foote, Campbell aud eleven steerage. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, March 1. Arrived—Wimmera. from Auckland. MELBOURNE, March 1. Arrived —Roma, from Kaipara.

■ 3IAKCH. ■ <!. h. m. Last quarter . 7 8 12 p.m. Flow moon . . . 1* 5 05 p.m. First quarter . . 22 0 40 p.m. Full moon . . . ’30 7 1-1 a.m.