SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15922, 7 May 1912, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

MAY.

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

"Wind, S.W.; clear. TO-DAY'S ALMANAC. '-. High water, 8-35 a.m.; 3 p.m. Sun risce, G. 53 a.m.; *ets, 4.33 p.m. Moon ARRIVED. ! May G, 0.30 p.m.—Koonya. s.s 10D1 ions, Pryde, from Westport. Union btc-cm Ship . Company, agents. ' : SAILED. May G i 33 p.m.—Karamea, s.s., 5561 tons, ilogg, fcr Dvncd'.n. Now Zealand Shipping Company, agents. May G 4.40 p.m.—Echo, auxiliary scow. u. lons, Mlntyre, for Blenheim. Dalgety and ' Co.. agents. Mar G 6.20 p.m.—M-araroa, s.s.. *093 ton?. Manning, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agent*. Passengers—Eighty-five ialoon and fifty steerage. " May 6, 10.5 p.m.—Cygnet, s.s., 124 tons Murray, for Kaikoura. Stevenson, Stewart »nd Co., rgent:'. £ EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

• THIS DAY.—Maori, s.s., from Wellington; Corinna. s.s., from Timaru; Cygnet, s.s., torn Kaikoura; Defender, s.s., from Hokitika; Wakatu, s.s.. from Kaikoura; Arapawn, s.s., {row "Wellington; Kittawa, s.s.. from Greymouth: Kotuku, s.s.. from Greyreou.h. From London Rushino, s.s., sail«d March 14. at Wellington May 2. duo Lyttelton May 0; Arawa, s.s.. jailed Maroh 23, duo 'Wellington May 14. Lyttelton J4»y 20; Pakeha, ».s., sailed March-13, dus Lyttelton May 6; Paparoa. b.s., sailc-d April i, due- Lyttelton about Juno 5; Ruapehu, ti.. sailed April 11. left Cape Town May 5, due •Hobart May 2S. AVellington May 2S. Lyttelton June 3; Tainui. s.s.. sailed April 2G, due Wellington about June 12, Lyttelton June 17. '" From Livorrtool—Kent, s.s., sailed March ft due Auckland about. May 12, Lyttelton Mav 23; Niwaru. t.s.. sailed March 16, due Lvitelton May U 5: Nairnshire, s.s., sailed April 4, due Lytteiton about June 19. From Montreal—Waimate. s.s.. sailed March 15. due Lyttelton Juno 5; Tokomaru. f.s.. sailed Arril 15, due Lyttelton about ■ From New York—Anglo-Bolivian, s.s., failed February 11, loft Sydney May 8. due Lyttelton about May 15; Hohenfels, i.s., sailed Mnrcb 7, due Lyttelton •bout Mav SO; Tomoana. s.s.. sailed Mema fa due Lyttelton about Juno 8: Neidenfolß, M., to sail Auril 27; Courtfield, s.a., to sail Mav 6; Star of Australia, s.s., to sail May JO;' Anglo-Saxon, s.s.. sailed April 25, due Lyttelton about July IS. From Gene, Sweden—Don, barque, sailed November 11. led Plvmouth January 13 From Pusret Sound—Alumnn. four-masted ■chooner, left Port Bl&kely March 19, duo Lyttelton about May 81. From Calcutta—Waitemata, s.s., sailed. April 8, left Samarang April 15. due castle April 29, Auckland May 4, Lyttelton •bout May 10. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY. The Maori will arrive from Wellington thi«l jnorninj, n nd will return to tho northern port tevnight The Corinna is duo from Timaru this morning. She will sail thU afternoon for Nelson, New Plymouth and Onehnnga. The Koonya arrived yesterday with coal from Westport. She is to sail to-night for Greymouth. The Kotuku arrived early yesterday Morning from GTsymouth, and on completion of discharge will return to that port. Tho Kittawa arrived last evening with coal and timber from Grevmouth. She is to sail on Thursday for Picton, Westport and Greyinouth. Ths Wairuna is duo here on Thursday to load grain for Melbourne and Sydney. The Te Anau will leave Dunedin en ! Thursday on the west coast run. in place of ho Taviuni. The Kamona should leavo <v7estport to-morrow night with coal for Lyt: tiltoc. KEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S FLEET.. ■„' Ruahine—Leaves Wellington on May 30 ior-London. , ' , ' Rotorua—Leaves Plymouth on May 11 for Wellington. * .. Turakina—Left Wellington on April 4, M'onto Video April 25, for London. Ruapehu—Left Plymouth on April 13, Cape Town. May 5, for Wellington.. Romuera—Left Wellington on May 2 for London, i • Tongariro—ln London. ( Rimutaka—Leaves Auckland for London about May 18. , •Kaikoura—Left London about May 4 for .Auckland, via Brisbane. Paparoa—Left London on April 4, Capo Town April 29, for Dunedin, via Brisbane. Kaipara—Leaves London on August 4 for I>unedin. „ , , * T J Orari—Leaves Zealand tor London about middle June. i I Otaki—Left Wellington on March 30, 'Monto Video April 20, for London. ( Hurunui—Left Wellington on May 3 for London. Whakatane—Leaves St John, Canada, on j May 15, for Auckland. I Wakanui —Leaves Auckland about May 8 for London. Rakaia—Leavos Montreal on July 15 for Auckland.

Opawa—Leaves London on June 4 for Dunedin. Waimate—Left St John on March 22 for Auckland.

i The Kapiti completed discharge of hor •argo of Puponga coal yesterday afternoon. She is to load a transhipment o£ Newcastle >oal ex tho Waihora, and sail to-day for "Wangann:. Due to-day from Wellington is the Arapanra. She is to load general cargo for Wellington and Patea, and will eaii to-night. _ Discharging operations c-11 board tho Kaitaki are expected to be completed to-day, nnd tho Vessel will. then go into dock for cleaning' and painting. She is to sail on Thursday for Pictcn . and Ka.ramca. ' Tho following is a summary of the cargo taken by the New Zealand Shipping Company's Rimutnka. whicß left Lyttelton en • Saturday for northern ports, in continuation jef Homeward loading:—2l,743 bales wool and !«kins, 12 bales rabbitskins, 276 casks pelts, '43a casks tallow, 100 casks oleo. CO casks •els, 1164 sacks pen*. 802 sacks oats, 355 #acks Istd. 10,250 carcases frozen meat, and 18 packages sundries. ! Loavinij London on April 11, the Now Zealand Shipping Company's Ruapehu arrived »t Cape Town on May 3. and left again for .Hobart, Wellington and Lyttelton on May 3. jThe vassal is due at Hobart about May 24, '•n4 Wellington a week lator. • After having completed discharge of her Canadian cargo, tho Now Zealand Company's thartered steamer Karamc.T. , left port for jDunedin yesterday afternoon, whero she will complete "discharging., The vessel will in all (probability take up the Homeward loading .ioorth oa this coast. T- The Opouri arrived en Sunday evening with m full cargo cf limbeT from Greymouth. She lis to complete discharge to-morrow morning, Wnd leave later for the West Coast port, talctoe genera! cargo. j The Wakatu is duo in port early this mornljng. Sho is to sail to-night for Kaikoura and (Wellington. [ Due at Wellington to-morrow from Sydney Is tho Union Company's Warrimoo. She has jon board a large number of passengers, toLgether with several hundred tons of cargo, %nd her southern passengers should reach lyttelton on Thursday morning. The WarriJnoo will arrive here on Friday, snd will sail ihe same day for Melbourne, via southern borts. The Tyser Lino Company's Marere. which left London on March 9 for, New Zealand jjorts, via Melbourne and Sydney, leit 'ho flatter port for Auckland or. Saturday last. After discharge at tho latcor port the vessel • will come south.

1 The Cygnet left for Kaikoura last. eventing. Sho will return to-day. and sail again •lor tho nonh to-morrow night. Whilst tendering tho steamer Surrey at Fort ChalmerD ci Saturday morning the tug plucky wa3 caught by the strong ebb-tide at * moment wheh chc "had very little steerage Vay. with the result that she was parried broadsicle r.gainst one cf tho beacons. Tho "force of the impact buckled one or two plates and started r. few rivets, and r.s the imall dock happened to bo conveniently vacant, she was ordered into dock for repairs. Fifteen minutes after tho order wa< igrren tho tug war- in»ide tho dock anil placed In position over tho kepi blccks in rcr.dine?s 'for the pumrs to start. It was. afterwards 'fcnnd that tho damage was slight, a. few rivet 1 -. started on tho wntor line. It 1b just tbirtv-two years sine? the Plucky left Dumbarton for Dunedin. She was ricged as B torssil schoorlcr for the vovagc. which sho >»mp'.oted in 118 days. The Plucky has been ponstantly in commission ever since and Sfcough " tendor" in places sho is still full i of work. JITEW STEAMER FOR NEW ZEALAND. 1 The building achievements of Mr B. Davis's yard at Blaekwall were eclipsed lately, a fivdncy paper, when the largest vessel buiK in tho State left the ways. Tho new vessel was named ths Red Pine—a useful type of steamer, intended for the New Zealand coastal Itrefle. She is not only tho largest but tho

finest vessel of her class built in the State. Tho vo3sel is intended for the Red Pino Steam Ship Company, Limited, of Westland, Now Zealand, of which Mr E. A. Wickos is managing director. Sho is for the timber trade from the port of Greymouth to various porta on tho N«w Zealand coast. Her dimensions are as follows: —Lepgthb.p., 147 ft; length over ajl, 153 ft; moulded breadth, 29ft; moulded depth, 10ft 9in; dmft full loaded, about 9ft 6in. Tho boiler and main engines will bo supplied r.nd fitted by Messrs Wildridgo and Sinclair, of Pitt Street, Sydney. The machinery consists of a ret of compound surface condensing engines, with cylinders 16in and S3in in diameter, with 21in stroke. Sho will have a multitubular boiler, with three furnaces, the working boiler pressure being 1301 b Helical ger.rod steam winches and a steam windlass will, be'fitted. On completion ths vessel will be fitted throughout by Mcssts Warburton snd--«Fr*nki»with elcctrioi light. The vessel is not intended for passenger traffic. All have- been carried out by Captain S. Willis, under whoso supervision tho vessel has been built. Mt A. H. Hunter, chiff engineer, will supervise sb regards the engines Mid boilers, the plans being drawn by Mr Walter Reeks. The vessel has been built of hardwood, with Oregon deck:, and latest cargo discharging gear. She has a fore-peak and tipping tanks holding 29 tons, and two pfter tanks-' for fresn water of 10 tons esch. Tho vo3Sel left the ways in splendid stylo, and was gracefully christened by Mrs Ivan Nelson, wife of Mr Ivan Nelson, of Messrs Nelson a<-d Robertson. After the launch Captain Willis propoced " Success to the Red Pine," and congratulated Mrs Nelson on the success of the launch. The toast of "The Builder " was also criven 'by Mr Ivan Nelson. Tho new vessel with ijft .".towed to Sydney to havo her • machinery fitted. She is without doubt a fino type of steamer, and reflects credit on the builders, owners and nil concerned. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. AUCKLAND, May G. Arrived. 7.30 a.m., H.M.S. Pioneer, from Tasrnan Sea; 10.40 a.m., H.M.S. Encounter, from Tframan Sea. WELLINGTON. May 6. Arrived. 12.10 p.m., Hans 8., from Valparaiso. Sailed. 8.5 p.m., Maori, for Lyttolton; 1.20 p.m., Arapawa, for Lyttelton. KAIKOURA, May 6. Sailed, 8 p.m., Wakatu, for Lyttelton. BLUFF, May G. Arrived, 1130 a.m., Ulimaroa, from Hobart (English mail). Sailed, 3.30 p.m., Moana, for Hobart. - SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, May 6. Sailed—Maheno, for Svdnov. WELLINGTON. May 6. Sailed—Maori (8 p.m.), for Lyttelton; passenger*—Mis3es Jones, Thomson (*2), Morland. E?gert:n anel Kingston. Mesdames Stead. Rrss, Fletcher. Campbell. Watson, M'Ler.n, Hornblcw, Dob3on, Wing, Snowell, Honderson, Allison. Gibbs, Hicks, Prince, Rossatter, Brook. Thompson, Burke, Wntson. Lukeman. Kingston, Rounds and Nottingham, Messrs Milroy, Lampp, M'Kenzip, Phillips, Redcath, Craddock, Parncll. Stead, Kcrs'ey. White. Ross, Edwards, Re?d, Fletcher, Edmonds, Linnon, Gibbs, Fowlds, M'Lc.an. Hemblow. Dobson, Win?, Allison, Gibbons. Pollen, Barnard, Lepetif, Taylor, Nield. Seaton, Lucas, Turnbull, Nottingham and Sargent. BLUFF. May 6. Arrived—Moana. from Dunedin. at 5.80 a.m. Uliniarca. from Hobart. at 11.30 a.m.; passengers for Lyttelton—Mrs Stevon3on. Miss Throp, Messrs Payne. Glasson, Parker, Stevenson, Robson and Fletcher.

Full moon . . Last quarter . • New moon . • . 1 t. 9 . 17 9 49 p.m 8 26 p.m 9 44 a.m Fiist quarter . Full moon . ' . 24 . 31 1 11 41 a.m 0 a.m

Barometer . Thermometer 9 a.m. . 30.ZS 43 Isoon. 30.23 3i . o p.m 30.30 49