SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17982, 26 December 1918, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON. • DECEMBER.

YESTERDAY'S WEATHER,

TO-DAY'S ALMANAC. Sun rises, 4.23 a.m.; sets, 7.40 p.m. Moon rises, 11-25 p.m.; sets, 11.54 a.m. High water, 10.30 a.m.; 10.51 y.au ARRIVED. December 21, 7.30 a.m.-r-Kaorl, S.S., 3412 fcns, Wiliiams, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. December 24, 12.20 a.m.—Storm, s.a., 403 tone, Cowan, from Wariganui. A. H. Turn bull'and Co., agents. December 25, 9.55 a.m.—Maraioa, a.*., 2aSB tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Sht-i Company, srrcnts. December 25, 11 a.m.—Monowai, s.s., 3433 tons, Norton, from Welling-tott. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. December 24, G. 30 p.m.—Cygnet, s.a., 14. ;.on3, Jlurrav. from Kaikoura. Stevenson, Stewart, and Co., agents. \ SAILED.

December 24, S p.m.—Maori, 8.5., 8412 tens, 'Williams, for.. .Wellington. Union Sienm Ship Company, agents. _ December 25, 7.15 p.m. —Mararoa., as., 3088 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Sompany, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Maori e.s.. from Wellington, this day. Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington, December 27. Pu.iki, s.s.,' from Dunedin, December 29. Breeze, e.s.. from Tiruaru, December 30. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, s.s.. for Wellington, this day. Monowai, s.s., for Napier, December 27. S crm s.s., for Wanganui, December 27. Mana,' s.s., for Wellington, December 27. Wootion, s.s.. for Wellington, December 27. Mararoa s.s., for Wellington, December 27. Orepuki. s.s.. for Grevmouth, December 27. Kamo, s.s., for New Plymouth, December 27. riahika s.s., for Westport, December 27. Ptttiki," s.s., for Wellington, December 29. liosamond, s.s., for Tiniaru, early. Oakland, s.s., for Apia, early. SHIPPING NOTES. The Kosoku iVLaru. from Japan, is due at Wellington early next month. The fol owin<* chant-os have taken place on the Waipori:~Mr S. Hewitt has relieved Mr J Apple'.on" as first officer; Mr Hesse Williamson is now second, vies Mr D. Cameron. Che wireless operator 1b Mr S. Brown, late of the Mararoa. . Jlr C. Dempster has joined tho h-aitoa as second mate. . Mr S. F. Chandler, chief engineer of tho John, has signed off' that vessel, and with Mr R. Cornish, has joined as second. Mr W. Stevenson is now in charge of tho Captain R. G. Foster, formerly master of tho Waimarino, has taken command of the Warrior, vice Captain Doorly. who is ashore tor orders. . , \ Tho Mokoia,, which recently arrived at Auckland from Dunedin, sailed on Friday for Vancouver, via the Islands. Owing to the inability of the Union Company to secure a lull stokehold crew for tho Pateena the entire crew (with the exception of the master and the chief engineer) has boon paid off. ; Tho Kaiapoi is duo in Lyttelton trom Melbourne via Blnfl and Dunedin,' early next mouth. ■ s Work on the waterfront at Lyttelton ceased at noon on Tuesday. Work will be resumed again on Friday morning. The Salvor arrived in the stream at Wellington on Tuesday morning. It will bo remembered that an outbreak of influenza occurred on the vessel, and as a result she '■ was quarantined for some time at Papeete, j In view of this it was thought possible that j 'hii Salvor misrhi be quarantined on her ar- ! rival, uwt tho Port Health Officer cleared tho vessel, and she was allowed to berth and j proceed with her unloading. | On tho arrival of the Maori at LyJHelfpftt ; on Tuesday morning, -eight out of the fifteen j firemen which the vossol carried, and three | trimmers, aigned off, and there was con- | siderable doubt, whether ihe vessel would be j able to sail last evening. Tho vacancies, however, were in due course filled. It was explained by one of the firemen who has been | engaged on the vessel for 6ome time, and i who seemed rather . indignant about the I statement that is circulating that firemen are refusing to ehn on for, less than a £l, I cer daw that on board the Maori on Tues- | day there was only one regular fireman who was being paid at the rate of a £1 a day, tho rest of the men receiving that nay being' what are known a? " runners," or men who have been firemen, but who hare been workins' ashore for some time past. He expressed the opinion that thero was a real shortage of firemen, duo to the fact that many rnon at (he commencement of fho war turned on vessels in order to evade military s»rvice, and now that- the war was over they had come ashore. In addition, a fair number of firemen had died as the result of the epidemic, whilst others had . not sufficiently recovered to go to sea. Others ha-d saved sufficient and were spending the Christmas ashore. " Runners "in the meantime were making the i»ost of tho conditions provailIt is hoped to dispatch tho Storm tomorrow for Wanganui direct. j

The Canopus is expected to come. out. ol dock on Tuesday but it will be more than a foitniglit- before the vessel will make her departure for Westport. The followina vessels were in port, yesterday :■—Kent, Orator, Rosamond, 'Xowhm, Kamo, Kfthiha, Cygnot, Martusw,

Orepttkf. Storm, and the Duqnesne (saflniir Ehi«\ Carolyn Frances (schooner), and Liiy (schooner.) The Wootton will eail for Wellington tomorrow, returning here on Sunday. She will be placed on the slip before she returns to Wellington, to receive her annual overhauliti" and survey. The Kahika, which arrived here on Friday from Westport, ia expected to sail to-mor-row for that port to load for Ljttelton and Timaru. The American barque John Ena ie sxpected to leavo Dunodin to-monow or Saturday for Sydney, where she will load for San Francisco. The Breeze ia expected to leave Dunodin for Timaru and Lyttelton to-morrow. From hero the vessel will proceed to Picton thenco Wancranui. Captain B. Irwin, late of the Patsena, is at present, in chars* of tho Mararoa Ha took command of the vessel on Tuesday at Wellinetoii. vice Captain Cameron, who it is rumoured, will taka command ot tho Maori. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. (December 25.) Sailed.—Weliinjrton! Maori (4.35 pm.) for Lyttelton,

Now moon . First quarter Jull moon . i . 11 . IS 3 i 6 49 *.m. 1 p.m. 18 a.m.

0 a.m. Moon 6 p.m. Barometer * 29.68 29.93 29.74 Thermomster ot> 68 5< Wind, is.E.