SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 18116, 5 June 1919, Page 6

SHIPPING.

‘ PORT OF LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON.

YESTERDAY’S "WEATHER. , 9 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m.

. TO-DAY’S ALMANAC.' 9tm. rises 7.29 a.m., sets 4.28 p.m. Moon' sires 11.46 a.m., sets 11.62 p.m. Higli water 9.47 a.m., 10.9 p.m. ARRIVED. June 4, 12.30 p.m.—Mararoa,, s.s., 2598 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SAILED. June 4, 6.56 p.m.—Mararoa, a.«t,, 0398 tone, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. June'4, 9.40 p.m.—Calm, s.s., 891 tons, Radford, for Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and agents. June 4, 10 p.m.—Cygnet, e.m., 121 tone, Murray, for Koikoura. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. . ■ . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waipori, 8.8., from Newcastle,, this day. ’ Putiki, s.s., from Timaru, this day. Breeze, s.s., from Timaru, this day. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, this day. Storm, s.s., from Wanganui, Juno 7. '■ PROJECTED DEPARTURES. .Maori, s.a., for Wellington, this day. I Orepuki, s.s., for frreymouth, this day. » Pohcrua,' s;s., for Wellington, this day. Breeze, s.s., for Picton, this day. Arawa, s.s/, for Port Chalmers, June 6. Waimurjno, s.s., for .Auckland, June 6. Arawa, s.s.; for Port Chalmers, Juno 8. SHIPPING NOTES. The Waipori, from Newcastle, is expected here this morning. The Wnimarino will bo removed from her berth at iNo. 6 wharf to No. 4 wharf, in ordor to allow the Devon, which has been anchored in tho.etAam since Monday, to be berthed. The Kini wa3 not worked yesterday morning, owing ..to a shortage of labour, and will coiißeqirently. not leave for Greymouth until Saturday, whero she will load for Lyttelton. The 1 Kamo sailed last night for Groytnouth,-; where she will again load another cargo,of-coal for Lyttelton. , The Kaitangata - left Lyttelton last evening for Westport, where she will load for Lyttelton. The Poherua will he dispatched this evening for Wellington and New Plymouth. The Niagara ill all probability will not proceed to -Sydney from Auckland, owing to the shipping trouble, but will remain at the northern port until June 10, on which day she will sail for Vancouver. . The Moeraki was expected to leave Auckland yesterday, taking with her the Niagara’s passengers for Sydney. The Invercargill, which arrived in Lyttelton from Wellington on Tuesday night, was unable to complete her loading last evening. It is, however, hoped to dispatch her for Wellington about noon to-day. 1 The Waliatu completed the discharging of her cargo last evening, and will be placed on the “slip this morning for her annual overhauling and survey. A meeting of coastal boat engineers web held in the Marine Engineors’ Institute rooms, Wellington, on Monday, to discuss proposals by tho shipowners for an increase cf wages. Another meeting will probably bo held shortly. As the result of the meeting Mr T. R. Wallace, secretary of the institute, is at present in the. south, conferring with the head officials of tho Union Company and other shipowners, with regard to proposed new agreements with the engineers. • Mr Wallace expects to bo back in Wellington by tho end- of this week. 'The Moana, from Wellington, is timed to leave Tor -San Francisco to-morrow. The Middleham Castle, from Wellington to London, via Panama, is to leave to-morrow. The departure of the s.s. Remuora has been postponed from June 14 to Juno 13, and that of tho Rimutaka from June 21 to .Tune 25. Both vessels will take their final dennrturo from Wellington. . The Rosamond wan timed to leave Is apier vesterda-y for Wellington and Lyttelton. irom this port she will proceed to Dunodm iana The Mokoia is expected hero cm SaturX Koromiko is to load at Timaru and Lyttelton for Auckland, . ' Great changes are taking. place tn transatlantic travel. New construction to replace the liners sunk 'by tho U-boats i 3 taking tho form of a standard vessel of about 20,0001 tons, with a combination of passenger and cargo-carrying oapacity. No new leviathans of the typo of tho torpedoed White Star liner Britannic, of 48,000 tons gross register, and Iho Canard liner Lusitania, 32,000 tons, class arc being built to replace the lost tonnage. The White' Star had under construction tlia Homeric. S 0.001) tons, when wpr broke out.

] but apart from this single tho building of great litiera is not *ntende(h ! ' Tlia Devon has 2509 packages of tea _ for discharge hors, and svifl load 79,000 freight carcases of mutton, 3000 bales of wool, 4000 era tea of cheese, 000 oa&ks of tallow, and numerous sundries. She will remain hero about a week. The Marine Department advises that a cable buoy is moored in latitude 39 deg. 20 min. south, longitude 171 deg. 50 min. cast. Several other buoys will be used in the vicinity until tho work in hand is finished. EXCITING RACE. A San Francisco paper of imknown date says:—The British barque Antiope (Captain Campbell), which arrived yesterday afternoon from Auckland, raced the last 200 miles ol the journey with' the Japanese steamer Shinyo Mam, beating the steam freighter into tho harbour yesterday afternoon by twenty minutes. The -Antiope took advantage of the stiff south-oast breeze off the Heads, and oa,mo into tho harbour under her own sail. A NEW CUNARDER. ■ Tho Cunard Lino has- ordered a passenger liner for the Atlantic trade from Messrs Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., of which tho following particulars are published by tho builders. The boat has been numbered 1195, and is designod for first, second and third-class accommodation. The particulars of construction are.: —Length (b.p.), 609 ft; breadth (m.), 73ft 6in; depth (m.), 45ft; with a displacement of about 12,500 tons. The engines will be geared turbines, with s.h.p. of about 12,500. i | . BIG SAILERS AT SYDNEY. ! With' tho arrival of tho six-masted barquentino E. R. Sterling and tho four-masted barque Almendral at Sydney some days ago, no more big sailing vessels are expected at Sydney for some considerable time, and judging by tho present state of affairs andl tho great number of now steamers now coming to Australia, it is very probable that never again will there bo so many large sailing vessels coming to Sydney 03 were here ! last year. During last year no less than fif- | teen large four-masted barques arrived at ! Sydney, including some of the finest sailers afloat (says Sydney " Shipping List ”). _ Tho world's greatest four-master (tho Daylight), 3655 tons register, was amongst tho number at Sydney; then the Bellahds, 2958 tons; Souverain, 2915 tons; Olivebank, 2647 tons; Steinsund, 2476 tons; Sydnoes, 2201 tons; and Archibald Russell, 2181 tons. In the threemasted, vessels, some of tho biggest fullrigged ships were also in Sydney, including? the Bragdo of 2689 tons register, now the largest sailor of her class; tho Claverdon, 2334 tons; Dunsyre, 2056 tons; Wisoombe Park, 2075 tons; and other*. Amongst tho many three-masted barques at Sydnoy last year were the Pierre -Antoine. 2030 tons; Brcagne, 1956 tons; Star of Holland, 1037 tone; and several over 1600 tons register. Then, aguin, nearly all the big five-masted schooners that have been buih on the Pacific coast were in port at Sydney last year, namely, the Wengoland, 1942tons;* Kownitos, -1042 tons; Falketind, 1913 tons; Thistle, 1452 tons; George E, Billings, 1105 tons; 11. K. Hall, 1105 tons; and Inca, SOI tons. ' TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. (June 4.) Arrived.—Port Ahuriri; Tarawera (11 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Auckland: City of Dun- , kirk (1.15 p.m.), from New York. Wanganui; Tainui (11.30 a.m.), from Lyttelton,; Storm (1.25 p.m.), from Lyttelton. YVelling- ' ton: Rona (1.30 p.m.), from Newcastle. Sailed.—Auckland: , Wanak-a (12.35 p.m.), for Newcastle. Tima'ru: Breeze (4.25 p.m.), for Lyttelton. Wellington: Maori (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. • AUCKLAND. June 4 Arrived—Western Comet (2.10 a.m.), and City of Dunkirk (1.16 a.m.), from New York. Sailed—Wanaka (1 p.m.), for Newoasrtlo; Hinemoa (noon), for Cuviei Island; Koggevooti (4.30 pm.), for Sydney. WELLINGTON, Juno 4. Sailed-Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton-. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. SYDNEY, June A Arrived—Joan Craig, from Hokiangh. Sailed—Sonoma, for San Francisoo. ENGLISH “SHIPPING. LONDON, Miay 23, Departures.—For Sydney: Kent. For Brisbane: Nestor. For Wellington: Albeit Meyer. . ■ ■

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