SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18573, 27 November 1920, Page 10

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON.

TO-DAY’S ALMANAC. Sun rises 4.20 a.m., sets 7.16 p.m. Moon rises 8.24 p.m., seta 5.11 a.m. Hig-h water 4.35 a.m.. 5.6 p.m. YESTERDAY’S WEATHER. 9 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer . 29.60 29.84 29.92 Thermometer .73 76 72 ARRIVED. November 26. Js>ls a.m.—Maori, _ s.s., 8412 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. November £6, 8.15 a.m.—Te Anau, s.s., 1622 tons, Platts, from Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. November 26, 12.45 p.m.—Wanaka, s.s., 2422 tons, Flynn, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SAILED. November 26, 6.80 a.m. —Storm, s.s., 405 tons, Robertson, for Wanganui. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. November 26, 4.10 p.m.—Thuraka, s.s., 269 tons, for Wellington. A. Rhind and Co., agents. November 28, 8 20 p.m.—Maori, s.s., 8412 tons, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wahine s.s., from Wellington this day. Karu,'s.s., from Wanganui, this day. Somerset, s.s., from New York, this day.Gambada, s.s., from New York, this d&y. Calm, s.s., from Dunedin, November 28. Flora, s.s., from Wellington, November 28. Wootton, s.a., from Wellington, November 28. Baden Powell, s.s., from Wellington, November 28. Stella, s.s., from Dnnedin, November 29. Palotma, s.s., from Dunedin, November 80. Gambada, s.s., from New York, early. Koromiko, s.s., from Newcastle, early, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wahine, 8.8., for Wellington, this day. Kanina, a-s. ( for Westport, this day. Te Anau | s.s., ior Wellington, this day. Stella ( 8.8., for Wellington, November 28. Canopus, s.b., for Westport, November 29. Cairn, s.s., for Wellington, November 29. Wootton, s.s,, for Wellington, November 29. Flora, s.s., for New Plymouth, November &9. SHIPPING NOTES. The Wanaka arrived yesterday at midday with a load of 1000 tons ior discharge here. She will leave for Dunedin on Monday. The steamer Te Anau is timed to sail this afternoon for Gisborne and Napier, via Wellington. The Kamo should arrive in port to-morrow from Greymouth with a load of coal and timber. The Karori was expected to leave Auckland yesterday for Suva to load sugar. The Flora will leave Wellington to-day or on Monday for Lyttelton with a load of transhipments, ex-Manuka. On Tuesday the vessel is expected to sail for New Plymouth, thence to Nelson. The Karu is due to-day from Wellington. She should be ready to sail for Wanganui on Tuesday. The Calm should arrive in Lyttelton tomorrow from Timaru to load for Wellington. Both the Gambada and Somerset ere due this morning from New York. The Stella is expected from Dunedin tomorrow to pick up & load of produce for Greymouth. The lonic, on completing the discharge of her consignment of general English merchandise, will take in butter cheese and grain. The vessol is expected to' sail towards the latter part of next week for Port Chalmers. The R.M.S. Tahiti has been delayed at Auckland, and she will not now sail for Vancouver, via Pacific porta until 8 p.m. on Monday. The Orepuki is due on Sunday -with a load of timber from Greymouth. On discharging, ehe will prooeed to JNydia Bay to load timber for Lyttelton. The Ngatoro will take the Orepuki’s general cargo to Greymouth. Captain Sellar rejoined the Canopus at Lyttelton yestJrdav. The Canopus will not leave for Westport until Monday. Th e vessel was delayed on Thursday by the nor’-wester. She will take general cargo. The -American steamer Broxton whioh arrived at Port Chalmers- on Tuesday with 4275 tons of coal from Newcastle, for the railways, is said to be the largest wooden steamer afloat. ' WORK ON THE WATERFRONT. The congestion of shipping at Lyttelton has, so far as can be gathered, ended for at least two or three weeks. During the past week there have boon from 109 to 200 men wno could not find employment. Hie Ngahere and lonic arrived on Tuesday, the former with a load of coal and the latter with <6OO tons of general English merchandise for discharge. The Wootton and Wakatu,

two small coastal steamers, also arrived on the same day, but they absorbed but little labour. On Thursday the Storm arrived wita a day s cargo to handle, whilst on Thursday the only arrivals were the Canopus wit.li coal, and the Kahika, with coal and timber, from Greymouth, requiring coal workers only. The arrival yesterday of the steamers To Anau and Wanaka, the latter with 1000 ton 3 of cargo to discharge, relieved the situation a little. Vessels dispatched during the week were the Kent, Port Augusta, Baden Powell and Ngakuta. The Kent finished her loading of 80,000 carcases of mutton _on Tuesday and sailed for Wanganui. The Ngakuta completed her discharging of coal fromNewcastle on Wednesday, and the Shahristan 'sailed the same night, after loading a large consignment of produce for Auckland. The truck shortage was not felt so| seriously as in the previous week until yesterday, when th e Wanaka, which arrived at 12.45 p.m., made a start, but had to knock-off loading at 3 p.m. owing to the shortage. It is not yet known what quantity of cargo the Gambada and Somerset, which are due this morning from New York, are bringing, but it is anticipated that they will have from 1500 to 2000 tons each to discharge. The Japanese steamer Hakashika Maru has been steadily engaged in discharging her coal for the Government, but no overtime has been worked. It was considered that, as there was comparatively little shipping in port during the past week, the Railway Department would have secured plenty of empties; but as the Wanaka could not get any trucks yesterday, it does not appear that the situation in regard to truck shortage has im; proved. Early in the week it was reported that labour oonld not be obtained at Linwood to discharge the coal at the railway yard, and it was pointed out that hsd the Department applied to Lyttelton for labour it could have obtained all that was necessary. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, November 26Arrived—Tahiti (6.20 a.m.), from Sydney; Remuera (10.45 a.m.), from Wellington; Malta (2.60 p.m.), from east coast; Talune (7 p.m.}, from Eastern Pacific. WELLINGTON, November 26. Arrived—Wahine (7.45 a.m.}, from Lyttelton; Invercargill (8.20 0.m.), from Wanganui; Tainui (9.35 a.m.), from Picton; Wootton (9.45 p.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed—Shropshire (1.80 p.m.). for Avor.mouth; Huia (2.10 p.m.), for Wanganui; Leitrim (3.53 p.m.), for Boston; Mahia (i.T-) p.m.), for Timaru; Karu (6.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Wahine (7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton! To Sail (10 pjn.)—Moana, for Sydney. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. NEWCASTLE, November 26. Arrived—lnduna, from Greymouth. Sailed —Bona, for New Zealand. OVERSEA SHIPPING LONDON, November 25. Arrived—Port Alma. At Southampton— Ruapehu. EX-GERMAN STEAMERS. PURCHASED BY UNION COMPANY. (Received November 26, S p.m.) , LONDON, November 25. The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand has purchased the ox-German steameta Cleopatra, Irmgard and Hilde-Hugo Sticnes. (The tonnage of the vessels mentioned is a: follows: Cleopatra 1215, Irmgard 8816, HildeHugo Stinnes 1669.

PHASES OF THE NOVEMBER, d. MOON. h. m„ liUt quarter . 8 7 6 p.m. New moon . . 11 3 35 s.m. First quarter . 19 7 43 a.m. Full moon . . 28 1 12 p.m