SHIPPING NEWS

North Otago Times, Issue 13236, 6 March 1915, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

" " ,/ '■! Mnich 5--Pukf|ki, 1444 tons, Carey, from Wostpoit/vin Timnru. ' * NOTES. The Flora is dim on Monday, fiom Dunedin, to load for Wellington, Nolson, mid West Const poits. \ Tin 1 J'nknki ni lived Tiinftrn Inst eve-mug, v\ith 1(10 tons of conl fiom Westport. S> proceeds to Dunedin tins morning. The Kauri v\ns to nirivo ht Tiinnrn dlieet from Nowcnstle Inst' night, nHd,, disclinijjo coal, and is dnof rtt' this poit on Wednosdny next to discharge 300 tons of conl. A Clnisteliiiicli wire states tlmt local advices theic state thnt the Clan Mai" gnidt'hns nnived nt London, nndtlmt the Somciset left ffpnpiiffo on Tnosday for London. Accoidmg to cable ndvlco lecoived iu Wellington, the 0. ami 1). Unci llawkes Bay hns ninvpd nt Mplbotnno fiom London. Tin louto for Wellington, the vessel will make culls at "Sydney, Auckland, mid Napiei, Sho' is due on Mjirch 25. Advice was received in Sydney ie eciitly that the Shaw, Snvlll, and Albion Company's linci Pnkoln, en louto fiom Liveipnol to Auslialin; had been in collision with on<\ of the Clan lin crs nt Cape Town, The message gave no details of (he damage if any, Tt »as lepoitcd a few days ago that the Orient liner Oraman, operating as an armed merchantman, sank a tier-' man armed liner, the Hnmbnrg-Amfir-ika. Navarro, Both ia,size .and spied the advantage of such a fight would lie with'the,Orama, .a-fast ,liner of 12.027. Inns, tho tonnoge of the Ger- ' man ship being only 5794. Pew people realise how ,mnny merchant, vessels have been commissioned since August, The December "Navy List" enumerates no fewer than 0.1, of all sites and speeds, from the fast L'2-knot ships of moderate tonnage to the 20,000-ton liners, These commerce 'route pah rols are distinct from the regular iner-. caiililc auxiliaries, of which the Ad-, mirnlty. took over 35 under tfyj sub-, sidy contracts at the outbreak if war, They are fit I ed\ with guns for offence and defence, and are well suited for the'particular, duties assigned to them, The Carmnnia,for instance, showed that she could' fight as well as steam fast, and although they would lie at a manifest disadvantage if they • were to meet hostile, cruisers, they could account for submarines and for hostile armed liners, ;. A cablegram from London states fhar the German steamer Btolyzenbela (now named CM), Una* arrived from'

MlUHii/, ' e . < v !ltoli'Minbflls 'broivjhU, y ') cnri,u'.t6 Wellington utility :J oUie£f New Zealand <poit«. ' - ■•»" >• '-}■ •{'» o „ Tho ■ Anion 1 ' Steam, Bhip A %feaiiy% 7( f ' -\ cofiler'WalhoiMfrlvedliit on March hi, *froni >Newcaiitlo - Npw. Zealand port?. Tho'Vessel is siib-V scquently -to'»p;ocoed f to . Calcutta ,»to *j - load;for Now Zealand, „ '■>> N \ > sTlio Shaw, Savill, and Albion XW/' i pnny's liner, Knmarn ia due nt Sydney", from Livorpool, and, after" discharging < her .cargo nt the Now South Wales i',. poit,'she will como to_»New Zealand ' toJoad for London.' Aucklnnd, WeH-»-ington, LyttcltOn and Dunedin are ck - pected to-be included in tlipilineimy ' » SHIPPING TELEGKAMS, . ' TIMABU, llaich 5. v Sniled, 1U.15 p.m Pukuki, lor Oamnrn. PORT CHALMERS, Match 3. Arrived, fi.fiO n,m,—Jlespeins, fidm (Per Gsliifl,—Prou AsaoclAtton, —Copyright) ' ' MELBOURNE, Mairti 6. Arrivod—Kftipaia. ' * LONDON, March I, . Departures—Opan a and Tmaluna, foi Wellington. SYDNEY, Mm eh 5. Sailed.—Ulimaroa, foi New Zealand. HIGH WATER AT OAMABU. Match am. pm. 6 558 Gl7 7 ..' ' 6,35 \ 7.00 • PHASES OF THE MOON,. ":>" Full moon, March Ist, 6.3 a,m. Last Quarter, Marth Bth, 11,58 p,m,', New Moon, March ,16th,,7.12 a.m. ' , ■■:.' , First Quarter, March 24th, 10.18 a.m. ':, v .' . Full Moon, March 31st, 5.8 p,m,