SHIPPING NEWS

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13927, 9 July 1917, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

————♦—-» ■*-» man water at oamahu. To % 6.12 tun. - f1.35 p.m. To-morrow;.... 7.1 u,m. - 7.25 p.m. SUNRISE AND SUNSE'f, '"'' • \ Rise. Set. TNay:. >; ;.'..;,7.!)0,a, m :_ W71uni To-morrow .... 7.35 a.m. - 4.48 p.m. PHASES OP THE MOOK, Last Quarter-July nth', 11.42 pra Now Moou-Jnly 19th, 2.30 p.m First Quarter-July 27th, 6.10 p.m. Full Moon-August 3rd, 4.41 p ; m. NOTES.. 1 The Kakapo left Wesfport on Friday "ifihr, and was expected early this n«n»»g to discharge 400 lons of coal. The Corinna is due at Oainaru next Saturday to load for Nelson and New Plymouth.

The Calm has been bar bound at Westport, and is not expected till the 17th instant.

The John i s expected from Bluff on Wednesday |„ load cargo for Weiu ton and Wangnnui.

The Te Amu, is due to leave Auckland on the 14th instant, and after calling at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Tiinnm should reach here on 21sf instant to load produce for Auckland, Napier, and Gisborae. (%e again wharf labourers have enforced a claim contained in ihcir rej cclltl )' Prepared log, which was rejectI ed by the Commonwealth Shipowners' Federation, . On the morning of June H ?ays the Melbourne Argus, a gang of wharf labourers was secured for the loading of an overseas vessel, but before commencing operations the, men stipulated that for'the handling of double bales of wool they were "to be paid at the rate of 2s per hour. This was the rate demanded in the new log for the handling of this class of cargo" which was included in the category 0 f special cargoes though it is not so described in the award under which wharf labourers are working at present. In order to ensure a eonimeneenien.-, of loading operations the company concerned paid the rate d'omandod' under protect. Some time ago a similar course was taken by wharf labourers in respect to double bales of wool which were to be placed aboard an oversea vessel at Port Melbourne. The Registrar| of tllp British Admirtflfy received, be.ween August -I, 1(114 «>"' March 31, 1(11(1, tu e s „ m '

!.'G,543,(!22 in connection with vessels, freights, and cargoes condemned, defined, or released by the Prize Court. The main item is JCo.OSS.ICI, which represents the "proceeds of sale of cargo ■"id freight and costs of detention recovered," in regard to vessels, freights and cargoes not condemned (pending adjudicaiion and release). The pro". ceeds of sales respecting •vessels continued or detained were as follow: t'csel?, £33,717; ships' stores, £-1050; eargoes, £1,346,142. Freights collected amounted to £04,036. Jncluding sums ascertained as due to claimants,'but not yet paid out, the balance i" i he hands of the Assistant Pay-master-General for Supreme Court business is £4,845,937.