SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 7

SHIPPING.

High Water. Auckland-To-day: 4.45 a.m.; ■a- &.I3 p.m. To-morrow: 5.40 a.m.; 6.5 p.m. High Water, Manukau Heads—To-day: 6.44 a.m.; 7.13 p.m. To-morrow: 7.39 a.m.; 8.4 p.m. Sun—To-day: Rises, 6.44 a.m.; sets, 5.9 p.m. 10-morrow; Rises, 6.43 a.m.; sets. 6.10 p.m. Moon—Full, August 12, 5.10 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Rainfall in City for 24 hours ended midnight. Aug. 8 (Heiulo gauge) .Win. Official report issued at i p.m. yesterday :— r»«_ \i ■ Wind. Bar. Ther. Weather. Cape Maria.. 8., fresh 30.09 56 Cloudy fcat'wi 1 ii S.JJS.. light 30.05 59 Fin* JUanukau H. S., i ro 30.05 50 Fair • Auckland .. 8.. light 80.11 53 tine ilauranaa .. \V., u«ht 30.01 53 Fair jOiaoorno... W.S.W.. It. 30.02 48 Showery li' - , '""•• 8.. iresh 30.08 46 Overcast Wellington. 8., breeze 30.18 48 Showery V,; S.E., light 30.12 49 Fair Wangamu.. S., breeze 30.16 52 J air C. fcouiwind S.W., r . 30.11 49 Fine Ureymouth.. S.. light 30.19 51 Pino Swpnen I. 8.E., fr. 30.21 44 Fine C. Campbell 8.. fresh 80.20 48 Fine d* ??? t' 1 --- N - light 30 - 40 Hazy Ft. Chalmers N.E.. light 30.13 49 Fair Bluff.. .. X., light 30.07 43 Fine The barometer has risen in the north and strong but decreasing southerly winds hay© prevailed. Showery conditions have con-ticu-d a.ong the East Coa-st of the North Island, but e-sewhere fair weather has ruled. 1 resent indicat are for southerly breezes, changing ehorly to freshening wcn.«rlies southward of New Plymouth and l.ast.epo nt. Conditions will improve eoon aiong the east coast of the North Island and fair weather should prevail generally, lor i a brief period, but with increasing haze! and cloudiness atH an unfavourable change j tollowmg particular - in tb<- West Coast ! districts. The barometer •Mil fail goon in the eoultj. PORT OF AUCKLAND. ARRIVALS. WESTERN COMET (12.25 p.m.*, 5730 tens, So m ' m L y ttelton ßussell an<}| APANUI (6 p.m.), 243 tons, Tcixeir*. from Awamu.—Northern Co. V ULJMAROA (8.40 a.m.), 5777 ton*. Wylie. from Albany.—Hnddart-Parker Co. WAR SOLDIER (1 p.m.), 7521 tone. Barand" from Safaea Bay > Egypt.—W. 8. Laurie ARC! UO» DEPARTURES. AWAHOU (1.30 p.m.). (or East Coast Hays. MANAIA (10.10 p.m.), for Whangorei. In saloon: Misses Maxwell, Carter Ui. rhi lip« • orris, McKinstry. Walkor, Cleary, Dixon, vercoe, Bartiey, Donaldson. Mesdames FinUy.son. Ramstead, Brown. Holgate. Roily. Keid. A Carter, Young, McDonald. Craig. Huff, Armstrong. Palmer, Murray. Dunnold. Cotterell, Donaldson. J&wsrs. Thorne (2), Atkinson, Swears, Ryan, Bach. ChiThom. ' Adlington,, Postleweighfc, Rawnsley. Bullock, i Walker, Holgate. Walker, Finlayson (3). S? L !?'• Ward, Carter. Kelly. Goodall. Mitchell, Bmead, Butcher, Sigley, Bindon. Ceary, Guest. Bnttorworth, McKay, McJKenzie Cartor, Walker, Botchman, Morecroft I aimer. White. Hayward. Webster. Schon. Dent, Walker (2), Dunnold. Shir i e. Coward (2). Deacon Bartlctt, Jack, Moris. Ruff '2), O'Flab'rsrty (3). MrCa;.um Cou.lhard. Nissett, Williams, Baird. Donaldson, Weir. ULTMAROA (5.45 p.m.), for Wellington. TANIWHA (7.50 p.m.), for Nelherton. " VESSELS DUE TODAY Manaia, from Wbacgarei, 6.30 p.m. Ngapuhi, from Tnuranga, 7 a.m. Ngatiawa, from Russell, 10 a.m. Waiotahi. from Opotiki. noon. Waiinanc, from Faeroa, 13.J0 a.m. Kanicri, from Whangarei, 1 a.m. Tasman, from Whskatane. 11 a.m. Daphne, from Coromsndel, coon. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Katoa, for Wellington, noon. Te Anau, for Oamaru, noon.

VESSELS DUE TO-MORROW. Ko'romiko. from Timaru, Opawa, from Sydney. Otira. from Port Kembla. Aranura, from East Coast, VESSELS SAILING TO-MORROW. Mania, for Wbangarei, 6 a.m. Fort Napier, tor uisoorne. Pateena, tor Welling an. tram O&eb,UZUTa» 9 a.m.. VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND. INTEHCOLONIM. »«!» CUA3TAL. Cslhkit. sch.. ,'roin Newcastle, called July 19 Jiii.a. Oiut.. truui a>unuy, saiteo. July 28. E. R. Storing, sen., trom iSewcastio, salted Juiy 25. Kaituna. lrom Newcastle. Otira, from Newcastle, August 10. Koromiio. from Lyttelton. August 10. [Southern Cross, from Islands, August 11. Kaiapoi. from Wesiport. August ii. Waitomo. from Timaru, August 15. Niaya.a. from Sydney, August 2&. Paioona. from Suva, to sail. Jlakura, from Sydney, to sail. Huia. schooner, from Melbourne, sailed August 5. Northern Chief, sen., from KewcastU. to , sail. Hasel Repton, schooner, from Wellington, OVBHBEA3 Opawa, from London. August 10. Mamari. from London, August 13, buniersot. trom t.niiiai)d. Ausust 15. Port l>yiteiton. twin Plymouth, Anfuit 15. Wairuna. from San Francisco. August 22, Karajnea, from London, August 25. Masula, from New York. August 25. I'ort Melbourne*, from London. August SO. Wa para, from Montreal, August. Kumara, from Canada. August. Waitemala, from Calcutta, to salL Lorain, fiom New York, to sail. Fort Elliott, from N*w York, to satt. Bellfort, from Now York. September 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES FROM AUCKLAND. Katoa. for Wellington, August 9. 'Ie Anau. for Uamaru. August 9. Arahura, for East Coast, August 11. Western Comet, for New York. August 11. Hora, lor eastern Pacific. August 12. Taiuno. lor ls>ands, August 13. Makiu-a. for V aacouver, indefinite. Niagara, for Vancouver, indenait*. VESSELS IN POUT. Raupo, North Wall. Waipori, in dock. Iris, cttoie steamer, in strewn. Port Naoier, Queen's Wharf. Mihia, n.iug"a »> harf. Rira. kotch. King's Wharf. \»aoel, s;:tioocor, Hobson Wharf, Katoa, Queen's Wharf. Buapehu. ja.ins's Vviiurf. To Anau. Hobson Wharf. l'arawera. King's Wharf. Taiune, Queen's Wharf. Flora. King's Wharf. Western Comet. Central Wharf. Matatua, Queen's Wharf. War Soldier, in stream. TL. Union Company's collier Kaiapoi is expectel to leave eat port to-night with a cartfo of coal ior Auckland. She is due hero on Wednesday, The Union Company's new cargo steamer Wairuna, which is due from San Francisco about August 20, is to discharge all her New iieaiand cargo at Auckland, and tnen go to Melbourne: The Waitomo, which is loading produce at Soutnern porta, left Oamam at 10 p.m. on Thursday, for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Auckland. She is due here about next Wednesday. 'lhe Katoa, which is loading at the Queen's Wharf, is to sail this afternoon for Wellington and Wostport. The Te Anau is to sail this aiterifooa for Gisborne, Lyttelton, Oamaru and Timaru. She will load at the three latter porta for Napier and Ginborne. A three-ciasicd schooner was reported off Cape Maria Van Dieman on Wednesday. It is thought to be the Australian schooner Valmarie, en route from Adelaide to Auckland. She is 22 days out to-day, and should arrive during tho week-end. The Scales ketch Rira was shifted to the Hobson Wharf yesterday to complete loading cargo for Niue Island. She Is expected to sail about Wednesday, and is to load copra back for Auckland.

I Tho Union Company's cargo steamer i Koromilto left Timaru for Auckland at 6 ! p.m. on Wednesday. She is due here to- | morrow morning, and will berth at tho ; King's Wharf to discharge her cargo of produce. A wireless message received from the Shaw, Sarin and Albion Company's steamer Otira state that she expects to arrive from Port Kembla to-morrow morning. She will undergo tho usual quarantine detention in the stream before berthing to discharge her ooal cargo. The liuckenbach steamer Western Comet arrived from Lyttelton shortly after midday yesterday and berthed at the Central Wharf to complete loading for Boston and New Ttork. She is expected to sail for those ports on Tuesday. The Talune will be shifted from the Eios's Wharf to the Hobson Wharf at mid-day today. Her departure for tho Islands has been fixed for lb a.m. on W^flneaday. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Opawa is due from London, via Australian porta to-morrow. She has about 1400 tons of her original cargo to discharge here, and she will then go to Wellington to complete. On arrival to-morrow she will anchor in the stream for the usual 24 hours' quarantine detention. & The departure of the Union Company's steamer Tahiti from Wellington for Vancouver has been postponed until 5 p.m. on Monday. T"he Flora, which arrived from the Eastern Pacific on Thursday evening, berthed at the King's Wharf yesterday morning. Her cargo

consists of about 000 cases of fruit and ' !& 75 i?» °» apodrier ;SJm> is to 30 into : dock op Monday for cleaning and painting. * Rd T A 9 , <l «»«<J to sail for the Islands at noon on Wednesday, THE WAR SOLDIER. \ aV™ W . Soldier arrived from ' Safaja Bay. Egypt. veslerday afternoon and anchored .11 the stream. She will probably i berth to-day at the Queen's Wharf to disI charge- about 2500 tons of her cargo of basic aIRB. and will, afterwards go to Wellington with tha remainder. THE NIAGARA AND MAKURA. ~ Owing to the seamen's strike in Australia, the Union Company advises that no definite dates are fixed for the departure of the Royal Mail steamers Makura and Niagara from Auckland for Vancouver. THE PATEENA. The Paleena was expected to leave Well in »- ton at midnight for Onehunga, and is due at. the latter port about 7 a.m. to-morrow. She is timed to leave Onehunga for Wellington at 0 a.m. to-morrow, and the Union Company notifies that she is to aail sharp on time on account of the tide. MOANA TO SAIL OX MONDAY. The departure of the Eoyal Mail steamer Moana from Wellington for San Francisco has been postponed until 6 p.m. on Monday. KAITUNA LEAVES NEWCASTLE. The Kaitona, which had been hell up at Newcastle owing to a shortage in nor crew, Bailed for Auckland at 2 p.m. on Thursday. fane is due here about Wednesday. E. R. STERLING REPORTED. The six-masted barquentine E. R. Sterling, en route from Newcastle to Auckland, was off Capo Maria at 10 p.m. on Thursday, according to a wireless message received from her. She is bringing a cargo of over 4000 tons o( coal for the New Zealand Government, and will probably reach port during tho week-end, THE LORAIN. .A cable message received yesterday stated that the 0 S. Rnd A. steamer Lorain left. New York on August 5. She is br aging general cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane. Sydney, and Melbourne. Messrs. Hi- Porter and Co. are the agent*. ARAHURA DDE TO-MORROW. The Arahura has been further delayed on the East Coast, and will not leave Gisborne until this evening. Consequently she will not arrive here until to-moirow evening. She will berth at the King's Wharf, and is timed to sail from Auckland for Giaborne and Napier at i p.m. on Monday. THE ULIMAROA. The Euddart- Parker steamer Ulircaiosarrived from Egypt, via Albany, yesterday morning, and anchored in the stream. She brought over 1000 returned soldiers, of whom about 800 were landed at Auckland. While i in the stream sho bunkered and toot? in » a.or and store.*- She sailed for We.lington in the eve-mils with the balance of liar draft and the Southern men who returned by the Matatua. THE MATATUA .The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Matatua, which arrived from England on Thursday ni„ht, berthed at the Queen's VVharf yesterday morning to land her draft of re.urned so.diers and cargo Eag.and, She left London on June 517, and maae a ane-weather run to Now Zealand, via Panama, Captain W. Greene is in command, and naa with him the following officers:— S. Abbotts; second, E. Davies; third, W. OUiver i chief engineer. S. Geach; Bdcond, D. F. McDou«o:i; third, J. Drury; fourth, A. G. Wilson, fifth, S. Dankworth; sixth A- Cromiey; seventh. J. B, Coates; chief steward, p. Mihor; wireless. A. Jackson and J. Quigley. The Matatua has been an unfortunate vessel, and has met with at least three serious accidents. In March. 1916, st St, Johns. Newfoundland, an explosion occurred in the cargo of carbide, and the vessel had to be gun* to .extinguish the resultant tire. Ihe captain was killed. She was raised and taken to Ha.ifaa to undergo temporary rePairs. , A cargo of lumber was then loaded, and the steamer left for Quebec, but met with nor second misadventure on the way, as she ran ashore at Gape Race, Newfoundland. After the greater part of the cargo was jettisoned the Ma.atua was towed off and taken back to Haliiax for more temporarv repairs. Th© then captain had his ticket Biispendea for six months, and her present master, Captain Greene, was given &m- I mand. In his charge tho vessel succeeded in I reaching London on February 8, 19X7, a arls 1 a year a.ter the first mishap at St. John! rL or *? I f ' ,nhe Period of almost 12 months the Matatua was in the shipyards at London undergoing thorough repairs, the cost of which was over £150,000. Tho troubles of the »A J*""!' were cot at an end. Sho ' was fitted up to carry troops. A fire broke : SLu? V ard J he da ? before she was to embark Australians, and the steamer had to to sank u the dock. In January. 1918, the Mataltia having been reheated and again repaired, left for Austra'ia, and then came o **?. % 1918, with the left wing of the forty-third mbriaß«'.n«n-*, th- last rein oreenwmt that loft KW Zealand. Three days be.ore she jrahed Sier-a she received a wireless ' message that tho armistice had been signed. PORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. RARAWA (3.80 a.m.), 1072 tons. Bark, from .New Pljmouth. In saloon: Missea Simpson, Morrison. Turner. Knlley. Meaoaines yiokere, Baggett, Bennett, Bishop, JLylie. Melville. Kneebone. Matham. Messrs. Robinson, Godkin, Blythe, Lester, Brooks. Bagjptt, Williams. Vipkers, Sykes. Sinclair Gordon, Rncktort. Ryan, Bishop. Tyler Joyce, Campbell, Cousins, Schann, Johns. £ a "' 1?°& Pat & Clemow (3), Wilson. §?'».,> <, okham Kneebone. Johns, Ward. Bright. Sage. Chambsrloin, Pelper. Wheeler Captain Hammond, and Dean Holloy.— Northern Co. DEPARTURES. j RARAWA (3,30 p.m.), fox New Plymouth. < BY TELEGRAPH. WELLINGTON.— 8: Arrived—Pa■t»ena (1.15 a.m.), from Onehunga; Port P.ris (1.30 p.m.), from Napier. Saaed— Port Nicho-son (4.25 p.m.), for Melbourne; Maori ! (7.45 p.m.), for Lytteltcn. DUNEDIN.—Augusi 8: Kittawa (B.£>s p.m.), for Northern ports. LONDON.—August 5: Arr.ved— from Now Zealand. NEW YOKK.-August 5: Saiied-Lcrfiin, lot Auckland.