PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17269, 19 September 1919, Page 5

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

, MANAIA (7 p m.). 1159 ton's. Norbury. from \\ liahßarci. In saloon: Misses Heresey, Bail Elliott. Campbell King; Mesdamea Car law and child. Reyburn, Doel. Heath, Smith, Cuthbcrtson and child, Draffin, j.wion. Vbond, Wood, Fyfe. Allen and oh iid Messrs. Reyburn, Tierney, Jack, BroroiieW. Bowie, Reed, Rouse, Kelly, UodskiDgon, Yefcrbury Keiu:, Fox, Hajrnes, Humphries, Lemon, Orcevich, Fraeer. Keay, Kesara, Harden. Harris. Kay, Ihistsaa, Howe, McOmerod, Bach. Johnston, Laud. Vipond, Brown, Peacock. Poole, Smith (25, Wood, Hay. Rillington (2), Rust. Colling, Hetherington. Guv. Welch. Finlay, Davey. White. Butcher, BoardmsJi, Pattulla. Partes, Watson. Blenheim. Dickens, Allan, Limb. Pearcy. Smith. K<ay, Griffin, Levich. Sutherland. McLeod: Dr. Ventry Smith; Masters Wilson. Ludbrook (3). Hotson. Jackson, and 10 steerage.— Co. WHANGAPE (8.80 p.m.), 2931 tons. Frew, from Papeete.— Union Co. DEPARTURES. E. R. STERLING, barquenUne, (7 a.m.), for Sydney. WAIMARIE 15.20 p.m.). for Paeroa. NGAFUHI (5.30 p.m.), for Tauranga. KANIERI (2.45 n r m.). for Whangarei. WAIPU (3.40 p.m.), for Manfjapsi. DAPHNE (0.20 a.m.). tor Great Barrier. AUSTRAPLAIN (8.35 !>.m). for Welling)ton. ( VESSELS DDE TO DA?. Waitomata. from Calctitta, 5 p.m. Ar»hura x from East Coast, at midnight. Waiotahi, from Whangaroa, 10 a.m. Taniwha, fiom Kopu, 10.30 p.m. Waimarie, frt>m Paeroa, 11 p.m. Apanui. from Awanui, 3 p.m. Kanieri, from Whangarei, 11 p.m. Waipu, from Mangapsi, midnight. Tasman, from Whakatene, 10 a.m. VESSELS SAILING TO-PAY. KCROW (4 p.m.), for Vancouver. Atua, for Sydney, 3 i».m. Australplain, for Wellington, S a.m. Manaia, tor Whangarei, 10 p.m. Daphne, for Coromandel, 9 a.m. t.ora, for Eastern Pacific, early. VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND. IXTE&COI.OXIAI. AN» COaSTaU. Whangape. Papeete, September. 19. Arahura, East Coast, September 19. Sakapo, . Lyttelton, September 22. Motiowai, jjystelton, September 25. Port Albany. Australia. September 20. Port Lyttclton. South, to load. September 20. Vi'anaka, Newcastle September 22. Talune, Islands, October 4. Wairuna. Melbourne. October 50. OVEItSEAS. Waitemata, Calcutta, September 19. Karamea, London, SepUmiaer 20. AVrshire. Liverpool. Bco.ember 26. Hororat*. London, September 26. j Corinthic, to load, September 26. Waipara. Montreal, September 29. ZeaJandic, South, October i. Prtrt Alma. Now York. October 7. Wangaratta, Canada, October 8. Kemuera. '..ondon. October 28. Karwhel. San Francwae, sailed August 27. Bellbuckie. New York, October. Luzon M.aru, Japan. Nover_bcr. j TRANSPORTS FOR SEW ZEALAND. I _ AttckTotal land . _ in Dia- I Transport. Due Per*. draft, trict. Ayrshire - - Sept. 19 Wel'eton 655 —- Hororata - - Sept. 19 Wel'grton — — Tainui - - - Sep'.. 22 Wel'gton 510 125 Corinthic - - Sept. 24 Wel'gton 103 Ad. Woermann Sept. 23 Wel'gtoD 665 195 Cordoba - - Sept. 28 Wel'gton 855 — lonic - - - - Oct. 26 Wel'gton — — Rernuera - - Oct. 28. Auckl'nd — —- The Corinthic has ffi£B wives and 78 childre.a aboard. / The Taisui has S3 women and 28 children. The Adclph AVoermann has 33 wives and ft children. INCOMING pTciFIC MAILS. Moaaa, dan Wellington, October 1. Niaarara. due Auckland. October 20. Toftia, duo Wellington, October 21. Makura, due Auckland, October 28.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES FROM AUCKLAND. Flora, for Eastern Pacific, September 19. Kurow, lor Vancouver. September 19. Australplain, for Wellington, September 19. Atua. (or Sydney, September 19. Arahuro. for East Coast. September 20. We3tralia. for East Coast. Bluff, aad Melbourne, about September 20. Port Lyttelton. for London, September 2*. Soutlf&rn Cross, for Islarida. September 26. Zealandic. for London, October 10. Mocowai, for South, September 27. Moeraki, for Sydney, October 1. CVrintbic, for South, October 2. « V/ainina. for America, October 3. Niagara, for Vancouver, November i.

VESSELS IN PORT. Tarawera, Hobson Street Wharf. Southern Cross, Queen's Wharf. lima. barouentine, Hobson Wharf. Northern Chief, schooner. King's Wharf. Kciti'.na. Hobson Wharf. Oman*, Centra) Wharf. Laura, battidentine. King's Wharf. Iris, at moorings. Kurow, Queen's Wharf. Atua, tit Chelsea. ml . City of King's Wharf. "Weatra'ia, Queen's Wharf. Flora, fn stream.

The Ngatiawa will be laid UP for her annual inspection next week. The Qpotiui run will be taken by the Waiotahi. The Tahiti wa,« due to leave Vancouver for Wellington on Wednesday, and should reach the Southern port about October 6. The Clansman will resume the Tauranga Tun to-morrow, and the Ngapnhi will then be 'aid up for a fortnight. The Rin-.u will take the Waiotahi's run to Olioura on September 29

The bfirqiie Daniel was reported yesterday t<» have passed Cape Brott at 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday, en route for Whangarei. The rtsiloa 'vac to have left Westport last night w:ih a part cargo of coal. She goes to Wellington to load general cargo, and Ihen comes on*W Auckland, being due here about Monday. The Xaruii is expected to leave Dunedin on September 25 with a full load of produce lor Auckland direct, and is 4 lie here about ■the end of the month. On discharge she iD to load for Tiniaru, Oarnaru and Dunedin. The Kittawa left Pieton at 7,50 p.m. on Wednesday (or Onehunga with a full load of i linn. She is due to-morrow. Alter dis- ' l)j.rr!<- «ho will go to Westport to load for Helton. Owing to the heavy bar at Onehunga no F'cmcr left for Hokianga yesterday. The I'la-ym re will make the run to-day, sailing Pt 1! a.m. The Rarawa will leave Onehunga at 3 p.m. to-1-Jny tor .New Plymouth. Tun Australian steamer Omana. loading timber .it th-> Central Wharf, it expected to ■■•■'.' 'or Sytney, via Whangaroa and Osua. I", uivrr x. IHICE3 OF NEW SHIPS. The [•< m;< rkablc fluctuation in the prices < ' -iii|>- ;l :nug the last 20 years, and peela v during the lour years of war, is set out in n chart published with a standard sli'p: imji journal. A new 7500-ton csxgo »t«iu«r, worth £ 19.000 in £1898, is 1. ki.li »3 the haeia. In 1000 the price had r. -n lj £61.000. but two yf-ars later it fell li i t'l.O'Hi, until after some slight variations .' >j' lire £'iG,Om) ii 1010. Then i sharp i -« nnuired. nnd hy the end of 1012 the "-'''! rovld not be bought for less than J.;>«.f<¥>. At the out break of war the price had ;-(jnin fallen to £42.(100, but then an un-lin-redeiited rise set. in. In two years the vain;- of the vessel bad risen to £1t17,000, an increaM of 4115,000. Then a slump occurred, and the ship, at the end of 1917. fetched £165.000. At the. end of the last year it was worth {'169.000, but in the next ("•« mi>nlhn pri<v>« advancer! until the aver- :<-.' e«:,r.r-te of i ,< i resent value of a new T.W-'-.n vessel ,- alxuit £190.000. With f.'.'.rtl to the future values, adds the

•■■ vi'l, ■.; i-" difficult to ;;ivj> any opinion. T'i»r' i«. howfr, the fart that it is practnsii'y imrtoaEibi* 1 for hinldora to secure an i.i d e ! rom British cargo boat owners for tlio construction of vessels at present \jl'"s owing to Government restrictions on imdinK. but Norwegian owners have placed i* Inrce number of orders for steamers betwren PCM) and 9fK)O tone deadweight at beI'Mcn £06 and £27 i>er ton. which shows what Norwegians think of the future.

;:• 1SCB"" WANGARBATA. '* : : if* 2£i.^ff* l l* oa October 8. She will be ff t > a {«* days by tbTwinPara! wso on the run from Panama.

HORORATA DUE WELLINGTON, tnJ h °P slli l> Hororata is due at Welling- ™ «* seven.o'clock to-night, and 'her men are to d? sen? bark to-morrow morning. She fa timed to awl for Auckland at the middle Mta™ *<?*•.,_ After «■*«"«• here she will leturn to Southern ports to unload.

THE PORT LYTTELTON. The Port Lyttelton is expected to leave Wellington to-day for Auckland, and should arrive late to-morrow night or early on Sunday. Shu will load here for London, and is expect* to sail about September 25.

THE El. R. STERLING SAILS. The barquentine E. R. Sterling sailed for bydnsy and Newcastle • yesterday morning. After discharging her load of timber she is to load coal for Auckland.

WESTRALIA LOADING. Work on the Westralia was commenced yesterday. It is expected that she will be able to clear for Melbourne, via East Coast and Southern ports, to-morrow.

lONIC, WITH TROOPS. The lonic, with New Zealand troops board, left London for New Zealand on September 8. She is expected at Wellington about October 25. She baa cargo for the foar principal porta.

ATHENIC DELAYED. The departure of the Athenic from Wellington _has been deiayed until daylight on Sunday. ** She has. a very large cargo and a lengthy list of passengers.

THE TALUNE. The Talune arrived at Suva, at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. She will make the usual round of the Islands, and is to sail from Suva again for Auckland on September 30. She is due here on October i. KARAMEA DUE TO-MORROW. The S.S. and A. liner Karamea, which left Hobart last Saturday, is due here to-morrow morning. After taking in cargo she will proceed South, making Wellington her final P«rt of departure for London about tho middie of October. THE CORINTHIC. Whit * Star liner Corinthic is expected I at Wellington next Wednesday. She will then come to Auckland, and is expected to take in a very heavy cargo here from September 26 to October 2. She will leave Wellington for London on October 9. THE ARAHURA, j 1 "Th* l . Arahura left Napier early yesterday for Gisborne. and was expected to clear the ] latter port at eleven o'clock last night. She is timed to arrive at Auck.and at about midnutht to-night, and will berth at the Kings « harf. She will leave on the return voyage at noon to-morrow. i ATUA SAILS TO-DAY. ! The Atua, which has been discharging ! sugar at Choree*, is expected to sail witn passengers lor Sydney ut 3 p.m. to-day. 81-WEEKLY RUSSELL SERVICE. On. ard after October 6. the Northern brtamsaiy Company will run a ui-we«luy service to xtussen. The liimu will leave AucKiaed on .Monday, October 6, for Russolt ana Opua, returning ,10 AUck«and tue loltowtng aey. On, vnednesday sue will icUve tor Kussen, Whangaroa, and Mangonui, returning to port oa Saturday evening. No will be taken lor Kusseli. WAITEMATA FROM CALCUTTA. The Union Company's steamer Waitemata, trom Calcutta, anouid make port atJhve o'clock tins afternoon. IRENE FOR WELLINGTON. Advice has been received that the American idur-masled senwmer Irenes 007 tons, wfiich leit Man UTanusco tin July lb. is coming to weittnaton. not Duneoin. as has been, reported by casus. Tae vessel lias a lull cargo of case oil. LORAIN IS A GALE. The new cargo steamer Lorain, under charter to the U.S. and A. Line, watch arrived at Wellington on Friday morning trom New Yora, via Auckland,' experienced the full force of the heavy easterly gale on -the run down tne Kus-t Coast. The vessel got away irom Auckland on Wednesday at noon, and shorlly euterwards encountered almost a hurricane, accompanied by heavy rain. These conditions continued until the Lorain was off Cape Turnagain, where, as the weather became very thick, tho ship was hove-to. In two boura the wind backed from east-sou to easti north-east, and the rein moderated. The Lorain then continued on her course, though there was still a heavy swell. HIGH TRICT, OF TONNAGE. . i-, A Southern exchange commenting on the sale of the. Putiki, states that so far her late owners have been unsuccessful in secunn« another suitable vessel to take her place in the coastal trade. This means that there is one ship less to make the regular call at Dunedin to pick up cargo for Northern porta. Small ship owners throughout the Dominion are generally on the look-out for suitable craft, but tonnage has reached such a high price that these owners are not in a position to pay the large sums asked. It is stated that the manager of a Christchurch shipping company who is at present in England endeavouring to secure a suitable steamer for the New Zealand coastal trade, to carry about 400 tons of cargo could not purchase one under £20.000. A letter received by a Dunedin merchant and shipping agent indicates that the prices being asked for all classes of tonnage are likely to continue for some time. The trade between Dunedin and Bluff is a •■ery extensive one, and warrants the employment of a fairly large vessel constantly 01. this run. What is required is a steamer capable of carrying from 600 to 800 tons, and of fairly shallow draught.. Inquiries are now being made at Auckland and Australiar ports for a steamer which would prove suitable for the South Island coa«t«,l trade.