SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 7

SHIPPING.

High Water, Auckland—To-day: 5.7 a.m..^ 5.31 pan. To-morrow 5.56 a.m. ; 6.19 p.m. High Water;,' Matrakau Heads—To-day : 7.6 a.m. 7.30 p.m. To-morrow: 7.55 a.m.; 8.18 p.m. Sun—To-day :\ Rises. 4.29 a.m.; Beta. 7.8 P.m. To-morrow: Rises, 4.29 a.m.; gets, 7.8 m. ' '■ „ .Moon—New, December "22, 10.25 'p.m. WEATHER REPORT. • Rainfall in City for 24 hours ended midnight, Dec. 19 (Herald gauge) ,31in. Official report issued at 4 p.m. yesterday:— r>„,~. ~ . „' villd - Bar. Ther. Weather. Capo Maria... W., light 29.79 68 Fog Russell JN.E~It. 29.69.73 Cloudy Manukau H. W.N.W., It. 29.70 68 Overcast Auckland ... N.W., It. 29.74 72 Showery iauranga ... S.E., It.' 29.69 70 Overeat Gisborne. ... N.E., br. 29.73 77 Cloudy Ft. Ahupn... E., light 29.68 70 Overcast Wellington... K., fresh 29.65 62 Drizzle W. Plymouth Calm 29.64 70, Overcast Wansanui ... SE., light 29.73 69" Gloomy C. loulwind N.E., It. 29.65 65 Showery Greymouth... N.W., br. 29.66 63 Showery Stephen 15.... W., fresh 29.67 58 Rain C Campbell N., fresh 29.60 64 Cloudy Akaroa Lt.... N.E., It. 29.49 70 Overcast Ft. Chalmers Calm 29.4S 62 Drizzle Bluff W.S.W., It. 29.51 58. Cloudy Unsettled conditions have ruled with fog and rain in many parts. Moderate to strong northerly winds have prevailed and the barometric pressure has decreased everywhere. Present indications are for strong northerly winds, ' changing to southerlies shortly. Further unsettled, cloudy, - misty weather and rain may be expected generally, with colder conditions soon. . The barometer is falling, but will rise in about 16 hours. PORT OF AUCKLAND. ARRIVALS. WHANGAPE (3.45 p.m.), 2931. tons, Frew, from South—Union Co. NGAPUHI (8.30 a.m.), 691 tons, Haultain. from Tauranga.Northern Co. NGATIAWA (11.30 a.m.), 463 tons, Shirley, from Opotiki.—Northern Co. WAIPU (2.40" a.m.), 201 tons, Pert, from Mangapai.— Co. t TASMAN (12.50 p.m.), 171 tons. Hopkins, from Whakatane.—Northern Co. CHELMSFORD (2.15 a.m.), 121 tons, Morgan, from Whangarei.—Northern Co. WAIOTAHI (7 p.m.). 218 tons, Wilson, from Houhora. Northern Co. APANUI (7.20 p-m.), 243 tons, Goertz, from Awanui.—Northern' Co. DAPHNE (9.45 p.m.), 193 tons, Grigg, from Coromandel—Northern Co. WAIMARIE (1.5 a.m.), from Paeroa — Northern Co. DEPARTURES. NGAPUHI (9.45 p.m.). for Tauranga. MONOWAI (5.55 p.m.), for East Coast. In saloon— Weathered. Dobson, Henderson, Jacobson. Davis, Cozens (2), Kennedy. Christie, Dice, Duthie, Yardley, Gill, Morn? ?/' Keys, Hanna, Doblinsonj Campbell (2), Harding, Masdames Harding, Campbell, Oakley, Galloway, Johnston-Turnbull and 6 children, Mcßae, Oxlcy, Barker, Christie, Collins, Weathered, Holben Messrs. Pape, Collins, Barrowclough. Jenkins, Johnston- , Tumoral, Brown, Harner. Galloway and 4 boys, Oakley (2), Barker, Dougherty, Wallace White, Lowe, Rosemaa, Stow© (2), Johnston,' "Wainwright, Campbell (2), and 20 steerage. MANAIA (10 p.m.), for Whangarei. DAPHNE (9.30 a.m.), for Coromandel. VESSELS DUB TO-DAY. Manaia, from Whangarei, 6.30 p.m. Taniwha, from Paeroa, 1.30 a.m Kanieri, from Whangarei. 2 a.m. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. R.M.S. Niagara, for>.Sydney, 5 p.m. Clansman, tor Whangaroa, 5 p.m. ' Ngatiawa, for Opotiki, 1 p.m. Apanui, for Awanui, 1 p.m. Tasman. for Whakatane, 4 p.m. VESSELS DUE TO-MORROW. Arahura, from East Coast, about 7 p.m. 5 . VESSELS SAILING TO-MORROW. Port Sydney, for Napier, early. Taniwha, for -'Paeroa, 10.80 p.m. Kanieri, for Whangarei, 7 p.m. VESSELS EXPECTED aT AUCKLAND. ISTERCOLONIAX. AND COASTAL. Valmarie, schooner, Melbourne, to sail. Arahura. East Coast, December 21. I Te Anau, South. December 22. Maheno, Sydney, December 22. t Waitemata, Lyttelton, December 22. Flora, Eastern Pacific, December 23. Arahura, East Coast, December 25. Mokoia. South'. December 28. Niagara. Sydney. January 1. Monowai, South, January 5. Admiral Codrington. Bunbury, January 10. Mokoia. South. January 15. Makura, Sydney, January 22. COLiIEBS. Kaitangata. Newcastle, to sail. Kaituna. Westport. to sail. Rakanoa, Newcastle, to sail. Laura, barquentine. Newcastle, to sail. E. R. Sterling, barquentine. Newcastle, to sail. Overseas. Pakeha, London. December 24. Ruahine. Plymouth. December 25. City of Bombay. New York, December 21. Waitouio, Calcutta, end of December. Suffolk, Liverpool. December 29. r Northumberland, Liverpool, December 29. Whakatane, Montreal, January 8. Riniutaka, Liverpool, January 6. i Opihi. from Singapore, January 6. 9 Suffolk. Liverpool, -January 7. t Armagh. New York. January 10. Liberty, New York, January 16. Ruupebu. Glasgow, January 20. Port Caroline, Liverpool, January 23. 9 Iceland, New York, February 11. ; Orari. Canada, to sail. '.Veal cavansl. New York, to sail Port Chalmers. New York, to sail. Lucy, schooner, Portland. Oregon, to sail. TRANSPORTS FOR NEW ZEALAND. Troops. Transport. Due. Port. Total. Akld. Ruahine - - Dec. 25 Auckland 382 W Rimutaka - - Jan. 3 Wel'gton 492 105 Kigoina - - - Jan. 8 Wel'gton 4(i9 76 Bremen - - - Jan. 25 Wel'gton 600 — Ruapehu - - Jan. 20 Auckland — — In addition to troops the RuahiDe has 48 civilians. 141 women, and 41 children. ■■ The Rimutaka. besides troops, has 8 . civilians. 9 women, and 9 children. The Bremen has 900 troops and Governv .cent passengers. . The Kigoma has 112 wives, 39 children, r and 28 civilians. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. - Niagara, at Auckland, saHfc»for Sydney to- ° day. r Tenia sailed from San Francisco, December 12. duo back at Wellington. January 3. ~. Makura. arrived at Vancouver December 14, 0 due back at Auckland January 5Moana. at Wellington, sails tor San Francisco, December 20. j The transport Bremen, due at Wellington on January 25 is bringing an English mail. An English mail is en route to Australia by the Mahia. It should reach New Zealand about the eud of January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES FROM * AUCKLAND. Niagara, for Sydney. December 20. , Arahura, for East Coast. December 22. ' 'J'alune, for Eastern Pacific. December 22. Navua.' for Western Pacific, December 22Maheno. for Sydney. December 24. Arahura. for East Coast. December 29. Mokoia. for South, December 31. Pakeba, for England, January 3. Niagara, for Vancouver. January 6. Monowai, for South, January 8. Mokoia. for South. January 19. Makuira, for Vancouver. January 24. n VESSELS IN PORT. ' R.M.S. Niagara. Queen's Wharf. '• Port Sydney, Queen's Wharf. ' Narwhal, barque, in stream. E. R. Sterling, barquentine, King's Wharf. Kaaiona, Hobson Wharf. Jubilee, aux. schooner, Hobson Wharf. Northern Chief, schooner, in stream. ,% Kira, ketch, Central Wharf. , Ysabel, schooner, Hobson Wharf. Navua, at King's Wharf. Talune, Hobson .Wharf. . Whangape, King's Wharf. 1. > _ - The collier Kaituna is expected to leavt Westport for Auckland on Monday. i, THE MONOWAI. The Monowai completed loading yesterday, , and sailed for Southern ports at 6.55 p.m. NIAGARA TO SAIL TO-DAY. Unloading operations on the Niagara were 3 carried out. all day yesterday, and she ii i. Limed to sail for Sydney at five o'clock thii afternoon. g MAHENO DUE ON MONDAY. * The Union Steam Ship Company's inter colonial passenger steamer Maheno lef' Sydney for Auckland at 2 p.m. on Thursday She is due with a large number of passengers - gers on Monday morning. 7 MOVEMENTS OF HOME BOATS. I The Northumberland is due here frotr I Liverpool on December 29. She will lose I here for Britain. : Tli- Rimutaka is timed to reach Welling ton on January J. The Suffolk, en route from Liverpool, is due' here on January 7. The Ruapehu left the United Kingdom - on December 1 for Auckland and Southern ports. She should arrive on or about January 20, 1

~ sr- ■ ■"■'■ i . THE TOFUA'S MOVEMENTS. . The Tofua left San Francisco on December 12. She is now due at Wellington on January 3, a day later than at first ( scheduled. TALUNE AND NAVUA. ' The Talune will leave for the Eastern Pacific at five o'clock on Monday afternoon. The Navua is timed to sail for the' Western Pacific group at the same hour. 1 THE PORT SYDNEY. It ia expected that the Port, Sydney will \ be able to leave for Napier early to-morrow morning. Thence she will proceed to Wei- ; lington, from which port, she sails for i ■ England late in January. ' : 1 THE PANAMA SERVICE. < The local agents for the Shaw, Savill and < Albion line of vessels received advice yester- [ day that owing to an improvement in the ; coal situation at Panama, all their vessels, which were recently diverted to the Durban 1 route, will be able to go through the canal. THE CABLE STEAMER IRIS. ' The Patific Cable' Board's repairing ' . steamer Iris is still in the Cook Strait, . at work on the broken line. Only one end , of the cable, has been picked up, the work I having been considerably hampered by J heavy seas. Immediately the repairs have been completed, she will return to port, < EAST COAST SERVICE. j The Arahura is expected to leave Gisborne i for Auckland early this evening. She is < due at Auckland to-morrow evening, and i will probably berth at the Queen's Wharf. 1 She will sail on the return trip at 3 p.m. : on Monday. The Te Anau iB timed to leave Gisborne i for Auckland on Monday, making her due < , here the following day. After discharging produce she will load for Southern ports. THE OMANA. J. J. Craig. Ltd., have received advice that the permit issued by the Australian Government to allow the Omana to bring a load of coal from Newcastle to Auckland, has been withdrawn. 'Further negotiations are in progress to secure the release of the vessel from Government duty. THE PAKEHA. The Shaw. Savill, and Albion steamer Pakeha, which is loading at New Zealand ports for England, is now at Napier, and is expected to leave there for Whangarei 1 shortly. From Whangarei she will come to Auckland to complete, and is due here on , December 24. She is expected to leave Auckland for England on January 3. S.S. AND A. STEAMERS. I The latest list of movements of Shaw, Savill and Albion steamers states that the , Arawa is to leave Wellington for London on December 31. The Athenic is to leave London early in January for New Zealand. The Mahia was to leave London in December . for the four. - principal ports, via Aus- " tralia and Hobart. The Mamari was expected to leave London in December. The Matatua was expected to leave London in December. The Waimana left London for Bombay in ballast with troops on November 22, and is due in New Zealand, via Sydney, about January 20. A. AND A. LINE VESSELS. The latest advices from A. and A. headquarters gives the following particulars of i vessels en route to the Dominion: — The Armagh loft New York on December , 12 tor Auckland. Melbourne. Sydney, and Brisbane. She is duo here on January 10. I She will load cargo for Liverpool in New , Zealand ports during February. i The Gharanda left New York on December 10 for Lyttelton and Australian ports. The City of Bombay is due hero from New York on Christmas Eve. THE PORT CAROLINE.' The new twin-screw steamer Port. Caroline, built by Workman, Clark and Co.. Ltd.. left Belfast on November 11 to adjust compasses and carry out official trials. The Port Caroline is a handsomely modelled twin-screw steamer built to the order -of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, Ltd., & and will be used by them in their colonial service. The registered dimensions are 480 ft long, 62ft broad, and 33ft deep, with . a gross tonnage of 8270 and net tonnage of 5108. There are five large cargo holds arranged for the carriage of frozen and general cargoes, and the pillaring arrangements have been designed to render the holds free from structural obstruction. The cargo gear is of the latest type, and the large number of winches and derricks are specially arranged for the expeditious handling of cargoes. The machinery which was also built by Workman, Clark and Co., consists, of two sets of double reduction turbjnea with ample boiler power, and the speed of the vessel is 14 knots. The Port Carc- . hne proceeded to Glasgow, where she loaded part cargo for New Zealand, completing at Liverpool. The Port Curtis, another vessel for the same company, will shortly run trials at Belfast and the Port Bowen has arrived there for overhaul.