SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17546, 11 August 1920, Page 5

SHIPPING.

High Water, Auckland— a.m.; 4.18 p.m. Hisb. Water, l|*nuk»u Heads-r-5.39 a.m.; 0.10 p. HI. Sun—Rises, 6.43 aim. sets. sill p.m.; M«on— August 14, 2.14 p.m. WEATHER BEPOH'i'. Psfnfalf in City for 24 hours ended midnight, Aug. 10 (HgjtAbp gauge) .Hln. Official report issued at 4 p.m. yesterday:— r. «■- • Wind - Bar- Iter. Weather. C. Maria ... Calm 29.71 nSB Fine Russell ... E..gaie 29.78 56 Showery Manukau. H. S.E., 29.82 50 Overcast Auckland ... N.E.. fr. 29.85 57 Gloomy Taunanga ... E:. fresh 29.97 64 Overcast Gisbora* .... S.E., br. 30.03 52 Fair £*• A b ur , m - N.E..R. 80.04 49 Fair Castlepoint... B.E.,br. 30.06 42 Cloudy Wellington... S.E..br 30.03 47 Fair N. Plymouth Calm 29.87 63 Overcast C Egmont... S.S.E-, It. 29.87 52 Cloudy Wanganui... E., breeze 29.93 64 Fine E'areweil Spit Fresh 30.00 47 Cloudy C. Foulwind WJS.W., It 29.90 53 Cloudy GreymoUth... N.W., Its' 29.89 52 Fine Stephen 15.... S.E., fr. 29.98 45 Cloudy C. Campbell S., breeze 30.12 47 Showery AkaroaLt.... N., It. 30.03 44 Gloomy Pt. Chalmers E., m.g. 29.97 47 Overcast Nuggets ... E.. gale 29.91 45 Fine Bluff,., ... Calm 29.86 45 Fine Cold and changeable weather has prevailed gefnerally, with scattered showers in the ' northern and east coast districts. Strong , south-east and east winds have predominated, • easterly gales being reported to-day in the far north and south. Present indications j are for easterly winds, backing to increasing I northerlies. The barometer will. fall everywhere soon. The weather is likely to become cloudy and unsettled, with rain following generally. PORT OF AUCKLAND. ARRIVALS. Atua (1.50 p.m.). from Suva. Passengers: Mesdames Graham and child. Melville and 1 child, Service; Misses Peters (2), Scott; | Messrs. Adams, Graham, Melville, Scott, • Woods 1 and 20 steerage, including seven ' Chinese and one Hindu. Laura, (barquentine (12.45 p.m.), from' Newcastle. Tasman (8.45 a.m.), from Whakatene; Rarawa- (8.40 p.m.), from Whangarei; Kauieri (3.56 a.m.), from Whangarei. DEPARTURES. Niagara (11.80 p.m.), for Sydney. Passen-1 gers.—First saloon: Misses Thome, Mcintosh (2), Guy, Brookfield, Jenkins, Kiely (2). Casey (2). Mesdames Quaere, WaUis, Jolly. Hyde, Cook and child, Moses, Gal- , jagher. Harding. Pettit, Williamson, Wallace. Wilson (2). Burley, Kinder, Jaeger, ■ Gunson and infant, Kibblewhite, Stephens, McKlnnon, Casey, Messrs, E. C. Handle. F. Williams, L. Lindrick. Jeffrey. T. . Broome, W. H. Williamson. J. Coop, D. Todd. W. Overton, W. G. Smith, F. Hyde. F. Jolley. A. S. Patterson, A. Mcintosh, F. Jagger, H. Moses, K. G. Guy, E. A. Hockstader. Bell (4), W. G. Smith, A... G. Tait. F. Kneeshaw. W. S. May. J. Rogers, H. Rostion, M. Hanson, J. McKinnon, F. Whitehouse, Dra. A. Kinder, Gunson, and Purchas. Second saloon: Miss Holt and infant, Mesdames Hamon, Jones, Mac Lean, McCaul and child, Willott, . Burgess and two children, Messrs. J. G. Hamon, F. S. Jones. M. McLean, C. G. Jordan. E. T. Miskell. W. J. Hood. Harrington, -R. M. Maunder, Burgess, Dr. ! Cholerton, and 25 steerage. > Kanieri (3.15 pjn.), for Whangarei; Ngatiawa (12.45 p.m.). for Opotiki; Waiotahi (5 p.m.), for Houhora, etc. Arahura (4.60 p.m.), for Gisborne and Napier. VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. Ngapuhi. from Tauranga, 7 a.m. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Leitrim. for Wellington, 10 a.m. Riverine, for Sydney, 5 p.m. Chelmsford, for Whangarei, 2.30 p.m. Ngapuhi, for Tauranga, 7 p.m. Rar&wa, for Whangarei, 10 p.m. Tasman, tor Whakatane, 1 p.m. OCEAN MAIL STEAMERS. Niagara, left Auckland for Sydney, Aug. 10. Tofua. left Wellington for San Francisco, I July 24. I Marama, arrived Wellington August 4. ! Tahiti, left Auckland for Vancouver, July 30. ' Athenic, left Southampton, July 29, due Auckland, September 12. Corinthio, at London, to sail August 19. VESSELS IN PORT. Queen's Wharf—Mako, Leitrim, Riverina. King's Wharf—Port Curtis. Atua, Kaituna, Whangape. _ , Hobson W Jubilee (schooner), Talune. In Stream— Waibora. Matatua. Laura. Central Haruna-San Maru, Malaita, Canastota. The Waipori left Kaipara yesterday morning with a cargo of sawn timber for Sydney. The auxiliary schooner Hula commenced loading powder from the Matatua at the powder ground yesterday for southern potts. * The Waihora, which arrived from Lyttelton on Monday evening and anchored in the stream, will berth at the Queen's Wharf this morning to discharge her cargo of pro- , duce. The Daphne is weather-bound at Mercury ' Bay and is not expected to reach Auckland until to-morrow. The departure of the R.M.S. Marama from Wellington for San Francisco, via ports, has been further postponed until 3 p.m. on Saturday. 1 The steamer Canastota, which is under- I wing repairs to her propeller shaft, shifted , from the King's to the Central Wharf yesterday. The Kaituna is now loading timber for ' Melbourne. She will only take in a part cargo here, and will complete her loading at Kaipara. The four-roasted schooner Meteor arrived at Suva on August 4 from San Francisco. She brought a cargo of timber and case oil. and will take copra back to San Francisco. The.Matatua. which has been discharging ! explosives from Liverpool at the powderground since Saturday, came into port last evening and anchored in the stream. She will berth at the Queen's Wharf this morning to unload general cargo. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ' steamer Rimutaka is expected to leave Wellington next Tuesday for Auckland. She has/5500 tons of general cargo from London to discharge here. The steamer will afterwards load at Auckland and Whangarei for London. { The Monowai is to leave Dunedin on '. Saturday for Auckland, via the usual ports. The Navua sails from Dunedin for Weilington direct to-day She will leave the latter port for Auckland direct on Saturday, and will be due here about Monday. ♦v Tl i? alune , is -. now , announced to sail for the Eastern Pacific Islands at 10 a.m. on Friday. — , : ARRIVAL OF THE. ATUA. The island steamer Atua arrived from Suva ywtorday afternoon and berthed at the King's Wharf. She.left Suva at 4 a.m. on August 6, and experienced fine weather until 8 p.m. on Monday, when she ran into a. heavy south-east gale with high eeas, these conditions continuing tall arrival at Auckland. j A. tu ** brought a number of passengers and the following carg0:—15.226 cases and JO7 bunches bananas. 481 sacks maise. 224 sacks kumeras, and 75 cases molasses. THE COLLIERS. The Katea is expected to arrive from New. °*5i to-morrow with a cargo of coal The Karon is timed to leave Westport cu d * T -ii I A , nckl *. nd with * cargo of coal. She wiU be due about Sunday. „• . The Kmi left Greymouth yesterday mornm&i_for P neh with a cargo of coal. The barquentine Laura arrived from Newcastle yesterday with 512 tons of coal and anchored in the stream. She will berth at the King's Wharf this morning^ PORT SYDNEY AT MELBOURNE. The C. andlD. liner Port Sydney has a/rived at Melbourne . from London, via Capetown. She will afterwards calf at Sydney, and will then come on to Auck- }£ nd, , wh «™ , 9 .he will b« due about August 27. From this port the steamer will proceed'to Napier and Wellington. THE CITY OF CORINTH The City of Corinth left New York on July 15 for Auckland. Wellington, and Australian ports. She cleared Panama on August °4 " due ** A "<=kland about THE WEST CAMARGO. The steamer West Camargo sailed from San Francisco on August 3 for Auckland. Wellington, and Australian ports. She is due here about August 31. Spedding, Limited, are the Auckland agents.