SHIPPING. PORT CHALMERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10956, 10 November 1897, Page 1

SHIPPING. PORT CHALMERS.

Timk Ball at Port Chalmers. A ilue flag "ill be lioiated at the mast-head, Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon of the day when the time signal is to be given. Phases on the Moon. (Calculated for Haw Ze-.iUml mean time). NOVEMBER. D. H. 51. First Quarter ... .„. ... 2 2 7 a.m. FullMooa 9 9 20 p.m. Last Quarter IS 1 32 p.m. New Meon 24 8 3D p.m. Apogee, 11th, 9.30 F.m. Perijee, 25th, 2.39 p.m. Taa; wjsathjsr. November 9.-8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather clear. Noen : Wind S.W. ; weather fine. 5 p.m.; Wind N. 8.; weather overcast. al I*.-on. 5 v.m. BareMoter ... ... 28-30 29:30 2910 X'hflrmometsr ... SO. 62 o(J HIGH WATKIt. a.m. P.w/"At the Ifea-3s ... 2.03 'All Kov. 10 4AtP«rt Cheers 3.35 3.51 lAtDuaeiin ... iM 4Jt>

ARRIVAL.

Zior, schooner, from the north. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Bangiiiki, ship. 1118 tons, Biker, VNKP. Silverstveam. baujue, llbli tons, Digwell (August 1), via Also* Bay. Matatua, S-B-T 3322 tons, M-Doursll (October <>); , I*"?, barque (about October !'». M^rearet Galbrai«> Bhip, fili tons, Collingwood. JKLD (October 28). Crusader, ship, 1068 tons, Burton, HCLB (Seftem- ■ From Glasgow.—Canterbury, ship, 1245 tons, Oulberc MWBO. Invercargill, ship, 124b ton*, B-nvlin?, NCMP (Aiiffi'st 23). Blenheim, ship, 1077 tons, Colville, QLSP. From Liverpool.—WsJlingtoa, ship, 124/ tens, THomas, NMCK (June 2G). Nelson, ship, 1247 tons, Perrkm, NKRC (Aagust 26). Fho'm New York.—Ago.'tino Rombolt, barque, 807 tou< Ba^io, NBRG (September 4). Pallas, Barque, (501 ton.-, Knkias. NSQV P.nobscot, barque, IUS7 tons, M Caulder. J»VG (August b). KilU.nfty, barqne, >35'j tons, Hay. Fro3i Delagoa Bay.—Andes, barque, bil tjns, Herbst, WMuK. ■ Fkoji Lady Elliott Island.—Star of the Last, barque. 731 tons, Roger*. QJKN. Jasper, barquentine, 252 tons, Burton, "SVVPL. _ I'ROM A delude.—Starling, Norwegian ship, 1221 tons.Hansen. ,„,-.,. From Algoa Bay.—Gladys, barque, 1340 tons, Bporniaa. From Malde.v Island.—Ganymede, barque, 669 ton;.-, Johns, JHTG. From Port Pirie—Barossa, barque, !)b8 tons, Isles, MEGV.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS,

■ Wellington, November 9.—Arrived : Corinna, from the south. Sailed: Penguin, for Nelson, via Pictpn.— —Sailed : Te Anau, for Lytteltonacd Dunediii. Passengers : Misses Kesly, Anderson, Lindsay. Fear, Mesdames Doull (and 2. children), Blackburn (and child). Lindsay, Howes, Ackknd, Dr 'Lindsay, Messrs Watson, Johnston, Bell, • Wastney Price. Gale. Odell, Scliloss, Perrs-, Hunter, fil'Lsao, Hetherinstoii, M'Alaster (2), I'ersusson, Train, Ackland, Jones ; 15 3teera«e. Napier, November 9.—Arrived : Alanlari, from Giabprne.. ' Ltttbltox, November 9.—Sailed : Janet Nicoll, forWeatport; Herald,/or Wfl! ingtou and Greyniouth; Kotomabaua, for Wellington: The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Taupo, ■which left Lyttelton on Monday night, broke her sh^ft when a few miles from1 the Heads. She returned to port this morning in tow of the tug Lyttelton to have the necessary repairs effected. Bluff, November .9.—Arrived : Ohau, steamer from Westport. Sailed: Tarawera, for Melbourne.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth of HfKH. the Pii'ice of Wales, there was no work done amongst the shipping The flags at the harbournwsier's office and those of all the British and foreign vessels at the wharves were displayed in honour of the event. The s.s. Napier, which left Dunedm wharf on Monday afternoon, was compelled to put back again in the evening owing to stress of weather. The s.s. Invercargill made a trip down the harbour and back yesterday, and was well patronised by excursionists. '•■._•-;-.-.-__ ' :-•-•%■ :;., '_'■ The schooner Zidr, wise a cargo of timber from ■ " tijeuortK, ai-rivsd-off the heads yesterday afterEOnuacd was towedrUD toDunedin. '•■■'■ Mauritius news .<f September 21 states that the schooner Spray, Captain Sjocum (who is sailing round.the world alone), arrived at Port Loui3 on that day.' Captain .Slocum left Boston in'ApriJ, 1895, sailed through-Magellan Straits to Australia, and is now continuing his westward couise home. The largest vessel ever built on the Tees is the s.s. Montrose, and is intended for the cattle trade between Bristol and Cauada. Her d.meusions are:—Length, 4Glft; breadth, 52ft; depth, 3i;ft 10in. She bas a displicenient of 12,600 tons, and mea3Uie3 12,550 tons ; ha 3 a deadweight carrying capacity of SOOO tons on a draught of 25ft, while her gross registered tonnage is 54:i1. She is built to Lloyd's hightst cla*s (three deck rule), and is fitted throughout with the electric light She has accommodation for no less than lOb'O head «f cattle, and thera is a refrigerating .-pace in th& 'tv/ecu decks for 700 tons of bu-ter, fruit, &c. She has been fittad with triple expansion engines of 35 0 horse-power indicated, capable of developing 4000 horse-power, and propelling the vessel at a speed of 12 knots an hour. The Sydney Morning Herald of October 30 is rather cumplimentary to the Otago Dock Trust. It says :—" Port Chalmers bciDg the headquarters of the important colonial company known hs the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, the steamers of the company are usually docked there, and it is believed at a lower coit to the owners than were they overhauled in any other port in the colonies. Though Auckland has a rirst-clas3 dock it has net been able to compete with the Scotchman of the extreme south, for it is a matter alw.ys of good value for money with the carefully managed .Scotch-governed company —perhaps wee a bit leanin' to the land o'cakes' province,— ay.d naturally. Sydney and Melbourne have a fair share of the do.kicg business of the company's steamers, though perhaps not proportionate to the amount of business which the company enjoys with these colonies. The dorking and refitting of those steamers which are earning heavy sums of money in Australia has in a measure been given to the place-! wheuce the business sprang to a large extent. . But while this is recognised, the fact that an intercolonial trading Union liner is in dock forher ..half-yearly overhaul, or has been refitted and refurnished, must, it is presumed, remain chiefly with New Zealand until the inducement) held out by those in a position to perform the work are too overwhelming to be ignored by the proprietors With Sydney and its paramount docking facilities, its practically free pore, this change, as compared with the protec ed New Zealand ports, should be a matter of very brief time.

A " ROLLER BOAT."

Tinder the title 'A Very Queer Ship" the Daily News has published some details of the invention of a gentleman of Ontario, which is 3hortly to be tried, with hopes of the ultimate attainment of a speed of something like 100 miles an hour. The article states that the passengers in this huge cylinder or "log" will be, speaking broadly, in a similar position to the squirrel in hi 3 cage—"the.saloons and cabins are so slung that they are never to be off the horizontal nor to vibrate; in other words, they are to feel nothiog of the tempest. There is "an outer cylinder 70ft through, which is ever revolving. On the i-x . posed surface it is fi ted with a series of paddle fldats, each iOft long and from (Jin to 9in wide; how many of these and their exact position will t>e determined after the trial of the model. Progress is what a landsman would call ' broadside on'; the leviathan will simply roll her way, steered by the rudders, which act as a drag at either end ; and when at full speed she would be only two or three inches under water. (|uestioned as to such obstacles as mighty wave 3 and head winds, the inventor expressed his full confidence that the enormous rapidity would obviate all trouble in thtse respects. There are two engii es, two sets of officers and two helmsmen. The passengers enter fiom the end?, and they are; to be in an evenly balanced floating hotel, enclosed in a gigantic revolving barrel, with perfect ventilation, and •■ happy in the thought that they are always, so to speak, running away from the water. The aforesaid revolving barrel is to benf3-16th stei-1, built in watertight sections, which may be utilised for the stowage i>f vast quantities of grain. The name of the ship has not been settled, but the inventor, with afar-reachiDg eye to a fleet, intends to name his vessels aftsr the planets. To conclude: it is evident — granting that the principle and the application are sound—that everything will bepeiid upon the watch-like accuracy of the machinery. The inventor is quite aware of this, and n-y engineer emp^nions came away from our most interesting interview with a deep respect for the man—sceptical, of course, but astonished at the plausibility of the scheme." We find this vessel was launched at Toronto at the end of September. She_ only draws 2ft of water, is 110 ft long, 35ft in diameter, and weighs over 100 tons.