SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11798, 30 July 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING

PORT CHALMERS,

Time Ball at Poet CriALMKRS.

New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 lioiirs 30 minutes east of Greanwicli, will be signalled once a week by a time ball dropping at the instant of mean neon. A blue flag will be hoisted at the mast-head, Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon of the day when the time signal is to bo given. Phases of the iJ.nn-K. IVLX. First quarter — sth 11.44 a.m. Full moon . 15th 0.32 a.m. Last quarter „ 19th 5.1 p.m. New moon » 27th 1.13 a.m. Sun rises 7.36 a.m., sets 4.52 p.m. THE WEATHER. July 28.—8 a.m. : Wind S.E; weather fine. Noon: Wind S.E.; weather fair. 5 p.rri.: Wind S.E.; weather dull. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.72 29.74 29.76 Thermometer 40.0 54.0 55.0 July 29.—S a.m. : Wind N.E.; weather fine. Noon: -Wind N.E.; weather thick, rainy. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E.; weather thick, rainy. . .'"' 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.70 29.70 29.68 Thermometer 46.0 50.0 54.0 HIGH WATEK. July 30— a.m. p.m. At the Heads 4..51 5.9 . At Port Chalmers 5.31 5.40 At Dunedin 6.16 6.34 DEPARTURE. "■ _ July 29. Oorinna, s.s., 820 tons, M'Donald, for Westport. J.'Mills, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Senorita, left Juno 26. Cc- ■ rcila, ship, left June 5. Oamaru, ship, left \ July 17. ... \ From .Glasgow.—Gle.nburn, ship, left April ' £8; now due. \From Liverpool.—John o' Gaunt, barque, sailed April 26. From Hamburg.—Antares, ship, left June , &'.■' From Sydney.—Waikare, August 4. From' Melbourne.—Talune, August 4. \ From. Auckland.—Flora, August 2. From Eflipara.—Zior, schooner, sailed July \25: ■ .From Westport.—lvini, August 3. From Greymouth.—Janet'Nicoll, July 31. pro,ie6teb departures. For Sydney.—Talune, August 5... For Melbourne.'—Waikare, August 6. tare, August 6. . . .For Auckland.—Flora, August 3.. For Westport;—Kiui, August 3." For Greymouth.—Janet Nicoll, August 1. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. TO ARRIVE. At Auckland.—lndramayo, left New York July 17. Pakelia, left ■ London Jr.ae 5. ■Whakacane, left Plymouth July 21. . Indraghiri, left London July 25. At Wellington.—Karamea, left London June 10, left Capetown July 4. "Gothic, left London July 10. • At Port Chalmers.—Cereda, left New York July 3. Star of Victoria," left New York May,.. 26. ■ Rangatira, left London July 3. TO DEPAET. 'From Wellington.—Aotea, August 11. Papanui, August 16. Pakeha, August 23. HOMEWABD BOUND. Mamari, from Lyttelton, June 5. Matatua, from Wellington, June 9. Star, of England, from Wellington, June 13. Rakaia, '.from Wellington, June 16. Tonioana, from Wellington, June 16. Delphic, from Lyttelton, June 23. Waiwera, from Wellington, July 7: Hawke's Bayi from •Wellington. July 7. Fifesbir-3, from Wellington, July 21. Indradevi, from Lyttelton, Waikatb, from Wellington, July 24. Nai"nehire, left the Bluff July 28.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, July 28.—Sailed': Pukaki, fflr Wellington and the Bluff. Sailed: Flora, for East Coast and southern ports. Passengers: Misses Gray, Yates, Mrs Shaw and child, Messrs J. B. Jones, Bach, Hasfcie, W: E.—Hogg, Hanan, Duncan, W. W. Smith, Kennedy, Callender, E. W. Sinroson, C. Grey, Pittar, C. Shaw, Crozier, R. B. Langworthy, Dooan, Spencer.-/ and 15 steerage.—July. 29.—Arrived: Taviuni, frozn Rarotonga. ,

: KAIPARA, . July. 28,—Arrived -. Hw'a, schooner, from. Lyttelton; Wenona, barque, from Wellington. WAITARA, July 27.—Sailed: Otarama, for Wanganui. WELLINGTON, July 28. — Arrived: Rimu, from Port Chalmers; Tutanekai, from Auckland; Rotoiti, from Onehunga and New Plymouth; Mokoia; from the south; Star "of Australia, from Napier; TJpolu, -from ■ Greymouth. Sailed: Thornhill, for Auckland; Indianic, for Lyttelton and Diinedin; Haupiri, for Picton, Nelson, and the West _Coast; Mokoia, for Sydney.; Sailed: Mapourika, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses De Vere, Lindsay, Davidson,' Davies, Mrs Stewart and child, Captain Gray, Messrs Kirkcaldy, O'Leary, M'Master, Ross, Fraser, Armstrong (2), Moore, M'Kenzio (2), Robertson. Udy, Jackson, Ahipcne, Calhster, Marsh, Stowe, Wrigley, Peterson, Gray, Webster, Brunton, Crerer, .Arber, Loveridge, St. George, Stewart, Fraser, Levien; and 16 steerage:—-July 29.—Arrived : Tarawera, from Auckland, via the East Coast; Rotomahana and Moura, from the south (at heads); Edwin L. Maybery, American ship, from New York. Sailed: Brigantine Aratapu, for Mercury Bay. , NELSON, July 29.—Arrived: Ship' Hermione, from London. . ' LYTTELTON, July 28—Sailed.: Victoria, for , Kaipara.: Whangape, for Timaru. July 29.—Arrived: Indianic, from Wellington.

TIMARU, July 28.—Sailed: Mimiro, for Lyttelton. July 29.—Arrived (in roadstead! ; Aotea, from Wellington. BLUFF, July. 28.—Sailed: Westralia, for Melbourne.

SYDNEY, July 28.—Arrived: Penarth, steamer, from Capetown, under charter to the Imperial Government. She proceeds to New Zealand to load Westport coal for the British fleet in China.—Sailed; Waikare, for Wellington. '

CLARENCE RIVER, July 28.—Sailed Edward, for Wellington. LONDON, July 27.-Sailed (from Dundee) Ngapuke, for Auckland.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. BLUFF, July 28.—Sailed: Nairnshire, for London. Her cargo consists of 347 bales wool and skins, 2947 carcases and 10,872 crates rabbits and kidneys, 403 quarters beef, 233 casks tallow and'pelts, 3073 sacks wheat. LONDON, July 27.—Sailed: Indraghiri, (or.Ne.w Zealand.

The s.B. • Coriima lefi for Wostporfc yesterday, . The s.s. Invorcargill, from Preservation Inlet, is .expected to arrive this morning. The scarcity of coal having delayed the s.s. Waikare at Sydney, she did not get away before Saturday. The s.s. Penarth, under charter to the Imperial ■ Government, arrived at Sydney on Saturday, and comes on to New Zealand to load West Coast coal for the British fleet inChina. 1 The following vessels have been in harbour during the past week:—Arrivals—ltiimi. s.s., 143 tons; Invercargill, s.s., 123; Lily schooner, 82; Mokoia, s.s., 2503; Wostvali"' s.s., 1819; Te Anau, s.s., 1028; John Gambles' barque, 984;— total. 6680 tone. Departures —Papanui, s.s., 6367; Invercargill, s.s., 123Rirmi, s.s., 143; Mokoia, 2503; Corinna, ss 820;— total. 9956 tons.

The s.s. To Anau steamed down to Port Chalmers on Friday evening and discharged cargo at the wharf on Saturday. She is to be laid up for overhaul, and will go under the sheerlegs to unship her funnel during the week. • : The number of vessels, both steam and sail, purchased by. foreigners from British owners continues to attract attention. The latest reported are the g.s. Galea, of 1100 tons, sold to Spaniards for £12,000 net; the s.s. Dauntless, 1078 tons, to Swedes, for £13,250 together with the s.s. Diadem for something aver '£8000. Syrian buyers have secured the s.s. Alma for about £24,000, and Canadians have taken over the s.s. Leaffield, of 1453 tons, for about £19,500. , The barque John o! Gaunt, -which' is expected here from Liverpool, has been chartered to load a return cargo for the United Kingdom and the Continent. Coal at Capetown is stated to be at famine prices, yet on June 1 no less than 44 vessels. coal laden wore lying in Table Bay, unable to enter the docks on account of want of berthage space. During the month of May Scotch, shipbuilders launched 31 vessels, of 60,381 tons as against 27 veßsels, of 26,545 tons, for April' and 38 vessels, of 58,919 tons, for May of last year; . .English builders launched in May 28 vessels, of 77,974 tons, as against 25 vessels in April, and-26 vessels, of 71,259 tons, in IVJay of last year. London news of July 14 states that H.M. torpedo destroyer Viper, under the turbine system of engines, in a trial trip steamed at the rate of 43 miles an hour. The Viper was built at Hepburn in 1899. Her expected speed was 35 knots, or 41 miles, an hour. Brassey's Naval Annual " for 1899 has the following reference to the Viper and another destroyer of the same class:—The length between perpendiculars is 210 ft, the extreme breadth 21 ft, and the moulded dejath 12ft 9in. At a draught of sft 4ia. the displacement would be £20 tons.

I The engines are similar in design to those of the Turbinia, but differ from the latter in so far as they aro composed of hvo separate sets of engines for the port and starboard sides of the vessel. ' It will bo remembered that in the Turbinia there were three propeller shafts, on each of which, there were throe fcrews; in the new boats there will b'? four propeller shafts,1, each with two screws. The engines of these hew vessels are designed to develop five times the power of the Turbinia's engines. On each side of the vessel, there will be one high pressure turbine motor, driving the outer screw shaft, and on the inner screw shaft of each side there will bo one low-pressure motor and one small reversing turbine motor. The screws oh the inner shaft will be used lor going astern. The collective horse-power in each vessel will be 10.000 indicated, which it is calculated it will give a speed of over 35 knots. When going astern rhe estimated speed is 16 knots, which should be enough for all practical jurr'noses. On each side of the "vessel there is a surface condenser, ser.yed by two air-pumps, driven by turbines. Although the engines of these two vessels aro designed to develop double the horse-power of the jTPsent 30-knot destroyers, they will be of less weight, and-this will permit an increase of about 12 per cent, in the size of the boilers. It is calculated that an additional heating surface of a destroyer .of 310 tons displacement, due to. her having steam turbine engines, should be about 2000 square feet. It is also anticipated that the consumption of steam per horee-power realised will be much less than that of the reciprocating engines of this class. This economy has been put down to 25 per cent. - . .. At a meeting of the Capetown Harbour Board on Jime 4-, Mr Eiliott, general managerof Government railways, announced th-3 seizure of 20 engines and. 300 trucks at GJermiston and Johannesburg. The members of the board expressed a hope that rolling stock will soon be sent down in order .to relieve the congestion of traffic. Coal was'then .at famine prices, yet 44- ships laden with fuel wore lying in the bay, unable to enter the docks for want of berthing terms. The master of a largo sailing ship, that arrived at Capetown with coal about the end of April, .writing: oii May 15, states: —"Ships are detained here fearfully. The barque Bristol is the next ship on'turn. She has been here already 94 days in the baj'. There are 31 vessels before us, and as they deck on an average but two vessels a week, it is evident wo will not be docked until the month of September. "It istvs "well owners-in general arc informed of this extraordinary detention, so as to avoid sending their ships