SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11807, 9 August 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING

POX T CII AI- M Ell S. TtitE Bali, at Pout Chalmriis. New Zealand mean time at noon, calculi) tr-d for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes ea?t of Greenwich, will lie signalled once a week by a time ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. 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 be given. . FiIASKS OF TIIK JVlnrw. AUGUST. First quarter 4th 4.4 a.m. Full moon 11th 9.0 a.m. Last quarter 17th 11.16 p.m. New moon 25th 3.23 p.m. Sun rises 7.22 a.m., sets 5.4 p.m. THE WEATHER.. August B;—3 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weather thick and rainy. Noon : Wind N.E.; weather thick, misty. 5 :>.in.: Wind N.E.; weather thick, misty. 8 a;m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 30.28 30.34 30.30 Thermometer 48.0 58.0 56.0 INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL REPORTS. i- (Per United Pkess Association.)

WELLINGTON, August 8. The following are the 9 a.m. weather reports from Australian stations: —

'Albany.—Wind S.; bar., 30.20; showery. Hobart.—Wind N.E. ; bar., 29.90 ; -cloudy. Sydney.—Wind N.; bar., 29.90; cloudy. The following are the weather reports from New Zealand'stations at s'p.m.: —

Manukau Heads.—Wind S.E., fresh; bar. 2§.BB;'ther., 57 ; gloomy; sea smooth.

Napier.—Wind N.E., fresh ; bar., 30.15; ther.'j 56; - threatening; sea heavy.

Castlepoint.—Wind S.E., fresh; bar., 30.12; ther.',:s3; showery; sea heavy.

Wellington.—Wind E.8.E., fresh; bar., 3Q.08'; ther., 56; cloudy.

. Westp.ort.—Wind, S.S.W.. light; bar., 30.0; ther., 55; fmc; sea smooth.

Kaikoura.—Wind N.E.. fresh; bar., 30.16; ther., 52; foggy; sea heavy.

Oamaru.—Wind N.E., light; bar., 30,20; ther.; 50; gloomy; sea rough.

Bluff. —Wind E., light; bar., 30.04; ther., 50; hazy. . There is increased pressure at Albany, but it lias- decreased at Hobart and Sydney. There is low pressure at al)oui; 150 miles to the N.'N.E. of North Cape, and travelling to the S.E. Low pressure from the west will pass east of the meridiau of Cook Strait .on the 11th inst: There are evidence that the pressure is low in about 32deg south and 15Sdeg east.'

- ' ■ HIGH WATER. August 9— ' a.m. p.m. - At the Heads 0.55 1.23 At Port Chalmers 1.35 2.3 At Duhedin 2.20 2.48 ARRIVAL. . Waikare, s.s.. 1901 tons, Richardson, from Sydney, via Wellington and Lyttelton. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Mesdames Todd and child. Hoklsworth, Milne and child, Blake, Williams, Wainhouse, Nisbet, G.al-braith.-Robertson, Misses Mills. Boyd, Cunningham. Denniston, Eattrny (2). M'Kenzie (2), M'Lean, Mountfort, Beskef, Whyte, Bodley, Finch, Gallqway, Sievwright, Messrs Smith, Frier, Henry, Milne, Mntheson, Oarvie, Holt, Black, M'Donald. Miller. Douglas, Loveridge, Simon. Jeffreys, Marshall, Salmon, Eeade, Clarke, Willis, Robertson,and servant; and 35 steerage. ■ ■ ' DEPARTURE. „' Indianic, s.s., 184-3 tons, Saville, from Newcastle. N. Z.S. Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Sanorita, left June 26. Oamaru, ship, left July 17. From Glasgow.—Glenburn, ship, left April 28; now due. Fror.\ Liverpool.—John o' Gaunt, barque, Bailed April 26. Corolla, barque, left June 1. From Hamburg.—Antaros, ship, left June 8. ... . From Melbourne.-—VVestralin, August 15. From Kaipara.—Enterprise, schooner, • left July 31. Moana, scow, left August 1. Isabella, Anderson, schooiier, left August 7. From Auckland.—Moura, August 9. From Westport.—Kini, August 15. From Grey-mouth.—Janet Nicoll, August 13. i'ItO.USCTKD DKPARTURKS. .For Sydney.—Westralia, August 16. For Melbourne.—Waikare, August 9. For Auckland.—Moura, August 11./ .. !For Wostport.—Corinna, August 10. • JFor Greymouth.— Janet Nicoll, August 15. ;MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. ' ' TO AJIRTVE. At Auckland.—lndramayo, left New York July 17. Whakatane, left' Plymouth July 21. Indraghiri, left London July 25. At Wellington.—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. Waimate, left-Gravesend August.4. ' " ■ TO'depart. • From Wellington.— Abtea, August 11. Papanui, August 23. Pakeha, August 23. From Lyttelton.—Banffshiro, September liqjlEwVutn hound. MaiaLua, from Wellington, June 9. Tomoana,, from. Wellington, June 16. Delphic, from Lyttelton, June 23. Waiwera, from Wellington, July 7. Hawke's Bay,' from "Wellington, July 7. ' Paparoa, from Wellington. July 12. Fifeshire, from Wellington, July 21. Indradevi, from Lyttelton, Waikato, from Wellington, July 24. Nairnshirs, left the Bluff July 28. ' - SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August B.—Sailed: Gairloch, for New Plymouth. WELLINGTON, August B.—Arrived: Aotea, from Lyttrftou; Takapuna, from Ohehunga and New Plymouth; h.M.S. Porpoise, from Auckland. Sailed: Moura, for Lyt--telton and -Dunedki. Passengers: Misses Dwyor, Mallard, Meedamcs Lindsay, Moir, Dr Satchell, Messrs Cable, Lindsay, Chatiield, Allanby, Smith, Johnston, Satchell, Mulcaliy; and nine steerage. Sailed: ilotolr.ahana, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses ■Cull", Koberts, Stead, Edwards, Ekdahn, .Fronde, Baker, lumau, De Lautour, Kettle, Mnthias, Armstrong, Banks, Tresize, Wheeler, -Campbell, ■ Mcareg, Mesdames Shrimpton, .Lobb, Strange, Jones, Ryan, Martin, Dodson, Captain Bone, Messrs Thompson, Newman s Wood, M'Masters, llobinson, ICernin, -K.ingswell, Jones, Smith, Hogg, Fuller, Gib--bie, Am3v3, Trimncll, White, M'Lea.n, Js'eaglo, Jou^s, M'Lachlan, Gamble, Martin, Dobson, Wa'gg, Madigan, Hands,' Lnirig, • Burns, M/k-enzio, loss, .Sciion, Eobb.s; and 16 steerage.

. LYTTKIiTOK, August B.—'Arrived: To•roa, from the Chatham Islands. Sailed: T.-iluno and iUarnroa, for Sydney, via. the north. . BLUFF, August 3.—Arrived : Inverca'rgill, from Dunodin.——Sailed: Otarama, for Oamaru. Arrived : Uresham, from Greymoulli. SYDNEY, August B,—Arrived : Whangape, from LytteHou. Sailed: Waihora, tor Auckland, with an English mail. LONDON, August 7.—Arrived: Waimea, from New 'Zealand. ' THE DIRECT STEAMERS. • LONDON, August-7.—Sailed: Kuraara, for New Zealand: GRAVESE^, August 4.—Sailed: Waiinate, for Port Chalmers and Ivytlelton. August s.—Arrived : Kakaia, from New Zealand. The Paparca (from Wellington, July 12) left 'Monte Video on August S for London. . o IMPORTS. Si?zciATi Notice.—Consignees desirous of having their names appear in this part of our 'columns, together with their consignments, may have the same inserte:' on payment of a small charge. Per 'WaikiUo, fioia UjtWy. 99/.pieces timber, 100 boxes currants, 50U do raisins, 1000 bagsi rice, 23 bars iron, 81 cases drugs, 100 do soap, 455 pkgs Chinese goods, 8 boxes opium, 23 cases arrowroot, 103 ingots copper, 14 bales .knnok. 23 pkgs fruit, 11 lidls bamboo blinds, •lOd boiler tubes, 250 bells sullanas, 29 pkgs ironwork, 30 kegs cream of tartar, 745 cases fruit, hrje quantity sundries. The overiirau to ilie r.s. Te Anau is pro-Ki'esi-ing rapidly. She reshipped her funnel under the sheeflegs yesterday. There was a very heavy sea running outside the heads yesterday, while the weather in the lower harbour was thick and misty. Captain Patorsoii has received a cable from , Port Natal advising the fafe arrival there of the barque Aiu'iga. "Her a passage of 75 days from Port Adelaide. The Southland Daily Nev/s states that Mr AVa'cerston's barque Alcxa arrived at Capetown all well on August 6. She left the 3'luff-on the 241h of May with a cargo of oats. Captain Kaiish, of the barque Lilla. which was here soino time ago, writing to a. Dunediu friend from Newcastle, says that be is in load coal at that port for the west coast of A;np■rica, but anticipates it will ho Sirtween two ■and three months before lie can g«", into the loading berth. The s.s. IncUanic, attended by the Plucky, slonrncd to sea yesterday, and left, for Newcastle. The s.s. AVaikare, Gantain H. J. P.icbavd£on, with 86 passengers and a largo quantity of cargo from S'-dney, via Cook Strait, arrived at the. P.owen pier, Port Chalmers, at 9.30 •a.m. yesterday, and steamed up to Dunedin on the afternoon tide. She left the com ■

pany's wharf at Sydney at 0.30 p.m. of July 23, had fine weather with westerly winds, and anchored in the quarantine ground at Wellington at 5 p.m. of the Ist inst. ; was admitted to pratique, and berthed at Wellington wharf at 2 p.m. of the 4th inst. ; pushed ■on aoain for the south at 5.30 p.m. of the 6th inst.," had light variable winds, and arrived at Lytlelton on the morning of the 7th; left again at 5 n.m. same day, had variable winds along the coast, and arrived at headquarters as above.

Two British and five foreign sailing vessels with seven British anil three foreign steamers were reported at Lloyd's as lost during the week which ended June 13."

The s.p. Po.panui has'landed over £00 tons of cargo at tho George street pier, and taken in 6000 cases of frozen rabbits.

There is a. de=ire to increase tho strength of that valuable auxiliary force-the Royal .Naval Itrserve. Al present it consists of some 1200 officers and 30,000 :■' ' t seamen, supplied from the officers and sciimcn of the merchant service of Great Britain —all men with maritime: experience, with sea legs and steady stomachs, ready at short notice to lake np active service in H.M. ships. The,officers are among tho pick of the mercantile marine, the sailors mostly strong and well-.ckvdopsd . mcii, of good standing in their respective employ?, or fishermen engaged with the North Sea and other fishing fleets. This -all sounds well, but at the best it must be .pronounced inadequate, for it is certain they would not all be available at short notice. To be a really effective auxiliary to the Royal Navy, such a force should_ number at least 100.000 men, with 2000 or 3000 officer,?. The question arises how such a number of men can be induced to join the naval reserve? And the only answer is that the inducements must be made more attractive than they now are, and the facilities for enrolling for drill, and service on board H.M. ships increased.

The port of Manchester,'only'a-few yews since an inland city, is making, wondrous stride?. . The Ship Canal is 35i rrifles.in length and has a depth of 26 feet, the.bottom width at the full depth is from 120 ft to 170 ft, with the exception of a Bhort length of 2£ miles between Latchford locks and . Partington, where the bottom width is from 80ft to 90ft. For the purpose of comparison, it may be stated that the Suez Canal had until recently only a bottom width of 72ft, except,at passing places. The tidal portion of the Ship Canal from Eastham to the Latchford looks (21 miles) is'maintained-at a level of 9ft 6in above mean tide level. The locks are situated at Ka=ithain, Latchford, Barton, and Mode "Wheel. At each of. these places the large locks are1 not less than 600 ft by 65ft, and the small locks 350 ft by "45ft: The' Manchester docks cover an area of 256 acres, including a water .°2">ace of 1044- i>.cre3_ and quays 5? miles in length, and 35?. acres in extent. The equipment includes eighty hydraulic and steam cranes, with a radius of from 15ft to 33ft, and a capacity from 1 to 10 tons ;._a 30----ton steam crane, and a'i'aiige"of 15 single'and six three-storey sheds, with two. four-store.y sheds; also seven warehouses of four storeys, and thirteen warehouses seven storeys each. The docks, quays, and warehouses are lighted by eleotricity.