SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13889, 29 April 1907, Page 1 (Supplement)

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

The following summary represents ship* 1 P \ ln^ie^ nt ? during 'he period April 1 to".• April 28, both dates inclusivo: — rp . STATISTICAL, FOREIGN, ETC. recent activity in oversea shipping - consequent on the wool season iias jus't ' : - about ceased in conscquenco of tho clfoo ' tlio latter, and tho' result has been' a marked decrease in the visits' from I-lomo ■'■' vessels during tho past few weeks. Tho °" !"J ry . f trade, howevor, has bceo ell maintained, and general produce tlome shipment is still coming forward' 'vV. i <Ul , u ovo i' sca , vessels, meet with' -. despatch. In this respect wo havo'' been favoured with an exceptionally Ion? ■ f i ? wcat^CP » which has greatly ' .* facilitated thd handling of cargo, and has rn'nd t' • l' 0 -)' 0 SloWeC ' a,Va y in P'' ime condition, besides contributing materially : ; •to the rapid despatch of shipoing. During tho period under review there - < were 52 arrivals, totalling 78,600 tons, and 46 departures, amounting t0.64,227 tons. During tho previous period there wero 53 arrivals, amounting to 78,929.t0n5, and 54 departures of 78,402 tons, : • .-v:-:''' 'llio oversea, trade accounted for 6 arrivals, totalling 26,540 tons, and 5 dc-• parturcs aggregating 22.248 tons , Tho previous summary showed 6 arrivals of A tons » an d 5 departures totalling r. 27.597 tons. . b f .. ; • Tlio Ayrshire velurned to Port Chalmers' ■ : on April 6 from the Bluff to load frozen mutton and general produce uftdci the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping: 9' Company, which has chartered the vessel ' ' for Homeward loading. - > , ' The Bloomfontein, from New York via northern ports, arrived at Duncdin on " MtApril 7 io ooniplete tho disehargo of -her' - general cargo. . The Morayshire, 5576 . tons, Captain ' -: $ M Laohlan, arrived on April 19 . from ;; Liverpool, via northern Now • Zealand-'.-ports. _ Whilst steathing up to Dunedin the ebb tide caught her on the starboard bow, causing her,to sheer ivhile making for the-../-entrance to the Victoria Channel She failod to answer her helm in time, and grounded on an even keel well to tho ' eastward of. the fairway, whore, she remained until next tide, when she wus : -' - 1- - floated off with the assistance of a couple of tugs, and returned to Port Chalmers, Mi::,where sho completed the discharge, of her Home, cargo and loaded frozen, mutton and general ■ cargo. She Mas drawing' •''i; 19ft- lOin when she grounded, but was .i lightened of 600 tons of water ballast be-: V' } fore next tide, when sho floated off without ' • the least dilllculty, having- sustained'.no--..':.'.V'.S:< damage whatever. Thero was ample depth -' : of water in the channel, as was proved',' by tho fact that tho Ma'heno, drawing,2oft ;'Wi 4in, passed the spot the-following morning- ..-' -Ui during an identical stale of the tide. The incident was a most unfortunate one, as. . . the Vessel had 1500 tons of general, cargo, ■ which' had to be sent tip to Dunedin by r-v.;-, rail, much to the aim'oyaucc of shippers.' v; The Star of New Zealand, from Livor : ■■■.'■y.S pool,' via northern ports.' arrived at Dun-: ' A.':; edin at 10 a.m. on April 26 to complete,;:-; the discbarge of her general cargo, and was followed threo i hours later by tho Delphic, which arrived from London "direct * «.t after an uneventful passage of 48 days, . v.? bringing 3000 tons of general cargo. -M/-* The Bloomfontein completed herfdischarge at'Duncdin 011 April.9, and sailed - . in ballast for Sydney, and' Melbourne, -vi"*; where sho will load for South and East ■ : African ports, and the Waimate departed' .' the'same day for Tintaru in continuance {• of her Homeward loading.. The steamer Waimate, which sailed on ' April 9 for Timaru. took the following * cargo from Port Chalmers:—los3 bales -v. wool, 249 do'sheepskins, 1,9 do rabbitskinsj i • 2do basils, 166 casks' tallow, 30 do pelts, - • 74 bags antimony 'ore, and 8 cases sun-V,:, .f- , dries. 'The Ayrshire,, which sailed tho same; day for Lj+telton, under charter to. the • ■ -,x Kw Zealand Shipping Company, took tho >. . - following cargo from .Port''Chalmers':- 1 -;:-.ijt', 1077 bales wool and skins, 633 do flax and .v.... tow, 290 pkgs cordage, 124 casks tallow. . .' r .: 33. do pelts, 17,690 ,carcases mutton and,, '- , lamb, 92 boxes kidneys and sweetbreads, V:. ' . 1 ;', a:nd 11' oases sundl-ics. Tho Morayshire .completed- loading and . discharging cargo at Port 'Chalmers . p.VApril 26 and sailed for. Bluff to cotttuitto ? her Homeward loading. She took :from : this port, 11,006 carcases lamb and mutton , 1700 crat'es rabbits, 162 -hales totv, and 126 bags echcolito ore for Liverpool, 1850 : car- i';j' 1 oases mutton for Avonmouth, and 30 bales . : :'- ; s;ool for Glasgow. .Ab .showing tho rapid despat-oli rccoived ~ by . the steamer Star of Now'.Zealand,, it. may bo mentioned that sho berthed at Dun- . edin at 10 a.m. last, Friday, and completed , the disehargo of over:SOO-tons'-of-eanjo 'b.v 5 n.ni. tho following-- evening,-..-; and sailed yesterday morning for. Welling-;.'-.-. • ton—a feat which has .earned cQnisdora&to, kudos for tho stevedores, Messrs John Mill and Co. IXTF.RCOLONUL ( AND. COASTAL. . "> Tho closing down, \ of,, tho, Christchurch, Exhibition has ban a marker effect, pii ' V rM? vessels engaged in tho coastal trade, and ' .-. . v.;. advantage has been taken of Hie fact .to.-" place half-a-dozen of them on the. stooka. ' ; for overhaul. The efforts made by the ; . ■ • Union Company to cope with the 'abnormal.■') traffic during the past,six months proved, • ample for requirements, nnd it ia most ' X gratifying to note that not a single mis-,. V; i hap occurred to riiar the record, of any of its Voxels dtirintr. tile period referred to. Tho intercolonial trade maintains' its usual proportions and' regularity. Bcvond - these facts there ■is nothinor special ,to ' 'V record.- - Messrs Neill and Co., local agents for, -I the _ Oceanic _ Steamship Company, have •• .-afl! received adviecs stating that the - connec- . .. tion with San Francisco will bo maintained bv _thc Mariposa, sailing, monthly v.:'::; from Tahiti. Connection between tho latter and New Zealand will bo maintained . : hv the Union Steam Ship Company's ' steamers, tho first Iwat: being the Mana-. . V-v; -'i notiri. which is-timed to leave Auckland' for t.lie French island on May 14. -' ' vj During the period'summarised there wore 14 intercolonial, arrivals, totalling 31,614 '• .■ v : i; lons, and 11 departures, of 24,120 tens/as : against 13 arrivals, of 30,976 tons, and 17 -. departures, totalling 32,467 tons, during tho provious'-poriod. . •,

The coastal trade lias been fully met bv. Sl' arrivals, totalling 19,634- tons,'and 30 departures, of 17,859 tone. . During the.pro- V v ' : vious_ .period thero were 34 arrivals, 11 totalling 18,042 tons, and 32 departures, aggregating 16,338 tons. 1 GENERAL. -■ ' Prior to tlia departure of Mr James Mills ;•, to England'a short time tack it, was hinted - ' V:?; that there was a possibility of other now steamers being added to tho Union Com- ■ : v pane's fleet at 110 distant date, and'it is nojv announced that a new steamer of 4000 ' tons gross register is fo bo built lo supple- . menf. the Atua and Navna in the Islands/ Y*vi trade. Tho new vessel will bo 500 tons ' ■ larger (ban the former, and will omljodv all .1': tho latest, improvements suggested b/oxDcri- ' ' > ',i' once,. and 1 is to bo ready for commission early- next year. This vessel makes fivo ' ; new ones building and to lie built, and it is not too much to say that finality is not y. yet in sight in this rcspcct so.far as this' ' progressive company is conccrncd. Messrs Stevenson and Cook's, staff has removed eight furnaces from the steamer ' now at, Port Chalmers. • Every thine- is in readiness to fit tho now ones in ■ position as soon as thev come to band ex ■ Corrnthic, now at Wellington, ami it is \ ■ expected to havo the .bi?. liner ready for -' ' ■ '. sea again, about a fortnight hence. Tho > ■ damaged furnaces have been in servico'for ■ about eight years, and their defects aro • supposed to bo due to what is technically termed "fatigue" of metal, duo probacy y : to continuous contraction' and expansion, resulting in clcavace along lines of stress similar to the effect produced by continually bonding and robending a thin pieco of Beyond the fact that thn : • Surrey's furn' • tho worked by forced ' draught no / jr theoTy is forthcoming to ' explain the/'-Jet that so many of hor furnaces sho/.d exhibit evident signs. of structural''' weakness at tlio same time. Although cracked in places, the flaws wero so minute that thoy. clowd bv expansion when nndor steam pressure, and at no timo ' did thoy leak, as was at one timo supnosed. Nine new furnaces came to hand' last Saturday ex Corinthio, ami the Surrey' is expected to be ready for sea again . / about 12 days hence. •