SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15553, 7 September 1912, Page 8

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

V OMAPKUE, September 6.—Arrived: n Claymore (7.30 a.m.), Iroui Onehiinga, POUTO, September 0.-Arrived: llouto, auxiliary schooner (3.20 p.m.), from Dunedin.

AUCKLAND, September 6.-Arrived: Rahira, whaling store ship,. from Russell; Atua (2.10 a.m.), from Sydney, via Fiji, Simo.l, and Tonga; Koutunui, from G isborne, via East Coast Bays, Sailed: Wallrauto, for Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru. and Dunedin; rtparima, for Wellington, Lyltclton, and Dunedin; Southern Cross' (1.40 p.m.), for iNorfolk Islands and .Melanesia; Kereru, ketch, for Nine (Cook Islands). WELLINGTON. September 6.—Sailed: Victoria (5.10 p.m.), for Lyttelton and Dunedin; Maori (8 p.m.), for Lyttelton, with-160 passengers; Maitai (5.20 p.m.), for Svdnev: VVairuna (4:30 p.m.), for Fiji. 'LYTTKLTON, September G.--Arrivodi Kaitangata (8 n.m.), (roni Newcastle; UK-, maroa, from Sydney, via Wellington; . Karamu from Timaru; Maraiua (9.40 a m.l. ! from Wellington ; Arapwa, _ from Wangarnii. Sailed: Aratapn, brigantiue, for Kaiparv. Karamii, for Wellington, Now "'"Plymouth,' Westport, and Greymouth; , Opouri, for Oanuru; Woollon, for Lydia 'jlhx; UlimaroA (5 p.m.), for Diinwia,

Bluff, Hobart, and Melbourne. Passengers: Miss Huddle, Mcsdames Fnlck and two children, Pigeon, Messrs Hudson, 'Ewcn, Speight, Nces, M'Ara, tlto Duncdin Post and Telegraph Football team. —Sailed: Muraroa, for Wellington, with 140 passengers; lluia, schooner, for Auckland. INVERCARGILL, September 6.—Sailed: .Jnvcrcargill (8 a.m.), for Duncdin, via Waikawa.

SYDNEY, September 6.—Arrived: Wimmora (6 p.m.), from Auckland.

The Flora is duo on Monday next with a cargo of coal from Wcstport. Mr t!.. Nelson, late of the Ilawcra, iias joined the Kapuni as engineer, vice Air C. Nnismith. \

Mr L. M'Murrich, lato second engineer of the Mapourika, hat) been promoted to the position of chief.

Mr Evans is now purser of the Kowhai, having relieved Mr Beiistcnd, who has joined tho Pntcena.

Mr 11. S. Faulkner, formerly of t'nc Hud-dart-I'arker steamer. Riverina, joined tho H.M.3. Zcalnndia at Sydney this trip as purser, in place of Mr P. Coxsall, who now lies seriously ill in a private hospital in Sydney. Tho Maunganui is due to arrive at Dunedin on Tuesday afternoon from Melbourne, via Hobart. and Rlulf.

The Ulimaroa is duo about 11 a.m. to-day from Sydney, via Cook Strait. Sho will Bail at noon to-morrow for Melbourne, via Bluff.

The Jlokoin. steamed down to Port Chalmers yesterday forenoon, and, after loading cargo, sbo sailed in the afternoon for Auckland, via Mist Coast porU. The ISrccr.o arrival at Port Chalmers yesterday from Oamaru, and anchored in Carey's Bay, where sho loaded a transhipment of explosives, ex Opawa, for Wellington. Tho Opawa continued the discharge of her explosives in the stream yesterday, and is expected to bo ready to eome nlongsido the wharf to discharge portion of her general cargo at Port Chalmers to-day, • Mr J. lUnkin has returned from 'holiday leave, and rejoined tho Arahura at Wc'llington as second officer. Mr <I. M'Lctin, who was relieving pro tern., came ashoro for instructions.

Mr R. J. Fowler has recovered from his reeeiit illness, and has r.esumcd his position as chief officer of tho Haupiri. Mr .T. Scott, who was relieving Mr Fowler on llio Hanpirij hns come ashore for instructions. Captain W. J. Carey left the llakaiioa lit IJiuiedin ycstortlay, and nrocNded to Wellington l)y the .Mokoin on holiday leave. Captain A. 10. Harlow, late of Karori, is relieving Captain Carey on tho Rakanoa. Tho Ngaloro arrived at Port Chalmers about, midnight on Thursday with a cargo of bunker coal for tho Turakini. Coaling .was continued all day, ■ and tbo Turakina sailed last evening for Rlulf. ' Auckland advices stato that the steamers llurst and llakushika have lxicri set down to load cargoes of suncrphosnhatcs and other minerals at Japan for Auckland and other New Zealand ports not yet named. The llurst is expected to sail early this month, and the llakusliika several week's Inter.

An exchange says: "The Waitcmata's cargo of coal-from Newcastle i 3 being anxiously awaited by llio merchants at Timaru. With other vessels the Waitemata has suffered considerable • delay at Newcastle owing to the influx of siiipping, and on ono occasion recently there were no less than 21 vessels ahead of her awaiting cargoes.

Advico has been received that the American four-masted barquentinc Koke, Head, 1011 tons, has been fixed by Messrs Thomas Rrowu (Ltd.) to load a full cargo of Oregon pino at Puget Sound in October for Wellington. Tliu schooner 11. Turner is to leave Puget Sound shortly for Auckland. To meet tho increasing trade in the Now Hebrides, Messrs Burns, l'hilpt and Co. (Ltd.) have contracted with tlit Greenock and Grangemouth Shipbuilding Company for tho construction of u steamer. It is expected tho now vessel will bo ready to ieavo Sydney for tho New Hebrides about the middle of next vear. She will bo of 1500 tons, 260 ft long, 36ft beam, and 18ft deep, and have accommodation for 50 first class nwl 30 stoorago passengers. A Gnzctto notice states that, owing to the distance, of tho Kaipara bar from the slioro and tho tortuous nature of tho channels, tho signalman cannot keep tho vessel's position in relation to tho channel in sight when tho light is not good. A vessel should not take tho bar unless a safe anchorage can be gained inside Puoto, or South Head, beforo dark, or t|io signals to take the bar arc shown. Charts, etc., affected—Admiralty chart No. 2614; Now Zealand Pilot, eighth edition, 1908, Chapter VII, pago 207; New Zealand Nautical Almanac, 1912, page- 236. With respect to the mercantile tonnage Ihcro is_ (says tho Shipping Gazette), a, very decided glut in somo of tho Clyde districts, especially in tho yards which aro devoted almost wholly to tho building of tramp steamers. Tho Greenock and Port Glasgow firms arc exceptionally busy, perhaps busier all over than they have ever boon. It was slated tbal in Port Glasgow aloiio Ihcro is about 140,000 tons of new shipping, almost wholly of general trading' steamers', and that the majority of tho yards liavo work for two years on their books.' So (piickly aro most of the contracts placed, and so numerous.aro Hie orders from old customers, with whom very little negotiation is necessary, that nothing is beard of tho bulk of (ho new tonnage unlil it shows on tliu stocks.

A Renter telegram dated Shanghai, July 4, published in the London Shipping Gazette, stated that considerable interest was being evinced there in tho voyage of a Chineso war junk; named the Ningpo, which was recently purchased (or tho Panama Ciinal Exhibition M San Francisco, whither shu set sail on Juno 7th with u foreign crew and provisions for 90 (lays. Apart from certain internal readjustments and the fact that her sails are of British sail cloth; she is in all respects Chinese, as built, and she is steered by a tiller. Meeting with bad weather, sho sprang a leak and was compelled to put back. In doing so sho grounded 011 an island in tho mouth of tho, ftuiglso River. Two of her crew, named Coggin and Flanagan, at first wrongly reported as Hurr _ mid Mackintosh, ncro drowned. Tho Ningpo is now in dock, and is being repaired preparatory to making another attempt to cross the Pacific.

News lias just readied Hidcford (says tlio London Shipping Gazette of July 12), by loiter from two member* of the crow, of the sufo arrival at Durban, after a voyage of 144 days, of tho 33-ton ketch Seal. This century-old craft, which was formerly known as tlio Purveyor, loft llideford oil January 22 last. Constructed of oak, teak, and elm, and copper boiled, itt Southampton in 1810 as.n Uovernmeiit bnrgo, the veffiol was, on lieiiur fold cut of the service, owned sue ccssivolr on (lie South Coast, mid at Undo and liiileford, boinjr sold at the latter port in December, 1911, to Captain 11. Hoincrtsen, who proposes to use her for sea-lion hunting in tho.Crozots. Captain Heinorifen sided her from Hidoford with a Norwegian mate ami two Hidoford sailors. Ho sot a courso to tlio Hrizilinri coast to catch favourable winds, but. as ho expected to make tlio voyage in 80 to 90 days and nothing liikl been heard of his craft, somo anxiety was felt by tlio relatives of tho erow. When n month out the Seal encountered very heavy weather, which lasted three weeks.

Not the least interesting section of tlio now Lloyd's Register is tlwt in which particulars are given as to the number of vessels of special type now in service. How largo today is tlio trade in frozen liml chilled meat is evidenced by the fact 'that no fewer than 818 vessels are filled with lefrigerating appliances. Lloyd's Register gives the number of steamers specially conducted for carrying pctroleiini or other liquids ill bulk at 258, u total which is sure to be largely augmented in the court* of the next few months'. Sailing vessels built for tho carriage of liquids in bulk number SO. .Most of these, of course, are pttroloum carriers, and included in the list is the big tied of American towing barges owned by tho Standard Oil Company. The biggest square-ripped sailers carrying bulk-oil are the Uritish four-masted Ixifques Brilliant and Daylight, each of 3765 gross tons, but thev are run very close by tho Quevilly, the'fouMiiastod French motor vessel, of 3272 gross tons, which is well known in the North Atlantic Some of the lowing barges, too, are of great site. Notable among them is the liolfast-built Navahco. the steel schoonerrigged nix-master, of 7718 grots tons, which summer and winter makes her towing voyuses across the Western Ocean. The steamers filled for burning liquid fuel number 242. The largest steamers using liquid fuel are the Japanese- liner* Tenyo Marii, of 13,452 jrross lons, and the Chiyo Muni, of 13,431 gross tons, 'lite list includes tho names of about. 40 vessels of 5000 gross tons and upwards, all of which are fitted for burning liquid fuel.

Hid DEMAND FOR "OIL-TANKERS."

During the past few montlis there has arisen an extraordinary demand in Britain for oil tank steamers, mid it is slakd that there nro 41 such vessels now building and on order on the Tyne and Wear. This represents an enormous tonnage, for they ere all big vessels. But ftill the inquiry continues. A week or two ago the Pearson Svndicato was in the market for eight more vessels, which would probably be placed on tlw Clyde, because tho builders on the northeast coast could not book any moro

except for very distant deliver}-. These vessels are in process of lieing placed, but there are still more wanted, and the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company is negotiating with Scottish builders for live vessels-four ot 5500 tons ami one of 8500 tons,—of which two are to have Diesel motor engines and threo reciprocating engines. Tho last will burn fuel oil. In addition to these, another large London corporation, tho AngloAmerican Oil Company, has just arranged to build three 9000-ton tankers in this district, one by Messrs Swan, Hunter, and Wigham-Uichardion (Limited), one by Messrs Laing. of Sunderland, and ono by Sir Raylton Dixon and Co., .Middlcelirotigli. (Jno way and another, considerably over 50 oil tank" steamers are building and on order in British yards, and all but a Jew of them p;i the North-East Coast. It is superfluous to say that never before lias anything approaching thia number been known in the shipbuilding trade. «■ SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION LINE. Ai'l'i'.oxiMATi: Movements. Alhciiic—J/!tt London July 20 for Wellington ajid Lytlclton, due September 10; will sail lioni Wellington, September 19, due London November 1 | r Waimatia—Lolt Sydney September 1, duo Auckland September 6; thenco Wellington, Lyttelton,' Dunedi;i. Alter discharge in New. Zealand i>orls will proceed to Australia lor loading. Connthio—Loft Plymouth August 5 for Wellington and Lyttelton, due Wellington .September 21; will sail from Wellington for London October 3, duo November 14; will leave London December 5 for Wellington and Lyttelton, duo January 21, 1913. Wwwcrn—Left Canada August 15 for four New Zealand ports,'via Australia, duo Auckland October 21.

Kia Urn—Left Liverpool August 19 for Auckland, Wellington, LyttelluJi, and Duntdin, due Auckland October 2. Rangiitira—Left Capetown August 20 for Auckland, Wellington, and Blult, via Sydney, due Auckland September 11. After discharge in New Zealand will proceed to Australia-to load! „

I'nkelia—Left London August 22 for Auckland, Wellington, and Tiniaru, via Sydney, due Auckland October 10. Arawa—Left Plymouth August 18 for Wellington and Lyttelton, duo October 4; will sad front Wellington for London October 31, duo "December 12. Karameii—Arrived London August 28.

Tninui—Arrived Plymouth August 21: will sail for Wellington and Lyttolton September 12, duo Wellington October 20; will leave Wellington for London November 28, duo Ixmdon January 9. Kumarn.—Arrived London August 28. Dolphio—Loft Duncdin July 10 for Newcastle, New South Wales. a Unman-Left Tort Chalmers July 20 for Newcastle. Tokomam—Loft Duncdin July 27 for Newcastle. Healnndic—Loft Auckland July 29, duo London September 7. Miitatua—Left Duncdin for Brisbane August 30. lonic—l<cft Montevideo August 28, due London September 19; will sail for Wellington and Lvttclton October 10, duo November 26; will leave Wellington December 26, tiuo Loudon February 6, 1913.