SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16225, 7 November 1914, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHAfiKS OV THX VOOV. nsam _ s n.is a.m. Last quarter „ _ _ 11 11.7 a. in. K«w moan , _ _ 18 3.32 sum. Vint quarter _ _ i 5 L 8 aA.. THK BUS. Hises to-day at U3 uv; seta « -U pjn. ItiM tMMOMr at -MS ua.; sete si 7-3 p-m. THB WBATHEEL. Svreatm l>—B uu Wiad ]TJL« aaeroast and threatening. Buna; Wind HJB.; dull and. iaggy. » p.m.: Wkl JlXs dull, light rata. 8 aJn. Nocm. 6 p.m Bucmetar _ 28. M 25.6S 28 JO Xhtroamtm — — — «3 M M TniyMwnoL Sovomber 7— ml pjn. 11 T.imn. 1T««a« _ _ _ _ JJJ 6-36 At Fort _ _ _ _ 4-63 6.16 At Dtmedts ______ 6.22 6.46 Hovember 8— At Taiaro* Heads _ &3 6.30 At Pott Gkafemen — — — — 6.43 7.10 At Dasedin ______ I£i 7.40 WBAXKBB BSPOBIS. (Fn Cktbd Pxast assoolhio*.) WBLLISaiON, November 6. < The following are the -weather reports at Wind. Bar. Iter. Weatktr. Oape Maria _ W., light 30.03 60 Fair TliMitti... — 29.95 68 Floe ManukauE_ &., breew 39.98 £7 Cloudy Auckland _ W.8.W.. breaia 23J6 62 fair Tanranga _ N.W., ireah 29.96 71 l'air EastOape „ W., fresh 29.85 86 Cloudy Oiaboma ... £~ light 29.80 60 Fair Sapier ... NJS., light 29.81 59 Drizzle Ctotlepoint ™ K.W„ light 29.86 66 Showery ■Wellington _ NJST.W., ireah 29.81 66 Showery K«w Plymouth W., light 29.92 60 Overcast Uape KgrnoakL N.W., light 29.92 60 Overcast iWanganui ... W. ( breeae 29.91 67 Showery Auewell Spit— W„ light 29.88 63 Showery Oapeftnlwind HJE., fresh 28.98 60 Bala Qwymonttt . N., light 29.76 65 Rain Stephen Island N.W., light 29.85 62 Bain Q»p« Campbell N., breeze 29.76 64 Overcast Xaikoura _ Oaim 29.66 60 Bain Akaro* light... Ni, light 23.67 65 Bain Knggeta... N., ireeh 29.66 48 Foggy Shut _ _ 8., breaia 29.65 64 Cloudy WBATHEB POBKCASTS. Following are the official weather summary and ftl«oast:—" Hie barometer has fallen in the •oath to-day, and northerly and westerly breezes have prevailed; cloudiness hae increased generally, and Kin has been reported in many parts of the ooontry. Indications are for unsettled, clondy, and maty weather, with rain generally; northerly wind jttobabla, increasing strong to a gale in and eoutbwani ot Cook Strait, and changing by east t6 eoatherly in the sooth. The barometer has a tilling tendency, but should rise temporarily in tbe sooth shortly." Mr J. W. Faulin telephoned at 9.4S last evenlag as follows: —" E.N.E. to S.E. winds, electrical Hu show era, and mist." ARRIVALS. Invwoargill, is a. (9JLS a-m.), 223 tons, Marks, fiom southern ports. Invercargill Shipping 1 Company, agent ' Petone, a-a. (10.35 a-m.), 708 tons, Cowan, from Bluff. Tipley and Co., agents. Breeze, s-s. (12.10 p-m), 504 tons, Gordon, from Lyttelton. Tapley and Co., ageots. DEPARTURES. ' John, m. (3.30 p-m.), 111 ton 9, Holm, for 'Wanganui, -via. northern ports. Keith Ramsay, agent. W«str&lia, s-s. (4.25 p.m.), 2884 tons, Bates, tor Auckland, via East Coast ports. Huddart, Parker, and Co., agents. Passengers: For Lyttelton—Messrs Allen, A. H. Crawler, G. F. Jackson, J. Popple, J. Scott, Wood, Ward, Harris, Warren, H. F. Christie, W. H. Christie, 8. Angell, J. R. Dreaver, A. C. Smith, T. Elliott, VV. Elliot, J. Crawford, J. Roberts, Withers,' J. Kelleher, R. F. Algie, Gibson, Conn, Lacey, J. Collins, C. W. Williams, Dr Hall, Misses Aehton, Chapman, Berwick, Brccnan, Col4|pb, Mrs C. J. Vaaghan and infant. For Wellington—Mr Barnicoat. For Napier— Mr E. Lake, Nurse Lomas. For Giaborne — Mia Bolting, Mrs Graham, Mr C. Anderson. For Auckland—Mrs and Master fiabree; 16 steerage. Petone, s-s. (5.15 p.m.), 708 ton 9, Cowan, for Picton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Tapley and Co., agent 3. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. OMAPERE, November 6. —Sailed: Greyhound, schooner (12.15 p.m.), for Auckland; Isabel de Fraine, schooner, for Kaipara. November 5. —Sailed: Claymore (6.40 p.m.), far Auckland. * AUCKLAND, November 6. —Sailed: Sqwtll (midnight) and Eaeo, schooner (1.45 p.m.l, for Bast Coast bays and Gisborne. WELLINGTON, November 6. —Arrived: Wahine (6.55 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Mapourika (7.30 a.m.), Nelson; Mokoia (8.45 a.m.), from East Coast and Auckland; Ulimaroft (8.50 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Tajbu (0.30 p.m.), from Waitaja; Wimmera p.m.), fnnn Hobart. Sailed: Uliroaroa (5.20 p.m.), for Sydney; Wahine (8.5 p.m.), for Lyttelton, with 680 passengers; Moana (5.85 p.m.), for Sydney. LYTTELTON, November 6.—Arrived: . John Anderson (1.45 a.m.), froqi Kaikoura; Rotarna (6.20 a,m.) t from Dunedin; Mono•wai a.m.), from Wellington; Storm fIL4S ajn.), from Timaru; Monowai, for November 6.—Arrived: Waimna, from Kaipara; Waitemata, from New Zealand. Sailed: Moeraki (6.10 p.m.), for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, November 6. —Sailed : Zealand and Joan Craig', for New Zealand. • GRAY'S HARBOUR, November 5.— Sailed: Commerce, schooner, for Dunedin. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. WELLINGTON, November 6.—Arrived: . lonio (2 pjn.), from London, via Hobart. 1 Sailed: Tainui (5.30 p.m.) And Pakeha (3 p.m.), for London. LONDON, November s.—Arrived: Remuera, from New Zealand. THE BOON'S CARGO. Cargo for Dunedin, ex the German steamer Roon, which took refuge in Batavia shortly after the outbreak of war, has. been released, and is now being landed at the ; VWiarf. Coneigneee, however, aio not yet in receipt of information stating ho-w possesiiaon of the cargo was obtained.

* . Hie Kaon* is at present loading at New castle for Dunedin.

The Corinna'will tail today for Oamaru and New Plymouth, via ports. Tho Kittawa will leave Lyttelton this evening for survey at Wellington. The Pateena has been laid up at Wellington this week, and will resume running tin Wednesday. The Kaiapoi will leave Hobart on Tuesday morning for Lyttelton, Wellington, and New Plymouth.

The Kini is due hera on Sunday, and is to leave again on Tuesday for Westport.

The Wamaka will load this week at East Coast port# for Wellington and Lyttelton. The Westmlia sailed yesterday afternoon for Auckland and the usual East Coast ports.

The Kaxori will load at Greymouth and Wesport early next week for Dunedin, via Timam and Oamaru.

lie John left yesterday afternoon on her usual run to Wenganui, via Oamaru and northern ports.

The Kini is due here to-day from Westport, and, after discharge, sbe will leave on llonday for the West Coast. • The Petone arrived from Bluff yesterday morning, and sailed in the afternoon for Picton, Wellington, and Wanganui. ' He Breeze arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon from Lyttelton and went into dock.

>-The Wairrma arrived at Sydney yesterday morning with a cargo of timber from Kaipara. After discharge she will load at Newcastle for Lyttelton.

'.The Knight of the Garter, from New York, via' northern New Zealand ports, is due here to-morrow, and is expected to go into dock on Tuesday. The Bafcaia. will go. down to Port Chalmers early this morning to load cargo, and will subsequently sail for Bluff and northern porta to complete her loading. The Invercargill arrived here yesterday morning, and proceeded to load tsanshipments ex the Rotorua and Rakaia. She is ettpected to get away for southern ports on Monday. Shaw, SaviU, and Albion liner lonic, wiich reached Wellington yesterday from London, will make Lyttelton her next port of call. The vessel has aboard some 700 passengers for New Zealand ports. She will ■visit Auckland about November 24, and should leave the dominion finally about the end of the month.

The Maoriland Steam Ship Company's Emwrdale has gon« to TaraJcohe to lift the first oargo of oement from that port for Australia. The shippers are the Golden Bay Cement Company, and the cargo -wijl amount to 1400 tons, and the vessel's destination is Brisbane. After discharge the Ennerdale wilj go on to Newcastle to load for Now jSeuand.

- ■ Wfcilifc the Orient Company's steamer Oiterfey dm proceeding to Melbourne from Sydney lart week, one morning at 5 o'clock, sereral of her sailor# -were surprised to observe & joung woman, ecantilv attired, oome hurriedly up on deck. Before the woman oould bs prevented she threw her•elf into the sea. Fortunately, the water was comparatively smooth. A boat, was lowered and the woman was rescued. She iptvo no reason for her rash act. She had, ftwaa at&ted, recently undergone a severe operation. Bb® wis little the worse for her

" Privateering is, and remains, abolished.' That, as I understand the matter (says London F&irplay), was tho chief consideration for the I>eolaratian of Paris, by which wo agreed to fight, in the future, with only one hand. How does tho capture of tho Graliciu by a converted merchant steamer square with that? The subsequent rescue by tho Highflyer was a piece of luck. Son'" at' these Cape boats carry fabulous sums in gold; tho best of them being slow compared with the crack American liners What do the underwriters say ? Tho El Oordobee, which loft Liverpool last week for New Zealand, i 3 a -vessel of 5683 gross tons, and was built in 1900 at Sunderland. She is a modern type of steamer, being fitted with wireless, electric light, and rSrigarating machinery. Sho has changed her name twico since building, and was formerly well known in New Zealand under the name Indradevi, when she sailed under tho Tyser flag. She changed her name to Chase Side, and then to El Cordobes, and, according to Lloyd's, is now owned by the British and Argentine Company (Ltd.). lie earnings of the Panama Canal in the early days of its operation are disappointingly low, but this is to be accounted for chiedy by the war. In the first week of business the canal earned approximately £11,000, no; including the amount collected for barge service and payments made ih advance tor ships on their way to tho canal. Thesa amounts would bring the total receipts up to almost £30,000. The number of ships passing through the waterway was 16. '.Lhe reason for the light traffic by this new route is the fact that in the first week after it was opened very few ships sailed anywhere; but with a greater feeling oi security in shipping circles the receipts should materially increase. WAGES COMPARED. Much has been said and written of late regarding the relative cost of running a British vessel in competition with vessels wiling under the American registry. Comparisons, too, have been used in the many discussions that have arisen on the subject, 'but none of them have been so interesting as. the following, which appeared in a recent issue of the San Francisco Daily Commercial News. The excerpt runs:—"Here is a comparison between the wages paid on an American steamer of 4500 tons and a British steamer of 6000 tons: — Wages per Month. British. American. Master £20 £35 First mate 10 17 Second mate 8 13 Third mate — 10 Chief engineer 18 30 Second engineer ... 16 20 Third engineer 8 18 fourth engineer ... 7 16 Thirty-five other men in all 170 340 " There we find a much larger crew at a much higher wage rate to run an American steamer of 4500 tons than is used for a British steamer of- 6000 tons, or one-third larger." NEWCASTLE OOAL TRADE RESTRICTIONS. Recently, at Newcastle, Mr Manuel Gundelach, Consul for Chili, made the following statement: —"Owing to the restrictions placed upon the exports of coal to Chili, the commercial operations between that country and Newcastle -will be seriously affected. Last year 800,000 tons of coal were exported from Newcastle to the Republic, and 280 steamers and sailers were required for the transportation. These figures will show an alarming decrease by the end of the year. I have read in the" papers the possibility ot Japanese coal being exported to Chili," he oontinued, "in the event of Newcastlo coal not being obtainable. During tho 14 years I have been Chilian Consul here I have signed documents for no fewer than 3500 steamers and sailers, carrying seven million tons of coal. By the Chilian papers lately to hand there is talk of U.S.A. coal being exported to Chili on a large scale, via thePanama Canal. If such a proposition -were successful Newcastle -would lose her best market in the international trade. Indirectly Chili contributes towards the progress. oi thi3 port to an enormous extent. Besides obtaining £500,000 ! for the coal, you have tha benefit of the disbursements of ships while in port, which reaches a large figure."