SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16339, 23 March 1915, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES or THU MOOJC. Maboh. Full moon •; 6.3 ».m. Last quarter 8 11.68 p.m. New moon ™ _ _ 16 7.12 a.m. First quarter 31 10.18 a.m. Full moon w m m 31 6,8 p.m. THE SHU. Biaes to-day at BJB un.; sets at 6.12 p.m. . THE WEAXHEB. 1 . March 22—8 a.m.: WincL S-W.; eixriyerj. Nooei : " Wind S.W.; siowery. 6 pjn~: Wind S.W.; cwer"caet. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ~ ™ _ 30.00 30.03 30.05 , - Thermometer — _. _ 42 60 47 - HIQII WAXUB. *. Waneh 23— a.m. p.m. ,*f Ti'iaroa Heads _ _ _ 7.56 8J26 At l'o.i Chalmers 6.3G 9.6 At Dunedin 9.6 9.36 WEATHEB BEFORT&. (Pma DirrxD Pbxss assooiatioi.) WELIJNGTON, Maxch 22. The following ore the weather reports at 4 p.m.:— ' ; • Wind. Bar. Ther. Weather. : Cape Maria Calm 29.74 76 Fine »;• -Bussell._ „ E., fresh 29.68 71 Gloomy iiauokau H li, light 29.75 68 Pine j;.;Auckland „ N.NJS., light 29.<. 70 Fair -Tauranga N.W., light 29.7<i 71 Fair , _East Cape „. S.E., ireah 29.80 70 Overcast , ; Gisborne S.E., breeze 29.81 60 Overcast " ■Napier ... S.E., breeze 29.86 62 Overcast Ciistlepoint ._ S.W., breeza 29.95 58 Cloudy .."■Wellington ... S.,breeze 29.95 63 Overcast ; New Plymouth S.E., light 29.78 62 Fair Cape Egmont._ S.E., fresh 29.78 62 Cloudy . \Wanganui ... S.S.K., breeie yy.go 67 Gloomy Farewell Spit — N.E., breeze 29.86 62 Gloomy Cape Foal wind N.W., light 29.96 62 Bain ' Greymouth ... BiW„ light 29.86 65 Cloudy . Stephen Island S.E., gale 29.85 54 Cloudy I.'Cupe Campbell S., Iresh 29.94 55 Overcast Kaikonra S.E., light 29.96 58 Overcast ,-Akaroa light... S.W., Iresh 30.03 48 Hqin ~Nuggeca.„ _ S., light 30.07 47 Gloomy — — S.E., light 30.11 48 Overcast , WEATHEK FOEECAST. . - The following are the offioial weather summary ~:«ud lorecast:—"Two barometric depressions have '. dominated the weather conditions, one passing in ; higher latitudes, and the centre of the other r" crossing the dominion and combining with the Informer on Sunday. Bain has fallen generally, and ' unsettled, cloudy, and misty weather'has ruled. I High northerly winds have been experienced to . 1 the northernmost districts, and variable easterly . breezes elsewhere, bat the direction is now chiefly southerly. Present indications are for strong south to south-easterly winds, and cold, squally, and 6howery weather, bub considerable rain is probable in the northern and oast coast districts of ..the North Island. The barometer is now rising, . and high pressure is likely to prevail in the southern districts in the next lew days." ./ , DEPARTURES. 1 : Amokura, New Zealand training ship / . (11.30 a.m.), 805 tons, Commander Hooper, for the southern islands, via Bluff. Storm, s.b (2.35 p.m.), 405 tons, Woods, for northern porta. Tapley and Co., "agents. " SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, March 22.—Arrived: Nia- ' gaxa (10 a.m.) from Sydney. Sailed: Maheno (6 p_m.) for Sydney. WELLINGTON, March 22.—Arrived: . Talune (6A a.m.) from-.the Eastern Pacific. ——Sailed: Awahou (noon) for Greymouth and Wanganui; Tutanekai (2.5 p.m.) for Lyttelton; Pateena (9.5 p.m.) for Nelson; Mapourika (midnight) for Picton. Sailed: • Wahine (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. ( Passengers: Miss Flaheut, Mesdames Maslin, Kennedy, O'Connell, Ambury, Penrose,. Wyatt, Bates, Hawland, Liggins, Brown, Birny, O'Connell, Barnett, Pavitt; Thaylock, Young, ■Ghadwick and child, Booth, Messrs Maslin, .Kennedy, Jackson, Ambury, O'Connell,. Whitson, Margolish, Clarke, Penrosb, Wyatt, • Archley, Yottage, Helliwell, Ridley, Bates, Coard (2), Austin, Field, Dean, Bradley, i Garrett, Bidwill (2), Forbes, Robjohns, Croll, j/ Cardale; and 42 in the steerage. 1. LYTTELTON, March 22.—Arrived: St. | . Ursula (8 a.m.), from Dunedin.——To sail: i' Cygnet, for Wellington; Maori, for Well lington with 175 saloon and steerage paste- sengers; Cygnet, for Akaroa. v. ; MELBOURNE, March 22.—Arrived: Kait -■ tangata, -from Greymouth. V V NEWCASTLE, March 22.—Arrived: j'i:.Rona, barque, from New Zealand. L-Sailed: Waipori, for Auckland.

) The Flora will sail to-day for the Chat- \ ham Islands, where she.will load sheep for •Lyttelton. v

The Invercargill will sail for the south to-day. The Amokura left Port Chalmers yesterday on her oruiee of inspection to the outlying southern islands. '■ AEter loadinnr transhipments ex St 1 Ursula, the Pukaki came up to town ! to complete her loading. 1 , The Katoa left Oamaru on,.Saturday, for /■ .Newcastle, where sho -will load for Lyttelton. ' ;■ ...

Mr G.- O. Dalziel, who was formerly , second officer on tho Huddart-Parker , steamer Riverina, has obtained his R.N.R. commission, and has joined, the navy. 1 A particularly smart passage between .Newcastle and Nelson has just been accomplished by the scow Marbro. With .293 tons of coal on board, the sailex made the ran across the Tasman- Sea in nine , day 3. . , ~,_ Mr ''Spain, chief officer of the Moeraki, jtranferred to /the Willochra at Port Chalmers yesterday in a eimilar position. __ Tbe Kaiapoi is loading a cargo of timber at Kaipara for Sydney. The Kanna left Wellington yesterday for Greymouthy where she will load for Wellington and Onehunga. « lhe Karori will sail to-day for Westport, where ehe will load for Auckland. The Hansa (German) cargo steamer ■ Birkenfels, which has a quantity of cargo ,from Now York for New Zealand, sailed the 6th inst. from Capetown for Australian ports. The vessel was seized -on arrival , at Capetown on August 20. The Victoria will sail << this afternoon on her return trip to via East Coast ports. . ■

•> The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotoiua, .which is due at Wellington to-morrow from London, via Auckland, will subsequently proceed to Lyttelton to oomplete discharge and to load. From Lyttelton the Rotorua will double back to Wellington to fill up, and is due there on the 31st inst. The Kaitangata arrived at Melbourne on Sunday from New Zealand; and after discharging her cargo ehe will proceed to Adelaide,. Edithburg, and Wallaroo to load for Lyttelton and Timaru. Captain Whybourne- joined the Komata ,at_ Wellington on Saturday, relieving Captain Doorly, who came ashore on transfer Having' been relieved of her shin examination duty at the Heads, the tu«r Plucky, returned to Port Chalmers yester°day. She has been engaged on militaryduties since* the outbreak of the war s Th e r Whangape is loading at Westport for Wellington, and-after discharge at the latter port she will go to Napier to load a cargo of sheep for Lyttelton. Under charter to the Union Company the steamer Hexham, arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday with a cargo of coal from Newcastle. After completing her discharge 6he will return to Newcastle. The Kumara is due to-morrow from Lyttelton, and after completing discharge of her Home cargo, she will bs docked at Port Chalmers before commencing her Homeward loading. • . Captain J. A. Sutcliffe is still in command of the New Zealand Shipping Com-' pany's steamer Rotorua, and has tho following officers associated with him:—Chief Mr S. W. Somers Vine; second, Mr E. C. S Upton (late of Hororata); third, Mr A Thorpe;, fourth, Mr 0. C. Williams (late of Rankin Gilmour Co.); ship's surgeon Dγ G. C. Sneyd (late of P. and O. Lme) • Marconi operator, Mr W. Rowdon-steward-in-charge, Mr F. W. \ Harris • chief engineer, Mr A. H. Parker; second, Mr A Johnston; third, Mr A. Barclay fourth, Mr L. C. Brown; fifth, Mr w' Edivards; sixth, Mr W.Thompson; seventh -Mr G. Wallace; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr H. M. Dixon; second, Mr J M'Kenzie; electrician, Mr R. H. James. Due at Wellington froin London about, March 30, the Shaw-Sayill R.M.S. lonic i 3 bringing the following passengers: Saloon—Miss Gustofson, Mrs Adams, Messrs B. Adams, J. G. Barclay, W. Smith, and Captain E. L. Siddall. Steerage, from London—Mi«es Abernethy, Bentley, Costigan, Entwistle, Gass, Langdon, Philburn* Rawlnigs (3), Reid, Shaw, Thomson, Whitcombe Watts, Mesdames Bentley Brewer -Bruce, Gass, Phelburn, Quickenden, RawJings, Thompson, Messrs Bentley, Duncan, ,Dunn (3), Hanselmann. Hansen, M'Auliffe Phelburn, Reid, and Thomson. Passengers for otherports:—Auckland, 37; Port Chalmers, 15; Westport, 3; Lyttelton, 10, Gisborne, 3; Napier. 2; New Plymouth, 3; Picton, 8; Wanganui, 4; Timaru, 10 According to an English paper just to hand, the "Shaw-SavlH liner Mamari, which was to have left London on March 9 for Wellington, is not bringing any passengers The company issued a notice to that effect ' because, owing'to the delay in discharging and loading operations, the sailing date <was so uncertain. Exceptional conditions have arisen as a result of the war, and these interfere considerably with shipping movements. The next boat leaving with passengers will Corinthic, sailing on April .30.

.incidentally to ensure a supply of sufficient junior officers to meet the ever-increasinpr demands of tho Red Funnel fleet. In tho meantime quite a. number of tho cad. , ';;; have qualified for officers' positions, and amongst the latest to receive promotion is Mr E. J. M'Clellan, who has juet boon appointed third officer of R.M.S. Niagara, at a salary of £14- per month, -with a prospect of further promotion at an early date.