SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16590, 13 January 1916, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES crar THE MOON. JABUABT. New-moon „ _ _ - 6 First quarter „ _ _ — ... 12 2 , 5»?" in " Full moon 20 If Last-quarter „ _. ._ ... ... 28 P jn< THE SUN. | ' to-day at 4.37 turn.; seta at 7.63 p.m. THE WEATHER. January 11.—8 0.m.: Wind S.E., strong; fine. ■Noon: Wind N.E., light; fine. 6 pjn.: Wind NjL strong; overcast. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer ... 29.43 29.34 20.24 ; .Thermometer 50 HIGH WATER. January IS— a- m * P- m - ! At Taiaroa Heads - 9 - 12 JJ-J® I At Port Chalmers 10.18 At Dunedin _ ... 10.22 10.43 WEATHER REPORTS. tP«» tlxrrsD Faass association.) WELLINGTON, January 12. ■ The following «® Uiq weather report* 4 pjn.J— TOna. Bar. Ther. Weather. W., light 29.88 68 Overcast Xanokan tt. . W., breeia / 20.8.6 67 Cloudy Auckland _ W., light 29.86 74 Overcast Tauranga _ Oalm 29.86 74 Overoast EaetCapa _ W., light 29.89 73 Overcast Sisborno — N.E., light 29.76 72 Hazy Napier _ E., light 29.72 71 Overcast Oastlepoiak — N.W., breeze 20.66 70 Showery Wellington _. N., fresh 29.65 64 Overoast Hew Plymouth N., light 29.78 66 Showery Oape Egmant— N., breeze 29.78 66 Rain .Wanganui ... W., breezo 29.73 72 Gloomy SareweU Spit.- N.W., light 29.68 63 Showery GTeymouth .„ 8.W., fresh ' 2D.16 65 Rain Btephan Island N.W., fresh 29.70 58 Rain (Jape Campbell N., gale 29.56 Gfi Gloomy Kaikoura „ Oalm 29.38 67 Cloudy Akoroa light— N.W., fresh 29.40 69 Overoast Nuggets S.W., fresh 29.26 52 Rain Blufl „ W.S.W., breexe 29.25 55 Overcast WEATHER FORECAST. The following are the official weather summary and forecast The barometer has fallen considerably in the south, and to-day northerly and westerly winds, increasing, strong to a gale, have prevailed in and southward of Cook Strait. Cloudy , and unsettled conditions havo overspread the dominion, end rain has fallen in many parts southward of New Plymouth and Castlepoint. lnaioations are for unsettled and squally weather, Vwith T&io generally and & cool change following; expect high north-weet to 60uth-west winds. The barometer is unsteady, but will rise everywhere shortly." ARRIVAL. Papaxoa, sa (8.50 a.m.), 7697 tons, Bowers, from Lyttelton. Turnbull, Martin, and OcL. agents. DEPARTURE. Invercargill, sja. (8.5 a.m.), 224 tans, 'Marks, for Bluff and Invercargill. Invercargill Shipping CJol, agent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, AUCKLAND, January 12. — Arrived: Waihara (705 sun.), from Sztmaxang. WELLINGTON, January 12.—Arrived: Maori (6.50 a-m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: Nerehana (5-15 ajn.), for Tokomaru Bay; Pateena (L3O pjn.), for Picton and Nelson; Maori (7-55 pjn.). for Lyttelton —To Bail: Century, for London, n;,; LYTOELTON, January 12. —Arrived:, Mararoa (9.5 a-m.), from Wellington: Manuka (IL2O a-m.), from Wellington: Victoria (11X30 a.m.), from Dunedin; Storm (3.20 pjn.), from Picton.- Sailed: Kaiapoi :(4.15 pjn.), for Wellington. To sail: Wakatu, for Kaikoura -Manuka, for Wellington; Mararoa, for Wellington, with 500 passengers; Qygnet, for .Kaikoura; Storm, for Dunedin; Breeze, for Oamaru; Victoria, j for Wellington. _ j BLUFF, January 12. —Arrived: Mokoia, | from Hobart, with, an English mail. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. WELLINGTON, January 12. — The steamer Athenio ia expected to sail for London to-night. The Invercargill sailed early yesterday morning for southern ports. The Waiteinata is expected to leave Timaru to-day for Dunedin. The Kaitangata. left Kaipara on Tuesday for Melbourne. The Manuka will leave Wellington to-day for Sydney. The Papaioa arrived here early yesterday morning, and was berthed at the Rattray street wharf, where she commenced her discharge. The Whangape, at present loading coal at Westport for Dunedin, is due here on Sunday. . The Mokoia is due here to-day from Bluff, and on her arrival she will be withdrawn for survey and overhaul The Wimmera, which is duo to leave here for Melbourne about January 26, will include • Hobart in her_ ports of calL lie Kowhai will complete the discharge •f her transport coal to-day, and departure •will then be taken for Bluff and WellmgThe Westralia is due here early this momtog from Wellington direct, and will sail roon on Friday for Auckland, via tho ports of call. The local office of the New Zealand Shippin* Company is in receipt of information statattg that the Rotorua, en route for Hobart and New Zealand ports, arrived at Cap&own on January 6, and left the next day Sn continuation of her voyage. The same company's steamer Opawa left Liverpool on January 7 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, via Melbourne and Sydney. At 6.40 o'clock on Monday morning the Shaw-SaviU liner Pakeha arrived in Wellington from Glasgow and Liverpool, via ports, and was berthed at the King's wharf. The Pakeha will leave Wellington on Friday for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers to complete discharge. With a full cargo of timber on board, the auxiliary scow Houto left Hokianga. Heads at noon on Saturday. The date of her arrival at Wellington is somewhat indefinite, but given favourable winds, she should make that port towards the end of the week. Tn order to commence loading for Home, the New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer Ashburton left on Tuesday for Port Chalmers. After visiting other dominion ports to fill up, the Ashburton is expected to leave New Zealand waters towards the end of tie month. Reporting at the meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board, held last week, the harbour master stated that during the past month 127 vessels, representing a total tonnage of 19,486 tons, had entered and departed from the port, and one ocean liner, of 10,780 tons, had transhipped frozen meat in the roadstead. The Century, which is_ loading in New Zealand, under tho auspicesi of the New: Zealand Shipping Company, arrived in Wellington on Saturday night, and was berthed at' the Railway wharf. She took in a quantity of cargo, and was expected to sail at daybreak yesterday for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. . According to tho monthly return issued by the secretary of the Westport Harbour Board, the output of coal last month was 46,081 tons, while the export amounted to 42,771 tons. The Kaxamu took 629 tons to Fiji. Altogether 59 vessels entered the port and 61 left. The total tonnage for the "month was 62,178 tons. The mean high water in tho river was 26ft lin, and on the bar 24ft lin. The successor to Captain Thompson on the Waitern Harbour Board has not yet beer definitelv found. The appointment has beer made in two instances, but in each case the applicant withdrew, presumably oiving- tc having had his salary raised in the poeitior he was holding. It is understood that £ third appointment has been made. , The representations of tho British Sea , men's Union against the employment o! 'Chinese on transports have been follower by "action in the right direction. As the re suit of a conference in London recently th< following notioo has been issued by th( British Admiralty to the owners of all trans ports, as well as to mercantile marine offi ca-.a: —"In Admiralty transports orewi should be, so far as possible, British o: British coloured persons. No other nation alities should be engaged, unless it is foun< impossible without delay to _ tho transnor service to secure crews of British and Britisl coloured persons. This role shall not neces sarily apply in the case of ships which a the time of requisitioning had aboard a crev of Asiatics signed on at an Asiatic port."