SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16594, 18 January 1916, Page 4

SHIPPING.

MASKS or TSB VCOQK, JtXUABX. Hear-moaa „ „ _ _ 5 AlSjun. First muiicr - - 12 SJi pjn. Fnlljoooa 20 7-59 pjn- — 23 W P-™-thb sxrtr. Bfea-to&v- st 4.46 a.m.; seta at U1 lun. THE WEATHEK. ImujTf H,—B a-m~: Wind Eghfc; dull. Hoon: Wind S.W,, light; fine. 5 pan.: Wind 8.W., Ughi; overcast 8 c-m. Noon. 6-pju. Bnonaetcr ... „ _ '23.23 20.8G 29Jt ThfrmA 1 ... — tD 67 £4 mSH .WATBB. Jnrmflgy 18— ■ fum. pjU. At Tsiszaa Heads ' _ — — — 0.58 1.21 At Port Chalmers _ 1-38 2.1 'At J&nediu ... „ » 2.8 2.31 WEATHER EEPOBTS. (Tut Omm Fkssj inocunot.) WELLINGTON, January 12Xha following us the weather report! a* Wind. Bar. Ther. Weather, S., fresh 20.34 70 Cloudy BnaseU _ _ N.W., Ught 30.17 74 Kne ManukaaJtt- S.W., breexa 30.34 67 Fine AfinHgml 8-W-, light 30-15 TO Eaet-Capa _ W.. fresh 30.05 71 Hazy Qisborne _ &H.K, fresh 30.06 82 l'ino Kapler _ Calm 30.07 75 Overcast Wellington „ fresh 30.08 67 Vair New Plymonth W.S.W., frech 30.18 67 Pine Oape Egmoatw— W.N. W„ light 30.18 60 l>me IWanganui M 'tv „ breeze 30.13 71 Fin© Farewell Splt_ W., fresh 30.0S 74 Fine Oape roalwtod S.W., light 30.24 67 Ctoady Ccroymouth S.W*, light 30.24 65 Fair Stephen Island W, fresh 30.16 63 Hazy Cape Campbell N., fresh 30.03 67 Hazy V w Calm 29.90 72 Pino Akaroa light— Oalm 29-94 76 Cloudy Hoggets—. _ N.W-, light 29.88 68 Oloudy Blufl _ „ K B, light 23J/0 65 Cloudy WEATHER FOfiECAST. Th* following are the official weather summary and forecast:—" Fair weu.tjher lias been experienced generally Hiwing the past few days, but showexs hare been reported to-dAv iu Otago. An iinti-oyclouio pressure has ruled, and moderate and variable breezes have prevailed. "i7xlif»<*.nnnK for a falling barometer everywhere soon, moderate to strong northerly tmd .westerly winds prevailing and increasing, strong to a gale, in and southward of Oook .Strait. Bain is probable on the West Coa£t and in the southernmost districts of the Sooth Island shortly. Warm and hazy woatiier is likely elsewhere, bnt with increasing cloudiness, and unsettled oonditions idlowing generally.". ARiRIVALS. BZebmai, ba. (6.15 a-m.), 1977 tons, from Sydney. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. sj3. (11 a-m.), 10,758 tons, Smith, feom Lyttelton. New Zealand Shipping Company, agent. Corinna, ba (0.40 p.m.), 1271 tons, Scott, from Wellington. Union Steam Snip Company. agent DEPARTURES. Imeicat&Sl. s.s. (0.10 p-m.), 224 tons, Marlm, for Bluff and InvorcargilL Inveroazgill Shipping Company, agent. PaJoona, sa, (3i45 pan.), 2T71 tons, Norton, for Bltdl, Hobaxt, and Melbourne. Unitai Steam Ship Company, agent. Pas- ■ sengers: For Hobart —Miss Cameron, Mesdamea Cameron, Gilchrist and child, Messrs M'Guiness and Gibbs. For Melbourne — Misses Hughes (2), Seehof, Bruns, Hooper, . Mesdames Seehof, Hopkins, Stokes, and Hooper, Messrs Heribert and Brown; 10 steerage. Ngahere, bjl p.m.), 556 tona, Dillner, for Lyttelbm. John Mill and' Co., agents. . John, s.& (7,20 p-m.), 339 tons, Smith, for iWangamii, via way ports. Keitli Eamsay, agent. Kaituna, bj. (10.30 pjn.), 1977 tons, Saunders, for Lyttelton and Wellington. Union SWm -Ship Company, agent SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. APCKTiAND, January 17.—Arrived: Biverina (8 p-mj, lrozn Sydney. WiiUuLN GlAiiS, January 17.—-Arrived Breeze ojol), from Oamaru; Kamata. (4 irom Weetport; Ulimaroa (b a.m.), Ixom Sydney ; Putnd (4 p.m.J, irom Wanganui. Sailed: Arahura (1 pan.), for Picton, A'daon, and West Coast; idaori p.m ], for JUyttelton. LiTTEL'ION, January 17. —Arrived: Pakaha (9.25 ajn.}, from Wellington. Sailed: Cygnet (6.30 a on.), lor iCaikoura; J<£n Anaeraon ll pan.J, lor Akaroa; Storm (4.45 p-m.), ior x J icton; Mararoa, for .Wellington; Kaivatu, for Kaikoura. BLUFF, January 17. —Arrived: Ashburton (5.45 pjn.), from Sydney. ■FRF.M A NT I <R, January 17. —Arrived-: Kityber, from London. THE DIRECT' STEAMERS. HOBART, January 17. —Sailed: Tainm, for .New Zealand. The Waitemata vent down to Port Chalmers early yesterday morning. The lnvercargill sailed at noon yesterday. £or southern ports. The Whangape is due at Port Chalmers this morning from Westport. . The Kaitaina left Newcastle on Saturday k witli coal for Auckland. The 'Karon ieit Greymouth on Saturday for Melbourne and Sydney. The Rakanoa is at pre&cnt loading at iW-estport for Port Chalmers. The Tarawera came up to town yesterday morning, and will sail to-day ior Auckland, yia East Coast porta. The Wanaka and the Aparima will iboth oomo out fo dock at Port Chalmers this ; morning. The tfaifarna arrived at Dunedin early yesterday morning- from Sydney, and sailed in the evening ior Lyttelton and Wellington. The Paloona, re-entered the intercolonial service yesterday, sailing in the afternoon for Bluh', Hobaxt, and Melbourne. The Corinna arrived here shortly after mid-day yesterday from Wellington direct, and will sail to-day for New Plymouth, via ports. The Roahine, with the balance of her Home cargo, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday morning, and will sail about Wednesday or Thursday for northern porta. As she was not expected to commence discharging at Wellington until Monday . morning, the Union Company's steamer Wai- . hora, with cargo from the East, was not expected to reach Lyttelton until about tomorrow. The Union Company's old steamer Moura, which was recently purchased by Hongkong buyers for the trade in the Far East, and .whioh left Auckland on October for Newcastle, arrived at Hongkong on December • 1, after a passage of 34 days from Brisbane. Cabled advice has been received from San Francisco to the effect that R.M.S. Maitai cleared that port for Wellington, via Papeete and Rarotonga, on Monday, January 9—four days late. She should arrive at Wellington on or about January 31, and will then come on to Dunedin for survey and overhaul. The Barber chartercd > steamer Jethou has arrived at Sydney from Now York. She cleared the United States port on October 25, and it was originally intended that she should come across to New Zealand. It has been decided, however, to tranship her cargo at Sydney. _ The Shaw-Savill liner Pakeha left Wellington on Sunday for Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo. She will then visit Timaru to commence Homeward loading, and, after that port,_ Lytelton, Wellington, Gisborno, Whangarei, and Auckland January 29 is the date on which the Pakeha is duo back at Wellington, and final departure will bo taken from Auckland for London on February 11. According to advice received by the Wellington agents of the New Zealand and African Line, the oargo steamer Dongarra has been engaged by the abovo line to leave New Yorfc on January 31 for Auckland, Wellington, and Australian ports. The cargo steamer Toromco is also fixed by the A. and A. Line to sail from New York on January 31 for Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Australian ports. It is probable that the vessels come via the Cape of Good Hope route, as tho Panama Canal is not likely to bo open for traffic. The Toromeo, which is oommanded by Captain Sprott, is an unknown quantity in these waters, but the Dongarra, 5553 tons, Captain Mackay, paid her first visit to New Zealand in November, leaving on the 7th of that month for Boston and New York. The RioiriV, which is duo to arrive at Auckland to-day, arrived at Capetown on November 10, when she was found to bfi, on fire. No details have yet been received, but the following, from a Cape newspaper, gives a fair idea of tho extent of the damage, and by ivhat means it was brought to a minimum:—"The Dutch steamer Riouw, whioh arrived in Table Bay from Now York at daybreak yesterday morning, and was berthed at the Loch jetty, was afterwards found to be on fire. The port captain (Captain Leigh) and Lloyd's surveyor (Mr M'Arthur) made an investigation, and found that tho seat of tho fire was in the coal bunkers. The work of discharging the cargo was immediately commenced, and will bs continued as far as possible boforo attempting to suppress tho fire. Volumes of smoke wero rising from tho steamer during tho afternoon, and tho smoke apparatus frcri the Central Fire Station was requisition"!, with a request for th-5 fire engines to stand by. It is stated that when tho cargo likely to bo damaged by tho outbreak had been removed tho Clayton process of extinguishing firee on board ship—the pumpxnc of odd oii to ths burninif material iW £l ba cflt&xL- ?Tkv .work of discharging

the cargo of tfc® Rioaw waa proceeded with all next day. 'lie smoke issuing from the bold became more dense as the Beat of the fire waa reached, and the tug Laidwig Wiener was standing by to render aaejstanco wiQx her pumpa should the occasion arise." Many people have fond memories of the good old days, and the old sailing vessels which carried thousands of people to these shares are pretty well all sold now to foreigners, and as time goes on their names aro usually changed, and they sink into obscurity. Perhaps there was no vessel trading to New Zealand up to 20 years ago that was better known than the Shaw-Savin ship Nelson. On December 31 the old vessel arrived at Sydney frcan the Pacific Coast with a oargo of lumber, after a good passage of 54 days. She is now owned in Chili, to which country sho_ waa sold some years ago. After discharging, the vessel will proceed to Newcastle, where she will probably load ooal for the West Coast. Another of tho Shaw-Sivill fleet also arrived at Sydney on January 2 from tho Pacific Coast ■with lumber. She was tho barque Belfast, which arrived after a passage of 58 days. Unlike the Nelson, the Belfast has never visited Lyttelton, but has been a constant trader to Australia for many years. As this is tho ago of steamships, it is interesting to recall tho old ships after they have bean disposed of to foreigners.

STEAMERS FROM AMERICA. . The eyes of shipping promoters are apparently well fixed on the trade of New Zealand and Australia. Now there ia news by mail that Messrs Houlder Brothers and Co., of London, have decided to establish a service* from San Francisco to Australia and New Zealand. According to the Commercial News, it is intended to pot highclass modern freight steamers on the service, and to hav3 monthly sailings from either terminus. Naturally, the promoters of the service expect to obtain freights in meat, wool, eta., from the commonwealth and dominion ports, and to bring Calilornian fiuit and other Pacific Coast products to antipodean shores. The vessels controlled by the Honldcr Company those of tho British Empire Steam Navigation Company, operating the " River" _ fleet of steamers, 10 in number; the Empire Transport Company, operating' the "Transport" fleet of 19 vessels; and the Houlder line, working the "Grange" steamers, 13 in all. No steamer has yet been fixed for the initial voyago on the new line, but the paper quoted states that this will probably be done very shortly. Messra Macondray Brothers and Co. have been appointed as the San Francisco agents for tho new line. A member of that firm tMr E. J. Lamb) is said to have passed throngh Wellington recently on !his way from America to Australia to arrange agencies in that conutry. He will probably do likewise in New Zealand on his way bade to the United States.