SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17038, 23 June 1917, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PBABSS or TBI HOOK. Tntl moon _ _ _ _ _ I (rjT«Jn- ' knst quarter _ _ _ 1J 1.9 pja. New moon _ , 30 o.33ajnVirol quarter — S8 W8 us. ••• Taut. ~ Pall moon — _ S fcllaJJ*. .»;• TOT BXJK. Rises to-day et US ajn.; k£s st 4.33 p^n. Bisea to-morrow it 7M ».m.; Beta .at 4-21 pjn. THE WEATHER. Juno 22.—g ojn.l Wind 8.W., light; eleac. ..Noon: Wind S.W., light; fine. S pjn-j Calm; clear and tmet&. 8 a.m. Noon. 8 p.m ..Barometer _ _ _ _ 59.09 39.93 J0.37 ; Thermometer _ _ _44 M 60 HIGH WAXES. June 23— ajn. pja. At Yaiaroa Heads _ 6.10 8.31 ; At Port •Oh aimers _ _ _ _ 6.60 G.ll At Dunedin ______ 6JQ 6.41 3one 24— At Taiaroa Heads _ _ _ SJS] 8.13 . At Port Chalmers _ _ w 6.32 6.63 At Dunedin ______ 7.2 7.23 WEATHEB EEPOETS. (PKB DKITKD PBKSS A BSOOZ ATIO V.) WELLINGTON, June 23. The toll owing an the weather reports at 1 p.m.:— Bar. Ther. Wenthor. • Cape Maria .„ E., gale 23.82 62 Cloudy r Uanukau H. .. N., breeze 50.02 64 Ovorcaab ' Aaoklaud _ E.N.E., brcexe 30.01 63 Gloomy Tanriinga _ S.E., light 30.03 67 Gloomy East Capo _ N.W., bree»e 30.10 63 Cloudy G Inborn# _ 8.E., light 30.08 60 Overrent Kapler _ Oalm 30.05 69 Cloudy Oastlepolnt _ 8.W., light 30.00 66 Drizile . Wellington „ 8.. breeze SO.ll 67 Mzzlo New Plymouth 8.E., light 30.00 68 Hazy Capo EgtnonL. N., light 30.00 69 Gloomy Wanganui Calm 30.00 73 Hazy . "rewell Hplt_ E., fresh 50.04 66 Showery , Cape Poulwlnd 8., light 30.03 45 Cloudy Greyraootb _ E.. light 30.03 67 Pino •Stephen lalnnd 8.K., fresh 30.07 50 ltain ' Cape Campbell S-, light 30.14 50 Mißty < • Kaikoura _. Calm 30.08 60 Rain ; Akaroa light™ N.E., light 30.16 47 Cloudy ■■■mST* ~ bH ßht 30-06 45 Pine 7 BluU w.N. W, breeze 30.07 45) Haiy WEATHEB FORECAST. • on? W fr, t0110,, T 111e ,.1J! > offloial weather summary Tm ond m6etUed ■■■ ?nv?«. m moßt P arte °< to oountry. , The otaospherio pressure has Increased einoe last ■ «laUH g ' moJerato to strong southerlies and . easterly winds have prevailed to-day. Present i^ r n eaatcrly ealee northwards of Kawhia and East Oupe and increasing southerly winds elsewhere. Expect dull and misty weather heavy rain in the northern and , eastern districts of the North Island. Conditions are threatening north-wertwaid of the dominion, barometer is likely to fall soon in the ARRIVAL Corinna, s-s. (8 a.m.), 1271 tons. Elders, , from New Plymouth, Union Steam Ship Company, agent. i DEPARTURE. f Corinna, sa (10 p.m.), 1271 tons, Elders, - for New Plymouth, via way porta—Union fc>team Ship Company, agent • Kowhai cleared Greymouth on ... inuisday iugnt Loc i imam V , , xuo will sou tram W«Uuietou to-uuy tor Jbyttoitoa. j-iie iunwui uteaied Wellington at II p.m. on 'JJiiirsday lor Am/^iii.^! j.ne K.omaui ioit WelUngxeu on 'ijhiusday ; ; nignc ior Weetiport to load tor YVeiiwe- ■ ton. b • xtio Poherna is timed to sail from Wellington to-day for laioymoutn to load ior li,y neiton. JSjni will sail from Greymouth to-dav wxtu a ourgo ol ooai ior Wellington. : 'liie Kuru arrived at lireynioutn at 0.50 p.m. on iJ'riday, and Will - uaU to-duy ior - .yVeilmgton and JNlow Plymouth. Kosamoad readied Greymouth at 12.15 a.m, yesterday, aud ia loadmg there r i Plymoutli and Onehunga. Breeze ia due here this morning from Pieton and Wanganui, and sue will sail on the return trip to-night. . A telegram received trom Greymouth yes- > terday titated that tiie sea on the bar had . moderated, 'lhe Kokiri, which has been bar-bound since Monday, cleai-ed Greymouth at mid-day for JDunedin, and is ex- • pec ted hero on Monday morning. ' A letter haa been eont to Sir Ales. Peacook, the Victorian Premier, by the Over- ■ »". Boa Shipping Representatives' Association, urging tne importance of continuing port improvement works at Melbourne. It is . pomted out that some regular vessels have been iorced to omit Melbourne as a port of call, and, as it is expected that vessels ' of greater draught will be m use in Aus- ; after tlie wax, the necessity of deepening the harbour haa become still , more urgent. _ Four German ships in Swatow Hartxmr nltve been placed under a Chinese guard. The German ships at Shanghai are being removed from the anchorages they have occupied since the commencement of the .i. war. They are all to be berthed near the arsenal. A report from Seattle states that the Sandstorm Shipbuilding Company, a re-cently-organised ooncern, has closed with Italian interests for the construction of .two - 30C0-ton auxiliary wooden ships for 700,000 dollars (£15,000) lor the pair. The keels will be laid immediately. .... . A Napier Herald reporter haa been informed that the Richardson Company (Ltd.) , has completed negotiations with Levin and Co. for the purchase of the s.s. Awahou, a steamer of 400 tons carrying capaoity. The Awahou. which was built at Paisley in 1912, 13 a twin-screw_ steel vessel, and up till now . has been running in the Wellington, Grey- . • mouth, Westport, and Foxton trades. This now adjunct to the Riohardson Qect will be placed op the Ekust Coast service between Auckland and Giaborno, in place of the Kahu, which will bo laid up at Napier until the busy season. THE KOTARE. The supervision of the necessary repairs to the Kotare haa been entrusted to Mr H. M'Rao (naval architect). Work is prooeed- '■ tng in a very satisfactory manner, and it is hoped to get the vessel out of dock on Monday. If this is accomplished the Kotare i i will sail on Tuesday for Bluff, Inveroargill, ,y . and Riverton. THE WAITOTARA. One of the Union Company's steamers has gone out of her course in order to locate the Waitot&ra and ascertain what damage , has been done by the fire. The last information received stated that the vessel was 'burning fore and aft. The crew are i .I. being well cared for, and arrangements are <:•!>; being mwte to bring them to New Zealand. So far as can be ascertained at present, • ; . there wore ao New Zealand mails on the •veseeL "COMMONWEALIH GOVERNMENT -LINK" ' SATISFACTORY PROGRESS UKiliiiJ. • _ Mach curiosity has been from to time •entoruiuiud by the puouc as to what ; - luwl lhumuio oi iue "Lxjuuiionwuanu Uo--1 "vernmunt I >mn" at eteaniexs, oi vvnicu so " mucu was neard several moiiuia ago, but ' B° lUtle 01 late. Jbut, recogiiuang uio uucl-s- ---' Sity ior preserving a general scciucy atxiut 'the uiov'ciuouts oi suipping, anu coniiaunoa in the Uoveriimioit's administration, Uio public acquutiieud m tue olnuial Q.jsilenoo in tne connuent behei ttiat every- , tinng was all ngnt. J.'he ioliownig statement, published fciat week, will be welcomed as auordiug some hgnt ujpon the results now being obtamed: — If the ireigut rates now prevailing aro - maint<uned until the end of the year, and there is no reason at present to anticipate any ' reductions, a profit of at least ,£I.OCG,UOO will, it is estimated, have been V .rea ged by then by the commonwealth line , of steamera The entire flefet is now in full operation, and extremely high rates oi freight are being earned. Twc of tho vessels are ongageU m carrying material from "Newcastle lor use in the construction ot the East-West railway, and on completion of their journeys they will bo utilised to Carry _ wheat from Australia. - Owing to the insufficiency at Homo ports of oargo for Australia, th« praotioe of late ■ has been to obtain freight for the outward journey to other pcrts. Some of the ve&eels have, for instance, been froighted to . .. Eastern ports, where they have loaded rice ■£.. for Australia, others having in • the first place carried cargo to other ports and have 1 then come on to Australia. By. this mean: .; the earnings of the fleet have ibeen grcatlj increased. In all ~ases tho Homeward journey has been devoted to carrying wheat. Expenses are now very high. Insurance alone represents an outlay of £5000 a week * whilst the port dues are constantly increasing. To berth one of tho vessels in some ■ Australian porta costs £500. Then the rates of pay aro very much higher than on othe-i :. oversea vessels, tho Australian coastal rate* prevailing. Should the war oontinuo fov another year, it is probable that tho fleet " will have paid for itself.