SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17067, 27 July 1917, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES 07 TUB KOQS. __ Juur. Pnn moon _ _ _ _ _ 5 SJOn-m. Loat quarter _ _ _ _ _ 11 HAS p.m. New moon _____ 19 3.30 p.m. First quarter _ _ _ „ _ 37 6JO pjn. THE SUN. Btoe to-day it TJB «jm.i esta at i.43 pjm. THB WEATHER. Jtlljr JBv—S ejn.: Wind N.W., Ugfctt aJoody. Soon: Calm; fine. S pjn.; Calm; ctoar. 8 β-m. Noon. (p.m. Barometer ~ _ _ _ 20.63 29.58 23.03 Thermometer _ _ _ 45 6-1 U ~. . HIGH WATER. July J7— -^ f J n » K ?«"*« 8.7 8.35 At Port Ohalmera ~_ _ _ 8.47 9.15 At Dunedin ______ 9.17 3.45 WEATHEB REPOETS. (FSB USITHU PttKSS A8SOOIAT10IC) I WELLINGTON, July Jβ. The following are the weather reports at _ „ . _ Bar. Tber. Weather. Oepellarta _ W.,freeh 29.76 67 i'ine Uauukaufl. „ 2D.53 VJ 1-to Auckland _ NJS, breexe -2il.ua 68 ilifr luurnuga _ 0»lm ay.7B 55 I'air buatCapo _ 2S.SQ 63 Cloudy Nopier _ 29.73 58 Cloudy CaaUcpomt _ N.W.. U g h» 29.71 6* Cloudy ; Weiliugum _ N.W., breeie 39.70 54 liUxJjMew fljrujouUi N., treah 29.78 6fi 55a wipe Ei{iuoat_ N., fresh 29.78 M Gloomy Waogamu _ N.. Ught 55 Gloomy # Farewell Spit. 8.W.. light 29.U8 63 Rain * ■ Cape Foulwind NJi., breeze 29.85 43 Cloudy Wreymonth _ brecae 29.U3 63 . Cloudy Capo Campbell N., light 29.156 63 Cloudy itaJkoure _ N.W., ligh* 2U.G7 67 i'alr AimrouU g ht_ N.K., Uga» 20.67 47 Uoiy »oggete _ &, light 2U.68 47 Cloudy Blua — ~ dghj 29.58 47 Siowary WEAI-HKU POBEOAST. The following are the official weather snmmary and ftjtooiujt:—"l.'air woaUiox has prevailed in the eaet ooaut distrioUi, btu elsewhere gloomy, ami at times jujoaUy, conditiona have ruled, with scattered ■raiiilwlla uid frealuaiuig nurOiorly winus pre- •••' dominating. lie barometer has been unsteady. .Present indication* are for etrong northerly to .- . westerly winds and unsettled weather generally, wtih rain in many parte of tho ooonsry. The barometer hqs a ialling tendency." ARUIVAL. Kamona, e.a. (ILJ.O pun,). 1425 tons, Scott, Irom Westport.—Union Steam Skip Company, agent. DEPARTURE. ■: K<*are, sa (6.46 p-mj, 141 tens, MTntyre. j wr liwercargilL— iieith Ramaaj, agent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ~. WELLLNGTOJM, Juij, i!6.-Sailed: Copinna 14.45 ponj, for Dunedin. LrriKLXUN, July 26.-Axtiv«Aj Maori fLo aao-J, from WeHington. —•■ ■ The Breexa will eail to-day far Oamara, Tuuaru, Weiiington, and Wangaimi. iiie Kini cleared Wellington at 6t50 on Wednesday far Wtstport to toad for Lyttelton. The KaitaTrra, soiled from Wellington at JL2O pan. on Wednesday ior Weetport to load lor Wellington. Rain at Wellington yesterday delayed several fftearoera wnieh were in tho harbour. The Monowai reached Napiex at noon yes- ' terdavy, and waa expected to sail in the afternoon for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. : The Karama cleared Napier at noon yes- : torday for Westpoxt to load for Wellington. Ihe Poherua ia to sail from Westport this morning for Oamara and Dunedin ;.':'■, She is duo here on Tuesday. The Kahika cleared tireymouth at 2.30 a-m, yesterday for Bluff and Dunedin. She Ja expected here about Sunday. The Kamona arrived hero last night with • cargo of coal from Westport. The Corinna sailed from Wellington at 0 pjn. yesterday, and is expected here early on Saturday morning. The vessel will sail on Monday for Now Plymouth, via way porta. .•■'.. . The Putflri b expected here this evening ', yth general cargo from Wellington. After djacbarg© here she will be docked at Port C/halmera for painting. A now five-masted motor schooner arrived at Sydney recently, after a splendid run « 4oi days from Vancouver. So far this JS the best passage yet made by a motor schooner from the Pacific Coast to Au3traUa. The schooner, whioh brought of lumber, is under the command 01 Captain Mathieson formerly master of the barque Antiope. THE WAITOTARA. A living volcano 1" Such is the descripfoa of the burning Waitutw,; given by Uaptoin Gharvui wjio waa ui <surgo of the relief ship whioh went to tha rt-scuo of the . «ew of the doomed vessel. ''During tho r*"* i n ,ti ve i. been navi g atil iK in the Pacifio," ne oaid, I have seen two most terrible and impressive sights—one waa the eruption of » volcano at Ambrim Island, in the New •;■ Hebrides; tho other was the Waitotara, as I aaw her on the evening of the day I picked UP tho crew. By that time the plates of the ship had become blazing red w. lth ti* heai «f flames, and at mght these ehone out against the pitch black of tho water, whilst great gusts of flame burst lorth trom the sides and middle of the C ll ?,*, Any ri ? ht moTe wonderful could , k?™ 7 . bo imagined than this seething mass of living flame, seen in a desolate waste of ocean. Wo were able to sight the ship from a distance of 45 miles." Captain Charvin received the call for help at Noumea, and sailed immediately. Another captain who received the call from the Waitotara kept straight on his course, fearing that it was a trap prepared by an enemy vessel for hia destruction.