SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17156, 8 November 1917, Page 4

SHIPPING.

r", ML&SES OF THE JEOOS. £ HOVBHSBB. iXasltpißrter _ _ „■ _ _ 7 7.33 a.m. LKewmoon „ _ _ ;_ _ 15 6.58 a.m. f?Pirst quarter _.„_._„ 33 6.59 a.m. ». _ ... „ _ 29 6.11 a.m. »fe-' I THE SOS. ~> Rises to-day at «un.; sets at 7J p.m. J" THE WEATHER. K November 7w—B ajn-i Wind S.W., light-, elondy. Noon: Wind H.W., light; fine. 5 p.m.: Calm; fr clear aky. ' 8 ».m. Noon. 5 p.m. "'Barometer _ , ._' SaOG 29.93 29.86 I Thermometer „ „ ... 66 65 60 ~ HiaH WATER. JvNoTember 8— «- m - P-'S* V. At Taiaioa Heads _ — — — 9-*5 10.8 I I -■ At Port Chalmers __._-. 10.25 10.48 p At Dunedia _-.__. ... —10.55 11.18 f WEATHER REPORTS. J, (P3SB XJSITBD PRESS ASSOC2ATKOT.) ' WBUJ3TGTON, November 7. The following are tiie weather reports at 1~4 pjn.:— _ N C*pu il*rU -. N.K, light 30.13 70 Pine fc> Suimll ... _» E., light 30.12 70 Cloudy if MannkauH. - N.. light 30.32 61 Cloudy ,\ Amckland _ NJE., breew 30.11 68 Fair .' lanranga _ N.W., Ughl 30.07 70 Fair I■ ■ Uisborno M W., fresh 30.05 74 Fair ■* Kmpjer _ S., light 30.02 74 Hazy I Caatlepoliit ~ IW., light 30.04 59 Overcast 7~- Wellington „ 6., light 30.07 59 Overcast 5 Hew Plymouth S-, light 30.08 65 Showery f Caps KgmonU N.W., fresh 30.07 64 Showery 6 Wauganni _ W., light 30.02 "65 Overcast f Farawell Bpit_ N.W., breeze 30.04 05 Gloomy tCape foolwind S.W., fresh 30.10 62 Clondy fcreymoath _ S.S.W.. fresh 30.06 62 Cloudy £ Btepbeu Island S.E-, light 30.05 52 Bain # k Cape Campbell S., light 30.0G 59 Gloomy Caikotira _. N.E.. light 30.05 63 Fair B? Akaroa lights. NJE., fresa ,"0.04 55 Fine K Kngget* _ K., light 30.00 56 Cloudy I BUia _ „ W.N. W., fresh 29.90 59 Cloudy ft " WEATHER FORECAST. - s The following are the official weatheT summary i and forecast:—"A westerly Btonn area passed i" m the south during Tuesday night, and this has *, accounted for unsettled and oloudy weather geneI rally and considerable rain in the western districts, and about Cook Straits strong north-west to C eouth-west winds have predominated. The pre- «• sent indications are for variable winds, but i moderate to strong sontherlies prevailing. Ex- ' pect cool, changeable, and showery weather gene- ■ rally. The barometer is unsteady, with a rising y tendency." £ " , DEPARTURE. !" Kotare,, s.s. (L3O), 141 tons, Mlntyre, ■>' for Rive'rton. Keith Rameay, agent. I i Te Anau, a.s. (8.55 p.m.), 1622 tons, j Peterson, for Bluff. Union Steam Ship f Company, agent.

pife : SHIPPING TELEGRAMS? IffeAUCKLAND, November 7.—Sailed: |S'Monowai (4 p-m.), for the south. PassenptSgers for Dunedin: Misses Bailey, M'Queen, SftM'Calhim, Davis, Mesdames Garner, Alpe ffi 1 end child, Neaie, Glover.Davis, Clarke, |i\€iuke and two children, Messrs Stone, ParsMiller, Alpe, Glover, Reynolds. W- . s ': LXTTELTON, November 7.—Arrived: |i"?Mararoa ffi.2s a.m.}, from Wellington. |^«/BLUFF, November sail: Calm (8.10 p.m.), fox Dunedin. &?£:.' ♦ The Te Anau sailed last night for Bluff K, and Oarmuru to load for Napier, Gisborne, pS'itod Auckland. > -All work was suspended on shipping in •plGxoymouth on Tuesday night owing to the rain and a northerly gale. The gj>£w'eattter- improved yesterday, and the C'Kamo was expected to sail in lite afternoon Wellington. glyvf'The Kamona was to sail from Westport afternoon for Port Chalmers, te:/wliere she is doe on Friday. The John is ■ expected here to-morrow >|K;from Wellington and Timaru, and will soil sic the same day for Oamaru, Wellington, and |£ Wanganui. |.|':,''The Kotare, which was delayed by rain on 'ytftTuesday night, sailed early yesterday afterfor Bluff, InvercargilL and Riverton. Rosamond t;ent down to Port ChalRimers. last evening for shaft repairs. She probably sail to-day for Timaru, Napier, Jlfcand Gisborne. Calm is due at Dunedin this mornand will sail to-night for Timaru, LytSstS'telton, Wellington, and Wanganui. K£\ The Poherua,- which left' Bluff on Monl&iday, passed the port again at 6 p.m. on || going east. The vessel is bound gfcfdr Westport to load for Wellington.demand, for engines for standard giicargo steamers building on account of the Government is affecting progress in s&s-the work and equipment of British engines reeling shops. In most of the larger esta'b4;%;lishments the tendency before the war was fffntb develop the plant in the direction of pA/turbine manufacture. This tendency beg?:tcame quite pronounced when the general of mechanical gearing showed that vj|> the turbine promised to become the best fc prime mover for cargo steamers, and some flvtof the big firms began to look upon their <;v2;plant for the making of reciprocating enjSgines as almost obsolete. They have now g.-h&d to furbish up this plant, and the re'SVsult is that now British shops are much equipped all round than they were firbefore the Government's standard profcjkgfamme was promulgated.

KARU TO OPOUKI. ' A northern exchange states that Messrs Reese Bros., of Ghristehurch, .have purchased the Union Company's steamer Karu ,* to replace the Opouri, which was -wrecked at Greymonth. The Union Company here advised yesterday that the steamer has not been sold, but. chartered for the service * concerned. The Karu is of 267 tons gross and 197 tons net, baili of Bessemer steel at Norway, in 190 L Her principal dimcn- ' sions are: —Length, 137 ft 6m; beam, 24ft; ' depth, 10ft 2in; and a deadweight capacity ( "of 342 tons of cargo. She is rigged as a three-masted schooner, and has her engines placed right aft It was when the Karu took timber from New Zealand to Australia uidcf the Norwegian flag and having the name Tbrgauten that she became known to New Zeafanders. Captain Aas, her owner, was then in command of the vessel. While chartered by Mr Michel, of Westland, she went ashore near Hokitdka, but was refloated with little damage. In 1904 the West Coast 'Shipping Company, of which Captain O. M'Arthur was managing director, purchased the Torgauten, and when in 1907 the Maoriland Steamship Company was formed she was purchased by that company and renamed the Holmdale. When, two years age the Union Steam Ship Company purchased the Maoriland steamers they renamed her,the Kara, and since then the vessel has been carrying timber and coal from the West Coast ports. . JAPANESE SHIPBUILDING. ' During the first three months of this year the Keels were laid in Japan of 46 . Bhips, with a combined tonnage of 134,688 u tons .' The progress of the work was interrupted by the unsettled supply of steel, ' but at the end of March 24 ships were launched, their combined tonnage being p 56,139 tons, and 14, with a combined tonI nage of 37,639, were litted out for actual service, states'" Shipping and Engineering," i 'Shanghai. Eighteen wooden ships, all I tinder 3000 tons, were on the stocks, and I nine were launched, fivo having been comI pletery fitted out for service during the I same period. Owing to the reduced supply - of steel, wooden ships on the stocks at the \ end of March further increased, the total being' 30, with a combined tonnage of 6644. i At thie end of March there were 48 steel ships on the stocks, with a combined ton- , rage of 185,275. The construction of these i, "has been delayed on account of the scarcity * -of materials. Ten of them, with a combined tonnage of 78,850, wero between 6000 rnd 10,000 tons each. The oceangoing '■; ships of medium size on the stocks numbered J7, with a combined tonnage of 79,540 tons. Most of them were cargo •hips,