SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17218, 22 January 1918, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THH MOOT. Jakuaby. lost quarter _ ... ... 5 11.20 p.m. New moon ... 13 10 -| 8 - m - First quarter - 20 3-8 ajn. Foil moon M ... ... ... 27 %Ai p.nu THE SUN. Kises to-day at 4.51 a.m.; sets at 1.41 p.m. THE WEATHER. Jaooarr 21 8 a.m.: Wind S.W., tresh; ckxidy. Noon: Wind S.W., Btxxmg; fine. 5 pjn.: Wind S.W., light; cloudy. 8 a-m. Noon. 6 pjn. Barometer .— — ~ 30.08 29.97 29.05 Thermometer ... — ... 58 65 59 HIGH WATEB. January 23— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads 10.48 11.18 At Port Chalmers — „ 11.28 11.68 , At Itanedia ... ... ... — — — — WEATHER REPORTS. (Pkb United Prbss association.) WSLLTKfGTON, January 21. The following are the woatlier reports at 1 p.m.:— Bar. Tfcer. Weather. Cape Maria ... S.W., fresh 30.15 72 Cloudy Eussell BJS., fresh .'iu.o7 71 Cloudy Manukau H. — S., fresh 30.10 66 Fair Auckland ... S.W., breexe 30.08 71 Fair Taoranga ... N.E., fresh 30.08 78 Pair East Cape _. S.E., breeia 30.10 75 Cloudy Gisborne I'j-, breeie 30.03 71 Fair Napier ... N.S., light 30.06 71 Pine Castlepoint ... S.W., light 30.10 63 Cloudy Wellington ._ S-. breeze 30.12 69 Fair New Plymouth W-, light 30.11 68 Pine Oape Egmont.. S.W., light 30.12 70 CJloudy Wanganui ... 6.W., breexe 30.08 73 Fair Farewell Spit.. N.E., light 30.14 6S Fine Cape Foulwind 8 W., fresh 30.11 72 Cloudy G-reymonth ... S.W., breex* . 30.12 74 Clonrly Stephen Island SJI., fresh 30.08 60 Cloudy Kaikonra .„ Oilm 30.06 65 Overcast Ataroa light... 6., light r,0.10 60 Fine Nuggets ... 8. W., fresh 30.10 55 Cloudy Bluff „ _. 8.W., breeis 30.08 60 Cloudy WEATHER FORECAST. The following are the official weather summary sad f(|A'cast: —" The atmospheric pressure has eteadilj^-increased, and moderate to 6trong southerly winds have predominated. Tho weather has proved to be unsettled, and rain was experienced fairly generally on Saturday, but an improvement has since taken plaoo. Present indications are for decreasing southerly winds, variable breezes preooding freshening northerlies, and the weather fair to oloudy, but with increasing cloudiness generally and a change following Bhortly. Tho barometer will be falling soon in tie south for tho development of a westerly storm wea." SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. GBEIIMOUTH, January 21.—Arrived: Xaxamu (5.30 &jn_), from Dunedin. The Kittawa is bound' for Dunedin ,and Oamaru from Greymouth. The Pohorua is bound for Port Cnaimers from Weatport. Tho Rosamond will loavo Bluff this afternoon for Dunedin, where she will load for .Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. The John, is duo to-day from Thraru to load for Oamaru, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Kamona is ccspected early at Port Chalmers with coal from Westport.

The Monowai is due on Wednesday from Auckland, via East Coast ports. Tho vessel will sail on the following day on the return voyage. The Putiki will sail this afternoon for Wellington and way ports. The Kotare is expected to-day from Oamaru to load for Bluff and Invercargill. The Swedish Government recently announced that during the three years of the war Sweden has lost 12 per cent, of her merchant fleet, or more than 100,000 r.et register tons. Fifty-two steamers and 39 Bailing vessels have "been destroyed by German submarines, and 32 steamers and three Bailing vessels have struck mines. Five steamers and three sailing vessels have, after capture, been confiscated. The Panama Canal Authority has recently completed at its Balboa shops two interesting motor vessels, whioh are intended to act as supply boats to the sliips using the great inter-ocean waterway. The vessels are 85ft long, by 20ft beam (moulded), by 9ft depth - (moulded), and displace 140 tons at their load draught of sft 6in. Their designed speed is seven miles an llbur, but under moderate load they have done as well as nine miles an hour. They are singlescrew ships, their propelling power being in a Niesco Diesel engine developing 120 h.p. at 350 r.p.m. Tho motors, which are 6tartod by means of compressed air under a pressure of 9001b per square inch, run on a low grade of fuel oil. The auxiliary machinery consists of a 24 lup. Palmer petrol engine driving an air compressor, a dynamo of three kilowatts capacity, a centrifngal pump, and a bilge pump. The fuel tank is in the forepeak, and has a capacity of six tons. As the is a gallon per mile, the vessels have a cruising radius of about 2000 miles.

The new marine insurance scheme adopted by the Imperial Government is determined to be made a profitable business, even if it is found necessary to pay for it by deductions from other departments. For instance, tho rate of requisitioned liners has been increased from _ 5 to 9 per cent, for 91 days, but, stales Fairplay, judging from the speech dealing with reduced losses by submarines delivered by Mr Lloyd George about August, there is no- justification for increasing the rate by 80 per cent. Tho effect, however, will bo that the profit on the running of the requisitioned liners will bo reduced materially. The adoption of the new rates may result in a loss being shown on some voyages, and these losses will have to be financod by tho managers until they can secure repayment from the Government.