SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17375, 24 July 1918, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES 0* THE MOOS. July. y»ewmoon _____ 8 7.52-run tirst quarter _ le *.„£_. Last quarter ______ 0,44 sum. THE SUN. Bisea to-<_y at 7.43 ajn.; sets at 4.45 pja. THE WEATHEE. July 23.-8 r_m.: Wind S.W., fresh; ehowery. *.oon: Wind S.W., fresh; ehowery. 6 p.m.: Wind 0.w., iresh; overcast. Barometer , ..... _. „ noi™' 29.05 rnermometer ._ _ _ Max.,.45; min., 3D. T , . : HIGH WAIES. July 24- jum. p . m . At Taiaroa Heads „. ... _ .„ 2.40 3A At Port Ohaimera _ _ _ _ 3.20 344 Ab Dunedin #i . _. ... _. .„ _ 3.50 4.14 WE,4.THBH BEPORTS. ... .... tP*B Ujrrrso Fbeas association.) WELLINGTON, July 23. .--., • -The following are the weather reports at p.m.:— . .-,-.,, . • ■■' Bar. TTier. Weather, laps Maria ... .W.,iresh 29.84 60 Squally lusßell ... ._ S.W., fresh 2Q.79 49 SJiowery ttauuJcau fl S., Iresh 20.74 49 IHne Anekland ... S.W., breeze 29.76 5i Fair :.lauranga ... S.W.,ir«6h 29.63 47 Fair East Cape ... a. \V., breeze 29.60 60 Cloudy Gisborne... _. S.W., m. gale 29.66 48 Fair . Napier W.,m. gale 29.83 46 Overcast Castlepoint ... S.W., breeze 29.80 42 Showery "Wellington ... S., fresh 29.70 47 Fair New Plymonth SJ3., light 29.71 47 Fine • Cape Egmont... S., light 29.73 52 Fine ; Waagauui ... Iresh 29.86 47 Fair , Farewell Spit.. S.W., light 20.83 45 Fine Cape Foulwind S., fresh 29.87 46 Cloudy Greyinouth ... SJE., light 29.90 46 Fine Stephen Island S.W., light 29.80 43 Fine Cape Campbell S., m. gale 29.81 46 Hazy , Kaikoura ._ S.W., fresh 29.84 48 Overcast 81nf1... „ ... S., light 30.00 40 Showery ; WEATHER FORECAST. The following are the official weather summary and lorecttfct :—•" Wintry weather has prevailed, but an improvement has taken place in many parts to-day. Strong south-westerly winds have :. ruled, and the buionieter has risen everywhere. .;■! Present indications are for strong south-westerly to south-easterly winds, weather cold and changeable, with scattered showers, and heavy seas are probable on the east coast. The barometer is rising everywhere." ARRIVAL. Kotare, e.e. (8 a.m.), 141 tons, MTLntyie, from Invercargill. Keith Raxneay, agent. ■ a» SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. .;' LYTTELTON, July 23.—Arrived: Maori . 11.10 a.m.), from Wellington. - ■ .' 1» Cable advice hae been received of the arrival ! of tne barque Antiope at San Francisco on ; July 16 from Auckland after a fast passage of 65 days. After discharge the Antiope wiU load oaxgo for New The Union Company hae received advice of the arrival oi the Dartford at San Francisco on July 17 from Port Chalmers, 'ihe Dartfordi, which has been in turn sailer, trainingehip, and hulk, was refitted for the sea this year at Port Chalmers, which ehe left on . April 27, Uking 80 days to do the voyage. She will load at S&a Francisco for New Zealand. The Moeraki arrived at Sydney at 9 p.m. on Monday. The Rosamond, which took shelter at Napier while bound from Gisbome to Wellington, / put to sea again early on Monday morning. Prom Wellington ehe will proceed to Picton end Onehuriga. The Kowhai, which left Greymouth last :■: "Wednesday, arrived at Bluff at 1 a.m. yester- ;•; day. She will sail to-morrow for Wellington. The Maori had to contend with a fierce southerly gale on the paEeage from Wellington on Monday night. She left Wellington at 3 p.m. and was berthed at Lyttelton at 11.10 a.m. yesterday. The Kotare reached Ihinedin' early yesterday morning from Invercargill, where ehe had been bar-bound since Wednesday. She got ',' away about noon on Monday when the sea on the bar moderated; but a heavy sea is still running up the coast. The vessel is to .sail to-day for Bluff, Invercargill, and JEtiverfon. ...-.' .1 The weather has improved on the West . Coast, and the sea is moderate both at Westpori and Greymouth, the bare being workable •.; again after fully a week's delay. The iLahika . and Kokiri were berthed at Greymouth late on Monday night to load for Wellington and •■•• Napier respect.vely, and the Kini and Karainu ;.' left yesterday for Lyttelton arid New Plymouth. The Kamo and Poherua were expected to sail last night for Wellington and . JJnnedin respectively. The Kittawa left West- / port at 7 p.m. on Monday for Oamaiu and Ihinedin. She is dnie here on Friday. Danish shipping companies have done well during the past 12 months, judging by the ..dividends announced. The Myren Steamship Company pays 75, per cent, for 1917, the nor-.-den Steamship Company 65 per cent., the .Dannebrog Company 55 per cent., the Orion :■;; Company 50 per cent., the United Shipping • Company of Copenhagen 35 per cent., the .Standard Company 30 per cent., the Senta • Company 25 per cent., the Atlanterhavet Com- , 'pany 20 per cent., and the Oregon Company ' 10 per cent. The contracts with Japanese shipping companies made by the Japanese Government for certain overseas steamship services expired at • the end of last year, but the Government decided to renew the contracts for a further two years. For the European line a subs.dy of 1,689,850 yen will be paid in 1918, and 1,569,672 yen in 1919; for the North American . . line 2,619,925 yen in 1918, and 2,509,187 yen in 1919; for the South American line 284,863 yen in 1918, and 269,350 yen in 1919; and for v the Australian line 169,470 yen in 1918, and 188 497 yen in 1919. A yen is about equal to a florin.. Holland is credited with having launched , 185 vessels last year, aggregating over 220,000 ; tone; Norway, with 76 vessels, aggregating ■■■'. 18,000 tons; Sweden, 48 vessels, of 39,000 tons; . : .Denmark, with 38 vessels, of 24,000 tons; • and Spain, with 11 vessels, aggregating 23,000 :.:. tons. The Dutch total is slightly higher than ; that of 1916, and so is the Norwegian total. : The Spanish total ie double that of 1916, but ■the totals of Denmark and Sweden ale lower than their record for 1916. A notice to marinere issued in the Gazette ;■ states that the steel barque Inverness, of ;. Aberdeen, 1817 tons register, was burnt at sea, ' and abandoned in latitude 37deg 52min S. and longitude 148deg 69min W. The ship was heading to the north-eaet with lower top- ■;.;. • saile, foresails, and loweT topsails set for the ;'•. . port tack, with a strong north-west wind, backing to westward, and gradually going , down when the ship was abandoned. The • mainmast was settling dlown, and swaying heavily from aide to aide. It ie probable that by this time the. derelict will have drifted : about 2000 milee to E.N.E. with the prevailing wind and current to somewhere to east- : ward of Pitoairn Island, and may be expected ,;.-■ in the near future to drift to W.N.W. and ■;•.•. westward into the neighbourhood of the Low

A number of local shipping men and others interested in marine insurance (says the Christchurch Press) attended a demonstration on Saturday of an inventio for the refloating of aunken vessels. The process adopted by the inventor, Mr H. M'Gloin, of Spreydon, ia that of compressed air, and the essential point in which his apparatus d.ffers from methods previously in use is in the provision of safety valvea, which permit of the escape of the requisite amount of air as the sunken vessel reaches the top. Methods previously in use have been successful in raising vessels, but as soon as the vessel got to the top the force of the escaping compressed air burst the vessel apart. Mi M'Gloin's scheme provides for huge envelopes of canvas lined with giitta percha, or other similar material, being available on board ships. Each envelop is fitted with a tube through which air can be. pumped ■when the vessel has sunk, and also with safety valves to allow of the gradual escape of the air as the vessel rises to the top. For Saturday's demonstration a roughly constructed vessel, made from kerosene- tine, having a total length of about 3ft by a width of lft, was used. For the first test about 501b of lead were put in the hold, together with the air envelope, ar» the vessel wae sunk in an iron tank. In u ne> second test the lead was nail4d to the keel, and this time the vessel came> up on sa even keel. The experts who saw the teste were of opinion that the method adopted by Mr M'G- , ria possesses the germ

of an idesv which may be possible of application to vessels sunk in harbours or in comparatively shallow waters.