SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17534, 28 January 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE HOOH. „ Jaottaby. New moon «-„._. 3 7 s^pm Hrst quarter ... _ _ 9 10.25 p.m. full moon ~ _ _ 16 8.14 p.m. I*st (juarter _ _ 24 3.52 p.m. THE BTJN. Bisee to-day st 4.69 a.m.; sets at 7.41 pju. THE WBATHEB. January 27.—S a.m.: Calm; heavy rain. Noon: wind N., breeze; rain. 5 p.m.: Calm; lairinc, overcast. " __ 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ~. _ «. 29.58 29.60 29.G3 Thermometer „ „ _ Max., 50; min., 46. _'• ' • HIGH WATEB, January 28- ' a. m . p . m . At Taiaroa. Heads ... „. „ ... 11.51 _ At Port ... _ 0.4 0.31 At Donedia .„ „. „. _ _ 0.34 1.1

WEATHER REPORTS. (PlB TJSITBD PRES3 ASSOOIATIOH , .) WELLINGTON, January 27. The follorring are t&o weather reporta at 4 pjn.r—

■_■~.■ „ Bar. Ther. Weather Gape Mana .„ N.E., fresh 29.92 70 Overcast Bussell .„ ... N., fresh 29.88 74 Cloudy Auckland _ N., fresSi 29.86 74 Overcast Tauranga _ N.E., light 29.87 72 Overcast Gisborue_ ... N.W., breeze 29.80 83 Fine Napier ... „ NVW., Iresh . 29.83 80 Fair Oastlepoinl; ... N.W., breeze 23.80 SO Cloudy Wellington ... N., £rceh 29.77 70 Cloudy New Plymouth Calm 29.72 70 Overcast Wanganui ... N.N.E., light 29.83 80 H&zy Earewell Spit.. N., fresh 29.87 67 Cloudy Cape Foolwind S.W., fresh 29.85 60 Kain Greymoutb. ... S., light 29.67 69 Showery Stephen Island N.W., fresh 29.80 63 Cloudy Cape Campbell N., breeze 29.71 67 Cloudy Kaikoura ... N., light 29.G2 76 Fair Akaroa light... S.W., fresh 29.70 59 Showery , * 5 N., light 29.67 51 Showery Bluff... ._ „. W., light 29.64 61 Clondy

WEATHEB FORECAST. jt The fonowhag fa the official weather forecast:— Present indications are for moderate to strong north-westerly to south-westerly winds, weather dondy to overcast, rain probable generally, a cool cfcange following, with the barometer risma everywhere soon."

ARRIVALS,

Shipping telegrams.

AMERICAN-BUILT SHIPS.

INTERCOLONIAL STEAMERS.

TRANS-PACIFIC.

OVERSEAS TRADERS,

Eau-ama, β-e. (2.40 p.m.), 934 tone, M'Lelian, from Westport. Union Steam Ship<3ompsray, pgent. . Pntiki, β-s. (0.12 ».m.), 422 tone, Robertson, ■from Wellington. Keith Ramsay, agent.

SUVA, January 27.—Arrived: Atua (yesterday), from. Sydney; Talune (to-day), from Tonga and Samoa; Mokura, from Auckland WELLINGTON, January 27.—ArrivedTahiti (6.30 a.m,), ' from Port Chalmers; Malta (7.25), from Egypt, via Adelaide.-'-Sailed. Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. SIiUFE , , January 27.—Arrived: Kotaro (7.30 Ajn.), from Duaedin.

The auxiliary schooner May Howard, which les been on the iny-up b&rth at Dunedin for several weeks, will probably load for Auckland aboui the end of this week. The heavy rain yesterday stopped work on the waterfront for' the greater part of the day, and in consequence the Breeze had \o postpone tier departure till to-day. The Rosamond ie to leave Lyttelton this morning sor Westpcrt, where she will load 'coal. for ;Dune6sin. The Tβ Anau will sail from Auckland to-dsy for Gisborne and Lyttelton. The Monowai should reach. Dunedin on Thursday from Auckland, and is limed lo sail an Saturday for northern porte. After discharge here the Karamu will proceed to. Greynioutk lo load for Wellington. The, Kittawa, which cleared' Greymouth at f3O a.m. on Sunday; for Bluff and Dunedin, la due here on. Wednesday. • The Kokiri is to come up to DunecJin from Port Chalmers to-day to discharge the balance of her coal. The vessel will then sail for Greymouth, -where ehe is to load for Wellington. Tha Union Company's Greymouth report yeetewfey eUted that a moderate N.W. gale was blowing, accompanied by heavy rain The bar was unworkable again. The Poherua hae been, bar-bound since. Thursday. It is ststed at Portland (Oregon) that .Messrs Sudden and Christensen, shipowners , <rf Son Francisco, are to operate a line of eteamers out of Portland to the Orient, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. The Government steamer Tutanekai and the steam whaler Hananui are expected to leave Wellington on Wednesday to carry eat extensive mine-sweeping about Farewell <• Spit for some weeks, after which they will go up to the North Cape to clear the minelaid area up there. *

, The first of the wooden steamships ordered irom American yards by the Federal Government, the Bellata, has arrived in -us- • treJian.waters, being quite six months behind u3o .^ e - ™*> SyW Daily Telegraph Btates breakdown after breakdown , occurred on the voyage. Tho bilge pumps never ceased, as the vessel leaked like a sieve. Freak water ran out six days from - port, and the food supply became dangerously low. Her crew refer to the vessel contemptuously as "the butter box." The ehips officials consider it is a miracle that Bhe ever reached Australia.

The Rakanoa reached. Sydney at 8 a.m on Sunday from Auckland, and was quarantined on hear arrival. lie Waitamo ie expected to leave Sydney to-day for Auckland. The Union Comiponv advises that no decision has been made regarding the movements of the Kauri, which 13 in quarantine at Melbourne, of the Ji-aJsapo, which is to undergo survey at Sydney, and is now discharging there, or of the Waipon, which is discharging Newcastle coal at Auckland.

The steamer Annette Rolph, which came to New Zealand to the agency of the Union w will proceed from Wellington to Newcastle for bunkers, and tnonce to. Suva and San Francisco. The Union Company advisee that the Jiurow arrived at San Francisco last Wednesday from Wellington, via Papeete. After discharge the Kurow will load again for Now Zealand ports. The next arrival at San Francwoo.should be the.Navua, from Wellington, and the Mokoia is now about due at VancowH,fiom Wellington, via Suva. The Canadian barquentine Amy Turner oriived at Lyttelton on Tuesday morning from ban Kranciaco after a passage of 59* days. ■ irom San Francisco to 10<3leg south she made a fine run, covering 3500 miles in '23 days. This is the Amy Turner's second trip to Lyttelton. On her former trip she reached Lyttelton on December 3, 1917, from San Francisco, with a full cargo of case oil Bv December 14 the vessel had her cargo discharged, and was loading ballast when she caught fire and had to be scuttled, the job of raising and repairing her costing, it is said, well over £20,000. The vessel is a three- ' ™ ,«« ""J 80 *" 1 * °* 991 tone, and was built ■ $ Jj Smlth and Townsend,- at East Boston, for the Coastwise Steami and Barque Company (Ltd.). She is 170 ft long, win h ?f a m <> depth of 21.6 ft, Captain J. Barr, late of the Union .Company, is in command.

. ™**,9- D - lin er Port Lyttelton, which is loading at Wanganui, is expected to return to Wellington on Friday, and is to eaO on Monday for Egypt, via Colombo and DomDay J\% ,? ort m^ kin S> from London, arrived a* Melbourne last Wednesday, and ie expected to make Wellington about February 5, and. Auckland about February 10. She hag .New Zealand cargo to discharge ' , T £? Shaw> 3 Siwm > a *< 3! Albion liner Zeaianrtio cleared London on January 18 in ballast for New Zealand ports, where she will load for the United Kingdom The Zealandic should reach New Zealand watere early in March. The New Zealand and African Company advises that the Durham, which is to leave Wellington on February 4, and the Ayrshire which is to follow on February 19, both for ; Liverpool, will now eteam via Panama instead of via Colombo and Bombay ae previousrr announced. Both veseelg , will take first-clas passengers. The Ayrshire, which ia due at Auckland about Thursday from Sydt-

ney, is bringing about 1000 tons of New "saland cargo, which, has accumulated there. The Canadian eteanier Salvor arrived at ■Wellington during the week-end trom Auckland, The vesel, which is to load for Genoa, under the agency of Messrs Dalgety and Co., has bad an interesting history. During tho time she was in tiho service of the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company the Danube, ao she was then naaned, nearly came to the end of her career on the rooks. On one occasion, she eank right in the inner harbour off Hospital Point, but was later raised. The number of times 6he has piled up on the ooast are beyond count. So many times has the Salvor been ropaircdl that she has been made practically a new ship several times over. She was originally built of iron, but many years have elapsed since her frames were sheathed with steel plates. On being acquired by the B. C. Salvage Company the Danube's name was changed to that of Salvor. Under the latter cognomen eho became even more famous oa the finest and best-equipped salvage ship on the entire coast. Many notable salvage feats were successfully accomplished by the B. C. Salvage Company while. the firm was operating the Salvor. One of the most important was the recent reclamation from the Cape Flattery reefs of the O.S.K. liner Canada Mara.