SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17727, 11 September 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PH&SE3 Of Twq VBQ3SL Bspibkrsb. First quarter _ « l.BSsaa. Pull moon 10 SJ4p.m. Last quarter — «....«,_ 17 8.4 o-m. 2»ew moon ~«.__ _24 4.4 p.m. THB SDK. . Hlaea to-day ct &38 aan.; eete-at rMa. IHB WEATHER. September H>«—B am.: Calm; overcast. Noon: Wind S.W., light; dnlL 5 pjo.: Colin; overcast. B a.m. Noon. 6 p.mBarometer __«. _ 29J5 2JLST 30.00 11-iermometor _ _ Mas., 16.; rain., 34. HHJH WATBB. September H— «jb.. pjn. At Taiaroa Heads „. ». _ _ 3.1 3.21 At Port Coalman* —»• ••• ~ '•*! *•* At Dunedin. _ _ „ _. _ 4.11 4.34 WEATHEB BEPOKTS. |' : . tifw UvrraD Pb«h amociatiok.Ti WELLIUSTOir, September 10. 31i« following are tha weather reports at * p.m.:—> Bar. Ther. Weattier. .Caps Maria _ HVW., light 30.61 63 Cloudy IlnsseU _. _. W., fresh 23.53 59 Showery itanukan H. _ N.E., fresh M.48 53 Eaiu Auckland _ N.E.,m. gale 29.52 57 Eain Tauranga „ S.B.,gale 2D.Oi 63 Hain ... Gißbome™ ._ N.E., breeza 29.81 53 Showery Napier ... „ N.K., fresh 29.83 53 Overcast Castlepoin* „ N.&, breeze 23.86 53 Overcast Wellington ... S.E., light 29.78 52 Gloomy I New Plymouth E., fresh 29.57 51 Rain Cape EgmoM... E„ fresh 29.51 63 Druszle Wanganui ... E.S.E., light 29.71 56 Overcast i Farewell SpiL. E., Ircsh 29.75 50 Hain Cape Fdulwind E., fresh 29.57 50 Showery &reymonth ... E.S.E., breeie 29.51 60 Overcast Stephen Island S.E., fresh 29.68 47 Showerv Cape Campbell S.E., gala 23.84 40 Overcast Kaikoura ._ S.E., light 29.89 51 Overcast Akaroa light- N.E., fresh 09.91 i\ Overcast Nnggeta_ „ P.E., fresh 30.05 I* Overcast BlufL. _ _. E., fresh 29.88 47 Pino , WEATHER FORECAST. He following ere tho official weather summary end forecast:—"piondy conditions have oversprend the dominion since Tuesday night, and rain has fallen to-day in the North Island. A cyclone centre hast>een located off the west coast of the North Island, and north-east to 6onth-east winds have prevailed, and hare increased everywhere in force. Present Indications tiro for eonth-east winds, strong to a gale, southwards of New Plymouth and Napier, and northerlics, backing to sonthor"- "; lies soon elsewhere. Tho weather will l>o nn--Bettled, cloudy, and misty, with rain generally, nnd heavy rain and rivers rising in many parts of tho North Island and north-east districts of the South Island. Snow is. crobnble in the high country. The barometer will fall, bat will rise EhorHy." ARRIVAL. John, b.b. (5 p.m.), 339 tons, Hawick, from ■Wellington. Keith Ramsay, agent. — ~,, , SHIPPING- TELEGRAMS. •AUCKLAND, September 10.—Arrived: Fiona (4 a.m.), from Suva;; Ellenga (9.30), from Newcastle. NAPIER, September 9.—Sailed: Oamana (5 p.m.l, for London. :. WELLINGTON, September 10.—Sailed: S Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. -:■;•. LYTTELTON, September 10.—Arrived: Monowai (9.30 ajn.), from Wellington. Sailed: Calm (1.30 pan.), for Port Chalmers. BLUFF, September 10—Arrived: Kotari (9.40 ajn.), from Dunedin. o It is expected that the overhaul of the ferry steamer Mararoa will bo completed by Sep- |, tember 20. Tho Flora is due at Auckland on Thursi day from the Eastern Pacific islands with a i' cargo of fruit. The Waitemata, from Singapore and Australia ,is not expected to reach Lunedia till * . the end of the month. j ; The Koromiko was due at Newcastle yest terday. She is to load coal for Lyttelton. ■ The. Waneka left Lyttelton on Tuesday for ?■. Newcastle, to load for Auckland. The Waipori was expected to leave Auckland yesterday for Newcastle to load for ; Bluff.

The Kotaie, which, sailed at 2 a.m. yes-, terday for Bluff and Riverton, is to load timber at Catlins River for Dunedin. She is to eail from Dunedin on Monday for Bluff and Invercargill. Hie John will proceed to Bluff to load a. full cargo of benzine for northern ports. In© Te Anau left Oamaiu at noon yesterday for Timaru, Lyttelton, Napier, and Gis.Dorne. The Mokoia was expected to leave Gisborne last night for Auckland. She is to sail from Auckland on Monday for Napier, 'Wellington, Xiyttelton, and lJunedin. The Kokiri is to leave Wellington tonight for Greymouth to load again for Wellington, and the Earaona for Westport, to load for l>yttelton. rhe Xitt.i-wa 13 timed to 6ail from Lytteliwn on Friday for Picton, where she will load for Onehunga. Greymouth reported an easterly wind yesterday, with an overcast sky and a moderate ■well on. the bar. J The Kakapo left Oemaru at 5 p.m. on Tue»L Fttelton, and Auckland. Xho Kowhai is bound from Bluff to Greymouth, to load for Wellington. The Paloona will leave Auckland on Thursday for Fiji, where ehe will load another cargo of sugar for Auckland. Tho sis-masted American barquentine E. R. Sterling, completed! the discharge of her cargo of Newcastle coal at Auckland last ■week, and then started to load general cargo and timber for Sydney. She is to eail this week, and will proceed from Sydney to Newcastle, to load coal again for Auckland. 'Shipping managers say that the congestion of the ports is responsible for enormous and increasing waste of tonnage. As an example the time occupied in the round voyage from i.tagW_ to New Zealand is nearly double that before the war, though the steaming speed of the ships has not declined. Bristol Channel porta are choked with ships awaiting , coal owing to the great decline of- tie output m South Wales. With a total of 14,500 persons on board, more than ever carried on any vessel before' the iner Leviathan arrived at Hoboken (New York) iecen% after breaking her record fortap , to . She occupied 15 days 6 hours 4 minutes on the double voy- ?€' Z P revwis time was made on the preceding voyage, when she took 35 days la hoars 3 minutes. On the two voyages she carried a total of 28,412 troops. The Leviathan was formerly the HamburcAmerika champion ship Vaterland. She is tiie biggest elup afloat, and i 3 907 ft long and 100 ft. in beam, and has a tonnage of 54 282 «f,•«? *»*«* b!g merdhant — ■»»

MOANA LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO. - , p l ®.^9 a ° a San Francisco on Monday for Wellington toi Papeete and Rarotonga. She is aue a„ Wellington on October 2 -with maLe, passengers, end genera] cargo. } , TOFUA SAILS. The Tofua sailed from Wellington on Tuesday for Rarotonga,- Papeete, and. San Francisco. ,_he was originally fixed to loave Wellington on September 5, but was delayed owing to congestion on tie wharves. AYRSHIRE LEAVES COLON. NOTr and African Compruibos been advised that .the Ayrehire faoi Liverpool, left Colon on August 2i for Lvttelton,. where she is due on September 19 Thr» vessels ports will probably, be Wellington and Auckland. SAILINGS FROM LONDON. Olio Shaw SayiU, and Albion Companv expects the following cteamers to leave London • this, month: — Hahana, wich troops, for Australia carlv K^.. ora > for New Zealand, to land tr at Fiji cn routo JrV for Zcak^ — . ■- PATEENA TO RELIEVE MAPOTTRIKA. A change hes boon made in the Pateena's itinerary She ii tc lcavo Onehunga to-dav for Wellington but insteadi of remaining in the epecial Ouehunga-Wellington m aii . . earvice tho veiael will enter the Wellington- . eercnce in place of the 'Alapourika, which will be withdrawn for survey and overhaul at Wellington, The Pateena is to i w:? W,all ™oton on Friday, for Picton and Nelson. She has bsen under goine repus for several weeks following the miohap at Onehunga. The Oncfronga-Wellin"-ton sernco will lapse. ° CAMANIA LEAVES NAPIER. Tho Bine Star liner Camana sailed from Napier on Tuesday evening for London, via Panama, with a record cargo of 95,0t>0 freirht oaKKs«% equal to 12Q/KK) Bhcrfp T+iig calrgo is oyer 20,000 carcaics larger tfern anv • previous shipment, and its dead weight is in -....■the. MighbourW of 2250 tons. It would fiU .300 railway trucks, which would make a taain a milo long. The vessel cam© out in bal.ast, and baa sufficient coal on board to; see her bac* to America. She loaded SW ' SaTil1 '