SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17810, 17 December 1919, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THB UOON. Dbokmber. .' ; . First quarter ' 1 4.17 a.m. , I'ullmoon ... „ 7 8.33 p.m. 7 Lust quarter ... ... ... ... „. 14 6.33 p.m. \- New moon _. „ ... 33 10.25 p.m. I'irat quarter ... « ... SO 4.55 jp.ni. THB SUK. Eiaes to-day at 4.18 a.ra.; sets at 7.30 p.m. . THB WBATHEE. December IS.—B a.m.: Wind N. 8.; fine. Noon: V.md N.E.; fine. « p.m.: Wind N.R; fine. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.K. - nitrometer ... -, - ... 29.73 29.70 29.76 . Thermometer _ ™ — Max., 72; rain., 47. HIGH WATER. December 17— a.m. J>.m. At Taiaroa Heada _......*. 10.49 11.13 At Port Chalmers ..._..._ 11.29 11.53 At Dunedin ... ____... IMO — WBATHEE BBPOBTB. (?«a Harris rasas Assooutioh.) WELLINGTON, Deoember 16. , The following are the weather reports at 4 p.m.:— Bar. Ther. Weather. Capo Maria ... S.E., fresh 30.02 (3 Hazy lUibbcH S.K., light SS.3O '(3 *'i.e Mannkan H.... S.S.W., fresh 30.01 C 3 ftno Auokland ... S., light 30.02 70 Fine Tauranga ... Calm 29.94 80 Fine Gißborne S.fi., light 29.92 75 Fine Knpwr E., light 29.95 GB Fine Ciibtlepoint ... N.E. 29.95 83 Cloudy Wellington ... N., breeze 29.95 62 Kne New Plymouth K.W., light 29.99 64 Pine OapaEgmont... W., light 29.97 70 Fine Wangamii ... 8.W., light 30.03 88 Fine Farewell Spit.. W.,iresh 30.06 66 Hazy CapoFonlwind B.W.,lrosh 29.97 68 Cloudy Greymouth ... S.W., light 30.02 76 Fair t Stephen Island W., light 30.02 59 Fine 'i Cape Campbell N., fresh 29.90 64 Fino ' Kaitoara ... K.F.., light 29.87 64 Fine . Akaroai light... N.E., light 29.83 69 Fino Nuggets E., light 29.86 66 Hiizy Bluff W., light 29.88 67 Cloudy WEATHER FOHEOAST. Tho following ara tho oflioi.il weather summary and forecast: —" Tho atmospheric pressure has increased slowly over tho dominion, and warm, lair to olonily weather has ruled, with variable breezes. Present indications arc for increasing northerly and westerly winds, with a southerly" tendency shortly in the south. The weather will he warm and ha*y, but tho skies will be cloudy after, and unsettled conditions following generally. The barometer ia unsteady, and will be falling 'Boon." SHIPPING TBLEGBAMS. AUCKLAND, December 15.—Sailed: Katoa (10.50 p.m.), for Newcastle. Deoember 16,— Sailed: Arahura "(11 a.m.), for Giaborne; Auatr&lford (0.40 p.m.), for Ocean Island; Kaituna (8 p.m.). for Woatport.. "WELLINGTON, December 16.—Arrived: Mokoia (8 a.m.), from Napier. Sailed: Mapourika (1.80 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Mamroa t7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Mokoia (10 p.m.), for Dunedin. To sail: Ripple, for Napier; Whangape, for Auokland. LYTTELTON, Deoember 16.—Arrived: Maori (6.53 a.m.), from "Wellington; Ngakuta (8 a.m.), from Newcastle; Ngahere (3.60 p.m.), from Chatharn Islands. Sailed: Maori, for "Wellington. SYDNEY. December 16.—Arrived: Manuka, from "Wellington; iybcama, from Auckland. MELBOURNE, Deoember 16.—Arrived: Kaikou'ra, from Montreal. LONDON. Deoember 15.—Arrived (at Panama): Argyllshire, from Wellington.—— Sailed (from the Pacific Coast):. Tofua and Alvena, for Wellington. ARRIVAL. Koto-re, e.<>. (10.5 a.m.), 141 tons, Mumby, from Bluff. Keith Ramsay, agent. DEPARTURE. , ■ 'Kauri, s.s, (0.30 p.m.), 2833 tons, M'Lean, for Timaru Union Steam Ship Company, agent. The Kaituno was expected to leave Auckland late lest night to load coal at Westport. The Kofcare is to sail to-day for Bluff and Riverton. She will then go to Stewart Island to load timber for Dunedin. The Kaiapoi will leave this port to-night for Greymouth, where she will load for Melbourne. The, Kakapo will sail to-morrow for Wel- • lington and Westport. Kie Maheno is scheduled to leave Sydney 'for Auokland this afternoon. • The Mokoia sailed from Wellington for Dunedin direct at 10 o'clock last night. She is duo here to-morrow, and will leave again tor the north on Saturday. The Corinna ia timed to leave Now Plymouth this week for Wellington and Dunedin. The cable steamer Iris has been engaged, in repairing a break in one of the Cook Strait cables. The work was expected to be comJ pleted yesterday. The Te Anau left Lyttelton on Monday for Napier and Gisborne. Fine weather was reported on the West Coast yesterday. At Westport the bar was smooth, and there was a moderate swell on the Greymouth bar. The Navua is timed to leave Auckland on . her next trip to Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa on Monday. The work of refitting tho Zingara at Auckland has been practically completed. Her now mast has been stepped, and new sails have been provided, and it is anticipated that she will enter the coastal trade very shortly. Tho Monowai will leave Auckland on Friday for Wellington and Lyttelton. After her run on the ferry service during the holiday season she will sail for Dunedin, and is due here on December 26. The ferry steamer Maori arrived at Lyttelton yesterday at 7 o'clock. She now appears to have got into her old stride. The Ngakuta arrived at Lyttelton from Newcastle at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The Katoa left Auckland for Newcastle at 10.60 p.m. on Monday. The Kaitanga.ta left Wellington, en route for Newcastle, at 9.20 on Monday night. The congestion of cargoes on the New Zealand ooast was demonstrated at Wolling/ton one <luy hat week. The agents for the small steamer Opawa commenced to receive cargo for Blenheim at 9 a.m.; and 37 minutes later all available space had been reserved. This is thought to be a record for the port of Wellington. <t> RUAHINE'S RUN. The Ruahine is due at Hobart to-morrow from London, via tho Cape. She is expected" to reach Auckland on Christmas Day. -««,. KEUGER'S GOLD. To" recover more thnn 3,000,000 dollars in gold, part of tho fortune of the late Oom Paul Kruger, once President of the Transvaal, which is believed to bs-cemented in the hold of the barque Dorothea, sunk on Tenedos Reef, off the coa*t of Zululand, is one of the projects which is being revived) as a result of improvement in the science of salving sunken ships. The Dorothea is named among the list of wrecks of eight treasure thips located otl tha African coast which arc retarded by one leading expert as most likely lor salvage. Soros years ago a syndicate was organised to attempt its recovery, and a Government steamer, the Alfred Noble, was seat to do the work of salvage, but failed. r-* STEAMER SIERRA SOLD. x Newß has been received in Sydney from San Francisco that the American mail steamer l Sierra, well known in Australia, in connection with the Oceanic Steam Ship Company's mail servioe, has been sold. Tho Sierra has been off the Sydney run for some time, having been commandeered during the war by the United States Shipping Board' for trooping. She has been running en the Atlantic for a time, and after being withdrawn was badly damaged through an outbreak of fire on board. The owners subsequently decided to_ dispose of the vessel. Arrangements are being made to replace the Sierra with a larger and more up-to-dato steamer. No particulars are available of tho new steamer, but she will, it is expected, be a high-class passenger boat, with a good turn of speed. .«. OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA. ■ Messrs Cardalo and Scott, local agents for the Osaka Shcsoh Kabushiki ICaisha, have 'forwarded a copy of that company's business report and accounts for (he half-year ended June 30. Of tho Australian service the report says: "Our tradj with Australia- stul remained in dullness, and furthermore the ; keen competition among shipping concerns engaged in this line gave risa to extraordinary fall of freight." The number of the company's steamers employed, together with those chartered during the term, totalled 151, with an aggregating tonnage of 3P0.R92 tons, which was allotted to 48 heme and foreign services and carried 1,179,142 passengers <md C 7,163,225 pieces of cargo at a charge obtained, amounting to 66,679,603 yon. Adding to the abovo other miscellaneous recoipts, total receipts of 73,581,799 yen were obtained, after subtracting from which the to'al expenditure Of 47,521,828 yen, net profits of 26,059,960 yen were realised. As compared with the corresponding term of last year, an increase of 6,365,292 yen was twaao in tho total' recoipts, but a deorcr.se of 9,806,907 yen in net profits was seen, whilo cs compared with last term, a decrease of 25,280,985 yen in net profits is shown. The reserves are shown as 69.019,019 yon, and the dividend figures as 40 per cent. High as this dividend is it ia far behind the 1918 figures, when 60 per cent waa paid. The fleet now comprises 182 vessels of a f/ross tonnage, oi 383,389 tons. and. in addition there are eight steamers being built, of a combined tonnage of 60,000 tors.