SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17942, 22 May 1920, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THB MOON. May. yoll noon _ _ „ 3 ' 1.17 P™Laat quarter ... 11 6.21 P-m. ' 'New moon ... _ ... „ 18 6.5S p.m. Sirat quarter „ ' ... 25 8.37 a.m. TIIE SUN. Rise* to-day at 7.36 a.m.; ects at 1.31 p.m. Blew tomorrow at 7.37 a-m.; Bets at 4.33 pjn. THE WEATHER. May SLA-fl a.m.: Wind W., light; fine. Noon: Wind W., fresh; satiny. 6 p.m.: Wind W., light; fine. ft»a.tn. Noon, o p.m. Barometer „ „ _ 29.40 29.50 29.25 Thermometer .« ... Max., 52; min., 30. ' HIGH WATKU May 33— aan. p.in. At Xalairoa Heads ... — 6.0 0.30 At Port Chalmers — 6.40 7.10 At Dunedin 7,10 '- 40 May 23— At Taiaroa Heads „ —-. 7.0 7.23 At Port Chalmers ... ._ — ... 7.10 8.8 'At Dunedin —• ... 8.10 8.38 WEATHER RHPOBTS. (I'm IftrrxaD Pxem amociatkm.) WELLINGTON, May 21. The following sro tho weotlier reports at A p.m. Bar. Ther. Weather. Oape Maria W., fresh 29.94 58 Overcast Baesell ... — S.W., light 29.90 59 Cloudy Manakau H.... S.S.W., m. g. 29.84 50 Showery Anokland _. S.W., trash 29.87 62 Overcast Tauranga W., fresh 29.81 5-1 Fair CHsborae... N.W., breeze 29.63 55 Hue Napier W., fresh 29.63 51 Fiuo Oaatlepoint ._ N.W., iresh 29.56 52 Oloudy Wellington ... N.W., fresh 29.52 51 Pino New Plymouth W., fresh 29.75 65 Fair Capo Egmont... W., fresh 29.76 56 Cloudy Wang anal ... W,, Irish 29.71 57 Fair Farewell Spit.. W.,breeae 29.64 53 Cloudy Cape Fonlwind S.W., fresh 29.C0 46 Cloudy ftreymonth „. N.W., fresh 29.61 45 Showery Stephen Island S.W., fresh ' 29.G0 50 Cloudy OapeOampbell W., fresh 29.50 62 Fine KnJiouru ... S.W., light 2D.48 62 Fine Akaroa light... N.W., fresh 29.30 58 Fine Nuggcte... ... 8.W., gale 29.03 55 Rain Bluff.- ... W.8.W., m.g. 28.94 42 nail WEATHER FORECAST. Hhe following are tho official weather summary and forecast: —" The weather has been cold and changeable generally, with strong and squally southerly winds, veering to westerlies. The atmospheric pressure is very low and unsteady in tho south. Present indications aTe far westerly gales, booking to southerlies. Cold, squally, anu slhowery weather may be expected generally, with hajl qud snow in many parte, especially in the South Island. Tho barometer wit! rise everywhere noon." " ARRIVAL. Mokoia, s.s. (5.50 p.m.), 3502 tons, Maunson, from Auckland and ports. Union S.S. Co., agent- Passengers: Misses M'Kinlay, Phillips, Pullerton, Lennon, Allen, Campbell, Wtiters, Sitnma, Sandford; Mesdame3 Rudd and two children, Wilson, Bagloy, Lerfnon, Waters, M'Bonald ond boy, Martin and child, Seotor and child, Hugh, M'Culloch; Messrs "Wilson, M'Nab, Banfield, Fitzgerald, Tivrk, -CBptam Edg«, Arnold, Hamley, Crew, Simon, Petersen, Gibson, Judge, M'Culloch; and 16 steerage. ' SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. , AUCKLAND, May 21.—Sailed: Louis Ihioiault (10 a.m.), for Adelaide. "WELLINGTON, May 21.—Arrived: Calm (4:35 a.m.), from Timaru; Wnb'me (8.30 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Wootton (1 p.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: Poherua (3.10 p.m.), for "Wesfcport; Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Mooraki (11,40 p.m.), for Sydney. LYTTELTON, May 21.—Arrived: Maori <8.15 a.m.), from Wellington; Tarawera. (2.50 pjm.), from 1 Wellington. Soiled: Orepuki (8.26 a.m.), for Greymouth; Opawa (11.15 aim.), for Port Chalmers; Maori, for Wellington., OAMARU, May 21.—Arrived: Storm (7.15 (Mil.), from Dunedin. ' SYDNEY, May 21.—Sailed: Maheno (1 pan.), for New Zealand. Arrived: Rothesay Bay, from New Zealand. Isßlb-oANiE, May 20.—Sailed: Gallic, for Wellington. - NEWCASTLE, Moy 20.—Sailed: Schwarzenfela, for Auckland; Amagisan. Maru, for Auckland. Arrived l : Waihora, from Auckland. MELBOURNE, May 20.—Sailed: Waikawa, for Wellington. The Westralia, from Melbourne, via Wellington and Lyttelton,* ehould reach Dunedin to-morrow, and is timed to isail. on Monday for Bluff and Molbourae. Tho Opawa, from Liverpool and North New Zealand porta, is due here early this morning to dieohiarge. . Tho Tarawera was duo at Lyttelton yesterday to complete her loading for Sydney. Tihio weather improved at Auckland yesterday. It <is ejcpoot&d that the ICoromiko and Kntoa will- bo despatched to-day for Mewcastle; the former to load for Lyttelton and tho latter for Auckland. A shortage of labour hna delayed work on these vessels. The Kajoona left Westport at noon yesterday for Auckland, having been detained behind the bar sinoo lael Sunday. The Kakapo left Wellington at noon for Weotport and Lyttelton, where she wOl load produco for Auckland. Tho Kowhai arrived at Greymouth et 11 a.m. yesterday to load lor Wellington. She ■will return to Greymouth to load timber for Timaru. Tho weather was etill bad at Onehungo yesterday. The Flora is now expected to sail to-day for Greymouth, where she will load coal for Oamaru and Dunedin. The Wana<kia is to leave Ojwnaru to-day for Timaru to complete her loading for Napier and Auckland. Greymouth reported a considerable, though moderating, eoa. yestorctoy, and a slight frei'h on the river. The oil steamer Havre, from Singapore and- north Now Zealand ports, waa reported 'as having left Lyttelton at 8.30 a.m. on Thursday, and should therefore have arrived at Dunedin oarly yesterday morning. There wa« no word of har, however, up to a late hour last night. She has apparently been' delayed by rough weather. , The Kotoro ©afied from Port Chalmers yesterday, but had to put back to port at 6 p.m. from tho Heads owing to the unfavourftb]fi weather. - The Te Anau was expected, to leave Napier last night for Gisborno. She will leave Gisborne on Monday for Lyttelton and Dunedin, to load again, for tho two Hawke's Bay ports. . The Mokoia is to sail for Auckland on Tuesday. The Kaituna will discharge the balance of her ooal at Bluff to-day. . new P. and O. mail eteamer Naldera w duo at Sydney on Monday from London via Suez and Premantle. Tho Naldena ia the nrst of four sister ehipe of 15,000 tons gross register, specialJy built for the company's I mail service to Australia through the Bast. THE SYDNEY STEAMERS. The Moeraki was timed to leave Wellington ftt 6 o'clock last evening for Sydney and Hobart. The Maheno was expected to leave Sydney yesterday afternoon for Auckland. •TheMamilta, is scheduled to leave Sydney next Thursday for Wellington. " The Huddart, Porker steamer Ulimaroa is due at Wellington on Tuesday from Sydney, and is .to sail on H'httrsday on the return voyage, RTVEIKINA'S TIME-TABLE. . -Tho Huddart, Parker steamer Riverina is to leave Sydpey on the 26th inst. for Auckland. S™ ls chie at Auckland on the 30th inst., will leave there on June 1, Gisborno on June 2. Napier on June 3, Wellington on June 4, lyttelton on June 5, and is due,at Dunedlin on June 6. Tho Riverina will eail from Dun°S 8 ' hom lyttelton on June 0, from Wellington' on June 10, from Napier on June 11, from Gisborno on June 12, and from Auckland on June 14, for Sydney. ' OTARAMA AND WHAKATANE. t Tho Nerw Zoaknd Shipping Comipany advises thai the Otarama left St. John on May 14 for the four principal ports of New Zealand. She waa reported by telegraph on Wednesday as having cleared Panama on May 17, whereas the trip from St. John to tho canal umially takes a vessel of her class about 10 days to accomplish. The Whaloatane, which left Auskland on April 11, oleared Colon for London on May 16. ATLANTIC LINERS. The Cunard liner Mauretania, 30,701 tons gTosa, is at present the stand-by of the Liver-pool-New York run. She is bade to her phenomenal pro-wai spccdl, making 25J knots for a short time on a reoent voyage. Even in heavy weather tflie is able to make 24J knots. All tho other large vessels on that run have been taken off, and such as the Aquitania the Olympic, and t/he Vaterland will be out of the running for at least a year while they are being converted into oil burners. SYDNEY OIL DEPOT. FOR RED FUNNEL FLEET. , , In order to accommodate a sufficient quantity of oil fuel for thoee of its steamers which are being converted into oil burners the Union Stoom Ship .Company is pushing ahead with tho building of a lars;e depot at Balls Head Bay (Sydney). It ia hoped to have the dopot ready to receive tho first instalment of 011 by the time the Waitermata reaches thero about the end of the month. The Wnitemnta is bringing 1000 tons of oil in her ballast tankg for tho Maunganui, which, with the uTahiti, is to maintain tho Sydnoy-Wellington-San francisoo mail service, and arrangements havo been made to have regular supplies forwarded eo that thero will bo no shortage.

C. AND D. LINE. Tho following are the movements of the C. and IX fleet according to the latest advioe received by the local agents (Messrs J. W. Swift and Co.): — N.Z.—Homewabd. Port Napier, left Wellington April 18 for London, via Panama. Port Chalmers, left Wellington May 1, for London, v«t Panama. Port Victor, loft Port Chalmers May 16 for London, via Panama. Port Nioholsou, to load frozen meat at Auckland May 15, Wellington Mluy 22, PicUxn May ■£>, sailing from Wellington about Juno 10 for London, via Panama. Port Lyttelton, to load frozen meat at Gis-born-e, Napier, Wellington, towardb the end of June. Austealia.—Homkwahd. The Port Augusta and Port Albany will load in Australian waters in May, tho Port Lincoln in Juno, and the Port Mx>lbourne und Port Adelaide in July. United lusqdom—N.Z. Port Nicholson, loft London February 23 for Australia and New Zealand, due Wellington. May 21. / Port Denison left London May 7 for Australia, Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. Port Sydney, to sail from London June xj. for Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. Port Caroline, to sail from London July 17 for Australia, Auckland, Napier, and Wellington. U.S.A.—OtrrwA-HD. Port Lincoln, left New York April 4 for Australian ports. Port Hacking, left New York April 29 for Auskland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Australia, Port Elliott, to leave Now York May 16 for Australian ports. Port Almn, to leave New York May 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Australia. Port Curtis, to leave Now York June 5 for Australian porta. Port Stephens, to leave New York June 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin. Part Darwin, to leave New York July 5 for Australia. PAPAROA'S PASSENGERS. The following is a list 'of passengers by tho New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Paparoa, which is due at Auckland to-day from England:—Saloon: Mesdames Bilkey, Brown, Daviee, Doulan, • Eidsell, Gilbert, Hajtman, A. Hood, Milnes, M. K. Purchas, K. M. Smith, M. Stott, E. L. Wearne, Wilson, Misses L. Bilkey, A. Colbeok, C. E. Coucher, E. P. Crighton, E. M. Davies, D. M. Davics, A. Douglas, "V S. Hood, C. A. Humphreys, D. M. Jackson, M. C. Jackson, M. Leanran, N. Livingston, S. B. M'Kay, E. E. M'Kay, A. Milncs, 0. F. Ostenstock, M. E. Roscoe, 11. Rtot.hwell, K. llothwell, E. A. Toulmin, ifessr3 R. W. Bilkej-, A. Brown, D. Davies, G. E. Dalies, "W. C. Davies P. H. Davies, J. Doulan, H. M. •Eidsell, M. Eidsell, H. P. Gilbert, F. A. Harrison, C. L. Hartman, I. A. Hood G. C. James, J. W. Milnes, F. C. Pi7or, R. Wilson, B. Wyoherley; and 252 third class. AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING. DILGA EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS ON TRIAL. The Dilga, the third commonwealth Government steamer built and engined at Walsh Island, was completed at the end of April and taken over by Messrs Huddart, Parker to run in the inter-State ooal trade. The Dundula, another of the commonwealth Government sfeamers, is now running in th 6 same trade under the auspices of the Melbourne S.S. Company. The Dalga is the third of the six 5500-ton vessels which the dockyard is building for the commonwealth Government. She is the last of the well-deck typo; the remaining three ships are to be 6heJter-deck. The trials of the Dilga were most euooessful. She oamo through these tests with the utmost suoeess, and proved herself a high-class example of shipbuilding and engineering skill. Designed for a epeed of 10 knots per hour when loaded, the Dilga proved herself capable of 13, and maintained an average speed of 12.8 knots peir hour during the whole voyage. With a ship in suoh light trim that half her propeller was out hi the water and engines so new that tho workshop stiffness had not beguin to wear off them, this waa a remarkably good result. It presages well for her speed capabilities when everything is in her favour, and makes it manifest that the workmanship employed upon her construction is of tho very best. The dockyard autho rities are very pleased with the results achieved by the Dilga, and have found muoh cause for gratification in the reports made by the commonwealth officers who attended tho trials. These results furnish further evidence of tho high standard of workmanship of which the dockyard artisans are capable, and give convincing proof of what o valuable asset the dockyard) is to the State in general, and the district of Newcastle in particular.