SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18158, 1 February 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

% PHASES OP THH MOON. ig:i. •'* Proro AST. .- Sew moon 8 0.7 p.m. / First quarter 13 SJ3a.m. Puli moon ... 27 9-2 p.m. i THE ftUS. Rises to-day at 3.8 amk.; set* at 7.38 pm. , THE WEATHER. • • February I.—B a-m.: Oalm; overcast. Soon: Calm; overcast. 6 p-m.: Oalm; dull. fßam. Soon. spm. Barometer - j .Thermometer M ... ... Haz., 33; min., 47. ' * ■ HIGH WATER. i; -February; 1— «- m - P-™-b- , m .Taiaroa w , H , H .. 9.41 10.7 . Port Chalmers ; 10.21 10.47 - 1 Dunedin ... M . , M M 10.51 11.17 ■ ’ ! ‘ WEATHER REPORTS. (PER tTSITKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, January 31. FoOowing are the official weather reports at 4 pm. Cape Maria ... S., fresh 30.03 68 Pine Bussell S.W., light 29.92 69 Cloudy • Manukau H.-S.W., fresh 29.91 65 Pair Auckland ... S.W., fresh 29.99, 65 Pair Tauranga ... W., fresh 29.78 75 Fine Gisborne S.S.W., fresh 29.82 61 Overcast ' Napier S.W., gale 29.90 65 Overcast Castlepolnt ... N.W., breeze 29.97 63 Fine Wellington ... S., fresh 29.99 67 Showery ' Sew Pfymduth S.E., light 29.98 62 Overoast ■Cape Baffiont... B.R, fresh 29.97 64 Cloudy 'Wanganui ... 8., fresh 29.93 64 Fair " , Farewell Spit.. ,N., fresh 30.00 66 Cloudy 1 ' Cape Foulwind 8., fresh 29.99 69 Cloudy ■' Qrejmouth ... 8., light 29.96 68 Cloudy Stephen Island S.E., light 30.01 51 Showery Cape Campbell S., fresh 29.95 67 Showery Kalkonra ... 8.E., fresh 30.00 57 Overcast Akaroa light... 8.W., fresh 30.09 63 Squally ’ Nuggets S.E., fresh 30.14 65 Overcast ■ Bluff... ™ ._ S.E., fresh 30.12 63 Cloudy WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast:— “ Present indications are for strong but decreasing southerly "-'winds, backing to northerlies shortly. Cold 'and changeable weather may be expected generally, with heavy passing showers, especially in the northern and east coast districts. The barometer has a temporary rising tendency.” , DEPARTURES Kotaxe, 5.8., 141 tons, Mnmhy, for Bluff. • Keith Ramsay, agent. _ Storm, as., 405 tons, Robertson, for Wanganui, via ports. Topley and Co., agents. January 31. Kotare, as. (8.35 a.m.), 147 tons. Mundy, ;' for Invercargill. Koith Ramsay and Co,, agents. $ ■ L Storm, sjs. (11.20 p.m.), 405 tons, Robertson, for .Lyttelton. Tapley and Co., agents. *<■ • SHIPPING'TELEGRAMS. . . AUCKLAND, January 3L—-Arrived; Wai.wen (6 a.m.), from Sydney, Opawa (8 ».m.), from Dunedin. ' . , , WELLINGTON, January 3L—Arrived; ' Katoa (11 ajn.), from Auckland and Napier; Ngaiora (11.16 a.m), from Gxeymouth. Sailed. Wahire (BLS p.m.), for Lyttelton 1 -NEWCASTLE, January 2.—Sailed: Pukaki, for Wellington. MELBOURNE January 30.—Arrived: Kaiapoi,'' from Kapara. , NEW YORK, January 30.—Arrived: Tairoa, from Wellington; Iceland, from Sydney, a Donald M’Kay, for Townsville. OOQUIMBO, January 28.—Arrived:, Champaigny, barqnentine, from Newcastle. CORONBIj, January 28. —Arrived: TroloakeC 1 "fro n, Newcastle. EUREKA, January 28.—Sailed: jShandon, -barque; , for Melbourne. ' v 'CALETA BUENA, January 28. —Sailed: .Oronite. motor ship, for Brisbane. ‘ CHRISTIANIA, January 28.—Arrived: from Australian porta The Calcutta trader Sealda was expected :;v to leave Wellington yesterday for Lyttelton -V and Dunedin to complete discharge. From ' Dunedin she will proceed to, Sydney. The Kaiapoi is to load at Melbourne next week for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellingt.:. Jon, and New Plymouth. The Koromiko la due here this afternoon with' a-' load of sugar from Sydney. After completing discharge at Ximaru and Lyttel- ■ toA; sha-.will survey. ThooUnion Company advises that the Paloona,,.- which is completing overhaul at v Port .Chalmers, will resume this day week.

exiling-. for Wellington and Melbourne as usual.'

(. The Cosmos, now completing overhaul at ’ Fort Chalmers, is. to sail to-morrow for New-

castle to load at Timaru and Oamoru. The Wanaka will resume at the end of the V week, sailing on Saturday for Bluff, O&marn, : Timaru, Lyttelton, and Auckland. .The Flora, which has been delayed at Wellington,' was expected to sail yesterday for Lyttelton, .and Dunedin. She is due here tomorrow to load for Wellington, New Plymouth, .and Nelson. The Karma was to leave Wellington ■ yesterday' for. Auckland. After discharge there she wilt load fox Wellington, Lytolton, and Dunedin.' ' ...

. The Katoa is to sail from Wellington today for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due ’ here on Thursday, and is fixed to sail on Saturday for Auckland, va Lyttelton and tv Wellington. „ . The To Anan woe expected to leave Napier yesterday for Gisborne and Auckland. At Auckland she will load transhipments for ■' southern ports, ex Ganges. The Corinna is to leave Wellington to.day for Picton, where she will load for Onehunga,, . At Onehunga she will load for „ New Plymouth and Wellington. The Kittawa, from Weetport, via Oamarn, is due here to-morrow to discharge the bal- ] -ance of; her coal, and is to sail on Friday for Wellington and Greymouth. The Dorset is to load at Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, and Napier. She will return to Wellington before sailing for London. ’ The' Treglisson, en*.route from Hampton Hoads, Virginia, to Auckland, left Panama «. on January 22. ' " . TT'F.TCFT REPORTED SAFE. The local Customs, office received advice from the Naval authorities at Wellington yesterday that the'auxiliary ketch Sir John Forrest is safe. The authorities Aid not eay whether some vessel had spoken with the ketch or whether she had reached port. She was reported overdue from Thursday Island t to Suva. : - ■ INCOMING VANCOUVER MAIL. ■' Ttie tThion Company advises that the mail ,'' steamer Marama ia due at Suva this morn- ; iug fivjj'a Vancouver and Honolulu. She will >e' 'despatched tbia afternoon for Aucklanu, f Wh'ife'she is expected to arrive on Friday „ night; air early on Saturday morning. SYDNEY STEAMERS.) >/■■■■ The Union Company advisee that the Ms-, nuka will resume in the intercolonial running on Thursday, when she will sail from Sydnisy for Lyttelton and Wellington. She is to sail from Wellington on February 10 lor' Sydney and Hobart. , B •'The MoeraM is due at Sydney to-morrow fr<HB J Wellington. Her next sailing date from Wellington is Febxnary 17. The Tofua is due at Sydney to-morrow ‘ from Auckland, to which port she will return this week. MORE COAL. The Cape Colony was expected to leave Lyttelton yesterday afternoon, and should therefore reach Dunedin By midday to discharge the balance of her coal. '■ i The Union Company advises that the Oape '' Natal is expected to leave Newcastle on FebrJ ruary 7 with coal for Port Chalmers. : -The: Cape Premier, coming to the agency of the New Zealand Shipping Company, left ii Port Natal on January 16 for Auckland. She : is bringing a shipment of coal, and is due at the /northern port about February 13. tT the snow and burgess. p.,, / . END OP A FAMOU| CLIPPER. : ‘ Private . adyices from Seattle to Sydney state' 'that the famous old American clipper ' , chip-'Snow and" Burgess, now rigged as a five-masted schooner, has been sold at public ■v auction- for junk. , ;.V The vessel arrived at the Sound on March '< 14 last, after a long voyage from Manila, j‘- considerably damaged by heavy weather encountered, and since has been lyng idle awaiting some decision as to her dieposii. tion, which now, according to report, is -that tp she is no longer worth patting into commissi sion again, this being evidently due to the fact she was considerably strained amidships. Thus will pass another; of the few remaining famous American clipper ships built at , Thomas ton, Met, a quarter of a century or S 5 ’ mdre ago. fc’,. The Snow and .Burgess was originally I' launched as a barque at Thomaston, Me., in 1878, being of Hit tons net register, 228.5 ft • long, 41.5 ft beam, and 24.7 ft depth of hold. For Vcoxs she was operated between the Pacific Coast and San Francisco. Later she “ was re-rigged as at present, and in March, ' 1916, was sold to Andrew F. Mahony, who, in February, 1918, sold her to C. Henry Smith, the last owner.

THE TAHITI. ■' The -R-H.S. Tahiti, which arrived at WelHagton/ou Thursday, left Son Francisco for Stanohiln on January 4, at 11 a.m. Heavy ■ h&d*aaa> were encountered until the vessel Inched -Honolulu on January 10. Leaving , agiia- aftor a stay of eight hours, the vessel ran Jato strong trade wind* until arrive! at ''Papeete on January 17. ' The veaml left for lUfOionga the {allowing day, and arrived ■ tfcerertwo day* latgr. Barwtonga was loft boWith ’aein>~eeae, wara encountered <rm>- : M * ** *"»• ' v ‘

The vessel brought the following first end second saloon passengers:—Hisses L. Brown, Lewis, T. Adams, H. Reiha, E. West, H. Drader, 'Wells, E. Steedman, Duggan, L. Rising, Garbutt, H. Hollis, Meadames Belden, Riley, Wright, Ball, Cohen, Murrey, Sherwood, L. Colley, Knrurangi and child, Platts and 2 boys, Thayer, Ewen, Grayinger, Pollott, A. Martin, Finnis, J. Pirie, King and 2 children, E. E. Rule, Ncsbit, Woodmen, Campbell end child, E. Dicker, M. Martin, Sayers, 1 * R. Ritchie, Chamlberlain, B. Walters, Messrs Coltart, Belden, E. Moore, J. Jensen, A. L. High, Corbutt, Riley, W. F. Worley, Wright, C. Matthews, Bell, Murray, A. Jensen, E. Nordan, Sherwood, D. O. Wingate, C. J. Perrier, Platts, Tinaran, Thayer, R. N. T«se, Lewis, A. M’Celland, Ewen, Grainger. W. B. Ley land, H. Hutchinson, A. J. Hawker, P. Eollason, Finnis, W. Bell, A. Bedford, J. Pirie, J. eSampson, King, Wells, Nesbie, H. M’Leod, A. Goodman, J. Olsen, Woodman, Campbell, J. Chegwin, C, C. Arthur, J. S- Goodman, S. P. Dempsey, A. Woods, Duggan, Sayers, A. Huntington, W. Lees, T. Ritchie, R. Powell, A. Porziak, J. Knopfel, S. Page, J. Ward, Chamberlain, C. Tolhurst, H. Roberts, J. Flannagan, Archdeacon Qumn, and Rev. P. Collander; and 16 third class. The cargo- includes the following lines: Fruit, 245 ions; cement, 866 tons; cotton goods, 284; woollen goods, 23; electrical goods, 10; glassware, 36; pianos, 15; sewing machines, 277; roofing material, 47; shingles, 24; and canned fish, 61. The Tahiti has been delayed by a shortage of labour at Wellington, and her departure for San Francisco postponed until Friday.