SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18171, 16 February 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THUS MOON. Pkbsuabx. Raw moon- _ _ _ _ _ 8 0.7 p-m. First quarter _ „ _ _ _ 18 6.33 am. Pull moon _ _ _ _ „ 33 U p.m. THE BTJN. Boee today at 3.30 am.; sets at 7.1* pm. THE WEATHER. February IS*—One of the finest days experienced; light N.K. wind; warm, but temperate. 8 am. Keen. 6 p.iK 30,05 30.00 29.95 Thermometer HIGH WATER, At Toluca Beads _ _ -64 9.24 At Port Chalmers _ iAt Dunedin WEATHER REPORTS. (Fra Vsitmn Pbxss Association.) WELLTEKGTOK, February 16. Following are the official weather reports at 4 pm.:— __ _ Bar. Ther. Weather, tape Maria SA,bne» 29.94 71 Bain Bussell H., m. gale 29.92 69 Showery VManukauH. „ 8., light 29.98 67 Cloudy ■■■" Auckland - N.E., light 29.93 74 Overcast Tauranga E., light 29.96 74 Fair Gisborne... E.S.E., breeze 30.01 72 Pino Napier ... - N., light 30.02 73 Fine Oastlepofart S.W., light 30.00 64 Fine Wellington ... N.W., breeze 29.94 70 Pfne New Plymouth N.E., light 29.87 71 line Gape Earnout— S., light 30.00 69 Fine • Wanganui ... S.W., light 30.01 74 Fine •Farewell Spit.. E, breeze 30.05 70 Hazy Gape Fonlwind S.W., light 29.99 72 line 'Grcymouth „ N.W., light 30.00 71 Cloudy • Cane Campbell N., breeze 29.93 66 Hazy S5Si» ... N. 8., light 29.88 66 Fine Akaroa light... W., breeze 29.87 72 Fine . Nuggets... ... N.E., light 29.80 65 Fine Bluff... ... W., breeze 29.75 70 Overcast WEATHER FORECAST. The fallowing is the official weather forecast « Present indications ore for variable winds, strong easterlies prevailing northwards cl East Cape * and Kawhla, and north-west to winds elsewhere. Expect warm, hazy conditions, with increasing cloudiness for a change to follow, with rain, and colder weather shortly. Ihe barometer Is unsteady, but will probably rise in tih6 south in about 30 hours. ■ AKRIVAJj. Kokin, s.s. (12.5 pm.), 1340 tons, Brnoe, from Westport. Union Steamship Company, agent.'., _ SHIPPING- TELEGRAMS. V AUCKLAND, February 15.— Arrived: •Shahristan (2.30 p.m.), from Sailed: Port Augusta (7 am.) and Waipon (4.45 p.m.), for Sydney. . . ' LYTTELTON, February. 15.—Arrived. Breeze (7.30 un), from Timaru; Wahme ■ (8.5 am.), &om -Saile^ Wootton (11 a-m.), for Wellington; Durham and Wahine, for Wellington. a ~ WELLINGTON, February lo.—Sailed. February 15. —Sailed: Wanaka FdbrrwuY 14.— Arrived: Maud ka, from Wellington. Sailed: Canadian Winner, for Auckland. «... x _ ; HOBART, February 14.—Sailed: Joan. Craig, for Lyttelton. . VANCOUVER, February U—Arrived: Wairune, from Auckland. _ NEWPORT NEWS, February 13.—Arrived: Kaikoura. from Wellington. LONDON, Febrnaiy 13.—Sailed: Bragdo, for Adelaide; Baranga, for Brisbane; Tricolour, for Fremantle, Seattle, for Bunibury.i:-, .■ Tho Mdaraki arrived at Wellington at 2.30 p.m;‘On Monday from Sydney. • . The Wanaka waa to leave Bluff at 7 o’clock teat night for Dunedin. She proceeds from Dunedin to Oamaru, Timaru, and Auckland. . , . , „ The Karamu waa expected to leave Grey--mouth yesterday afternoon for Miramar. , The Navna is due at Auckland from Samoa and Fiji this afternoon. Tb© Kauri ictdios that ah© will reach, Auck.land, from Newcastle this morning. •’ The Scalda is leaving Lyttelton at 6 am. to-day for Dunedin to complete discharge,. She afterwards proceeds to Sydney. ’ The' Katoa was to leave Lyttelton for Wellingtori and Auckland at 4 p.m. yesterday. The To Anau is leaving Lyttelton to-day for Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin. The Koromiko ifl leaving Lyttelton tomorrow for Port Chalmers, where she surveys. , Tho Komona wao expected to leave Wellington at 1 o’clock yesterday for Grey- • mouth, where she loads for Lyttelton. . The MoeraM was leaving Wellington at 5 pm. yesterday for Lyttelton. . The Kaiwarra is leaving Wellington tomorrow afternoon fo: Papeete, Makatea, and Auckland. • :The ; Corinn» leaves Wellington at noon today for Dunedin. It is hoped to despatch the steamer Essex from Dunod-n tide morning for Melbourne. The Kotare will sail from Dunedin today for Bluff and Invercargill, and afterwards go on to Waikawa to load timber and machinery for Dunedin. '’ The Storm got away at 9 p.m. on Monday lor Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wanganui. ■ Tho Stella eailed at 8.30. n.m. on Monday for Wellington and Auckland. , . Th© Calm is due at Dunedin on . Friday morning from Wellington, and sails the same day for Wellington, via ports. , The U.S. and A. steamer Bellbuckle, which is now. discharging 27,000 oases of . assorted .oils', at the Rattray street wharf, is expected tp sail on Thursday morning for Australian ports to ;complete discharge. . The Kokiri arrived her© at noon yesterday from Westport, and waa berthed at the Birch street wharf to discharge part of her . coal cargo. She will sail to-day, and will subsequently return to Dunedin to load '' .general cargo for. Napier and Gisborne. > The Kahika is expected to leave Lyttelton to-morrow for Greymouth to load f6r Dunedin. The Waikonaiti is expected to be clear of her Liverpool cargo to-day. She will then go to Pert Chalmers to undergo overhaul and structural alterations. > The Waitomo left Oamaru at 7 pm. on , Saturday for Sydney, where she will he drydocked for cleaning end painting. She will afterwards go to Newcastle to load -for Lyttelton. The Kaitnna is expected to complete her. overhaul at Auckland this week. She will ' then proceed, to Greymouth to load timber - for Melbourne. The New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the Kaikoura arrived at Newport News on February 11, en route from Wellington to. London., The New Zealand Shipping Company has beefi. advised that tße Genchu Maru, which is bringing coal from Japan for the Newt Zealand railways, left Brisbane on February 9 for Auckland. i ■ The C. and D. liner Port Lyttelton left Port Kembla at 5 o.m.- on Friday last for Whangarei and Auckland to commence Homeward loading. The vessel is to leave Auckland on March 3 for London, via Panama. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruapehu, bound from Southampton to Lyttelton, arrive at Colon on February 8. The vessel has 72 saloon passengers ond 136 .third, class, passengers, i The C and D. Line has received advice 1 to the ,effect that the liner Port" Darwin left London on February 9 for Capetown, Melbourne, Sydney) Auckland, Napier, and .Wellington. She is due at Auckland about • ' April 23 - The Union Company’s recently-acquired steamer Gape Colony had her masts removed yesterday at Port Chalmers preparatory to stepping new masts. The vessel is under overhaul. ‘The American steamer Broxton, which arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday with nearly 5000 tons of coal from Newcastle, bert-h-ri yesterday morning to discharge into laihvicr tracks. This is her third cargo of ■ jS’ewcci.Ttlo coal to be discharged at Port Chalmers for the Railway Department. After . leaving Newcastle the Broxton had four days of had weather, but the remain! sg five days were fine. She will probably return to Newcastle when her present cargo is out. NAVUA’S DEPARTURE POSTPONED. The Island steamer Navna, from Fiji, is expected to reach Auckland this afternoon. Her departure for Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa has been 'postponed to 4 p.m. next Monday. ’ WAIRUNA AT VANCOUVER. The trans-Pacific cargo steamer, Waimna arrived at Vancouver at 5 p.m, Friday last from Auckland and Samoa. OTARAMA DELAYED. The Federal Line advises that the steamer Otarama ie being delayed in the discharge of part of her Liverpool cargo at Auckland, ana that she cannot arrive at this port until about February 28 in consequence. The yoseel has 1036 tons of cargo to discharge here. ■

CARGO FROM LIVERPOOL. The local agents for tho Fedora! Line advise that the steamer Tasmania was to leave Liverpool .on February 12, cargo laden, for New Zealand ports. Tho vessel should arrive at Auckland about March 28. PASSENGERS BY THE RIMUTAKA. The Rimutaka, which arrived at Auckland Monday morning from London and Southampton, brought the following oaloon passengers for New Zealand: —Misses Boyes, Brown (2), Dunnill, Franklin, Grace, Groom, Has cocks, Houghton, Johnstone, Knight, Macaulay, Merchant (3), Monteath, Noah, Thompson, Watson, Wildnah, Mesdames L. A. Burrand, Bell, Brown, Butler, Mr and Mis A. N. Burraud, B. Earle, Edgell, Franklin, Marchant, Smith, Thomas, Veal and three sons, Bartholomew, Bauer, Fausett, Gates, Richmond, Messrs Bartholomew, Thomas, Bauer (2), Fauoett, Gates, Richmond, Cole, Crawford, For, Henry and son, Hamer, Kennedy, Leach, Marchant (2), Maxwell, Menzies, Quinn, Riach, Bintoul, Vacher, Williamson, Wood. In tho third class there were 237 passengers. NEW STEAMER TREBARTHA. Built by John Beadhead and Sons, Ltd., South Shields, to the order of the Hain Steamship Company, tho new screw steamer Trebartha has been put through her trials off the River Tyne, everything passing off satisfactorily. Tho Trebartha, which is the nineteenth vessel built by the Shields firm for Messrs Hain, is of the following dimensions:—4l4ft over all by 52ft by 23ft 6in, and is constructed on the shelter deck principle to Lloyd's highest class. She is designed to carry 8300 tons deadweight on a light draught, and has large clear holds with steel bulkhead at the centre line for deck cargoes. Water' ballast is carried in double bottom tanks, all fore and ait, and also in deep tanks in the fore and aft peaks. There is a complete equipment of 10 steam winches and derricks, with all tho necessary gear for the rapid handling of cargo through the large hatchways. A steam steering gear of the Wilson-Pirrie type is fitted direct on to the rudder head with telemotor system carried to the steering standard in the wheelhouse amidships. Large pfeel houses are built on fie deck for tie accommodation of tho captain and officers, while the crew's quarters are aft in the ’tween decks, with separate accommodation for seamen and firemen and separate mess rooms for each. An electrical installation is fitted up for lighting throughout and for the wireless telegraphy. The engines and boilers, which have also been constructed by Messrs John Beadhead and Sons, have cylinders 27, 44, 73, and 48in • stroke, and are provided —with steam from three large boilers working at 180 lb pressure to the square incß. The Trebartha is on her way to Australia.