SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18319, 9 August 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON. ■» August. New moon 4th 7.48 a.m. Plrst quarter 11th 1-44 a.m. Full moon ... 19th 2-88 a.m. Last quarter ' 27th 0.21 a.m. THE SUN. Bose to-day at 7,22 a.m.; sets at 5.4 p.m. * - THE WEATHER. August B.—Pine, but fresh south-westerly wind blowing. Change threatening at night. B a.m. Noon, ft p.m Barometer 29.20 29.20 29.15 Thermometer Min., 27; nmx., 45. HIGH WATER, August 9 a.m. p.m. At Talaroa Heads 7.0 7.26 At Port Chalmers 7.40 8.6 At -Dunedin * 8.10 8.36 WEATHER REPORTS.

(Pm Vxrrao Paata ahooiatiov.> WELLINGTON, August 8. ' following are the official weather reporti tt 4 p.m. Oape Marta ... S.W., fresh .10.15 59 Cloudy Bussell W., iresh 30.10 58 Cloudy Monukau H. ... 8.W., ra. gale 29.95 47 Showery Auckland ... S.W., Iresh • 30.03 53 Showery Xaitranga ... S.W., fresh 29.51 53 Pair Gisborne S.E., light 29.79 51 Pino Napier W., light 29.73 48 Pine Oastlepoint ... W., light 29.80 47 l ire Wellington ... N., breeze 29.81 M Pine New Plymouth S.W., fresh 29.90 >2 O.eieast Cape Egmont... W., fresh 29.88 49 Shvwory Wanganui ... W„ fresh 29.86 53 Pair ■ farewell Spit.. S.W., fresh 29.85 49 Hazy Cape Emilwind S., breeze 29.95 49 Cicudy Greymouth ... S.W., light 29.90 45 (Kercust Stephen Island N.E., fresh 29.82 45 Cloudy Cape Campbell N., breeze 29.76 49 Fine Koikoura ... N.E., light 29.70 47 Pair Akaroa light... N. t light 29.45 iO O.oomy Nuggets 8.W., fresh 29.56 15 Ruin Bluff., W., fresh 29.50 48 Bain J weather forecast. The following is the official weather forecast:— “ Present indications are tor strong south-westerly winds. Oold, changeable weather, with scattered showers, may be expected. The barometer lias a rising tendency.” DEPARTURES. Monday, August 8. Karamu, ba. (4.5 p.m.), 934 tons, Nicholas, for Oamaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Kahns, a.s. {10.40 p.m.), 1948 tons, D. M’Donald, for Timaru and Auckland. Union i Steam Ship Company, agent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August B.—Arrived: Rona (10.30 urn.), from Fiji; Pakeha (7.15 p.m.), bom Wellington; Maheno (3.30 p.m.), from Sydney; Wairuna (7.20 p.m.), from San Fran-ciaco.-—Sailed: Wanganui (8 a.m.), for SydWELLINGTON, Augusts.—Arrived; Breeze (2.35 a.m.), from Wanganui; Storm (7.30 am), from Oamaru; Manuka (2.10 p.m.), from SjHhey; Kakapo (9.10 p.m.), from Greymouth. —-s—Sailed: Wakatu (4 p.m.), for Kaikoura and Lyttelton; Breeze (6 p.m.), for Dunedin; Kowhai (6 p.m.), for Westport; Kokiri (6.10 pan.), for Greymouth; Storm (6.35 p.m.), for Wanganui; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Ngahere (10.10 p.m.), for Greymouth. WESTPORT, August B.—Arrived: Karori (0.10 a.m.), from Dunedin. LYTTELTON, August B.—Arrived*: Wootton (8.55 am.), from Wellington. Sailed: Karu (9 a.m.), for Dunedin; Calm (11.40 .a.m.), for Dunedin; Somerset (3.30 p.m.), for Wellington; Paparoa, for Timaru; Mararoa, for Wellington. ■ MELBOURNE, August 6—Sailed: Waifor Auckland, via Newcastle. SYDNEY, August 7.—Arrived: Ulimaroa (11.25 a.m.), from Auckland; Kia Ora, from Wellington. NEWCASTLE, August 6.—Sailed: Kaikorai, for Auckland.

THE STEAMER BROXTON.

PLACED UNDER ARREST. (Pirn XTjrrrin Pniss Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 8. The American wooden steamer Broxton, at present discharging coal at Lyttelton, was to-day placed under arrest for debt by the marshal of the Admiralty Court. IU STORMS IN TASMAN SEA. VESSELS IN TROUBLE. fp*a UnriD prxss Association.) AUCKLAND, August 8. The collier Maindy Lodge, which left for Newcastle «in ballast on June 28, returned here on Saturday morning to replenish her Imnkere. She was 360 miles beyond Cape Maria Van Diemen, when her coal supply ran short, which was apparently caused by continuous bad weather. A wireless message received from the captain of the barque Jlanrrrewa, bound from Whan gape to Sydney, states >lhat the vessel encountered a hurricane, lasting four days, when about 250 miles off the New Zealand coast. The Manurewa’s deck cargo of sawn timber was washed overboard. ' The Calm is expected to reach Dunedin about noon to-daf. .... . „ The Hama should be m this morning from Wellington direct. She was expected to arrive yesterday morning, but has doubtless been delayed by the strong head wind she has had to encounter. . , The Katoa is expectW, to leave Auckland about Thursday for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. ' The Corinna will leave New Plymouth at noon to-day for Dunedin direct. She will load here on Friday for Nelson and New Plymouth, via ports. The Rakanoa will leave Newcastle to-day for Gisborne and Auckland. The. Kekeranyu was duo at Newcastle yesterdsy, to load for Napier. ' The Karori is expected to leave Westport on Wednesday for Auckland. The' Island steamer Flora is expected to arrive at Auckland this morning from Rarotonga and Papeete. Ihe Maheno, from Sydney, was clue at Auckland last evening, and is timed to sail oh he* return trip on Saturday next. The Manuka, from Sydney, was due at Wellington yesterday afternoon, and should sail for Sydney to-day. Yhe Vancouver mail steamer. Makura left Vancouver on Saturday morning for Auck- ' lend, where she is due on August 20. The Kowhai left Wellington at noon yesterday for Westport, where she will load for New Plymouth. The Koronui is delayed at Gisborne by bad weather; she ehould, leave to-morrow for Napier and Dunedin. The trans-Pacific cargo steamer Wairuna arrived at Auckland at 2 p.m. yesterday from Vancouver and Sun Francisco, and is expected to reach Dunedin about the 20th inst. The Kokiri left Wellington yesterday afternoon for Greymouth, to load; for Dunedin. The Wanaka is expected to leave Lyttelton oh Thursday for Sydney and Newcastle, to load for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellingtoh. The Waimarino is to leave Lyttelton on Friday for Newcastle, to load for New Zealand. . The Kamo left Westport on Sunday night for Wellington, and will return to load again for Wellington. There was a moderate sen at Westport yesterday. i A south-westerly wind was blowing at Greymouth yesterday. ... The Kawatin is expected fo leave Napier - to-morrow for Sydney, from which port she Will'' proceed to Newcastle to load tor New Zealand. The Karamu left Dunedin yesterday for Oamaru to load for Wellington. The Paloona will leave Melbourne to-day for Dunedin direct. From here she will go —do Lyttelton and Wellington, and thence to Bluff and Melbourne. The steamer West Hepburn arrived at Dunedin on Sunday- from New York, via Panama and North New Zealand ports. '1 he West Hepburn, which is making her first ■visit to this port, is a vessel of 5630 tons register, and was built at. Seattle in 1919 ter the United States Shipping Board. From Dunedin the West Hepburn will go to Melbourne and other Australian ports. Only one steamer got out of Wanganui on Thureday on the mid-day tide. The Ngahere croeatd an ugly see on the bar and got through to Wellington. As the barque Rona has at present no engagement; she paid off her crew at Wellington on Thursday. The liner Durham, which arrived at Wellington from Montreal, via Panama, left Liverpool for Montreal to load for the dominion. In the Western Ocean foggy weather prevailed, and a number of large icebergs, some 90ft above water, were sighted. The Tainui is scheduled to leave Southampton dll September 8 for New Zealand ports. The Port Stephens sailed from Barry Klost Saturday with a cargo of coal skland. She is duo there on September 15. The Pakeha arrived yesterday morning at Auckland from Wellington? where she will load for London. Sydney advices state that the steamer Admiral Oodrington has arrived at Durban with furnaces defective. The Admiral Codrington is en route from Gisborne to London. The U.S. and A. Line steamer Easterner, ■which left New York on July 23 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, and New Plymouth, xa due at Auckland on August 30. The Western Counties Shipping Company, Cardiff, Wales, which was floated during the recent shipping boom, has come to an unfortunate end. In May last Mr Justice P. ST Lawrence, in the Chancery Division, appointed a receiver and manager of the company, on .behalf of the debenture holders. The twin-screw Diesel motor ship Kangaroo, belonging to the West Australian Government, successfully underwent a scries of interesting trials in Stoke's Bay, Spitboad, Engshe -got as ter as Malta on her/ voyage

to Fremantle, and had to return to Southampton for repairs. This vessel, which has been creating a great deal of attention lately, was originally built by Messrs Harland and Wolff at thoir Irvine shipyard, and has had extensive alterations carried out at Southampton by Messrs John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd. The Waitorao left New Plymouth on Saturday morning for Newcastle, where ehe will load for Wellington ami Port Chalmers.

AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION ACT,

The London Spectator says; Tho new Australian Navigation Act, we fear, will have a serious effect both on British shipping in the Australian trade and also on the smaller Australian ports. For its purpose is to exclude from the coasting trade all ships, whether British or not, in which the crews are not paid at Australian rates, and housed in accordance with Australian requirements. That our merchant seamen should have proper accommodation is most desirable; that they should! bo paid on tho Australian scale is hardly possible, since the cost of living is much higher there than here. Thus, from July 1, a British liner calling at Fremantle will not be able, for example, to ship passengers and goods for Adelaide or Melbourne. A British visitor who makes a short slay in West Australia will not be able to continue his voyage in the next liner. Tho Act makes an exception for Port Darwin, in the Northern Territory, which depends mainly on calls from British steamers, and perhaps also for Thursday Island. But from all the remunerative coasting traffic tho regular liners will, it seems, be excluded. This policy may perhaps benefit the steamers owned by the commonwealth and worked, it is said, at a heavy loss. But we me sure that Australia os a whole, as well as British shipowners, will suffer by this measure of high protection. Tho commonwealth, with its few railway® and its long coastline, needs to attract rather than to repel shipping.

ARGYLLSHIRE’S EXCITING EXPERIENCES.

Among the arrivals at Sydney recently was the Federal liner Argyllshire, 12,097 tons, which left Liverpool on May 10 with passengers and general cargo. An exciting incident occurred one afternoon while the liner was travelling “dead slow” through a dense fog in the busiest part of the trade route in the Bay of Biscay. Passengers stated that above the noise of the ship's siren was heard a shrill signal from another steamer which was evidently near by. A moment later the lines of the other vessel could be dimly discerned passing across tho bows of the Argyllshire. The liners engines were immediately reversed to “full speed astern,” and by good seamanship the collision, which seemed inevitable, was averted. Four days out from the Cape, which was left on June 24, exceptional weather was encountered. Mountainous soas broke over the decks and carried away the starboard gangways and accommodating ladders. Seas were shipped fore and aft. Passengers were kept below. In the Indian Ocean on July 5 conditions -were worse. The liner laboured heavily in a fierce gale, which was accompanied by hail squalls. A huge sea broke aboard, reached the funnel, and left several inches of water on the navigating bridge —about 50ft above the water-line. After leaving Adelaide more stormy weather was met, and the gale which struck the vessel off Capo Otway was the worst the master (Captain W. J. Page) has experienced for 30 years. Steering became difficult, and it was almost impossible to see tho navigation lights along lire coast. a> - WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were last night within range of the wireless stations named:—Awanui: Manurewa, Garbeta, Tofua, West Ocmargo, E. R. Sterling, Waitomo. Auckland ; Maheno, Flora, Wairuna, Las Vegas, Canadian Spinner, City of Lincoln. Wellington; Maori, Mararon, Mapourika, Manukk, Ngakuta, Wingatni, Kawatiri, Kaitum. Chathams:- Eastern Planet, Port Lincoln, Port Bowen. Awarua; Whangape.