SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18321, 11 August 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON, .. AUGUST. heir moon ._ _ .. 4th ".48 t.m. First quarter M , ... ... 11th 1.44 a.m. Full moon ... _. „ ... 19th 3-68 a.m. Last quarter ... 27th 0.21 a.m. THE SUN. Bisea today at 7.18 am.; seta at 6.7 p.m, THE WEATHEE. August 10.—Fine; light southerly breeze. B a.m. Noon. I p.m. Barometer •« 30.07 30.07 30.07 Thermometer ... ••• ... Min., 38; max., 66. HIGH WATEB. August 11— •- in - P- m - At Taiaroa Heads At Fort Chalmers 8.33 10.1 At Dunedin ... ... . 19-3 10.31 WEATHER REPORTS. (Pm Uxitw) Pxau AwooiATioar.) WELLINGTON, August 10. following are tho official weather report* at 4 p.m. Bar. Thor. Weather. Cape Maria —B., breeze 30.46 69 Overcast Bussell ... ... S.W., light 30.53 69 Cloudy 'Auckland ... 8.W., fresh 30.38 sr Fair Tauranga ... 8.W., fresh 30.28 51 Fair , Gisborne... ... E., light 30.23 58 Fair Napier S.W., light 30.23 68 Fine Caatlepoint ... W., breeze 30.21 50 Cloudy Wellington ... N.W., Irish 30.19 53 Cloudy New Plymouth 8., light 30.32 58 Fair Wanganui ... W., fresh 30.33 56 Fair CupoEgmont... W.S.W., fresh 30.34 GO Cloudy Farewell Spit.. W., breeze 30.23 53 Cloudy Cape Foulwind 8., light 30.40 64 Ovcroost tfreymouth ... N., light 30.36 51 lair .Stephen Island S.W., fresh 30.12 64 Cloudy Capo Campbell N. ( fresh 30,10 52 Cloudy Kaikoura ... Culm ,10.05 58 Fair Akaroaiight... N.W., Iresh 29.09- 65 Cllooray Nuggcte... ... N.W., fresh 29.91 53 Cloudy Bluff. W.N.W., fresh 29.82 83 Cloudy WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast 11 Present indications are fur freshening westerly winds, squally at times in and southwards of Cook Strait. Unsettled weather, with rain, is probable in the West Coast and southernmost districts, but fair to cloudy in the East Coast districts. Tho barometer has a falling tendency >n the south.” ARRIVALS. August 10. Katro, s.s. (8 a.m.), 267 tons, Nicholson, from Lyttelton. Union. Steam Ship Company, agent. . Hatipora, s.s. (11.30 a.m.), 8182 tons, lUnnear, from Port Arthur, Texas, via Auckland. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Breeze, s.s. (1.15 p.m.), 553 tons, Venn, from Wanganui, via Wellington. Tapley and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Rama, s.s. (4.15 p.m.T, 610 terns, Cartner, for Wellington, via Timaru. Tapley and Co., agents. , Calm, b.b. (5.5 p.m.), 892 tons, Nicholson, for Wellington, via Timaru. Tapley and Co., agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August 10.—Sailed; Kaiwarra (noon), for Newcastle. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 10.—Sailed; Corinna (3.15 pan.), for Dunedin. WELLINGTON, August 10.—Arrived: Komati (12.5 a-m.), from Westport; Maori (7.30 p.m.), from Lyttelton. . GRFIYMOHTH, August 10.—Sailed: Kaitangatu. (2,30 %..m.), for Sydney. LYTTELTON, August 10.—Arrived; Mararoa (8.65 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Paparoa (4.45 pun.), for Timaru; Mararoa, for Wellington. _ ~, HULL, August B.—Arrived: Waltham Abbey, from Adelaide. ANTWERP, August B.—Arrived; Tropic, from Adelaide. . LIVERPOOL, August B.—Arrived: Leitrim, from Lyttelton. . NEWCASTLE, August 10.— Aimed; KekexangU. Soiled: Rokanoa, for Auckland. SYDNEY, August 10.—Sailed: Uliroaroa (4 p.m-), for Wellington. The Kokiri, which reached Greymouth yesterday morning, is expected to leave for Dunedin direct this morning. The Kahika is expected to leave Greymouth to-day for Wellington. The Kaitongata left Greymouth yesterday morning for Newcastle and Sydney, where she will load for Dunedin and Timaru. The Kowhai is due at Westport from Wellington; she will load for New Plymouth. The Karori left Greymouth yesterday afternoon for Auckland. There was a moderate swell at Westport yesterday. . , The Greymouth report yesterday was: Showery, with a moderate swell. The Paloona loft Melbourne yesterday morning for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. She is due hero on Monday morning. From Wellington she will proceed to Bluff on the return journey. The Kanna left Timaru yesterday for Wellington and Auckland. Tho Wingatui is echeduled to leave Bluff on Saturday for Oamo.ru and Timaru, to complete loading for Auckland. , , ; . The -Katoa is expected to leave Auckland on Monday far Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. - The Corinna, which left New Plymouth on Tuesday oftemoon, should reach Dunedin this evening, in which caae she will leave to-morrow for New Plymouth, via ports. The Rokanoa left Newcastle on Wednesday lor Gisborne arid Auckland. The Karamu, which left Oamoru for Wellington on Tuesday night, will return to Dunedin an Monday to load for Wellington, via Oamaru and Timaru. The barquentine Manurewa sent a wireleee message on Friday that ehe was 250 miles off the Now Zealand coast. She has just experienced a four/ day’s hurricane, during which she lost her deck cargo. The Manurewa is 'eh route from Whangape to Sydney. Tho sheriff for the Admiralty Court visited Lyttelton on Monday afternoon in order to place a writ on tie SjS. Broxton’e mast, thus arresting the steamer in respect of debts alleged to be owing. The Broxton, which has just completed discharging a cargo of coal from Newcastle, is credited wifi being the wooden steamer afloat and at present in commission. Sho is Americanowned. The S.S. and A. liner Athenio, bound from London and Southampton to New Zealand, left Colon on Thursday last. She* is due hero about August 27. The Ngakuta has been fixed to load coal at Greymouth for Napier. Tho Ngahere left Wellington late on Monday- night for Greymouth. ■ Tie Woodarra left Colon on the 3rd inst. for London, in continuation of her voyage from Wellington. Cable news has been received that the Morn a. ri left Colon on August 3 for London, en route from Wellington- The vessel sailed from Wellington on July 13. The Ulimaroa left Sydney yesterday for Wellington. Sho is due at the northern port next Sunday, and will sail on the return trip on August 18. The Ruapehu is to leave Southampton on November 22 for New Zealand ports, and the Bimutaka will sail from London on November 80 for New Zealand ports. The Union Company’s email coastal steamer Karu arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday from Lyttelton, and went on the lay-up berth for the present. Very unsettled weather was experienced on tho run down the coast. The British-India twin-screw steamer Hatipara arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday from Port Arthur, Texas, via Auckland, to discharge about 600 tons of sulphur. The Hatipara has sulphur cargo for Beauty Point, ' Tasmania, and Sydney. Tho Vancouver mail steamer Makura left Vancouver on August 8, and is due at Auckland on August 26. She will leave again on tho same day for Sydney. The island steamer Flora arrived at Auckland on the evening of Wednesday, August 8, from Papeete and the Cook Islands, and will sail again on her return journey on Saturday afternoon. The transpacific cargo steamer Wairuno, from Vancouver and San Francisco, will leave Auckland to-morrow for Wellington, Lytffclton, Dunedin, and Australian ports. The Island steamer Tofua arrived at Sum on Monday, and Bailed yesterday for Auckland, where she is duo on Monday morning. SUPPOSED OMEGA WRECKAGE. The wreckage which was recently washed ■up at New Plymouth is (remarks tho Dominion) still arousing comment in shipping circles. It has been definitely established that it comes from an American-built ship. The wreckage undoubtedly bore traces of American workmanship, and only an American builcter would use Oregon pine. The general opinion seems to be that the washedup timbers come from the Omega. Thde schooner was lost on a trip between Hobart and New Zealand some time ago, and it is thought that the vessel hee gone to pieces somewhere, and the wreckage is only now being washed up by the ocean currents. So far as can be learnt there ie no other American vessel overdue in adjacent waters, and this strengthens the theory that the wreckage washed ashore is from the Omega. AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING, That shipbuilding should continue to shrink in the United States is only what was to bo ' expected in view of the world slump in shipping. The shrinkage, however, is going on at a remarkably rapid rate. On May 1 the volume of steel shipbuilding, according to the .statistics of the American Bureau df Shipping, was down to 1,123,176 tons gross. Of tbis, 254 ships of 820,888 tons gross were building Jot private account, and 36, of 802,788 tons gross, for account of the Shipping Booid. During April only eight ships were delivered to the Shipping Board, and only five were launched, four of them being oil tankers. TTxese results make hut a poor showing composed with the output at the country, reduced aa it is. At tha end of last quartcu theme weaa under cenetrucUon at

British yards 881 vessels of 8,798,593 tons gross, which, it will be seen, is more than treble the American tonnage. Further, American, shipbuilding has fallen to the present level from a maximum output of 4,075,885 tons gross in 1919, whereas in the same period British shipbuilding has risen from 1,630,442 tons in that year to 3,798,593 tons at the end of March, and only in the last few months have the figures begun to decline. It is true that the British total includes a good deal of tonnage held up on the stocks for various reasons, but after making all allowances Lloyd’s Register estimated the quantity under “active construction at 2,951,593 tons. \Vo (Commercial Nows and. Shipping List) make this comparison merely to show that British shipbuilding is weathering the depression much better than American. With so large a fleet of idle tonnage on the hands of the Shipping Board, and such a heavy financial deficit to bo faced by that body, the prospects of American shipbuilding regaining in the near future its war level of prosperity are small indeed. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were last night within range of the wireless stations named:—Awa»ui: Tofua, West Camargo, Kaikorai, Waipori, Waitomo, Maindy Lodge, E. R. Sterling, Katoa, West Hixon. Auckland: Arahura, Oity of Lincoln, Las Vegas, Canadian Spinner, Manama, Kaiwarra, Port Bowen. Wellington; Maori, Harare®, Mapouvika, Wingatui, Manuka, Eastern Planet, Kawatiri, Ngakuta. Chathams: Port Lincoln. Awarua: Whangape, Kanna.