SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18322, 12 August 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE HOOK. AUOUBT. Weir moon « _ _. ... 4th T. 48 a-tn. Pint quarter _ ... _ ... 11th I*< &- m - Full moon ...«._ . ... 19th 2-68 a.m. Laat quarter ._ 37th 0.31 a.m. THE SUIT. Blue* to-day at 7.17 a.m.; sets as 5.8 jua. THE WEATHEB.. August 11.—Fairly fine; westerly bTeeze, with an occasional very light ahower. - 8 a.m. Noon. I o.m. Barometer ... ~ Thermometer .„_._„ Min., 40; max., 48. • HIGH WATEfi. August 12— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heada __..._ 9.49 10.15 At Port Chalmers ». ._ ... _» 10.29 10.55 At Dunedin _ _ .„ ... 10.59 11.25 WEATHEB BEPOBTS.' (Pirn CiTtiD Pbim AMooii.no*.) '•'- ■''■ WELLINGTON, August 11. *olio-»tUg are the official weather reportt at a n.m.:—

WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast:— " Prasent indications are for high and squally ■westerly winds, especially in and southward of Cook Strait* The weather will be fair to cloudy in.northern and east coast districts, but unsettled and,,cloudy, with rain probable elsewhere. The barometer -Is unsteady, and will probably be falling again everywhere 6hortly." DEPAJn.rURE. Breeze, s.s. (3 p.m.), 553 tons, Venn, for Wanganui, via ports. Tapley and Co., agents. «• ' — SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August 11.—Arrived: City of Lincoln (5.25 p.m.), from New York; Port 80-wen (7.55 p.m.), from Liverpool; Kaikorai, (12.30 p.m.), from Newcastle; E. R. Stealing, barquentine (6.45 p.m.), from Newcastle. ; i WELLINGTON, August 11.—Arrived: Karanm (2.30 a.m.), from Oamaru; Mararoa (7.35 cm.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: Donald M'Kay (7 a.m.), for Napier; Ruahine (12.30 p.m.), for Southampton; Somerset (12.30 p.m.), for London; Kamo (4.20 p.m.), for Greymouth; Karamu (10 p.m.), for Dunedin. WESTPORT, August 11.—Sailed: Aroona (4.20 p.m.), for Newcastle. GREYMOUTH, August 10.—Sailed: Perth, for Melbourne. LYTTELTON, August 11.—Arrived: Maori (7.13 from Wellington; Kaiapoi (10.5 p.pi.), tipm Oamaru. Sailed: Maori, for Vfelimgtpn. TIMARtr, August 11.—Arrived: Rama (6.30 a.m.) and Calm (8 a.m.), from Dunedin. MELBOURNE, August 10.—Sailed: Paloona, for Dunedin; Huia, schooner, for Auckland. * SYDNEY, August 11.—Sailed: Niagara (4.30 p.m.), for Auckland. COLOMBO, August 9.-n Arrived: Auateolglen, from Adelaide; Orari, from Melbourne. IQUIQUE, August 9.—Arrived: Elinor H., schooner, from Newcastle. VANCOUVER, August B.—Sailed: Makura, for Auckland. LONDON, August B.—Arrived: Barambah, from Adelaide. NEWCASTLE, August 10.—Arrived: Kekezangu, from Auckland; Koromiko, from Lyttelton. -Sailed: Rakanoa, for Auckland. The Kekerangu left Newcastle early yesterday morning for Napier. The Kawatiri # is> expected to clear from Napier to-day for Sydney and Newcastle to load for New Zealand. The Breeze left Dunedin yesterday afternoon for Wellington and Wanganui. The Koronui is to leave Napier to-morrow for Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due here about Thursday to load again for Napier and Gisborne. The; PJ»fa,poi is expected to leave Lyttelton on •Monday for Auckland. The Wvngatui is expected to leave Bluff tomorrow', for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Auckland. ' The Kini will lwve Onehunga this morning for Westport and Lyttelton. The Kahika left Greymouth at 4 p.m. yesterday for Wellington. She will then proceed to Westport to loadi for Napier and Gisborne. The Kokiri will leave Greymouth early this Horning for Dunedin direct. The Kittawa will sail from Greymouth to■norraw 'with timber for Lyttelton and Tissual..,'.' The Kamo left Wellington early yesterday afternoon for Greymouth, to load again for Wellington. The Waipori will leave Wellington on Monday for Newcastle to load for New Zealand. The Katoa is expected to leave Auckland on Saturday for Wellington. A wireless message from the Tofua received yesterday seated that she would probably reach Auckland at 6 ajn. on Monday. The' Kowhai sailed from Westport early yesterday morning for New Plymouth. There was a moderate swell on the bar at Wostßort. -yesterday. The Karori sailed from Westport early on Wednesday, morning for Auckland. The Canadian Conqueror should arrive at Wellington about the middle of October from Montreal, via Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland. The Paloana, from Melbourne direct, is due here on Monday. It is expected that she will be despatched on Tuesday for Lyttelton and Wellington. She will leave the latter port for Melbourne, via ' Bluff. The Corinna was expected to arrive at Port Chalmers last night. As she has some explosives- "dh board she would discharge those at the Port and then come on to Dunedin. She is expected to leave here to-day for Nelson and New Plymouth, via Oamaru ana Timaru. The iCaxarmi is due here oh Sunday. It is expected that she will be despatched on Wednesday for Wellington, via Oamaru and Timaru. The Bona arrived at Auckland on Monday morning from Fiji with a cargo of sugar. The Flora arrived at Auckland on Tuesday from the Eastern Pacific Islands with a cargo of fruit. She is announced to sail agaan' for tho Eastern Pacific next Saturday. The ; Ca*nadian Importer sailed from Van-couver'On,'-August 6 for Australasian ports. ! She is to be followed by the Canadian Scottish about the end of the month..

The Donald M’Kay will leave Poll Ahuriri for New York at B p.m. to-day. Tho Wanaka will leave Lyttelton to-day fox Sydney and Newcastle to load for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The schooner Columbia River arrived at Auckland on Sunday afternoon from Newcastle. She left the Australian port on July 80, and met with a succession of westerly gales, during which several of her sails wore blown away. She brought 4300 hardwood poles. At ita meeting on June 8 the Committee of Lloyd’e posted as "missing” the American schooner Harvester and) the small French schooner Ourieuoe. The twin-screw motor ship Somersetshire, which has been built by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., for the Bibby Line, left Belfast recently, after undergoing successful trials. She is 450 ft long by 67ft beam, and her gross measurement is 7500 tons. Arrangements have been made for the Commonwealth Government steamers Dromana and Dundula to load flour and wheat at Sydney for Egypt. The former commenced loading on the Bth inst. Cargo, comprised of kapok, sugar, coffee, and assorted lines, from Java, and timber shipped at Borneo, is carried by the Norwegian steamer Hydra 11, which arrived at Sydney on the 27th ult. The Hydra 11, which is owned by tho Brusjaard Kioesterud Company, was built by a British shipbuilding firm in Shanghai about two and a-half years ago. This is her first visit to Australia. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. The following is the itinerary of the steamers under the control of the New Zealand Shipping Company: The Tasmania arrived at London on July 31. Tho Whakatane left Newport News for London on July 29. The Wei mate arrived at London from Wellington on August 4. The Wood arm arrived at Panama on August 2, and left Colon on the following day, on her voyage from Wellington to London. The Peshawur left Colon on August 2 in continuation of her voyage to London from Dunedin. Tho Rimutaka is scheduled to leave London on her next trip to New Zealand on November 30. The Ruapehu, which' will carry the mails, is timed to leave London on November 22. The Durham, which arrived at Wellington on the 3rd inst., after completing discharge, will load at Wanganui, New Plymouth, Napier, and. Wellington for Montreal. WHITE STAR LINE’S NEW MAJESTIC. The steamer Majestic, ex Bismarck, completing at Blohm and Voss yards, Hamburg, will be ready for service in the spring of 1922. The liner is 936 ft over all, 10ft longer than the Vaterland; 100 ft beam, of 73ft depth, and 56,000 gross tonnage, and will have three large funnels. Her four propellers will,'be driven by four turbines on each eide, one reserve, three ahead. Her horsepower, it is expected, will develop a speed of 26 knots on her trial trip. The Majestic will carry a crew of 850. She is an oil burner, with 70 engineers. The great ship will bo ready to enter the New York-South-ampton service about October of 1922. She is constructed on tho same lines as the Vaterland, with improvements, including on elevator to the bottom of the engine room. The decoration scheme is more elaborate, the builders say. There are eight decks for passengers, carrying 4000 of all classes. PERILS OF THE SEA. A GALLANT RESCUE. An exciting experience befell tho Canadian Pacific liner Monteagle during her voyage from Hongkong to Shanghai. She left Hongkong at noon on March 7, and encountered at about 8 a.m. the following morning a small steamer of about 2300 tons gross flying signals of distress. This proved to be the French steamer Hain Tien, bound from Saigon to Tientsin with a full cargo of rice. At the time a fairly heavy sea was running, which rendered the handling of the small boats a very difficult matter, but this did not deter the Monteagle from launching two boats. These managed to get fairly close to the French boat, and succeeded at the first attempt in taking off the only European passenger and about eight of the Chinese crew. Inquiries made of the passenger elicited the fact that the Hain Tien had sprung a leak, and was making water rather badly below the water line, being in danger of sinking. The French mail boat Amazone was' passing at the time, and she was wirelessed to stand by and assist the Monteagle 'f necessary. She remained about 500 yards astern of the sinking ship. Meantime the Hain Tien was making slow headway towards the Lummocks Lighthouse, apparently with the object of beaching. In view of tho dangerous nature of this rock the Hain Tien officers considered it inadvisable to proceed with the beaching operation, and it was decided to anchor the vessel and to risk being taken off by tho Monteagle. The Monteagle veered round the smaller ship several times, and at an opportune moment launched a boat manned by members of the European crew deck and engine staff. This boat succeeded in getting under the stern of the stricken vessel, and rescued a further 19 members of the crew. The last encirclement of the Hain Tien was made about 2.30 p.m., end the Monteagle passed so close to her that a stone could have been thrown on the deck. The crow of the doomed ship could plainly be seen huddled on the poop and frantically waving their hands, whilst the French officers indicated that they would attempt to swim tho distance separating tho two vessels. Both wind and sea had increased considerably since noon, and such an attempt, had it been made, would have been quite hopeless. Tho Monteagle steamed slowly across the bows of the Hain Tien, and a boat manned by the same white crew involved in the previous rescue again, put off. Owing to the violent sea it was impossible to get close to the Hain Tien at the first attempt, and the lifeboot was taken in tow by the Monteagle. On the Monteagle again coming close to tho Hain Tien the small boat cast off and again managed to attach herself to the stem of the sinking ship. This lost attempt was highly successful, and no fewer than ,31 remaining members of the crow were safely transferred, making a total rescued of six Europeans and 6G Chinese, a most creditable achievement. These men were landed at Shanghai. It is understood that the Hain Tien foundered about three-quarters of an hour after the last member of the crew had been transferred.

Bar. Tber. weather. Cape Maria _. P., light 30.50 61 Overcast Ruseell Calm 30.40 62 Fine Manukau H. ... S.W., breeze 30.40 65 Cloudy Auckland -. S.W., fresh 30.45 68 Fine TauTanga 9.W., light 30.33 59 Overcast Gisbome... ... N.W., light 30.13 57 Overcast Kapier S.W., gale 30.12 60 Overcast Castlepoint ... W., breeze 30.11 51 Oloonr Wellington ... N.W., fresh 30.12 56 Cloudy Nowri.vmonth S.W., fresh 30.37 58 Overcast CajdJJgmont... W., light 30.35 55 Fair Wanganui ' ... W., fresh 30.33 58 Hazy Farewell SpitW., fresh 30.20 5G Cloudy Cape Foulwind S.W., fresh 30.35 55 Showery Oreymoath ... W.S.W., br. 30.18 5-1 Misty Stephen Island S.W., fresh 30.2-1 54 Overcast Cape Campbell W. F gale 30.05 56 Cloudy Koikonra N.E., light 2fl.!)8 58 Overcast Akaroa light... N.W., light 29.82 65 Gloomy Nuggets W., fresh 2n.D6 48 Cloudy Blufl W.S.W., freeh 20.01 49 Cloudy