SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18350, 14 September 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. SBPI’BMBMt. . , _ New moon 2nd *•* P- mFirst quarter 9th P-™-Noll moon ... 17th 6.50 p.m. 'tot quarter 25th 8.18 a.m. THE SUN. Blses. to-day at 8.19 n.m.; sets at 5.49 p.m. ' ’ THE WEATHEU. September 13.—Fresh north-easterly wind; showery in morning. , 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m Barometer 30.08 30.03 29.98 Thermometer 1 ... Min.,43; max., 54. HIGH WATER. .September 14— a-m. p.m. At TBlaroa Heads 0-15 0.35 At Port Chalmers 0.55 1.13 At Dunedin 1-25 1.45 ) , WEATHER REPORTS,

CPsn Uhitkd Press association.) WELLINGTON, September 13. ■ Following are the official weather reports »t 4 p.pi. Ear. Ther. Weather. Capo Maria ... S., light 30.20 64 Fine Bussell ... ... N.W., light 30.15 83 Cloudy MaouteauH.... W.S.W., light 30.17 60 Cloudy Auckland ... W.8.W., hr. 30.21 81 Hazy Tanranga ... S.W., light 30.07 62 Hazy Gisborne E., light 30.03 03 Fair Napier Calm 30.11 61 Flue Ohstlepoint ... W., light 30.08 56 Fine. Wellington ... N., breeze 30.05 58 Fine New Plymouth S.W., fresh 30.10 61 Fair Cape Egmoßt... W.S.W., light 30.11 60 Cloudy Wanganui ... W., breeze 30.13 60 Hazy Farewell Spit.. W., fresh 30.07 59 Hazy Cape Foulwlnd W., light 30.11 83 Cloudy Greymouth ... N.W., breeze 30.05 59 Overcast Stephen Island S.W., light 30.09 64 Fine Cape Campbell N., fresh 29.97 60 Hazy Kaikourii ... N., light 29.97 56 Fine Afcaroa light, y. N.E., fresh 29.90 54 Fine Nuggets N.E., fresh 29.86 45 Enin Bluff W., light 29.81 51 Overcast WEATHER FORECAST. Tho following is the official weather forecast:— “ Indications are for moderate to strong westerly winds, weather fair to cloudy generally, but dull, with misty rain probable at times on the West Coast and southern districts. The barometer is unsteady,” DEPARTURES. September 13. Won aka, 6.8. (10 a.m.), 3429 tons, Watson, for Wellington. Union S.S. Co., agent. Karamu, g.s. (11 a.m.), 934 tons, Nicholas, for Wellington Union S.S. Co., ogent. .O m . SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, September 13.—Arrived; KuEttara (5.20 a.m.), from Liverpool; Tofua (4.10 p.m.), from Suva. Sailed:' Mnkura (12.20 p.m.), for Vancouver; Riverina (12.30 p.m.), for Sydney; Flora (4.30 p.m.), for Kara tonga; Arahtira (5.15 p.m.), for East Coast. WELLINGTON, September 13.—Arrived: Kenna (6.20 a.m.), from Auckland; Mararoa (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Easterner (11.15 a.m.), from Napier. Sailed: Rimutaka (7 p.m.), for London; Rama (5.40 p.m.), for Dunedin; Mararoa (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton.

LYTTELTON, September 13.—Arrived: . Maori (8 a.m.), from Wellington; Cygnet (3.30 p.m.), from Molneka; Wootton (5.15 p.ra.), from Wellington. Sailed: Alexander (2.80 p.m.), for Nelson; Maori (8.25 p.m.), for Wellington. TIMAEU, September 13. —Arrived: Storm (5,30 a.m.), from Dunedin. OAMARU, September 13. —Arrived: Karaihti (5.25 p.m.), from Dunedin. September 12.—Arrived: Kaiapoi, from Greyinouth. ; SYDNEY, September 12. —Arrived: Uliraa--1 roa (1 p.m.), from Wellington; West Hixton, from Auckland. SUEZ, September 11. —Arrived: Dalmozia, from Sydney; Havo, from Geelone. PORT NATAL, September 11 —Arrived: Port Caroline, from Melbourne. IQUIQUE, September 11. —Arrived: Wm. , T, Lewis,, barque, from Newcastle. .NEW YORK, September 11.—Arrived: .Canadian Planter, from Lyttelton. LAS PALMAS, September 11. —Arrived : Arabian, from Sydney. ST. NAZAIRE, September 11.—Sailed: Bellands, barque, for Melbourne. ' GENOA, September 11.—Arrived; Pollenzo, from Adelaide.

QUEENSTOWN, September 10. —Arrived: Versailles, barque, from Melbourne. BELFAST, September 11. — Arrived: Medan, from Albany. MANCHESTER, September 11. —Arrived: Grelstone, from Melbourne. BARRY, September 11.-r-Sailed: Australmount, for Fremantle. \

TYNEMOUTH,, September 11.—Arrived: Dollhouse, barque, from Melbourne. CARDIFF, September 11. —Arrived: Baron Polwarth, from Sydney. HULL, September 11.—Arrived: Port Nanier, from Wellington. FALMOUTH, September 11.—Arrived: Alcyon, barque, from Melbourne; , Bellas, barque, from Sydney; Derwent, ship, from Adelaide; Manicia, ship, from Port Pirie. PLYMOUTH, September 11.—Arrived: Crjllon, ehip, from Adelaide; Cornill Bart, barque, from Port Victoria, LONDON, September 11. —Arrived: Cooee, from Adelaide; Mantua, from Sydney, via porta: Port Curtis, from Melbourne. Sailed; Boonan, Boheme, and Ditta di Genova, for Sydney; Otira, for Brisbane; King Leddyn, for Albany; Port Melbourne, for Melbourne.

The ‘Kamo left Westport early yesterday morning for Greymouth. ■ The Ramona left Westport at 7.80 a.m. yesterday for Lyttelton and Wellington. The Kaiajioi orrived at Melbourne at 9 a.m. on Monday from Greymouth. She will leave this afternoon for South Australia.

The Wanaka left Dunedin yesterday morning for Lyttelton and Wellington. The ■ Kurow left Auckland yesterday morning for Vancouver, via Suva and Papeete. The Kaiamu left Dunedin yesterday morning for Oamaru, Timaru, and Wellington. The Flora left Auckland yesterday for , Rarotonga end Papeete. The R.M.S. Niagara left Vancouver on Saturday for Auckland, via Honolulu and Suva. She is due at Auckland on Friday, 80th September, and will sail for Sydney, at 5 p.m. the same day. ' The Island steamer Navua left Sydney at noon on Monday for Suva.

* The Transpacific cargo steamer Waikawa left ' Auckland yesterday for Wellington, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Melbourne, and Sydney. The Rama is due at Dunedin to-day, and ' will sail this evening for Wellington and New Plymouth. The Breeze has been delayed, and will not now reach Dunedin till Friday. She will depart the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Wanganui, The Koranui will leave Napier for Dunedin .direct to-day. The Katoa left Lyttelton last evening for Auckland, . .■ The Calm is due here on Monday, and will •sail, the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The ICanna will leave Wellington at noon to-day for Lyttelton and Dunedin. The JCini arrived at Picton at 10.30 a.m. v - on Monday from Wellington. The Keitangata will leave Lyttelton to-day for Auckland. '

The Paloona left 'Wellington at 6 p.m. yesterday for Bluff and Melbourne. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received the following advice regarding the , movements of overseas vessels:—The KaiIcoura arrived at London from Auckland on September 11, The Orari arrived et London from Melbourne on September IQ, The Somerset arrived at Newport News on September 10 from New Zealand ports. The Buahine arrived at Newport News from New Zealand ports on September 10. The Kowhai and Kaikorai were both paid off at Wellington on Friday, and will be laid up until further notice. The Waimaiino is expected to leave Auckland to-day for Newcastle, thence to the Pacific Coast, to load for Australia and New Zealand. The French ship Vercingetoria left Wellington for London at 10.65 a.m. on Saturday. She has 5500 bales of wool on board. The Athenic, at present at Napier, is later to proceed to Gisborne to continue Homeward loading, i and from there will go on to Wellington, arriving on September 16. She is to sail from Wellington at daybreak on September 22 for London, via Panama. The Piako left Liverpool on Wednesday last for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is expected at Auckland about October 24. The Tainui left. Southampton for Wellington, Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, with passengers and cargo, on Thursday. She is omitting the usual call at Newport News, and is expected here about October 19. The Durham left Wellington tor London, via Panama, on Friday with frozen meat and general cargo from the south. The Eaetemer has been delayed at Napier. She is expected to get. away for New Plymouth and Australian ports, on Friday. ■ There is every prospect of the barque Franco making a record passage Home, if she maintains her present speed. A wireless message received in Wellington on Thursday evening stated that the vessel was then 100 miles east of the Gnat ham Islands. Her calculated speed is seven knots, but it is probable that when she. feels the strength of the westerlies shortly, it should bo materially increased. ; Eeoently a contract whs secured by Messrs Dunkley 'Bros M of Zeehan (Tasmania), for ■ the supply of 60,000 railway sleepers to ■ Chino,, The shipment will be taken by the Japanese' steamer Bankoku Maru, which is expected at Emmie shortly. Contracts for ’. further supplies of Tasmanian sleepers are ' .expected to ho made shortly.

' BALTIC’S COMPLETE OVERHAUL. , , The flailing of the White Star liner Baltic i from' Liverpool for New York on July 16 ' -was an event of more than passing interest in tho world of ocean travel, since the, big phip-olio, in 23,876 gxooa teas register, or

neaily 4000 bigger than was the _ famous Great Eastern—is coming, out practically as a new vessel. The Baltic has been in the hands of her builders at Belfast since January, end has been given on© of the most thorough overhauls received by any big ship since the war. This extended even to the removal of tho vessel’s main engines, which were taken to the shops, where they were stripped and examined, a process that occurs but rarely in tho history of ships of the size of tho Baltic. The four electric engines which generate the ship’s power and lighting current were also stripped, and practically every auxiliary in the ship was also removed to the shops and overhauled. This job alone employed several hundred men. While the Baltic’s machinery was thus undergoing practical rebuilding, the ship’s passenger accommodation for 3000 people was extensively overhauled. During tho world war tho Baltic was one of tho bulwarks of the North Atlantic passenger trade, making her runs regularly between New York and Liverpool, in continuous peril from enemy submarines, yet-' - , always coming through unscathed. Throughout hostilities she transported more than 32,000 American and Canadian soldiers in safety to Europe.

A BARQUE’S EXPERIENCES. L After an exciting experience in Bass Strait the four-masted bargue Elginshire, which reached the Port Phillip Heads on August 28, and after taking Pilot W. Easton aboard was blown to tea, reached Melbourne on Wednesday. Tho barque loft Auckland on July 20 in ballast, and experienced heavy weather on practically the whole of tho voyage. The fact that she reached Port Phillip HeadS in 34 days is considered an exceptionally fine performance for a sailing vessel coming from New Zealand in ballast at this time of the year. Describing their experiences on reaching the Port Phillip Heads; an officer of the barque said that no sooner had tho pilot been picked up than heavy seas, with strong westerly winds, made progress impossible, anti to huvo attempted to pass through the Heads would have meant disaster. The barqus was then, turned round and practically hove to. The wind was, however. very strong, and with the strong sea running the barque was carried away to sea. On Sunday they were drifting in the vicinity, of Wilson’s Promontory, and care bod to bo taken to avoid the dangerous small islands which abound in that portion of tho Strait. Eventually the wind died down and the barque was able to make headway, and on Tuesday again reached the Heads, where she was taken in tow by a tug and brought to Melbourne. She will load wheat at Melbourne for overseas.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. 'The following vessels were last night within range of the wireless stations named:— Awanui; Manurewa, Australind, Las Vegas, Fiona, Whangape, Navua, Pnkeha, Kawatiri. Auckland;. Tofua, Makura, Riverina, Arahura, Port Stephens, Flora, E. R. Sterling, .Tahiti, Wellington; Maori. Mararoa, Ma’pourika, Manuka, Athenic, Dorset, Wanaka, Rimniuka, Ngakuta, Katoa. Chathams: France, Durham. Awarua: Paloona.