SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18351, 15 September 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THB MOON. , Sbptbmbbb. « ' Now moon, v.„ 2nd 8.3 p.m. First cra'artcr 9th 3-0 p.*. Pull moon Last quarter ... 25th 8.18 a.m. THB SUN. Rises to-day at 8.17 a.m.; sets at 8.80 p.m. THB WEATHER. September 14.—Fine day; light easterly breeze. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m Barometer , 30.00 30.06 30.10 Thermometer Min., 38; max., 51. HIGH WATER. September 18— a.m. p.m. At-Taiaroa Heada _. 0.58 1.18 At Port Chalmers 1.38 1.58 'Ai'tfurledin, ... 2.6 2.28 ' ' ' ' : WEATHER REPORTB. (PiR TTiriTKD PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, September 14. Following are 'the official weather reports at 4 p.m.:— Bar.'Tber. Weather. Capo Maria ~ W., light 30.20 05 Cloudy Kussell N.W., light 30.13 65 Cloudy Manukan H.... W.S.W., br. 30.13 56 Foggy Auckland ... W., breeze 30.1 tCO Cloudy Tauranga ... Calm 30.08 60 Overcast Gisborno N.W., fresh 30.07 63 Fair Napier Calm 30.07 69 Fine Cosblopoint ... W., light 30.07 69 Fine Wellington ... N., breeze 30.06 60 Cloudy New Plymouth S.W., light 30.07 61 Drizzle Cape Egmont... N.E., Iresh 30.07 57 Misty Wanganui ... E.S.E., light 30.06 60 GHootny Farewell Spit.. N.W., iresh 30.12 57 Cloudy Cape Foulwind W., breezo 30.05 57 Foggy Greymouth ... S., light 30.00 60 Misty Stephen Island W., iresh 30.08 64 Foggy Cape Campbell S., breeze / 30.04 55 Cloudy Kaikoura ... N.E., light 30.02 54 Overoast Akaroa light... N.E-, light 29.97 52 Gloomy Nuggets...- ... W.,ire6h 30.00 55 Fine Bluff— ._ ... W., iresh 29.83 62 Fine WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast:— " Judications are for moderate to strong northwest,.to south-west winds, snually at times, and cloudy to overoast conditions "generally, with scattered rainfall. The barometer is unsteady." DEPARTURE. Corinnft, s.b. (4.30 p.m.), 1319 tons, Elder, for Oamaru. Union S.S. Co., agent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, September 14.—Arrived:' Hinomoa (11.50 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Waikawa (6 p.m.), for Wellington. WELLINGTON', SeptemiW 14.—Arrived: Calm (#4o"a.m.), from Wanganui; Maori (7.40 a.m.), from Lyttolton; Manuka (8.30 a.m.), from Sydney; Kamona (noon), from Westport. Sailed: Kanna (3.30 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Komata (8.20 p.m.), for Westport.

LYTTELTON, September 14.—Arrived: Opua (6.55 a.m.), from Nydia Bay; Wanaka (7.33 a.m.), from Dunedin; Storm (7.45a.m.), from Timaru; Mararoa (8.15 a.m.), from Wellington.—r Sailed: Kaitangata (5.50 a.m,), for Auckland; Mararoa (6.25 p.m.), for Wellington. SYDNEY, September 13.—Arrived: Koldri, front .CrToymouth. Sailed: Kauri, for Lyttelton. PORT NATAL, September 12.—Arrived: Kia Ora, from Wellington. LIVERPOOL, September 12.—Sailed: Matakama, for Auckland. MANUKA TO LAY UP AT WELLINGTON. (P*B TTVITRO I’JtVSB ASSOCIATION. I WELLINGTON, September 14. The Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Manuka, which arrived at Wellington to-day, is' to lay up here. Sixty New Zealanders will sign off to-morrow, and 40 Australians on Monday. The latter will be conveyed to Sydney ■in the Tahiti. The Rama is due hero this morning from Wellington. She will sail the same day for Wellington and New Plymouth. The Breeze, which waa delayed, is- expected to reach .Dunedin to-day. ' The. Kurow left Newcastle at 5 a.m. yestex-

day for Wellington and New Plymouth. lie Manuka arrived at Wellington at B.Bo' a.ro. yesterday from Sydney. . The Koranni arrived at Napier at 7.30 a.'m. yesterday, end left in the evening for Dunedin.'' The ; Karamu left Timaru yesterday evening' for'Wellington, The Transpacific cargo steamer Waiotapu arrived at San Francisco on Saturday. She will load at Pacific Coast ports for Apia, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide. The Island steamer Tofua arrived at Auckland at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and will sail at noon on Saturday for Suva, thence Apia, ll Vavau, Haapai,- Nukualofa, and Suva. The Paloona is expected to leave BluS at midday to-day for Melbourne. The Kanna is expected to leave Wellington; at 1 p.m. to-day for Lyttelton and Dunedin/ ■ • ‘The’Komata was timed to leave Wellington’ at B‘O'clock last night for Westport. The Eaitangata left Lyttelton last evening for Auckland. The Wanaka will leave Lyttelton on Monday for Wellington and Sydney. The Katoa left Wellington at 11 p.m, on Tuesday for Auckland. The Kauri left Sydney on Tuesday for Lyttelton, The Kokiri, from Greymouth, arrived at Sydney at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The Corinno, which has been undergoing overhaul, at Port Chalmers since the 29th August, :cajne up to Dunedin yesterday, and, having loaded, sailed for Oamaru in the afternoon.,, Zealand Shipping Co. has reof the following movements <xf overseas vessels; —The Waimate wpl sail from the West Coast of Great Britain on October 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. The Opav/a is expected to leave the west coast of Great Britain on October 15 for Adelaide, Sydney, • Brisbane, and Melbourne. The schooner W. H. Smith, which brought a cargo of lumber to Dunedin from Gray’s Harbour, is under charter to load copra at Tonga for San Francisco. ‘ The steamer Waimate will replace the steamer Opawa, tvhioh was set down to leave Liverpool on October 1 for New Zealand. The Kumara arrived ot Auckland from Liverpool and Glasgow on Tuesday. She has 1900 tons of general cargo for Auckland, ~besides other cargo for Wellington, Lyttelton,and Dunedin. The Sussex will follow the Otarama on the loading berth at Montreal for New Zealand and Australia. She is timed to clear about the jpiddle of October. * TKe Port Stephen is expected to arrive at Wellington to-day with a cargo of 6624 tons Of coal for the Hallway Department. This will he discharged at Auckland, and the vessel will leave afterwards for Australia. The ’ ‘Commonwealth Government Line steamer .Anatralplain returned to Melbourne from Hamburg on August 25 in ballast,_ a distance of approximately 13,000 miles, being unable to obtain cargo at European ports.

NEW ZEALAND-ATTSTRALIA ■5 SERVICES. A sligfit alteration >in the steamship service between New Zealand and Australia will be inaugurated "bn October 1. The Paloona, then, instead of alternating her itinerary by Dunedin and Wellington, will . proceed direct to Wellington from Melbourne, and call' at Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff, maintaining that route always. _ The Maheno, Manuka, and Eiverjna will maintain theeervioe between Auckland and Wellington and Sydney. They will leave the latter port for Auckland and Wellington alternately, and will* observe as nearly as possible the same intervals of sailing, by which a ten days’ service between each, port will be maintained. The Manuka, which arrived at Wellington yesterday, will not sail for Sydney until October 6. RECORD CARGO OF WOOL. The largest British sailer, the barque Rowa, under the command of Captain R. Kennedy, left her berth at Lyttelton on Monday in tow of the tug Lyttelton, at 12.25 p.m. iAfter the Rewa had been towed about 10 miles, she wos let go in a light nor’-nor’-east wind, bound for London direct, via Cape Horn. The vessel’s cargo of wool is a record for a sailer leaving a New Zealand port. She loaded 11,798 bales at Wellington and 3576 at Lyttelton: a total of 11,374 bales. In addition she has 400 casks of tallow and a quantity of sundqjes._ She should arrive at her destination about ’ Christmas.

■WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were last night within range of the wireless stations named : —Awanui: Viking, Lasvegas. Australind, Whangape, Navua, Pakeha, Kav/atiri, Fiona, Makura, Riverina, Manurewa. Auckland: Tav hiti, Flora., Arahura, Port Stephens, E. R. ' Sterling, Waikawa. Wellington: Maori. Maiaroa. Mapourika, Athenic, Rimutaka, Katoa, Kanna. Chathama: Durham. Awaruo>: Paloona. v _