SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18352, 16 September 1921, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON. Bbptbmbbr. New moon 2nd 3-3 P- m - First quarter 9th 3.0 p.m. Pull moon «„ 17th 6-50 P- m - Last quarter 25th 8.48 a.m. ■■ : THE SUN. Rises today at 0.15 a.m.; sets at 6.62 p.m. THE WEATHER. September 15.—Heavy ( rain in the morning; subsequently fine; fresh 'south-westerly breeze. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m Barometer 29.98 30.13 30.17 Thermometer Min., 38; max., 60. HIGH WATER September IS— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads 1.37 1.58 At Port Ohalmors ... 2.17 2.3 G At Dunedin ... 2.47 3.6 WEATHER REPORTS. (Per United Press association.')

WELLINGTON, September 15. Following are the official weather reports at 4 p.m.:— liar. Ther. Weather. Cape Maria ... N., light .10.11 62 i'ino Bussell N.W., light .10.10 67 Cloudy ManukauH.... W.N.W., light .10.11 65 Cloudy Auckland ... W., light 30.17 59 Fair Tauranga ... W., fresh 30.06 66 Fair Gisborne N.W., light 30.00 65 Overcast Napier Calm .10.17 76 Overcast Oastlepoint ._ W., light 30.10 66 Gloomy Wellington ... N.. light .10.04 60 Cloudy New Plymouth N.E., light 30,02 61 Overcast Capa Egmont... N., light 30.04 7iß Showery Wanganui ... W., light ,10.08 60 Gloomy Farewell Spit.. W., fresh .10.00 55 Cloudy Cape Foulwind S.W., fresh 30.03 66 Fine Greymouth ... S., breeze .10.0.1 61 Cloudy Stephen Island W., fresh 30.05 64 Cloudy Cape Campbell S., fresh .10.0.1 57 Fair Kaikoura ... S.E., light 30.03 63 .Fine Akaroa light... 6.W., fresh 30.10 48 Fine Nuggets S.W., fresh 30.06 56 Cloudy Bluff W.S.W., fresh 30.03 63 Fair WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast:— " Present Indications are for moderate to strong north-westerly to north-easterly winds northwards of Kawhia and Napier, and south-westerlies to south-easterlies elsewhere. Changeable, dull, and showery conditions generally may be expected.' The barometer has a lulling tendency in the north, but is likely to rise slowly in the south.” • ARRIVAL. September 15. Kama, s.s. (0.10 p.m.), 610 tons, Gartner, from- Chatham Islands, via Wellington. Tapley and Co., agents. DEPARTURE, September 15. Rama, s.s. (10.50 p.m.), 610 tons, Gartner, for Timaru. Tapley and Co., agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, September 15.—Arrived: Port Stephens (0.5 p.m.), from Barry (Woles).- —• Sailed: Waimarino (3.35 p.m.), for Newcastle. NAPIER, September 15.—Sailed: Koranui (3 Tb.tri.O, for Dunedin. WELLINGTON, September 15—Arrived: Moraroa (7.5 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Karamn (5.45 p.m,), from Timaru; Athenio (6 p.m.), from Gisborne; Wootton (7.45 p.m.), from Lyttelton). Sailed: Kamoua (5.35 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Mararoa (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton;

Calm (4.15 p.m.), for Lyttelton. OAMARU, September 14.—Arrived; Corinna i 11.30 p.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF, September 15. —Sailed: Paloona (12.45 p.m.), for Melbourne. MELBOURNE, September 14.—Arrived: Cornwall, • from Lyttelton, SUEZ, September 13.~Arrived: Carpentaria, from Sydney. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12. Arrived: Woiotapu, from Newcastle. TRIESTE, September 13.—Arrived: Trevosb, from Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, September 13.—Arrived; iEnoaa, from Adelaide. LONDON, September 137—Sailed: Mahia, for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, September 14.—Sailed: Kurow, for Wellington. ’ SYDNEY, September 15.—Sailed: Maheno (9 p.m.), for Wellington. The Breeze is due at Dunedin early this afternoon from Lyttelton. The Corinnia wasesohcduled to leave Timaru last night for Nelson and New Plymouth, via ports. She will leave Lyttelton, about Saturday. The Paloona lelt Bluff at 1 p.m. yesterday for Melbourne. The Kanna arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. yesterday, and will sail for Dunedin at noon today. The Kaituna will leave Kaikoura today for Sydney and Melbourne. Tho trans-Pacific cargo steamer Waikawa • loft Auckland on Wednesday evening for ' Wellington, Lyttelton, New Plymouth, Melbourne, and Sydney. The trana-Pacdflc cargo steamer Waahemo left San Francisco on Monday for Los Angeles to complete loading for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Timaru, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland about October 9. The Tahiti is due at Wellington at 7 a.m. to-day from San Francisco. Tho Karori left Greymouth at 9.30 p.m.

on Wednesday for Lyttelton. The Kornata left Wellington at 8.30 p.m. for Westport. The Kaitangaia left X/yttelton. at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday for Auckland. -The Kamo was expected to leave Greymouth last night for Bluff and Dunedin. The Kahika sailed- at 9 am. yesterday from Grey mouth for Wellington. The Wingatm left Timaru at 6 p.m. on. Wednesday for Auckland. The Koranui was expected to leave Napier yesterday for Dunedin. Sho will load hero for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland, and is due at Dunedin on Monday next. The Karamil is expected to leave Wellington to-day for Bluff, where she will load for Dunedin, Oaroaru, Timaru, and Wellington. The Rama, which arrived in Dunedin ye»uterdAy from Chatham Islands, via Wellington, loft the Islands at 11 o’clock last Friday morning, and experienced a fair-weather trip. She was delayed for 10 hours from noon on - , Sunday, owing to a mishap in the engineroom. The Kunuara arrived at Auckland on Tuesday. • She * left Liverpool on July 27, And cleared Col to on August 17. From Auckland the Kumara will go to Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. ~ , The Wellington agents advise that the steamer Eastern Planet will probablv return from Australia to New Zealand 1 in “ctober, to load for New York and Boston. The vessel’s loading ports will be- allotted according to the amount of cargo offering. The Waitemata, which left Calcutta on September 9 for Singapore, Townsville, and ' New, Zealand ports, is due at Auckland about October' 16. ’ Negotiations have been completed by the

Melbourne Steamship Company for the purchase of a new steamer, the Coolana, which

is now being built in a British shipyard, and will bo ready for sea in October. The company announces that the steamer, which I will be employed in the Australian coastal trade, was being obtained at a slightly smaller coat than the sum received for one of the four older vessels sold by the company recently, whilo she was 1000 tons larger. A VENTURESOME VOYAGE. The 28-ton yawl-rigged yacht Amarillia arrived at Suva from England at the end of July. She left England in September last and made the voyage by way of America, several ports in the Caribbean Sea, the Marquesas, and Samoa, ultimately reaching Suv<t\without any exciting happening beyond meeting some rough seas and stormy weather ut intervals. Lieutenant G. P. H. Mulhauoer, j<. N.K., ia the owner and master of the yacht. He proposed to stay in Fiji a few weeks, and expected to sail- for Sydney at the end of August. From Sydney the yacht will visit New Zealand, probably Auckland. The vessel is about 40 years old, but is a staunch little craft. Sho has a small engine for river work. SCHOONER CHANGES HANDS. The five-masted schooner H. K. Hall, now S 8 days out from Newcastle to Lyttelton, with coal for M’Clatchie and Co., was recently taken over by the New Zealand Glue Co., Christchurch, and will be used by that firm, in conjunction with their Sydney branch, in the intercolonial and Pacific trade. The New Zealand. Glue Co. has had an interest in the vessel for some considerable time, but as the - vessel was American-owned, they were unable to complete the purchase until recently. The H. K. Hall, which was built in 1902, is a wooden five-masted, single-decked schooner of 1237 tens register. END OF THE AORANGI. News has reached Sydney that the steamer Aorangi, formerly a New Zealand trader, which was sunk at Holm Sound, in the Orkney Islands, for war purposes, has been refloated and ia doing duty as a hulk. The Aorangi was a steamer of 4268 tons gross and 2782 tons net register, and was built in 1883 by Messrs J. Elder and Co. at Glasgow for the New Zealand Shipping Co. (Ltd,). She ran for some years in the mail and passenger service between London and New Zealand ports, and was a very popularship. Afterwards she ran with the Miowera \ •fterwards the Maitai, wrecked at Rarotonga early in 1915) in the Vancouver servico 1o Australia, under the flag of the Canadian-

Australian Line. The Aorangi and tho Mfcitai wor© enhsoquently purchased by tho Union Steam Ship Co., and inaugurated the present service between Son Francisco and New Zealand ports, in which they continued until displaced by tho Tahiti and.Maram®. The Aorangi was then laid up in Sydney, »Jid shortly after tlie war started she was requisitioned by tho Admiralty outnontws for oeriHc© as a store ship. She eventually went to England, and was employed for some tune ‘ •ih carrying ammunition and other enpiJ.'ca for the Grand Fleet. '

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT LINE. Indicative of the marked progress made by the Canadian Government Merchant Marine into the Australian and New Zealand services, from both Pacific and Atlantic coasts, about 18 months ago, the management decided to place four steamers on the run, and now no fewer than 14 are in commission, and recent advices state that it is contemplated to add one or two more steamers. The»stoamers are all modem, up-to-date, the tonnage of each ranging from about 8000 to 9000 tons. The whole fleet comprises 66 vessels, with a total tonnage of 393,000, specially built for tho overseas traffic, but more especially to encourage inter-imperial trade. Regular services are maintained throughout tho seven seas, and tho ocean tracks might well be trmed "The Imperial Highway.” The lino runs in conjunction with tho Canadian National Railways, operating 17,400 miles of railway lines, and controlling 56,000 miles of telograoh lines. The steamers trading to New Zealand and Australia have but limited accommodation for passengrs, linking up with their railway connections, but the management has recently entered into arrangements with the Cana-dian-Australian Royal Mail Lino and tho Union Line running tho mail services between Australasia and Vancouver and San Francisco, whereby passengers travelling to Canada, the American Continent, or through to Great Britain and European destinations or round tho world, may be hooked at the offices of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, Ltd., and the Canadian National Railways throughout Australia end - New Zealand;. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE.' ’ The following vessels were last night within range of the wireless stations named:—Awanui: Navua, Makura, Eiverina, Viking, Whangapo, Fiona, Manurewa, Kauri. Auckland: Port Stephens, Waikawa, Tahiti, Flora, Katoa, Waimanno, Kaituna, Westwind, Ngakuta. Aworua: Paloona, Kanna. Wellington: Maraxoa, Maori, Mapourika, Athenic, Rimutaka, Arabura, Easterner, Kaitangata. Ohathame: Durham.