SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18676, 4 October 1922, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON. „ October. Full Moon 6th 12.28 p.m. Last Quarter .. 14th 9.25 a.m. New Moon ... ~ 21st 1.10a.m. First Quaater 28th 0.56 a.m. THE SUN. Rises to-day at 5.40 a.m.; sots 6.1-1 p.m. THE WEATHER October 3.—Fine, light north-east wind. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.ra. Barometer .. ~ 30.12 80.12 30.12 Thermometer .. .. Min., 50; max., 62 WEATHER REPORTS. The Dominion Mbfeorologist (Mr D. C. Bates) supplied the fallowing at 9 a.m, yesterday:— Bar Ther. Wthr Wellington—N., 1 .. 30.36 55 BC Groymouth—E., b .. ~ 30.32 51 B 'Christchurch—N.E., 1 .. 30.26 55 0 ■ Timaru—N 30.27 53 O •■Oama.ru—N., 1 30.25 51 B C Dunedin—N.E., 1 .. .. 39.32 52 B Queenstown—Calm 30.23 52 B 'Nuggets— Calm .. 39.26 56 R Bluff-Calm 30.18 53 B Wind.—L, light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather.—B, blue sky, be tho atmosphere dear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D,-> drizzling rain; P, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H. hail; L, lightning; M. misty; O, overcast, the whole sky covered with thick clouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; R, min, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy. WEATHER FORECAST. (Pfia United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 3. Following is tho official weather forecast: Present indications are for increasing , easterly to northerly winds, with increasing cloud and haziness showing in the northern districts. There will bo a change following ■ generally. Tho barometer is falling everywhere. HIGH WATER. October -4 a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads .. .. 1.8 1.23 At Port Chalmers .. .. 1.48 2.8 At Dunedin 2.18 2.33 SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. "WELLINGTON, October 3.—Arrived: Mararoa (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed: • "Wootton (11.40 tun.), for Lyttelton; Port Napier (4.43 p.m.), for Napier. • LYTTELTON, October 3. Arrived: Maori (6.53 a.m.), Dorset (10.30 a.m.), from Wellington; Canopus (11,30 a.m.), from Timaru; Waihora (12.40 p.m.), from Wellington; Cygnet (1.15 p.m.), from Motueka.—Sailed: Whakatane (12.10* a.m.), for Wellington; Kamo (5.5 p.m.), for Timaru; Maori, for Wellington. GREYMOUTH. October 3.—Sailed: . Ilvumata (8.45 a.m.), for Melbourne. OAMARU, October 3. —Arrived; Breeze ,'(6.45 a.m.),-from Dunedin. SYDNEY, October 3.—Arrived: Ulimaroa, ’ from Wellington. * COLON, October I.—Sailed: Otaki. for Auckland. ", The Kamo, from t Grey mouth, via Timaru, 13 due hero to-morrow, ond, after discharging a quantity of coal, will load for Westport and Groymouth, via Timaru, and probably Oamaru. The Calm, from Bluff, is due here about Saturday to load for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyt.telton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Kini, from Napier, is duo here about lioon to-morrow, and is to sail to-morrow for , Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Napier, and Gisborne. The Katoa, from Auckland, via Wellington, Lyttelton, and Timaru, is due here to- ) morrow;, and is to sail on Friday for Bluff. She will return hero on Tuesday to load out for Auckland, via ports. The Waikonaiti, which left Sydney on Friday with a largo cargo for Bluff, Dunedin, and Lyttelton, is duo' hero oh Saturday. She is to sail on Monday for Lyttelton and Sydney. The Kahika.'frora Wellington,.is due hero Lon Friday, and is to sail the same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. The Kaitangata, from Groymouth, which arrived at Sydney on Monday, will proceed .to Melbourne, Launceston, and Hobart to load for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Tho Kaitoke is at present loading at Newcastle for Auckland. Tho Kakapo, which loft Dunedin on Monday for Westport direct, will load there for Lyttelton and Wellington. The Kamona is to leave Groymouth tomorrow for Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin..

The Kurow is due at Auckland to-day ; lrom Fiji. The Waikawa is at present loading at 'Newcastle for Wellington. .' The Waimarino, from Timaru, is due at on Friday, and will load there : for Lyttelton. ... . The Whangape left Bluff on Monday for Sydney; 'thence Newcastle, Lyttelton, and ■ Dunedin. The Storm, from Lyttelton, is duo here to-night, aud is to sail to-morrow for . Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. •., The steamer Eastern Planet, which left .jN,ew York on August 25 for New Zealand ' ports, is due at Lyttelton, via Auckland and "Wellington, about October 16. The Federal steamer Durham left Liverpool on August 19 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due et Lyttelton about October 19. WHAKATANE, FOR HOME. The Whakatane is to leavo Wellington tomorrow for London, via Montevideo and Las Palmas. •r, . WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. ’The following vessels were expected to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night;—Auckland; Flora, Canadian Scottish, Canadian Skirmisher, Navua. Montrose, H.M.S. Laburnum, H.M.S. Chatham, Government s.s. Tutanekai, Hermes, Kaitoke, Durham, and Niagara. Wellington: Maori, Mararoa, Ngaio, Whakatane, Port Napier, Katoa, Karon, Kororaiko. Waihora, Waikouaiti, Tahiti, Iris, Kaiapoi, Erroll, Wingatui, Canadian Victor, Waimana, Dromana, and Corinthic. Chatham Islands: Port Auckland, Ruahine, .Waimana, and Mahia. WAIMANA, DUE MONDAY. Dalgety aud Co have received advice that the'Waimana, which sailed from London on August 31 for Port Chalmers direct, and left Balboa on September IC. is due hero about Monday next. From Port Chalmers I she will go to Lyttelton and northern ports 'to complete discharge. She is scheduled to ■sail from Auckland for London about Nc* vember 9. WAIHORA, PROM CALCUTTA. The Union Steam Ship Company’s cargo steamer Waihora, from Calcutta, via Singapore, Samarang, Auckland, Wellington, and' Lyttelton, is due hero on Friday. On the trip to the East she took 6000 tons of Newcastle coal for Singapore. A cargo of about SOOO tons was shipped at Calcutta, mostly gunny bags, tea, and pig iron, end on August ID a departure was taken for Singapore. At 'Singapore, which was reached on August 26, the ship picked up 600 tons of tapioca, cane, and pepper, and left again on the 29th for Samarang, Java, which was reached on September 1. Five hundred tons .of kapok was taken into the holds, and tho vessel left on September 2 for Auckland, where she arrived on Saturday, September 23KAIWARRA, FROM WESTPORT. Tho Kaiwarra arrived at Auckland on Thursday afternoon from' Westport to discharge a cargo of coal. It is expected that ohe will sail to-day for Newcastle, Sydney. Fiji, and Auckland. ; ; CORINTHIC’3 LOADING. .The Shaw-Savilf steamer Corinthic, which left Lyttelton on Thursday afternoon for Napier is to load at that port and thence Auckland. Due at Wellington yesterday, oho will sail at daybreak on October 17 . for Southampton and London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. O 1 TIRITIRI MATANGI LIGHT. The following notice to mariners has been gazetted:—Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 42, of August 8, 1922, the red sector which was formerly shown from tho lighthouse situated on “the south-east point of Tiritiri Matangi Island, in the Hauraki Gulf (latitude 36 degrees 36 minutes S. longitude 174 degrees 54 minutes E.), has now been removed. The existing light will now show white from all directions where not obscured b-r the land. Tho future abbreviated de'fxriution of this light will he;—Light, fixed, ■'white, visible 23 miles. Charts, etc., affected —Admiralty Charts Nos, 1998, 3565, 2543 and General Chart 1212; "New Zealand Pilot,” ninth edition 1919, page 1&3; “New Zealand -Nautical Almanac,” 1922, pages 158, 194, and OfU; “Admiralty Light List,” Vol. 6, No. ' 0873. H.M.S. VERONICA’S ITINERARY. Following is the programme of the Octo-ber-Dccember cruise of H.M.S. Veronica: ■U Auckland October II; October 12 arrive Tauruuga, leave October 16; October 18 qri™ Kinier, leave October 22; October 21 x . ; ve * Nelson, leave October 29; October 30 arrive Westport, leave November 1; No- ‘. 1 an -j vo Orcyraouth, leave November '3? November 1 arrive Milford Sound, leave

November 6; November 7 arrive' Paterson Inlet, leave _ November 10; November 11 arrive Dunedin, leave November 18; November IS arrive Oamuru, leave November 22; November 24 arrive Port Underwood, leave November 27; November 27 arrive Wellington, leave December 1; December 4 arrive Auckland. S.S. AND A. LINE, . The National Mortgage and Agency Company has received advice of the following movements of Shaw, Savil], and Albion Lino steamers: The lonic, which is to leave Southampton on November 2, is due in New Zealand on December 10. The Tainui, which left Southampton on September 21 for Wellington and Auckland, is duo at Wellington about October 29. The Karainea, which left Melbourne on August 19 for Liverpool and London, is due at Liverpool on Wednesday next. Tiro Mahia, which left Liverpool on September 2 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, passed Balboa, on September 18 ,and is duo at Auckland on Sunday. T R,ANS -PACIFIC SERVICE. The Union Steam Ship Company reports (he following movements of vessels in the trans-Pacifio cargo service: Hauraki, which is now loading at Pacific Coast ports for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney, is to leave San Francisco early ’ this week. Wakitapu kft Newcastle! on Saturday, September IG, for Vancouver, where she is due about Saturday. October 14. She loads at Pacific Coast during October for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne (possibly Adelaide), and Sydney. Waitonwtn, from Pacific Coast ports, via Napier,, New Plymouth, and Dunedin, left Bluff on Friday for Melbourne and Sydney. Wairuna, from Pacific Coast ports, left Auckland on Friday for Melbourne and Sydney. Waihcmo is now loading at Pacific Coast ports (or Apia, Suva, Napier, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Sydney. She is to leave San Francisco about tho middle of October.