SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18754, 6 January 1923, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. Janvaet. Full Moon Brd 2.3 p.m. Last Quarter 10th 0.21 p.m. New Moon .. 17th 2.1 X p.m. | First Quarter 25th 3.29 p.nu THE SUN. Rises to-day at 4.31 a.m.; sets 7.55 p.m. THE WEATHER, „ .January s.—Showery early, with improvement later. Moderate southerly wind. 8 am. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer .. 29.70 29.74 29195 'Thermometer .. .. Min.so; max., 62 WEATHER BEPOBTS. (Pas TfiaTxu I’kkss assooiatios.) WELLINGTON, January 5 The following are the official weather reports at 4 p.m. Bar. Ther. Weather. Cape Maria ... S.W., light 29.95 71 Cloudy Bussell \V., light 29.86 72 Cloudy MAOukuu H. ... S.S.W., fresh 29.83 67 Pair Auckland ... S.W., fresh 2J1.85 69 Fair Taurang.i ... W., light 29.78 TO bhowery Gisborne S.S.W., fresh 29.33 66 Fair ■>:'Napier S., light 29.96 78 Fine Castlepolnt ... W., light 29.95 58 Cloudy Wellington ... S., breeze 29.97 61 Fair New Plymouth 9.W.,light 29.82 70 Fair CapeEgmont... 9.E., Ireah 29.84 68 Cloudy ;r Wanganui .... S., breeze 29.90 69 Fair ■■ Farewell Spit.. N„ breeze 29.99 66 Cloudy L..pe eoulwind W., fresh 29.85 68 Cloudy ♦ fTrevtnonfh ... S.\V.. light °0 00 76 Fine .'"Stephen Island 8., light 29.95 57 Cloudy oi Cape Campbell S.E., fresh 29.98 63 Fine Kftikoura ... E., light 29.96 63 Fair Akaroa light... S.W., light 29.95 05 Fine Nuggets N.W., light 30.00 60 Cloudy Fluff S.E., light 29.95 58 Cloudy WEATHER FORECAST. Following is the official weather forecast; Present indications arc for variable winds, decreasing southerlies giving place to freshening northerlies everywhere shortly, and warmer weather, with increasing cloud and humidity, with ruin probably following on , the West Coast and in southern districts. l -' The barometer is duo to fall everywhere ■ eb'ortly. HIGH WATER. January 6 a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads 4.5 D 5.24 At Port Chalmers 5.39 6.4 At Dunedin 6.9 6.34 January 7 ■At Taiaroa Heads 5.49 6.17 At Port Chalmers 6.29 6.57 . .. At Dunedin.. .. ... .. 6.59 7.27 ARRIVALS. January 5. Port Darwin, s.s. (5.39 a.m.), 8179 tons, Farman, from Glasgow and Liverpool, via Panama, northern ports, and Lyttelton. J. W. Swift and Co., agents. . Wingatui, s.s. (6.25, p.m.), 2378 tons, Paul, from Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. DEPARTURES. J anuary 5. lonic, s.s. (4.30 a.m.), 12,352 tens, Hickson, for Wellington. Dalgcty and Co., agents. Waipori, s.s. (4.5 p.m.), 1976 tdns, Reed, for Lyttelton and Greymouth. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, January s.—Sailed: Mamuka (11.45 a.m.), for Sydney; Kent (4.15 p.m.), for Auckland; Wahino (7-45 p.m.), for Lyttelton. Arrived: Wahine (6.50 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Breeze (2.55 p.m.), from Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, January 6.—Arrived: Maori (6.55 a.m.), from Wellington; Port Lincoln .(6.30 a.m.), from Wellington; Kini (10.10 ■ *.m.), from Napier; Calm (4.10 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Kini (7.15 p.m.), for .Dunedin; Maori, for Wellington. GREYMOUTH, January s.—Sailed: Ihumata (12.19 p.m.), for Melbourne. BLUFF, January 5. —Sailed: Kahika (4 p m.), for, Dunedin. SYDNEY, January s.—Arrived: Inga, from ■Greymouth; Koromiko, from New Zealand ports. Sailed: Harms (10.15 p.m.), for Newcastle. MELBOURNE, January 4.—Arrived: Mocraki, from Wellington." 'OAMARU, January s.—Arrived: Holmdalo (3 a.m.), from Dunedin. The Kini, from Napier, via. Lyttelton, is due here to-day to load for Napier and Gisborne, via ports. Tho Whangape is to sail to-day for Bluff, (Sydney, and Newcastle. ■;■ The SKaw,. Savill and Albion liner lonic left Port Chalmers early yesterday morning for Wellington, where she will Complete Homeward f loading. She is to sail at daybreak on January 12 for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. The Waipori sailed yesterday.' afternoon for Lyttelton and Greymouth. .V'UpThe Wingatui, from Wol- ,. iiljfngfon and Lyttelton, which arrived here yesterday evening, is to sail to-day for Auckland, via ports. Tho Kahika, from Wellington, via Bluff, is due hero to-day to load for Nelson and New Plymouth, via porta. The Calm, from Bluff, is now due here to- , morrow, and is to sail on Monday for . Timaju, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. . The Manuka was to leave Wellington yesterday on the return trip to Sydney. ' ' The A. and A. liner Tredenham arrived at Auckland on Sundoy from New York. "The vessel is expected at Wellington to-day, and will proceed later to Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff, and Australian ports to complete discharge. iiThe City of Winchester, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday night from Napier to continue loading to the agency of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, is to leave Wellington to-day for Bluff to com- ' i plate her cargo, and should sail finally from there on January 12 for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. The City of Newcastle is due here to-mor-row from New York, via north New Zealand , porta and Lyttelton. After discharging a ' quantity of American freight, tho vessel will' go to Melbourne and Sydney to put out the remainder. ■ ; T'he Katoa will be recommissioned at Port Chalmers about the middle of the month, and will load at Dunedin for Auckland, via , way ports. The Kamo, which is to load at West Coast ports next week for Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin, is due here about January 16, and will load for Westport and Greymouth. • The Union Company's steamer Komata ' -went up on- the Wellington patent slip on ’ Tuesday morning for cleaning and painting. It was subsequently discovered that-she had a'flaw in her rudder-post, and this will have tl be repaired. It is not now certain when the Komata will sail for Westport. The Union Company advises that the cargo eteamer Waimarino is due at Napier on January 20 from Pacific Coast ports. After partly discharging at Napier, the vessel will come on to Wellington, where she is due on January 25. The Waimarino will put out tho remainder of her cargo at New Plymouth, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The S.S. and A. liner Tairoa, which is loading for Home at Wanganui, will call at .Lyttelton and Wellington, where she is due on January 9. She is to leave Wellington on January 33 for London, via. Montevideo and Teneriffe. ‘ ' The steamer Langton Hall, which arrived at Sydney on December 16, had a narrow : escape on tho voyage out to Australia. In the Southern Ocean, when 900 miles from Durban, a fire broke out in tho hunkers. Wireless calls for assistance wore sent out, bo serious did the position become. Eventually, however, tho crew, after a hard fight, managed “to keep tho fire under. Assistance was obtained at Durban, and the fire extinguished. RIMUTAKA FOE LONDON. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Rimutaka, which left Wellington on Wednesday for Southampton and London, via Panama, took the following saloon passengers:—Misses T. G. Harper, D. and M. Hill, I Roland-Smith, and E. Twomey, Mcsdamcs j’. Bell, D. Hill, and Smith, Messrs h. Eraser, A. Harper, and Captain E. T. Smith, and 18 third-class passengers. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels wore expected to bo within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night:-Auckland: Havte Kai- ’ worra, Marama, Naivua, Niagara. Pinna, Port Elliott, Sonoma, Wairuna, Waitomo, ;•■' and Government s.s. Tutanokai. Wellington; Maori, Wahine, Ngaio, Riroutaka, Port Victor Hertford, lonic, Tairoa. City of Win- , .cheater, Manuka, Kent, Waikouaiti, Win‘•“oatui Karori, Carpentaria, Suffolk, and Port '"’Hunter. Chatham Islands: Westmoreland. Ruapehu, and Port Elliott. THE CANADIi'” PIONEER, Messrs H. L. Taplcy and Co. have received ’ advice that the Canadian Pioneer left Adelaide on Thursday for Bluff, where she is due on January 12. She is due here about , January 14 to continue discharging American cargo. AN OLD-TIME WRECK. ’ A well-known battle dealer of Tasmania (savs the Melbourne Argus) has discovered „ large vessel jammed between rocks about nine miles beydnd the Pieman River, on the w, e t coast. The wreck probably occurred • ifl or 50 years ago. As far os can be ascertained tho wreck was not hitherto known of. „.The vessel had been covered with sand fo (vqxrs, and the course of the sand drift had changed, and the sea hod washed off the I ‘covenng and exposed the wreck. Tho identity of the vised in unknown.

CARGO FROM THE EAST. The Union Company’s steamer Waitemata was due at Auckland yesterday from Calcutta, with Eastern cargo. , Tho vessel should reach Wellington on January 9. After putting out part cargo there she will proceed to Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge. REMUERA RETORTED. Cabled advice has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that tho passenger eteamer Remuera, which is en route from Southampton to Auckland on her twenty-seventh voyage with cargo for Auckland and Dunedin, has passed through a heavy storm in the Atlantic, but is now proceeding “all well.” She is duo at Auckland about tho end of January. PORT DARWIN FROM HOME. The Commonwealth and D.rainion Lino Steamer Port Darwin, from Liverpool, via Panama, northern ports and Lyttelton, arrived hr re yesterday morning, and berthed toria wharf to discharge 1095 tons of general cargo. She left Liverpool on November 2, and, after an uneventful voyage. arrived at Auckland 39 days later. Arriving at Colon on November 19, she cleared the Panama Canal the same day. She will load here, and at Lyttelton, Gisborne, Napier, , and Wellington, and should leave the last-named port about January 21 for London, via Montevideo. SHIPPING INDUSTRY PROSPECTS. A hint that there would bo further reductions in the pay of workers in the shipping industry was given by Lord Inchcapo on October 18, when presiding at the 82nd annual meeting of tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (says an exchange). Although there were signs of a break in tho clouds, said Lord Inchcape, they had apparently a poor year or two ahead. Operating costs must come down to secure an equilibrium, nr disaster must follow. Fortunately, the P. and O. and associated companies had provided for bad years, and could carry on. But, meantime, they must try to get back something more than making both ends meet. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was manfully grappling to reduce public expenditure, and the country looked to him to bring down taxation. The community wanted to be permitted, by saving again, to build up the wealth of the country for reproductive enterprise. Dockers’ wages had been brought down to 11s per day, with a further agreed reduction of Is as from Juno next. Consequent upon piecework rates having risen during the war, out of all proportion in many cases, it had been agreed that where employers considered them to be unduly high they were to be at once gone into by special committees. It had also been arranged with the National Transport Workers’ Federation that those rates would continue till the end of 1923. and it was confidently hoped that peace in dockland all over the country would be secured for that period.