SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18755, 8 January 1923, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON. J ANUARY. Full Moon 3rd 2.3 p.m. Last Quarter 10th 0.24 p.m. New Moon 17th 2.11 p.m. First Quarter 251 h 3.29 p.m, THE SDN. Rises to-day at 4.33 a.m.; sets 7.54 p.m. THE WEATHER. January 6.—Fine—a beautiful day; fresh north-cast wind. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. .. 29.85 29.85 29.85 Thermometer .. .. Min., 54; max., 67. January 7.—Finn—a delightful day; moderate north-east wind, 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. 29.85 29.85 29.84 Thermometer .. .. Min.,53; mas., 63 HIGH WATER. January 8— a.m. p.m. At Toiaroa Heads 6.44 7.11 At Port Chalmers 7.24 7.51 At Dunedin 7.54 8.21 ARRIVALS. Jlmuary G. Kahika, s.s. (8.30 a.m.), 1172 tons, Edge, from Wellington, via Bluff. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Kini, s.s. (3.30 p.m.), 1122 tons, AValker, from Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. January 7. Port Lincoln, s.s. (650 p.m.), 7243 tons, Jones, from Lyttelton. J. W. Swift and Co., iigcnts. DEPARTURES. January 6. Kahika s.s. (5,25 p.m.), 1172 tons, Edge, for northern porta. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. January 7. Waihora, s.s. (6.45 a.m.), 4638 tons. Harris, for Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, January 6.—Sailed: Wnitcruita (6 a.in.), for Wellington; Kawatiri (I p.m.), for Newcastle; Kaikorai (5.30 p.m.), for Newcastle; Omana (10.30 p.m.), for Opua. WELLINGTON, January G—Arrived: lonic (6.40 a.m.), from Port Chalmers; Maori (7 a.m.). from Lyttelton. Sailed: City of Winchester (7.35 a.m.), for Bluff; John (5.30 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Maori (8.10 p.m', tor Lyttelton. January 7. —Arrived: Wall no (7.30 a.m.), from Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, January 6. —Arrived: Rama (3.45 a.m,), from Chatham Islands; Wnhins (6.59 a.m.), from Wellington; Waipori (2 p.m.), from Dunedin. Sailed: Carpentaria (12.30 p.m.), for Picton; Calm (5.15 p.m.), for Dunedin; Rama (7.25 pm.), for Chatham Islands; Wahine (8.45 p.m.), for Wellington. January 7.—Arrived: Cygnet (5 nm.), ..from Nelson; Maori (6.50 a.m.), from Wel- . lington. BLUFF, January G. —Sailed: Kaituna (3.45 p.m.), for Newcastle. SYDNEY, January 6.—Sailed: Ulimaroa (3 p.m.), for Wellington. LONDON, January 6. —Arrived: Parattah, from Brisbane; Cufic. from Brisbane; Milverton, from Melbourne. SUEZ, January G. —Arrived: City of Corinth, from Newcastle. COLON. January 6.—Arrived: Remuera, from London. SAN FTi.-NCISCO, January 6.—Arrived: Canadian Transporter, from Melbourne. ■ PERIM, January 6,—Passed: San Rossore, •from Sydney, en route for Genoa; Thalatta, from Sydney, en route for Dunkirk. Sailed: Suevic, for Newcastle. NEW YORK, January 6.—Sailed: Newby Hall, for New Zealand ports. GIBRALTAR, January G—Sailed; Orvieto, for London. TABLE BAY, January 6.—Sailed: Ballarat, for Australian ports; Dongarra, for Adelaide. The Kahika, from Wellington, via Bluff, which arrived here on Saturday, sailed that ■night for Nelson and New Plymouth, via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. ■ The Calm, which has been further delayed at Bluff, is now due here on Tuesday to load for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Wingatui is to leave to-day for Auckland. via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The Moeraki, from Melbourne, via Bluff, is due here on Saturday, and is to sail the same day for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Melbourne. The Katoa, which has been laid up at Pott Chalmers for some weeks, will he placed in dry dock to-day for periodical overhaul. She will ho re-commissioned at Port Chalmers on Thursday, and is expected to load •t Dunedin on January 12 for Auckland, via Way ports. The City of Newcastle, from New York, via northern ports, is to leave Lyttelton to-day, and is duo here to-morrow to continue discharge. She will complete unloading at Melbourne and Sydney. It is hoped to despatch the Port Darwin either to-night or to-morrow for Lyttelton, Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington. She should leave the last-named port about January 21 for London, via Montevideo. ■ Tho Whangape is to sail to-day for Bluff, Sydney, and Newcastle. ’ Tho Waihora sailed early yesterday morning for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland, where she will complete discharge of her Eastern merchandise. The Kim, from Napier, via Lyttelton, arrived at Port Chalmers on Saturday afternoon, and blew down her main boiler for minor repairs. She is to leave Port Chalmers at 6 a.m. to-day for Dunedin, where she will load for Napier and Gisborne, via .. ports The Tairoa is due at Lyttelton -to-day from Wanganui to load wool. She is to sail about January 10 for Wellington, whence sho is to bo despatched obout January 13 for London. The Union Steam Ship Company’s Eastern trading steamer Waitemata, from Calcutta, via. Auckland, is due at Wellington to-mor-row to complete discharge. The Storm, which is at present undergoing overhaul at Lyttelton, should leave that port on January 12 for Dunedin. The Breeze from Lyttelton, is due here on January 12, and is to sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington. Picton, and Wanganui. The Waikouaiti left Lyttelton on Thursday evening for Sydney and Newcastle. Tho vessel is manned by a crow of 47 men. Though the crew is free labour, all with the exception of three deck hands and seven engineroom hands, are experienced men. The boatswain has had 15 years’ experience. All necessary arrangements for the inauguration of what is known as the rotary sys- '■ tern of employment on the Wellington waterfront have been agreed upon between representatives of the employers and the Wellington 'Waterside Workers’ Union. Unless tho ballot 1000011” taken proves to be adverse to resuming work under the now award, tho scheme will soon be in working order. A considerable amount of work has been done in the direction of preparing boards for the names and drawing up rules and conditions, so as to give the scheme every chance of success. Those concerned look forward with hope to the inauguration of a method which promises to reduce intermittent employment to a minimum. WAIRUNA DUE ON THURSDAY. The Union Company’s trans-Paciific steamer "Wairuna. from Pacific Coast ports, via San Francisco, is duo at Auckland about Thursday. Sho will then proceed to Melbourne, ) Adelaide, and Sydney. ! WAIMARINO. FROM SAN FRANCISCO. The Union Company’s trans-Pacific cargo Btenmcr Waimarino, from Pacific Coast ports, which left San Francisco, on Saluiday, December 23. for Napier, Wellington, Now Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin, anti Sydney, is due at Napier about January 20. THE PORT ELLIOT. Tho C. and D. liner Port Elliot, which left London on November 30, is due at Auckland to-morrow. THE TORT HUNTER. ' Tho Port Hunter left Gisborne on. Thursday for Tokomaru Bay, Napier, Wanganui, and Wellington to complete loadirig for Homo. She is expected to sail from Wellington about January 24 for London RUAPEHU REPORTED. The New Zealand Shipping Company has received! n. wireless message from tho Ruapehu. from Southampton and London, that she should arrive at Wellington on Thuis- , day. All on board are well. , She is bringing a larger number of passengers for New Zealand, and general cargo for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers-. BASIC SLAG FROM MEXICO. The British India Company’s steamer Culna, which left Pensacola, in the Gulf of Mexico, on December 11 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and Australian ports, was due at Auckland on Saturday She has basic slag and a small quantity of general cargo for Auckland. PORT LINCOLN, FROM NEW YORK. The Commonwealth and Dominion Liner Port Lincoln, 7243 tons, Captain C. N. Jones, from New York, via Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday, but missed tho morning’s tide, and consequently was not berthed at Dunedin till the evening. She has 800 tons of cargo to discharge hero, including a quantity of case oiL

■WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to bo within rang© of tho under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland; Navua, Niagara, Pinna, Port Elliott, Sonoma, Wairunu, Waitomn, Marama, Tutanekai, Mestmoreland, Kawatiri, Kaikorai, Arahura, Kent. Wellington; Manuka, Waitemata, City of Winchester, Mainaoa, Moernki, Wingatui, Port Hunter, Tairon, Waikouaiti, Ulimaroa, Carpentaria. Cumberland, Suffolk. Chatham Islands: Rimutaka, Port Victor, Hertford, Ruapehu. WILTSHIRE’S CARGO. SALVAGE WORK CONTINUES. About 30 tons of salvaged cargo from tho Wiltshire was discharged at the Central wharf, Auckland, last week (says the Herald) by the auxiliary ketch Ohia. It consisted of glass, wire, crockery, soft goods, and general merchandise. Work at the wreck was partly suspended during the holidays, but is now again in full swing. There is still a considerable amount of valuable cargo to bo salved, but it is not known how long the work will take. Operations will continue as long as payable cargo can he recovered. It is not thought that a large quantity of the heavier cargo will be worth recovering. WORLD'S LARGEST .FLOATING DOCK. Four gigantic “tables” of reinforced concrete, each with 94 legs, are to bo connow being built on Tyneside, for the London structect in Southampton Harbour for tho mooring of the world’s largest floating dock, and South-Western Railway Company, at a cost of about £1,000,000. The contract for the construction of these “dolphins” has been placed (states the Industrial Daily News) with A. Jackaman and Sons (Ltd.), tho reinforced concrete specialists, of Slough. Three hundred! and seventy-six piles of reinforced concrete, each 60ft long and weighing eight tone, will be driven 18ft into the bod of the harbour from 'wooden floats anchored over the site. Many of them will be driven at a considerable angle to resist the to-and-fro movements of the 70,000 ton loaded clock. Tho task is further complicated by the fact that, oven at low water, there is 32ft of the river covering the site. Round the heads of these piles will bo constructed the four rectangular slabs forming the dolphin tops, each 70ft long, 32ft wide, and sft thick, weighing about 1000 tons. The dock will b> moored to tho dolphin by steel lattice booms 70ft long, and fitted with “universal” joints at each end, to allow of free movement. ■ MANUKA’S PASSENGERS. The Manuka, which arrived at Wellington on Wednesday, brought tho following ealoon passengers;—Misses Julius, M’Kelvcy, Connelly, George, Lurack, B. Lurack, M’Callum, Jacob, M’Gregor, Park, Taylor, Thompson. Pcrrv, Hasswell, Cross, M. M'Callura, Bullock. Hearn, Mother Rosaline, Sister Angela, King, Wells, Ashworth. Murray, Cannon, Pugh, Whitta, Sister Clare, Mesdames Seddon. Dawson, Abeam, Sanies, Clarque, Dillimar, Conrick. George, Jackson, Gray, Squire, Cameron, Humphries, Ewart, Mntheson, Tailor. Williamson, Mayo and child, Danicll and two children. Haines, Cross, Beaumont. Kidson, Lampe. Poole end child. Doran, Wills, Carey, Hill, Ashworth and two children, Turner and two children, Whitta, Brunt. Chaytor, Messrs Seddon, Symes, Finch, Paul, Ahcarn, Clarque, Dillimar. Gonrich, Wheeler, Bouard. Bold, M'Ncil, Jackson. Gray, Squire, Hull, Willey, Franks, Smith, J. C. Smith, Cameron, W. Cameron, Humphries, R. Humphries, Butterworfh, M’Ardlo, Williamson, Potter, Mayo, Daniell, Hanlon, Haines, M’Donald and child, Bullock, Kidson, Johnson, Brady, Honnor, Ingleson, Poole, M’Kolvey. Ritchie, Seymour, O’Neill, Wells, Carey-Hill, Turner, Northey. Dean Mayne, Major Ashworth, Lieut.-colonel Clark, Captain Chaytor, Captain Doran, Lieutenant Hamden, Dr Ewart, and 148 third class passengers. Tho cargo included 66 cases of pineapples, 164 cases of fruit, 49 packages of cherries, 97 cases of orange, and transhipments ex the Ormuz, Naldcra, Moldavia, Wodonga, and Eastern. She left on the return voyage on Friday. OVERSEAS SUMMARY. Arawa arrived at Colon from Southampton on January 2. Athenic left London' for Bluff on December 30. Ayrshire arrived at London from Melbourne on January 2Havre left Napier for Singapore on January 1. Kararaea, en route to Melbourne from London, passed Toneriffe on Decernber 29. Orari arrived at Hull from Wellington on J anuary 3. Otarama arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on December 31. Pakeha left London for Auckland on January 2. Port Victor loft Wellington for London on January 3. Euahine arrived at London from Wellington on January 2. Tredenhnra arrived at Auckland from New York on December 31. Trekievo left London for Auckland on December 30. Waitemata arrived at Auckland from Calcutta on January 3. Weodana arrived at London from Melbourne on December 29.