SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18850, 1 May 1923, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE-MOON. Mat. Full moon v •* •• Ist 9.0 a.m. Last quarter Bth 5.48 a.m. New moon ~ 16th 10.8 a.m. First quarter 24th . 1.55 a.m. Full moon SOth 4.37 p.m, THE SUN. May 1. —Rises at 7.9 a.m.; sets at 5.1 p.m. THE WEATHER. April 30. —Beautifully fine, but inclined to bar chilly. Wind light from the north-east. This condition continued all day. Barometer: 80.30. Steady. _ . Thermometer: Maximum, 56; minimum, 52. WEATHER REPORTS. (P*a TJbtthd Press association.) WELLINGTON, April 30. The following are the official weather reports at 4 p.m.:— Ear. Ther. Weather. Capo Maria ... E., fresh 30.26 68 Overcast Manutau H. ... N.E., breeze 30.31 38 Cloudy Auckland ... N.E., light 30.30 63 Overcast Tauranga ... Calm 30.32 00 Fair Ei)stOai» ... E., light 30.29 62 Fine Gisborne E.. light 30.38 62 Fine 'Napier N.W., breeze 30.45 54 Fine Castlepotnt ... W., light 30.45 65 Fine Wellington ... N.. light 30.39 61 Pine New Plymouth N.E., light 30.34 66 Fine Onpc Egmont... N., light 30.32 56 Fine Wanganui ... S., light 30.41 59 Fine Farewell Spit.. N., light 30.40 54 Fine Capo Foulwind 8.W., light 30.37 69 Pine Gteymouth ... N.W., light 30,34 58 Fine Stephen Island W., light 30.42 52 Hazy ’ Cape Campbell S.E., light 30.43 60 Finn Kaikoura ... Calm 30.40 54 Overcast Akareti light... N.W., light 30.28 51 Cloudy Nuggets Calm 30.31 52 Fine BliiU Calm 30.30 52 Fine WEATHER FORECAST. I 1 The following is the official weather forecast —Present indications aro for variable breezes, with moderate to strong easterly to northerly winds prevailing. Shortly tho weather will b© fair to cloudy generally, but dull and misty at times in the northern and southernmost districts. The barometer has a falling tendency. HIGH WATER. May 1— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads 2.35 3.2 At Port Chalmers 3.15 3.42 At Dunedin 3.45 4.12 ARRIVALS. April 30. -Holmdale, e.s. (7-10 a.m.), 810 tons, Williams, from Wanganui, via Wellington. John, s.s-. (2.20 p.m.), 339 tons, Harwich, from - Wellington. DEPARTURES. April 30. Gale, s.s. (12.20 p.m.), 610 tons, Sharpe, for Oamaru. Holmdiale, s.s. (9.40 p.m.), 810 tons, Williams, for Wellington and Wanganui, via ports. , SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, April 30.—Arrived: Tremero (13,,30 a.m.), from New York; Kurow (noon), from Napier. Sailed: Waimana (6 p.m.), , for Opua; Upihi (6.30 p.m.), for Wellington. Sailing: Flora (10 p.m.), for’ Raratonga; Fiona (10 p.m.), for Sydney. WELLINGTON, April 30.—Arrived; Ling Nam, from Melbourne; Roma (2.20 p.m.), from Chathams. 'Sailed: Wahine (7.50 p.m.), for Corinna (1.15 p.m.), for Dunedin. LYTTELTON, April 30.—Sailed: Tecs (6.35 p.m.), for Chatham Island; Mararoa (6.40 p.m.), for Wellington. OAMARU, April 30. —Arrived: Gale (7.20 a.m.), from Dunedin. HAMBURG, April 29.—Sailed: Marinoa, j for Australian ports. The Karori left Lyttelton on Saturday afternoon with a full load of produce and general cargo for Auckland. - The Calm is due here this morning from Bluff, and sails in the evening for northern ports. The Mahia eteamed down to Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon to load frozen mutton. She will probably leave to-day for Timaru.. It is expected that tho Moeraki will complete her survey at Port Chalmers to-morrow. She cornea up to Dunedin and loads on Thursday, sailing for Bluff and Melbourne. The Katoa. is due on Monday, and is timed to sail tho following day for East Coast ports and Auckland. Tho Katoa cornea on this trip from Auckland. - The Wanganui leaves Auckland to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Kamo is loading at Westport for Oamaru and Dunedin. ■The Kaikorai is duo here coal laden from Newcastle early next week. After discharge she will undergo survey at Port Chalmers. The Port Darwin passed Las Palmas on April 27. She is from London for Auatrlian ports. Tho Treverlin passed Perim on the same date, eu route for tho United Kingdom. These references are an endorsement of what has already appeared. The Tutanekaf will be despatched from Wellington to-day for her periodical tour of northern lighthouses. The Port Nicholson is duo at Wellington to-morrow, and leaves at daybreak for London, via Montevideo, on Friday. All cargo by the Canadian Spinner for , New Zealand ports south of Auckland will be transshipped at that port. The Canadian Explorer, from Montreal, is due at Auckland on May 7. The Canadian 'Constructor, owing to rain and shortage of labour at Wellington, has been delayed, and will not now leave Wellington for New York, Boston, and Montreal, via Napier and Auckland, till to-mor-row. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Atholl has left the Tyne for Louisberg, Canada, to load for Now Zealand. ■Th© Port Hacking is due at Auckland about May 17 from New York. The West Islip, which arrived at Auckland recently from San Francisco, brought 13,650 cases of oil, 370 bundles asphalt, 24 drums printing ink, 10 cases marine paint, 5 cases electrical appliances, 3 cases radio parts, 50 cases turpentine, and sundries. Tho total cargo is 532-4 tons, the chief item in which is fir lumber, of which there are 3,512.600 ft for - Australia, about one million feet of which is on deck. The steamer is fully loaded. The Waiwora, on her arrival at Auckland, accomplished her 44th voyage to New Zealand. She cleared London on March 9. For the first week she encountered strong westerly gales with high seas, causing her to pitch .considerably and ship water on deck. On tho 16th tho wind began to abate and tho sea gradually moderated. Arriving at Colon on the 28th the steamer stayed there for the night and, passing through the Panama Canal the next day. resumed her voyage at 3.15 on the 29th. Fine weather was experienced across the Pacific, although a heavy swell was running off the New Zealand coast. Tne 12,000-ton motor ship Missourian, built by Wm. Cramp and Sons'. Ship and Engine Building Company, for, the American Hawaiian Steamship Company, recently completed a maiden voyage of 20,000 miles, , during which period no repairs of any sort wore carried out. The total fuel consumption worked out at about 16 tons daily lor an average apeed o-f 12 knots. The U.S.A. naval ocean-going tug Ontario. 1120 tons, which has been stationed for eomo time at Pago Pago, Samoa, is coming, to Auckland to undergo overhaul and will be docked for about five days. The vessel was built in 1912, and was employed during the

•war as a naval tender and mine sweeper. ' She is 175 ft long-, with a 24ft beam, and a depth of 17ift. Her speed is about 13 knots. The Auckland Harbour Board notifies that the south-eastern extreme of the reef which extends from the southern side of the email island (locally known as Crusoe Island), situated nearly mid-channel between Motuihi. and Waiheke Islands has been marked by a middle ground-buoy. The buoy, which is spherical shaped, having black and white stripes horizontally disposed, is moored in a position Park Point 072 deg, and Clarke Island 179d©g.; and defines the extent of the foul ground on the western side of the southern end of Sergeant’s Channel. The Marine Department announces that the loading lights which formerly were occasionally exhibited on beacons within the entrance to Tongapourutu Stream, are to bdiscontinued at an early date. Tongaporutu Stream, in the northern Taranaki Bight, is situated six and a-half miles southward of the entrance to Mokau and four miles north-eastward of White Bluff. Masters of x vessels desiring to enter Tongaporutu Stream are advised to obtain whatever information is available from the authorities at Waitara or New Plymouth. The new steamer Age, which was recently purchased by Howard Smith (Ltd.) for the inter-State Cargo trade, left Barry on March 1 last for Melbourne, and was duo at Bassein on April 16. The new vessel is a sister ship to the Cycle, at present engaged in the coal ‘ trade. • She ia of 6760 tons deadweight, and is equipped for the consumption of either coal or oil fuel. She is of the well-deck design, and was built by Thompson and Co., of Sunderland.

TAHITI, FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

The R.M.S. Tahiti, which left Wellington on Wednesday, carried the following passengers:—First saloon: Misses Allen, E. and G. Calvert, Kingsbury, M’Donald, M’Queen, Rudd, V. and W. Taylor, Trotter, Wise, Wilson, Meadames Weetman, Andrews-Wilson, T. Watt, O. Ware, Webb, Wise, Walker, Allen, Andrago and child, J. W. G. Brodie, E. Burns, Buress, T. Campbell, C. Clabburn, Davenport, J. D. Downie, J. W. Fraser, J. B. Green, J. L. Holland, A. Hamilton, Hawkins, S. O. Irvine, Mi. Jackson and 2 eons, A. P. dagger, A. P. Knox, J. C. Kpapp, Kingsbury, M’Donald, M’Kegg, Osterbefg, T. Rhodes, H. B. Smith, W. S. Stevens, Savill and boy, A. Shore, E. Storm, F. R. Stafford, H. E. J. Taylor, Trotter, Townsend, Vanderkellen, 11. F. Vickery, Hon. S. K. Gakwad, Captain Under, Colonel J. C. Hartley, Messrs Allen, G. Bumbelli, R. Burns, F. D. Barnett, A. W. Bull, L. A. Blok, T. Campbell, R. C. Carlyle, C. Clabburn, J. D. Downie, Under. W. J. Forbes, 3. W, Fraser, A. J. Geodes, J. B. Green, Goudey, F. D. Helmore, A. Hamilton, Hawkins, S. O. Irvine, A. F. dagger, H. Spencer, Jones, A. F. Knox, J. C. Knapp. J. Martin, M. Mackicwitz. M’Donald. H. H. Newton, G. Parker, R. A. Smith, Stevenson, H. B. Smith, L. W. Sutton, Savill, A. Shore, 1C Storm,'H. E. J. Taylor, Townsend, Vanderkellen, H. F. Vickery, G. Ware, Webb, Wise, T. Watt, W. E. Wilks, 'Andrews-Wilson, A. G. Wallace. Second saloon: Misses E. M. and A. K. Anderson, L. G. Burridge, Boothe, J. Bertram, Booth-Seott, E. Callaghan, K. Coleman, R. E. Gilbert, Greene, M. Holmes, H. Kelly, P. Little, Mace (2), A. Pier, M. Peacock, Ritchter (2), Rex, A. Sclig, E. Somncr, Stanford, Mesdamos Allwell, Brearloy, T. Boothe, Cockburn, Egan, G. Giizean, W. Gimson, F. Lawrence and 3 children, Millar, St. Mare, O. Miller, Morrison and child, Mountford, McClelland and children, Powis and infant, Pereival, J. M. Pirie and infant, Richter and son, West, Messrs Alston, Barbour, Brearley, T. Boothe, Hilton-Burn, W. D. Canak, Cocfcbprn, D. J. Davis, Flanagan, G. Giizean, W. Gimson, Holman, B. T. Hart, Higgle, James, Knowles, H. W. Lonoy, F. Lawrence, Millar, St. Mare, A. M’Kenzie, D. M. Moir, O. Miller, Morrison. Mountford, G. M’Kenzie, M’Clelland, F. M’Donald, Powis, Pereival, Putman, J. Rowe, J. Rogers, Savill, H. E. White, and L. Worrall. WITH WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland; H.M.S. Veronica, Hauraki, Ventura, Kaitoke, West Islip, Sussex, Tofua, Canadian Spinner, Mamma, Flora, Fiona, Kurow, Westmeath. Wellington; Wahine, Mararoa, Ngiao, Whakatane, Lingnam, Katoa, Port Nicholson, Ulimaroa, Wanaka, Maunganui, Kauri, Admiral Codrington, Koromiko, Tahiti, Manuka. Chatham Inlands; Rotorua, Ruahin© PASSENGERS FOR ENGLAND. The following passengers left by the Ruahino from Wellington last week: —Saloon: Mr David Allan, Dunedin; Mrs M. J. Boyd, Auckland; Major C. Bavin, Wellington; Mr J. C. Buckingham, Wellington; Mrs Kate Crow, Dunedin; Mr T. F. Gibson, Christchurch; Mrs A. B. Hindson, Auckland; Dr H. Hardwick-Snritb, Mrs E. HardwickSmith, Master J. E. Hardwick-Smith, Wellington; Mrs B. H. Hutton, Christchurch; Mrs M. Hawkea, Christchurch; Miss K. G. Ker-not, Auckland; Mr Alexander Macintosh, Wellington; Mr A. R. Meek, Wellington; Lady Eveline Maude, Christchurch; Mrs M. Murray, Christchurch; Miss E. A. Murray, Christchurch; Mr John Meek, Mrs M. Meek, Mrs Kate Meek, Dunedin; Mr A. P. A. Nicholls, Mrs E. H. Nicholls, Miss E. M. Newton. Christchurch; Miss A. Rathbone, Auckland; Mr George L. Rutherford, Mrs E. S. Rutherford, Miss H. B. Rutherford, Christchurch; Sir George Stevenson, Mr H. Van Liew, Mr T. H, Watson. Wellington; Hon. 11. F. Wigram, Mrs A. AVigrara, Mrs B. Westenra, Christchurch; Major S. Walter, Mrs M. Walter, Timaru. Second saloon: Mr J. B. Akel, Wellington; Mrs A. C. M. Ashley, Miss M. A.) Asher, Dunedip; Mrs S. J. Bass, Mr E. Battersby, Mrs M. E. Battersby, Miss L. Battersby, Hiss B. W. Battersby, Miss U. C. Battersby, Nelson; Mrs E. A. Bridling, Mr C. D. Bell, Mrs A. W. Bell. Miss M. M. Bell, Mrs A. Marfett, Christchurch; Rev. G. H. Balfour, Mrs C. M, Balfour, Misses A. G. Balfour, H. M. Balfour, F. H. Balfour, E. C. Balfour, D. G. Balfour, B. Balfour, Dunedin; Mr T. C. Braggo, Mrs J. Braggc, Melbourne; Mr R. C. Bennett, Sydney; Mrs A. S. Crouch, Palmerston North; Mr M. A. Conway, Mrs J. G-. Conway, Miss S. I. Conway, Mr M. A. M Conwav, Wellington; Mr A. T. Campbell, Dunedin; Miss B. K. Denny-Cdoke, Palmerston North; Mia P. Duns, Wellington; Mr R. Dockray, Miss H. M. Edwards, Christchurch; Mrs E. Firth, Wellington; Mrs E, Herd, Napior; Miss A. D, Hood, Wellington; Mr C. Horsley, Mrs J. C. Holderness. Miss C. H. Holderncss, Miss M. C. Holdornoss, Christchurch; Mrs M. A. Jaffray. Miss A. Keyte, Dunedin; Dr H. B. Leatham, New Plymouth; Miss E. Lemon, Wellington; Miss O. Leatham, Mrs J. Lambio, Christchurch: Miss A. Martin, Miss A. Harris, Wellington; Mrs M. J. Mayne, Mr R Marsh, Christchurch; Misses E. E. Morrison N Morrison, T. G. Morrison, Messrs R. ’ Morrison, E. B. Morrison, Mr A. K. M’Kibbin, Rev. J. T. Pinfold, Welling*ton; Captain P. Pallcson, Mrs A. Palleson, Miss A C Palleson, Timaru; Mr T. Phillips, Dunedin; Miss E. M. L. Reea-Mogg, Miss M Sheldon-Smith, Auckland; Mr L. Stowe, Miss J. Stratton, Wellington; Mr J. Spooner, Mrs F. A. Spooler, Missi B. J. C. Spooner, Christchurch; Mrs H. Swanwick, Dunedin; Mrs C. Sutherland, Invercargill; Mr James Torrance, Mrs C. S. Torrance,Mias C M. Totranco, Auckland; Mr R- M. Thomson, Mrs E. A. Thomson, Dunedin; Mr E Tregonning, Blenheim; Mr E. Willis, Mrs F. C. Willis, Wellington; 128 steerage.

medium quality, over supply. Oats: 3s 3d per Fushel (sacks extra). Whole fowl Wheat: 4s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Straw: Pressed wheaten, T 3 10s; oaten, .£4 per ton (ex store). Please note: Pigs and poultry must arrive not later than Thursday morn* ings.

Wo can supply petrol, motor lubricating oils and greases, lucerne and poultry meal, hulled oats, shell grit, -Pareora meat meal, leg rings, to© punches, charcoal, wire netting Star brand chicke i food, and egg orates. April 30.

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY’S STEAMERS.

The New Zealand Shipping Company reports that the Rotorua is expected to arrive at Wellington next Friday. She comes from London., The same company has received information that the Ilimutaka arrived at Colon on April 24 and left Panama on April 25. The Rrinutaka, according to agents' advice, is due in New Zealand about May 21. The Rhnutuka comes from Liverpool. England. The New Zealand Shipping Company also affords the ' information that the Armagh arrived at Las Palmas on April 24. and sailed (he same day, cn route for the United Kingdom. The only other information as to the New Zealand Shipping Company’s boats obtainable is thaC the Westmoreland, which left Auckland March 9, arrived, at London on April 21