SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18997, 19 October 1923, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. Last Quarter 3rd 4.59 p.m. New Moon 10th 5.36 p.m. First Quarter 17th 8.24 a.m. Full Moon 25th 5.56 a.m THE SUN. Rises to-day at 5.13 a.m.; sets at G. 31 p.m. THE WEATHER. October 18.—Bright and fine; fresh northerly wind. 8 a.m. Noon, 6 p.m Barometer .. ... .. ... 30.03 30,00 29.03 weather reports. (Per United Press association.) WELLINGTON. October 18. Tho following is tho official weather report at 4 p.m.: Station. Wind. Weather, Bar. Ther. Cape Maria. S-. fresh, cloudy ~ 50.01 03 Bussell. S.. fresh, cloudy 29J)3 58 Manukau Heads, S., fresh, fair .. 20,95 52 .Auckland. S.W.. fresh, fair 29.00 58 Tauranjui. S. 10.. fresh, rain .. .. .. 20.82 01 Bast Cape. S.W.. fro>h, overcast .. 110.88 03 Gisborne. 8,W., fresh, showery .. .. 20.81 55 Kapler, S.W., fresh, overcast .. .. 20.01 54 Castlepolnt, S.W., light, overcast Wellington. S., breeze, fair .. .. .. 50.02 4S K'ew Plymouth, W., light, fair .. 20.05 59 Cape Kgmont, S.E., high, line .. .. 20.00 58 Wanganui. S., breeze, line 20,ul 5G Farewell gpit, breeze, rain .. Oo.UO 57 Capo Poulwind. S.W.. light, line .. 0U."0 03 Greymouth. W.. ligh f . fair 20.05 00 Stephen Islam!, S.K., fresh, cloudy .. 20.00 55 Gape Campbell. S. 10., breeze, cloudy .. 20.05 50 Kaikoura. S.W.. light, fine .. .. .. 20.04 52 Akaioa Lighthouse. K., light, cloudy .. 20.00 50 Huggets. calm, overcast Bluff. W., light, showery 20.50 47 WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather forecast ; —Present" indications are for moderate to strong 'Southerly winds northward of Farewell Spit and Kaikoura and westerlies elsewhere ; weather cold and fair to cloudy generally; scattered shows are probable, especially along the East Coast of the North Island. The barometer is unsteady, with a- rising tendency in the north and a falling tendency in the south. HIGH WATER. October 19— a.m. p.m. At Taiarou Heads , 10.10 11.4 At Port Chalmers 11.20 11.41 At Dunedin 11.50 ARRIVALS. October 18. Wingatni, s.s. (6.3 p.m.), 2378 tons, Edge, from Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Tainui, s.s. (11.15 a.m.), 9965 tens, Charman, from London, via Wellington and Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. October 18. Gale, s.s. (6.40 pan.), 610 tons, Sharpe, fox Tiniaru, H. L. Tapley and Co., agents. The Gale sailed yesterday evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. Kawatiri, s.s. (4.30 a.m.), 3127 tons, Baldwin, for Oamarn. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. \ Kotare, s.s. (5.15 a.m.), 147 tons, Mnmby, for Bluff. H. C. Campbell (Ltd.), agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, October 18.—Arrived: Rakanoa, from Newcastle; Pukaki (1.45 p.m.), from Wellington. WELLINGTON, October 18.—Arrived: Ngahcre (7.40 a.m.), from New Plymouth; John (1.30 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Mahana (4.5 p.m.), from Napier.—Sailed: Opua (12.50 p.m.), for Westport; John (8 p.m.), for Wanganui. LYTTELTON, October 18.—Arrived: WTaliine (9.30 a.m.), from Wellington; H.M.S. Laburnum (10.25 a.m.), from Napier. Sailed: Zealandic (4.25 p.m.), for Port Chatmore; Moeraki, for Dunedin; Wahine, for Wellington. TIMARU. October 18.—Sailed: Kazemb© (3 p.m.), for Dunedin. PANAMA, October 17.—Arrived: Armagh, from London.

SYDNEY, October 18— Arrived; Maroro (schooner), from Gisborne. NEWCASTLE, October 18.—Sailed: Waitemata, for New Zealand ports.

The Kawatiri left Fort Chalmers yesterdaymorning to discharge the balance of her Newcastle cargo at Oanraru. She will then return to Port Chaimers for periodical docking. The S.S. and A. Lin© steamer Tainui, which berthed at Port Chalmeiv, yesterday to load frozen meat and other produce, is to leave to-day for Bluff. . . Xlie Kamo, from G-isborne, via Bluff, is due here on Wednesday next, to load for Napier and Gisborne, via ports. Tho Navua, from Auckland, via Wellington, which left Lyttelton at 12.45 p.m. yesterday, is due hero this morning to complete discharge. Her outward itinerary has not yet been fixed.

Tho Whangape, from Sidney, is due at Lyttelton to-day, and is to sail to-morrow for Oumaru and Dunedin. She is due here on "Wednesday next. The Calm, which is now due here to-day fi»m Blu If, is to sail this evening for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and tVanganui. The Kotare which has been delayed inside the Otago Heads since Tuesday evening, sailed early yesterday morning for Bluff. The sea has moderated considerably as the southeast gale has abated.

THE INAHA. Cabled advice has been received that the South Taranaki Shipping Company's new steamer Inaha left Suez last Wednesday in continuation of her voyage from Montrose to Wellington. The vessel is expected to arrive in Colombo about October 27. ARAWA, FROM SOUTHAMPTON. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company advises that the liner Arawa sailed from Southampton on October 11, with passengers and cargo for Wellington. The vessel is expected at Wellington on November 18. She will put out part cargo, and will then proceed to Auckland to complete discharge. K.INI, FOR WEST COAST. The Union Company’s steamer Kini, from Oreymouth, via Lyttelton, is due here on Wednesday next to complete discharge. Sho will then load here for Timaru, Westport, and Groymouth. WAIKOUAITI DUE TO-MORROW. Tho intercolonial cargo carrier Waikouait!, from Sydney, via Lyttelton, is due here at 10 a.m. to-morrow to continue discharge. She will complete discharge at Timaru and Lyitelton. MOERAKI DUE TO-DAY. The Unim Steam Ship Company’s intercolonial passenger steamer Moeraki, from Melbourne, via Wellington, which left Lyttelton yesterday afternoon, is due here about 9 o’clock this morning, and will berth at the cross wharf to disembark passengers and to discharge cargo. She is to sail tonight for Bluff and Melbourne." KAZEMBE DUE TO-DAY. Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co. advise that the A. and A. Lino steamer Kazembe, from New York, via northern ports and Timaru, is due hero to-day to continue discharge of her American cargo. She will complete unloading at Sydney. PHYSA DUE TO-DAY. Messrs Gollin and Company advise that the Physu, from Singapore, via Auckland, Wellington, and Bluff, is due hero this morning to complete discharge of her case oil. She is to sail early next week for Balikpapan, where she will load another cargo of case oil for Now Zealand ports. TEE CANADIAN CONSTRUCTOR. The Canadian Government Line steamer Canadian Constructor, from Adelaide, via Dunedin and Welliglon, will complete loading at Auckland, and is to sail from that port on Tuesday next for New York, Boston, and Halifax. PORT NAPIER’S ITINERARY. Tho C. and D. Company announces a change in the loading itinerary of the Port Napier. She left Napier on Monday for Gisborne, Auckland, Wanganui, and finally Wellington. Due at Wellington on October 28 to 'complete, she will sail on October 31 for London, taking passengers and cargo. PORT HACKING AND PORT ELLIOT. Tho C. and D. Line steamer Port Hacking is scheduled to leave New York on October 31 with cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, She will be followed on tho loading berth by the Port Elliot, which is scheduled io leave the American port on December 10 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin.

lONIC, FROM SOUTHAMPTON. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s steamer lonic is due at Wellington with passengers and cargo from Southampton on Wednesday next. After landing her passengers and discharging part of her cargo sht> will proceed to Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff to complete discharge. She will then load in the South Island, and sail from Wellington with passengers and cargo for London on November 23 LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION ACTIVITIES. A review of the activities of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution states that the number of lives saved this year up to September is 271. The total for last year was •136, and since 1821 59,071 lives have been saved. THE CANADIAN SEIGNEUR. Messrs H. L. Xapley and Co. report that the Canadian Seigneur is duo at Auckland next. Sunday from Montreal and Sydney (C. 8.). She will put out part cargo at the northern port and will then go to Australia to discharge the remainder. Subsequently the Canadian Seigneur will proceed to Vancouver to enter the new Vancouvcr-Avon-mouth service. BLACK WALL TO BE SUNK. A famous hulk, the Blackwall, which has done service in the Wellington Harbour for many years, is to end her days shortly as a breakwater at the Wairau bar. The vessel has been purchased by Messrs Eckford and Co., of Blenheim, and she is to be towed to tho Wairau bar. She will be filled with stone, and sunk in such a position as to direct the tide so that it will scour the bar, causing a permanent channel for the small boats plying between Wellington and Blenheim. PROPOSED ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Details of a. plan to explore a. water route north-eastward from Alaskan waters through the Arctic regions were announced in August by Captain Robert A. Bartlett, commander of tho famous ship Roosevelt, in which -trumiral Peary made Ins voyage of discovery toward the North Pole. Captain Bartlett said he proposed to leave Seattle next June or July, -pass through Behring Strait, and then drift eastward with the ice to Greenland or Spitzbergen. He should be able to reach civilisation again at ono of those points, he said, within four or five years. A party of 10, including scientists who can make an expert*survcy of the northern regions, will be taken on tho expedition. A wooden, nonmagnetic ship will be used and instruments for sounding the depths of the Arctic Ocean and examining whatever life may be found there will be included in the equipment. Ihe ship will curry wireless and seaplane. SHIP RAMMED BY A WHALE. A monster sperm whale, after being harpooned, charged the whaling vessel Brown, of the Pacific Consolidated Whaling Company and damaged both propeller and shaft 40 miles from Kynquot whaling station, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The Brown, commanded by Captain Martinson, had been cruising all day and had taken two whales. Another whale was sighted, and a hido-an-seek game between tho vessel and its quarry developed. After some manoeuvring the harpoon was launched and found its target. The whale dived, came to the surface suddenly, and charged the vessel. Tho boat was badly shaken by the impact. The propeller blades were snapped and shaft bent nearly double. Despite the bad) ramming, the whale was captured. The Brown was dry-docked for repairs. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland: Canadian Seigneur, Dorset, Hauraki, Jersey City, Kalmanawa, Kaiwarra, Omana, Remuera, Tofua, Trelyon, Ventura, and Wairuna. ’ Wellington; Wahine, Mararoa, Ngaio, Mahana, Waipori, Whangape, Waikawa, Port Napier, Pia.ko, Laburnum, Moeraki, Tainui, Kaituna, Maori, Canadian Constructor, Wingatni, Lingnam, and Waihora. Chatham Islands: Glentworth, Port Stephens, Remuera, and Nardana. ZEALANDIC, PROM LIVERPOOL. The White Star liner Zealandic, from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington, left, Lyttelton at 4.20 p.m. yesterday, and is due her© about midday to-day to continue discharge. She is to sail early next week for Newcastle. Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. will superintend the discharge of her cargo. “A FINE HARBOUR.” A SKITTER’S TESTIMONY. A recent visitor to Wellington was the Andrew Weir Company’s liner Poleric, commanded by Captain Evans, from Calcutta, via Australia (says the New Zealand Times). The steamer called under arrangement with tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) to ship a valuable consignment of Corriedale rams the company was despatching to clients in Chili. The sheep, a particularly fine lot, came from the isew Zealand and Australian Land Company's “Moeraki” Estate, and immediately shipment was completed the Poleric resumed her voyage to Valparaiso.

Captain Evans, who has made many voyages to the Western ports of South America, passing through Cook Strait, en route, stated that this was the first occasion on which he was actually inside the Heads. He was much impressed with the fine harbour and up-to-date appearance of the wharves and cargo-handling equipment. The imposing structure of the new Pipitea wharf early attracted his attention, and appreciative remarks were made regarding the evidence of enterprise on the part of harbour authorities, who were far-sighted enough to make such splendid provision for the future. “A fine harbour, indeed,” said Captain Evans. “I am sorry that the weather is not better, for on a bright day it must be most charming, with its hills and valleys and fine Sxpanse of water.”