SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19011, 6 November 1923, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. November. Last Quarter 2nd 8.19 a.m. New Moon 9th 2.57 a - • First Quarter • Full Moon 21th 0.28 a.m. THE SUN. Rises to-day at 4.45 a.m.; sets at 6.59 p.m. THE WEATHER. November 6- —Fine and calm. 8 a.m. Noon. Ep.m. Barometer .. .. .. 30.00 30.25 30.00 Thermometer .. .. Min.,ls; max., 68 WEATHER REPORT. (Per United Press association.) WELLINGTON, November 5. The following is the official weather report at 4 Station. Wind. Weather. Bar Ther. Cape Maria. S.E., fresh, hazy » £8 Manukau H., S.W., breeze, fair M Auckland. S.W., fresh, fair M.U bl Tauranga, N., fresh, Cno 30.07 il East Cape, S., fresh, fine ... Gisborne, 8.W., fresh, overcast 30.12 bl Napier, S.E., breeze, fine Cast If point, 8.E., light, fine, mod. ... - Wellington, S., light, fine 30.18 63 New Plymouth, W-, light, hnc 30.18 ba Cape Egmont, S.E.. fresh, fair 30.17 Bl Wanganui, N.W., light, line 30.16 6J Farewell Spit, W., fresh, fine 30.25 61 Cape Foul wind, S.W., fresh, fine ... 30.20 6a, Greymmith, S.S.W., breeze, fair ... 30.22 61 Stephen Island, W., light, cloudy ... 30.-0 68 Cape Campbell, E., light, fine ->0.20 bO Kaikoura. N., light, fine 30-U bo Akaroa. Light, N., light,, fine 30.00 60 Nuggets, TV., light, fine 6Blufl, W., breeze, overcast ->■•>•> v - WEATHER FORECAST. Tho following is the official weather forecast: —Present indications are for moderate to strong southerly winds, backing to easterlies northward of Hokitika and Lyttelton; northerhes prevailing elsewhere; weather lair to cloudy generally, and unsettled at times lu the northern and southernmost districts. The barometer shows little movement. HIGH WATER. •November 6 a -™- W™At Taiaroa Heads 0.4 1-.2S At Port Chalmers OA * }‘° At Dunedin 1-14 DEPARTURES. November 5. Port Stephens, s.s. (2.40 p.m.), 3935 tons, Sawbridge, for Melbourne, J. W. Switt iand Co., agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, November s.—Arrived: Mahana (12.40 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Hmuitaka (11.25 a.m.), Irom Liverpool; Tofua (4.40 p.m.), from Suva; Tregonna (7.30 p.m.), from New York.; Sailed: Canadian Seigneur (3.30 p.m.), for Brisbane. WELLINGTON, November s—Sailed; John (2.55 p.m.), for Wanganui; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, November s.—Arrived: Wootton (5 a.m(), from Wellington; Dorset (6 30 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed; Gale (6.30 p.m.), for Wellington; Mararoa for Wellington. The Karamea is due here about tie end of the week. The Rimutaka arrived at Auckland from the United Kingdom yesterday. She will subsequently leave for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The City of Birmingham, from New York, is duo here on Thursday to discharge general cargo and ca.se oil. The Corinna left Onehunga yesterday for Wellington, whore she ih due to-morrow. She is due hero on Friday, and will sail for New Plymoirth, via ports. The Kurow is due to-day from Sydney direct. She is due at Lyttelton on Thursday. The Ngakuta is due at Dunedin on Thursday from Auckland, via East Coast ports. She will sail the same day for Bluff. The Kamo will leave Napier to-day, and is due at Dunedin on Friday, when ah© will sail for Napier and Gisborne. The Dorset’s departure from Lyttelton is set down for to-morrow. The vessel is due here on Thursday’s tide, and on completion of discharge will load and go to Port Chalmers to complete loading, after which she will leave for New Plymouth to complete discharge and to load. The Hain steamer Trevithick has sailed from Texas, with a cargo of sulphur for Auckland. She is due at Auckland on November 30. The vessel will later visit Dunedin. The Commonwealth and Dominion Lino steamer Port Elliot is to leave New York for Auckland on November 30. She is dne at Auckland about December 30, and will later visit Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Victor is due at Auckland from Glasgow and Liverpool about December 4. She will also visit Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Fort Sydney is expected to leave London for Auckland on December 5. She ia due at Auckland on January 16. 'The steamer will later sail for Wellington and Port Chalmers. The Kaitangata, from Adelaide, is due at Auckland about November 18. The vessel will later sail for Portland and Wellington. The Wanaka, which left Papeete on October 27, is due at Auckland on November 10. She will be despatched again for the Islands about three davs later. The Union Company’s steamer Tofua left Suva at 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday for Auckland with 61 passengers and 17,520 cases of fruit, including about 16,000 cases of bananas end the balance of pineapples. There are also 215 bunches of bananas. The steamer arrived at Auckland yesterday. Captain V. Waterson, who succeeded Captain Knagg as master of the Chinese steamer Ling Nam, was at one time in th© Union Company’s service, having occupied positions on the Koonya. Waikawa, Waihemo, and Katoa, and was master of the Australian coastal steamers Wyrallah, Rostrevor, and Milmeads. Mr B. I±. Stewart, who is now chief officer, was formerly in the Union Company's employ. He recently mad© als world cruise in an American mil. lionatre s 64-ton yacht Speejacks, WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to b© ■within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night; —Auckland : Biol, Canadian Spinner, Mahana, Ulimaroa, Kauri, Fiona, Kaiapoi, Wingatui, Tofua, Trelevan, Wanaka, Waiotapu, Rona, Inkum, Canadian Seigneur. Chatham Islands: Errol, Turakina Wellington: Maori, Mararoa, Ngaio, Tainui! Dorset, Manuka, Waihqra, Waihemo, Moeraki, Maunganui, Tahiti, Koromiko, Port Stephens, Marama, Pakeha, Waipori, Kurow. NORWEGIAN MASTER FINED. At Cardiff recently, Thor Lukin, master of the Norwegian steamer Eidsfjeld, was summoned for having allowed the vessel to be so loaded as to have her load-line submerged Evidence was given that the steamer brought a cargo of timber from a port in the White Sea, and when she arrived at the Roath Basin, at Cardiff, the offence was discovered by the Board of Trad© officers. It was contended for tho defence that the steamer experienced severe weather and shipped heavy seas with the result that tho deck cargo of dry timber absorbed water and thus increased the weight. The stipendiary imposed the maximum fine of £IOO, with £ls costa. NEWCASTLE COAL EXPORT. The quantity of coal (bunkers and cargo) shipped at Newcastle for the week ended October 19, for placis beyond the State was 85.292 tons, of which 63.830 tons represented shipments for Commonwealth and Now Zealand ports, the remainder being for foreign porta. For tho corresponding period last year the total was 90,462 tons Details; , r . Tons. Victoria oj 77Q New Zealand 19 723 South Australia 15*295 West Australia 3 592 Tasmania | ©’ggo Queensland .. i’l7o U.K. and Continent 8 800 Java c | sl2 * T - S - A - 6*120 LOADING FOR NEW ZEALAND. Cable advice has been received by th© Now Zealand Shipping Company that the steamer Trefusis arrived at Sydney (Cape Breton) on October 20 from Montreal to complete loading for New Zealand ports. The vessel is due on the New Zealand coast, via Newport Nows and Panama, about tho middle of December. THE PORT STEPHENS. The Port Stephens, which arrived here from New York, via Panama, Auckland Wellihgton, and Lyttelton, on Saturday morning, left yesterday afternoon for Melbourne and Adelaide, where she will complete discharge and load for the United Kingdom. The Port Stephens left New York on September 22, and passed through the Panama Canal on October 1. She experienced fine weather until October 23, when heavy seas were encountered, and did not abate till Auckland was reached. The vessel is under th© command of Captain I. R. Sawbridg©, who has with him Mr C. A. Hows«n (chief Officer), Mr H. G. Pinkney (second), Mr L. Bailey (third), Mr S’. W. Brown (chief engineer), Mr J. Leggatt (second), Mr H. G. Young (third), Mr J. P. Earsman (fourth), Mr G. Boyce (fifth), Mr E. M. Moor© (sixth), Mr A. G. Gillard (chief steward), Messrs R. J. Henry and D. A. •Scott (wireless operators).

THE COMMONWEALTH FLEET. Information supplied in the Commonwealth Official Year Book, tho advance copy of which has been made available (says the Melbourne Age of October 22), does not indicate the financial result of the operations of the Commonwealth Government steamships for tho years 1921-22 and 1922-23. From tho inception of the fleet in October, 1916, to June, 1921, tho total working profit was £2,301,442, but there is some significance in the following clause: “ Particulars of the years 1921-22 and 1922-23 are not at present 1 available." One naturally asks the question : Were the losses in these years so great that it is not desired to make them known to the world through means of the Commonwealth Tear Book? While the exact result of the operations for the year ended Juno last may not have been available in time for inclusion in the Year Book, surely the manager could have supplied the figures for tho year 1920-21. At the end of June last (says the Tear Book) the Commonwealth’s fleet consited of: Vessels owned by the Commonwealth Government, 33, gross tonnage 174,084; ex-enemy vessels operated, 17, gross tonnage, 79,792; vessels not yet in commission, 4, gross tonnage 26,106.