SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

THE SUN. Rises to-day at 4.42 a.m.; sets 7A3 p.m. THE WEATHER. January 14.—. Showery during the morning, fin© in the afternoon, steady rain later. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer _ 29.40 29.32 29235 Thermometer .. .. Min.,4o; max., 61 WEATHER REPORTS. (Pxb Exited Press association.) WELLINGTON, January 14. The following are the official weather reports st 4 p.m.:—

WEATHER. FORECAST. Following is the official weather forecast; Present indications are for west to south winds, moderate to strong, and northward a* Now Plymouth and Castle-point strong to a gal© at times. Elsewhere th© weather will be changeable and showery in the northernmost districts, and cloudy unsettled weather, with rain following. There will be heavy rain, with flooded rivers, in the West Coast and southernmost districts of the South Island. The barometer is unsteady, but will b© rising everywhere shortly. HIGH WATER. January 15— a-tru p.m. At Taiaxoa Heads .. 9.36 10. 0 At Port Chalmers .. At Dunedin 10.48 11.10 ARRIVALS. January 14. Waimana, s.s. (10 a.m.), 10,389 tons, Andrews, from London, via Auckland. Messrs Dalgety and Co., agents. John, s.s. (3.20 p.m.), 339 tons, Hawick, from Wellington. Keith Ramsay, agent. DEPARTURES. January 14. Waikcruaiti, s.s. (11.45 a.m.), 3660 tons, Ryan, for Oamaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Ruapehu, ba (1.15 p.m.), 8681 tons, Holland, for Timaru. New Zealand 'Shipping Company, agent. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, January 14.—Arrived; Niagara (5.40 a.m.), from Sydney ; Leeds City (9 pm), from Florida. Sailed; AnstraUnd (B p-m.), for Wellington; Kauri (10 p.m.), for Wellington. WELLINGTON, January 14.—Arrived: Kaiapoi (4.35 p.m.), from Newcastle. Sailed: Ling Nam (.5.15 p.m.), for Sydney; Wahma (7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, January 14.—Sailed: Waipori (2.53 p.m.), for Dunedin. OAMARU, January 14.—Arrived: Waikouaiti (5 p.m.), from Dunedin. NEWCASTLE, January 14.—Sailed; Kaiwana, for Auckland; Kurow, for Bluff; Koromiko, for New Plymouth. MONTEVIDEO, January 13.—Arrived: Pakeha, from Napier. NEW YORK, January 13. —Arrived: T:«iieve, from Newcastle. LONDON, January 13. Sailed: Obeki, for Dunedin. The Kaitoke was docked at Port Chalmers yesterday in connection with her periodical overhaul. After taking in 500 bales of wool, the Waikouaiti left Port Chalmers yesterday for Oamaru and Sydney, via ports. After loading a large consignment of wool and other produce, the Ruapehu sailed from Port Chalmers yesterday for Sydney. The Holmdale, from Wellington, is due here on Friday, and is to sail on Friday night for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Waipori, from Auckland, via Wellington and Lyttelton, which is due here to-day, is to sail to-morrow for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. The Kamo, from Napier, via Wellington, is due here on Friday to load for Napier and Gisborne, via ports. The John, from Wellington, which arrived here yesterday afternoon, is to sail to-day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Wanganui, and-New Plymouth. The Calm, from Bluff, is now dueWiere on Friday, and is to sail on that day lor Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Gale, which has been undergoing survey at Port Chalmers, is to come up to Dunedin to-morrow, and is to soil on Thursday for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. The Calm, from Bteff, is now due here on Friday, and is to Mil the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Hobart, 2463 tons gross, a well-known inter-State steamer, has been sold by the Melbourne S.S. Compahy to Japanese buyers in Kobe. The r n °e paid is said to be £20,000. Owing to the rain yesterday the departure of the Trefusis was delayed. She is to sail early this morning for Melbourne and Sydney, where she will complete discharge. THE CANADIAN TRAVELLER. Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. report that the Canadian Traveller is due at Wanganui on January 18 from Australia to load for Vancouver. She will subsequently sail for Napier and Wellington, arriving at Wellington on January 27. The vessel is to sail from Wellington on January 29 for Vancouver. THE DURHAM. A wireless message received by the New Zealand Shipping" Company states that tho Durham, en route from Montreal and Newport News, arrived at Colon on January 6, and sailed the same dev from Panama for Auckland, Wellington, and South Island ports. She is due at Auckland on February 4 and at Wellington on February 11. THE ATHENIC. The S.S. and A. liner. Alhenic, from Lyttelton, via Timaru, is due at Auckland to-day to continue loading. She will complete taking cargo at Wellington, and is scheduled to sail from that port on January 30 with passengers for London, via Panama. THE LING NAM. The Chinese steamer Ling Nam, which arrived at Wellington on Sunday morning from South American ports, via Papeete, discharged a small quantity of cargo, and was expected to sail yesterday for Hongkong, via Sydney. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland; Athenic, Australind, Canadian Challenger, Canadian Cruiser, Eastern City, Essex, Karori, Leeds City, Laburnum, Mabeno, Mamari, Marsma, Niagara, Port Sydney, Royal City, Sonoma, Tofua, Tutanekai, Vingatui, Waihora, and Veronica. Wellington: Wahine, Maori, Ngaio, Maunganui, Ulimaroa, Qnebec City, Port Hacking, Port Victor, Turakina, Ling Nam, Waipori, Moeraki, Ruapehu, Trefusis, and Kent. Chatham Islands; Mahia and Middlesex. NUDDEA DUE TO-MORROW. Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co. advise that the Nuddea, from New York, via northern ports and Timaru, is due here to-morrow morning to discharge about 700 tons of general cargo. She will complete unloading at Bluff, Melbourne, and Sydney. THE TURAKINA. The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Turakina, from Wanganui, via Lyttelton, is to leave Wellington on Wednesday for London, via Panama. THE PORT SYDNEY. The C. and D. liner Port Sydney will be due at Auckland bn January 16 from London. She will discharge 150 tons of explosives at Motuihi, and will come up to Auckland the next day to disembark 12 passengers and discharge a large general cargo. Discharging operations will also be carried out at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, after which the vessel will commence Homeward loading for New York, Boston, and other coastal and inland points on the Atlantic coast, and for London and Continental .ports. She will be due at Auckland about February 23, and will make that her final port three days later. STEAMER HOBART SOLD.’ is reported from Melbourne that the well-known inter-State trader Hobart has been sold by the Melbourne Steamship Company to Japanese buyers. The vessel will Jtaod a cargo of wheat at Port Pirie for J«psn. Tho Hobart il o- steel ocrew steamer ri 2463 tons gross, and 1577 tons net. She was built at West Hartlepool in 1902, and has since been employed in the inter-State trade under the Melbourne S.S. Company’s flag.

waimana, from; London. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Line steamer Waimana, from London, via Panama and Auckland, arrived here yesterday morning and berthed at the Victoria wharf to discharge about 2500 tons of general cargo. She will sail about' the end of the week for New Plymouth to complete discharging and continue loading. She will then proceed to the Wanganui roadstead, ' Wellington, .Napier, Gisborne, Hick’s Bay, and Auckland, and is to leave the last-named port about the middle of next month for New York, Boston, and London, via Panama. TANKER SCOTTISH STRATH. The arrival of the oil tanker Scottish Strath at Sydney on January 2 from .Singapore was of more than passing interest, as she is the largest vessel of the kind that has ever visited Sydney. The Scottish Strath is a vessel of 7417 tons gross and 4523 net, and is a. product of Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. (.Ltd.), of Newcastle-on-Tyne, where the vessel was built in 1922. She is 440£t in length, 57ft beam, and has a depth of 34ft, and is owned by Tankers (Ltd.), of London. The Scottish Strath, which is under the command of Captain Barlow, is to the agency of the British Imperial Oil Company (Ltd.;. _____ THE LASCAR AS A SAILOR. More than 50,000 Asiatic seamen are employed in vessels of British registry (says the Cape Argus). Most of them are Indian lascars, of whom the great majority are Mohammedans from the coast districts of the Bombay Presidency—Surat, Thauna, Aiihag, and Ratnaghihi. Of. the lascar one hears conflicting accounts. When an accident betklls an eastward bound liner charges of unsteadiness and lack of discipline aro often made. Some large lines pride themselves on shipping none but white crews, and are favoured by a section of the travelling public on that account. Ask any of the P. and O. officers, who are the best men qualified to judge, and you will probbaly be told that the lascar, when commanded by officers he knows and trusts, able to give him intelligible orders in his own tongue, is as good a sailor as most, and capable of performing acts of great heroism. The lascar does not cut a very impressive figure unless he be a “serang,” por’-ly and block bearded, in holiday rig of crimson sash and gold-laced turban. Of bis courage and seamanship, however, no one can doubt who has seen him at home in his small sailing craft off the Indian coast at the height of the south-west monsoon, in seas that would almost make the coxswain of the Ramsgate lifeboat anxious. The lascar is a sailor by hereditary calling whose forefathers have followed the sea for generations. It was his forefathers who manned the long galleys of Augria’s pirate fleet, and for centuries he has been accustomed to cross tb© broad Indian Ocean to the shores of Africa, bound on we know not what errands—to fetch, perchance, coal-black slaves and eunuchs for the Court of an Indian prince. In all weathers, in small and ill-found vessels, with_ no proper charts or compasses, and scantily provided with food and fresh water, his were the hands that “guided home thg plunging boats that beat from Zanzibar.”

Janciaes. New Moon .. „ .. .. 7th 0.17 a.m. First Quarter _ .. 14th 10.14 a.m. Pull Moon _ .. .. 22nd 12.27 p.m. Last Quarter „ .. .. 29th 6.23 p.m.

Station. Wind. Weather. Ear Ther Cape Maria, S.W., fresh, 0101157 ... ... 20.S4 74 Eassell, S.E., light, fine ... 20.77 76 Stanukau H., W.S.W., breeze, fair 20.74 74 Auckland, N.W., fair ... 20.75 74 Tanxacga, X.li.. fresh, lair ... 20.60 71 Gisborne, N.E., breeze, smooth — 20.58 76 Napier, N.E., fresh, fine ... — 20.60 "5 Castlepoint, W. light, overcast — 72 Wellington, N., mod. gale, fair ... ... 20.57 66 New Plymouth, W., fresh, fair ... ... 29.71 69 Cape Egmont, N., fresh, fine ... 20.73 71 Wanganui,, W., breeze, fair ... 29.68 73 Farewell Spit, N., fresh, overcast ... 20.65 72 Cape Fonlwind, N.W., fresh, h. rain 29.50 64 Greymouth, N., breeze, rain ... 29.43 58 Stephen Island, W., fresh, hazy ... 29.60 66 Cape Campbell, W., fresh, hazy ... ... 29.45 67 Akaroa Light, N., light, overcast ... 20. oo 67 Elufi, W., light, cloudy ... 20.33 47