SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19135, 1 April 1924, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. Amu.. New Moon 4th €'.47 p.m. First Quarter .. 32th 10.43 p.m. Full Moon ~ „ „ .. 20th 1.41 a.m. Last Quarter 26th 5.58 p.m. THE SUN. Rise* today at 6.31 a.m.; *ets at 6.33 p.m. THE WEATHER. March 31. —Bright fine; moderate northeast wind. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. ~ .. 30.25. 30.13 30.00 Thermometer .. .. Min-, 46; max., 66. WEATHER KEPOEXB. (Baa Untu From ansoot*Tioir.) WELLINGTON, March 31. The following are the official weather reports at 4 p.m. Station. Wind. Waath«r. Bar. Thsr. Cape Maria, NJS., light, cloudy _ 30.00 75 Russell, N-, light, cloudy 30.10 75 Mnrmlcuu Heads, P.W., light, lair ... 30.08 74 Auckland, N., light, lair 30.07 74 Tauranga, N., light, flne 30.07 73 Eoet. CUpe, N., fresh, haiy 30.15 78 Gisborne, E., light, lair 30.10 74 Napier, E-, light, cloudy 30.10 7!) Castlopoint, N.E., light, loggy *7 Wellington, N,, brec/o, flue 30.06 68 New Plymouth, N.W., light, fine . 30.07 74 Cape Egmont, W., light, flne ... Wanganui, 8.W., light, flne ... Farewell Spit, N.W., light, cleanly ... 30.13 68 Cope Fonlwlnd, N., light, overcast ... 30-05 71 Grermouth, N., light, cloudy Sfl'.lS 68 Stephen Island, N.W., light, cloudy ... 30.10 68 Cape Campbell, N., fresh, flne 30-9 f fl Kaikonra, calm, showery 30.04 68 Akaroa Lighthouse, N.W.. light,, hazy 30.07 63 Nuggets, N. 8., light, loggy - Bluff, S.», light, cloudy • iO - 00 6J WEATHER. FORECAST. Following is tho official weather forecast. Present indications are for variable winds, moderate to strong, north-wesitcrhea to southwesterlies ruling. The weather will he mI “J and’ hazy generally, and changeable and showery on the West Coast and southern district*. The barometer has an unsteady lulling tendency. HIGH WATER. Anril 1— a.m. pn ?.’ At Taiaroa Heads .. •• .. 0.31 12.44 At Port Chalmers 1-1 1At Dunedin x - 31 lM ARRIVALS. March 31. Holmdale, s.a. (1,0.15 a.m.) 6gl toM, WilIram*, from Wellington. Keith Rameay, aß St»rm, s.a. (6.20 p.m.), 4015 tons, M ' lah, from Lyttelton. Messrs H. L. Tapiey and Co., agents. . DEPARTURES. March 51. i Gale, *.«. (12.10 p.m.), 610 tons, Sharpe, for Oamani. Metars H. IL. Tapiey ana Co., agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. • AUCKLAND, March 31.—Arrived; Waipori (10 a.m.). from Westport. Sailed; Tofua (10 p.m.), for Suva, ... WELLINGTON, March 31.—Arrived; Maunganui (8.40 a.m.), from Sydney; Kmmanawa (3.40 p.m.), from. Portland.—— Sailed: Port Pirie (5.25 p.m.), for Dunedin; "Wahine '.7.55 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, March 31.—Arrived: Kurow (7.10.a.m.), from Bluff (put in for bunker coal); Canopus (10 ami.), from Westport; City of Eastbourne (3.40 p.m.), from New Plymouth.——Sailed: Kini (5.40 p.m.), for 'Dunedin; Kurow (11.30 a.m.). for Wellington ; Maori (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington Tho Storm, which arrived here last night from Lyttelton, is to sail to-day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, and Wanganui. The Gale sailed yesterday afternoon for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. j.The Opihi, from Wellington, is due hero ief-morrow, and is to aail tho same day for Bluff. She will return to Dunedin to load for New Plymouth and Neleon, via ports. The Wanaka, from Wellington, via Lyttei ton, is due here to-morrow or oiP Thursday. She will sail for Bluff and will then return to Dunedin to load for Auckland, via ports. The Wingatui, from Bluff, is duo here on Thursday, and ie to sail on Friday for Auckland, via ports. The Hain Line steamer Trckieve is to sail to-day for Bluff to complete discharge of her New York cargo. She wi’l then proceed to Hobart to load for Great Britain. Tho Atua is to leave Auckland to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and is due here about Tuesday next. The Calm, from Bluff, is duo here on Saturday to load for Wanganui, via ports. The Kini, from Lyttelton, is due here today, and is to sail to-morrow for Westport and Groymouth. Tho Whangape, from Newcastle, via Bluff, ia due here to-day. She will complete discharge at Oamaru. The Holmdale, which arrived here yesterday morning from Wellington, is to sail today for Oamaru, Timaru, Lytteltofr, Wellington, and Wanganui. v THE MOERAKI. The Union Company's intercolonial passenger steamer Moeraki, from Melbourne, via Blnfl. is duo here to Saturday, and is to load the same day for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Melbourne. PIAKO DUB TO-MORROW. The steamer Piako, from Liverpool, via Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton, is due here to-morrow morning to complete discharge. She will then go to Fort Chalmers to- load frozen meat and general cargo for West of England port*. She will sail about the end of the week for Timaru, Lyttelton, and other northern ports to complete loading for Home. NGAKUTA, FOE ISLANDS. ’ The Union Steam Ship Company advises that the Ngakuta is to leave Auckland next Tuesday for Rarotonga, Raiatea, Mangaia, and Papeete. DENSE FOGS. STEAMERS DELAYED. There has been a dense fog orTmost parte of the East Coast of the South Island intermittently fori"several days past, and it has been particularly thick at tie Otago Heads, and several ships have been delayed as a result. The coastal steamer Holmdale, from Wellington, was held up for several hours, but she entered the harbour on the fog lifting for a short time yesterday morning, and berthed at Dunedin shortly after 10 o’clock. WAIKOUAITI’S CARGO. The Union Company’s cargo carrier Waikouaiti, from Newcastle and. Sydney, via Bluff, which berthed at tho cross wha,rf on 'Stffiday. commenced discharging yesterday morning. Included in /the Dunedin cargo are transhipment* ex the Durham, Houtman, Aagetork, St. Albans, Orcades, AJri maru, Jason, En-oggera, Wyrecma, Taiyuan, Pacifique, Term esse, Gallic, Bombala, Mackarra, and Manilla, and 25,000 superficial feet of timber, 2000 oases of preserved pines from the East, and 500 cases from Queensland. She is to sail to-day for Lyttelton and Timaru to complete discharge. SMALLPOX ON SHIPS. Dr Cumpston, the Director-General of Quarantine in Australia, has stated that not for years past has emallpox on shipping visiting Australia been so troublesome as to-day. An average of one case of smallpox a week has been discovered for several weeks past. Three cases have come under notice of vessels from the E»«t being quarantined. Tbe Sueeox, after the patient wae lauded, was allowed to proceed to New Zealand, the authorities there having first been warned. The' Taiyuan was was permitted to discharge cargo at Woolloo moo 100, the crew being quarantined till departure. The Scottish. Strath was quarantined in Sydney, one member of the crew ■offering from bubonic plague.

■WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to b® within rang© of the ■under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland: AtholJ, Canadian Constructor, Hauraki, Kniapoi, K-u----korai, Laburnum, M-akura, Marama, Port Brisbane, Tofua, and Waipori. Wellington; Wahine, Maori, Ngaio, Maheno, West Cahoka, Ling Nam, Ulirr.ia.roa, El Kantara, Hordrata, Westmoreland, Scottish Monarch, Port Curtis, Kurow, Kaimanawn., Wanaka, Port P»no, Gallis, Msimoa, Waiwera, Waimato, Moeraki, Whangape. Kaitoke, and Tutanekai. Chatham Island®: Durham and Deroo. PORT PIRIE DUE TO-NIGHT. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Pirie, from London, via Wellington. ia due off the Heads late to-night, and it is expected that she will bo berthed at tho Victoria whari to-morrow afternoon to discharge 1300 tons of general cargo. She will then go to Port Chalmers to load wool for Home, and will later proceed to Auckland to complete discharge. The Port Pirie will subsequently continue Homeward loading at New Zealand port*, and ia to leave Wellington about April 28 for London, via Montevideo, Messrs J. W. Swift and Cc. are tho local agents. A CAPTAIN’S EXPERIENCES. Captain Duncan MTntyre, who recently left the Commonwealth liner Parattah, has returned to London by the Largs Bay. Few ship masters enjoy greater popularity than Captain MTntyre, and his fine record of service in the Commonwealth fleet is an outa.tandmg feature in his successful seafaring career. Captain MTntyre comes of a seafaring family, his father being tho master of early sailing ships that traded to Melbourne. Captain Duncan MTntyre served his time in the Golden Fleece, Jason, and the famous clipper Mernicrua, belonging to Messrs Carmichael and Co, In all of these ships his father was one of the principal shareholders. He sailed for 20 years in the clipper Main .Than, getting command of her at tho age of 24 years. The vessel was a well-known Australian trader, and she also carried immigrants to New Zealand and Queensland, an well as being engaged m East Indian coolio trade. His next command was the Garfield, one of the largest steel sailing ships then afloat. In this vessel he had one of the most thrilling experiences of hi* sea life, the vessel being burnt near Valparaiso, tho crew barely ©scaping with their lives- in tho ship’s boats. After thio adventure Captain MTntyre was appointed to the command of the large four-masted sailer Clan Graham, of Glasgow, trading almost constantly to Australia and San Francisco. He remained 12 years in this vessel, and then joined steam, entering the service of Messrs Burrell's “Strath” Line, and remaining under that flag until the Strathberg, which he then commanded, was purchased by the Commonwealth Government. Captain M’lntyre went over to the Government line and served throughout the war. and subsequently in the Australmount and other ehips. carrying general cargo and foodstuffs. He had some narrow escapes while in the danger zone during the war. but managed to escape the Hun submarine*. Among underwriters and shipping people generally he is held in the highest regard. He ia still halo and hearty, and many still look forward to his returning to Sydney with ft new command.