SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19201, 18 June 1924, Page 4

SHIPPING.

THASES OF THE MOON. June. _ New Moon .. 3rd 2-39 «- m - First Quarter 11th KlO *" m * Full Moon 17tb 4.11 p.m. Last Quartan 21th Ll 6 p.n>» THE SUN. Rises to-day at 7.56 a.m.; sets at 1.22 p.m. THE WEATHER. June 17.—Bright and lino; trtflh north-east, wind. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 30.15 30.01 ff 1.92 Thermometer Min.,29; max., 40. WEATHER REPORTS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Juno 17. The following aro the official \weathcr reports ■I 4 p.m. : Weather Wind. Bar. Ther. Capo Maria, N.E., fresh, squally ... 39.97 64 Russell, N., fresh, overcast 30-m hi Manuk,ill Hoods, N.E., m. gale, ram .10.03 <>3 Auckland, N.E., light, showery 10.0.1 a? Tauranga. calm, overcast ‘10.17 ol Bust Cape, S., light, cloudy 90.3:1 HI Gisborne. N.E., light, overcast ... 30.35 ~5 Napier, N.E., breeze, overcast 39.30 10 Cnstlepoint, N.E., breeze, elcmly ... —■ w Wellington, calm, overnisb ■’’* Now Plymouth, £.» fn**h, overcast ... -»4 Cap;, Egraont, N. 8., fresh, overeast ... 30.00 53 Wanganui, N.H., light, gloomy 30.11 M Farewell Spit, N.E., fresh, showery... 30.04 51 Capo Enulwiml, E., fresh, dourly ... 29.05 43 Grcynnuth, 11., fresh, cloudy 29.95 47 Stephen Island, N.E., fresh, overcast 30.0(1 M Cape Campbell. W., light, ovr-re.st ... 30.38 30 Kaikoura. oalm. fine •- 43 Akaroa Lighthouse, N.. light, fine ... 30.00 43 Nuggets, N.W., light, fine 29.83 43 WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather *orccast: Present indications ante for increasing northerly to westerly winds. The weather will bo unsettled and cloudy, with rain following generally. The barometer has a falling tendency everywhere. HIGH WATER. June 18— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa. Heads 3.13 3.44 At Port Chalmers 3.53 4.21 At Dunedin 1.23 4,54 ARRIVALS. June 17. Waihemo, s.s. (9.15 a.m.), 5627 tons, Todd, from Newcastle, via Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Navata, «.«. (11.15 a.m.), 2030 lone, Elders, from Lyttelton. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Gale, s.s. (8 p.m.), 610 tons, Sharpe, from Lyttelton. Messrs H. L. Tapley and C 0.., agents. DEPARTURES. June 17. Wanaka, s.s. (11.15 a-.m.), 2-195 tons, Prosser, for Bluff Dorset, s.s. (8.10 p.m.), 8734 tone, Kettlewell, for Sydney. Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co., agents. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.' AUCKLAND, Juno 17.—Sailed: Tie l yon (7 a.m.), lor Vancouver; ins, cable repair steamer (9.15 a.m.), lor Queensland; Kakapo (noon), for Noumea; Ruapehu (5.20 p.m.), for Wellington. WELLIiNGTON, June 17. —Arrived: Maheno (noon), from Sydney; Mararoa ' (7.40 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Antinoiw (8 a.m.), from France; Storm (2.4 u p.m.J, from Lyttelton.——Sailed: Mararoa (7.55 p.m.), lor Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, Juno 17.—Arrived; Wootton (4.45 a.m.), Maori (6.50 a.m.), Calm (11.15 a.m.), from Wellington; Orepuki (6 a.m.), from Timaru. Sailed: Canadian Challenger (5.5 a.m.), Maori, for Wellington. TIMARU, Juno 17.—Arrived; Breeze (10.50 a.m.), from Dunedin. OAMARU, June 17.—Arrived: Corinna (10.15 a.m.), Wingatui (noon), from Dunedin. SYDNEY, June 17.—Arrived: Marama (6.30 a.m.), from Wellington; Ulimaroa (11 a.m.), from Auckland. COLON, Juife 15. —Sailed: Tekoa, for London ; Canadian Cruiser, for AucklandNEWPORT NEWS, Juno 15.—Sailed; Mahana, for London. FALMOUTH, June 15.—Arrived: Port Curtis, from Wellington. .*> % The aHin Lino steamer Trecarroll, which has been discharging sulphur and petrol at Port Chalmers for a week, is to leave this morning to continue her discharge at Sydney. The Waihemo, from Newcastle, via Wellington, docked at Port Chalmers yesterday for inspection as to whether damage had been sustained when she bumped at Newcastle. An inspection disclosed a few loose rivets in the bottom amidships. The Gale, from Lyttelton, which arrived Jicre last night, is to sail to-day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. The Dorset sailed yesterday afternoon lor Sydney, where she will commence loading for Great Britain. The Waikouaiti is to sail to-morrow for Lyttelton, Timaru, and Sydney. The Kawatiri, with a full cargo of Newcastle coal is due here to-morrow. On completing discharge she will dock at Port Chalmers for cleaning and painting. _ The Opihi, from Wellington, is due here on Friday, and, after discharge, she will dock for cleaning and painting. She will then return to Dunedin to load for Nelson and New Plymouth, via port*. The Flora hae been further delayed at Napier owing to bad weather, and is now due here about Friday to load for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Napier. The Karon is to load coal at Gneymouth and Westport this week for Tokomo.ru Bay, Gisborne, and Napier. The Kauri is at present loading a coal cargo at Newcastle for Bluff. The Waipori ie scheduled to load at Edithburg, Adelaide, and Wallaroo this week for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The City of Adelaide is to sail to-day for Fremantle, whore she will complete discharge of her New York cargo. KAKAPO, PROM WALPOLE ISLAND. The Union Company advises that the Kakapo, with a cargo of phosphates from Walpole Island, is duo here about July 10. NATTER LIGHT REPLACED. The Marino Department advises that the light on the western pier in the inner harbouo at Napier, which was washed away recently, has been replaced on a skeleton etrUOture 70ft south of the original position. TEKOA REPORTED. The Now Zealand Shipping Company has received cabled advice that the Tekoa, which left Wellington on May 23, arrived at Panama on Juno 12, and left Colon on June 13 en route for London. RAMA FOR NIUE ISLAND. Tile Rama’s next trip to Niue Island has been postponed until .July. It is announced that the Rama is being fitted with wireless. RECOMMISSIONING THE RONA. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s uteamcr Roma, after being laid up at Sydney since the end of February, is being recommissioned. She will proceed to Newcastle to load coal for Fiji and will load a cargo ol raw sugar later at the Islands for Auckland. DEVONPOET AND LAUNCESTON TRADE. It is, announced by the Union Company that there is a possibility of fixing a vessel to load chaff at Devonport at the end of June. She will complete loading at Melbourne and leave there the first week in July for Auckland RIMU REPLACES NGATIAWA. The Northern Company's steamer Ngafiawa arrived from Onehunga and Hokianga this ramming to undergo annual overhaul. She ie being replaced in the West Coast service by the Rimu, which left Auckland last Friday for Hokianga and Onehunga. THE ROTORUA. The Now Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotorua arrived at Napier on Friday morning from Auckland to continue loading. She left Napier on Monday night for Lvttelton and Wellington, and is due at Wellington on Saturday. The Rotorua will sail from Wellington on June 23 for Southampton. and London, via Panama. CABPSEY WITH SUGAR. According to advice received by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, the steamer CarpseJ, formerly the Auatralpeak, left Java on May 30 with a cargo of raw sugar for Auckland. She is due at Auckland to-morrow. MOTOR SHIP NORDHO. The Huddart-Parkor Company has been appointed a«ent for a new 12-cylinder motor ship, the Nordho, which was built in 1923 by A. K. T. Buimoisir and Wain, at Copenhagen. The agents announce that the steamer i» due to load at Seattle and Vancouver about June 24 for Auckland, Wellington, Timaru, and Dunedin. The Nordho nj built of steel, with twin screws, and a gross tonnage of 4500 tone, her dimensions being; Length 300 ft, breadth 53ft, depth 25ft. Up to the present time the only motor ship that has been engaged in trade to New Zealand waters is the Union Company’s Hnuraki. The Nordho will therefore be the second of tne Hew type to visit New Zealand ports.

THE LING NAM. Cabled news has been received that the Chungwha Navigation Company's steamer Ling Nam en route from South American ports, cleared Papeete for Auckland on Tuesday of last week and is duo at Auckland to-day. The vessel has about 800 tons of nitrates from Chile to discharge at the northern port. From Auckland she will proceed to Sydney, Thursday Island, Java, and Singapore. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to bo within rang© of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night:—Auckland: Kaitoko, Kent, King Howell, Ling Nam, Makura, Ngakuta, Niagara, Norwich City, Trebartha, Tutanekai, Tofua, Waitomo, Katoa, Pinna, Port Augusta, Ruapehu, Iris, Trclyon, 11.M.5. Dunedin, and Carpscy. _ Chatham Islands; Nil. Wellington; Maori, Mararoa, Muheno, Mistylaw, Port Wellington, Kawatiri, Moeraki, Rotorua, Canadian Challenger, Kaitaugata, Wingatui, Port Victor, Kotomiko, Kaikorai, and Kaiapoi. RIMUTAKA’S ITINERARY. The New Zealand Shipping Company 8 liner Rimutaka, fnom northern pevts, v ia Timaru, is duo at Port Chalmers on Saturday to load frozen meat and general cargo for Boston, New York, and West Coast England ports. She is to sail about jnn© 24 for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland to complete loading, and is scheduled lo leave the last-named port on July 5 lor Boston, via Panama. Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co. will supervise her loading at Port Chalmers. TOFUA’S ISLAND CRUISE. Tho Island steamer Tofua left Auckland on Saturday for tho Western Pacific Islands, and will observe the following itinerary diming her Island cruise;—Arrive Suva Juno 19, depart 20; arrive Apia 22, depart 23; arrive Vavau 26, Haapai 27, Nukualofa 28, Suva 30, depart July 2 for Auckland, arriving back hers on. July 7. CANADIAN SCOTTISH. The Canadian Government steamer Canadian Scottish, 5334 tons, Captain A. Fotflon, arrived at Auckland on Thursday from Vancouver. The vessel loaded lumber and produce at Vancouver and sailed on May 18, experiencing » fair weather and unevcntiui voyage across the Pacific. She has 5011,009 ft of lumber for discharge et Auckland and 600 tons of oats, in addition to about 40 cases of veneer and a quantify of general cargo. She has, In addition, 2,000,000 ft of lumber for Sydney, besides a quantity of general cargo, including a number of pianos. It is expected that the vessel will remain in port until about the middle of this week, when she will sail for Sydney and Melbourne to complete discharge. THE MATATUA’S SALVAGE. A shipment of 5000 tons of salvaged cargo from the Matatua was discharged at Auckland last week cx tho Moliia, from London. This was loaded at the Tilbury docks in the latter half of April, and the Mahia's projected sailing from London on May 7 for AuetnalLa was cancelled to enable here to deliver the Mabatua’a undamaged cargo as early as possible. No other cargo, with the exception of 450 tons of explosives, was loaded by the Mahia. The outward voyage, commenced on April 30, was made in the smart time of 361 days. TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE. The following are the latest movements of vcesels in tho transpacific cargo service; The Hauraki, from Vancouver and Powell River, was expected to have left San Francisco on Saturday for Wellington, Bluff, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. The Waiotapu, from Vancouver and Ocean Falls, flailed from San Francisco on Monday, June 9, for Auckland, Newcastle, Sydney, and Melbourne. Sbe is due at Auckland about Thursday, July 3. The Wairuna, from Pacific Coast ports, via Auckland, Wellington, and Sydney, left Newcastle on Saturday for Melbourne to complete discharge. She loads at Melbourne and Geelong for Auckland, en route to Vancouver and San Francisco. The Waikawa, from San Francisco, left Vancouver on Saturday for Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Tho Trolyon left Auckland on Saturday lor Vancouver and San Francisco to load tor Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney.