SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20317, 27 January 1928, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON.—SUMMER TIME. jANtTAEY-FEBEtTAaY. New Moon 23rd 8.49 a.m. First Quarter .. .. 30th 7.55 am. Full Moon 6th 7.41 a.m. Last Quarter . • .. 14th 6.35 a.m. New Moon . • • • * • 21st 9.11 p.m. First Quarter .. .. 28th 2.50 p.m. THE SUN. —SUMMER TIME. Rises to-day at 6.53 a.m.; sets at 8.48 P ' m ‘ THE WEATHER. January 26 -— Bright and fine. Light north-east wind, 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ~ . . 29.94 29.90 29.84 Thermometer .. .. Min., 52 ; max., 73. WEATHER REPORTS. (Peb United Press association.) WELLINGTON, January 26. The following are the official weather reports it 4 p.m. : Station Wind. Weather Bar. Ther Oape, Maria, N.E., breeze, cloudy ... 30.18 75 Russell, N., light, overcast 30.18 72 Manukau H., S.W., light, fine 30.20 82 ■ Auckland, N.E., breeze, fair 31.12 74 rTauranga, N-, breeze, hazy 30.10 7a East Cape, N.W , fresh, hazy 30.10 <9 Gisborne, E., breeze, clear 30.0 i 80 Kapier, E., breeze, clear 30.12 SCashlepoint, W., fresh, hazy 30.10 82 Wellington, N., breeze, lair 30.10 70 New Plymouth, N.W., breeze, fait ... 30.17 .. Cape Egmont, N., breeze, fair 30.15 72 Wanganui, S., light, fair 30.10 <4 Farewell Spit, N.W., moderate, cloudy 30.14 <8 Westport, N., breeze, clear 30.14 75 Greymouth, N., fresh, cloudy 30.10 <0 Stenhen Is., W., fresh, clear 30.21 71 Cap© Campbell, N., strong wind, fair 30.03 89 Kaikoura, E., breeze, clear 29.97 /9 Akaroa Light, N., breeze, cloudy ... 29.98 S. Nuggets, N.E., light, cloudy 29.96 6. Bluff, N., breeze, gloomy - J - 8 - b 0 WEATHER FORECAST. The following is the official weather foreCa ¥he weather will be chiefly fair to cloudy and warm, but with scattered showers on thp high lands and West Coast of the South Island and In southern Otago. HIGH WATER. —SUMMER TIME January 27 a.m. p.m. At Talaroa Heads .. .. 7.9 - <34 At Port Chalmers .. .. 7.49 8.14 At Dunedin 8.19 8.44 DEPARTURE. Thursday, January 26. Calm, b.b. (8.30 p.m.), 892 tons, Manson, for Wanganui, via ports. ARRIVALS. Thursday, January 26. Sussex, s.s. (7.30 p.m.), 6957 tons, J. Frew, from Calcutta, via Penang, Singapore, and north New Zealand ports. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. Port Caroline, s.s. (7.20 p.m.), 8263 tons. A. C. Hoad, from Bluff. J. W. Swift and Co., agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Coastal and Intehcolonial. Kurow, Bluff, to-day. Manuka, Melbourne, via ports, to-day. Oplhi, Westport direct, to-day. Cydonia, Wellington, Lyttelton, Jan. 28. Corinna, Wellington direct, Jan. 28. Breeze, Wanganui, via ports, Jan. 29. Oreti, Invercargill, Port Craig, Jan. 29. Progress, Port 'Waikato, via ports, Jan. 30. Waipiata, Auckland, Lyttelton, Jan. 31, Holmdale, Wanganui, Wellington, Feb. 1. Gale, Wanganui, via ports, Feb. 2. Storm, Wanganui, via ports, Feb. 3. Kahika, Napier, Gisborne. Feb. 4. Calm, Wanganui, via ports, Feb. 5. Manchester Merchant, Lyttelton, Feb. 5. Matatua, Suva direct, Feb. 9. Arawa, Wellington. Lyttelton, Feb. 7. Mamilius, Bluff, Feb. 15. City of Bath, Lyttelton. February 16. Cambridge, Wellington, Lyttelton, Feb. 17. Waikouaiti, Newcastle, Sydney, Feb. 18. Canadian Challenger. Bluff. February 19. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikouaiti, Sydney, via ports, to-day. Kurow, Auckland, via ports, to-day. Manuka, Melbourne, via Bluff, to-day. Sussex, Bluff, Sydney, Jan 28. Min, Westport direct, Jan. 28. Port Caroline, Timaru. January 28. Hertford. New Plymouth direct, Jan. ZS, Corinna, New Plymouth, via ports, Jan. 28. Cydonia, Sydney, Melbourne Jan. 30. Breeze, Wanganui, via ports, January 30. Progress, Port Waikato, via ports, Jan. 30. Oreti, Invercargllli Port Craig, Jan. 31. Oplhi, Timaru, Westport, Peb. 1. Holmdale, Wanganui, via ports, Feb. i. .Gale, Wanganui, via ports, leb. . i. Waipiata, Auckland, via ports, February 2. Storm. Wanganui, via ports, Feb. 3. Kahika, Gisborne, via ports, February 4. Calm, Wanganui, via ports, Feb. 6. -Arawa, Bluff, Timaru, Feb. 11. Matatua, Timaru, Lyttelton, Feb. 13. Mamilius. Timaru. Lyttelton, Feb. 17. City of Bath, Hobart, Burnie. Feb. 18. Huntingdon, Wellington, Feb. IfCanadian Challenger, Timaru. February 20. OVERSEAS STEAMERS FOR OTAGO. Cydonia (due January 28).—Left Montreal November 25 and Sydney (Cape Breton) November 30 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Sydney, and Melbourne. via Newport News: arrived Auckland, January 16. „ , T „ Matatua (due February 9).—Left London, December 23. for Suva, Dunedin. Timttru, and Lyttelton. Manchester Merchant (due February 5). —Left New York. December 19, tor Aucktend, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin; Arrived Auckland January 23. Arawa (due February 7). —Left Liverpool December 13 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; arrived Auckland January 23. Canadian Challenger (due February 19). — Left Halifax December 24 for Auckland, Wei lington, Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru and Lyttelton: due Auckland February 8. Cambridge (due February 17). —Left Liverpool December 24 for Auckland, Wei* lington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin: due Auckland January 81. City of Bath (due February 16). —Left New York December 29 and Newport News January 1 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton Dunedin, Tasmanian and Australian ports: due Auckland February 4. Dewey (due February 20). —Left Los Angeles January 10 for Auckland, Wellington, Timaru, and Dunedin; due Auckland February 4. Port Hunter (due March I).—Left Liverpool January 7 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; due Auckland February 16. Ruapehu (due March 4). — Left Southampton January 19 for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers; due Wellington Febsu-ry 28. Ashburton (due March 7). —Left New -erk January 14 for Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin; due Auckland February 23. FOR NORTHERN PORTS. Waiotapu left San Francisco January 3 tor Auckland, Wellington and Australian ports, due Auckland January 28. Mataroa left Southampton January 10 for Wellington and Auckland; due Wellington February IS. Middlesex, left London, December 23. for Auckland, Wellington, and New Plymouth; due Auckland January 29. Kintyre, left Caaa Blanca (Morocco) December 19 for New Plymouth and Wanganui; due New Plymouth February 12. Indianola, left Casa Blanca (Morocco) Peeember 20 for Auckland and Lyttelton; due Auckland February 13. Devon, left Antwerp, January 8, for Auckland ; due February 22. Herminius, left Antwerp January 17 'or Auckland; due February 25. Rotorua, left Southampton January 20 for Wellington and Auckland; due Wellington February 25. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. Niagara, left Auckland, January 17, for Vancouver, via Suva and Honolulu; due Vancouver February 3. Aorangi, left Vancouver January 11 lor Auckland and Sydney, via Honolulu and Suva; due Auckland January 29 Makura' leaves Wellington January 31 for San Francisco, via Rarotonga and Papeete; due San Francisco February 17. Tahiti, left San Francisco January 25 for Wellington and Sydney, via Papeete and • Rarotonga; due Wellington February 13. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, January 26.—Arrived ; H.M.S. Diomede (4.30 p.m.), from Hauraki Gulf. ■WELLINGTON, January 26.—Arrived: Progress (6.15 a.m.), from Port Waikato; Maori (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kamona (5.20 p.m.), from Greymouth and Picton; Kalmal (6 p.m.), from Greymouth: Surrey (7 a.m.), from London; Tairoa (4.10 p.m,), from Napier: Gallic (7 p.m.), from Napier; Maori (6.50 p.m.), from Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, January 26.—Arrived : Holmdale (5 a.m.). from Timaru: Wahine (7 a.m.), from Wellington: Manuka (7 a.m.), from Wellington; Ruahine (2 a.m.), from Timaru; Cydonia (10.30 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed: Holmdale (4.45 p.m.), for Wellington; Gale (6.40 p.m.), for Wellington: Nile (5.30 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Manuka (5.25 p.m.), for Bluff; Wahine (8.15 p.m.). for Wellington. WESTPORT. January 26. —Arrived : Canopus (12.55 p.m.). from Port Chalmers. BLUFF, January 26. —Sailed; Oreti (4.50 p.m.), for Dunedin. BRISBANE, January 25.—Arrived ; Margaret W., from Auckland. MELBOURNE, January 25.—Sailed : Kalwarra, for Auckland. PANAMA, January 24.—Sailed : Ashburton, for Suva.

The Fort Caroline arrived at Port Chalmers last evening Irom Bluff to load wool and other products for London. She is to sail to-morrow for Timaru and other northern ports to complete loading. The Middlesex is due at Auckland on Sunday from London with general cargo and explosives. From Auckland the vessel will go to Well'ngton and New Plymouth to compete discharge.

The Kurow Is due at Dunedin this morn- i Ing from Bluff to load general cargo. She I is to sail to-night for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland.

The Oplhi is due here to-day from Westport with a caigo of coal. After discharge she will load general merchandise for Timaru and Westport.

The Waipiata Is expected to leave Auckland to-day with general cargo and fruit for discharge at Lyttelton and Dunedin. She Is due here on Tuesday. The motor ship Port Dunedin, which loaded wool and other products at Gisborne, Napier, Lyttelton, and Wellington, left tho latter port on Wednesday evening for London, via Panama. The Cape Cormoran was due at Lyttelton yesterday from Westport to commence loading for Home and Continental ports. The Gallic was to leave Wellington yesterday for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. She Is to sail from Auckland on February 9 for New York, Halifax, and West of England ports. . . , The City of Melbourne is to leave New York on February 25 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and Sydney. She is due at Auckland on April a. The Storm landed a further full load of sheep from Picton at Lyttelton on Tuesday and returned for another load. She has been making some smart passages between Picton and Lyttelton lately, and has averaged over three trips a week, or approximately 50 hours tor each round trip. The Kamo, from South Island ports, is due at Auckland to-da„. After discharge the vessel is to go to Greymouth to load coal for Tauranga and Auckland. The Waikawa was to have left Vancouver on January 23 for San Francisco. She proceeds thence to Los Angeles to complete loading for Papeete, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and New Plymouth. The Hauraki, from British Columbia ports, was due at San Francisco on Tuesday to complete loading for Auckland, Wellington, Sydney. Melbourne, and Adelaide. She is to clear San Francisco about to-day. MANUKA DUE THIS MORNING. The Manuka, from Melbourne, via Bluff, Wellington, and Lyttelton, is due at Dunedin this morning. On arrival she will berth at the Rattray street wharf to land passengers and discharge a quantity of general cargo. The Manuka Is timed to sail at 5 p.m today for Bluff and Melbourne. CYDONIA EXPECTED TO-MORROW. The steamer Cydonia Is due at Dunedin to-morrow from Montreal and Sydney (Cape Breton), via northern ports, to discharge a quantity of Canadian cargo. The vessel is under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. FRENCH WARSHIP COMING. (Pee United Peess Association.) AUCKLAND, January 26. The French warship Casslope, now at Noumea, will visit Auckland early In April, primarily for docking and cleaning. The commander is Captain Pauverney. ASHBURTON LEAVES PANAMA. A cable message states that the steamer Ashburton, from New York, sailed from Panama on January 24 for Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. The vessel is due at Auckland about February SUSSEX FROM CALCUTTA. The steamer Sussex arrived at Dunedin last evening from Calcutta, via Penang, Singapore, and northern ports. She was berthed at the Victoria wharf to discharge a Quantity of Eastern merchandise. The Sussex is expected to sail to-morrow for Bluff where the remainder of her freight v.-Ml be discharged. She will afterwards proceed to Sydney and then to Newcastle to load coal lor Java. PORT FREMANTLE REPORTED. The motor ship Port Fremantle is reported to have cleared Panama on January 19, en route from New Zealand to London. Bne was despatched from Napier on December 30. ARAWA TO LOAD. The Arawa is expected to leave Auckland about to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge of her Liverpool cargo. She is due at this port about February 7. The vessel will commence loading here and will proceed thence to Bluff and other ports to complete her cargo for England. CAMBRIDGE FROM LIVERPOOL. The Cambridge is due at Auckland on January 31 from Liverpool, via Panama. The vessel is bringing general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She should arrive at this port about February 17. MAMILIUS LOADS FOR LONDON. The Shaw-Savill steamer Mamilius is due at Port Ohalmers on February 15 from Bluff to load products for England. She will complete loading at Lyttelton and will sail finally from that port about February 22 for London, via Panama. RUAHINE AND RIMUTAKA. The Ruahine is timed to leave Wellington at daybreak on Saturday, February 4, for Southampton and London. Passengers will embark on Friday evening, February 3. The Rdmutaka, which is now loading at Opua, is timed to sail from Auckland at 5 p.m. on Thursday, February 2, for Southampton and London, via Panama. ■» CLYDE SHIPYARDS. In November last year, Clyde shipyards launched 26 vessels of 74,119 tons gross, making the river’s output for the 11 months of the year to date 200 of 407,098 tons gross. Forth yards launched five vessels of 7779 tons gross, a Tay yard a vessel of 1340 tons gross, and Scottish North-East Coast yards three vessels of 1890 tons gross. STEAMER SIR DUDLEY DE CHAIR. The Adelaide Steamship Company, Ltd., has purchased the Dorman, Long steamer Sir Dudley de Chair. She is to be renamed Terka, which is a native name for kangaroo. Built in 1925 at Walsh Newcastle, the Sir Dudley de Chair is 147 ft long by 26ft Bin in breadth and lift Bin in depth. She was specially built for.Dorman, Long, and Co. for the carrying of granite from Moruya to Sydney, t_s granite being used in the construction of the North Shore bridge. The vessel, during last year, was chartered for a number of voyages interstate, PERSONAL ITEMS. Captain S. Hewitt is in command of the Union Company’s steamer Kaimanawa, which was recommissioned at’ Auckland last week. Tho following are his officers:—Chief, Mr S. Gaskin; second, Mr J. Knox; third, Mr A. Matheson; chief engineer, Mr H. Swan; second Mr T. M'Donald; third, Mr ’H. MacKay; fourth, Mr G. Davis; chief steward, Mr R. Dohrn. The death has occurred at Grouville, Jersey, of Captain George Rees Harris, who was for many years in the employ of Messrs Thomas Dunlop and Sons, ship owners, of Glasgow, having joined them in command of one of their early sailing vessels, the Andrew Reid, in the early ’seventies. He was also in command of their sailing ships Clan Grant, Clan Robertson, and Clan Mackenzie, in which he made many smart passages. Subsequently Captain Harris joined and was in command of several of the company s “ Queen ” steamers. -O’ WHITE STAR LINER LAURENTIC. The new White Star liner Laurentic, which made her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in November last year, is said to be one of the finest examples of the British shipbuilder’s art. Built primarily for the White Star Line’s Liverpool-Oanadian service, the Laurentic is making trips in the New York trade, following which she will be operated on two special cruises to the Mediterranean before taking her place next spring in the St. Lawrence trade. The Laurentic ja a product of HarJand and Wolff’s Belfast yards, and public rooms, passenger accommodation and spacious decks are ample evidence that the company has anticipated the wishes of the travelling public, and has built a vessel which it believes will meet with the approval of all. Excellent cabin, tourist third class and third clas s accommodations are provided for 1600 passengers. Each class has spacious promenade deck space. The public rooms for cabin passengers, comprising dining saloon, drawing room, smoking jroom. veranda cafe, gymnasium and children’s playroom have all been designed with" care in a variety of decorative styles. From the Louis Seize dining room, which will seat 310 passengers, one may pass either to the lounge, a reproduction of Italian Renaissance work, to a parquet floor for dancing, or to the Empire drawing room, or to the oak pannelled smoking room designed on Jacobean lines. The Laurentic is of 19.000 gross tons, and has a speed of 161 knots. The vessel Is propelled by three screws, each wing shaft being operated by a four-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine, which exhausts to a low pressure turbine, directly coupled to the centre line of shafting. The low pressure turbine in turn exhausts to two condensers of the Weir regenerative type. The reciprocating engines and the turbine parts are specially balanced to eliminate vibration. Steam is supplied by four double-ended and four single-ended boilers burning coal under natural draught, and the steam is superheated before delivery to tbe engine. The Laurentic has two large funnels and two masts, and a flush forecastle, but has no bank of boats around the foremast, after the fashion now so general. Her boats are banked in two heights the whole length of the promenade deck and right aft. After the fashion of the White Star Line, the ship has a full width flying bridge over the charthouse. Only the forward end of -the long promenade deck Is glassed in.

MOTOR SHIP KING EDWIN. The King Edwin is another addition to the King Line. The vessel has been fixed to load 200,000 cases of oil at Port Arthur (Texas) for Auckland, Wellington, Napier, New Plymouth, Geelong, Adelaide, and Brisbane. The King Edwin was launched at Belfast on September 29, and her maiden voyage will be to Australia. “ King ” vessels often visit Australian ports, particularly during the wheat season, and it ig quite likely that this vessel will be chartered for wheat outwards. The King Edgar was also launched on September 15. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless stations last night: Auckland.—Luceric, Eimutaka, Hororata, Waiotapu, H.M.S. Diomede, H.M.S. Dunedin, Kanna, Waihemo, Pulpit Point Hinemoa, Kaitangata, Bona, Aorangi, Middlesex, Kartigi. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine. Tamahine, Arahura, Ngaio, Surrey, Niagara, Mamilius, Manchester Merchant, Kaponga, Port Dunedin. Canadian Prospector, Paua, Gallic, Tairoa, Cumberland, Karetu Awarua.—Sir James Clark Ross, C. A. Larsen, Makura,, Tahiti, Manuka, Kurow, Port Caroline, Cydonia, Waikouaiti, Sussex. Chatham Islands —Port Sydney, Cambridge, Tamaroa.