SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20431, 11 June 1928, Page 6

SHIPPING.

/*" THE MOON June. Last quarter >« .. .. 11th 5.21 p.m. Now Moon „ .. ~.. 18th 8.12 a.m. Pint Quarter .. .. 25th 10.17 a.mTHE SUN. ~ Rises to-day at 7.45 a.m.; sets at 4.29 p.m. THE WEATHER. June 9.—Cloudy and fine. Light north-east wind. , g a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer k-h •• 30.02 29.95 2981 Thermometer - .. mm., 47; max., o-. June 10.—Cloudy and fine. Calm. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer .. 29.83 29.82 Thermometer . . -• ■— min-, 42; max., 00. weather FORECAST. The following Is the official weather fore“flllght cyclone passed north of Cape Marla yesterday morning and a southern low pressure wave was crossing the southern portion of the Dominion. Pressure is high over the western Tasman Sea. Indications are for Ught to fresh east to north winds backing to southerlies everywhere within 24 hours; seas becoming rough south of Cape Farewell and Castlepoint, elsewhere mainly moderate fresh to strong southerlies and rather rough seas In the eastern Tasman Sea; weather still dull and misty fairly generally, with scattered showers, colder temperatures soon. HIGH WATER.'

ARRIVALS. Saturday, June 9. Breeze, s.s. (7.5 a.m.), 542 tons, M'Keftzie, from Wanganui and Wellington. H. L. Tapley and Co. agents. Sunday, June 10. Kahlka, s.s. (7.10 ajn.). 1172 tons, MClelland, from Gisborne. Union Steam Ship ComP IVTngatui, s.s. (9.30 a.m.), 2378 tons, Hewitt, from Auckland, via ports. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. _ ■ Corlnna. s.s. (10.15 a.m.), 1319 tons, Lowe, from New Plymouth and Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agent. DBPAETUBB. Saturday, June 9. Breeze, s.s. (11 p.m.), 542 tons, M'Kenzle, 7or Wanganui, via ports. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ‘AUCKLAND, June 9.—Arrived: Kallngo (9.25 am.), from Newcastle; Maui Pomare (9 p.m.), from Wellington. —Sailed: Yoseric (7.15 a.m.), ff>r Westport: Talnui (7.20 a~m.). for Wellington; Kalmanawa (4.50 p.m.), for Westport, Cumberland (5.40 p.m.), for Wellington. NAPIER, June 9.—Arrived: Tasmania (7 frcVi Wellington. ■ , , , NEW PLYMOUTH, Juno 9.—Arrived: Leopold L. D. (5 a.m.), from Auckland: Bimutaka (9 a.m.), from Auckland, r WELLINGTON, June 9.—Arrived: Kamona *(1.40 a.m.), from Greymouth; Waiotapu (1.40 ami.), from Auckland); Banja (3.35 p.m.), , - from Auckland; Pnkeko (4 p.m.), from Wha"“'ngarei; port Auckland (6 p.m.), from Gis~f borne. —Sailed; Tamaroa (7 a.m.), for Southampton; Port Dunedin (7.10 a.m.), for London: (Holmdale (1.10 p.m.), for Dunedin; Kalmal (1.20 p.m.), for Greymouth; West Carmona (4.43 p.m.), for Dunedin; Kaiapol (11.15 p.m.), -for, Plcton. June 10.—Arrived: Maori (7.30 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Waiplata (5.30 p.m.), ; -' *£rom Auckland. „. ~v LYTTELTON, June 9.—Arrived: Orepukl (3 ‘ ‘‘a.m.), from Tarakohe; Maori (6.35 a.m.), from < 1.. Wellington Wlngatui (10.50 a.m.), for Dunedin; Totara (5.30 p.m.), for Welllng-■‘-v-'ioii-; Maori (8.40 p.m.), for Wellington.—June , aO,—Arrived: Storm (12.10 p.m.), from Tlmaru: ’ 'Maheno (7.20 a.m.), from Wellington; Mernoo -v, (1:45 a.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF, June 9—Arrived Port Curtis (7 ' a.m.), from New York, via northern ports. > -.The Breeze arrived on Saturday morning from Wellington, and sailed on Saturday night for Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Wanga- -■'~" Corlnna, which arrived at Dunedin yes- - -.terday from Wellington, will load general cargo to-day and sail to-lalght for Wellington, Nelsbtt and New Plymouth, via ports. The Wingatul arrived at Dunedin yesterday from Auckland, via ports. She Is -o.f tlated to sail to-night for Oamaru, Tlmaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. .zl'J The Opihl will load at Westport early this ~ -.week for Dunedin. . ' 1 - ’* The Kahlka, which arrived here yesterday • ; morning from Gisborne, will load general cargo to-day and sail to-night for Wellington, Napier, ■' ■"* irid Gisborne, via ports. . _ The Karetu Is to sail to-morrow for Oamaru ’■‘‘and Lyttelton to discharge the remainder of ‘her cargo from Newcastle and Sydney. ~The Waiplata left Auckland on Friday after- ' boon with general cargo f%r discharge at Wel- . V lingtqn, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She Is due hpre on Thursday. The Katoa nas been fixed to load at Auck- - .land about Wednesday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Tlmaru. The Kurow is to sail to-night for Bluff, , where the remainder of her .coal cargo will .'be’ discharged. She will afterwards go to Port ■-..-Craig to load timber for northern ports. ’ ‘‘ ' The steamer Indianola arrived at Lyttelton ■’•"•last Thursday morning from Nauru Island with 5000 tons of phosphates for discharge. •*' The Hurunul is due at Wellington fen Wed-..-v rjiesday from New Plymouth, and will sail finally from there on June 16 for London and West Coast ports of Great Britain, via Montevideo and Las Palmas. The Port Sydney, which was expected to sail yesterday frpm Sydney, will arrive at Bluff about June 13, sailing afterwards for Port Chalmers. The Manuka Is scheduled to leave Melbourne on Wednesday for Bluff direct, being due at the southern port on June IT. She will sail the following day for Wellington. The Andrew Weir Line steamer Aymeric left Jr on June 1 with a full cargo of phos"tphate for Auckland, New Plymouth, and Wanganui. She is due at Auckland on June 12. The Baranga sailed from Wellington last Thursday afternoon for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland to complete ‘loading. She will now sail finally from Auckland on June IS for London. i- The Eairanga is to leave Wellington tomorrow for Lyttelton, and sail thence to Hobart and Newcastle. , According to advice received the steamer Saltersgate has been chartered to load nitrates >» .at’ Chile for Auckland. She Is a London . Steamer of 3940 tons gross and 2387 tons net. *-' She was built at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1924. - .Her owners are the Turnbull, Scott Shipping - Company, Ltd. She was formerly named the • * Overstone. The Matakana is due at Wellington on June ’■* "15 from Napier, and will sail finally from f|a ..-.ij northern port on June 18 for London, Avon- _ mouth. Glasgow and Liverpool, ,via Montevideo ‘ v and Teneriffe. THE CANADIAN CHALLENGES. • ■>.; Messrs H. L. Tapley and Co. advise that the , .Canadian Challenger was due at Auckland yesterday from Montreal, via Panama. The -vessel Is carrying Canadian cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin ' an'd Bluff. She Is expected at this port on .June 22. KAWATIBI FBOM AUSTRALIA. ’ ’ The Union Company advises that the KawaIrl was to leave Adelaide on. Saturday for Melbourne to complete loading for New Plymouth, ''-•.Portland, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and . „ Dunedin. She is expected to sail from Mel- ’ bourne on Wednesday. ' , THE CANADIAN BRITISHER. ’ ' The Canadian Britisher, en route from Auck- '■ .-land to New York, Boston and Halifax, arrived at Panama on June 6, and cleared the canal ‘-the same day. " WAIKAWA FBOM PACIFIC COAST. . -The Union Company reports that the Waikawa, from Pacific Coa>r ports, cleared Apia ■ " oh June 5 for Nar*r, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and New Plymouth. She is due at Napier on June 13. v * SUSSEX FOB THE EAST. The Union Company reports that the Sussex ’• ■"''was to leave Newcastle on Saturday for Calcutta, via Java or Singapore. She is to take the July-August loading at Calcutta, and com--piete at Penang, Singapore, and Samarang for __ New Zealand ports. AMERICAN STEAMER GOLDEN COAST. The first of the former American-Australia-Orient Line steamers to arrive at Auckland under her new name will be the Golden Coast 1 ' (ex West Nivaria), which left Los Angeles on .-i v .May 30, and is due at the northern port on June 24. From Auckland she will go to Wei- -•' lington and Lyttelton. The Oceanic Oriental , . Navigation Company is the new owners. PASSING OP THE ROTOMAHANA. For the first time in the history of the Port Philip pilot service, a pilot steamer attended -, .t-tbe sinking of a steamer. The occasion was the passing of the Eotomahana. A signal honour r ’ -'was paid to the old vessel when the International pilot flag (a St. George cross on a white background) was dipped while she was sinking. Three active members of the pilot . . service were former captains of the Rotoma- ‘‘ hana. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE, i -The following vessels were reported to be within range of the under-mentioned wireless ■ '-'stations last night:— - -.-1 Auckland. —Tofua, Kanna, Aorangi. H.M.S. Dunedin, H.M.S. Veronica, H.M.S. Laburnum, ""'Ayeeeclc, Waikawa, Maunganui, Canadian Chal- . lengcr. Wellington.—Marama, Niagara, Tasmania, -.•■ Matakana. Queen Eleanor, Hurunui, Port Dunedin, Tainui, Cumberland. Awarua.—Manuka, Buahine, Mernoo. Chatham Islands.—Turakina (Wellington to London t

MOTOR SHIP MAUI POUABE. A change has been made in the Itinerary of the Government's new motor ship Maui Pomare, which reached Wellington on June 1. from England. The vessel was due a.t Auckland yesterday. She will dock to-morrow for extensive overhaul and refitting. In consequence her departure from Auckland for Niue Island and Apia has been postponed until June 23. NORWEGIAN MOTOB SHIP BANJA. With nearly 3,000,000 gallons of bulk oil for the Atlantic Union Oil Company, the new Norwegian motor ship Banja reached Auckland from Los Angeles on the morning of June 5. She unloaded 700X100 gallons Into the company's tanks at Freeman's Bay, and a similar amount will be landed at Wellington, about 500,000 gallons at Melbourne, and 1,000,000 gallons at Sydney. From Sydney she will probably return to America to again load bulk oil for New Zealand and Australia. The Banja is on her maiden voyage, and is differently constructed to the other motor tankers that have visited Auckland. She is built on the King Foster system, which is standardised in Scandinavia. From the engine room,, which is aft, she has three longitudinal sections! which reach to the forepart of the fore deck. The top of the middle section is 6ft above the deck and over it is a bridge fore and aft- The middle section is divided Into eight tanks, and the side sections each into four tanks. On the forepart of the longitudinal sections Is a hold for the carriage of case oil or general cargo. The crew numbers 35 all told. Captain P E Arnesen and his ofjpers have roomy quarters on the bridge deck. The engineers and seamen live aft. Besides the ordinary spark wireless outfit the vessel carries a shortware transmitter capable of transmitting messages to Europe. No special wireless operator is carried, the chief and second officers being both certificated operators. Fine weather prevailed on the voyage, and the speed averaged 11 knots. OVERSEAS SUMMARY. The following movements of overseas steamers were reported by cablegram and telegram during the week: — Aorangi, left Auckland June 5 for Vancouver, Aymeric, left Nauru Island June 1 for Auckland and New Plymouth. Canadian Britisher, left Panama June 6 for New York, en route from Auckland. Cumberland, arrived Auckland June t» from Liverpool, via Panama. .... . „ Gambia Biver, arrived Auckland June 5 from Makatea Island. „ _ „ - Golden Coast, left Los Angeles May SO for Auckland and Wellington. % Huntingdon, left Glasgow June 1 for Liverpool and Auckland. - , Indlano.la, arrived Lyttelton June 7 from Nauru Island. . , lonic, left Colon May 31 for London, en route from Wellington. Kla Ora, left Montevideo June 4 for London, en route from Wellington. Leopold L. D., arrived New Plymouth June 9 from Texas and Auckland. Makufa, arrived San Francisco June 8 from Wellington, via ports. . ~ , Niagara, left Honolulu June 6 for Auckland, en route from Vancouver. Northumberland, left Panama May 29 for Auckland, en route from Liverpool. Norfolk, arrived Wellington June 7 from Liverpool, via ports. ' Otokia, arrived Los Angeles June 1 from Auckland. ~ _ , O. A. Knudsen, left Wellington May 7 for San Pedro. Port Napier, left Halifax June 1 for London, en route from Auckland. Piako, left New York June 5 for London, en route from Auckland. Port Albany, left Colombo June 4 for London, en route from Australian ports. Port Curtis, arrived Bluff June 9 from New York, via New Zealand ports. - Papanui, arrived Montreal June 5 from England, en route to New Zealand. Piplrlki, left Panama June 2 for Auckland, en route from New York. Port Dunedin, left Wellington June 9 for London, via Panama. Bemuera, arrived Southampton June 3 from Wellington, via Panama. Euahine. arrived Lyttelton June 7 from London, via Wellington. Banja, arrived Wellington Juno 9 from Los Angeles and Auckland. Baranga, arrived Napier Jane 7 from Wellington. Bimutaka, arrived New Plymouth June 9 from Auckland. Botorua, arrived London June 6, from Wellington, via Panama. Sussex, left Newcastle Juno 9 for Java and Calcutta. Tahiti, arrived Sydney June 10 from San Francisco, via ports. Turakina, left Wellington June 5 for London, via Panama. Taranaki, left Panama Juno 3 for Lyttelton, en route from London. Tasmania, arrived Napier June 9 from Wellington. Tamaroa, left Wellington June 9 for London, via Panama. Talnul, left Auckland June 9 for Wellington. Waiotapu, arrived Wellington June 8 from Los Angeles and Auckland. Westmoreland, arrived London June £ from Wellington, via Panama. Waikawa, left Apia June 5 for Napier and Lyttelton, en route from Pacific Coast ports. Yoseric, left Auckland Juno 9 for Westport and Nauru Island.

June At 11— Talaroa Heads a.m. 8.49 .. 9.29 p.m. 9.15 9.55 , 9-59 10.25