SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20867, 6 November 1929, Page 8

SHIPPING.

THE MOON. November. First Quarter 10th 2.10 a.m. FuH Moon nth 0.14 a.m Last Quarter .. .. .. .. 24th 4.4 a.m. THE SUN. Rises to-day at 5.9 a.m.: sets at T.3S p.m. • THE WEATHER. November s.—Cloudy and One. Light northeast wind, 8 a,m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.50 29.45 29.40 Thermometer min., 46; max., 61. WEATHER REPORT. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON November 5. The following Is the official weather report at 4 p.m. Norfolk Island—N., light air, BM ' TbW ' overcast, ugly sky 29.69 Awanul—N., high wind, cloudy 29.71 70 Auckland—N.E., fresh breeze, overcast .... .. 29.76 60 East Cape—N., strong breeze. cloudy, moderate seas .. .. 29.89 65 Cape Egmont—N., gale, overcast, , passing showers, rough seas .. 29.62 61 Napier—N., light air, overcast, smooth seas 29 72 71 Farewell Spit—N.N.W., high wln.i, overcast, rain, rough seas .. 29.00 60 Stephen Island—N.W., gale, overcast. raln » rou e h seas 29.62 58 Wellington—N.w., .frevh breeze, ovsresit, rain, rough acas .. 29.81 62 Cape Campbell—N.W., high wind, passing ahoweri, rough seas .. 29.81 91 Greymouth—N., high winds, misty rain, moderata »ea« 58.41 88 Akftroa Llght-IP., gtntle breeze, cloudy, smooth hu 29.5 T M Nugget Point—S.X., goalie breeze, oyercMt, gloom, moderate teas 29.48 59 Puysegur Point—S.E., gentle br„ orercan, moderate mm .. .. 99,45 Chatham lel&nda—l4*, moderate / broese, blue iky, emooth teas 29.84- 92 Sydney (9 a.m.)—?/.. Ught Mr, blue sky 2 9.60 _ Hobart—S.W., alight breeze, overcast, ugly sky 29.78 WEATHER FORECAST, The following is the official weather forecast Pressure has continued low over New Zealand and the Tasman Sea. A shallow cyclone is still situated over the southern portion of the Dominion, while an Intense one has been moving slowly across the northern Tasman, indications ace for northerly winds, moderate ' *° «roag generally and of gale force at places from Cook Strait northwards, changing to southerly soon In the southern districts: seas rather rough to rough generally In New Zealand waters. Strong north winds to gales In the northern and central portions of the eastern Tasman Sea, with rough to heavy seas: moderate to strong east to south-east In the southern portion, with rather rough seas: weather still unsettled, cloudy and misty, with - general rain 'and many heavy falls; mild temperatures but becoming cooler shortly In southern districts. HIGH WATER. November 8— a.m. p.m. . At Talaroa Heads .... ~ 6.12 6 38 At Port Chalmers 8.52 7 18 At Dunedin 7.22 y’jg SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Nove 2 lb i r s.—Arrived: Maheno (6.20 a.m.). from Sydney: Port Hardy (10 ••.m.), from Liverpool.—-— Sailed; Aorangl (10.5 p.m.), for Sydney. 'WELLINGTON, November s—Arrived: Maori {. a.m.), from Lytelton; Marama (11.2 S a.m.) from Sydney; Totara (3.20 p.m.), from Lyttell?u;~pSalled,: n Holmdale (12.5 a.m.), lor Dunedln, Paua (9.SS a.m,), for Bluff: Manuka (3.15 p.m.). for Lyttelton; Tahiti (3.20 p.m.), for San Francisco: Maori (7.50 p.m.). for Lyttelton; Totara (8.45 p.m.), for New Plymouth. ,c,*9n TTELTON, November s.—Arrived: Storm Tlmaru ; Wahlne (6.40 a.m.), from Wellington; Ruapehu (11 a.m.), from Port Chalmers; Hlmstangl (i.io p.m.), from Foi-<7-50 p.m.), from Kalkoura. Sailed: Wahlne (8.25 p.m.). for Wellington: G® l *® P.m.), for Dunedin. HUT!’, November 6.—Sailed: Canadian Expl°orKJHs P “-L for Wellington. SYDNEY November 6.—Arrived: TJUmaroa (8 a.m.), from Auckland. , PORT KBMBLA. November s.—Arrived: Walkoualtl, from New Zealand. FREMANTLE, November s—Arrived: jfoli datla, from London. ts at pre3ent under overhaul at Port Chalmers, was floated Into drydock yesterday morning:.* J . Tb ® , new dredge Otakou will probably go Into drydock at the end of this week. There were no shipping movements at the r? f Otago yesterday. All the bertha at the Dunedin wharves, with the exception of one* were vacant. ‘l due at Punedln to-day from WolUngtraj to discharge and load general cargo, f"! ■}* timed to (Ml to-night for WelUngton and Wanganui, via ports. 6 The Wlngatul, from Auckland, has been delay;d at Lyttelton owing to rain. She Is «^j e # pecte n at P“ ncdln to-morrow, and Is and-Auckllnd. 011 FrWay f ° r eaßt coast BOrta The Qplhl has been delayed at Westport utl S tn ni£h? Ty u£ ln ' She ,s expected to sail late to-night with a cargo of coal for dls- . charge at Tlmaru and Dunedin. The Kurow Is to leave Auckland to-day with f‘“" al cargo for discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff, 3 With a full cargo ■ of phosphates for dlsat,he.w Zealand ports, the North Pacific bSanca) Morocco 0 “ M ° nt,ay from Ca3a - Richardson Company has made arrangements to run a cargo service between Lyttelton and Tau ranga. The company’s steamer Parera was to leave Lyttelten yesterday for Tauranga. ,J rt h .L Tre e O,W u eU . wa - expected to complete unyesto^v b *fh h n at »n, from Nauru at Auckland yesterday. She will proceed to Westport for bunkers, and will proceed to Suva to toad copra for Great Britain. loaa ; en & r:m e e ,eS from 0 T e B w f Yor^ B • eX Tho S r to Wemufeton on Friday. w,7n h ° C ' and D. Line advises that the Port „ “ nt ® r ha , hcen delayed at Bluff and will eaT ® ihero until to-day for Auckland Tokomaru Bay. Gisborne, Nipler, and Welllngton. She Is timed to sail from Wellington on November 27 for London, via Panama I ’ KAIKORAI FROM AUSTRALIA. The Union Company advises that the Kalkoral was to leave New Plymouth. yesterday for Wanganui, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to discharge the h£ «“« a l cargo from South Australian ports and ?* u st,.s;v h '" w PORT HARDY FROM LIVERPOOL. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Hardy arrived a f Auckland yes! terday from Liverpool, via Panama. The vessel has general cargo for, discharge at Auckland Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Sh. due at this port about November 21. WAITEMATA FROM PACIFIC COAST. »Z h V XJ T nlcn C°mpany’t totter Waltomata was to leave Napier yesterday for Lyttelton and Dunedin to continue discharging general cargo from Pacific coast ports. The vessel is due at Dunedin on Saturday, and will proceed hence to Bluff, Nelson and New Plymorj*h to ' complete discharge, y t 0 B.M.S. DUNEDIN’S MOVEMENTS SW.SUSVSSra.S Si.’SST s “' " •• lONIC FROM ENGLAND. ■ a A .., w ll ele!S mes3a ke received by the ShawSaviU Company from the captain of the lonic S „ U N S J ha £ lh ?, «"•* "™ at Wellington A««° ?“ H? r 13 fro “ Lon<3on and Southampton. aadln « Passengers at Wellington, the lonic will proceed to Lyttelton, then Port Chalmers and Blur to discharge her Home J e 9. 8t P ° n Chalplers ab( >« CARGO FROM THE EAST. Afeiee received by the Union, Company states that the Narbada, which reached Calcutta on October 27, Is to toad during November and sail early In December for Penang Singapore and Samarang to complete loading D U r n eirind d 'B.uff nlßKt T’ Lyt telton; Tlmaru. MAHANA TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL. The Shaw-Savlll Company advises that the Mahana Is scheduled to leave Liverpool on *’, ov ™bcr 9 with general cargo for discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. She should arrive at Auckland about December 17. CARGO FROM CANADA. The < iinadian National Steamships’ first steamer t.> cave Halifax this season for New Zealand will be the Canadian Challenger. The vessel Is to sail on December 24 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Tlmaru. Dunedin and Bluff. She Is expected to arrive at Auckland on February 4. MATAROA TO LEAVE ENGLAND. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mataroa is scheduled to leave Southampton on Friday for Wellington and Auckland with passengers malls and cargo. The vessel Is due at Wellington on December 10. PARUACOMRE REPORTED. Reported to bare cleared Norfolk, Virginia, on October 29, the steamer I’arracombe is en route from Montreal to Auckland. The vessel is under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company and wilt unload her cargo of general merchandise at Auckland. Brisbane, Sydney Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide. She Is scheduled lo reach Auckland about December 2.

TARANAKI TO LOAD. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advlsea that the motor ship Taranaki, now on the Australian coast, has been fixed to load products at New Zealand ports towards the end of this month and early In December for the United Kingdom. WAIRUNA AT VANCOUVER. The Union Company has been advised that fho Watruna, from Wellington, arrived at Van-' couver at midnight on October 30. The vessel will toad at Vancouver, proceeding thence to New Westminster, Union Bay and Ocean Falls. S' l ® m expected to clear the last-named port on November 6 for San Francisco and Los Angeles to complete loading for Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Napier. QUALIFICATIONS OF PILOTS. The previous regulations as to the qualifications of harbourmasters and pilots have been altered to allow a holder of a certificate as master of a foreign-going steamship, to qualify as harbourmaster and to provide that an applicant for appointment as pilot must hold a foreign-going certificate as master (cither steam or ordinary), Instead of having one year’s watchkeeptng service while holding a second mate's .(ordinary) certificate. Before the new regulations camo Into operation the pilots were becoming almost a close corpora--1 j . Sa Hlns shl P 8 were getting out of date, and there were very few men who had the necessary qualifications. • WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were reported to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations last night:— Auckland.—Tofua, Aorangl, Trongale, Wftlpahl, Kaltoke, Tregoimei], Keelung. Wellington.—-Maori, Wahlne, T&mahine. 2»galo, Arahura, Niagara, Karetu, Matoppo. Kartlgl. city of Dalhart, Tutanekal, Tahiti, Manuka. Norfolk. Awarua.—Makuta, Paua, Tredlnnlck, C. A. Larsen, Sir James Clark Boss, Kosmos, Southern Princess. Chatham Islands.—lonic, Tamaroa. NEW WHITE STAB LINERS. The Wilts Star Line Is proceeding with the construction of the large steamer of 60,000 tons, with a length of 1000 ft for the New YorkChannel service. The keel plate of this vessel ha 3 been laid, and will remain undisturbed while the motive power and propelling power are being carefully considered. Lord Kylsant, chairman of the White Star Line, has already announced that the Oceanic will be electrically driven, but the generating power la still under consideration, there being various alternatives thit need further Investigation and development In the light of the most recent experience, before arriving at a decision that "can be adopted with complete assurance of success. It Is also announced that the White Star Line has. decided to proceed with the construction of a second new motor vessel of about 2i,000 tons, a sister ship of the Brltannlc, which will bo ready for the New York-Boston-Llverpool service In March next. These two vessels will be the largest cabin liners In' the world, and the largest British built motor ships.