SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 66

SHIPPING NEWS.

MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS. The Orari, from Wellington, arrived at London on August 23. The Marere, from London via Australian ports, arrived at Auckland on August 25. The- lonic, from Wellington (July 15), reached London on August 26The Arrino, from -the Bluff, reached London on August 28. t The Star of Scotland, from and the Matatua, from Auckland, arrived at London on August 38. The Paparoa, from L6ndon, reached Wellington on August 30. The Cornwall, from Liverpool, via Austalian ports, arrived at Auckland on August The Glendevon left Sydney for Auckland and other New Zealand ports on August The Tongariro took her departure from Wellington for L6ndon on August 26. The Delphic, from London, left Adelaide for New Zealand ports on August 26, her first port of call being Auckland. The Tomoana, from London, left Melbourne for New Zealand ports on August 28, her first port of call being Auckland. The Waimate, from London, called At Capetown, and resumed her voyage to New Zealand on August 23. Her first port of call will be Auckland. TO ARRIVE. AT AUCKLAND. GlenJevon, left New York June 6, arrived Sydney August 2i , due Punedin September 10 Tonioaria. left New York June 15; left Sydney 28 for Auckland ; due Dunedin September IP. Cornwall, left Liverpool June 2£, arrived Sydney August 18. Bannockburn, left New York June 21. Delphic, left Loiuion July 10. Kibinga, left New York July 15. Waimate, left l,ondon July 23: left Capetown August 23. Fifeshire. left Liverpool July 24 I AT WELLINGTON. Arawa, left London July 2. and Capetown August 15. Ruapehu, left ixandon August 7. Kia Ora, left London August 9. AT LYTTELTON. Drayton Grange, left London July 9. Rakaia, left London August 9. -v HOMEWARD BOUND. Clan M'lntyre, left Bluff June 21. Clan Leslie, left Lyttelton Juy 5. Wakanui, left Wellington July 11. Wakanui, left Auckland August 1, arrived Monte Video August 22. Moravshi'rp. left Wellington August 8. Dalhanna. left Bluff August 10. Athenic, left, Wellington August 12. Nerehena, left Wellington August 12. Tongariro, left Wellington August 26: PROJECTED DEPARTURES. FBOM WELLINGTON. Otaki, SeptemVser 2. Devon, Seijtemhei 1 2. Corinlh'c> September 9. FROM BLUFF. Kumara, about* end of August. VROil AUCKLAND. Paparoa, September 23. THE MISSING WARATAH. ANOTHER WEEK WITHOUT NEWS. Still another week has passed by and nothing has been learned as to th» fate of the Lund liner Waratah, bound from Sydney to Ldndon, via South African ports. She called at Durban, and left that port for Capetown on July 25. Thirty-nine days have therefore elapsed since the \%aratah was last seen or heard of, and all attempts to discover her whereabouts or find any trace, if she has met with serious disaster, have so far proved unavailing. As each day passes without any news hopes that the steamer is still afloat become fainter. The Paparoa, after leaving Capetown for Hofrart and New Zealand, kept a bright look-out for the missing vessel, but saw nothing. The Ayrshire, which has just arrived at Adelaide, was equally unsuccessful, nor did the steamer Commonwealth, which arrived at Durban from Australian ports, see any trace of the Waratah. The steamer Karoola Las sailed from Capetown and will zig-zag on her voyage in search of the missing steamer. It is suggested by an officer on the Madura at Perth, where she has arrived from Delagoa Bay, that the usual current had taken an unusual southern set, so that the Waratah, if disabled, will be making for Australia in a very southerly latitude. Vessels have been missing for a longer time than has elapsed since the Waratah was heard of, and turned up safely, and after the experience some years ago of the Waikato the steamer may yet turn up safely. The resjue in 1884 of the Dutch barque Dordrecht is also recalled. She was missing for several weeks off the South African coast. The commander of the Cape station, when consulted about making a further search has replied that the- area considered by the hydrosrrapher as most probable to contain the Waratah, if afloat, was now being closely searched by vessels j^oing to Australia. Fifteen had sailed from Capetown s.nce July 20. The salvage offers a big prize and he cannot recommend a further warship search. The New Zealand Shipping Company' s new steamer Ruahins has been launched at Messrs Denny's yards at Dumbarton. Ihe auxi hary steamer Nimrod. which conveyed Lieut. Shackleton and his party Sachet England^ An&rCtlC reei ° 11S ' ha ' S fk Th <ai. follo ( ! vin . tt f 1 ar « Probable sailings of £ c V> Savil1 ' aml Albion "teamen for the 1910 passenprer season:— R.MS Cormthic, January 27, due London March 10Arawa. February 24. due London April 7; Tainui. March 24, due London May 6; lon,ic, May 21, due London June 2Athenic. May 19, due London June 30;Oorinthic. June 16, due London July 28 All the boats, except the Corinthic, call at Rio de Janeiro and Monte Video, and the Corinthic will do likewise if sufficient inducement offers. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Otaki completed her loading at Port Chal m«rs on Aug. 26, and left at 2.45 p.m. for Bluff, where she takes in further cargo and proceeds to Wellington, the final poit. leaving for London about September 1. Her cargo, from this port comprised 216 baleti rabbitskins, 1 bale hair. 28 casks pelts, 11 casks casings, 27 packages sundries, 400 crates rabbits, 2486 carcases mutton, 2962 sacks oats, £2 bales flax, 43 bales tow, 22 saoks peas, 1491 sacks grass seed, 19 j packages rope, and 161 casks tallow. The Tyser liner Maiere, from London via Australia, which arrived at Auckland : on the 25th, had a rough passage from j London to Melbourne. Tremendous ena* ' 6\vept over her decks, the port forward i : boat deck beiruf carried away bodily. ' j

The engine room was also flooded. The severest storm of a series was fallen in with in the Southern Ocean in lat. 48deg. S., long. 45deg E. Furious squalls of hail, rain, and snow were accompaniment's of heavy, raging seas, and the situation was so mad that Captain Firth '" hove-to " for 12 hours in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands on July 28. The Tomoana, from New York to Melbourne direct, fell in with the same hurricane a day later, and for several days had to contend with ipodigious seas and blinding squalls of snow and hail. A gcod deal of water came on board, but no damage was done. Two days prior to encountering this storm the Tomoana passed an iceberg about 110 ft in height, the position being latitude 47deg 28min south and longitude 44deg 41min east, which Captain Linklater states is in the locality of the Crozet Islands. The berg, which was pinnacle shaped, was the only ice seen on the voyage. The steamer Almerian had a thrilling experience recently whilst crossing the Atlantic to St. John's, Newfoundland. She met fields of ice when near her destination, and in avoiding some big floes collided with an enormous iceberg. The impact was so sudden that the vessel ran right up on the berg, and scattered her sleeping passengers out of their bunks like co many eggs from a basket. Many of them ran half clothed to the deck, but the.) stewards allayed the panic, and got them below once more. The captain ordered the watertight compartments of the ship to be closed, and then back off - the ice. His precaution was tamely, for the minute t-he-steamer look the water the sea rushed into her through immense holes in her bows, and" the fo'csle was flooded. When morning dawned the Almerian was panting slowly on her way through ice and icebergs, over 100 of the latter being counted. She arrived at St. John's safely. The latest battleships are of peculiar interest, on account of the extent to which electricity is utilised in them (says the London Daily Telegraph. In the Temeraire it is used so considerably for various purposes that there is something t approaching 140 miles of electric wire, and no fewer than 130 motors. This ship carries searchlight equal to 4,000,000 candlepower, and the vessel's wireless apparatus carries 1100 miles. The coal capacity ie 2400 tons, and the consumption is about 500 tons per day at full speed. She carries a very powerful armament, consisting of 10 12in guns of the Mark X pattern, and 16 4in quick-firers. The big guns are carried- in turrets, two in each. Each turret weighs about 400 tons, and is protected with 12in armour, while each gun weighs about 58 tons, and has a supply of 80 rounds of ammunition, 8501b shells. To work the guns the hydraulic pressure used is 10001b to the square inch.