SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16186, 24 July 1923, Page 5

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Tuesday, July L'J. Port Hunter, s.s. (10.10 a.m.), 842. tons, Cortell, from Wellington.

The Arahura was to be despatched from Auckland at 2 p.m.'' to-duy for Tokomaru .Buy and Gisborhc. The ship ia to be tendered here at 3 p.m. (meantime) to-morrow, with one launch only, for inward and outward passengers, departing- afterwards for Napier. The Kakanoa, which put to .sou yesterday, returned to the anchorage this morning. Owing to the rough Bea conditions in the roadstead it was impossible to work the ship to : day.

On account, of the bad weather in Nnpior, the Kirii cannot be despatchex". from there for Gisborne until to-mor row afternoon, to land the balance ol her southern produce. Upon compitr tion hero she is to sail for Dunediai Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttclton, and Wei lingtou to load again for .Napier ant Gisborno.

It wag found impossible to commence working the S.S. and A. Co.'s Hilar Arawa to-day, as the sea in the hay was too rough. It is hoped to make a start to-morrow morning. The Ripple sails from Wellington tonight for Napier and Gisborne. She is due here on Friday. The Awahou left Auckland last night for the Coast and Gisborne. The Putiki is due here from the Coast and Napier about Friday. The Koutunui is due from the Coast about Thursday and after working- cargo here proceeds on to Napier. The C. and D. Line steamer Port Hunter arrived from Wellington this morning, but was unable to commence loading owing to the rough sea. On completion at Gisborne she proceeds to Auckland.

The Tiroa is to leave Auckland today for Hicks Bay, Tokomaru Bay, and Gisborne..

It was hoped to be able to despatch ■ the ketch Huanni to-day for Auckland. ! The topsail schooner Elsia Mary is' '■•all ready to put to sea upon the commencement of a voyage to Auckland. The largest lighthouse organisation 4 in the world is that of the United States. It now maintains 16,373 aids 'to navigation. It has in commission ] 117 vessels, and during the year three new tenders or supply boats were built, and one new lightship convicted, the latter to replace the one sunk by a German submarine off Cape Hattcras. Of the 6000 persons in the service only 39 arc located in Washington. A new steamer, the Comus, designed and built by Poole and Steele, of Bal-. main, Sydney, for Captain Broadfoot, \sas launched on June 30. The Comus is aOO tons gross register, and her keel was laid at the company's yards three months,ago. She will be ready for her maiden run in two months. The approximate cost of the new steamer will be £22,000. She will be engaged in the inter-State trade, specially between the North Queensland ports and Sydney. The greatest peril to shipping is fog. Until, recently the e&ptain of a ship has had no practicable means of accurately locating in a fog either his own ship or other ships which ho is meeting. The radio fog signal and radio compass gave the navigator .accurate bearings in fog just as well as in clear weather. In his annual report to Secretary Hoover, the Commissioner of Lighthouses states that several additional radio fog signals have been installed during the past year, including one on the new lightship off Cape .Hattcras, and one oh San Francisco lightship. This country now has five such stations regularly in operation, and six moro will be installed in the near future. The United States is in advance of any other nation in the establishment of those protective signals. Their cost is stated to be very moderate, as they can be operated by the regular employees on lightships and at lighthouses. , TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPINGSydney: Arrivcr, at 7 a.m., Manuka, and at 7.3 Q a.m., Makura, from New Zealand. Auckland: Sailed, at 11.15 p.m. yesterday, Awahou, for Gisborne; at 11.45 a.m. to-day, Tiroa, for Hicks Bay and Gisborne. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. Auckland: Arahura, Cragness, Duudrenna, Flora, Kaikorai, Kekeranga, Kosmo, Laburnum, and Tofua. Wellington: Wuhine, Mararoa, La Marseillaise, Ngaio, Ling Nam, Arawa, Ulimaroa, Waihora, Waiotapu, Tutanekai, Port Hunter, Koromiko, Katon, Ivaitangata, Kaimanawa, Bakanoa, Maunganui, Canadian Miller, and Wanaka. Chatham Islands: City of Christinia. WEATHER REPORT. South-easterly and south-westerly winds prevailed to-day, with fine but cloudy weather. The highest temperature recorded at 9 a.m. was 56 degrees at Capo. Maria. Auckland was next with 50 degrees, other records being: Tauranga 45, East Cape 4S, Gisborne -10, Napier 44, Wellington. 48, • Cape Palliser, New Plymouth, and Capo Campbell 45. STATE OF THE SEA. it was moderate to-day at Capo Ma:ia, Tiritiri, Tauranga, Gisborne, and Now Plymouth, rough at East Capo, Castlepoint, and Capo Campbell, smooth at Napier, ami considerable at Cape Palliser. WEATHER FORECAST The indications are for southerly windg prevailing. Weather cloudy and overcast with* a cold night. The barometer has a rising tendency. Sea moderate swell; tides good.