SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16364, 11 June 1927, Page 3

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS Fridav, June 10

Tiroa, s.s. (9.15 p.m.), 2C6 tons, Clark from Auckland, via Hick's Bay;

Saturday, Juno 11. Altair, .mux. scli. |2 a.m.!. 67 tons. Bell from Auckland.

Putiki. s.s. (2.15 a.m.), 409 tons, Nairn from Wellington, via Napier. DEPARTURES Friday, June 10.

Koau, o.e.v. (3"p.m.), 155 tons, Bates for Napier. ■ Saturday, June 11.

Koutunui, s.s. (1 a.m.). 171 tons. Miles for Napier. Waimea, s.s. (1.30 a.m.), 454 tons Graham, for Auckland.

The Waimea completed loading and discharging and sailed early this morning for Auckland. She leaves |hero again-on Tuesday, but on account of the silting of the 'river she will proceed to Napier, thence Gisborne, returning to Auckland frorr. here. The Kamo was to leave Oamuui yesterday for Napier and Gishorho, via Timain, bytteltori, and Wellington. She is due here about .1 tine 18. The Poolta, now discharging poles here, is expected to complete on Monday or Tuesday and sail later for Napier. The City of Carlisle leaves New lork on June 39, for' Auckland, Wellington. Lyttetu.n. Dunedin and Launceston. "The- thin bat is expected to arrive from Auckland, via the Toast, to-morrow, and to sail for Napier on Monday afternoon. The Tiroa v sails to-night for Hicks Bay and Auckland, She leaves Auckland on Itlesday lor Gisborne, via Hicks Bay. The Elsie Mary was to leave Auckland at noon to-day 'lor Gisborne with coal, timber, and general cargo. She is due here on Monday.

The Putiki sails this afternoon for Auckland to undergo annual overhaul.

"The Pakura is to leave Wellington for Gisborne,'via'.Napier,' on Tuesday night, and should be here on Friday. The Altair, with benzine, arrived from Auckland early this morning, and sails to-morrow afternoon for 1 tie northern port. The Kaiaia at Napier yesterday was unable to proceed tt> Tolaga Bay with a load of shingle, owing to unfavorable weather conditions.

A -fine liew wharf, capable of accommodating the ordinary coastal steamers, has been completed' at Russell, in the place of the ancient structure which served that part of the Bay of Islands. The main part of the new wharf, both decking and piles, and the approach is of timber. New storage i sheds have also been added and, with the wharf Improvements at Opua completed some time ago, the Bay of Islands is better equipped as a seaport than it has been at- any time during its history. The freezing works at Moerewa provide a considerable amount of freight and since the estahlishine.nl of these works the sheep-breeding and lamb-fattening industry in the Far North has grown rapidly and is expected to grow still more rapidly in the future, for there is a very large amount of country suitable for sheep "still to be brought into cultivation.

According to cabled information from Sydney this week the sale is reported of the steamers Port Lincoln and Port, Macq'uarie to R. J. Thomas and Co., of Anglesey. The vessels in future are to be used for loading between Britain and South Africa. The Port Lincoln and Port Jlacquarie are sister-ships of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, 7240 tons, and have quadruple-expansion twin-screw engines. They were built in 1912 by Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co., of Newcastle-on-Tvne, and engined by the North-eastern Engineering Co.

German Motor Ships German officers on the steamer Magdeburg stated in Sydney last week that two TO,OOO-ton motor ships were being built by the HamburgAmerica line to enter the Australian trade. They would cater'specially for wool and fruit cargoes, and would accommodate 40 passengers.

A Floating University ■An interesting arrival in u>!th Ponds recently, states Lloyd's List, was the steamer Byndam, of 12.f>3(3 tons gross,' which sailed' from York on September 18 last,'and is now on the Inst stage of a cruise round the world, open to students of all American colleges and universities. Th 6 vessel has on board about -U'O students and a staff of 70 professors and instructors, and the cruise is to provide an opportunity for students to secure the educational advantages of extensive directed travel and at the same time to complete a year of college work. The Byndam is especially equipped for this service with class rooms, gymnasium, library, etc. On completion' of the cruise some 35 countries and 50 important cities will have been visited. telegraphictshipping Napier: Arrivwl :\t 3 "turn, to-dny, Koati, from ('•fisborne.' 1 Sydney, June TO: Sailed, Kaitoke, for Auckland; dune 11, arrived 8 mm. Makura.

Suva. June 11—Arrived : Maungariui, from Auckland.

WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE.

Auckland : Tofiia, West Co lorn, Waipori. IVfaunganui, Maheno, Kaitoke, Aorangi, llauraki, Tekoa, Maryland, West Nivaria, Ro'torua, and Kaitangata.

Chatham Islands; Tongariro. [ Wellington: Tnmahine, Tut.inekai, Kalrtiriga, Persian Prince. Taivoa, Anton!, Kawntiri, Maramn, Kauri, and Canadian, Pioneer. Awaiu.%: Karetu.

WEATHER REPORT Taurnngn and Napier reported blue skies this morning, but overcast conditions ruled elsewhere. Light northerly breezes were general. The barometer had risen slightly. , Temperatures at 0 o'clock were: Auckland . r >S degrees, Tauranga, Wangnnui, and Wellington 48, Gisbomo "j,2, Napier 40, r.nd Opotiki 51. Moderate to smooth sons were reported everywhere. ", Wairoa report : Light Westerly wind; moderate sea; good bar. WEATHER FORECAST

The indications are for variable and strong breezes, but southerlies, modcrate to strong, prevailing after about 20 hours. The went her will be cloudy to overcast, and will probably prove cold and showery. The barometer is unsteady, but rising shortly. Tides moderate i sons considerable swell off shore. .'. "