SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16374, 23 June 1927, Page 5

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS Thursday, June 26. Gunhar, s.s. (2 a.in.), fkftt lons. Gibson, from Auckland, via the coast. The Waimea, from Auckland, is duo at. Kapler this evening. She leaves there, to-morrow for Gisborne, discharging cargo here on Saturday, and sailing later for Auckland. The Kairio loads at southern ports early next week for Napier and Gisborne. She is due here about the end of next week. The Federal .Line steamer Cumberland, loading frown meat and general cargo here for United Kingdom ports, is expected to leave to-morrow for Napier. The Makura left Wellington yesterday for Auckland, where she. will (ivydock. She leaves Auckland on June 27 for Rarotonga, Papeete, and San Francisco.

The Tahiti, from San Francisco, is due at Papeete on Saturday, Rarotonga on Tuesday, and Wellington on July 4. She sails from Wellington on July 5 for Sydney, where sin* is due on July

The Awahou left Auckland last night for Tokomaru Bay and Gisborne. She 'is due hero to-morrow night. The Pakura is due here to-morrow from Napier and Wellington. The Parera should arrive_ nt Waikokopu to-morrow from Wellington, The Port Pirie is duo nt Gisborne from Port Kombla, early on Monday morniug to l<iad 24,00,0 freight;. carcases of frozen meat, and a. quantity of wool, tallow, 'and, butter. The vessel will leave here at the end of next week for Napier. The Putiki will finish her annual overhaul at Auckland at the end of the. week. i

The Koau loads at Napier to-day for Waikokopu. ' The Mako, en route from Auckland to Napier, is working Coast bays. TJie Tiroa, from Auckland, via Hicks Hay. is due here at midnight. She will leave to-morrow night for Hicks Bay and 'Auckland. Xhe Klsio. Mary, winch left Auckland yesterday, is' expected here to-morrow. She sails on Saturday for Auckland.

The Gunbar arrived from Auckland, via. the coast, \\m morning. She is loading for \yaikokopu, and Napier From the latter port the shin is expected to proceed to Wellington"

New Tug Southland A most interesting craft, the Bluff Harbor Board's new motor tug. Southland, is now on her long maiden voyage to New Zealand, having sailed from Dublin on May 11. For about six months of the year she is to he used as an excursion sfeamer, running passengers to and from Stewf'rf Island. Seating accommodation has been allowed for 2So passengers. At the cud of the summer season the vessel is to lie withdrawn from the passenger service and will act as a tug and pilot boat for the Bind' Harbor Board. In addition, she 'wilt b< used for salvage work whenever the occasion arises. On account of the widely varying nature of her emjiloyiiient, the tug required careful compromise in her design and equipment. The builders of this unusual craft are the Dublin Dockyard Go. On her trials the Southland averaged slightly loss than 121 knots. Eighty tons of fu,el are carried in a deep tank forward of the engine room, while a. hold- is.provided for the carriage of general cargo. Cabins are r.rraugod, forward for the accommodation of five officers and the crew of IQ have bunks and a mess room aft. There are four lifeboats. The tug's salvage gear includes a eeutrifugal pump with n maximum capacity of 70,000 gallons per hour. Gear-driven Lifeboat An interesting new device on the Orient liner Orvieto is a patent geardriven lifeboat. Two rows of handles alongside the seats of the boat are connected with a crank, which is geared to the propeller, and by moving these backwards and forwards a speed of five knots can be attained by persons who have no knowledge of oarsmanship. Depths of tlie Sea When, it is realised that before the war a total of 15,000 deep-sea soundings, made laboriously by-the old method of weights, and miles' of wire, represented our entire knowledge of ocean depths, it will be seen that there is still much deep-sea, surveying to be done. Many'of these soundings t were taken, along the lines of cable routes, so that in' the hundred million square miles of ocean floor but. an infinitesimal part has been at all examined. This 'ignorance is being steadily" rectified by the new method, generally known as "echosoundings," with which data that previously took mouths of labor can now be gathered in days. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING Auckland: Sailed, at 6.10 p.m. yesterday, Awahou, for coast bays and Gisborne. Napier: To sail, at 8 p.m., Pakura, for Gisborne. Suva, June 2'i: Arrived, Tpfua, from Auckland. Sydney, dune 22: Arrived, Gabriella, from Grevmoulh. Sailed, Karetu, for Lyttelton.' . WEATHER REPORT At, Napier and further south, rain continued this morning, but in the north. fine vyealhcr prevailed., Light variable breezes were general. ' The barometer continued to fall, 'and temperatures at 9 o'clock were: Auckland 50 degrees, Tauranga 45, Opotiki 51, East Gape. Gisborne and Napier 40, Wanganui 54, and ..ellington 51. Hough seas wero 'reported' at Gape Psdliser and Cape Maria; moderate to smooth elsewhere. Wairoa report: Light westerly wind; 1 moderate sea; good bar. THE WEATHER

'The indications are- for southerly winds strong 1,0 pair. The weal her appears l.'iijeVy to be cloudy and unsettled,. Heavy rain is to be expected, with rivers rising shortly, and ttw weather will probably become yerjf cold The barometer is rising. Seas heavy. Tides liigh. "'