SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16866, 1 February 1929, Page 5

SHIPPING

ARRIVALS Thursday. January 31. Pori. Caroline, s.-s, tD.NO p.rn i. 8263 lons, Renaul, from Auckland. Friday, February I. Malm. s.s. (6.30 a.m.l, 503 tons, Chirk li'uut Wellington. DEPARTURES Thursday. January 31. Tin,a. s.s. 1 9710 p.m.i. 206 tons. Chirk, for A'uekhuid. Waiinea, s.s. (10 p.in.L tons, inman, for Napier. The AYaimea completed discharging her Auckland cargo here yesterday and sailed last night for Napier, whence she returns to .Auckland to load on Monday and Tuesday for Gisborne and Napier. The Kahika. loading at, southern ports for Napier and Gisborne, was to .leavo Dunedin to day lor Oninaru, Timavu, Lyttelton, and' Wellington, and is duo here about- February 12. The Kartigi loads coal at- Greymouth to-morrow for Wellington, Gisborne, and Auckland, and is due here about- February 8.

The .Northumberland is due- at Gisborno about February 8 to load frozen meat and general cargo for London and West Coast ports of the United Kingdom.

The Aorangi was due at Vancouver to-day, and sails again on February 6 for Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She arrives at Auckland on February 20, and departs the same- day for Sydney, whore she is due on March 2.

The Niagara, from Vancouver, via ports, arrives at Sydney to-morrow, and sails again on the northward trip on February 7. She clears Auckland on February 12 for Suva. Honolulu, and Vancouver, -and arrives at the lastmentioned port on -March 1.

The Makiira. from San Francisco, leaves Papeete to-morrow for Rarotonga and Wellington. Site arrives at Wellington February 11, and sails the- next day for Sydney, whore site is due on February 16.

The i. and D. Line steamer Port Caroline arrived from Auckland last night to load frozen meat, void, and general cargo for London turd West Coast- ports of the- United Kingdom. The Awahott is expected to arrive from Auckland and coast bays this evening. Site should, sail again to-morrow night on the return trip to Auckland. The Pnkura, from Gisborne, is due at- Lyttelton to night. The steamer )R expected to leave again to-morrow for Tnkomani Hay, where she is to load sheep. The Mako arrived from Wellington, via. Napier, at 6.30 a.m. in-dav. She should leave for Wellington this evening.

The Parent, from Wellington, is due here on Monday, on route to lokotrsaru Bay to load sheep for (laimi.ru. 'i'he Oimhar left Auckland at 3.1.6 p.m. yesterday, and r due here on Sunday, t’pon completion of discharge here she will proceed to Napier. The Tima sailed last nigld for Hicks Bay and Auckland. The steamer is due at ‘Auckland to morrow, and should sail again on Tuesday afternoon for coast hays and Gisborne. The auxiliary schooner K.sie Mary arrived at Tokomtmi Bay from Auckland this morning. Ihe vessel is due here to,morrow morning. The Gabriella, from Newcastle and Auckland, is due at Toiaga Bay on Ylon day morning, am) is expected to arrive here the same evening. After dischavg ing coal and timber here, she sails tor Waikokopu and Napier. The Gabriella left Newcastle, fur Creynmulh nil .Inmi av\ Id, and raked in at Nelson’s Bay to load additional ear,go, but grounded at- low tide. Much ot her cargo, con sisting mainly of Iclegrajili poles, win ieiti.soued in order to votloat the- vessel. 'j t is mil old eu i tin! a ship is I'oreod to anchor in tile *-1 renm at Wellington Ibr any length of time until another vessel leaves. before then; is room at Ih/ n liarvos to iierHi her. Sm-ii tv:i>

fhe ,-ase mi Tuesday with the SluiW. St:i\ ill sleamer Ma'.itina. when she. ar:i v 1 early on 'Wednesday afternoon (Toin Gi'-lioriie. she was eumpelh.M in anchor in I lie si ream until (i.Jd p.m.. wloai tin 1 ’Bahia, left' port I'or l.ondoii, \l present lire p"'i of Wellington is except ioita llv busy. II is imdeistood a general average will In; dir ho ed mi the cargo ot the steamer Gabriella. which was due id Auckland Iron, Australia this, week t report’s the Auckland 1 Cel ahi i . The cargo was load w! at Gvilnev, Newcastle and 1 '.et Stephens'. When proceeding fmni W; ra .(| e fo Poi'h Sleplu'lLS the stranded at NcUam Hay, on eonM of New .Smith Wales, and it was three tin'-s before slm wa,s lelloated. -I'he (jamnee to the Jml I v ».•> not serious, and tlie ( '.'a lii iella v;t able to lesuine he;

OiTe of the la lest prmlueuous ot. jijpn's invent i\em'.-s is tho .Dmsel-elec-, trie ianker Brunswick, which arrived f!t Wellington on Tuesday. Progress is ;i ruthless thing. Gone a,r.- Ihe graceful linos, inni white wings ot N U' C „M dipper ship, and in their place is a. vessel that is a miracle of ingenuity. Put anything hut a thing of beauty—the modern tanker. The Infest and mo't up to tlnde vessel o.i her kind, the Bmustviek, at a distance, lesemblos more than anythin,g else a '/relief, for of supers! met lire she has practically none, and wl l at there is is coneoni rated in the extreme after portion of the vessel. Bill a closer inspection nt once dispels such ideas,_ and visitors are left astounded at this veritable miracle in .ship constnuctiou. Small wonder was it that many curious eyes followed 1 he' tanker's course ns. she went alongside Hie Thouulon breastwork-. Wellington, on her first visit to these sens. Cold Storage Four of the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Co.'s vessels, which maintain a monthly .service from -Pacific.Coast -ports

to Now Zealand are to lie installed wil.li refrigerating machinery. Two _Brunswick compressors of the ammonia typo wit li a temperature ranging down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit will be fitted in each of 11 10 tour vessels, which will .provide refrigerating space of 250 tons measurement on each ship. The installation is now under way on the Golden Oioss, the first of ihe four vessels to be fitted, which is to leave America at the end of -March for New Zealand ports. The oilier vessels will probably lie the Golden State, Golden Bear, and Golden Cloud, leaving American ports in April, Alay. and .Tim? respectively. This decision of the (). and 0. Company gives further indication of the keenness existing among American shipping companies to secure their share in the New Zealand-America trade. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING Auckland: Sailed at 3.15 pun. yes terdny, Gunbar, for Gisborne. Napier. Arrived at 8.25 a.m.^to-day, Wuimea. from Gisborne; at 8.00 a.m. loday, Anglo-Glniian, from Wellington. Lvttolkm : Arrived at 6.40 a.m.to day. Maori, and a( 7.20 n.m., Port Piric. from Wellington. . .F reman lie, Tun. 01: Arrived. * nova!. from, London. WEATHER REPORT Between Napier and East Gape, and at Wellington, conditions were overcast Ibis morning, but blue skies prevailed elsewhere in the North Island. Light nni'lli easterly winds wore general. Ihe barometer showed little movement, lemporalures at 9 o’clock were : Auc.kjanc and Tauranga 70 degrees, Opotiki, Napier and Wanganui 69, East Cape and Wellington ,66. Gisborne 72. Rough seas were reunited at Cape Campbell am (lastlepoinl : moderate or smooth else where. WEATHER FORECAST The indications are for northerly winds, moderate to strong, freshening later and backing by west to south. Expect warm and sultry weather. The weather appears to be cloudy and unsettled, with rain fallowing. The barometer is falling slowly, and aitm aboiii -Jt hours will be .rising slowly. Sanitary inspectors* .were greatly interested in i own-planning schemes, and could with beneficial results be consulted in any schemes under con - sideration, said Dr. Shore at Hie sanitary inspectors’ conference . in Wellington. Glean streets, drainage a,ml many other matters came within their province, tie added. "A million and a-lmlf gallons of whisky avo being distilled in Australia every year now,” said Mr. G. A. ft. Cornish, .representative of a well-known Scottish distillery, who is making his twenty-first business visit to New Zealand. The great expansion of the indus try was having a marked effect on sales of imported whisky in Australia, he said. However, the quality of the Australian variety was of the host, for conditions for the manufacture of whisky were better in Australia than anywhere else in the wotld..