PORT OF GISBORNE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17174, 3 February 1930, Page 5

PORT OF GISBORNE

PHASES Ol' TUB MOON. (Btandard Time.) FEBRUARY.

TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF

SHIPPING

ARRIVALS ' Saturday, February 1 Kotitunui, motor ship (9.30 p.m.), 171 tons. Bates, from Napier. Tirou, s.s. (midnight), 206 tons, Owen, from Napier. Sunday, February 2 Pukeko, s.s. (6 p.m.)) 912 tons, Barnes, from Auckland, via Napier. DEPARTURES .Saturday, February 1 Ferndale, s.s. (5.20 p.m.), 9947 tons, Heighten, for Auckland. Koutunui, motor l ship (11 p.m.), 171 tons, Bates, for Napier. The Waimea leaves Auckland to-mor-row evening for Gisborne and Napier, arriving here on Thursday morning with general cargo. Tht! Watpahi is expected to leave bluff to-day h.r Dunedin, Oamaru, L'imtirn; Lytteltoh, ami 'Wellington to load for Napier" qnd Gisborne. She is due here about February 12. The Ngatoro arrives here to-morrow From Westport with coal. The New Zealand Shipping Co.'a steamers Argyllshire and Cumberland are due here on February 24 and 27' respectively to continue Homeward loading. The Rinuitaka is due at Tokomaru Buy on Thursday to load frozen meat and general cargo for London, The Niagara arrived at Sydney on Saturday from Vancouver, via Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She sails on Thursday on the return trip, and is due at Vancouver on February 28. The Aorangi leaves Vancouver on Wednesday for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland, and Sydney, arriving at the Australian port on March 1. The Makura., from Sydney, via Wellington and Rarotonga, leaves Papeete to-day, and arrives at San Francisco on February 14. The Tahiti, en route from San Francisco to Sydney, is due at Rarotonga. tomorrow. From there she proceeds to 'Wellington, and is due at Sydney on February 15. ' ,

The Aberdeen-Commonwealth Line's steamer Ferndale sailed oil Saturday evening For Auckland. She arrived there yesterday afternoon to continue loading for London. The Awaiiou arrived at Auckland yesterday morning from Glsborne, The vessel" loads there to-day and to-morrow, .•Hid sails to-morrow evening tor Coast hays and Gisborne. She is due here on Thursday night. . The Pakuni leaves Wellington to-mor-roW evening with general cargo for Napier and Gisborne, arriving here on Friday morning. The' Pukeko arrived here at 6 p.m, vesterday from Auckland, via Const bays, Napier, and Waikokopu. She sails to-night for Hicks Bay, Portland Island, and Auckland. The motor ship Margaret W sails from Auckland to-morrow afternoon for Hicks Bay, Tokomaru Bay, Tolaga Bay, and Gisborne. The vessel is due here on Thursday morning. The Tiroa arrived here at midnight on Saturday from Napier. She sails tonight for tokomaru Bay to lighter the Rimiitaka, which loads frozen meat and general cargo there for London. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'s liner T.-nnaroa is due at Auckland at f) p.m.' on Wednesday from Southampton. Tlio Koulunui arrived here on Saturday evening with sheep from Napier. She sailed again at 11 p.m. for the Hawkc's Bay port. Considerable interest was taken on the Greymouth wharf recently in salving the 1 anchor and cable of the s.s. IVlako, which slipped overboard into the rfver. Grappling irons had to he used to locate the fallen anchor, and some difficulty was experienced in lifting it and the chain to the deck. An event of considerable importance to Wellington and one that aroused great interest in shipping circles on Thursday was the arrival of the Texas giant tanker Australia, by far the largest ship of her type to visit the port —if the whaler Kosmos be excepted—and the first vessel to berth at the Harbor board's new wharf .at Point Howard. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING Auckland: Arrived at 6.40 a.m. yesterday, Awahou, from Gisborne; at 2.A0 p.m., Ferndale, from Gisborne. Wellington: Arrived at 12.25 p.m. vestorday, Pakura, from Gisborne. ' Westport: Arrived at 4.20 p.m. yesterday. Mako, from Gisborne. London, February I.—Arrived: At New York, Port Hunter, from New Zealand; at Vancouver, Aorangi, from Auckland. Sailed: From Colon, Norfolk; from Halifax, Port Hardy; from Southampton, Corinthic. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE Auckland: Tofuit, Maui Romaic, West UquossVk, WaiUawa, Maun-gait-ni, Bradavoh, Tamaroa, Pulpit Point, anil RotortKl. Chatham Islands: Kent, Port Brisbane, and Otnki. Wellington: Maori, Wahme, lama(line, Ara'liur.'i. Karopo, Marnina, Ulimaroa, Hangitatn, Dunedin, Mnhrinn, Port Sydney, Canadian Highlander, Australia, Tovohika Marn, Port Prne, Uwniinius, ft'iomtnkri, Knponga, and Per a 11.'lie. . \wania: Tahiti, City of New YMM, Eleanor Polling, ilinomoa, Tutanekai, Southern ['rim-ess, Malieuo, Argy|Hshire, Sir .lames ( lark Ross, Kosmos, and C. A. Lnraon.

THE WEATHER

(Lasst Night's Forecast)

\ cyclone is centred east of Cape Maria,'' while an anti-cvclone extends from Sydney to the middle, portion pi the Dominion. Winds southerly north of Cam Kgmont and Napier, strong in the far north and about Mast Cape, elsewhere north to west, winds,, strong at times about Foveaux Strait and freshening from Cook Strait southward, Soas rough north and east of Cape AlaYia, and about , Foveaux Strait, otherwise smooth to moderate. Light to moderate south-easterly winds in the northern portion and' moderate to fresh north-

west to west in the southern portion of the eastern Tasman, with smooth to moderate sens. Weather mainly lino generally,, but some scattered shower* about East Oape and in North Auckland, and later in the western and far southern districts of the South Island, (To-day's North Island Eoport.) A southerly gnle was blowing 1 hi* morning at Cape Maria, a high southeuly at Enat Cape, a strong S.F.. breeze nt Cftpe Campbell; light lireey.es elsewhere. The weather generally was Hue with moderate temperatures, the readings being:* Tnurangn 7.",, Cape I'alliser 71, (iishorno and Napier <i!>, Cape Maria and Opotikl OS, Aucklnfiri l!(i, Wellington Capo Campbell HI. (Midday Forecast) The indications are lor moderate to strong south-easterly winds. The weather will be cloudy to overcast, and (hero probably will be some showers. Barometer frilling slowy. Seas rough. Tides moderate.

misI. quarter .. 'ull moon ..nsfc cmarter .. Feb. 7 Feb. 13 Feb. 20 4.56 a. in '6.09 p.in 8.14 p.ni

FEBRUARY. 4 High Water Low Water a.m. p.m. a.in. p.m. 3 Monday .. 8.66 9.17 2.25 3.03 4 Tuesday .. 9.40 9.58 3.05 3.42 5 Wednesday .. 10.22 10.41 3.49 4.23 6 Thursday .. 11.06 11.26 4.36 5.08 7 Friday .. 11.52 0.00 5.28 5.55 8 Saturday .. 0.13 0.40 6.21 6.44 9 Sunday .. 1.01 1.28 7.15 7.34 10 Monday .. 1.50 2.16 8.10 8.26 11 Tuesday .. 2.42 3.07 9.04 9.18 12 Wednesday .. 3.34 4.00 10.00 10.16 13 Thursday . 4.31 4.59 10.59 11.17 14 Friday .. 5.33 6.03 0.00 0.01 15 Snlurelay .. 6.37 7.09 0.20 1.01 16 Sunday .. 7.42 8.13 1.22 1.58