PORT OF GISBORNE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 5

PORT OF GISBORNE

PHASES OF THE MOON JANUARY'. Pull Mnnn Jan. Sill o.4'> a.in. . Last Dimeter Jail. Illli 4.fin p.m. New .Moon Jan. 19th (i.Ofi a.in. l-’irst (piarlct- Jan. L’Ttli 11. fie am. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF DECEMBER. (Standard Time.) High water. Low water, a.m. p.m. a.in. p.m. 30 Tuesday . . 0.36 0.56 6.41 7.09 31 Wednes. .. 1.18 1.40 7.28 7.51 JANUARY'.

SHIPPING

DEPARTURES Monday, December 29 llnanui, auxiliary ketch (4.50 p.m.), 139 tons. Thomsen) for Wellington.

The Waimcn is to undergo annual overhaul at Auckland next week, and will be temporarily replaced in the East Const service‘by the Waimarino, \<hicli leaves Auckland next Tuesday evening for Gisborne and X.apier. The Wainui loads at .southern ports next week for Napier and Gisborne, and la due here about January J l. The motor ship Awalioa, which has .boon lcm porn lily withdrawn' from the Auckland-East Coast-Gisborne-service, will resume on January 13. In the meantime Iho motor ship I’iilceko will maintain the service, leaving Auckland next Tuesday for Omisl bays and Gisborne, and arriving here on I lie following Thursday morning. The I’arera arrives at Gisborne on Saturday morning from Napier in load live stock for Lyttelton. The I‘a k nra leaves Wellington next Tuesday evening for Napier and Gisborne, arriving here on the following Friday. The motor ship Margaret W is due ai Gisborne to-morrow morning from Auckland with general cargo, and sails in the evening on the return trip berth, cailing at Tolaga Bay and Hicks Bay; on route. She leaves Auckland again next Tuesday for Gisborne.

The Tiroa .sails hence to-morrow afternoon for Napier. The auxiliary ketch sailed late yesterday afternoon for Wellington, where she loads petrol for Gisborne.

As illustrating the effect of the Australian depression upon the earnings, of the U.S.'S. Co.’s steamer Maheno in the Melbourne-South Island trade, Mr. S. K. Sleigh, Dunedin manager, said that on the present outward voyage of that vessel from Bluff to Melbourne. she had from all ports ft total passenger list of only o 7 saloon and <54 second-class passengers and 4(54 tons of cargo. /5• ; ? ‘T* —• ‘ "<■ ’ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Auckland:' Sailed, Margaret W.,3.25 p.m. yesterday for Gisborne: Niagara, 11.10 p.m. yesterday for Sydney. THE WEATHER (Last Night’s Forecast.) An anti-cyclone over New Zealand is gradually moving eastward. An intense cyclone is centred off the New South Wales coast while pressure is high ovpr the Tasman.- Winds: North-easterly to northerly wiii'ds, moderate but refreshing and reaching gale force at times in Cook and Foveaux straits, changing southerly soon in the south. Sens: New Zealand waters:—Rather rough about Cook and Foveaux Straits, otherwise smooth to moderate, but rising, lasman . e.t. Strong north-east winds in the eastern Tasman Sea, veering to the south-east in the southern portion; rough seas. Weather: Cloudy to overcast. w)G< much mist and fog, scattered hgh mm. and later rain becoming more gciicrai. (To-day’s North Island Report.) blue skies were reported this morning in the Bay of Plenty nnd nl Auckland, but conditions elsewhere m the North Island were overcast. LigH■to moderate southerly breezes were general. The barometer showed htU movement. Temperatures at . 01 > were: Auckland 70 degrees Tauranga 75, Opotiki 72, East Cape 71, Gisborm and Napier 08, and Wellington 57. Rough sens were reported at Gape Campbell; moderate or smooth elwwhere. (Midday Forecast) The indications are for strong southerly winds, latei \u b; west by north. Weather cloudy to. mcast, with scattered misty ram. >. < - meter little movement, with a lalln g tendenev. Seas and tides moderate.

High Water. Low Water. a.m. p.m. a.in. p.m. 1 Thursday .. .1.59 2.21 8.15 8.35 2 Friday 2.45 3,10 9.05 9.24 ;i •Saturday . . 3.34 4.03 10.00 10. L6 4 Sunday 4.27 4.59 10.58 11.15 5 iM outlay 5.25 6.00 11.56 0.00 (i 'i’uesda.v . . 0.26 7.01 0.12 0.55 7 Wednes. 7.28 8.00 1.09 1.50 8 Thursday . . 8.26 8.56 2.04 2.42 0 Friday 9.2 1 9.30 2.50 3.35 10 Saturday . . 10.15 10.40 3.52 4.2 i) 11 Sunday 11.06 11.34 4.50 5.24 12 Monday 0.00 00.1 5.50 6.20 13 Tuesday . . 0.20 0.51 6.50 7.13 14 Wednes. . . 1.19 1.44 7.46 8.04 15 Thursday . . 2.11 2.34 8.42 8.53 16 Friday 3.00 3.22 9.35 9.41 17 Saturday . . 3.50 4.11. 10.25 10.30 18 Sunday 4.40 5.04 11.16 11.22 If) Monday 5.34 5.58 0.00 0.09 20 Tuesday . . 6.29 6.55 0.15 0.58 2 1 Wednes . . 7.25 7.49 1.05 .1.45 22 Thursday . . 8.15 8.38 1.51 2.30 Summer time < nrreetion add 30 minutes.