SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17437, 8 April 1931, Page 5

SHIPPING

ARRIVALS Tuesday, April 7. Moa, mix. sell. (10.45 a.m.), 09 tons, E. A. Burton, from Tolaga Bay. Tlie Waimea left Auckland last evening for Gisborne. She is due here to-morrow morning, and after discharging sails for Napier. The Kaliika, with cargo from southern ports, is now at Napier, and is due here on Friday morning. She returns hence to Dunedin, via Lyttelton, to commeiicc loading again at the usual ports for Napier and Gisborne. The Totara left Westport, this morning with coal, and arrives here on Friday morning. The Kini, with coaL from Westport and Greymoutli, is-due at Gisborne early next week.

The .Aorangi, from Sydney, left Auckland yesterday for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver, and is due at the last-named port on April -4. The Niagara, from Vancouver, leaves Honolulu to-day for Suva and Auckland. She arrives at Auckland on April 20,, and sails the next day for Sydney,.where she is due on April 2.>. The" N.Z. Shipping Co.’s Cornwall, now loading here'for Home, is expected to complete this evening, when she will be dispatched for Auckland. The Awahou clears Wellington this evening, for Napier and Gisborne, am is due here on Saturday, The I’ukeko leaves Auckland this evening for Coast bays, Gisborne, and Napier, and is due lieve on l'laday morning. From Napier she returns to Auckland. , , . The Parent was expected to mate West-port yesterday for Napier and Waikokopu, with coal. The Tiroa left Auckland last, evening for Gisborne. She arrives here tomorrow;. morning, and sails in the evenin’- for Coast- bavs and Auckland. *hie Margaret \V, which goes on the slip at Auckland to-day, will take up her running in the Aucklnnd-Gisborne service again on Tuesday. The auxiliary schooner Moa arrived from Tolaga Bay last night. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Auckland: Sailed, Tiroa, 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and Waimea, 9.50 p.m., both for Gisborne. Westport.—Sailed, Totara, 3 a.m. today, for Gisborne. 'WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE AucklandTofua, Voco, Waikawa, Tvmeric, Ventura, Karetu, Nucula, Aorangi, Waiotapu, Middlesex. and ■Southern Cross. Chatham Islands.—Telcoa and Canadian Conqueror. Wellington.—-Maori, Waliine, r l amahine, Bangitata, Niagara, Iris, Cornwall, Port Brisbane, Port Hobart, JnverbStok, Innaren, Makiira- and Vinernoor. Awarua. — Monowai, New Zealand, Kartigi, Vigrid, and Ashburton. THE WEATHER (Last Night’s Forecast.) An anticyclone is moving eastward off New Zealand, while a. fairly intense cyjlone is heading from the Tasman Sea towards the North Island. Winds: East to north winds of gale force in parts of the far north; elsewhere moderate to strong; change to southwesterlies probable in about 24 hours. Sens (New Zealand waters); Smooth to moderate at first, but later rising rapidly. Tasman ,Sea: Strong northerly winds to gales in the eastern Tasman, but a change to south-westerlies advancing from westward ; seas becoming rough. Weather: Dull and misty or fpgg V with general rain; many heavy falls" from Nelson and Marlborough northwards ; some flooding in the Auckland province. Temperatures mild. (To-Day’s North Island Report.) Blue skies were reported at Auckland this morning, but conditions elsewhere in tlie.North Island were overcast, with rain fairly general. A north-easterly gale was blowing at Bast Cape, and light t<> fresh north-easterly breezes elsewhere. The barometer had fallen steadily since yesterday. Temperatures at 9 o’clock were: Auckland 67 degrees, Tnuranga 65, Opotiki and East Cape- 66, Gisborne 63, Napier 64, and Wellington 59. Bough sous were reported at Castlepoint, East Cape, and Opotiki; moderate or smooth elsewhere. (Midday Forecast) The indications are for northerly winds, moderate to strong, and gradually backing to west. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Bain probable later, but weather gradually Improving. Barometer unsteady, with a rising tendency. Seas considerable; tides good,