SHIPPING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 17977, 3 January 1933, Page 5

SHIPPING

The Wuimea, which is now at Auckland undergoing: annual overhaul, is expected to take up her running in the Auckland-Gisborne- Napier service again on January 10, arriving here on January 12. The Poolta is at present loading at southern ports l'or Napier and Gisborne. The vessel is due here again about January 11. ■The Pukc-ko is to leave Auckland tomorrow for the Coast, Gisborne and Napier, arriving here on Friday morning. The Awahou will load at Wellington on Monday and Tuesday next lor Napier and Gisborne. She is due here on January 13. The Margaret W is expected to leave Auckland this afternoon for the Coast and Gisborne. She is due Here on Thursday morning and is to sail that night for Westport. j The Tiroa is to sail on Thursday for Auckland to take over the running of the Margaret W in the Auckland-Coast-Gisborne .service next week. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line steamer Port Hunter is due here on Monday next from Auckland to load frozen meat and wool for London. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS .. Melbourne.—January 3 ; Arrived, Kail'unga, from Auckland.. Port Chalmers.—Jan. 1: Arrived. Poolta. 10.35 a.m., from Gisborne. Lyttelton. —January 3: Arrived, Rangatira, C. 43 a.m., from Wellington. ■ London. —January 2: Sailed for New Zealand, Gallic, from Falmouth; Remucra, from Curacao.

THE WEATHER i \1 v. ■». : !• ‘ (Last Night’s Forecast). The depression referred to previously is crossing New Zealand to-day, but has lost its energy. A slight anticyclone follows it. A tropical cyclone has developed near Fiji. Winds, light to fresh, but variable, with west to south prevailing. Seas rather rough at times in Cook and Foveaux Straits; otherwise smooth to moderate;' ' Tasman Sea; Light .to moderate southerly winds and moderate sea. Weather cloudy, humid apd in places misty, with showers or misty rain at many places;.some thunder also likely; temperatures rather cooler. 1 (To-day’s North Island Report)

Generally lower temperatures were reported from most stations in the North’lsland this morning, Cape Maria reporting G 5 degrees, Auckland OS, Tauranga and Opotiki 72, East Cape and Gisborne 09, Napier 70, Castlepoint 50, and Cape Palliser 04. North of the East Cape, winds were reported as westerly or south-westerly, northwesterly at East Cape and northerly at Gisborne, with westerly and south - westerly prevailing to the southward of Gisborne, of generally moderate strength. Skies were overcast in the main, with tides moderate to good, and seas smooth with the . exception of Cape Palliser, where a considerable swell was ranging. Eight rain early this morning was • reported from Napier, (Midday Forecast) The indications 'are for variable, and moderate breezes, southerly prevailing. 'There- is a. prospect of fair to -cloudy weather, with isolated coastal showers, but weather improving. The barometer has a rising tendency. Seas considerable ; tides moderate. (District Forecast.)

General forecast.—Disturbances have been , advancing regularly of late from Australia, but losing energy as they approached New Zealand. Low pressures in,, the tropics without any strong currents of cold air from the south favor warm and humid weather, but .without, much storm activity, A slight anticyclone is moying on to New Zealand to-dav,

Forecast. —Seas, moderate; winds, becoming southerly and light to fresh. Some scattered showers at first, but the weather is soon, improving. Moderate temperatures. .Seas moderate to rather rough.

A change has been made in the midday forecast issued by theMetcorologicnl Office,, Wellington. The district forecasts are being sent out in amplified form. The district which the forecast is now given covers: 1) Central East and North-east —Te Avarua,. East. Cape, Tiki tiki, Gisborne, Tolaga- lkiy, Tokomaru bay, Waipiyo bay, Wairoa, Napier, Port Aliuriri, Hastings, and Waipukura u_