SHIPPING.

Southland Times, Issue 16689, 18 March 1911, Page 4

SHIPPING.

TIDES—MARCH 18. Bluff .. 3.39 a.m. 3.59 p.m. Invercargill .. 4.19 a.m. 4.39 p.m. Riverton .. 2.39 a.m. 2.59 p.m. MARCH 19. Bluff .. 4.19 a.m. 4,40 p.m. Invercargill •. 4.59 a.m. 5.20 p.m. Riverton .. 3.19 a.m. 3.40 p.m. BLUFF HARBOUR. There were no shipping movements at this port yesterday. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Arawa, from London, arrived at Hobart at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, her passage having occupied forty-one days. She has on board a large number ol passengers for the Dominion, together with a full cargo. The vessel is due In Wellington on Monday, and Lyttelton a week later. , Cable advice received by the local agents of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company states that the lonic, which left Wellington for Loudon, via way ports, on January 2G, arrived at iljmouth on Saturday last. Advice received by the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Co. intimates that the Ruapehu, which lett London on February IS. for Wellington, '»a way ports, continued her voyagei now Cape Town on Saturday last. She is due at Wellington about April 4. The local agents for the Tysei Line have received advice from the conpanv’s head office, which states that the steamer Star of Scotland, which left Wellington on January 22 arrived at London on March 6, and that the ves Bel’s wool will be included in the Match sales. A report had gained cunency tn Wellington that ‘ the steamer had missed the sales. This, of course, was incorrect. U.S.S. CO. STEAMER MOVEMENTS. Monday, March 20th—Warrimoo. arrives from Sydney via North about a a.m., and leaves for Hobart and Melbourne on arrival of 3.35 p.m. train from ln Monday! H 2oth March—Moeraki arrives from Melbourne and Hobart about b *.m., and leaves for Sydney, via North, jn arrival of 1.45 p.m, train from inveilargill. DIRECT SHIPMENTS TO BLUFF. The following are sailings from London for Bluff direct ; Feb. 6—Shaw. Savill & Albion boat. April 6 —N.Z. Shipping Co.'s boat. —From Liverpool.— April 29—Nairnshire, due July 20. July 22—Kent, due October 12. Oct. 14—Drayton Grange, due Jan. 4. (Per United Press Association). AUCKLAND, March 17. Sailed —Orari for Waitara and Wellington. WELLINGTON. March 17. Sailed —Ulimaroa for Sydney ; MonoWai for Lyttelton ; Maori for Lyttelton. CHRISTCHURCH. March 17. Arrived —Kohala (American barquentine) from Gray's Harbour, with 1.200,000 feet of Oregon pine and redwood ; Putiki from Greymouth : Everton Grange from Timaru; Kaituna from Westport ; Breeze from Wanganui via Plcton. Sailed —Rimutaka for London, via Monte Video, with a full cargo, including 10,053 bales of wool and 76,898 carcases of frozen mutton ; AVarrlmoo for Melbourne via Bluff ; Corinthlc for Wellington: Ngatoro for Greymouth; Mararoa for Wellington. DUNEDIN, March 17. Arrived —Magdala from Lyttelton. Sailed —Hauroto for Auckland via East Coast ports. THE WEATHER. WELLINGTON, March 17. Weather summary and forecast : Warm and hazy weather has been reported everywhere to-day, and fogs on the East coast of the South Island. Rain fell on Thursday night on the West Coast and in scattered places. The barometer is now" falling slowly everyvhere and moderate to strong northerly winds, prevail. Present indications are for warm and more humid conditions ; hazy and increasing cloudiness, especially in Southern districts. Moderate to strong northerly winds will probably prevail and Increase in and southward of Cook Strait. The barometer will probably fall slowly in the North and low in Southern districts. WANGANUI HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS. WANGANUI. March 17. The Harbour Board Engineer and the Harbour-master went out on the bar at high water this morning and made very careful soundings, as a result of which (they found a record minimum depth of not less than 18 feet in the centre of ■the fairwav. Another satisfactory feature disclosed by the soundings is that the water is deepening between the moles now in course of construction, owing to the lowering o fthe bar and the concentration of the ebb tide between the moles. This is an improvement of two feet on last soundings, taken a month ago. The Engineer states that the increased depth is due entirely to the Influence of the works, the concentration of the channel over the bar. and increases in scour occa-’ Bioned thereby without any assistance from flood waters. The Engineer expresses the opinion that a further increase of two feet may be expected very shortly as the works are pushed out further. SUBSIDISED JAVA-AUSTRALIA LINE HAGUE, March 16. A Bill has passed its first reading in the Chamber granting a subsidy to the Dutch Royal Steam Packet Company of £l2 500 annuallv for ten years from May ■for’a monthly service between Java and Australia.