SHIPPING.

Southland Times, Issue 16785, 13 July 1911, Page 4

SHIPPING.

TIDES—JULY 13. Bluff .. 2.12 a.m. 3.3 p.m. Invercargill .. 3.33 a.m. 3.43 p.m. itiverton .. 1.43 a.m. 2.3 p.m. BLUFF HARBOUR. ARRIVED. July 11 —Breeze. 356 tons Woebling, Lyttelton. Dalgety and Co., agents. SAILED. duly 12—Breeze, s.s.. 256 tons, WoebIpntr, for Dunedin and Northern ports. iOitl gety and Co., agents. July 12 —Marere. s.s.. 4160 tons, RinkVfller. for Lyttelton. Henderson and Co., agents. The Canterbury Shipping Company’s s.s. Breeze reached Bluff from Lyttelton on Tuesday evening. She had no cargo to discharge, but loaded some 1500 sacks of oats for Wanganui and Wellington. She sailed yesterday morning for Dunedin. The Tyser liner Marere, which reached Bluff on Saturday morning from Wellington, completed her loading operations yesterday and sailed for Lyttelton, She loaded for London : 35,000 carcases mutton, 3550 crates rabbits, 450 bales wool, 450 casks taßow and pelts, and 200 cases of kidneys. The s.s. Cape Corso is to take the July sailing from Montreal, under the auspices of the New Zealand Shipping Company, for Melbourne, Sydney, and New Zealand ports, in place of the Willesden. The White Star mammoth Olympic is under the command of Captain E. J. Smith, R.N.R., formerly of the Adriatic, and the commodore of the Line. It goes without saying that he has had a long experience of the North Atlantic, and that his personal qualities admirably fit him for the responsible post to which he has been appointed. When the Olympic is full she will carry 3346 people, inclusive of her crew, so that her commander will in effect be the ruler of a population equal to that of a small town. The question has been mooted before now as to whether, in the case of very big ships, it would not be well to depart from the usual custom, and appoint two masters instead of one. The experiment has, however, never been made, no doubt for the reason that it is advisable that there should be one supreme authority In the ship. That the rule is to be observed in the case of this 45,000-ton steamer seems to preclude the probability that it will ever be broken. On the other hand, one-man control on a leviathan ship obviously involves the full support of the highly qualified staff of officers whom Captain Smith takes with him. The White Star, by the way. is the only British steamship line which has its own sailing ship—the Medway—for the training of its executive officers. U.S.S. CO. STEAMER MOVEMENTS. Monday, 17th July—Warrimoo arrives from Melbourne and Hobart about noon, and leaves for Sydney via North on arrival of 1.45 p.m. train from Invercargill. * Monday, 17th July—Koonya arrives from Westport about 6 a.m., and loaves for New Plymouth. Westport and Greymouth on arrival of 11.25 a.m. train. DIRECT SHIPMENTS FOR BLUFF. The following are sailings from London for Bluff direct : —From Liverpool.— Mav 6 —Nairnshire, due July 27. July 22—Kent, due October 12. Oct. 14 —Drayton Grange, due Jan. 4. (Per United Press Association). SYDNEY, July 12. Arrived —Wairuna from New Zealand. Sailed —Maheno. AUCKLAND. July 12. Arrived —Star of India from London, via Australian ports ; Atua from Sydnoy and Island ports. Sailed—Mimiro for Wellington; Squall for Tolaga Bav and Gisborne. WELLINGTON, July 12. Arrived —Ulimaroa from Sydney. Sailed —Maori for Lyttelton. CHRISTCHURCH, July 12. Arrived—Wakatu from Wellington via Kaikoura. Sailed —Brisbane for Mercury Bay ; Cygnet for Kaikoura ; Kittawa for Greymouth ; Mararoa for Wellington : Tarawera for Dunedin ; Mokoia for Wellington. SYDNEY. July 12. Sailed —Maheno for New Zealand. MELBOURNE. July 12. Sailed —Warrimoo for New Zealand. THE WEATHER. WELLINGTON, July 12. Weather summary and forecast : Barometer pressure has continued low, but with little movement generally. Cold and changeable weather has been experienced, with rain in many parts of the North Island. Especially moderate to strong southerly winds, backing to westerly, have prevailed. Present indications are for moderate to strong westerly winds and cold unsettled weather. Rain is probable in many parts, and a further fall in the barometer.