SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 17661, 19 February 1916, Page 4

SHIPPING

TIDES.—FEBRUARY 19. Bluff 1.40 a.m. 1.5S p.m. Invercargill .. 2.20 a.m. 2.38 p.m. Riverton .. .. 12.40 a.m. 12.5S p.m. FEBRUARY 20. Bluff 2.17 a.m. 2.35 p.m. Invercargill .. 2.57 a.m. 3.17 p.m. Riverton .. .. 1.17 a.m. 1.35 p.m. PORT OF BLUFF. SAILED. February IS —Invercargill. 123 tons, Gillies, for Invercargill. A. B. Campbell, agent. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered s.s. Arrino, lIS 1 tons gross register, left Lyttelton at noon on Friday, and is due at Bluff this afternoon. She completes her loading for London at Bluff, where she takes about 9000 bales of wool, including most of the woolbu yers’ purchases at the Invercargill auctions of 14 th January. The Kinross, loading case oil for the Vacuum Oil Company at New York, is reported to he commencing taking loading operations during this month. She should arrive at her first Now Zealand port during the latter week of April.

The Paloona is_ duo at Bluff on Tuesday from Melbourne, via Hobart. She will sail on Monday night for Melbourne and Hobart, via Cook Strait. During the course of a recent conversation, one of Sydney’s best-known shipping men gave a striking illustration of the remarkable increase in chartering rates. A few years ago the firm he represents had a vessel on a lengthy time charter at £1075 per month, and in a letter from the captain, received by the last mail, he learns that the vessel is under engagement in the Trans-Atlantic trade at £6700 per month. Cabled advice announces tho arrival at Vancouver last Saturday of the K.M.S. Jlakura from Auckland, via Suva and Honolulu. Tho vessel is to leave the British Columbian port to-day on the return trip to Auckland, at which port «he should arrive on the 6th March.

It is announced that the steamer Cyrena, 213S tons (Captain .Tones) is to leave Singapore in about a fortnight's time with a cargo of case oil for -Auckland, Napier, Wellington, and Lyttelton. The Cyrena is due in \\ cllington about the end of -March, and has some 30,000 cases of oil to discharge there. Word has been received by cable to the effect that the Kimutaka left Capetown on Thursday last in continuation of her voyago from London to New Zealand ports, via Hobart. Two factors contribute towards making the stay in Wellington of the tramp steamer Talawa, from New Aork, one of especial interest, not only to the local shipping fraternity, but also to that large body of citizens who find in the waterfront a never-ending soutcd of interest. The first is that the Talawa was formerly the Hamburg-owned steamer Wotan, built in .1007 by William Doxford and Sons, of Sunderland, and seized shortlv after the outbreak of hostilities hy the British authorities. Further, she is of peculiar construction, being a tur-ret-decked vessel, a typo rarely seen in these waters; during the past year not more than three turret steamers have visited Wellington, viz., the tramp steamer Clan Farquhar, from Now York; the Union Co.'s well-known collier Koromeko. and the Talawa itself. The Talawa's commander. Captain Beighton, is well-known in New Zealand as a former officer of the Union Co. s service. expected at bluff. Kotare Dunedin Feb. 23 Invercargill Dunedin Fob. 23 Invercargill Dunedin Feb. 30 Kotare Dunedin Mar. 1 Paloona Melbourne Mar. 8 Invercargill Dunedin Mar. 8 Kotare Dunedin Mar. 8 Wimmera ........Melbourne... .Mar. 10 Kotare Dunedin Mar. 3 5 Invercargill Dunedin... ...Mar. 15 Kotare .Dunedin Mar. 2s OVERSEA SHIPPING. DUE AT WELLINGTON. Steamers. From Left. Due. Niwaru .... London Jan, 18 Mar. *.7 Kumara . • London Jan, 5 Mar. 1 Kimutaka .. London Jan. 17 Mar. 12 Arawa London Jan. 29 Mar. 15 Tongariro .. Liverpool Dec. 6 Feb. 14 Pevon Liverpool Dec. IS Feb. 8 .. Liverpool Dec. 21 Mar. S Opawa ..... Liverpool Jan. 7 Mar, IS Ctaki Liverpool Jan. 23 Apr. 2 Baron Ogllvy New York Jan. 13 Feb. 27 Talawa New York Nov. 14 Feb. 14 Port Augusta New York Nov. 25 Feb. 6 W'aiwera ... Montreal Dec. 1 Feb. 12 SVaihemo ... 'Frisco Jan. 23 Feb. 26 NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. The following are the approximate movements of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s vessels: — Berwick Law —Now at Gisborne, will leave Wellington about February IS. Rotorua —Now at Lyttelton: will leave Wellington about February 26. Tongariro—Now at Aucklandjwill leave Wellington about March 11. Arrino —Now at Auckland; will leave Bluff about February 23. Calliope—Due at Port Chalmers March 15; will leave New Zealand in March. kimutaka —For Auckland, Dunedin, and Lyttelton, left Plymouth January 17; will reach Auckland about March 7; will leave New Zealand in March.

Opawa—For Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, left Liverpool January 7; due at Auckland March 12; will leave Mew Zealand in April. 'u- • - 1 (I Otaki —For Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, left Liverpool January 23; due at Auckland March 28; will leave New Zealand In April.

Waimate —For Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, left St. John February 15; due at Auckland April 27; will leave New Zealand in May.

Turakina —For Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, left Plymouth February 16 due at Auckland April 30. Matatua—For Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, left St. John February 20; clue at Auckland April 20. Ruapehu—For Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, leaves Plymouth March 4; due at Auckland April 23; will leave New Zealand in May, Orari —For Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, leaves Liverpool March 31; due at Auckland June 4; will leave New Zealand in June.

Remuera —For Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, leaves Plymouth April 1; due at Auckland May 19; will leave Now Zealand about July 15. Ruahine —For Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, leaves Plymouth April 29; due at Auckland June 16; will leave New Zealand about July 13. , VANCOUVER SERVICE. MAKURA, left Sydney January 20 for Auckland. Arrived there January 24, Left January 25 for Vancouver, via Suva and Honolulu. Duo Vancouver February 10. NIAGARA, left Vancouver January 19 for Auckland, via Honolulu and SuvaArrived Auckland February 7. Sailed same day for Sydney direct. Arrived there February 11. SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE. MOANA, left San Francisco February 3 for Wellington, via Papeete and Rarotonga. Due Wellington February 24. MOANA, leaves Wellington, for San Francisco March 2, via Rarotonga and Papeete. Due San Francisco March 22. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February IS. Sailed —Amokura (11 imj, for southern ports: Lindstol (11 a.m.), for Sydney: Albert, for Puget Sound. WELLINGTON, February IS. Arrived—Maori (6.15 -a.m.), from Lyttelton; Melbourne (11.30 a.m.), from Newcastle. Sailed —Tarawera (0.10 a.m.), for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland; Kaitangata (0.10 a.m.), for Picton and Onehunga; Talawa (0.25 a.m.), for 4 Hobart; Mapourika (1.10 p.m.), for West Coast Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Pateena (9 p.m.), for Nelson. LYTTELTON, February IS. Arrived —Wootton (1.45 a.m.), from Kaikoura; Breeze (6.25 unt), from Timaru; Karamu (7.30 a.m.), from Greymouth; Mararoa (10 a.m.). from Wellington; Corinna (10.20 a.m.), from Tlmaru. To Sail —Kahika, for Westport; Arrino, for Bluff; Breeze, for Picton; Mararoa, Corinna, and Wootton, for Wellington

DUNEDIN, February IS. Arrived—Waiwcra (1.5 p.m.), from Lyttelton. Sailed—Rotorua (7.70 a.in.), for Timarn; Kotaro t 1.70 p.m.), for Bluff and Invercargill. , THli WEATHER. SUMMARY AND FORECAST. AVEBBI XGTO.N, February 18. .Following is -Rr Oates’ weather summary for t’ne past 2 1 hours: —Strong lint decreasing southerly winds prevailed during Thursday night, hut hare given place to more variable breezes since. ’The weather lias been changeable with fair to cloudy conditions predominating today. Atmospheric pressure has increased everywhere. Forecast: Present indications arc for northerly and westerly winds prevailing shortly, and increasing generally in force. Sultry weather is probable in the East Coast districts, and mild and hazy conditions elsewhere arc likely to precede a change, with rain following, especially in the West Coast and southernmost districts. The barometer will fall in the south soon.