SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 19658, 7 October 1922, Page 4

SHIPPING

THE TIDES. OCTOBER 7. Kuff X 27 a.m. 2.46 pjn. Invercargill 2-27 a.nu 2.46 p.m. Riverton 1-27 a.in. 1.46 pju. SUNDAY. Bluff 3.05 a.m. X 25 Invercargill 3-05 a.m. 3.25 pan. Ixiyrrym 2415 a-in. 2.25 pjn. THE SUN The sun rises U>-day at 55*9 aun. The sun sets to-day at 6211 pjn. The sun nses to-morrow sx 5-37 am. The sun sets to-morrow at 6.33 p.m.

The Katoa, from Auckland, via WdlingLytteitcu and Timaru, is due at Dunedin to-day and is to sail to-day for Bluff. The City of Dunedin, from New Fork, amvcd at Lytteiton yesterday, en route for limaru, Dunedin, Bluii and Australian ports, where she will complete discharge. ine Pahona, from Melbourne, is due at Biutt to-morrow. Loe Las VcgB6, from San Francisco, is due at Lyiielloa on October 2U, via Auckland, wita timber and general cargo and cubic ieet at timoer for Lynekon. From 1 yttHunn the vessel will proceed to Wellington and Australian ports. C. AND D. LINE STEAMERS. The Port Darwin is to leave Glasgow on October 21 and Liverpool on October 2bin with a cargo tor AucKianu, Wellington. Lyttelton and Dunedin. The Port Curtis is to sail from London on November 22 for Auckland and Wellington. The Port Chalmers is to leave New York on November 1U with cargo for discharge a: AucklAna, V. eiiington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne and Sydney. SHIPBUILDING IN UNITED KINGDOM. It is not surprising that the shipbuilding I returns of Lloyd's Register lor the quarter j ended .Line 30, 1922, are somewhat disap- j pointing. There are now under construe- ; txoii m the United Kingdom only 390 I ships, 1,919,504 tuns gross, against 789 claps totalling 3,530JM7 tons a year , ago. Work on 4*1,000 tons has been sus- I pended, so that the actual amount in hand i is under 1,439,000 tons. The number of vessel miner construction throughout the world is bob. with a tonnage of 3,235,530, i ■xaH of these vessels 103 are to be equipped with motors. Great Britain stall leads the wav in motor ship construction, and more are 32 cd-enginen craft being built, totalling 129,134 tons gross, or about 30,000 tons d.w. ims total represents three more vessels than at the cna of the last quarter. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. (By TP-^graph—Press A3sn. —Copyright.) (Aisrrshan and N-Z. Cable Association). NEWCASTLE, October 6. .Sailed—lnga, for New Zealand. MELBOURNE, October 6. Arrived —Waitemata, from New Zealand. (Per United Press Association.) LYTTELTON, October 6. Arrived —Mararoa <8.20 ami.), City of Dunedin • 1020 aan.), Calm (noon), from Wellington. .Sailed—li&ngatui (.1.30 pan.), Mararoa (625 pan.) for Wellington, Dorset (5.40 pan.) tor Dunedin. AUCKLAND, October 6. Arrived —Hora (4 aau.< from Earatonga; Ins ill aan.) from Wellington; Canadian bcoujsb. (120 pan.) from Vancouver; Karmiiiku 13.15 pan.) Irani Wellnigton. dialled—Dunduia (1220 pm.) for Newcastle. WELLINGTON, October 6 Armed —Woeuon (3.45 aan.) from LytteUon; Maori (K 5 aan.) from Lyttelton; Corinna noon) from Lyttelton. Soiled —Whakatane for London Arrived—Breeze (720 pm) from LytSaded—Corinna (620 pan.) for Nelson: Mauri (7.50 pan.) fur Lyttelton. WEATHER-FORECAST. WELLINGTON October 6. The Domi mon Meteorologist reports:— ladicatioen are for uorth-wesi to southwest winds airong to gale; cloudy and uny.t_ipn weaker, heavy rain with flooded ziMexs in West Coast district? of the South barometer tailing, but rise after iiDout 16 hours.