SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 19292, 10 July 1924, Page 4

SHIPPING

THE TIDES. —Thursday, July 10— Bluff 7.40 a.m. 8.10 p.m. Invercargill 8.20 a.m. 8.50 p.m. Riverton 6.40 a.m. 7.10 p.m. THE SUN. The sun jjges to-day at 8 a.m. The sun sets to-day at 4.45 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. —Month of July— New Moon July 2 5.05 p.m. First Quarter July 10 9.10 a.m. Full Moon July 16 11.19 p.m. Last Juarter July 24 4.06 a.m. PORT OF BLUFF. ARRIVED. -—Wednesday, July 9 Kotare s.s. (7.45 pan.) 149 tons, Mumby, from Dunedin. SAILED. —Wednesday, July 9 Kauri s.s. (noon) 2833 tons, for Port Chalmers. VESSELS IN PORT. Turakina s.s. Kotare s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wanaka, Dunedin, July 11. Moeraki, Melbourne, July 12. Kent, Dunedin. July 13. Waikouaiti, Hobart, July 15. Kaitoke, Port Stephens, July 16. Kittawa. New Plymouth, July 16. Kakapo, Dunedin, July 20. Hauraki, Wellington, July 20. Port Hunter, Port Kembla, July 20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kotare. Invercargill, to-day. Turakina, Tokomaru Bay, to-day. Wanaka. Dunedin, July 12. Moeraki. Dunedin. July 12. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, July 16. Kaitoke, Wellington, July 19. Hauraki, Sydney, July 23. Port Hunter, Port Chalmers, July 22. NOTES. The Kotare arrived from Dunedin last night and sails for Invercargill to-day. The Kauri sailed at noon yesterday for Sydney via Port Chalmers. The Turakina is to sail to-day for further loading at Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne and -Wellington. The Kent left Lyttelton yesterday for Dunedin, where she is due to-day. She is due at Bluff about Sunday to complete discharge of cargo loaded at Liverpool. From Newcastle and Clarence River via New Plymouth, the Kittawa is due at Bluff with coal and poles towards the end of next week. The Kakapo is due at Bluff about July 20 with guano from Walpole Island via Dunedin. The motorship Hauraki is expected at Bluff about July 20 with general cargo from San Francisco and Pacific coast ports, via Wellington. On completion here she proceeds to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The Rio Claro left New York on July 4 with cargo for Nev. Zealand ports. She is due to discharge at Bluff about the end of August. The Port Curtis, from London and New Zealand ports, is due about August 19 with cargo. TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO SERVICE. UNION COMPANY’S STEAMERS. I Following are the movements of the L’.S.S. Co.’s Pacific cargo fleet:— The Hauraki. from Vancouver and Powell River, sailed from San Francisco for Wellington, Bluff, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide on Tuesday, Jun? 19. She is due at Wellington about Saturday. The Waiotapu, from Vancouver, Ocean Falls and San Francisco, arrived at Auckland on July 3 and was expected to sail yesterday for Sydney, Newcastle and Mel bourne. The Wairuna, from Melbourne, sailer! from Geelong on Thursday, July 3, for Auckland en route to Fanning Island, Honolulu, Vancouver and San Francisco. The Waikawa, from San Francisco, left Union Bay on Monday, June 16, for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. She is due at Napier on Saturday. The Trelyon, from Auckland, is due at Vancouver to-morrow and afterwards proceeds to San Francisco to complete loading for Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. ON THE COAST AND OVERSEAS. AUCKLAND, July 9. Arrived Ulimaroa from Sydney. Sailed -Navua for Wellington; Kaitangata for Grevmouth. LYTTELTON, July 9. Sailed Trebartha and Kent for Dunedin ; Canopus for Westport; Calm and Alararoa for Wellington. DUNEDIN, July 9. Sailed —Waimarino for Wallaroo. LONDON, July 8. Arrival at Colon: Westmoreland. Departures—From Vancouver: Las Vegas; from Portland: Tokomaru; from Montevideo: Port Wellington. SERIOUS TROUBLE THREATENED. THE KYOGLE DISPUTE. PERTH, July 9. Trouble over the steamer Kyogle continues. It is feared that unless the dispute is settled in time to allow the vessel to land fuel supplies at unattended lighthouses on the north-west coast the lights will go out <ud shipping will be endangered. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE LONDON, July 8. Improvement in shipbuilding is shown by Lloyds’ Register of shipbuilding returns for the quarter ending June 30, showing 1,465,000 tons actually under construction in the United Kingdom, the highest since March 31, 1922. The tonnage commenced was 375,000 compared with 227,000 for the corresponding period last year. The tonnage launched was 364,000, the highest for 24 years. Merchant tonnage actually building abroad is 960,000, which is 38,000 more Uxan at March 3L