SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 20525, 29 June 1928, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF BLUFF.

SAILED. —Thursday, June 28— Karetu, s.s. (Captain G. M. Ruxton) 3210 tons, for Sydney direct, at 10.20 p.m. VESSEL IN PORT. Cumberland, s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waikawa, Vancouver, to-morrow. Calm, Wanganui, July 2. Canadian Challenger, Halifax, July 3. Taranaki, London, July 3. Waikouaiti, Timaru, July 6. Kurow, Westport, July 6. Northumberland, Liverpool, July 6. Kartigi, Melbourne, July 7. Waikouaiti, Melbourne, July 23. Paua, Wellington, July 24. Rotorua, Wellington, August 1. Port Napier. London, September. Somerset, Liverpool, September 28. Canadian Challenger, Montreal, October 20. Sussex, Calcutta, October. Mataroa, London, indefinite. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Cumberland, coastal ports, to-morrow. Calm, Dunedin, July 2. Waikawa, New Plymouth, July 2. Canadian Challenger, Wellington, July 4. Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Napier, July 6. Waikouaiti, Melbourne, July 7. Kartigi, Dunedin, July 7. Kurow, Wellington, July 7. Northumberland, New Plymouth. July 10. Waikouaiti, Dunedin, July 24. Paua, Wellington, July 25. Rotorua, London, August 4. Port Napier, September. Somerset. September 30. Canadian Challenger, October 21. Sussex, October. indefinite. GENERAL NOTES. Fourteen years ago to-day the liner Californian bound from New York to Glasgow went ashore during a fog at Tory Island off the coast of Donegal when 1016 passengers were landed safely. The Oreti which was scheduled to sail for Port Craig at 8 o’clock yesterday morning was obliged to return to the Invercar- ' gill wharf on account of the adverse weather conditions. She is expected to make the trip at 8 o’clock this morning to Port Craig and from there she will proceed to Dunedin where she will go into dock for a fortnight. The Karetu, lor Sydney, sailed last evening. She arrived here on Tuesday and loaded a quantity of timber and general. Included in her cargo was a consignment of sheep. The Cumberland is working two hatches of meat and one of general for Home ports. Work was stopped for six hours yesterday on account of the rain and she will not now sail until about midday on i Saturday, provided suitable weather is experienced for working the cargo. The Union Company’s freighter Waikawa arrived at Dunedin on Wednesday afternoon from Pacific Coast ports, via Apia, j Napier and Lyttelton. The vessel was j berthed at the Victoria wharf, where the , local portion of her general cargo is beii ? discharged. The Waikawa is expected sail to-morrow for Bluff and New Ply- | ii.outh to complete discharge. She will afterwards go to Westport, thence Suva and Vancouver, and will load on the Pacific Coast during August for Apia, Wellington. Melbourne, and Sydney. The Kurow which was expected to sail from Auckland last evening for Bluff via Westport, ’« due here about July 6 to load for Wellington and Auckland. Stormy weather in the north has delayed the Calm which will now arrive on Monday to load general cargo, sailing later in the day for the usual ports. The Union Company’s freighter ‘Waikouaiti which sailed from Bluff at 7.35 p.m. on Monday, arrived at Dunedin at noon on Tuesday from Newcastle, Sydney and Hobart, and was berthed at the cross wharf to discharge a large quantity of general cargo. The vessel’s freight includes transhipments ex the Cathay, Mishima Maru, Himalaya Marti, Maria Christina, Kiwitea, Orvieto, Houtman, Blitar, Arabura, Taiping, Franksen and Comorin; also a quantity of fresh fruit and timber. The Waikouaiti was to sail yesterday for Lyttelton and Timaru to complete discharge. She will return to • Dunedin on Wednesday next to load general cargo and wiil sail thence for Bluff to complete loading f or Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle. She is due here on Friday and will sail for the Australian ports direct, being due back at Bluff about July 23. Prolonged stormy weather in the Pacific Ocean was experienced by the Federal Line steamer Northumberland, which reached Auckland from Liverpool on June 22 and which is due at Bluff next Friday with general cargo for discharge. The conditions became boisterous a few days aftei the ship cleared the Panama Canal, and during the last two weeks of the voyage a succession of hard gales, with the wind varying from south to west, was encountered. The vessel laboured heavily in the high seas, and at times had considerable difficulty in making headway. Waves repeatedly broke on board and flooded the decks. To prevent serious damage, it was on three occasions necessary for the vessel to heave-to. When the storm was at its height, last Thursday, an exceptionally heavy sea broke over the bow and stove in No. 1 hatch, situated on the forecastle head. As soon as possible fresh covers were put over the hatch, and extra planking was lashed on top of the covers. While the work was being done the course was altered and the speed was moderated. The Rotorua which cleared Panama on Tuesday is scheduled to load at Bluff on August 1. On May 8 the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company launched the motor passenger and cargo liner Karamea, the second of two sister ships built for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company for its

trade between England and New Zealand. Like the earlier vessel, the Taranaki, she is a twin-screw insulated ship, 500 feet in length, 64 feet in breadth and 42 feet 104 inches in depth to upper deck. She has a refrigerated capacity of 404,000 cubic feet, and is in every respect, excellently adapted for the trade in which she will run. On the bridge deck there are four two and three-berth state rooms for passengers, together with a dining saloon and smoking room. The propelling machinery, as in the case of the Tarraald, which has recently been handed over to her owners, will consist of twin sets of Fairfield-Sulzer internal combustion engines, each having six cylinders. Bluff residents will gain some idea of her appearance when the sister ship Taranaki arrives on Tuesday. The Taranaki is scheduled to load at Bluff, Timaru, Napier, New Plymouth, Wellington and Gisborne and on August 7 she will sail finally for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow and Liverpool via Panama. Messrs J. G. Ward and Company, the local agents for the Huddart Parker Line, advise that the Ulimaroa will sail from Auckland on July 13 and from Wellington on July 27 for Sydney. The same company also advise that the Somerset will replace the Tongariro which is scheduled to sail from Liverpool on August 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff due here on September 28. The Port Napier which is expected to sail from London on July 18 for New Zealand ports, will make Bluff a direct port of discharge, being expected to arrive here about the middle of September. The Kartigi from Australian ports is due at this port on July 7 and upon completion of discharge will proceed to Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington and Wanganui.

The coastal tanker Paua sailed from Dunedin on Wednesday morning for Wellington, being due back at Bluff on July 24. The Canadian Challenger is expected to arrive at Dunedin to-morrow and, after discharging a quantity of general cargo from Montreal and loading products, will sail on Monday for Bluff being due here on Tuesday, proceeding next day to Wellington and Auckland to complete loading for New York, Boston and Montreal. The local agents, Messrs H. L. Tapley and Company, advise that she is scheduled to leave Montreal on August 25 with shipments for discharge at Bluff. She is due at this port again about October 20. The captain of the steamer Kahika has reported to the Marine Department that a large tree had been sighted, which was dangerous to shipping passing Godley Head. The bearing was 229 deg., distant two miles and a-half. Shipmasters are warned to keep a sharp lookout.

The Cunarder Mauretania, 30,696 tons gross, created a new world’s record for the crossing between Plymouth and Cherbourg last month, her time being 3 hours 50 minutes, a minute quicker than her previous record. The steamer Mesopotamia, which went ashore early in June in Steffani Straits, between Rabaul and Kavieng, has been refloated. She is undamaged, and is now at Kavieng, where she will continue loading for Europe. The Diesel-engined vessel Zingara, which has been employed for the past 18 months in the service of the Gisborne Harbour Board, has been purchased by a Wellington firm. The Zingara is very strongly constructed of heart kauri, and is 130 ft long and 33ft in breadth. She carries about 320 tons on a draught of 7ft 4in and is fitted for handling heavy lifts. The Zingara will trade out of Wellington to the West. Coast. The Government steamer Tutanekai was expected at. Dunedin yesterday afternoon from Wellington, via Lyttelton, Akaroa, and Moeraki. Stores will be loaded this morning, and the Tutanekai will then sail for southern and West Coast lighthouses.

MARINE JOTTINGS SOLD TO THE JAPANESE. The P. and O. steamer China has been sold to the Japanese for £23,500. Some years when bofnd fom Australia to London with passengers and cargo, the China went ashore at Perim. She remained there for some time, but was eventually refloated and remodelled and placed in service again-. Built in 1896 and of 7952 tons gross, the China was a beautifullooking vessel and was regarded as one of the crack liners of her day. AN OLD DEBT. America has just paid a debt which is 116 years old. In 1812 the Canadian schooner Lord Nelson was carrying timber to Lake Erie when an American war vessel came up. America and Great Britain were on the eve of war, and there was a chase, ending in the Lord Nelson’s capture. She was taken to Buffalo and turned into a ship of war, while her Canadian crew were allowed to tramp bafik to their homes through Red Indian territory. Ten days after the capture of the Ixird Nelson war was declared. Because she was seized beforehand the act was illegal, and a claim for £lOOO was made in 1815. This claim has been renewed from time to time, and at last the courts have granted it. The £lOOO has accumulated to nearly £5OOO now, but whereas the Lord Nelson was owned by James and William Crooks, the money has now to be divided between 125 heirs. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within wireless range last evening:— Auckland—Tofua, Maui Pomare, Voco, Port Curtis, Pipiriki, Niagara, Kawatiri, Northumberland, Waipahi, Port Dennison Wellington—Arahura, Maori, Wahine, Tamahine, Port Sydney, Ruahine, Otokia, Plume. Hauraki, Paua, Kanna, Norfolk, Rimutaka. Awarua—Makura, Maunganui, Waikouaiti, Tutanekai, Karetu, Cumberland. Chatham Islands—Matakana, Arawa. STEAMERS SOLD. (Per United Prose Association.) Wellington, June 28 It is understood the Union Company’s steamers Karori, Whangape and Waipori, have been sold for service in foreign waters. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. Auckland, June 28. Sailed—Northumberland, 4 p.m. for Wellington; Waipahi, 10 p.m. for Cook Islands; Kawatiri, 10 p.m. for Wellington. Wellintgon, June 28. Arrived-Calm, 5.40 a.m. from Wanganui; Maori, 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Tees from Chatham Islands. Sailed—Rimutaka, 4.50 p.m. for Napier; Regulus, 5 p.m. for Greymouth; John, 5.30 p.m. for Wanganui; Calm, 6.20 p.m. for Lyttelton; Maori, 7.50 for Lyttelton; Cygnet, 9 p.m. for Kaikoura; Holmdale, 11 p.m. for Picton. Lyttelton, June 28. Arrived —Canopus, 6 a.m. from Westport; Wahine, 6.45 a.m. from Wellington; Willaston, 8.25 a.m. from Wellington; Paua, 10 a.m. from Port Chalmers; Wingatui, 9.30 p.m. from Auckland. Sailed —Margaret W., 1.25 p.m. for Port Waikato; Gambia River, 3.40 p.m. for Westport; Wahine, 8.15 p.m. for Wellington; Norfolk, 6.50 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, June 28. Arrived—Tutanekai, 4.10 p.m. from Akaroa.

Sailed—Waikouaiti, 10.20 pjn. for Lyttelton.

(Rec. 8.55 p.m.) Sydney, June 28. Sailed—Niagara for Auckland.—Australian Press Association.

London, June 27. Arrived—Kai Ora and Zealandic.—Australian Press Association.

Panama, June 27. Arrived—Turakina. Sailed—Port Huon.—Australian Press Association..

San Francisco, June 27. Sailed—Scalavia.—Australian Press Association.

THE TIDES. —Friday, June 29— Invercargill . Bluff Riverton .. Oreti Beach .. 11.41 a.m. 12.03 p.m. . .. 11.0 a.m. 11.22 p.m. . .. 10.0 a.m. 10.22 p.m. . .. 10.9 a.m. 10.31 p.m. THE SUN. The Sun The Sun rises to-day at 8.2 a.m. sets to-day at 4.38 p.m. THE MOON. The Moon The Moon rises to-day at 1.47 p.m. sets to-day at 3.38 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full Moon .. Last Quarter New Moon . First Quarter .. .. June 3 11.44 p.m. .. .. June 11 5.21 p.m .. .. June 18 Q 12 a.m. .. .. June 25 10.17 a.m.