SHIPPING

Southland Times, Issue 20618, 17 October 1928, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF BLUFF. ARRIVED. —Tuesday, October 16. Karetu B£. (Captain G. M. Ruxton) 3210 tons from Dunedin at 4 p.m. Calm s-s. (Captain Manson) 960 tons from Wellington at 6 a.m. Opihi s.s. (Captain Howie) 1117 tons from Westport at 4.30 p.m. SAILED. —Tuesday, October 16. Calm s.s. (Captain Manson) 960 tons for Dunedin at 8.30 p.m. VESSELS IN PORT. Waikawa s.s. Karetu s.s. Opihi e.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Turakina, Liverpool, to-morrow. Canadian Conqueror, Wellington, October 21. Opihi, Westport, October 26. Tainui, London, November 26. Manuka, Wellington, October 27. Karetu, Oamaru, November 30. Northumberland, Liverpool, January 16 Waikawa, Napier, February 8. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Opihi, Dunedin, to-day. Waikawa, Melbourne, to-day. Karetu, Sydney, to-day. Canadian Conqueror, Wellington, Octobet 23. Opihi, Dunedin, October 27. Manuka, Melbourne, October 27. Turakina. Wellington. November 1. Tainui, Wellington, November 28. Karetu, Sydney, December 1. Northumberland, northern ports, January 18. Waikawa, Wellington, February 18. GENERAL NOTES. The Waikawa continued discharge of the Bluff portion of her Pacific Coast cargo yesterday. She will get away this afternoon for Melbourne and Sydney to complete discharge. The Karetu arrived from Dunedin yesterday afternoon to complete loading before sailing for Port Craig to load timber and thence Sydney. The Oreti which was expected to sail from Port Craig last evening carrying a quantity of furniture, will call in at Bluff this morning before proceeding to Oamaru and Dunedin. It is anticipated that she will return to Invercargill on Saturday. According to advice received from the Union Shipping Company, the Turakina which is due at Bluff to-morrow, will remain in port until November 1 to load general cargo for New York, Boston, Halifax, London and West Coast of the United Kingdom ports. The Tainui now en route from London to New Zealand ports, is due at Bluff about November 26. The vessel is scheduled to arrive at Wellington on November 16 and will then proceed to Lyttelton, Port Chalmers and Bluff. Carrying general merchandise from Montreal the Canadian Conqueror is due at Bluff about Sunday from Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin, her other ports of discharge. The vessel will then commence loading at southern ports, proceeding later to Auckland to complete and sailing finally for New York, Boston and Montreal. As Monday next is Labour Day, a whole holiday, local shipping, will be .affected to some extent. An alteration has been advised in the Wellington-Picton service, the Tamahine now leaving Wellington at 8 o’clock on Tuesday morning, returning to Wellington the same day. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Rimutaka, which with passengers,

mails and cargo from London and Southampton, arrived at Auckland the other day, had rather an eventful voyage out from the old country. The vessel loaded in London and embarked her passengers, and mails at Southampton, leaving the latter port on August 30. Fine weather was experienced until the Azores was passed, when she ran into unsettled and boisterous weather. On September 9 a phenomenal electrical storm was encountered, there being 40 flashes of lightning to the minute. The Rimutaka passed through the Mona passage, in the West Indies, 60 miles ahead of the hurricane which did so mych damage in that part. Through-ihe passage and until she reached Colon on September 16, the vessel experienced heavy north to north-west swells. Transit through Panama was granted the following day, and the vessel continued on her way. Good weather was then encountered until the vessel was 2,000 miles off the New Zealand coast, when she ran into heavy westerly winds and seas, which lasted until she arrived at Auckland. On September :23, Mrs Ashworth; who was returning to New Zealand with her husband, died and was buried at sea. Trimmer J. Matthews disappeared during the night of September 17 and 18. He was last seen at 3 a.m. on September 18. Shipowners are interested, as passenger carriers, in the comparative failure of the efforts, costly though they have been to stimulate emigration to the Dominions. The response to’ the provisions of the Empire Settlement Act, whereby emigrants were enabled to proceed to the Dominions at reduced fares, is officially admitted to have proved less than was anticipated. It was hoped that by this means some satisfactory solution of the problem of unemployment in this country would be found, so that there might be a movement from the congested areas of this country to the sparsely-inhabited districts overseas. Recent statistics however, show that, instead of increasing the number of emigrants to the Dominions has decreased. The total number of persons assisted under the Act fell from 65,530 in 1926 to 63,027 in 1927. The quota taken by Canada rose by 8,382, but there was a heavy decline in numbers going to Aus31 ABIXE JOTTINGS SHIPPING WRECKS RECALLED. LOSS OF THE TANKER CHUKY. The Bulletin of the Standard Shipping Company, of New York, contains graphic particulars of the loss of the American tanker Chuky, of 6921 tons gross, built in that country in 1922, which left San Pedro on January 19 with a cargo of Californian light crude oil for Tsurumi, Japan, and “broke in two parts and became a total loss, involving the sacrifice of 15 lives, including all the deck officers, when about 200 miles east of Yokohama.” According to the account the vessel, which had nine main cargo tanks, and was provided with summer tanks, commenced to leak and gave other signs of disintegration a few days previous to the disaster. At 6.19 a.m. on February 15, the engines were put full ahead, after running at about half speed during the night, and shortly afterwards “the fire room bulkhead at the cofferdam began to leak badly and showed signs of distortion.” Various members of the crew observed that the ship was buckled in the galley and on deck over the pumproom and adjacent summer tank, which is located just forward of the machinery space, and also cracked on one side above the water line further forward with the oil cargo running into the sea. Evidently, it is stated, the vessel had broken in two below the water line in way of No. 5 tank, and this occurrence was immediately followed by a violent explosion, flames, water, and burning oil shooting about 100 feet into the air, some of which oil spreading aft about 150 feet, set on fire the clothes of the men on the poop was also clouded with ♦lense volumes of acrid fumes, smoke and oil vapour. The main well deck did not break until about ten minutes after the explosion, and the forward portion was swung around by the seas until it drifted, plunging and rolling, and seemed as though it would plunge upon or collide with the stern portion, and imminent horrors of another explosion were threatened. With the exception of one man, who escaped by fighting his way aft through the seas of oil and water on the w’ell deck after the'first fracture, all officers and men on the forward portion were lost. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations last evening:— Auckland: —H.M.S. Veronica, Lionel, H.M.A.S. Australia Waipahi, Canadian Explorer. Kazembe, Karamea, Maui Pomare, Hauraki, Wairuna. Wellington:—Maori, Wahine, Tamahine, Ngaio, Arahura, Poolta, Tutanekai, lonic, Baron Inchcape, Ulimaroa, Kanna. Awarua:—Maunganui, Makura, C. A. Larsen. Sir J. C. Ross, City of New York, Turakina, Waikawa. Chatham Islands:—Port Dunedin, Hertford. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 16. Arrived:—Canopus 10.30 a.m. from Westport ; Wingatui 2.30 p.m. from Lyttelton. Sailed:—Warship Dunedin 4 p.m. for Akaroa; Maui Pomare 5.25 p.m. for Apia. (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Southampton, October 15. Arrived: —Ruapehu.—Australian Press Association. Wellington, October 16. Arrived:—Maori 7 a.m. from Lyttelton; Ulimaroa 12.15 p.m. from Sydney; Totara 4,50 p.m. from Lyttelton ; Kaiapoi 9.10 p.m. from Greymouth; Cygnet 9.40 p.m. from Kaikoura. Sailed: —Kamona 12.20 p.m. for Lyttelton; Kennedy 2.15 p.m. for Tarakohe; Baron Inchcape 245 p.m. for Lyttelton; Kaitoa 5.30 pun. for Nelson; Maori 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, October 16. Arrived:—Waipiata 5.30 a.m. from Timaru; Wahine 6.45 a.m. from Wellington; Kurow 1.30 p.m. from Wellington, Sailed:—Wairau 5.30 p.m. for Blenheim; Wahine 8.20 p.m. for Wellington. The Opihi arrived from Westport yesterday afternoon with a cargo of coal for discharge. She will complete discharge to-day, sailing again for Westport. Particularly rough weath/r was experienced on the trip down the coast and the vessel was hove to for over a day. The Calm arrived from Wellington early yesterday morning and sailed in the evening for Dunedin. She loaded and discharged general cargo to and from North Island ports. Dunedin, October 16. Sailed:—Holmdale noon for Oamaru; Gale 6.10 p.m.for Timaru. Sydney, October 16. Arrived (7.10 a.m>) —Marama, from Auckland. The Maheno is not expected to arrive until the afternoon.—Australian Press Association. Suva, October 16. Sailed: —H.M.S. Laburnum (yesterday afternoon) for Auckland—Australian Press Association. Port Arthur, October 15. Sailed:—Texas and Bosworth for New Zealand. —Australian Press Association.

THE TIDES. —Wednesday, October 17.— Invercargill . . .. 4.46 a.m. 5.6 p.m Bluff .. .. . • .. 4.5 a.m. 4.25 p.m Riverton .. . .. 3.5 a.m. 3.25 p.m Oreti Beach . .. 3.14 a.m. 3.34 p.m THE SUN. The Sun rises to-day at 5.48 a.m. The Sun sets to-day at 7.18 p.m. THE MOON. Tte Moon rises to-day at 7.13 a.m. The Moon sets to-day at 10.30 p.ni. • PHASES OF THE MOON. Last Quarter .. October 6 4.36 p.m. New Moon . .. October 14 3.56 a.m. First Quarter .. October 22 9.06 a.m Full Moon . .. October 29 10.43 a.m.