PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 22010, 9 May 1933, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

VESSELS IN PORT. Orari m.v. Kia Ora s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wainui. Wellington, uncertain. Waikouaiti, Lyttelton, uncertain. Taranaki, Timaru, uncertain. Storm, Wellington, uncertain. Pakeha, London, uncertain. Remuera, Port Chalmers, May 23. Tasmania. Lyttelton, May 26. Port Alma, Australia', May 27. Coptic, Timaru, June 9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kia Ora, Wellington, to-day. Taranaki, Picton, . Pakeha, Oamaru, . Remuera, Lyttelton. May 24. Port Alma, Port Chalmers. May 30. Tasmania. London, May 30. Waipiata, Dunedin, June 1. Coptic, Wellington, June 12. INWARD CARGO ON HAND. City of Cambridge ex Wainui in B shed. Port - Dunedin, railed from Dunedin in A shed (Hend.). Mataroa, railed from Dunedin, in A shed (N.M.A.). Wainui, ex Mooltan, in B shed (D. and Co.). Wainui, ex Mooltan, in B shed (W. S □nd Co.). Wainui. ex Strathaird, in B shed (W. S and Co.). Wainui, ex Orama, in B shed (US.S.). Kia Ora, railed from Dunedin in A shed (D. and Co.). GENERAL NOTES. Work on the waterfront was carried on yesterday under very unpleasant conditions, stoppages occurring at intervals owing to rain. Of the two ships in port, the Kia Ora will probably finish to-night and sail for Wellington, while the Orari will be in port till Thursday. The maritime trouble among shipping is causing delay in arrivals of coastal and intercolonial vessels. The Union Company’s motor ship Hauraki left Los Angeles on April 22 with cargo from Pacific coast ports for discharge at Auckland. Wellington, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Melbourne, Adelaide, and u Sydney. After leaving Papeete the vessel

will call at Rarotonga to load fruit for Auckland, where she is due on May 17. The Marine Department has issued an important notice to mariners regarding the transmission of wireless signals to ships fitted with direction finders. The notice states that on request from ships fitted with a direction-finding Installation, dir-ection-finding signals will be transmitted from the Auckland, Awarua, Chatham Island and Wellington stations. A ship should call the station in the ordinary manner, and send the abbreviation "QTG,” meaning "Will you send your signal for one minute on a waveiegnth of metres (or kilocycles) in order that I may take your bearing?’’ The charge for replies to the "QTG'’ signals is at the rate of 2/6 per minute. No information is available as to the degree of reliance to be placed on any bearings obtainable. If masters have not had previous experience with them in the locality, it is advisable to consult the chart before making use of them, and note if high land intervenes between the estimated position of the ship and the station. If high land does intervene, or it the lino of bearing cuts the coast line at an acute angle, errors up to as much as 5 degrees are likely to be found. The Secretary of the Marine Department invites masters making use of the signals to inform him of the errors found in the bearings. WITHIN WIRELES SRANGE. The following vessels were within range of the undermentioned stations last night: Auckland: Brunswick, Canadian Cruiser, Dalraore, Hauraki, Hororata, Karetu, Mariposa', Maui Pomare. Narbada. Port Fairy, Port Melbourne, Recorder, Vanza, Wainui. Welcombe, Wirral. Wellington: Aorangi, Brisbane Maru, Mahia, Maori, Monterey, Niagra, Rangatira, Rangitane, Remuera, Tamahine, Wanganella. Awarua: City of Cambridge, Kartigl, Kekerangu, Maunganui, Port Fremantle, Waikouaiti. Chatham Islands: Nil. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 8. Sailed:—Dalmore, 5.30 p.m. for Westport. Wellington, May 8. Sailed: Futurist 7.50 a.m. for Cook Strait; Tamahine 2.50 p.m. for Picton; Brisbane Maru 3.40 p.m. for Auckland; Rangatira 7.50 p.m. for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, May 8. Sailed:—Maori 8.10 p.m. for Wellington. Dunedin, May 8. Arrived: Ruahine 8.30 a.m. from Wellington. Colon, May 6. Arrived.—Tamaroa. Panama, May 6. Arrived.—Mamari. San Francisco, May 6. Arrived.—Makura. London, May 6. Sailed.—Port Gisborne. Plymouth, May 6. Sailed.—Rotorua.