SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 221, 22 October 1914, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. OCTOBER. Day. Hour. Full moon .. ■ 4 529 p.m. Last quarter .. 12 «.3 p.m. New moon .. 19 6.4 p.m. First qtiarter .. 26 10.14 a.m.' MOON. Moon rose to-day 6.11 a,m., sets 10.33 p.m. TIDE. To-dny, 6.10 ami., 6.42 p.m. *" To-morow, 7.14 a.m., 7.46 p.m. SUN. . Bun rose \o-day 4.59 a.m., sets 6.30 p.m. ARRIVED. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21. KATOA (6.30 p.m.), 2848 tons, Norton, from Newcastle. POHERUA (9.15 p.m.), 1175 tons, Bilton, from Greymouth. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21. MOERAKI (8.15 a.m.), 4392 tons, Collins, from Sydney, via Wellington. Passengers : Intercolonial —Mesdames Wood, Lewis, Bremner, Mulligan, Smith, Tate, Silver, Messrs Wood, Lewis, Cotteril, Smith, Mulli- - ga.n, FarrehS Dixon, Silver, and 27 steerage. .. ; Coastal—Mr Haniey and one steerage. -•WAHINE (6.55 a.m.), 4435 tons, Aldwell, , from Wellington,. Passengers: Misses Nelson, Bradley,, Hyde, Pepperell, Todd, Pharazya, Bishop,, Evans, Colyer, Bennett, GeddiV Mesdames McMahon, Watson and child, Fee, Corbett, Mitchell and four children, Hanley, Gladwyr, Contes, Parker, Taylor, Fitzgerald, Nelson, Sangster, Blundell, Phillips, Richardson, Dyke, Dymock, Cockshead, v Clemens, Koss, Baker, Sutherland, Trerose, Healey, Bennett, Hill, Gibb, Messrs Inkster, Smash, Williams, Hai-ley, oarliek\ McMahon, Sharland, Jamieson, Gaskett, Shanley, Hicks, Robinson, Gillman, Young, McGill, McLaughlin, Fletcher, McLennan, Dowding, McKenzie, Richardson, Whitley, Sangster, Preedy, Cower, Dymock, Rouse, Allan, Maddison, Stiirtcliffe, Harrow, Castle, Topper; Thornton, Bishop, Rutherford, Nicholls, Clifford, ,MePhersdn, Wi150n,.... Belshar, Evans, Nee*,. Callighan, Southerland, Birt, Blair, Rodger, . Mason, Nowack, Dennehy, Williamson, Marshall, ■Nutshell,' West, and 51 steerage. -JOHN (1 p.m.), 342 tons, Holm, from Wanganui. ' LILY, schooner, 92 tons, Bloom, 1 *- ' from Greymouth. ■:■■ • » '- ' SAILEDWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21. JOHN, ANDERSON (4.30 p.m.), 52-tons, Conper, for Kaikoura. . ' WAKATU (6.5 p.m.), 157 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura. •...''"■"■ VICTORJA (9.20 p.m.), 3000 tons, Croft, for Auckland, via Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. WARRIMOO (5.5 p.m.), 3529. tons, McLean, for Dunedin. ; MONOWAI (8.40 p.m.), 3433 tons, Stevens, - for Wellington; Passengers: Misses ■..••» Rtolfe, JDaly, Prestidge, Newton, Robinson, Mesdames Beswick, Archer, Bowden, Carter, Hon. R. Moore, Major Robinson, Captain Widdowson, Adjutant Carter, Messrs Lennon, Clark<v McCauley, Fendall, Crump, and «■ 22 steerage. VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. Opouri, Greymouth. John Anderson, Kaikoura. •< VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. ....-■' Wahine, Wellington. Himitangi, Wellington. . VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. ; COASTAL AND INTERCOLONIAL., < Vessel. . From- Approx. date.. Rosamond Greymouth Oct. 23 •. Monowai Wellington Oct. 23 Wahine Wellington Oct. 24 Mokoia Wellington Oct. 24 ..,-.. Wegtralia ■ Dunedin Oct. 24 John Anderson Akaroa Oct. 24 :■'■ Wakatu Kajkolira Oct. 24 Monowai . Wellington Oct. 25 ; Canopns ; >Westport Oct. 25. ..Wootton Nydia Bay , \ Oct. 26 John Anderson Akaroa Oct. 26 Wahine Wellington Oct. 27 Warriinoo Dunedin . Oct. 28 ' Monowai • Wellington Oct. 28 Tarawera. Wellington Oct. 28 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. COASTAL AND INTERCOLONIAL. Vessel. For. Approx. date. Moeraki Wellington Oct. 23*"' John Timaru Oct. 23 John Anderson Akaroa, Oct. 23 . Monowai _i Wellington Oct. 23 Tainui Auckland Oct. 23 Kamona Westport Oct. 23 Poherua Westport Oct. 23 Opouri Greymouth Oct. 24 Wahine Wellington Oct. 24 Mokoia Dunedin Oct. 24 "Westralia Wellington Oct. 24 Hanley Oamaru Oct. 24 Monowai: Wellington Oct. 26 - Wakatn. Kaikoura Oct. 26 Wootton Wellington Oct. 27 " Wahine ' Wellington 0et!.27. .. Breeze i Wellington Oct. 27 Warrimoo Wellington Oct. 28 Monowai Wellington Oct. 28 Tarawera /'• Dunedin Oct. 28 John Anderson Kaikoura Oct. 28 BY TELEGRAPH. OVERSEA. 6)i Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. ' ' SYDNEY, October 21. ■.; Arrived—lnga, front; Zealand. , v . MELBOURNE, October. 21. Arrived—Lauderdale, from Greymouth. '- Sailed—Paloona, for Bluff. WARRNAMBOOL, October 21. 4rrived—Hazel Craig, from New Zealand. . ' " ' •' COASTAL. Press, > Association. AUCKLAND, October 21. Sailed—Star of Scotland (4.15 p.m.), fori Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin; Raka- j noa (6 p.m.), for Westport. WELLINGTON, October 21. Arrived —Ngahere (6.40 a.m.), from Greymouth; Corinna (9.45 a.m.), from New Plymouth; Ruahine (10.25 a.m.), from Auckland. . Sailed—-Strathdee (5.30 a.m.), for Sydney; Moeraki (Tr*s p.m.), for Lyttelton. ; NOTES. Mr T. Metcalf, first refrigerating engineer of the Rotorua, having resigned, Mr H. M. Dixon, of the Kaikoura, has filled the vacancy. Mr H. P. Hunt, late of the P. and O. Company's Ballarat and the Atlantic liner Mineapolis, is on the Rotorua as wireless operator. Prior to joining the lntter vessel Mr Hunt was engaged on troopships running across the English channel. Mr W. Signal, second engineer, of the Awahou, has signed oft'. Mr "K. Ditcham, late second officer of the Komnta, has Tesigncd from the Union Company's .service to join the Expeditionary Force. ~A Press Association message from Wellington states that the Wellington Harbour .Board last night authorised the construction' of a second and smaller patent slip at Evans's Bay, to accommodate vessels up to 130 ft long. Telegraphic advice reports the inauguration of the new intercolonial service yester-' : day,' when the Union Company's Paloona • "•sailed from Melbourne for Bluff, via Hohart. She is due at Bluff on Tuesday next, leaving the next day for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington, arriving at Lyttelton on the Sattirday, and departing the same day. Departure from Wellington for Hobart will be takenoorn r t.he following Monday, and thence to Melbourne. The Ulimaroa was due to leave Sydney for Hobart on the other service ; yesterday. The Union Company's Mokoia, on arria'l at Dunedin from Lyttelton on Sunday next, will be withdrawn for an extensive- overhaul,' and the Warrimoo will take up her running pro tem., leaving Dunedin for the" north on Tuesday, October 27. Though not definitely decided on, its is understood tha.t the - Moeraki will also be withdrawn Irom the- intercolonial service for overhaul purposes.

The Wakatu is due Lack from Kaikoura

next Saturday, and is expected to leave on a return trip on Monday. Captain H. H. Lang, well-known as a skipper of the Federal-Shire Line, and at one time master of the Rippingham Grange, died in England last July. In consequence of the Labour Day celebrations at Auckland on Monday, the Hud-dart-Parker steamer Riverina will not arrive at that port from Sydney till Monday, instead of Sunday, as usual. She will leave Auckland for Sydney on the return trip on Tuesday afternoon. . Last evening the Union Company's Katoa reached Lyttelton from Newcastle with a full load of coal. The Katoa left "VVestport some time ago under sealed order, and she still.retains her covering of grey paint. Her movements after completing discharge at Lyttelton are not ascertainable. * This morning the Union Company's intercolonial steamer Moeraki arrived at Lyttelton from Sydney, via, Wellington. Her trip across from the New South Wales port was made in fine weather with moderate to strong head winds and seas. Included in her cargo were transhipments ex the steamers Osterley, Katoomba, Gracchus, Paloona, Inoba Maru, and Hellenic, the principal lines being: —155 bales gunnies, 2 quarter casks and 2 hogsheads wine, 1 case brandy, 774 packages tea, 40 cases glycerine, 40 cases tablet sugar, 10 cases icing sugar, 166 bags rice, 100 bags ricemeal, 15 cases macaroni, 1 crate macaroni, 5 cases vermicelli, 5 bags almonds, 1 case essence, 18 bags coffee, 75 cases preserves, 55 cases, canned spirit, 487 cases fruit, and a quantity of fruit, kapoc, rubber goods, electroplate, and sundries. The Moeraki sails for Wellington to-night, leaving that port to-morrow for Sydney and Hobart.