SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 270, 18 December 1914, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. Day. Hour. Full moon .. 3 15.13 a.m. Last quarter >,- 10 11.2 p.m. New moon ; .. 17 2.5 p.m. First quarter •.. 24 7.5 p.m. MOOIT. Moon rises 4.40 a.m., sets 9.6 p.m. toJnorrow. TIDE. Today, 4.41 a.m., 5.13 p.m. To-morrow, 5.44 a.m., 6.14 p.m. Sun rose to-day 4,17 a.m., sets 7.37 p.m. ARRIVED. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, .; MAORI (6.30 a.m.), 3399 tons. Manning, from Wellington. Passengers, 159 saloon and 75 steerage. V SAILED. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. LAUDERDALE (6.5 p.m.), 1214 tons, Cox, for "Wtestport. „ ■ . PETONE (6.15 p.m.), 708 tons, Cowan, for Timaru. /.-..■".•■■•■•.•-• ■ '■■ .■£■:.:'■:". „\ WAHINE (8.20 p.m.), 4435 tons, Aldwell, for Wellington. Passengers:. Misses Bullock, Anderson, Ward (3), Sciilley, Halliwell, Finch, Hemi, Isaac;'"Howie, Geary, Farr, Neilso'n, Hart, Bedford, Gray (2) ' White, Chainey, Organ, Wickes, .Waymouth, Paul, Mesdames Bullock, Anderson, Corrigan, Barrett, Anderson, Laws, Richmond, Hesse, Watson y and child,- Gray and child,; Myers, East and child, Waymouth, Taylor," Thomson, Smith,' Messrs" Briste'd," Johnson, Wylie, Elworthy, GiHjngham, Corrigan, Barrett i: ,Mur-, ray, "Johnston, Macjilow, Bedford, Laws, Richmond/ Dwyef, Whittle, Watson, Roberts, Stc- ' vens, - Young, Miller, Beale, Baldwin, Baldwin* Norris, Rutherford, Barrage, Stevens, Bran : don.HPearce", Smith; Halpor, Jani sen, Taylor, Murphy, Snow; Dunkley, Thomson, Wilkinson;'. Mowatt,; Gray, Whittle, 80 scholars, .and .8.3 steerage. . • '•',. ~, . CYGNET (8:80 p.m.), 124 tons,- Murray, Bor Kaikoura. v., * ... ,:,?. FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 18., ; ; ; ; : ULIMAROA (6.30 a.m.), 5777 tons,, Wylie,. for Hoba'rt, via Wellington. Passengers :: Wellington—Misses Curtis,- ißomerfal, two Sister/s of Mercy, Mesdames IL B. Curtis, -Laws, . McConnell, Messrs R. McConnell; Reid, Freeitfari, Ritchie; Sydney—Misses Melville, Campbell, -Quinn, Barry, Brosnaha,iv. Chrystall (2), Greenwood, three Sisters of Mercy, Jfesdames Smith and child, Toomtes and 2 children,* -W. Chrystall, Bayley.. and child, Rhodes,. Burns,. Greenwood, Messrs Smith, H. S. Cote, Okerbloom, J. Latimer, Toombes, Bayley, J. S. Burns, Sidney Smith, S Townsend, Porter, Robertson, Short, Dunn* Tyson, Rend, Q. W. Kelly, arid 36 steerage.

OVERSEA. . By Cable. — Press Association.—CopUr'kiht. • . / SYDNEY, December 17. ArrivedTT-Lindstol, from New Zealand. Sailed—Riverina (1.30 p.m.), for Auckland. ; December 18.' Arrived —Joan Craig, from Kaipara. NEWCASTLE," December 17. Sailed—Ennerdale, for Wellington. ,■■;•-, .SUVA, December 17. Arriyed---Atua,'f^om;'Sydney. '_. ■'• COASTAL. ; ' Fxes* Association. ~, AUCKLAND, December 17, Arrived —Monowai (3.30 p.m.), from southern ports. . ::> .j . Sailed.—Rosamond. (12.20 p.m : ), for Gisborne; Jndraptifsr'YS.lO p.m.), for Napier and Wellington. ' ;t..-;r , ; '„ . _ ' December .1?. Arrived—-paniei, r ' : barque (8.30 a.m.), from Newcastle.' &■''■' i- ■>■' '■'•' ■■ ■',/ ''■ '■ ■■'■'' WELLINGTON, December,,l7. Sailed —Turakina (12.35 p.m.), for London); Mussina p.m.), for London.-: ">••..• ..'„. Captain F. Kendall, late of tlie Karitane, has joined the-'Mapourika as extra* officer.. Mr J. Hamer; has succeeded Mr J. Dayies as uetfond engineer of the Kaitangata.. Mr Da-vies joins th& 4 Takapuna. Mr T. Barry, of the Napier office of the Union Company; has been appointed assistant purser of the Maori. The next vessel to load wool in New Zealand on behalf ''of' G. H. Scales, Ltd:, is.'the Dalmore,-4771 ..tons,. Captain Barry, -which should arrive at, Lyttelton from Australia early in January. The Dalmore is owned by S. S. Dalblair and Co., Ltd., Glasgow, and ■was built in 1907. The following changes in lighthouse-keepers are announced:— Principal keeper Parks;, of Centre Island, is to exchange positions with principal keeper Field, of Castlepoint. Assistant keeper Singleton, from Cape Saunders, succeeds assistant keeper Cleverley at Castlepoint, \. New Zealand Shipping Company s Tongariro is rdue at Wellington to-day from Tokomaru Bay to complete Homeward loading, and she will sail for Home on Tuesday next. ••■-..'. At present bound for New Zealand to load for Home, the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liners Athenic and Waimaha are expected at Wellington about the middle of next month. NEW CLAN LINERS. j Latest mail advices from Home record' that j in September Messrs Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., launched from their Wallsend shipyard the steamer Clan Ross for Messrs Cayzer, Irvine, and Co.'s Clan Line Steamers, Ltd., Glasgow. She has now been completed, and delivered to her owners after a successful trial run at sea. She is a fine type of first-class cargo liner, built with a cruiser _ stern', and is 445 ft long over-all, 54ft broad, and and 32ft moulded depth. The triple and expansion engines and the boilers were built at the Neptune works of the builders. Messrs William Doxford and Sons, Ltd., Pallion, Sunderland, launched the 'tween-deck. steamer Clan Ogilvy, for the same line. Her length is 444 ft, breadth 54Jft, moulded depth 32ft, d.w. capacity 8900 tons. During construction she was superintended by Mr T. Ambler, on behalf of her owners. The engines and boilers were supplied by Messrs Doxford, and the classification is with the JBritish Corporation. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs Arthur Cayzer on October 20.'

Yesterday afternoon the New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tiirakina sailed from Wellington for London, She took the following saloon passengers' from Christchurch:— Miss Gould, Mesdames C. Gould and Empson, Messrs C. Dunn, Empson, 0. R. McDonald, A. Sinclair, and Thomson.

VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. iPtom. : Ap'prox. date. Pukaki ■■". Timaru Dec. 19 Westiralia Dunedin Dec. 19 Paloona Wellington Dec. 19 Wahine .Wellington Dec. 19 Uolmdale ; Grey mouth Dec. 19 Kia Ora Dunedin Dec. 20 Maori .Wellington Dec. 20 Wiinmera ; Dec! 22' Wahiae Wellington Dec. 22 Cygnet Wellington Dec. 22 Maori Wellington Dec. 23 Paloona Dunedin , Dec. 23 Monowai Wellington* Dec, 23 , Moeraki SydBey Dec. 24 Wahine Dec. 24 Cygnet Kajkoura ,.■■ Dec 24 Maori , Wellington Dec. 25 VESSELS TO SAIL FBOM LYtTELTON; Vessel. ■■■'■-..: ..,:>;• .' ; Fpr; ; ;, ■ : . Approx.dat*. Pukaki Weilington D.ec. 19 Wahine Wellington ' >-'.r;!ff'rBeeji. , 'i-9>'£' Westralia , ' Dec.lQ , Paloona Dunedin Dec, 19 Wakaiu Kaikoura Dec. 20 :• Maori "..Wellington ■ . ,, Dec. 21 :.• Cygnet ; . Akaroa .. - Dec. 2% Wrmmera ,, Dunedin ■ Dec 22 Wahine "Wellington -.- Dec. 22' Maori Wellington / Dec. 23 Paloona Wellington ' Dec. 23 Monowai' " jbunedin Dec:-23 Cygnet • Kjwkoitra • . Dec, 23 . Moeraki Sydney > Dec^24 Wahine; Wellington Dec. 24 Maori Wellington Dec' 25 '''" BY TELEGRAPH.