SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 830, 7 October 1916, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. OCTOBER. Day. Hour. First quarter .. .. 4 10.31 p.m. Full moon .. .. 11 (i.31 p.m. last quarter .. . . 10 12.30 p.m. New moon . . . . 27 8.7 a.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 1.20 p.m., sets 3.5 a.m. to-morrow. TIDE. To-day, . 0.20 a.m. To-morrow, 0.52 a.m., 1.17 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day, 5.25 a.m., sets fi.ll p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. SATURDAY, OCTOBER '•■ MABAROA (8..15 a.m.), 2508 lons. Manning, from Wellington. ARATAPU. I.iiganlne (f!.. r >o a.m.), UZ tons, H. Williams, from (ireymoutli. SAILED. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 0. PATEENA (8.20 p.m.), 1212 tons, Mawsou. for Wellington. Passengers:_ Misses Moore, I-inlay, Aitcheson, Bruce. Skiver tie Scott, Fitch, Watson, Osborne. Murphy Wilson, Storier, Finiay, Cottercll, Li A, Mesdamcs I ackeran, Bennett, Munroe, Recce, Hoban, Illtclien, Doreen, Gordon, Thomas, Rlundcn, Stephen, Wallace, Hflyes," CottreH,- Bunk. Pashby, Parnbal, l.ith, Major Minus, Piofessor' Dickie, Messrs Locherby, Hainber. Knudsen, Draper, SeirVCjt, Hoban, Hansen, Rosscr, Sawl. Blundell Fislier, VVardSmith Devolle, Thomas, Wiiiton, Ashbj, Meskett, Gorrie, Bendon and 40 steerage. CALM (C p.m.), 890 tons, Gordon, for Wellington. VESSELS SAILING TO DAY. Mararoa, Wellington. Tarawera, Wellington. Delphic, Dunedin. SHIPPING IN PORT. Mararoa, s.s.. No 2 wharf, east side. . Tarawera. s.s.. No 2 wharf, west side. Cvgnct. s.s., No 3 wharf, east side. Wakatu, s.s.. No 3 whari, east side. John, s.s.. No 3 wharf, west side. Wootton, s.s., No 4 whart, east side. Kumara. s.s., No 7 wharf, east side. Delphic, s.s.. No 7 wharf west side. Aratapu.-brigajitine., Gladstone I ier. VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. Erom. Appvox. date. Pateena Wellington Oct. 8 Corinna Tlinaru Oct. 8 Mararoa Wellington Get. 10 Cvgnct Akaroa Oct. 10 Pateena Wellington Oct. U. Monowai Welllngtoi. > • \\ Tarawera Dunedin "«•*■ Moeraki Sydney Oct. 11 Mararoa Wellington Oct. 12 Cvgnct Kaikoura Oct. U Pateena Wellington Oct. U VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. /esscl. For. Approx. date, f/gn'ct ' AVaroa Oct. 9 i orlnna Nelson Oct. J freeze Timaru Oct. it Mararoa Wellington Oct. 10 Storm Picton ' Oct. 10 Pateena Wellington Oct. 11 Monowai Dunedin Oct. 11 Tarawera Wellington Oct. 11 Moeraki Sydney Oct. 11 OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessels Due at Lyttelton. --n S sel. Erom. Sailed. Due. • n ; c London Aug. 3 Oct. 12 Port Lyttelton London Aug. 3 Oct. Port Napier London July 21 Oct. Tuvaklna London Aug. 17 Oct. .20 Waimana London . Sept. 6 Oct. 21 Citv of Agra New York Sept. 3 Nov. Booral Montreal .Aug. 20 Oct. 20 Hazel Repton Newcastle Aug. 11 Oct. Hurunui New York Aug. 17 Oct. 31 Opawa Liverpool Sept. 9 Nov. Somerset Liverpool Aug. 11 Oct. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. Tire Westralia left Sydney September 20; arrived Auckland September 24, arrived Wellington September 30, Lyttelton October 3; due bock Sydney October 13. The Manuka left Sydney September 28: reft. Wellington October 3, arrived Lyttelton October 1; due back at Wellington October 5, Sydney October 9. The Moeraki leaves Sydney October 5; arrives at Wellington October 9, Lyttelton October 10; due back at Wellington October 12. Sydney October 10. The Riverina leaves Sydney October 12: arrives at Wellington October Hi; Lyttelton October 18; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, October 23. The Wimmera left Melbourne September 23, Wellington October 3, arrived Lyttelton October 4; due back Melbourne October 9. BY TELEGRAPH. Orersea. Bn Cable. — Press Ansor.ialion-. — Copyright. ■ SUVA, October fi. Arrived- Levuka, from Sydney. MELBOURNE, October 6. Sailed- Paloona, for Wellington. (The Pa loona is bringing returning soldiers and invalids ex transport). Waitomo, for Auckland. SYDNEY, October 0. Sailed—Moeraki (6.15 p.m.), for Wellington. Coastal. Press A«*ocic'i..n. AUCKLAND, October fi. Arrived--Arabura (8.30 a.m.), and Monowai (!) a.m.), from southern ports. October 7. Arrived-Vermont )2 a.m.), from New York; Turakina (4 a.m.), from London. DUNEDIN, October ('». Arrived- Corinna (8.10 a.m.), from northern ports; Buyo Marti (0 a.m.), from Bluff. Sailed- Winimera (noon), for Melbourne; Corinna (4.30 p.m.), for Wellington. NOTES.

The Opouri is due at Lyttelton to-morrow from Oreymouth with a load of timber. She sails on her return trip on Tuesday. The Pateena has been running for some days minus a part of a propellor blade, and it was intended to dock the vessel tomorrow for repairs, but it has since been decided to allow her io continue, as she has been doing for a time. The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Turakina is due at Auckland on Monday next. She is expected at I.vttclton. via Wellington, about October 2(1.

The tug Kopidai, which has been sold by thi' Otngo Harbour Hoard to a Sydney firm. arrived at Wellington on Thursday afternoon. Prior to leaving tor the south a deck house aft was -fitted up lor the crew, which numbers l'l. The tug is rigged with sail. but it is intended to use steam as far as possible. Captain W. Hnillie is in command, and his oflicers are: Mr C>. McUeorge, mate; chief engineer, Mr Maine; second. Mr Itcnnie; chief steward. Mr .lack Smith i late of the Tutanekail. Captain l'hinn, who will accompany the Koputai, is late of the Newcastle pilot service, and is well known as a luiilder and owner of several tugs in Sydney. lie was also designer, builder, and surveyor of Hie Eastbourne Borough Council's ferry steamer Cobar. He has had many stirring experlencs on the New South Wales coast, and is a leading authority on tugs.

The C. and 1). chartered steamer Vermont which has arrived at Auckland from New York, via Panama Canal, for some lime past. The Vermont, after putting out her Auckland cargo, will come on to Wellington, about a week later, and, according to present arrangements, will go on to Dunedin before proceeding to Australia. Captain I). Ritchie, late of the Pateena, has been appointed to the command of the big cargo steamer Witotarn (ex-I)almorei Captain Mawsoll, late of the Mapourika, takes over command of the Pateena. Captain Sewell, or the Kamona, has taken command of the Mapourika. Captain Scott, late of the Corinna, has gone to the Kamona. The harbourmaster at Nelson (Captain 11. Collinsi, in his monthly report, stated: The trade of the port for the month coding September ,'!0 had been at its usual volume for the period of the season. During the month 128 vessels entered mid left the port, includ'ng one ocean-going steamer, and were made up as follow : 2'.', I'liinn Company's slramers, .'<('> small steamers, and IK sailing vessels, having a total of JJIi.IKJI lons register. Aiding under the board's instructions, a winch, together with the necessary gear, hail been placed in position on the wharf at Mapua, and was ready for immediate use. This would enable small vessels and motor launches to discharge •■••) on to the wharf at am state of the

J Tlio Norwegian commercial fleet shows

I for June on account of war losses a reI ituction of five ships, totalling 12,(i3() tons, | while Hi shi]>s of 8019 Inns have been bought from foreign countries (says the j "Sydney Shipping List"). During the first i half of this year the net increase is .'0 ! ships, but of onlv 4023 tons net. The aver- , age haU'-yearlj increase for the last five

years lias been about .">C,OOO lons. Since the commencement of the war, or (luring the last 23 months, the net increase bad been 111 ships of 197,9-10 pross register lons.

The Redcriaktiebolaget Xordstjernan of ; Stockholm, lias applied to Hie Government , financial Department for a loan from the ; shipping fund of 75(1,000 kroner. The company's present shipbuilding orders amount to nearly 20,000,000 kroner, consisting of ' six motor steamers, each of 0450 tons deadweight, from Hurmeister and Wain, Copenhagen, and three motor steamers, each of 9200 tons deadweight, from Gotln nburg's Nya VerUstads-Aktieboiag, which are to be delivered successively between this year and 1020. These new motor steamers are 1 partly intended for extension of the services on the Brazils and River Plate but : mainly for further exploiting the possi--1 bilities of the company's services to the , Pacific Coast.