SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. NOVEMBER.

MOON. Moon rose 3.20 a.m., sets 7.10 p.m. TIDE. To-dav, 3.12 a.m., 3.41 p.m. To-morrow, 1.11 a.m., 4.42 p.m. SITN. Sun rose to-day 1.21 a.m., sets 7.13 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. i FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21. WOOTTON (0.30 p.m.), 150 tons, Larsen, from Pigeon Bay. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. STORM (4.30 a.m.), 105 tons, Cowan, from j MAORI "(0,10 a.m.), 3300 tons. Manning,! from Wellington. SAILED. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24. | CYGNET (11.45 a.m.), 124 tons, A. Murray, for Akaroa. ■,;„. KARAMi; (0.10 p.m.), !>l3 tons, Williamson, for Greymouth. MARAROA (8.25 p.m.), 2508 tons, Mawson, for Wellington. Passengerss-Mssm Lewis, Hoadley. White Comic. ManMll, Kolln, Holder, Ingle, Hendra, Butler, Blackmore, Kerr, Box, Simpson, Tresi/.e,He Uml,ert, Shields. Boyce, MMtomcs Chaniberlain, Stewart, Adamsoii, I '"' s s{} crla id, Speddtngs and child, Ne son,\\ ilson, McCultough, Mandl Lewis, McPJici son Van \sch. Gillies. Hall, Chamberlain, Fnthei McCaUum, Father McEauchlan, Father Minogue, Rev. Tod, Messrs Heln.ore, In rnei, Van Asch, Marks. Lewis, CroH, Mason, m 55.11, Hayes. Jessop Holts Christie Law, Dowthwaite, Shaw. McDonald, Mclndoe,Gairett. Duke, Marfell, Mason, Abbotson, Stewart, and 50 steerage. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. WOOTTON (12.25 a.m.), 150 tons, Larsen, for Kaikoura and Wellington. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Maori, Wellington. Monowai, Auckland. SHIPPING IN PORT. Hazel Rcpton, schooner, Gladstone Pier. \nnie Hill, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Opouri, s.s., No. 1 breastwork. Maori, s.s.. No. 2 wharf, east sue. Storm, s.s., No. 4 wharf, east side.

BY TELEGRAPH. OTersea. By Cabh. — frer* A*xnrwtian. — Cam/right. MELBOURNE, November 21. Sailed—Rnkanoa, for Bluir. SYDNEY, November 24. Sailed—Riverina (11). Coastal. Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 24. Arrived—Kauri (4 p.m.), from Suva. November 25. Sailed—Opawa (daylight), for Wellington. WELLINGTON, November 24. Arrived—Kiritona (4 a.m.), from the East Const; Defender (5.50 a.m.), from Hokitika; Maori (7.10 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Magic (8 a.m.), from Sandy Bay; Paloona (S a. in.), from southern ports; Waipori (8.20 a.m.), from Westport. Sailed—Ngatoro (11.30 a.m.), Tor Lyttelton; Takapuna (12.45 p.m.), for Picton and Nelson; Maori 17.55 p.m.), for Lyttelton. DUNEDIN, November 25. The Monowai has been further delayed by rain, and will sail at daybreak tomorrow. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Wcstralia left Sydney November 15; due at Auckland November 111, Dunedin November 20; due back at Auckland December 3, Sydney December 8. The Moeraki left Sydney November 16; arrived Wellington November 20; arrived Lyttelton November 22; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, November 27. The Wimmera leaves Melbourne to-day; due at Wellington November 30, Dunedin December 5; due back at Melbourne December 11. The Manuka leaves Svdnev November 30; due at Wellington December i, Lyttelton December 5; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, December 11. NOTES. The Wootton arrived at Lyttelton from Pigeon Bay last evening and sailed early this morning for Kaikoura and Wellington. Mr A. Williamson lias been appointed assistant keeper at the Pencarrow Lighthouse, vice Mr Garland resigned. The chairman of the Westport Harbour Board mentioned at the meeting on Monday that Westport missed the chance of bunkering a foreign-going steamer owing to there being no information regarding the port of Westport at Auckland. Port charts are to be widely circulated in future.

Mr H. Swain, kite junior purser of the j Niagara, is at present awaiting instructions at Duncdin. At the Westport Harbour Hoard meeting on Monday Mr James Boyd, late of the Anchor service, was appointed signalman- I pilot at Westport. The Wellington watersiders have not of- : fcred themselves for engagement during i the past two days for the transshipping of case benzine from the hulk lima into the I'nion Co.'s steamer Kaitangata for carriage to Auckland (says yesterday's "New Zea- ; land Tillies"). The labour foreman made four attempts to engage men for the job, but none were willing to accept the work. A "Times" representative made inquiries | among the men with regard to this unusual ! development. A reason given was that | since the explosion on the Wairuna at Syd- I ney, in which six men were killed, the men consider the work of handling benzine is very risky. They stated that on Tuesday one man collapsed from the effects of j the fumes ami hail to be sent up in a net. This unprecedented attitude of the men was <iuitc unexpected. The Kaitangata is being dispatched from Wellington al noon to-day for Auckland without the benzine portion of the transhipments ex the Tancred. The steamer Araluen is due lo arrive at Auckland about the 29th hist, from Montreal. This is the date given us by mail, though it is probable that she will get here a couple of days before, vessels of her type generally taking 27 days from Colon. The Araluen is a ship of 5518 tons, and is n captured German steamer. The Commonwealth Government own the Araluen, which is coming here under charier to the New Zealand Shipping Company. Captain Neaglc is in charge of her. She left Montreal with a general cargo for Auckland and other Dominion ports on October 11, and Colon en route on October HO. The Norwegian steamship llerakles, with nitrates from Autofogasta, arrived at San Francisco on October 15 with a bucketful of volcanic ocean water, a sample of that through which the vessel passed on October (i while oft" the coast of Lower California. The water was discoloured over an area of 2000 ft long by several hundred feet wide. It was a deep reddish brown, and its temperature was 2(1 degrees higher than that of the surrounding sea. The exact location of this water was the latitude 31..'10 north and longitude II!!.:;;, west. The bucketful brought by the llerakles was given to the T'nited States hydrographic office for analysis. It contains a heavy sediment of volcanic ash, which is believed lo have been the result of a great subterranean upheaval of some kind, either a volcano or a geyser. On September lid and October 1 the llerakles passed a veritable floating forest oil' the coast of Lower California, some HO miles out from the mouth of Colorado River. More than 100 immense trees, some with green leaves, were counted, and on the trees were many land birds of all kinds and thousands of turtles. The sailors caught many of the turtles for soup, and a big owl Hew on the ship from a tree jukl was made a pet.

THE LARGEST CARGO VESSEL. An Italian builder has recently launched : the largest cargo carrier trading on the l seas (says the "Sydney Shipping List"). I This is the Navigazie Generale Ita liana ! liner Milazzo. She is more peculiar and j striking in appearance than any ship to be seen on the ocean on account of the 20 tall j steel shafts which tower high above her ; decks. Engineering contrivances comprise a new scheme for the rapid loading and unloading of the enormous cargo which the ship carries. She has a cargo capacity of 11,000 tons, is 512 feet in length, and: has a breadth of beam of 05.N feet and a moulded depth of 33.8 feet. When loaded her displacement is 20,040 tons, and with ;i quadruple expansion engine of 1000 horse- j power, she steams at the rate of 11 knots. 'the ship is primarily designed for the , carrying of coal, grain, or similar bulk car- i go. ' On either side of the centre of the ship are tunnels each with two tracks laid. I On these tracks small cars travel until elevator shafts are reached, from which thev can be emptied into smaller vessels alongside the Milazzo or on the pier. The | roofs of the tunnels of the hold are slanting, and feed the cargo, through small open- . ings, to the cars on the tracks so that it mav be conveyed to the elevators for (lis- • charge. So efficient has this system been proved that it is possible to unload the cargo of 11.000 tons on the Milazzo in 18 hours, with a great diminution of Hie man labour ! required for the unloading of the ordinary : ship. The Milazzo has 20 of these elcvaI tors and shafts used for loading and unloading. Another advantage secured by I j the new design of construction is that, be- j I cause of the slanting sides of the ship's 1 holds, the. cargo, when taken on board, prac- | i ticallv stows itself. The Volturno, a sister . I ship *to the Milazzo, is to be launched at I Spezita, Italy, in a few weeks' time. |

Day. Hour. First quarter .. .. 8 5.21 a.m. Full moon .. .. HI 7.18 a.m. Last quarter .. .. 18 JU1 a.m. New moon .. .. 25 8.20 p.m.

VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. From. Approx. (late. Mararoa Wellington Nov. 26 Waipori Wellington Nov. 20 Mararoa Wellington Nov. 20 Hiniitangl Chathams Nov. 20 Cygnet Akuroa Nov. 28 Maori Wellington Nov. 28 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Approx. date. Mararoa Wellington Nov. 27 Cygnet Akaroa Nov. 27 TIaori Wellington Nov. 28 Mararoa Wellington Nov. 29 Cygnet Kaikoura Nov. 29 OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessels Due at Lyttelton. Vessel. From. Sailed. Due. Tanered S. "Frisco Oct. 17 Nov. Port Chalmers London Sept. 29 Nov. Rnahine London Oct. 17 Nov. \\ annate Liverpool Oct. 20 Nov. Soullnvalte New York Oct. 31 Nov. Tainui London Oct. 20 Dec. Port Hacking New York Sept. Dec. Karamea Liverpool Oct. Dec.