SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 882, 7 December 1916, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. Dav. Hour. First quarter .... 2 1.20 p.m. Full moon ~ .. 10 12.14 a.m. Last quarter .. .. 18 5.36 a.m. New moon .. 2.') 8.1 a.m. First quarter .. .. 31 H-37 P.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 5.24 a.m., sets 2.11 a.m. to-morrow. TIDE. To-day. 1.31 a.m., 1.50 p.m. To-morrow, 2.25 a.m.. 2.51 pm.. SUN. Sun rose to-day 4.10 a.m., sets 7.27 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER »'-■ MONOWAI (1.30 p.m.), 3133 tons. Norton. from Auckland, via Cisborne, Napier, and ton, from Melbourne, via Bluff, Dunedln and Tlmaru. ROSAMOND 110.35 p.m.), -21 tons, Rankin, from Greyrnouth. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7. MANUKA (O.tO a.m.), 1505 tons. Cleft, from Sydney, via Wellington. MAORI (7.5 a.m.), 3390 tons, Manning, from Wellington. .KARAMU (8 n.m.i, !»•'!'» <<" ls - W illtiiinsoii, from Wellington.

SAILED. | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 0. WOOTTON (1.30 p.m.), 150 tons, Larscn, • for Wellington. OBKPUKI (5 p.m.). ".27 tons. Dewhurst, ! for Wellington, Nelson, and Tarakohe ! WAKATU (0.5 p.m.), I">' tons ' Wills, loi "tARAWERA (0.30 p.m.), 2003 tons, H. Williams, for Wellington. MARAROA (8.1.-, p.m.), 2598 tons, Mawson, for Wellington. Passehgers-laO saloon and | CYGNET (8.20 p.m.),' 121 tons, Murray, for Kaikflnra. , MONOWAI (8.20 p.m.), 3133 tons, Rent, for Dunedin. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Maori, Wellington. Manuka, Sydney. SHIPPING IN PORT. Ha?el Rcpton, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Annie Hill, schooner, Gladstone pier. Raupo, barque. Gladstone Pier. Karamu, s.s., Gladstone Pier. Rosamond, s.s.. No. 1 breastwork. Manuka, s.s.. No. 2 wharf, east side. Maori, s.s., No. 2 wharf, west side. Cvgnct, s.s., No. 3 wharf, east side. Rakanoa, s.s., No. 3 wharf, west side. Araluen, s.s., No. 4 wharf, west side. VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel From. Appro\. date. Mararoa Wellington Dee. 8 Cygnet Akavoa Dec. .t Calm Timaru Dec. 9 Maori Wellington Dec. 9 Monowaf Dunedin Dec. J Mararoa Wellington Dec. 10 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Appro v. date. Mararoa Wellington Dec. 8 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 8 Calm Wellington Dec. 9 Monowal Auckland Dee. 9 Maori Wellington Dec. 9 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 11 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 11 OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessel* due at Lyttelton. Vessel. From. Sailed. Due. Tancred S. 'Frisco Oct. 17 Dec. Port Chalmers London Sept. 20 Dec. Ruahlne London Oct. 17 Dec. Waimate Liverpool Oct. 20 Nov. Southwalte New York Nov. 11 Dec. 21 Tainui London Oct. 20 Dec. Port Hacking New York Sept. Dec. Karamea Liverpool Oct. Dec. Dongarra Montreal Nov. Jan.

BY TELEGRAPH. Orersea. B.i Cabk.—Prext A«*«rintin„ —Cowiright,. LONDON, December 5. Sailed—Florence Luckenbach, for Auckland. SYDNEY, December 0. Arrived—Riverina (5 a.m.l, from Wellington. Coastal. Prrxx Ansociatinn AUCKLAND. December 0. Arrived— Whangape (10.45 a.m.), from Suva; Westralia (2.40 p.m.l. from southern ports; Te Anau (4.20 p.m. I, from southern poits. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Westralia left Sydney November 15: arrived Auckland November 19, Dunedin November 20; Lyttelton Nov niber 30; arrived back at Auckland December 3, clue back Sydney December 8. The Wimmera left Melbourne November 25, arrived Wellington November 30, Dunedin December 5; due back at Melbourne December 11. The Manuka left Sydney November 30; arrived Wellington December 4, Lyttelton to-day; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, December 11. The Moeraki leaves Sydney December 7; due at Wellington December 11, Lyttelton December 12; due back at Wellington December 14, Sydney December 18.

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NOTES. The Karamu. which has suffered considerable delay, both at Greymouth and Wellington, arrived this morning, The bar prevented her from leaving Greymouth on schedule' time, and the scarcity of labour held her back at Wellington for some days. The Klttawa is expected to leave Timaru to-day for Oamnru, where she is <lue to load for Dunedin to-morrow. She takes on cargo at Dunedin on Saturday Cor Lyttelton, and leaves here on Tuesday for Westport and Greymouth. The Manuka, which arrived this morning, brought transhipments, ex the steamers C.ooee, Eastern, Xardos, Tenno Mai'M, Corio, and others, the principal lines being:— 1057 bundles palings. H."> bags bark, 4(1 cases tablet sugar, 24 cases earthen jars, 25 cases soap, 50 sacks flour, 140 bales gluepieces, 289 bags glucpieees, 204 bags hides, 400 l)ags cocoa beans, 182 bags salt. 246 eases fruit, 182 half-cases fruit, 1!I2 halfchests tea, 232 chests tea, 120 pieces timber and sundries.

The Rakanoa leaves for Westport tonight. The Rosamond sails to-night for Wellington where she loads for New Plymouth. Mr J. Gaby, third officer of the Moana, having come ashore, Mr E. Watkin, acting second officer, has reverted to third, and Mr G. Evans lias joined as second. The four-masted American schooner E. B. Jackson, bound from Puget Sound to Dunedin with lumber, put into Melbourne last Saturday week for provisions. A form of malarial fever has also been experienced on board.

Unable to secure coal, and it being unprofitable these times to remain idle, the owners of the five-masted motor ship I'.itv of Portland have decided that she shall leave Newcastle and return to the Pacille coast in ballast (says a recent Sydney "Shipping List."! Captain Johnston stated prior to departure thai he hoped the vessel had sufficient oil fuel to carry her on to San Francisco, but if It proved otherwise he would call in at Honolulu and obtain supplies.

The City of Portland is one of a fleet of eleven large motor ships, and was under charter to carry three cargoes of coal from .Newcastle to Honolulu.

Preparations for the commercial war that must come about when the nations are at peace again still occupy the attention of the directors of the Cunard Company, which has, in no unmistakable manner made it clear thai it is the intention to. In future, play a far more important part in the mercantile affairs of the world than has hitherto been the case. The close association with the Commonwealth, and Dominion Line in regard to the Australian trade is known of so well that further mention need not be made here, and there are other arrangements that have been entered into equally well-known of. Accentuating the fact that in all these connections it is the idea to he on a substantial footing to face competition is the frequency with which suitable vessels have of late been purchased. A few months ago at least four modern cargo-carriers were secured, amongst the quartet being the Anglo-Cali-fornian, which came here as Vandalia, in fact is at present in port at Sydney, and information just to hand states that negotiations were completed recently for the purchase of the steamer Luc-eric, built to the order of Messrs A. Weir and Co., and which when taken over was named Valacia.

The Rosamond, which arrived late last night from Greyrnouth, proceeds to Wellington. Advice has been received by cable of the safe arrival at London of the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rimutaka, which left Wellington on October (1. Sir I.ane, second officer of the Kowhai, has severed his connection with the Union Steam Ship Company. The A. and A. Line vessels Paparosi and Roscommon, have been lixed to take berth at New York for New Zealand ports. A telegram was received in Wellington yesterday, stating that the Queen of the South went aground on the bar whilst entering the river at I'oxton. She is due at Wellington on Friday. London underwriters are getting anxious about the question of claims under policies which include excess charges for genera) average and salvage charges which many owners have been able to get included in their slips on disbursements at a nominal additional premium. Under ordinary circumstances the risk is not a serious one, but with the increase in values the position has become urgent. This is specially the ease with neutral steamers in which the values are. of course, proportionately higher than on steamers owned by the Allies, which are subject to requisition, and cannot be sold outside the (lags of the Allied nations. A case has recently been mentioned where a Creek steamer sustained a claim for general average and salvage charges, and. while the steamer was insured on a value of £.18,000, the second value for the average adjustment was taken at £225,000. In the case in question, the underwriters on the hull would pay la per cent, of the claim, and the balance would fall on the underwriters, who had uccepted the excess gen- | eral average and salvage charges. This i would mean more, than a total loss on the policy, unless the policy contained the 1 "standard wording - ' which provides for the amount insured to be a proportion of the | difference between the insured and the ; sound values in the adjustment.

C.S.S. CO'S. PACIFIC COAST TRADERS. Cables have been received stating that the steamer Wairuna has arrived at Vancouver from Australian ports, and is to leave San Francisco early this month for Melbourne direct. The Waikawa was to have left San Francisco on November 25 for Sydney and Melbourne. The Waimarino was to have left San Francisco at the end of last month for Auckland and Sydney. , The Waihemo is to leave San Francisco early in January for Wellington and Sydney. I The Waltotara is to leave San Francisco I in the middle of January for Sydney and ! Melbourne.