SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 884, 9 December 1916, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. Day. Hour. First quarter .. .. 2 1.26 p.m. Full moon .. .. 10 12.14 a.m. Last quarter .. .. 18 5.30 a.m. New moon .. , ■ 25 8.1 a.m. First quarter .. .. 31 11.37 p.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 7.25 a.m., sets 3.24 a.m. >o-morrow. TIDE. Today, 2.25 a.m., 2.51 p.m. To-morrow, 3.17 a.m., 3.43 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 4.15 a.m., sets 7.29 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. MAORI (7.15 a.m.), 3309 tons, Manning, from Wellington. MONOWAI (9.30 a.m.), 3433 tons Norton, from Dunedin. SAILED. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. CYGNET (11 a.m»), 124 tons, A. Murray, for Akaroa. MARAUOA (8.20 p.m.), 2598 tons, Mawson, for Wellington. Passengers:—Misses McMillan, dill, Dcnnehy, Terry, Ijiird, Craig, Andrews, Davis, Mesdames Glibborn, Fcnty, Rauer, Thomson, Bett, Dineen, Thomas, McIntyre, Andrews, Henson, Coombes, Higbt, Mills, Messrs Jones, Free, Wiggins, Wells, Farhall, McCormack, Stanley, Roger, Hind, Shanks, Rees, Keast, Mallett, Blcwett, Foley, Dalmar, Bult, Brooking, Ruston, Brock, Blundell, Prevost, Whittaker, Donne, Wells, Coulter, Hight, Coombe, and Hinton, and 50 steerage. „ KARAMU (11.25 p.m.), 934 tons, V, llliamson, for Greymouth. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Calm, Wellington. Maori, Wellington. -Wootton. Wellington. Monowai, Auckland. Cygnet, Akaroa. SHIPPING IN PORT. Hazel Repton, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Annie Hill, schooner, Gladstone Pier, ltaupo, barque, Gladstone Pier. Maori, s.s., No. 2 wharf, east side. Monowai, s.s., No. 2 wharf, west side. Cygnet, s.s., No. 3 wharf, east side. VESSELS JBXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. From. Approx. date. Mararoa Wellington Dee. 10 Maori Wellington Dec. 12 Cvgnet Akaroa Dec. 12 Kittawn Timaru Dec. 12 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 13 Moeraki Sydney Dec. 13 Corinna Timaru Dec. 13 Westralia Dunedin Dec. 13 Maori Wellington Dec. 1 I VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Approx. date. Mararoa Wellington Dec. 11 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 11 Wakatu Kaikoura Dec. 11 Kittawa Westport Dec. 12 Maori Wellington Dec. 12 Cygnet Kaikoura Dec. 13 Moeraki Sydney Dec. 13 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 13 Corinna Nelson Dec. 13 Maori Wellington Dec. 14

OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessels due at Lyttelton. Vessel. From. Sailed. Due. Tancred S.'Frisco Oct. 17 Dec. Port Chalmers London Sept. 29 Dee. Huahine London Oct. 17 Dec. W'aimate Liverpool Oct. 2fi Nov. Southwaite New York Nov. 11 Dec. 21 Tainui London Oct. 2G Dec. Port Hacking New York Sept. Jan. Karamea Liverpool Oct. Dec. Dongarra Montreal Nov. Feb. Parattah Montreal Nov. Feb. LOST IN A GALE. By CaW-'.- -Press Association. — Copt/right. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LAS PALMAS, December 8. The steamer Pionono foundered in a storm, and 39 of the crew arc missing. BY TELEGRAPH. Oversea. B» Cabh. — l'ress Association. — Cotmright. Australian mid N 7,. Coh],- /,,w»ii,.« SAN FRANCISCO, December 7. Arrived —MaitaL. from Wellington; Sierra, from Sydney. B>! CaMc. — P—ss A'sndnifnti — r\, n ,.ric,ht. MELBOURNE, December 8. Arrived—Wallscnd, from Wanganui. Coastal. Press Association AUCKLAND, December !). Arrived (at Suva) —Kauri, from -Auckland; Makura. from Vancouver. WELLINGTON, December 8. Arrived—Maori (7 a.m.). and Manuka (9.15 a.m.), from Lyttelton: Defender (10.50 a.m.), from Westoort; Cor'nna (3.50 p.m.), from New Plymouth. Sailed—Pateena (12.50 p.m.). for P'etnn and Nelson: Kakano (1.50 p.m.), lor Westport; Koutunui (5.10 p.m.), for Napier; Breeze (5.10 p.m.), and Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. To sail-Manuka (10 30 njii), Tor Sydney. DUNEDIN, December 8. Arrived—Araluen (3.15 p.m.), from I.vttleton. i. Sailed—Monowa i (4.4 a p.m.), for Auckland. Passenger for Lyttelton: -Miss Campbell. Amokura (0 p.m.), for Wellington. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Wimmera left Melbourne November 25, arrived Wellington November .10, Dunedin December 5; due back at Melbourne December 11. __ The Manuka left Sydney November 30; arrived Wellington December 4, Lyttelton December 7; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, December 11. 'Hie Moeraki left Sydney December 7; due at Wellington December 11, Lyttelton December 12; due back at Wellington December 14, Sydney December 18.

NOTES. The Wakatu will leave Lyttelton for Kaikoura on Tuesday.

The Westralia is due at Lyttelton next Wednesday and will leave for Auckland and usual way ports on the following day, Thursday. The Monowai arrived from Dunedin til's morning, and will leave for the north tonight.

Messrs Clarke and Munn, pursers of the Corinna and Te Anau respectively, left Wellington last evening for Sydney for orders.

The Kurow, which was discharging San Francisco cargo at Wellington yesterday, was expected to get away for Dunedin today. She will load at the southern port for Auckland.

The It.M.S. Ruahine, wh'eh arrived at Auckland on Thursday afternoon from Liverpool, via the Panama Canal, will leave for Wellington tonight.

The Moeraki is en route to Wellington from Sydney, bringing 23 saloon and 81 steerage passengers, including 13 Chinese. She has on board 1235 tons of cargo and is due at Wellington on Monday. The last steamer to leave Wellington lor San Francisco took the following passengers:—First Saloon: Misses Dallcn and Beid, Mr G. P. Deas. Second saloon: Miss Booth, Mademoiselle Venard, Madame Venard, Mesdames Fuller and Foley, Messrs McDonald and Torclieana. There were OS passengers in the third class.

Some anxiety is being experience*! in loj'ul shipping circles (suys (lie Auckland "Herald") at tlic non-arrival of the schooner Andy Mahony, which is now 109 days out from San Francisco to Auckland. The vessel left the American port on August 21>, carrying a hold cargo of 0050 cases of oil and a deck cargo of ;!2(i,!»:iKl'l of lumber for Hie Dominion. Since the vessel's departure, no steamer has reported having spoken her, nor has she been reported Irani any point. Referring to the mailer local shipping authorities commented on the vessel's protracted voyage and compared it with that of the previous longest trip made by a similar vessel from San I'raiinsco to this port. I'l'is was the KcMias passage or 70 days. Other long voyages were made by the M. Turner and the 11. M. Smith, both of which took over 711 days. Two vessels, the American barque (iolden (late, and tile sailer Louisa Craig, both of which left Sau Francisco about (he same time as the Andy Mahony lor New Zealand ports, arrived at their destinations after passages of I!) and 53 days respectively. These vessels are, however, probably the fastest sailing ships visiting the Dominion. While admitting that (here was grave cause for anxiety as to the Andy Mahonv's nonappearance, one local authority said il was quite possible that the vessel' would showup safely, and pointed out that it was probable that it had met with a succession of calms coming through tin' Doldrums. As au instance of this, he quoted the voy- .109

ages, some years ago, of the barques Wynchwood and CrilTel from Monte Video to Newcastle, Australia. These vessels, similarly rigged, and both in ballast, left Monte Video about the same time, the CrilTel reaching her destination in 4(5 days, while the Wyehwood took 82 days.

MELBOURNE-NEW ZEALAND SERVICE. It is reported that the Paloona will re-enter the Melbournc-Hlulf-lHuiedm-Lyttelton -Wellington service early in the New Year. The vessel was withdrawn from the service about a fortnight ago on account of the coal strike in Australia, and is at present undergoing overhaul at Port Chalmers, which will lake another two weeks to complete. She is to leave Dunedin on January 3 for Lyttelton and Wellington, and sails from Wellington for Melbourne.

Huddart-Parker and Company have cabled to their Melbourne ollice asking whether there is any possibility of the Wimmera, which is now held up in Melbourne, being recommissioned shortly in order to re-enter her usual service. Till- INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES. Freight rates on nil cargo from Australia have been increased, but for once it can be said few complaints have been heard (says the "Sydney Shipping List"). That some would complain was to be expected, indeed, if any advance was decided upon and no person felt called upon to express indignation it would have been an extraordinary state of affairs, and past the comprehension of shipping men entirely; but as it is it would seem that at last it has become general knoweldgc that in maritime affairs there is some difference between gross earnings and actual profit on a vessel's voyage. Jt is not the contention that the shipping companies have been maintaining services at a loss, as a matter of fact the balance sheets of all shipping companies have revealed some profit, but the profits have not been so large as many appear under the impression to believe to be the case, or even in proportion to the extra risks and costs the \ ar has entailed. Wages have increased, insurance rates have increased, cost of materials has advanced, provisioning expenditure is greater, in fact there is not one item utilised on board or in connection with the merchant ship of to-day that does not cost more, and in passing on a share of the additional expenditure shipping companies engaged in the Australian oversea trade have done exactly the same as has been done elsewhere. At first 3.} d and 2}d per lb on wool, and a jump of about one-third on general merchandise may indicate the advance to be excessive, but if everything is given full consideration ii is by no means so, indeed the demand is very nominal. That perhaps is the reason why so few complaints on the subject have been hcaid.