SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 885, 11 December 1916, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER. Day. Hour. First quarter .. ~ 2 1.20 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 8.59 a.m., sets 5.7 a.m. In-morrow. TIDE. To-day, 5.1 a.m., 5.27 p.m. To-morrow, 5.52 a.m.. 0.10 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 4.15 a.m., sets 7.31 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. BREEZE (2.15 p.m.), 542 Jons, Radford, from Wellington. CYGNET (2.5(1 p.m.). 124 tons, A. Murray, from Akaroa. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10. MARAROA (8.55 a.m.), 2598 tons. Mawson, from Wellington. Passengers— 150 saloon and steerage. WOOTTON (3.10 p.m.), 150 tons, Larsen, from Wellington. OREPUKI (8.10 p.m.), (ifll tons, Dewliurst. from Tarakohe. SAILED. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9. MAORI (8.15 p.m.l, 3399 tons, W. Manning, for Wellington. Passengers—2so saloon and steerage. MONOWAI (11.45 p.m.), 3433 tons, Norton, for Wellington. BREEZE (midnight). 337 tons, Radford, for Tiniaru. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Mararoa, Wellington. Cygnet, Akaroa. Wakatu, Kaikoura. SHIPPING IN r-ORT. Hazel Repton, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Annie Hill, schooner, Gladstone Pier, Raupo, barque, Gladstone Pier. Mararoa, s.s.. No. 2 wharf, east side. Cygnet, s.s., No. 3 wharf, east side. Orepuki, s.s., No. 4 wharf, east side. VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. From. Appro*, date. Maori Wellington ' Dec. 12 Cygnet Akaroa Dec. 12 Kiltawa Timaru Dec. 12 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 13 Moeraki «. Sydney Dec. 13 Corinna Timaru Dec. 13 Westralia Dunedin Dec. 13 Maori Wellington Dec. 14 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Approx. date. Orepuki Nydia Bay Dec. 12 Kittawa Westport Dec. 12 Maori Wellington Dec. 12 Cygnet Kaikoura Dec. 13 Moeraki Sydney Dec. 13 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 13 Corinna Nelson Dee. 13 Maori Wellington Dec. 14 Mararoa Wellington Dec. 15 OVERSEA SHIPPING. Vessels due at LytteHon. Vessel. From. Sailed. Due. lancred S. 'Frisco Oct. 17 Dec. Port Chalmers London Sept. 29 Dec. Ruahine London Oct. 17 Dec. Waimate Liverpool Oct. 26 Nov. Southwaitc New York Nov. 11 Dec. 21 Tainui Ixmdon Oct. 26 DecPort Hacking New York Sept. Jan. Karamea Liverpool Oct. Dec. Dongarra Montreal Nov. Feb. Parattah Montreal Nov. Feb. BY TELEGRAPH. Oversea. B\j Oahlc. — Press Asiueratian. — Capyriyht. Australian and N.Z. CahU Association. (Received December 11, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 10. Sailed—Gogovale, for Auckland. By Cable. — Press ixunrni. nti - (Jonuright. SYDNEY, December 10. Arrived—Wanganui, from- New Zealand. The American schooner Andy Mahony, from San Francisco to Auckland direct, called for water. Constat Press Association AUCKLAND, December 9. Sailed—Westralia (2 p.m.), for Dunedin; Ruahine (10.40 a.m.), for Wellington; Te Anau (2.15 p.m.), for the south. Arrived—Kauri, from Vancouver. . \ December 10. Arrived—Tarawera (4 p.m.), from southern ports. WELLINGTON, December 9. Sailed—Corinna (8.50 p.m.), for Dunedin: Rosamond (9.10 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Kurow (11.35 p.m.), for Bluff December 10. Arrived—Poherua (2.45 a.m.), from Greymouth; Maori (7.50 a.m.) and Monowai (3.15 p.m.), from LyHelton. DUNEDIN, December 9. Arrived—Athenic (11 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Kokiri (7 p.m.), from Westport. December 10. Arrived—Kittawa (fi a.m.), rrom Oamaru; InvercargiU (12.15 p.m.), from Bluff; Calm (1.50 p.m.), from Bluff. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Wimmera left Melbourne November 2a, arrived Wellington November 30, Dunedin December 5; due back at Melbourne to-lay. The Manuka left Sydney November 30; arrived Wellington December 4, Lytteltou December 7; due back at Sydney, via Wellington, to-day. The Moeraki left Sydney December 7; due at Wellington to-day, Lytteltou December 12; due back at Wellington December 14, Sydney December 18. NOTES. *» J 'v-"' K ' Swai "> l:l,e second purser of the Niagara, is now purser of the Te Anau. Mr R. Carnachan, mate of the Wairau, who has been on sick leave, has rejoined Jus vessel, and Mr L. Bonner, acting mate, has come ashore. Captain H. B. Saunders, late of the Kaikoura, has taken command of the Kurow in place of Captain Thompson. Mr J. Soul, chief officer of the Waitotara, has succeeded Mr J. W. Cameron as chief of the Kurow. The liner Port Chalmers, which had been held up at Sydney by the coal trouble sailed at noon on Friday for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, and LytteHon. The Kittawa has now been fixed to proceed to Westport direct from Dunedin. The Knramu will take the West Coast loading from here, leaving about Friday for Westport and Grcymouth. ."w. Wftrtndiai from Auckland, is due at Wellington to-morrow and at Lyttelton on Wednesday. She goes on to Dunedin and sails again for North Island ports. I he liner Ruahine, which is due at Wellington to-day from Auckland, is in the charge of Captain B. T. Smith, who has the following officers with him:—First, Mr H. M. Williams; second, Mr A. Cole; third, Mr A B. Smith; fourth, Mr W. Burrows; chief engineer, Mr J. Scott; second, Mr J. Maleolmson; third, Mr R. Barrow; fourth Mr J. P. Cade; filth, Mr T. Whitcombc; sixth, Mr J. Hanlan; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr J. Bisset; second, Mr A. Marsdenwireless operator, Mr W. Condon; surgeon' Dr J. Jago; purser, Mr C. Searle; electrician, Mr C. Chinnery; assistant wireless operator, Mr W. Hughes. In the course of the debate in the Reichstag on the estimates of the Ministry of the Interior, Dr Richter, Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior, speaking on the commercial measures that will have to be undertaken after the war, said: "A matter of urgent necessity for some time after the war will be a large amount of merchant tonnage. I am authorised bv the Minister of Finance to state that no "small amount ol money will be at our disposal for this purpose. Something in this direction has already been done. In so far as workmen can be spared from the Imperial shipyards, they will be employed in rebuilding the merchant fleet. - ' Heir Gothein a member of the Progressive People's Partv. considered thai Germany need not fear any American competition, although Americans bat reaped great profits for file misfortunes ol the war. Heir Gothein continued: "They have made no efforts to capture international commerce in respect of ordinary merchandise, but base ;<siricted themselves to the more profitable manufacture of war material in the United States the export of merchandise has even decreased to a considerable extent. All over the world an urgent demand for ordinary merchandise exists, and after the war o,jr industries will have an extremely busy time. Even among our enemies the conviction is growing more mid more that the coming peace must be a lasting one. In order to enable. us to export to the full ext.-nt of our powers, sh pbmlding must b • carried on as extensively as possible, because commercial tonnage all over the world has considerably decreased."

Such lengthy passages as some sailing vessels engaged in the New Zealand-Austral- I iiiit trade have been making latelv promote the belief that it would perhaps be i wise lor the owners of such craft to ser- j iouslv consider the wisdom of installing an | nil engine, says an exchange. To-day, with ! steamers competing so keenly in this busi- , I ness, extended passages cannot have but j one vi\d, and that is driving the slower craft out entirely, which would not lie the ! case if if could be guaranteed that delivery of cargoes would be made within a certain i period. It has to be admitted that there is la vast difference between conditions in the i Pacific Coast Australian trade and the New j Zealand-Commonwealth business, and that , in the former there is every need of prom- j | ptitude in handling cargoes on account of | the very much longer distance to lie eovI ered, but the fundamental point is just the j j same, to keep the sailer going as long as > possible. The cost of the oil engine to-day i is not great in comparison with the assurance that a speed of several Knots could be. maintained, would mean, and ample de- j monstration has been given of the utility of I it, so owners of sailing craft have nothing to fear. On the other hand, however, ! I unless something in this d'rect'oii is done —■ j i and done soon—grave fears for the future I !of the sailer, even in the Dominion-Aus- ! I Indian trade, must be felt. !

The "Canal Record" in a report on the workings of the Panama Canal to the end of the last financial year, points out that the canal was, up to then, being run at a big loss and the report continues:—

"The canal was closed in the middle of September and remained closed except for the transit of small vessels which had waited at the entrance for passage, until the middle of April. There was thus five months of the twelve in which the canal was in normal operation. Considering the vessels which watied for the re-opening and those wlreh came early in April for passage, in anticipation of the opening, which had been announced for April 15, the operations may be considered normal for slightly less than half the year.

"The number of ships which passed through the canal (luring the preceding fiscal year (the canal was opened to commercial tralllc for the first time on August 15, 1914), was 108 S. Their aggregate net tonnage was 3,843,035. The cargo they carried through the canal amounted to 4,969,792 tons. Their tolls amounted to 4,343,383,.69 dollars, after all refunds had been made. "During the fiscal year ending with the close of business on June .'lO, 1910, the total receipts of tolls from vessels passing through the canal were 2,399,830.42 dollars. The total amount expended on account of the operation ami maintenance of the canal was 0,999,750,.16 dollars. This left a deficit in the account of 4,590,919.73 dollars. During the preceding fiscal year the tolls had exceeded the expenses by 270,(i. r )0,.,'18 dollars, which represented a profit of 1i.7 per cent, on the expenditure for operation and maintenance alone, not counting anything for interest on the money invested or for depreciation of plant."