SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 962, 12 March 1917, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. Day. Hour. Full moon .. .. 9 9.28 a.m. Last quarter .. .. 17 0.3 a.m. New moon .. .. 23 3.35 p.m. MOON. Moon rises to day 7.15 p.m., sets 9.0 a.m. TIDE. Today, 6.14 a.m., 6.37 p.m. Tomorrow 7.0 a.m., 7.25 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 5.56 a.m., sets 6.24 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. SATURDAY, MARCH 10. CORINNA (1.25 p.m.), 1271 tons, Elders, from Dunedin. CYGNET (5 p.m.), 124 tons, A. Murray, from Akaroa. SUNDAY, MARCH 11. OPOURI (5 a.m.), 571 tons, Pearson, from Grcymouth. MARAROA (8.40 a.m.), 2598 tons, Horn, from Wellington. WOOTTON (4.25 p.m.), 150 tons, Larscn, from Port Hardy. SAILED. SATURDAY, MARCH 10. WIMMERA (6 p.m.), 3022 tons, Hell, for Sydney. C.OIUNNA (6.20 p.m.), 1272 tons, Elders, for Wellington. MAORI (8.20 p.m.), 3399 tons, Manning, for Wellington. KARAMU (11.55 p.m.), 934 tons, Williamson, for Greymouth.

VESSELS SAILING TODAY. Mararoa, Wellington; Breeze, Dunedin. SHIPPING IN PORT. Lily, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Hazel Repton, schooner, Gladstone Pier. Annie Hill, schooner. Gladstone Pier. Koromiko, s.s., Gladstone Pier. Mararoa, s.s.. No. 2 wharf, east side. Breeze, s.s., No. 3 wharf, east side. Opouri, s.s., No. 3 wharf, cast side. VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON. Vessel. From. Approx. date. Maori Wellington Mar. 13 Riverina Sydney Mar. 11 Monowai Dunedin Mar. 14 Mararoa Wellington Mar. 14 Storm Timarn Mar. 14 Maori Wellington Mar. 15 Breeze Dunedin Mar. 15 ] VESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON. Vessel. For. Apm-ox. .late. Maori Wellington Mar. 13 Opouri Grey-mouth Mar. 13 Riverina Sydney Mar. 11 Monowai Auckland Mar. 14 Orcpukl Wellington Mar. if Storm Wanganui Mar. It RY TELEGRAPH. Oversea. By Cable. — Prex* Asisorinlinn. — Cofniriaht. NEW CASTLE, March 11. Bailed—Kaitangata, lor New Zealand. Coastal. Pietm Axxnrialinn. AUCKLAND, March 10. Sailed—Tarawera, for southern ports. March 11. Arrived—Waiporl (10 a.m.), from Timaru. WELLINGTON, March 11. Arrived Maori (7.55 a.m.), and Winnncra (8.10 a.m.), from Lyttolton. Wnkntu (8.10 a.m.), from Kaikoura. Canopns (!) a.m.), ■with hulk Hannah Nicholson in tow, from Timaru. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Wlmmcra left Sydney, February 21; arrived at Auckland February 25; arrived at Wellington, via Has! Coast ports, March A, pltnedin March 8, l.yltelton March I); due tack at Sydney March 17. 'flie Mocraki lefl Sydney March 1: arrived Wellington Mar«h 5, Lyttelton March 7; due hack at Sydney, via Wellington, today. NOTES. The Tarawera is due on Wednesday from Auckiaiid and sails Ihe same night for the south. The Hiveiina is due from Sydney on Wednesday, having left the New South Wales port on Thursday last. The London "Times," according to press dispatches, says it understands instructions have been given to several shipyards to cease work now in progress on high class liners and divert the labour to the building of plain cargo ships. "If the daily toll of losses teaches one lesson," says the "Times," In approving the decision, "clearly it is that the need of new cargo ships is very great. "When the shipbuilding of the country is properly mobilised, as it is now being organised, the new production within a few months should be absolutely irresistible. But this result will not be achieved without immense effort and some interference with private plans."