SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1577, 4 March 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. MARCH. Day. hj. m. New Moon .. .. 210 41 p.m. First Quarter .. .. 9 244 p.m. Full Moon 17 3 11 a.m. Last Quarter .. .. 25 8 4 a.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 7.34 a.m., sets 7.18 p.m. TIDE. To-day, 5.19 a.m., 5.46 p.m. To-morrow, 0.13 a.m., 0.40 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 5.4G a.m., sets G. 37 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. TUESDAY, MARCH 4. HARAMU (1 a.m.), 931 tons, McLellan, from Greymouth. • MAORI »7 a.m.), 3412 tons, Cameron, Trom Wellington. SAILED. MONDAY, MARCH 3. CYGNET (5.50 p.m.), 124 tons, Murray, /or Kaikoura. MARAROA (7 p.m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. MONOWAI (8.20 p.m.;>, 3133 tons, Norton, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. T?ir», Wnangarci, March 4. Mann, Wellington. March 4. ' Baden Powell, Wellington, March 4. Wakatu. Kaikoura. March 4. Cygnet, Kaikoura. March I. Tarawcra, Gishorne, March C. Storm, Timaru, March 0.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm, Dunedin, March -I. Wootton, Wellington. March -I. Mana, Wellington, March 4. Houto, Auckland, March 4. Canopus, Westport. March 4. Baden Powell, Wellington, March 5. Mamari. Dime-din. March 5. Wakatu, Kaikoura. March 5. Cvgnet, Kaikoura, March .">. Zingara. Gisborne, March 5. Tarawera, Napier, March 0. Ruapcbu, Wellington, March 8. VESSELS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Maori, No. 3 wharf. Stella, No. 4 wharf. Storm, No. 4 wharf. Wootton, Xo. 4 wharf. Houto, No. C wharf. Karamu. No. 0 wharf. Ruapehu, No. 7 wharf. Mamari. No. 7 wharf. Canopus, Gladstone pier. Irene, Gladstone pier. Zingara, Gladstone pier. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LONDON, March 3. -Sailed—Westmoreland, for Wellington. SYDNEY, March 4. Arrived —Oxfordshire, from Wellington; Koromiko, from Lyttelton. ARAHURA HELD UP. Pro* A»socialion. AUCKLAND, March 3. The trouble between the firemen and stewards on the Arahura has not been nettled, each side being adamant. As there Is no indication of the vessel sailing the crew has been given 24 hours' notice and will be paid off to-morrow. A hundred passengers and much cargo, including perishable goods and live stock, are affected.

NOTES. The Moncwai discharged a considerable quantity of Dunediil cargo here yesterday, and after taking in a hig consignment sailed last night for Wellington and East Coast ports. The Mamari, in addition to other items of cargo, will load 5000 carcases of meat at this port before sailing to-morrow for Dunedin. The Canopus will sail this afternoon for Westport, where she will take in a full cargo of coal for Lyttclton. The Storm, being unable to complete the handling of her cargo yesterday, deferred lier departure for Timaru till to-day. She is due back here again on Thursday. The Cygnet sailed last night on a special trip to Kaiknura, whence she returns to Lyttelton with a full load of sheep and pigs. The scow Ziugara is expected to have coinSleted the discharge of her Newcastle timer cargo here to-morrow, when she will sail for Gishorne to load timber for Australia. The Wootton, fully loaded, is timed to sail this evening for Wellington. The PcAicrua was expected to load at Westport on Saturday lor Timaru. After discharge at the southern port she will return to the West Coast to take in n cargo for discharge -af Lyltelton, Oaniaru, and Dunedin. The Kitlawa was expected to sail last night from Xew Plymouth to Greymouth, ■where, she will load for Wellington. The Kaituna is loading at Westport for Wellington. The Corinna, which was due at Wellington on Sunday from New Plymouth, will, after discharge, proceed to southern ports. The Government steamer Hinemoa, which Is at present under repair at Wellington, is to sail on her round of the South Island lighthouses on Thursday. The old East London coal hulk Chittagong, originally the Arundel Castle, is to be titled for sea as a barque. The vessel was liuilt 17 years ago at Scott's yard at Greenock, and her cargo capacity is about 1750 tons. The barque Raupo IG. Scales and Co.'i arrived at San Francisco from Wellington on February 20. after a passage of 53 days. The' Peruvian schooner Samar has been chartered to load case oil at San Francisco for Wellington. The Moeraki lett Sydney at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday for Wellington, where she is due . to-morrow, and will berth the following day. She has been fixed to sail on the return trip on Saturday, but the Union Company now advises that if she makes Wel- , lington in good time, the vessel may possibly come on to Lyltelton. The Union Company's cargo steamer ' Kurow is to be temporarily taken off the San Francisco run. An announcement was made by the company on Saturday that on completion of discharge of her American cargo the vessel will go across to Newcastle to load coal for a New Zealand porl.

HOME BOATS. The New Zealand Snipping Company's liner Ruapebn is :it present loading a large cargo of merchandise :it Lyttclton, comprising meal, butter, cheese, tallow, pelts, etc. She will sail, probably on Saturday, for Wellington, and has been timed to leavj there on March 11 for London, via Panama. The steamer Ajana (chartered by the New Zealand and African Company i is due at Auckland about March TZ from the L'nited Kingdom, via Panama, with troops. The vessel is to load in New Zealand towards the end of March for Liverpool. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Mahia, on completion of her loading at Auckland, is rxpectcd to sail to-morrow for Port Said. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Zealaiidii- is to leave Wellington to-day for Timaru to take in cargo. She is expected back at Wellington about March 17, and is 1o sail about six days later for London, via Bombay. Captain ljrocklehank is in command of the vessel, and with him are:— Messrs H. O. Cater, chief officer; A. M. Cherry, first; R. Clarke, second; and I). Williams, third. The chief engineer is Mr J. H. Shark, who is assisted by Messrs F. W. Farrrll. seco:id; J. It. Kelland, third; H. 11.

P.eid, fourth: R. H. Hill, junior fourth; A. Thompson, firth; and A. Gregory, sixth. Mr \V. P. Smith is stcward-in-eharge. The F. and S. Argyllshire arrived in Auckland from Sydney this morning. She will call at Gisbornc, and while in NewZealand load frozen meat for Liverpool, to which port she will proceed via Suez, sailing from Wellington about March 20, and v. ill carry a limited number of saloon passengers for the United Kingdom. WAIHORA, FROM CALCUTTA. The Waihora, en route from Calcutta to New Zealand, arrived at Albany on February 22, and was placed in quarantine. She "will leave there about the end of the week for liluir, where she is expected to arrive about March 14. The remainder of her cargo will be discharged at Dunedin, I.yltelton, Wellington, and Auckland. ROSAMOND IN TROUBLE. The Union Steam Ship Company's Rosamond left Timaru for Wellington on Thursday last, and was due to arrive there on Saturday morning. About 8 o'clock that morning, when she was in Palliser Ray, and about 20 miles off Wellington Heads, a high-pressure piston broke, and the ship was disabled for some 14 hours while repairs were being effected. At 10 p.7ii. she was able to continue her way into harbour at a slow speed, and dropped anchor in the stream early on Sunday morning. She was then taken to a berth at Jcrvois'Ouay by the lug Terawhiti. It is understood that permanent repairs will occupy two or three days to effect. The vessel will not be able to get away from Wellington for Timaru for several days.

AN ABANDONED SCHOONER. The steamer Australia, en route from Europe to Australia, while in that lonely stretch of ocean west of Galapagos Island, came upon a four-masted schooner with all sails set which was yawing about in a slow, heavy way. The Australia, on steaming round the schooner, discovered that she was the Helvestia, of Callao, and had been waterlogged and abandoned. A boat was lowered and sent alongside, but instructions were given that she mnst not be boarded, as she might have been left owing to a plague of some kind. The vessel was laden with timber, apparently mahogany. There were deck chairs scattered about, but all the boats were gone, and there was no sign of life. The Australia's captain, realising that the derelict was a danger to shipping, being right in the Panama track, tried to sink her. Five rounds were fired from the Australia's gun, and three hits were made, but this did not seem to affect her. As it was getting dark the steamer left after sending out a general wireless warning to all shipping.

FRENCH MERCANTILE MARINE. Discussing the situation of the French Mercantile marine, "Pcrtinax," in the "Echo De Paris," writes: —Of all our modern passenger liners only two or three remain. The present available French marine tonnage is estimated on paper at 1,700,000 tons, but the greater portion will be immobilised because of repairs which cannot at present be curried out. It will therefore be necessary for us to claim among the peace conditions the handing over of a certain number of German liners in order to enable us to resume at once our normal overseas trade, and to compensate us for the difference between the vessels seized by us and those seized by the other Allies, which are respectively :—Great Britain, -112,000 tons; Italy, 229,000 tons; United States, 730,000 tons; and France, II 10,000 tons. The low level of our shipbuilding construction in consequence of the general military necessities or the Allies, which were met by France, is an additional justification for France being favoured in the partial or total distribution of the German merchant fleet.