SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1579, 6 March 1919, Page 6

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 10.5 a.m., sets 8.25 p.m. TIDE. To-day, 7.7 a.m., 7.35 p.m. To-morrow, 8.4 a.m., 8.33 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 5.48 a.m., 6.33 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. OREPUKI (6.15 p.m.), 527 tons, Dewhursl, /rem Greymouth. WAKATU (10.30 p.m.), 157 tons, Wills, from Kaikoura. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. MAORI (8.25 a.m.), 3412 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. STORM (9.30 a.m.), 405 tons, Cowan, from Tlmaru. BADEN POWELL (8.30 a.m.), 174 tons, Jackson, from Wellington.

SAILED. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. MARAROA (6.40 p.m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Tarawera, Gisborne, March 0. Cygnet, KaUcoura, March 6. Ooma, Newcastle, March 6. Mana, Wellington, March 6. Wootton, Wellington, March 7. Calm, Wanganui. March 7. Breeze, Picton, March 8. Canopus, Westport, March 9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Houto, Auckland, March 6. Zingara, Gisborne, March 6. Karamu, Greymouth, March 6. Wakatu, Kaikoura, March 6. Baden Powell, Wellington, March 6. , Storm, Wanganui, March 6. Calm, Dunedin, March 7. Tarawera, Napier, March 7. Ruapehu, Wellington, March 8. Breeze, Dunedin, March 8.

VESSELS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY, Maori, No. 3 wharf. Baden Powell, No. 3 wharf. Wakatu, No. 3 wharf. Orepuki, No. 4 wharf. Storm, No. 4 wharf. Houto, No. 6 wharf. Karamu, No. 6 wharf. Ruapehu, No. 7 wharf. LUy, lower breastwork. Irene, Gladstone pier. Zingara, Gladstone pier. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, March 6. Arrived—Mocrakl, from Sydney. The vessel will be quarantined until to-morrow morning. A VESSEL GROUNDS. Prraa Association. INVERCARGILL, March 5. The Highland Monarch arrived from Newcastle off Bluff early to-day. Before a pilot boarded her she grounded on a sandspif between Dog Island and the pilot station, but got off on high tide at 11 o'clock. She was quarantined, but will berth to-morrow. NOTES. The Mamarl (Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company), after discharging something like 580 tons of general cargo at Lyttelton, loaded, in addition to other items, 7748 carcases of mutton and lamb and 257 crates of kidneys. She sailed yesterday afternoon for Dunedin, and will proceed in due course 10 Port Chalmers and Bluff. March 20 has been fixed as the date of her departure for Wellington. The auxiliary schooner Houto, laden with general cargo and produce, is expected to leave Lyttelton this evening for Auckland direct. The Storm, from Timaru, arrived here this morning to supplement her cargo for discharge at Wanganui. She is timed to sail to-night. The Breeze is expected at Lyttelton on Saturday from Picton. After discharge she yUI ship several consignments for Dunedin. She will return to Lyttelton on Wednesday, and after an exchange of freight will proceed to her northern caUing ports. The scow Zingara (Claude Ferrier and Co., port agents), on the completion of discharge Of her Newcastle timber cargo, will sail today for Gisborne, where she will load timber for Australia.

The Orepuki arrived at this port last night ■with a cargo of timber from Greymouth. The Wakatu reached Lyttelton last night from Wellington and Kaikoura, and is fixed to sail to-night for the ports mentioned. The Baden Powell arrived here this morning from Wellington, and is due to leave tonight on the return trip. The Ngatoro, with a cargo of coal from Greymouth to bunker the Ruapehu, Is due at Wellington to-morrow. The Stella (Kinsey and Co.) left here yesterday laden with case goods and other cargo for Waitangi, Kaupeka, and Kalngaroa < Chatham*j. She will return to Lyttelton with a load of wool, and afterwards make another trip to the Chathams for a similar cargo. The Carinna, which had been fixed to leave Wellington on Tuesday for the south, has been diverted to New Plymouth. The Ngahere, after completing the dis£h»? e of her West Coast coal cargo at Wellington, will probably undergo an extensive overhaul there early next week. The Calm is expected at this port tomorrow from Wanganui laden with sheep, and will return to Wanganui for another cargo of sheep. •., 1 S? Wootton J s ""<■ here on Friday from Wellington, and should she arrive then as anticipated she will sail the following nisht •n the return trip. As the Arahura is held up at Auckland the Monowal was to leave Napier at' 8 o'clock yesterday evening for Gisborne, and Wl to return from Gisborne to Napier this morning. This evening she will leave Napier for Gisborne, Tokorauru Bav, and Auckland. I The Government steamer Hinemoa. owing t-) being delayed at Wellington, is not leaving there till to-morrow on her trip to the southern lighthouses. The American schooner Georgette was to be towed out to the stream at Wellington yesterday morning preparatory to sailing for San Francisco. The steamer Wcstlnnd, which is expected at Auckland this week from New-York, wiH be the first of the American standarised ■hips to reach New Zealand. The vessel, which is owned by the United States Shipping Board (Emergency Fleet Corporation), was launched in December, 1917, by the North-west Sleel Company, Portland, OreSon. Her gross tonnage is 58.'13. She is tteil for burning oil fuel, and has one. geared steam turbine. Mr W. Aimes. second engineer on the Monowal, has signed off that vessel's articles. Mr W. J. Jacquerv is now purser on the Mararna, vice Mr 1.. M. Smith. Captain Cameron has succeeded Captain Sutclifle as inn.-ii r of the Rcmucra. Mr N. J. Lyon has signed on the Corinua as third officer, relieving Mr W. Freeman.

INTERCOLONIAL. The Huddart-Parfcer Co., Ltd., "have advised that the Westralia Is to leave Melbourne on March 25 for Wellington direct. Should she keen to her timetable, the vessel -will be dispatched about March 31 for Melbourne, via Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. The Rlverina, having been hampered in the handling of her cargo owing to the congestion of the Harbour Board's sheds at Wellington, had to postpone her departure for Sydney till yesterday. The Manuka will probably sail from Sydney to-morrow for Auckland. She will leave New Zealand about March 14 on the return trip. The Moerakl, as per latest advice from the Union Company, is expected at Lyttelton on Sunday from Wellington. She will leave here on Monday night for Wellington, whence she sails the following evening for Sydney. . , The Kauri left Port Chalmers yesterday for Melbourne. NORTH ATLANTIC LINERS. Three large steamers Intended for the North Atlantic passenger service were recently completed by Messrs Harland and Wolff. Ltd., Belfast. The Vcdlc, built for the White Star Line, and Rimouskl, for the Dominion Line, are sister ships of nearly 10,000 tons register, and besides being important cargo carriers are designed primarily for the third-class passenger business. A third, the Regina, also for the Dominion Line, is a large triple screw steamer of 16,314 tons, and is intended for cabin and third-class passengers, and should ; prove a very attractive ship. These three vessels, In order to meet Government requirements, left the Belfast yard without their permanent passenger accommodation being completed, but have been fitted for the carriage of large numbers of troops. A3 transports they did excellent work In the last stages of the war. HOME LINERS. A Press Association telegram received on Monday announced the departure of the Arawa from London. The accuracy of this, however, is doubted by the Shaw, Savlll, and Albion Company, inasmuch as the vessel, which arrived at London on February 19, could hardly be ready for dispatch again in nine days, more especially as it is probable that she would have to be fitted for the accommodation of returning soldiers.

The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that the Remucra is to leave London on March 8 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and is due at Wellington towards the end of April. Latest advice concerning the Hororata, which left Panama on February 20, en route from London to New Zealand with troops, states that she should arrive in Wellington about March 15. She will sail for Auckland later, and will return to Wellington before proceeding to Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. The Argyllshire arrived at Auckland on Tuesday to load for Home. She will proceed to Glsborne, thence to Wellington, where she Is due on March 17. She sails three days later for Liverpool, via Colombo and Bombay.

The Pakeha and Raronga (Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company) will leave the United Kingdom about the middle of March for New Zealand ports, where they will load for London. The Ajana (New Zealand and African Company), from London, with troops, left Colon on Saturday last for Auckland, where she is due about March 26.

BADEN POWELL IN TROUBLE. An eventful trip was reported when the Wellington Steamship Company's Baden' Powell reached Wellington at 4.20 p.m. on Monday from New Plymouth. It was shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday when she left the Taranaki port, and a little later a strong soutn-east gale made steaming hard for her. An hour out from port the circulating pump broke, but it was patched up, and 20 minutes later the steamer was once more battling with the gale and a heavy sea. The repairs lasted for two hours, when another break occurred, and another hour was lost in mending the defect sufficiently to enable the vessel to proceed. There was still no moderation in the condition of the weather, and pushing ahead the Baden Powell was taken under the shelter of Port Hardy about midnight on Sunday, and she remained there for six hours. The sea having moderated then, the vessel came round into port without further delay.

LINERS FOR AUSTRALIA. The Shipping Controller in Australia (Rear-Admiral Clarkson) has received advice from the Imperial authorities that, in addition to the large number of transports which it has been arranged shall commence trips from the United Kingdom to Australia with troops during February, four additional vessels have been released. They include the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new liner Orca, a quadruple screw steamer of 15,000 tons gross register, completed only a few months ago at the Belfast yards of Harlaud and Wolff, Ltd. Another 15,000-ton steamer listed to leave in February is the Massaillia, built recently for a French shipping company trading between Bordeaux and American ports. Both of these vessels possess commodious refrigerating chambers. The other two new releases are the Ellcrman liner City of Poona, and the P. and O. liner Kashmir. 8841 tons, which is understood to be identical with the vessel that collided wiUi the Orient liner Otranto, but fared better than that steamer in the accident.