SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1623, 28 April 1919, Page 6

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON.

APRIL. Day. ti. m. Km M.xn 1 830 a.m. Flnt Quarter .... « • 9 a.m. Full Mccn .. *.. .. 15 755 p.m. Lasl Quarter .. .. T, 10 51 p.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day X\l a.m., sets 3.39 p.m TitlE. Ta-avifrirm, 'l2\ a.m., 3.2 p.m. BON. Bhra rose 10-daj «'_j2 a.m., sets :,;, p.m.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED KATTRDAY. APRIL 2£. •USA fti p.m.', I3H t«.iis, itonnrr. from WanicaPEil WOOTTKN' il.lft p.nO. 110 lons, Larsffl. from Wf lliucton. SVNUAV. APRIL 27. VARABOA (II a.m.", 2J!» tMW, Ir»ln, fmm Writing* >n. HANARO\ ll*„"t> p.ni.V, m bun, M<Ktilogr. from Wellington. MONDAY, APRIL 2S. POtIERI'A i* a.n. , 1175 tons, Pr.gr-. Cruro WrsfpML SAILED. SATtRIMY APRIL *. Cf>BIN\A i>.li p.m.. r.'7l tons EluVrs, '■.« X. ha MAtih' *-' pro.*. .112 ton*, l.inirr.in. I«r Hrllinrl ■ Mt.MVV Al p.m.i, mi ion*, Norton, lor Doimlin. INVI-'.i Al K.IIJ. IllUn p.ni.'i, 12:1 ton*, Tku<nr»«n fur Writing*.n. PI'TIKI (12 p.m. i. I*s loos, Hiilhtlmhi, for Wr-llington. MOSIIAY. APRIL W. ETl T i».IS am.', 157 lm«. Will*, mra. I \. r Tkl. ARRIVALS. . Alarm, April 2*. \\.>iig.>imi, April 2S. r. Outtuani*. April 2>. aI. Im< . •!.:■. April .10. April 30. wd, Wrllingtuii, April .TO. lOJECTED DEPARTURES, a. Tinuru, April 2*. (Ytllington, April 2D. I> i . • ! -. April 2X. r, Chatham*. April 2>. *», Sjitnry. April 3#. lie. Aoralaml April .». Wellington. April 30.

VESSELS IN POET AT KOOK TO-DAT. Mararno. Kb. 2 wharf. Cygmt, No. 3 wharf. Wananu'. V*. 3 wharf. Calm, No. 3 wharf. Wuotbin. No. 4 whsrf. Maiu. No, I wharf. Rnrooaiko. No. I wharf. ti.rinthii-. Nn. li wharf. Urrpckl, Nu. * wharf. Patrrtu. So. ft whaif. humw. No. 7 wharf. Otf .if Krwcasllr, Kb. 7 wharf, l'aiwj>u», lihiiLMotir pkr. MilfMM. TEI.Er.EAMS. SYDNEY, April 2d. Sailed- Ktm>w, f«r Nrw Zealand. NEWCASTLE. April 2fi. Ar-.vr.l \\ ~|-,ri. Waiuka, and Joan « rai?, frwta Nrw Zealand. WEIJJNCTON', April 2fi. Anfred—Knfeacw, bsiruiieutinr. i»Oo p.m.i. f(«m Adelaide. April 27. *. Sailed—Port Alma (5.15 p.m.j. for Lon«Yh, vfc» Panama. AUCKLAND, April 2fi. Sailed— Kakapo 11.23 p.i.i.j. Tor Wrstport; Stella (2.M p.m. i. for hum dm: Tarawrra BS pju.>, for Timaru; Atua pan.). far SyJ... j. April 27. Soiled -Rolh-uy Bay, barque CM a.m.), f*l Melbvurm. NEWCASTLE. April "*. A»r iw.l Morjorir, from Niw Zealand. : NOTES. faffi ,P.— 11- ■.I for -I.n .iid lu VaiimUTrr la lac Kurww » prai ri. .-liv monopolising ItfiftM In Wellington this week. A S"»«l Baaortioa ••'' this r. ,:>:<. consists of pells. Hl* *pavr !• r coastal port* is available. "loe i . i'.n •»• aflrr completing repairs to ker ilijU: .i' rhanibers, »;ii passed on Saturday >■■■ I '•■••, ■ ! » surveyor as lit lo rarry frcirn aval, anJ was (o start b ailing about XlUcO r -,-r;,.»i i>f mullon to-day. The MiiAuwai If ft Lyttrlton about 10 p.m. •a Strturdaj for Duncdin. She li dm- hack at tfek v -i» «• Wcdnevlay, and aflrr an evtha'Mte- •>! cargo r.ill sail the samr rvrnb f ( r v ■....:• i:. Napier, UiaJxinir, anil Auckland.

T>w Poherua, »ith a full cargo of ru.il (ic.i Wrslport, armed at l.y Melton Ibis warning. She will sail to-night f"r Tiiuaru to rttn hjr«r I!if balance of hrr cargo. TV Hororata iNew Zealand Shipping fi.ti>r~.: ■■ ■•. »hirh K completing lirr r.-irgn *f Wellington, H due on Wednesday for The Kornmlkn » rxprttcd 1., bavr tin- discharge of her Nrweastir coal completed lirrt ltx!j>. and Kill sail mi Wednesday fully laden -mlii ;i, ,! cargo and pnMlucr fur Sydney. After discharge >ln v ill proceed t> Newcastle lu ship another load of coal far I .; ttrttmi. The i.run., having lluished the discharg*' »f hrr southern cargo, took ill a cor•r«p. ii.lin. quantity and sailed un Saturday aight for Nelson dirrrl. The Biarkbult dial Company'* Kgatorn ».n doe at \\rilinicti.il on Saturday with etmenl from Limestone Island, \ia Napirr. After discharging part of hrr cargo shr will be placed on the slip for cleaning and jiaintw£ The Ngakotu, with a cargo of coal from the Weil i ..,-!, is due at Wellington !-.- «V»T. The Ngah»re. with a full load of sheep from Fill island* is experted here to-day »nd b to Br dbpalched to-night on a return trip for a similar cargo. The Wakatu lifted a big load of general Menu of cargo here on Saturday, ami aallrd •t JZIS :tiii morning for Kaikoura and fttUiugtan. The Invercargill left this port on Saturday ntgfel for Wellington with general cargo. Star Is expected lo leme the north port tosigtil for Wangauui. Tkr OrepuiJ has completed the lilting of • new toil shaft at this port, and was on Salurday passed ty the Gurenuneol's and tlryi't surveyors. The Baden Puwell was placed on .the Mlenl flip at Wellington for overhaul on fnunday, and is expected to be finished to-morrow. -» The Woollen, on eoagpletiun of discharge, Will toad to-day for Wellington, and i$ »i-p'.| It ill) tbH evening.

The Manama arrived here last night from Wellington, and is set down for sailing tonight. The Island steamer Talune Is loading a cargo of coal at Wcslport for Suva. From there she will return to Auckland with fruit, without visiting Tonga or Samoa. The Rosamond is expected to leave Wellington to-morrow laden with transhipments for I.yttrlton and Duncdin. The steel shelter-deck steamer Dunslaw, M' 77 tuns gross, was sold by auction in London f„r ifto.OfK); the steel single-deck (learner C.arvrlpark, 927 tons gross, for CrI,7HO: and the Iron cargo and passenger steamer June, 1301 tons gross, for £14,000.' A recent issue of the "Svdncv Shipping IM" says that the Commonwealth Government's shipbuilding programme has come to an end as far as wooden bhips arc concerned. Tenders have been called for the purchase of material which was to have been used in the construction of ships. The name of the new sleamer which the New Zealand Shipping Company has purchased, and which is one of the standard vessels now being built on the Clyde, will be the I'iako. This is the name o'r one of the old sailing vessels at one time owned by the company. The new steamer Surrey, of which the Krdi-ral Shire line will lake delivery of in June, lias beni launched in Great Britain. PERSONAL. Caplnin \V. P. Collins, who had been on holiday, has resumed command of the Mocraki, and Captain .). !-'. Spring-Brown wen! ashore at Wellington. Captain Cameron, who has been acting, marine superintendent in London for the' New Zealand Shipnini; Company, is now in command of the Rcmuera, which is on Hie way to New Zeuland. Captain A. SutcliiTe, formerly in command of the Rcmuera, has taken the position of marine superintendent. Mr Downhill, formerly on the Paparoa, is now chief "Hirer on the Hrmuera. Mr M. Singleton, chief ollicer on ihe Flora, has signed on the Komata in a similar rapacity in place or Mr Stein, who is ashore on leave. Captain Horn, marine superintendent for the Union Company, who lias been on private business in Wellington for a few days, relumed to Wellington by the ferry steamer Mararoa yesterday. OVERSEAS VESSELS. The War Courage iC. and D. Line, agenlsl is now discharging Pin* tons or Newcastle coal at Wellington. Captain F. Driscoll is in command of the War Courage, which is to bad in New Zealand for Hull and JniDiinghani. The I'nion Company's steamers Wnimariuo and Kaituna arc also unloading Newraslh coal at Wellington. Tlie Knlhesay Hay, from Melbourne, ami the Atna. from Sydney, arrived at Auckland yesterday. The Luckeiibach S.S. Company's chartered • (corner Western Cornel was to have left New York on April 21 for Auckland, l.yttrllon, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. The lii Miner.), according to advice received by the New Zealand Shipping Company, left Panama on April 12 en route to New Zealand, and is due at Auckland at the bcginniug ol May. The Makura, which is due at Auckland jabout May u. rrom Vancouver, will not go [to Sydney this time. Her passengers will be conveyed thither by another steamer. The Makura will be dispatched from Auek-' land on the return trip about May 13. The Middleham Castle, with hunker coal from Newcastle, is doe at Wellington tomorrow. She will load in New Zeuland for London.

SCHOONER TL'HOES CAPABILITIES. The Northern Company's new motor schooner Tuboe performed satisfactorily on her trial trip at Wellington on Wednesday but, her speed averaging 81 knots. The Tuhm's engines were salved from the srhnuurr Kunice, which was wrecked at Wanganui <iver n year ago. The vessel* is intended for the Bay of Plenty trade,