SKIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1656, 5 June 1919, Page 6

SKIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. JUNE. Day. hj. m. First Quarter .. .. 511 52 p.m. Full Moon 11 3 58 a.m. Last Quarter .. .. 21 5 3 p.m. Hew Moon 28 8 23 a.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 11.46 a.m., sels 11.52 p.m. TIDE. To-dny, 9.17 a.m.. 10.9 p.m. To-morrow, 10.31 a.m., 10.53 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 7.29 a.m., sets. 4.28 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTOK. ARRIVED. THURSDAY, JUNE 5. WAJPOIU (1 a.m., in stream), 1319 tons, laekson. from Newcastle. BRJCEZE (7 a.m.), 553 tons, Venn, from Tlmaru. DEVON (7.30 a.m.), 9001 tons, Robertson, Irani stream. MAORI (7.45 a.m.), 3412 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. SAILED. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4. MARAROA (7.15 p.m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, Ua Wellington. CALM (!».40 p.m.), 891 tons, Radford, for Wellington. HAMO (10.50 p.m.), 1230 tons, Watson, for Grcymouth. CYGNET (10.50 p.m.), 124 tons, Murray, for Kaikoura. HAITANGATA (11 p.m.), 1981 tons, Davics, for Westnort. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Putiki, Tlmaru, June 5. Cygnet, Kaikoura, June 5. Mararoa, Wellington, June 6. Storm, Wanganui, June 7. Karu, Onehunga, June 7. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Orepuki, Greymoulh, .lime 5. Vohcrua. W<lliiiglou, June 5. Breeze, Plclon, June 5. Arawa, Port Chalmers, June 0. Waimarino, Auckland, June 9. (ILS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. ta, No. 3 wharf. ki, No. 4 wharf, arinn, No. 4 wharf, a, No. 0 wharf. , No. G wharf, utaria, No. 7 wharf. i. No. 7 wharf. Gladstone Pier. aHjercaiiiiM. l,>v,ir 1: ■ v.twork. 'Mfrßa'- ■'. lower breastwork. -^ on slip. 00 *~>*~~ i SBIFPING TELEIjMgAMS. HBfflHpwSoiionia. for San Fram-isi ■Lilcd Hindu, -a •■•.in, 1..r V.u\ier !•- ■; Hoggcvcin '■!.:■' p.:;:. , I' r s : <l.i'-y. •HEM and I.■ '••:.<■ I'' ':..l>\ ::\ lAit'l*en, is not likc;y io i •■ io.-T.!<!ed bcioie Monday. , Tlie Pak'-!:a (S!i..v.. 'v '. Il and Albon Company) was io con.ni.-i.re the discnarge •f SoOO tons of Ne-.jM.'.l News coal lure this afternoon. This wick, which will be carried out under the auspices oi the Uii.on Company, is expected to be completed anwit the end of next week. Alterwards the Tessel will proceed to Bluff, Tlmaru, and Wellington for Home loading. The date Tor the sailing of Hie Remucra kas now been fixed for June 18, and lor the Riniutaka, June 25. . The Kamo left hex- last • mgi.t for the West Coast. It had been intended thai she should ship another coal cargo at Grcymnuth for Lylteltou, but thnt arrangement has been altered, and the Kokiri will load 4or this port in her place. ' J The Kini was unable to.make a. start at Mr discharge of her Grey mouth coal and tEniber yesterday owing to the scarcity of iatbeur and trucks. } The Kaitangata, laden with produce, sailed from Lylteltou last night for Westptort, where she will load for a return trip. 'The Waipori, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, arrived in the stream here at 1 *'clock this morning. Having been given a clean bill of health she will berth early to-morrow morning. The Pohcrua is expected to have her Westport coal discharged this evening. After loading general cargo for New Plymouth and transhipments for the Moaua nt Wellington, besides a large quantity of railway gear, she will sail to-morrow for the* ports mentioned. The Manuka was unable to procure more men than sufficed for the working of two gangs yesterday. She will sail for the north this evening, but nothing is known at present regarding her further movements.

The Mokoin, which \v:is due :it Duncdin ?ioslPr<liiy from Wellington, is to leave there •-morrow, calling :it Lytteltmi on her way to Wellington, Napier, Gisbcrne, mid Auckland.

The Orcpukl is expected I<> leave here tMs aftcrum :i for lireymnuth tu load a nuttier cargo of timber for Lyttcltou. The Cygnet is to have a new funnel fitted lierc on Monday next, ami will sail or. Wednesday on her usual Kaikoura trip. The Wakniu is remaining at Lyttelton to •undergo Irer annual overhaul. The Devon, which lias been in the stream •Ince Monday, having been unable to get a berth owing to harbour congestion secured the Wiiimarino's place at No. li wharf lliis morning, the Wuimarino shifting to the berth at No. ■! vacated by the Kamo. The Mrvon will discharge about 2Tifl(j packages •f tea, and will ship 78,(i(id carcases of mutton, <l«!0 crates cheese. 3tMl bales wool, and •0(1 casks of tallow, as well as sundries. From here she will proceed to Wellington, whence »he soils for Liverpool, via Panama. Laptain J. H. Robertson is still in romuiand of the vessel, anil i'-,s with him the following olMcers:- Chief. Mr "■!. H. Field; second, Mr J. Griffiths; third, Mi- W. IVmiisoii; chief engineer, Mr .1. McLcod; second, Mr .!. Stanbouse; third, Mr J. I'ereival; fourth, Mr 1. Brannigau; firth, Mr S. Roberts; sixth, Mr Dailies; seventh, Mr Spccling; i h'uf refrigerating engineer. Mr <:. I". liissoti; second, Mr (',. 11. Kydd.

PERSONAL. Mr Lionel Walters, engineer on thr Manuka, v.ho met with an accident at Wellington last week, is now recovering Jwpidly. ( OVERSEAS VESSELS. The Mnana has been set down for failing from Wellington for Nan Francisco, via porls, at f> p.m. to-morrow. The '■ M.S. Makdra is due lo leave Van""■—Cczrrd for Auckland on Saturday. The I'aloona is io leave San Francisco toi day or to-morrow for Wellington, where she JS due ai'iul .Time '2!'. The Ki-i Ora shipped at New Plymouth last wci k one of Ihe largest consignments of frozen mutton that had ever l)Cfn taken from the Tarnnakl Farmers' Meal Freezing Works. The constitution of the car*) was as follows:—2"!5 carcases lamb, 41U5 earcases mutton, oTIil quarters beef, 301 casks tallow, 10 casks pells, l-'OO cases preserved meats, -Ml boxes tn"i)e, tO.'i boxes ox kidneys, s* siirep kidneys, C-l boxes ox hides, * JOrfiodlrs frozen veal. Killing would have bad to cense had the liner not visited Ilia

port, and the Whakatnnc, which Is due there In about a fortnight, will further case the congestion in the storage chambers, ahout 14,000 carcases and a quantity of tallow being allotted.

The New Zealand Shipping Company expects io dispatch the steamer Mfddlcham Castle from Wellington for London, via Panama, to-morrow or Saturday. The Himutaka is to leave Wellington next week for Whakatanc, Poverty Bay, and Gishorne for Home loading. She will return to Wellington to complete her cargo. The Waimana, en route from the United Kingdom to Auckland, where she is due on June 21, left Colon on May 29. The Heinuera is expected to leave Port Chalmers for Wellington next week to complete her Home loading. She is to sail from Wellington for London, via Panama, on June 18.

The Waiwcra (Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company), which left New York on May 16 for Lyttclton, Dunedln, Melbourne, and Adelaide, is due here about June 30. The Raranga is completing her Home loading at Gisborne. She is due back at Wellington ahout the. beginning of the week to lill up for London.

Six large meat carriers are being built on the Tync for the Federal, Sliaw-Savili, and Commonwealth and Dominion Lines. Hawthorn Leslie's have nearly completed the Port Nicholson for the Dominion Line. She is 500 ft long and has a deadweight carrying capacity of 12,722 tons. Swan and Hunter are building two for the Federal Line, and Palmer and Co. arc building a third. Two have been launched. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Palmer are building one each lor the Shaw-Savill Line. The last five steamers are 450 ft long, and each will lie able to carry 3200 tons of meat. The wooden schooner King Cyrus, with a cargo of ease oil for Napier, kit San Francisco on May 10.

MEETINGS. AMUSEMENTS, ETC. Theatre Royal—J. C. Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Co. Opera House—Fuller's Vaudeville. Everybody's—Pictures. Crystal Palace—Pictures. Grand Theatre —Pictures. Queen's Theatre —Pictures. Strand Theatre —Pictures. Liberty Theatre—Pictures. Colosseum—Roller Skating. Redci os Schoolroom—Meeting Residents re Hall, 8 p.m.