SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1736, 6 September 1919, Page 8

SHIPPING.

PHASES OF THE MOON. SEPTEMBER, i Day. hj. m. First Quarter .. .. 3 152 a.m. Full Moon 10 324 p.m. Last Quarter .. .. 17 9 2 a.m. New Moon 24 4 4 p.m. MOON. Moon rose to-day 1.24 p.m., sets 3.34 a.m. TIDE. To-day, 0.18 a.m., 12.43 p.m. To-morrow, 1.8 a.m., 1.32 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day, 6.21 a.m., sets 5.37 p.m. PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. v • . FBTDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. JTTOBM (4.35 p.m.), 405 tons, Nalder, from flranganuL WAKATU (65 p.m.), 157 tons, Wills, from Kaikoura. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. OREPOKI f2.50 a.m.), 527 tons, Dewhurst, from Greymouth. MAORI (1.30 p.m.), 3412 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. SAILED. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. TAINUI (6.40 p.m.), 128 tons, Cowan, for Timaru. MONOWAI (7 p.m.), 3433 tons, Norton, for Wellington. INVERCARGILL (950 p.m.), 123 tons, Thompson, for Wellington. EXPECTEiTaRRIVALS. Kara, Wanganui. September 6. Kamo, Greymouth. September 7. Canopus, Westport, September 7. Te Anan. Timaru, September 8. Navua, Wellington. September 9. Storm, Timaru, September 9. " PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Manaroa. Wellington. September 6. Mokoia, Wellington. September 6. Wootton. Wellington. Sentemrter 6. Storm, Timaru, Seotember 6. Mana. Picton, September 6.

Wanaka. Newcastle. September 8. Breeze, Picton, September 8. Karu, Wellington. September 8. VESSELS IN PORT~AT NOON TO-DAY. Cygnet, No. 3 wharf. Wakntu, No. 3 wharf. Storm, No. 3 wharf. Orennkt. No. 4 wharf. Onawa, No. 4 wharf. H.M.S. New Zealand, No. G wharf. Port Victor, No. 7 wharf. Athrnic, No. 7 wharf. Wootton, lower breastwork. Mana. lower breastwork. Caroline, Gladstone Pier. Manama, Gladstone Pier. ' Wanaka, Gladstone Pier. Mararoa, in dock. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. NEWCASTLE, September 5. jjrrived—Enplectcla. from Dunedin. MELBOURNE, September 5. Arrived—Wn'rnnn. from Auckland. WELLINGTON, Seotember 5. Sailed—Port Chalmers (11.25 a.m.), for London; Kaitannata (6.20 p.m.), for Auckland; Ripple (7.10 p.m.'*. for Napier. DUNEDIN, September 6. The Mokoia left Dunedin at 11 o'clock last night for East Coast ports and Auckland with a full complement of passengers. The various port bookings in the saloon are: —Lyttelton 44, Wellington 50. Napier 36, Glsborne 3, Auckland 57. The vessel also carries abo"t 2000 tons of cargo for discharge at all ports. NOTES. The Mokoia left Port Chalmers at 2 o'clock this morning for Lyttelton. where she is due about 8 p.m. to-day. She will sail to-night for Wellington. Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. At the last-named port she will land 26 horses from Lyttelton. The Union Company's cargo steamer Corinna is undergoing extensive alterations at Port Chalmers, a flying bridge and new boat deck being under construction. The Pnherua w : l| also undergo overhaul at Port Chalmers. ■.-•■* The Kamo with a full cargo of coal and timber should arrive at Lyttelton to-morrow. The Canopus, fully laden with coal from Westport, is due here early to-morrow morning.

The Breeze is due at Lyttelton t'>-day from Timaru, but owing to the large amount of cargo to be discharged and loaded she w ; !l not sail until Monday for PJeton and Wanganul. The Karu, from northern ports, should arrive here to-d»y. and after discharge will load for Well'ngton, for which port she will leave on Monday night. The Calm, cargo laden, is expected to leave Wanganul to-niglit for Dunedin. She Is omitting Lyttelton or) her way south. The Storm with a load of general merchandise will leave here to-day for Timaru. She will call back at Lyttelton on Tuesday to complete her loading for Wanganui. The Wootton. after undergoing some necessary rena'rs will sail from Lyttelton at 6 o'clock this evening, laden with general cargo for Wellington. The Invercargill left here last night for Wellington, and the Manaroa is due to sail to-day for the same port. The Orepuki, with a cargo of timber, from Greymouth, reached Lyttelton last night.

The coastal steamer Talnui left here last night laden with case oil for Timaru. After discharge she will return to Lyttelton and will do two more trips to Timaru with ease oil.

The Mana has been delayed at this port owing to having developed boiler trouble. She is to sail to-day for Picton and Wanganui.

Several months ago a deputation of Dunedin merchants waited on the Union Company in regard to the question of inaugurating a direct cargo service between Sydney, Dunedin, and Bluff. As a result of that deputation the company promised to put the Tarawera on the run, but the service was never commenced owing to the seamen's strike and other Labour troubles In Australia. The Tarawera was then employed in the coastal trade, and was subsequently withdrawn to undergo survey and overhaul at Auckland. Her overhaul will be completed early this month, and the Tarawera will then proceed to Sydney to load for Dunedin and Muff. She will be solely employed in this trade. The Tarawera should arrive at Dunedin on her first trip from Sydney about the third week In September. At the monthly "stop-work" meeting of the Wellington Waterside Workers* Union held on Wednesday a protest was made against the method of police supervision suggested by the board with regard to working men leaving the wharves. It appears that the board has ordered certain' wharf gates to be closed at the times when the working men are leaving the wharves so that they must make their exit only past the police authorities. This step is being taken for the purpose of preventing, as far as possible, pillaging of cargo. The wateraiders contend that as a body they are just as honourable as any other section of the ' community, and they view this action of the board as exceedingly offensive. It has been proven time and again that much at the pillaging goes on before the vessels on which It is committed reach Wellington. Tbe losses charged., to p'l'r: ■'•.•- quently includes such goods a*

■wool, etc. The watersiders therefore have decided that they will not work under police surveillance. ' PERSONAL. Mr D. Kerr, superintendent engineer for the Canterbury Steam Ship Company, left Lyttelton on Thursday by the Calm for Picton and Wanganul on the company's business, and will return on the vessel to this port. OVERSEAS VESSELS. The steamer Westmeath, after an absence of some three years, arrived at Wellington on Tuesday from New York, via Norfolk! (Virginia), Newport News, and the Panama Canal. The vessel left New Vork on July 19 and loaded 4000 tons of coal for Wellington at Norfolk. On completion of discharge she will sail on September 12 for Sydney to put out 2000 tons of general cargo. Captain G. Ferguson, who was at one time chief officer of the Niagara, is in charge of the Westmeath, and the officers are as follow: Chief, Mr E. Kemp; second, Mr W. Orme; third, Mr R. Williams; chief,engineer, Mr T. Anniscn; second, Mr E. Jones; third, Mr P. McEvoy; fourth, Mr J. Brown; flfth, Mr V. Boyd; sixth, Mr G. McDonald; seventh, Mr J. Thackery; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr C. Brown; second, Mr M. Walker; wireless operators, Mr H. Underwood (chief), and Mr C. Parsons; purser, Mr 11. E. Clarke. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waimate is to leave Bluff on Tuesday for London, via Australia, Bombay and Port Said. The C. and D. steamer Port Chalmers left Wellington yesterday for London. The Port Melbourne, with a cargo of coal froti Newcastle, should reach Auckland oh Monday. She will later call at Napier and Wellington." The vessel will load for Home in New Zealand, nut the ports at which she will lift cargo have not yet been fixed. The C. and D. steamer Port Alma left New York on August 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Mclbotfkne, Newcastle and Sydney. She should reach Auckland on October 4 and Wellington on October 16. The C. and D. liner, Port Napier, which left Wellington on Tuesday for London, took the following cargo from New Zealand; 75,222 carcases mutton, 38,201 carcases lamb, 10,553 quarters beef, 180 sides veal, 48 crates frozen sundries, 1772 bags frozen sundries, 8406 crates cheese, 14,633 bales wool, 16 bales leather, 409 bales hemp, 2456 cases preserved meats, 1150 cases jam, 897 cases tinned fruits, 200 cases honey, six cases general, 130 cases Red Cross goods, 619 sacks kauri gum. The Huddart-Parker steamer Westralia, owing to delay at Melbourne, will not leave Sydney until September 13 for Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and Melbourne. She is due at Auckland on September 17 and at Wellington on September 23. The following day. she will sail for Lyttelton. The Riverina is to leave Sydney on September 10 for Wellington, and is to sail on the return trip on September 17. The Paloona, with a cargo of sugar from Suva, was due at Auckland yesterday. The Cordoba, with troops, left Durban on August 22 for Fremantle and Wellington. She should reach Wellington about the middle of the month. The Matatua was to leave Port Chalmers yesterday for Timaru. She is due at Wellington on September 10 and is to sail for London six days later. The Zealandic, with coal from Newcastle, is expected at Wellington to-day. After discharge she will go to Timaru, Napier and Auckland to load, and is to leave the lastnamed port fan October 4 for London, via Panama. The ex-German, steamer, Adolph Woermann'from England, with troops, is due at Wellington about the end of this month. After disembarking her troops she will proceed to Australia.