SHIPPING.
/ MASES OF Tift ;«00N. DECEMBER. t Day. h.m. ' last Quarter .... 3 3.86 a.m. New Moon .. .. 10 9.34 p.m. -First Quarter .. 19 2.10 a.m. I Full Moon .. ..26 0.9 a.m. _ MOON. Moon rises to-day 9.23 p.m., sets 7.18 a.m. * TIDE. To-day, 6.21 a.m., 6.50 p.m. To-morrow, 7.18 a.m., 7.46 p.m. SUN. Sun rose to-day 4.23 a.m., sets 7.41 p.m. I PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28. WAHINE (6.55 a.m.), 4436 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. — - m SAILED. / MONDAY, DECEMBER 27. MAORI (8.30 p.m.), 3476 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. / EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wakatu. Kaikoura, December 29. Calm, Wellington, December 29. Manuka, Wellington, December 29. Kanna, Dunedin, January 1. Opawa, Wellington, January 1, Storm, Timaru, January 4. Cafnlamet, New York, January 5. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. * Breeze, Picton, December 28. Abemama, Sydney, December 28. >Te Anau, Dunedin, December 28. Baden-Powell, Wellington, December 28. Calm, Dunedin, December 29. . Manuka, Wellington, December 29. Armagh, Napier, December , Orari, Dunedin, December 30. VESSELS IN PORT AT NOON TO-DAY. Wahine, No. 3 wharf. Te Anau, No. 3 wharf. Wootton, No. 3 wharf. Eakapo. No. 4 wharf. Katoa, No. 4 wharf. Xfaikawa, No. 6 wharf. rmagh, No. 6 wharf. Ngakuta, No. 7 wharf. Ngatoro, No. 7 wharf. /Poherua, Gladstone Pier. ' Koklri, Gladstone Pier. Kittawa, Gladstone Pier. „jv™~Breeze, Gladstone Pier. "(ffIHEF Abemamn, Gladstone Pier. JSss! Commerce, Gladstone Pier. Ifw Kahika, No. 1 breastwork. •' ) Badcit-Powell, No. 2 breastwork. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, December 27. Arrived—Koromiko ■ (0.15 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Houto, schooner (1.30 p.m.), from Gisborne; Moana {5.15 p.m.), from Suva. December 28. | Arrived—Rothesay Bay (8.30 a.m.), from Adelaide; Mako (8.20 a.m.), from East Coast Bays. WELLINGTON, December 27. Arrived—Nishmaha (1.15 a.m.), from Auckland; Waitomo (9 a.m.), from Port Kembla; Raranga (9.40 a.m.), from Auckland; Manuka (11.40 a.m.),-from Sydney. SYDNEY, December 28. Arrived —Moeraki (last night), from Wellington; Inga, from Greymouth; Dartford, from Auckland. NEWCASTLE, December 28. I Arrived—Klfuku Maru, from Wellington. Sailed—Broxton, for Dunedin. TRAWLER STARTS TO SINK. Pren Association. WELLINGTON, December 28. I A harbour watchman yesterday found the trawler Nora Niven, which was tied up at the .Queen's Wharf for the holidays, settling down by the «tern. Examination disclosed a couple of feet of water over the engineroom plates. The Fire Brigade pumped the ship dry, and the tug Pelican later stood by, keeping the water down. It is supposed that the heavy jobble on the harbour, owing to ' the northerly wind, caused the ship to strain some rivets. The vessel wilt be placed on the slip to-day for examination. NOTE. The Kakapo, Katoa, Kittawa, and Kahika were idle this morning, owing to the shortage of trucks and labour.
jj " UNION 8.8. COMPANY. The Te jVnau Is to sail this evening for Danedln, and ifter discharge will lift the cargo offering for Napier and Gisborne. She •will continue taking in at Timaru, and -will fill up at Lyttelton. The Kahika and Kokirl will be docked at Lyttelton for survey as soon as their Greymouth cargoes have been landed. There were no fewer than 10 vessels of "the Union Company in port yesterday, the number including six colliers. The Walpori will load coal at Newcastle this week for a New Zealand port. The Kaitangata is to leave Melbourne on December 30 for Adelaide, where she will load for New Zealand. The Waitomo, with coal from Newcastle and Port Kembla, Is due at Wellington today. The Kanna is due back at Lyltelton on Saturday to take in cargo for Wellington end Auckland. The Karamu, when finished discharging -Jber cargo of coal at Wellington, will be placed on the patent slip for cleaning. KINSEY & CO. The Baden-Powell is to sail from Lyttelton this evening cargo-laden for Wellington. , The Wakatu should be here to-morrow from Wellington, via Kaikoura, and is set down for sailing on Thursday on the return trip. T CANTERBURY S.S. COMPANY. The Breeze is due to sail this evening with general cargo for Picton and Wanganui. The Calm is expected from Wellington to. morrow morning, and is to be dispatched , in the evening for Timaru and Dunedin. A. RBIND & CO. The Woolton, now engaged al Hie unloading of a timber cargo from Greymouth, is to te placed on the slip to-morrow to undergo Lcr annual overhaul. F. E. SUTTON & CO. The Orepuki is due at Lyttelton from Greymouth at the end of this week, carrying a cargo of timber. After discharge" she loads general cargo and produce for the same port, and is expected to sail about the middle of next week. The John sailed from here last week for Wellington and Wanganui with produce, and proceeds from the latter port to Westport to load coal for Wanganui. The Opihi arrived at Wanganui on Christmas Day with a full load of coal from Newcastle. On completion of discharge she Sroceeds to Opua to load timber "for Ausalia. The Bonsclla, which is now in Wellington, is expected in Lyttelton next week with a cargo of case oil, of which about 11,000 cases will be bonded here. THE FIREBRAND. '"" The Firebrand, which is being lifted out at Wellington for the 'Chatham Islands trade, has been renamed Kama.
BUNKERING WITH OIL. A new departure is embodied in the extension of the Mirnmar wharf at Wellington, which plans are now being prepared. The wharf will be extended to provide berthage for an ocenn-going steamer and a large intercolonial collier. The Vacuum Oil Company, which is erecting oil-fuel tanks at Miramar, has obtained permission to run a main down the wharf, so that oil arriving by tank steamers can be pumped into the shore tanks, and vessels requiring oil fuel can be bunkered at the wharf. This installation is the first of Its kind in New Zealand, and when completed will be of great service to oil-burning vessels which visit the port. PERSONAL. Mr A. Russell, chief officer of the kittawa, is at present at Wellington on holiday leave. Mr J. Cameron, late chief oillcer of he Shahriston, is/now on the Komata. Captain T. A. Dykes, who for 13 years has been examiner of masters and mates and also surveyor of ships in Auckland, and who has been promoted to commander of the Amokura, received a presentation of a number of articles of plate, etc., from the officers and masters of the mercantile marine trading in and out and around Auckland. Captain Cllffe, who represented the overseas and foreign going officers, made the presentation, and spoke of the esteem and regard that branch of the service had for Captain Dykes. Mr J. Gilmour joined the Paloona as second engineer in place of MrG. E. Dickie. OVERSEAS VESSELS. The Raranga arrived at Wellington yesterday from Auckland to continue discharge of her Montreal cargo. Her freight for New Zealand and Australian ports amounted to 10,036 tons. Captain C. M. Andrews is in command of the vessel. ■ M.™ The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company advise that the R.M.S. lonic is to sail from Wellington at daybreak on Thursday for Southampton and London, via Panama and ports. Passengers' luggage must be alongside the ship at 2 p.m. to-morrow, and passengers are requared to embark that evening. The Union Company's mail steamer Makura is due at Auckland on January 4 from Vancouver, via Honolulu and Suva. The vessel is jnaluiig her first trip %s an oil-burner. B The liner OpSwa, now discharging Liverpool cargo at .Wellington, is to sail on Friday for Lyttclton-and Dunedin. The City of Bristol is to leave Dunedin on Friday for Melbourne. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Surrey, which arrived at Wellington from Napier on Friday evening, is to sail for London, via Panama, on Thursday. The same company's Kaikoura left Timaru on Friday morning for Wanganul roadstead for .Homeward loading. From Wanganul the vessel is due at Wellington about the end of this week to' fill up and sail for London, via Panama. The Union Company has been advised by cable that the steamer Ganges left Calcutta on December 22 for Singapore and Samarang, to complete loading for New Zealand. ,She will call at Newcastle for bunkers, en route to Auckland, her first port of call in the Dominion. The Durham is now at Dunedin discharging the balance of her Montreal cargo. The Tahiti was to leave Vancouver on Friday for Honolulu, Wellington, and.Sydney. The Waimate is to sail from St. John in January with general cargo for New Zealand ports. The Whakatane is toTollow in February. The . Union . Company's cargo steamer Waitemata is completing her loading at Vancouver for Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney. The C. and D. liner Port Nicholson,;which was delayed at Sydney, is to sail on Friday for Auckland. The vessel will carry 2000 bags of mails. The Port Napier arrived at Auckland on Saturday from Gisborne to complete Homeward loading. She is to sail from Auckland on Thursday for London, via Panama. MAIL NOTICES. For Rakaia, Ashburton, "Timaru, Oamaru, I Dunedin, Invercargill, and intermediate offices daily at 7 a.m., late fee mail van 8.45 a.m., and 11.10 a.m., late fee 11.25 a.m., guard's van 12.20 p.m. train. For Arthur's Pass, Otira, Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika, and other West Coast offices, closing at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Late G.P.O. fee. Train. TO-DAY. * p.m. p.m. p.m. Northern Ports .. .. 5.45 6.15 7.18 United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (to connect with lonic at Wellington) .. .. 5.45 6.15 7.18 WEDNESDAY. Northern Ports .. :. 5.45 6.15 7.18 Australia (to connect with Manuka, at Wcllington) ( 5.45 f1.15 7.18 MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS ETC. ( TO-DAY. Theatre Royal—"The Man from Toronto." Opera House—Fuller's Vaudeville. Grand Theatre—Levante and Keeeh and Pictures. Crystal Palace—Pictures. Everybody's—Pictures. Strand—Pictures. Liberty—Pictures. Queen's —Pictures. Sydenham—Pictures and Vaudeville. Trades Hall—Meeting Tramway Employees' Union, 8 p.m. TOMORROW. Trades Hall--Meeting of Wholesale Dairymen, re price of milk, 8 p.m.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2143, 28 December 1920, Page 6
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