SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1930. VESSELS IN PORT. Port Hardy, s.s., Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. COASTAL. Progress, from south, to-day. Ngapnhi, from Onehunga, to-day. Kaimiro, from south, Sunday. Kainona, from Greymoulh, about Monday. Totara, from Nelson, about Monday. Hauturu, from Onehunga, Tuesday. John, from south, about Wednesday. Opihi, from south, May 14. OVERSEAS. Maimoa (10,100 tons), left Antwerp March 1 and Cardiff March 14, due at New Plymouth to-day from Wanganui to load 10,000 boxes of butter, 3660 crates of cheese and 10,000 freight carcases of meat. (Newton King, Ltd.) Kairanga (2830 tons), left Los Angeles on March 20 for Napier, New Plymouth a'nd Wanganui; due New Plymouth May 6. (U.S.S. Co.). Antonio (5225 tons), from Ocean Island; due New Plymouth May 9 with .4000 tons. (Newton King, Ltd.) Taranaki (8285 tons), from Australia; due New Plymouth about May 14. (Newton King, Ltd.) Hororata (11,243 tons), left London March 20 for Suva, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Blull' and. New. Plymouth; duo New Plymouth June 2 to discharge and to load, (U.S.S. t Co.)., ' The Kiwitea (2343 tons), was due to leave Adelaide on Wednesday for Melbourne, Hobart, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, Auckland and New Plymouth. She is due at New Plymouth late in May. (U.S.S. Co.) Golden Cloud (5700 tons), left Portland April 10, loading at Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, San Francisco, and was due to leave Los Angeles yesterday with cargo for Auckland, where she is due on May 25, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin ami New Plymouth. (Newton 'King, Ltd.) Norfolk (10,945 tons), due to load at New Plymouth, Auckland, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington; due New Plymouth on May 26. (U.S.S. Co.) Argyllshire, leaves Liverpool May 24 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth late in July. (U.S.S. Co.) Waihemo (5627 tons), leaves Vancouver May 9 via San Francisco and Los Angeles, leaving the last named tn May 26 for Napier (where she i< due June 20), also Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff and New Plymmith. (U.S.S. Co } Turakina (8565 tons), loads at weal coast ports of the United Kingdom for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth, leaving Liverpool on May 24. Due New Plymouth late in July to load. (U.S.S. Co.). -. Remuera (11,383 tons), leaves London June 13 for Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth August 9. (U.S.S. Co.). .Waikawa (5677 tons), leaves Los Angeles July 31 for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth; due here about the middle of September. (U.S.S. Co.)

BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Rangitata, left Southampton April 11; due Wellington May 14. Tainui, left Southampton April 25; due Auckland June 1. Rangitane, leaves Southampton May 9; due Auckland June 11. Tamaroa, leaves Southampton May 23; due Wellington June 24. Rotorua, leaves Southampton June 6; due Auckland July 14. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. TO VANCOUVER. Aorangi, left Sydney for Auckland and Vancouver yesterday; due Auckland May 6 and Vancouver May 23. Leaves Vancouver May 28 for Auckland and Sydney ;. due Auckland June 16 and Sydney June 21,. Leaves Sydney June 26 for Auckland, and Vancouver, due Auckland July 1 and Vancouver July 18. . Niagara, left Vancouver Wednesday for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland May 19; due Sydney May 24. Leaves Sydney May 29 for Vancouver, via Auckland; due Auckland June 3; due. Vancouver June 20. Leaves Vancouver June 25 for Auckland and .Sydney; due Auckland July 14 and Sydney July 19. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Marama/left San Francisco on April 18 for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington on Thursday and Sydney May 10. Makura takes up the running and leaves Sydney May 15 for Wellington and San Francisco; due Wellington May 20; due San Francisco June 6. Leaves San Francisco June 11 for Wellington and .Sydney; due Wellington June 30; due Sydney July 5. Tahiti, left Wellington April 22; due San Franciseo on May 9. Leaves San. Francisco on May 14 for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington June 2 and Sydney June 7. Leaves Sydney June 12 for Wellington and San Francisco; leaves Wellington June 17; due July 4. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. TO SYDNEY. Makura, leaves Sydney for Auckland to-day; due May 6; leaves Auckland May 9; due Sydney May 13. Leaves Sydney May 16 for Wellington; due Wellington May 20. The Marama takes up the running and leaves Wellington for Sydney May 23; due Sydney May 27. Maunganui, leaves Sydney to-day for Wellington; due Tuesday. Leaves Wellington for Sydney on May 9; due Sydney May 13. Leaves Sydney for Auckland May 16; due Auckland May 20. Leaves Auckland May 23; due Syd-' ney May 27. Uliniaroa, leaves Wellington to-day for Sydney; due Sydney Tuesday. Leaves Sydney May 9 for Auckland; due May 13. Leaves Auckland May 16; due Sydney May 20.

TO MELBOURNE. Maheno, left Melbourne April 24 for New Zealand. ports. Leaves Wellington

to-morrow for Melbourne, via Bluff. Due Bluff Monday and Melbourne May 9. Leaves Melbourne for New Zealand ports May 15; due Bluff May 19, Dunedin May 20, Wellington ■ May 23. On May 21 it leaves Wellington for Port Chalmers for annual overhaul. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Progress from Wellington for New Plymouth and Waikato is due at New Plymouth to-day and proceeds to Waikato, where she is due to-morrow. (Hooker Bros.) The Kaimiro loaded at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, via Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Nelson. She -will proceed later to Westport. She is due at New Plymouth on Sunday. (U.S.S. Co.). The Totara loads at Lyttelton to-day for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, being due here about Monday. (U.S.S. Co.). The Kamona loads 450 tons of railway coal at Greymouth to-morrow, proceeding to New Plymouth, where she is due next Monday. She sails later for Auckland. (U.S.S. Co.). The John, from Dunedin, loads at Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington for New Plymouth, where she is due on May 7. She proceeds to Waikato, where she is scheduled to arrive on May 8. (Hooker Bros.) The Opihi loads at Dunedin on May 8, and via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton. Wellington and Nelson is due at New Plymouth about May 14. (U.S.S. Co.).

ONEHUNGA FERRY SERVICE. After 55 years’ practically continuous service the Ngapnhi, of the New Ply-mouth-Onehunga ferry service, will arrive at New Plymouth with passengers and cargo for the last time this morning. The vessel will leave; for the northern port at 7 o’clock in the evening. She will then go to Auckland, and on May 5 will relieve the Clansman in the Russell service, while the latter ship undergoes overhaul. A cargo service will replace the Ngapnhi, and the Northern Company’s motor vessel Hauturu (264 tons), under the command of Captain Jackson Fowler, will arrive at New Plymouth on Tuesday. Thereafter the vessel will arrive at New Plymouth on Thursdays and Sundays, returning to Onehunga the same day.s As the vessel will depart from New Plymouth at 3 p.m. cargo must be at the goods shed not later than 9.30 a.m. on the day of sailing. In Onehunga cargo will be received up till 11 a.m. on the days of sailing, which will be Wednesdays and Saturdays. The vessel has a cargo capacity of 400 tens. MAIMOA TO-DAY. The Shaw, Savill Company’s Maimoa left Wanganui yesterday for New Plymouth and Wellington, to complete loading.. She is due at New Plymouth to-day and Wellington on May 6, and will now clear port finally on May 10 for Rotterdam and London, via the Panama Canal. The vessel will load 10,000 boxes of butter, 3660 crates of cheese- and 10,000 freight carcases of meat at New Plymouth. TARANAKI TO LOAD. To commence loading for Southampton and London the Shaw, Savill motorship Taranaki is due at New Plymouth on May 14. She will subsequently load at~ Auckland, Napier and Wellington.

TWENTY NEW TANKERS. Orders for 20 twin-screw tank motorships have been placed with British and yards by the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, Ltd. Eight of these vessels are to be built at yards in the United Kingdom, two each at the respective yards of Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd., Messrs. Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Govan, Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Messrs. Workman, Clarke (1928), Ltd. Of the remaining vessels, eight are to be built in Holland by Burgerhout’s Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Rotterdam, one, Fijenoord Company, Rotterdam, two, Netherlands Shipbuilding Company, Amsterdam, two, P. Smit, Junior, Rotterdam, one, and Van der Giessen Zonen, Rotterdam, two. Two are to be built in Germany, one at the Deutsche Werke, Kiel, and the other at the Howardtewerke A.-G., Kiel. The remaining vessel is to be built in Italy at the Can-, tiere Navale Tristino, Monfalcone.,, The vessels will be larger than the 1 tankers at present in service for the AngloSaxon Petroleum Company, having a deadweight capacity of 11,500 tons each, and a length of 450 feet. In each case the propelling machinery will consist of two sets of six-cylinder four-stroke single-acting engines of the air injection type. The four Tyne-built vessels and those built on the Continent will be fitted with Werkspoor type engines fitted with the Werkspoor super-charg-ing system, while the -Harland Wolff vessels will be fitted with Harland B. and W. supercharged machinery, and supercharged engines-for the Workman, Clark vessels will be supplied by the North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company, Ltd. ■ PORT HARDY LEAVES TO-MORROW. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line vessel Port Hardy, which is loading at New Plymouth, is expected to leave for Wanganui late on Saturday, or on Sunday morning. The vess.l leaves-Wellington on May 13 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Montevideo. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. London, April 30. —Arrived: At Colon, Coptic; at Panama, Middlesex and Northumberland. Sailed: Tilsington Court, from Honolulu; Port Denison, from Hamburg; Quercus, from Newport News; Mahana, from Balboa. Wellington, April 1. —Arrived: Tees (11.40 a.m.) and Progress (12.35 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Alexander (11.50 a.m.), from Motueka; Paua (12.20 p.m.), from New Plymouth. Sydney, May I—Arrived: Gabriella, from Greymouth. Wellington, May 1. —Arrived: Opawa (1.50 a.m.), from Blenheim; Canadian Transporter (3.20 a.m.), from Port Chalmers; Gunbar (4.40 a.m.), from Mapua; Arahura (4.50 a.m.), Moa (5.30 a.m.), bo(li from Nelson; Maori (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton. Lyttelton, May I.—Arrived: Regulus (12.10 a.m.), from Tarakohe; Calm (5.20 a.m.) and Wainui (6 a.m.), from Timaru; Maheno (6.15 a.m.), from Dunedin; Wahine (6.40 a.m.), from Wellington.

Wanganui, May 1. —Sailed: Maimoa p.m.), for New Plymouth, j

TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

High waler. Sun- Sun-

a.m. p.m. rise. set. May 2.. 11.30 11.56 . 6.37 5.05 May 3 — 0.17 6.38 5.06 May 4.. 12.45 1.10 6.39 5.04 May 5.; 1.43 2.10 6,39 5.02 May 6.. 2.49 3.29 5.40 5.00 May 7.. 4.12 4,55 6.41 4.59 May 8.. 5.30 6.08 6.42 4.59 May 6. —First quarter. 4.23 a.m. May 13.—Full moon, 4.59 a.m. May 21.—Last quarter, 3.52 a.m. May 28.—New moon, 5.07 p.m.