SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH i ARRIVAL SATURDAY 9.30 a.m. —-Hauturu, m.v., 296 tons, Jackson Fowler, from Oneliunga. (Northern Co.) ARRIVALS YESTERDAY. 1 p.m—Kiwitea, s.s., 2348 tons, Briscoe, from Portland. (U.SjS. Co.) 4 p.m.—Kartigi s.s., 2347 tons, Gray, from Greymouth. (U.S.S. Co.) DEPARTURE SATURDAY. 3.30 p.m.—'Hauturu, m.v., 296 tons, Jackson Fowler, for Onehunga. (Northern Co.) VESSELS IN PORT. Kiwitea, Newton King wharf. Kartigi, Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. COASTAL. Hauturu, from Onehunga, to-morrow. John, from south, Wednesday. Hauturu, from Onehunga, Friday. Totara, from south, Saturday. Progress, from south, Saturday. Opihi, from south, February IS. OVERSEAS. Ruapehu (BSBI tons), left London on December 20 for Auckland, Port Chalmers and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth on Friday to load 18,000 freight carcases of meat and 5000 crates of cheese. ■ (U.S.S. Co.). -Cambridge (10,850 tons), left Antwerp dn December 18 with slag for Auckland and New Plymouth;' due New Plymouth about Saturday. Will also load 16,000 freight carcases of meat, 2500 boxes of butter and 4000 crates of cheese. (U.S.S. Co.). Hauraki (7113 tons), loaded at Vancouver, San Francisco and left Los Angeles on January 22 for Lyttelton, where she 'is due February 13, Wellington, Nelson' and New Plymouth about February 21.' Later she discharges at Auckland; Napier, Melbourne and Sydney. (U.S.S. Co.). Mataroa (12,333 tons), due New Plymouth on February 19 to load 5000 boxes of butter and 9000 crates of cheese for London. (Newton King, Ltd.). Tairoa (7983 tons), from Antwerp, which she left on January 4 with 1100 ton 6 of slag for' New' Plymouth; due Auckland February 13, and New Plymouth a week later. (Newton King, Ltd.) . • Mirrabooka, rtvith cargo from San Francisco and- Los Angeles is due at Auckland' on February 10, Wellington February 13 and New Plymouth on February 17. (Newton King, Ltd.). Somerset(BBo7 tons), left London on January 30 for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Timaru, New Plymouth and Nelson. (U.S.S. Co.). Hertford (10,923 tons), will leave Liverpool on Saturday for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth (U.S.S. Co.). Port Hunter (8437 tons), will leave London on March 11 and will make NewPlymouth the. final port of discharge. (Collett and Co.). . Wairuna (5823 tons), will leave Vancouver on April 1, San- Francisco on April 17 and Los Angeles on April 20. She is due at Auckland on May 15, thence to Wellington and New Plymouth, where she is due about May 21, sailing later for Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne and Sydney. (U.S.S. Co.) Rotorua (12,112 tons), will leave London on April 3 for Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth, where she is due at the end of May. (U.S.S. Co.) Steamer, will leave London on June 24 for New Zealand ports. Due New Plymourii'about August 15, \Ncwton King ; Ltd.). C. and. D. Line steamer will leave L?-n--don'on September 16, 1931, for Dunedin, .Lyttelton, Timaru and New Plymouth. (Collett and Co.).

BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS.

Rangitata, left Southampton January 16; due Auckland February 18. Tainui, left Southampton January 30; due Auckland March 7. Rangitane, leaves Southampton February 13; due Wellington March 18. Tamaroa, leaves Southampton February 27;' due Wellington March 31. Remuera, leaves Southampton March 13; due Wellington April 20.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS.

TO VANCOUVER. Aorangi, left Sydney on Thursday for Vancouver, via Auckland. To leave Auckland to-morrow and due Vancouver February 27. To leave Vancouver March 4 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland March 23 and Sydney March 28. To leave Sydney April/2 for Vancouver, via Auckland. To leave Auckland April 7 and due Vancouver April 24. Niagara, was to leave Vancouver Wednesday for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland February 23 and Sydney February 28. To leave Sydney March 5 for Vancouver, via Auckland. To leave Auckland March 10 and due Vancouver March 27. To leave Vancouver April 1 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland April 20 and Sydney April 25. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Makura, left San Francisco on January 21 for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington to-day and Sydney on Saturday. To leave Sydney February 19 for San Francisco, via Wellington; due Wellington February 24 and San Francisco March 13. To leave San Francisco March IS for Sydney via Wellington; duo Wellington April 7 and Sydney April 11. Monowai, left Sydney on January 22 for San Francisco, via Wellington; left Wellington on January 27 and due San Francisco on Friday. To leave San Francisco February 18 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington March 0 and Sydney March 14. To leave Sydney March 19 for San Francisco, via Wellington; leaves Wellington March 28 and due San Francisco April 10. INTER-COLONIAL SERVICE. TO SYDNEY. Ulimaroa, left Auckland on Friday for Sydney; due Sydney to-morrow. To leave Sydney February 13 for Wcllington; due- Wellington February 17. To leave Wellington February 20 for Sydney; due Sydney February 24. Marama, left Sydney oji Friday for Wellington; due Wellington to-mor row. To leave Wellington February 13' .for Sydney; due Sydney February 17. To leave Sydney February 20 for Auckland; due Auckland February 24.

Maunganui, left Wellington on Friday for Sydney; due Sydney to-mor-row. To leave Sydney February 13 for Auckland; due Auckland February 17. To leave Auckland February 20 for Sydneyj -duc Sydney February 24. TO MELBOURNE. Maheno, .to leave Melbourne on Thursday for New Zealand ports; due Bluff February 16, Dunedin February 17, Lyttelton February 19 and Wellington February 20. To leave Wellington on February 21 for Melbourne J via° Bluff. To leave Bluff February 23 and due Melbourne February 27. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Totara will load at Dunedin to-day for ' Nelson and New Plymouth, via usual ports. (U.S.S. Co.). The Kartigi from Greymoutli arrived at New Plymouth yesterday with 120 poles and 310 tons of coal. From Now Plymouth she will proceed to Auckland to-day. (U.S.S. Co.) The John was to load at Lyttelton on Saturday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Wednesday via Wellington. Later she will proceed to Port Waikato (Hooker Bros.). The Progress will load at Dunedin on to-day for New Plymouth, where she is due on Saturday, via usual ports. (Hooker Bros.) . The Hauturu arrived at New Plymouth from Onehunga on Saturday morning and returned north in the afternoon. (Northern Co.) The Opihi will load at Dunedin on ■Wednesday for Nelson and New Plymouth, where she is due via usual ports On February 17. (U.S.S. Co.). KIWITEA IN PORT. With 506 tons - of Australian cargo from Hobart, Edithburg, Adelaide and Melbourne, the Union Company’s vessel Kiwitea arrived at New Plymouth shortly after noon yesterday from Portland. The vessel is scheduled to leave for Wellington to-day. RUAPEHU DELAYED. Owing to the fact that the Iluapehu helped in the transfer of refugees from Naoier to Wellington last week it is probable that she will be delayel She is now expected at New Plymouth about Friday from Port Chalmers. NEW MOTOR CARGO LINER. The Otaio, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s new motor cargo liner, which arrived at Auckland from Liverpool on Thursday, was built at Messrs. VickersArmstrong’s yard at Barrow. She left Liverpool for the Dominion with a general cargo on January 4. Captain Mead, recently of the s.s. Norfolk, and one of the oldest officers of the company, was chosen to take charge of the new ship. In view of the size (490 ft. by 67ft., with gross tonnage of 10,048 and deadweight capacity of 12,610 tons), and the°speed (151 knots), the Otaio represents a notable vessel, and the company is very proud of her. The engines installed represent the largest of the Doxford type that have hitherto been constructed from the standpoint of cylinder diameter. ’The Doxford ' engines are something quite new to the company, but they have been, used by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line for some years with satisfaction and. economy. Each cylinder in the Doxford type of engine has two pistons, one thrusting down and the other up, from the same explosion, but both actuating the same shaft. All the auxiliary machinery is of up-to-date pattern? There are three 306 k.w. Diesel-driven electric generators. An entirely new system is employed in the recovery of heat from the exhaust gases. The system is used, for driving a dynamo engine, heating the crew’s accommodation, and for evaporating up to 20 tons of distilled water daily. This is used to make up for any. losses in the engine fresh-water circulating system. The refrigerated cargo space is ex-' ceptionally large, the 11 insulated ’tween deck and hold spaces having a total capacity of about 420,000 cubic feet inside the insulation, besides the insulated provision chambers on the main deck. The two quadruple CO2 compressors are of the J. and E. Hall’s type, and one can maintain the required temperature. A 165 b.h.p. variable speed motor direct coupled to the crankshaft is utilised for each compressor. The equipment includes two centrifugal seawater circulating pumps, four brine circulating pumps, and a vertical duplex plunger circulating pump for dealing with the provision rooms and the outward. cargo rooms. Four holds are each served by four 10-ton cargo derricks, and No. 1 and No. 6 holds arc each served by two 10ton derricks. A 50-ton derrick is carried for use in Nos. 2 and 3 hatchways for specially heavy lifts. There are 16 Clarke, Chapman silent worm-geared cargo winches capable of exerting a pull of six tons at 100 ft. per minute and driven by 48 h.p. motors at 200 r.p.m. Four warping winches similar to the cargo winches but with 18-in. warp ends on the outboard side and 24in. warp ends on the inboard .ide are included in the deck equipment, whilst the Clarke, -Chapman windlass is also electrically driven, coupled to a 5 h.p. motor running at 350 r.p.m. It will deal with 25-Bin. stud-link cable and can exert a direct pull of 19J tons at 25ft. per minute. Warping ends are fitted. The ship is provided with a Simplex balanced rudder. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Melbourne, February 7. —Arrived: Maheno, from Wellington. Wellington, February 7.—Arrived: Golden Cloud, 1 a.m., from Pictou; Inaha, .1.45 a.m., from Patea; Arahura, 5.20 a.m., from Nelson; Maori, 7 a.m., and Wainui, 7.25 ; a.m., from Lyttelton; Nikau, 7.30 a.m., from Motueka; Canadian Transporter, 9 a.m., from Auckland. Lyttelton, February 7.—Arrived: Waikouaiti, 6 a.m., from Dunedin; Wahine, 7.10 a.m., from Wellington; Anglo-Cana-dian, 8 a.m., from Wellington. Sailed: Kuku, 11.55, for Wellington; Katoa, noon, for Timaru; Storm, .1.10 p.m., for Dunedin; Wahine, 8.30 p.m., for Wellington. Lyttelton, February B.—Arrived: Opawa, l.ua.m., from Blenheim; Parera, 4.45 a.m., from Gisborne; Maorj, 7.5 a.m., from Wellington; John, 9.35 a.m., from Timaru. TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

Feb. 10. —Last quarter, 4.10 a.m. Feb. 18. —New moon, 1.11 a.m. Feb. 27. —First quarter, 12.06 p.m. March 4.—Full moon, 10.36 p.m.

High a.m. water. p.m. Sunrise. Sunset. Feb. 9 . . 2.04 2.27 5.43 7.33 Feb 10 .. . 2.56 3.25 5.44 7.32 Feb. 11 . . 4.04 4.44 5.45 7.31 Feb. 12 .. , 5.39 6.20 5.46 7.30 Feb. 13 . . 4.44 5.17 5.47 7.29 Feb. 14 .. , (5.06 6.38 5.48 7.28 Feb. 15 .. . 7.18 7.44 5.49 7.26