SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH VESSELS IN PORT HALS. Laburnum, Newton King wharf. Tairoa, Moturoa wharf. Hauraki, Newton King wharf. Mataroa, Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ■ COASTAL. Hauturu, .from Onehunga, to-day. Opihi, from south, to-morrow. Kanna, .from Greymouth, Sunday. Hauturu, from Onehunga, Tuesday. John, from south, March 5. Progress, from south, March 7. OVERSEAS. • Otaio (10,148 tons), is due New Plymouth from Wanganui on Thursday to load 2500 b<Kes of butter, 4000 crates of cheese and- 31,000 freight careases of meat for England. (U.S.S. Co.) Somerset (8607 tons), left London on January 30 for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Timaru, New Plymouth and Nelson. Due New Plymouth about March 9. (U.S.S. Co.) Port Pirie (7316 tons) is due at New Plymouth on Thursday to load 4500 boxes of butter, 7500 crates of cheese and 8000 freight carcases of meat for London. (Collett and Co.) Middlesex (8575 tons), left Mancheson February 14 with slag for Port Pirie and New Plymouth. Due New Plymouth about April 10. (U.S.S. Co.) Tongariro (8728 tons), left Antwerp February 21 for Auckland and New Plymouth with slag. (U.S.S. Co.). Port Napier (8491 tons), is due at New Plymouth about March 20 to load 5300 boxes, of butter, 7000 crates of cheese and 17,000 freight carcases of meat and general cargo for London. (Collett and Co.) Tainui (9965 tons), is due at New Plymouth on March 23 to load 4600 boxes of butter and 7000 crates of cheese. (Newton King, Ltd.) Hertford (10,923 tons), left Liverpool on February 14 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Ne'v Plymouth. (U.S.S. Cd.) Port' Hobart (7488 tons), will leave New York on February 28 for Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due New Plymouth in April. (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 Plymouth about August 15. • King, Ltd.). C. and D. lane steamer will leave London on September 16, 1931, for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Timaru and New Plymouth. (Collett and Co.). BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Tainui, left Southampton January 30; due Auckland March 7. Raaigitane, left 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 February 6 for Vancouver, via Auckland. Left Auckland February 10 and due Vancouver to-day. To leave Vancouver March 4 for Auckland and Sydney; due 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 Vahcouvei April 24. Niagara, left Vancouver February 4 for Sydney, via Auckland; arrived Auckland on Monday, and due Sydney to-morrow. 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 Sydney on February 19 for San Francisco, via Wellington; arrived .Wellington on Tuesday and due San Francisco on March 13. To leave San Francisco March 18 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington April 7 and Sydney. April 11. To leave Sydney April 16 for San Francisco, via Wellington; to leave Wellington April 21 and due San Francisco May 8. Monowai, left San Francisco on February 18 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington March 9 and Sydney March 14. To leave Sydney March 19. for San Francisco, via Wellington; leaves Wellington March 28 and due San Francisco April 10. To leave San Francisco on April 15 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington May 4 and Sydney May 9. INTER-COLONIAL SERVICE. TO SYDNEY. Ulimaroai to leave Sydney to-day for Auckland; due Auckland on Tuesday. To leave Auckland March 6 for Sydney; due Sydney March 10. To leave Sydney March 13 for, Wellington; due Wellington .March 17. Marama, to leave Wellington to-day for Sydney; due Sydney on Tuesday. To leave Sydney March 6 for Wellington; due Wellington March 10. To leave Wellington March 13 for Sydney; due Sydney March 17. Maunganui, to leave Sydney to-day for Auckland; due Auckland on Tuesday. To leave Auckland March 6 for Sydney; due Sydney March 10. To leave Sydney March 13 for Auckland; due Auckland March 17. TO MELBOURNE. ■Maheno, left Wellington on Saturday for Melbourne, via Bluff. Left Bluff on Monday and due Melbourne today. To leave Melbourne March 5 for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, where she will withdraw owing to slackness of trade. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Opihi loaded at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, via southern ports. She is due at New Plymouth •to-morrow. and will sail the same day to Wellington and Dunedin (U.S.S. Co.). I The Kanna is due at New Plymouth from Greymouth and Westport about

Sunday with 200 tons of coal. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to Auckland. (U.S.S. Co.) The John was scheduled to load at Dunedin yesterday for New Plymouth, via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. The vessel is due at New Plymouth on Wednesday and will later proceed to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.) The Progress is to load at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due on March 7, via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.) MATAROA TO LEAVE TO-NIGHT. Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., advise that the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Mataroa is scheduled to leave New Plymouth this evening for Wellington, from which port she will sail finally on March 11 for Southampton and London. The liner carries 8500 boxes of butter and 9000 crates of cheese from New Plymouth. TAIROA TO LEAVE MONDAY. The Shaw, Savill and Albion vessel Tairoa, at present discharging slag, will load 10,196 boxes of butter and 6600 crates of cheese before she sails on Monday evening. CAMBRIDGE AT WELLINGTON. To continue her Homeward loading, the Federal steamer Cambridge arrived at Wellington yesterday from New Plymouth. She is to leave Wellington again on Saturday for Gisborne and Auckland to fill up, and is scheduled to clear the northern port finally on March 7 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via the Panama Canal. PORT FREMANTLE’S DEPARTURE. The departure of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line’s motor-ship Port Fremantle from Auckland for London, via Panama, has been postponed until noon to-day. She is filling up with New Zealand produce at Auckland, The vessel carries a dairy produce loading from New Plymouth. PORT PIRIE LOADING. The C. and D. Line steamer Port Pirie was due at Napier yesterday morning from Dunedin to commence her Homeward loading. She is due at Wellington next Tuesday for further loading, and is to leave Wellington again the following day for New Plymouth and Auckland to fill up. She is scheduled to clear the northern port finally on March 18 for London, via the Panama Canal. At New Plymouth the vessel will lift 4500 boxes of butter, 7500 crates of cheese and 8000 freight carcases of meat. RUAPEHU 1 ® MOVEMENTS. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s liner Ruapehu arrived at Oamaru yesterday morning . from New Plymouth to continue her Homeward loading. She is to leave there again on Saturday for Timaru, Picton and Wellington to fill up. She is due at Wellington on March 7, and is scheduled to clear finally on March 10 for London, vja the Panama Canal. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Marine Department notifies the following erections of beacons in Otago Harbour:— First beacon: Black with white light 002 degrees 690 yards from beacon on Quarantine Island (approx.). A .white triangle has been erected on the back beacon and 200 yards 028 degrees from it, a single-pile structure carrying a white triangle and a green light visible one mile has been erected. Second beacon: Black with white light 610 yards 217 degrees from beacon on Quarantine Island (approx.). A white triangle has been erected oh the above black beacon and 200 yards 208 degrees from it, a single-pile structure carrying a white triangle, and a green light visible one mile has been erected. ■ The two sets of beacons in line 028 degrees and 208 degrees respectively lead through the passage between Quarantine and Goat Islands. STRATHNAVER LAUNCHED. The P. and O. Company’s new 21,000ton turbo-electric liner Strathnaver, which has been built for the company’s Australian service, was launched at Vic-kers-Armstrong, Ltd., construction works at Barrow-in-Furness at midday on February 5. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony. This was the largest hull yet launched from, the yard. At the moment that Lady Janet Bailey, daughter of the Earl of Inchcape, chairman of the P. and O. Company, christened the ship with a bottle of Australian Burgundy it started, to move to the accompaniment of loud cheers. The Strathnaver will leave London for Australia on her maiden voyage on October 2. MAODHUI LAUNCHED. . Burns, Philp and Co.’s new passenger and cargo motor-ship Macdhui was launched, from Barclay, Curie and Co.’s Clydeholm yard on December 23. Built for the Burns, Philp passenger service between Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, she is 340 feet in length by 51 feet in breadth, and is designed to carry about 3200 tons dead weight on a draught of 21 feet. Her gross tonnage is 4650. Accommodation is provided for 138 passengers in two, three and four-berth cabins. Ample deck space is arranged for passengers, a feature being the spacious enclosed promenades, in the sides of which are large rectangular windows. The public rooms include a dining saloon with seating accommodation for the full complement of passengers, entrance hall, music room, and smoking room. Large insulated stores and provision rooms are provided for domestic use, while a portion of the ’tween decks is insulated for the carriage of fruit and frozen meat. The five large hatchways are served by 10 electric winches and 14 derricks, working on the unionpurchase principle. All the auxiliaries throughout the- vessel, including the steering gear, winchtes and windlass, are electrically driven. The Kincaid-Harland-B. and W. single-acting fourstroke cycle, eight cylinder Diesel engine, constructed by John G. Kincaid and Go., Ltd., Greenock, develops 4900 i.h.p., giving the vessel a speed of 15 knots. The engine is designed for pressure induction on the Buchi system, and the blower is directly driven by an exhaust gas turbine, utilising gases from the main engine. s— — .... •SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, February 26.—Arrived: Taupata, 1.15 a.m., from Mapua; Gale, 4.50 a.m., Holmdale, 6 a.m., both from Wanganui; Alexander, 6.15, a.m., from Waiwaka Bay; Arahura, 6.15 a.m., from Nelson; Maori, 7 a.m., from Lyttelton; Nikau, 7.10 a.m., from Motueka; pehu, 10 a.m., from . Lyttelton London, February 25.—Arrived: At Coldn, Ashburton; at Halifax, Canadian Victor; at Los Angeles, Golden Cross. Oamaru, February 26.—Arrived: Ruapehu, 8.15 a.m. } from New Plymouth,

Wellington, February 26.—Arrived: Opihi, 10 a.m., from Lyttelton. Onehunga, February 26.—Arrived: Hauturu, 6.15 a.m., from New Plymouth. Wellington, February 26.—Arrived: Cambridge, 12.30 p.m., from New Plymouth.

Manukau Heads. —Sailed: Hauturu, 5.30 p.m., for New Plymouth.

TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

Feb. 27. —First quarter, 12.06 p.m. March 4.—Full moon, 10.36 p.m.

March 11.—Last quarter, 5.15 p.m. March 19.—New moon, 7.21 p.m.

High a.m. water. p.ra. Sunrise. Sunset. Feb. 27 3.57 4.32 6.03 7.10 Feb. 28 5.44 6.20 6.04 7.00 Mar. 1 : 7.12 7.36 6.05 7.08 Mar. 2 . 8.10 8.30 6.07 7.06 Mar. 3 ... 8.5G 9.15 6.08 7.05 Mar. 4 .. 9.40 10.00 6.09 7.03 Mar. 5 10.20 10.42 6.10 7.02