SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH VESSELS IN PORT Hertford, Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. COASTAL. Opihi, from south, to-day. Hauturu, from Onehunga, to-morrow. Breeze, from south, to-morrow. Kartigi, from south, Thursday. Rata, from Westport, Friday. Progress, from south, Saturday. John, from south, May 7. Opihi, from south, May 8. OVERSEAS. Port Hunter (8437 tons), left London on March 11 for Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui and New Plymouth; due New Plymouth on May 7 to load. (Collett and Co.). Karepo (2562 tons), loaded at Adelaide on April 17 and later at Edithburg and Melbourne.- Left Melbourne on Friday for New Plymouth, Auckland, Portland*and Lyttelton; due New Plymouth, on Thursday with 308 tons. (U.S.S. Co.). ■ Pakeha (7899 tons), due New Plymouth on May 7 to load for 11 est Coast ports. (Newton King, Ltd.). Taranaki (8285 tons), to load 9000 freight carcases of meat, 2500 boxes of butter, and .4500 crates of cheese at New Plymouth about May 22 for Southampton and London. Her ports are Port Chalmers, Timaru, New Plymouth, Auckland and Wellington. (Newton King, Ltd.) Rotorua .(12,112 tons),) left London on April 2. for Port Clialme.'C, Lyttelton and New Plymouth, where she is due on May 28 to discharge and load. (U.S.S. Co.). Wairuna. (5823 tons), was to leave Vancouver on April L San Francisco on April 17 and Los Angeles on April 20. She is due at Auckland on May 15. thence Wellington and New Plymouth, where she is due about May 23, sailing later for Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne and Sydney. (U.S.S. Co.) Port Huon (8021 tons), was to leave New York on Saturday for Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth,. Lyttelton and Dunedin; due New Plymouth at the eiid of May. (Collett and Co.) Matakana (8048 tons), will leave London on June 17 for New Zealand ports. Due -New Plymouth about August 15. (Newton King, Ltd.). , Tainui (9965 tons), will leave London on June 24 for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth; due New Plymouth August 15. (Newton King, Ltd.). C. and D. line steamer will leave London on September 16, 1931, for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Timaru and New Plymouth. Due New Plymouth late in November. (Collett and Co.)

BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS.

Corinthic, left Southampton March 27; due Auckland May 4. Rotorua, left Southampton April 3; due Wellington May 19. Rangitiki, left Southampton April 10; due 1 Wellington May 14. lonic, Ifeft Southampton April 24; due Auckland June 1. Ruahine, leaves Southampton May 8; due Auckland June 14. Mataroa, leaves Southampton May 22; ■ due Wellington June 23. . Rangitata, leaves Southampton June 5; duh Wellington July 9.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS.

TO VANCOUVER. Aorangi, to leave Vancouver tomorrow for Auckland and Sydney; due 'Auckland May 18 and Sydney May 23. The Monowai makes the next trip and will leave Sydney Mqy 28, being due at Auckland on June 1 and at Vancouver on June 19. To leave Vancpuver June 24 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland July 13 and. Sydney July 18. Niagara, to leave Sydney for Vancouver on Thursday: due Auckland May 41 due Vancouver May 22. To leave Vancouver May 27 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland June 15 and Sydney June 20. To leave Sydney June 25 for Vancouver, via Auckland; to leave Auckland June 30 and due Vancouver July 17. T 0 SAN FRANCISCO. k Makura, left Sydney on April 16 for San Francisco, via Wellington; left Wellington on April 21, and due San Francisco May 8. To leave San Francisco on May 13 for Sydney, via Wellington; duo Wellington June 1 and Sydney June 6. To leave Sydney June 11 for San Francisco, via Wellington; to leave Wellington June 16 and due San Francisco July 3. Monowai, left San Francisco on April 15 for Sydney, via Wellington; due 'Wellington on May 4 and Sydney May 9. The Maunganui will make the next trip and will leave Sydney on May 14 for San Francisco via Wellington; due Wellington May 18 and San Francisco June 5. To leave San Francisco June 10 'for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington June 29 and Sydney July 4.

INTER-COLONIAL SERVICE.

TO SYDNEY.

Ulimaroa, left Sydney on Friday for Auckland; due Auckland to-day. To leave Auckland, on Friday for Sydney; due Sydney May 5. To leave Sydney May 8 for Wellington; due Wellington May 12. Maunganui, left Wellington on Friday for Sydney; due Sydney today. To leave Sydney on Friday' for Wellington; due Wellington May 5. To leave Wellington May 5 and Auckland on May 8 for Sydney; due Sydney May 12. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. The Hauturu is scheduled to arrive at New Plymouth from Onehunga tomorrow and will later proceed to Wanganui and north to Onehunga. (Northern Co.) The Rata is to load at Westport tomorrow for New .Plymouth. She is due on Friday to discharge 200 tons of coal and 50 tons of cement and will sail the same day for Wanganui. (Cock and Co.). The Breeze was to load at Oamaru on Friday for New Plymouth, where she is due to-morrow, via. Timaru. (Millward and Co.).

The Kartigi will leave Lyttelton today for Wellington and. New Plymouth. She is due on Thursday and will later proceed to Westport. (U.S.S. Co.). The Progress was scheduled to load at Dunedin yesterday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Saturday, via Timaru. Lyttelton and Wellington. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.) The. John wjjl load at Duuedig cm Fri-

day for New Plymouth, where she is duo on May 7, via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). PORT HUNTER TO LOAD. Collett and Co. advise that the Commonwealth and Dominion Line vessel Port Hunter, which is at Wellington, will discharge New Plymouth cargo at Wellington for transhipment to New Plymouth. The vessel will commence loading at Wanganui and is due at New Plymouth on May 7. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed to Picton, Lyttelton and Wellington. She is to be dispatched from Wellington for London on May 19. PAKEHA TO LOAD. Newton King Ltd. advise that the Shaw, Savill and Albion vessel Pakeha, which is en route to New Zealand in ballast, will load for west coast of England ports at New Plymouth on May 7« OPIHI TO DISCHARGE. The Union Company’s Opihi, which arrived at Lyttelton last Thursday morning from Timaru on fire, arrived at Wellington on Friday and left again the same day for Nelson and New Plymouth, to discharge her damaged cargo. She is due at New Plymouth at 6 o’clock this morning and at Wellington to-morrow, and will leave for Dunedin, where she will load via ports for Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth. MIDDLESEX COMPLETING. * The Federal Line steamer Middlesex sailed from Auckland for Wellington on Saturday to complete loading for London, Avoiimouth; Liverpool and Glasgow. She is to leave Wellington for London on Thursday. The vessel left New Plymouth on ’ April 13, carrying 4115 crates of cheese, 5270 boxes of butter and general cargo, including wool, pelts, casein and tallow from Taranaki.

NORTHUMBERLAND IN BALLAST. The Federal Line steamer Northumberland is reported to have left Glasgow for New Zealand in ballast last Thursday. The vessel is coming to New Zealand to load for England. WAIKAWA TO BE LAID UP. Now completing discharge of Pacific Coast cargo at Sydney, the Union Company’s steamer Waikawa is to come to Auckland to be laid tip owing to the slackness of trade. NEW TOURIST SERVICE. Inaugurating the new exclusive tourist service which the P. and O. Company is pioneering, the Royal Mail steamer Mongolia left London for Australia on April 17. Although it is the off season for travel the Mongolia embarked a good complement of passengers, thus affording a happy augury for success of the new service. Good accommodation is provided by the Mongolia at low tourist prices. The vessel is equipped with extensive decks and public rooms, comprising dining saloon, lounge; verandah cafe, smoking, reading and card rooms. Inquiries and forward bookings justify the confidence felt that P. and O. Company is supplying facilities of the type required particularly for Australians and New Zealanders in view of the present financial difficulties. Walter Lindrum and. Newman, late English billiards champions, and Steeples, ah aspirant in Empire billiards tournaments, will join the Mongolia at Marseilles. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, Wellington, April 27. —Arrived: Waimarine, 6 a.m., Port Hunter, 6.45 a.m., both from Auckland; Matangi, from Nelson. Nelson, April 27.—Sailed: Opihi, 4.20 p.m., for New Plymouth. London, April 26.—Arrived: At Lonlon, Port Victor; at Colon, Winton. Sailed: Norfolk, from Panama; Huntingdon, from Liverpool.

TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

High water Sun- Sun-

For the approximate time of high water off Opunake add five minutes, for Ohhwo beach add ten minutes and'for Patea 18 minutes.

May 2.—Full moon, 4.44 p.m. May 10.—Last quarter, 12.18 a.m. May 18.—New moon, 2.58 a.m. May 25.—First quarter, 7.09 a.m.

S.m. p.m. rise. set. April 28 ,, . 5.44 6.19 6.32 • 5.10 April 29 . . 6.44 7.13 6.33 5.09 April 30 . . 7.34 7.59 6.34 5.08 May 1 . . 8.18 8.42 6.35 5.07 May 2 . . 9.01 9.25 6.36 5.06 May 3 . . 9.45 10.07 6.37 5.04 May 4 . . 10.28 10.52 6.38 5.03