SHIPPING NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1931, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH ARRIVALS YESTERDAY 6.45 a.m. —Alexander s.s., 377 tons, Pearson, from Wangauui. DEPARTURE YESTERDAY. 12.30 p.m.—Alexander s.s., 377 tons, Pearson, for Tarakohe. VESSELS IN PORT. Dunrobin, Newton King wharf. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ' COASTAL. Kartigi, from Greymouth, indefinite. Hauturu, from Onehunga, to-morrow. John, from south, Saturday. Opihi, from south, Sunday. Tees, from south, Monday. Totara, from south, Tuesday. OVERSEAS. Port Dunedin (7463 tons) due New Plymouth on July 21 to lift 19,000 boxes of butter. 4000 crates of cheese and 16,000 freight carcases of meat. (Collett and Co.) . Opawa (10,000 tons), left Liverpool on May 23 for Now Zealand, and is due at New Plymouth on July 24 to lift 9000 freight carcases of meat. (U.S.S. Co.) Tairoa (7983 tons), due New Plymouth on Angus': 8 to lift 14,000 freight carcases of meat, 12,000 bo :es of butter, 3200 crates of cheese and general cargo. (Newton King, Ltd.) Karepo (2562 tons), to load at Adelaide about July 20, and to complete at Edithburg and Melbourne for New Plymouth, Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Wanganui. (U.S.S. Co.) Waikawa (5677 tons) left Los Angeles on June 22 for Papeete, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Napier, Lvtteltqn, Melbourne and Sydney. (U.S"S. Co.) Matakana (8048 tons) left London on June 19 for New Zealand ports. Due New Plymouth' about August 18. (Newton King, Ltd.). Herminius (10,389 tons), was to leave west coast of England ports on Saturday for New Zealand ports. Due Auckland August 11 and New Plymouth about the end of August. (Newton King, Ltd). Hauraki (7113 tons) to load at Pacific ports for New Zealand ports, including New Plymouth, during August. Due New Plymouth middle of September (subject, to sufficient cargo offering for New Plymouth). - (U.S.S. Co.). Port Fairy (7980 tons) will leave London on September 16 for Suva, Dunedin, Lyttelton, .Timaru and New Plymouth. Due New Plymouth middle of November. (Collett and Co.). Waiotapu (6035 tons), to load at Pacific Coast ports during October for Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Lytteltond and Dunedin. (U.S.S. Co.) Northumberland (11.555 tons) to leave Liverpool October 17 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth; due at New Plymouth late in December. (U.S.S. Co.).

BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Rangit&ta, left Southampton June 5; due Wellington July 9. Tainui, left Southampton June 26; due Wellington August 7. Rangitane, left Southampton July 3; due Auckland August 6. Tamaroa, leaves Southampton September 11; due Auckland October 14. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS. TO VANCOUVER. Monowai, left Vancouver on June 24 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland on Monday and Sydney July 18. Aorangi takes up the running; to leave Sydney July 23 for Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland July 28 and Vancouver August 14. To leave Vancouver August 19 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland September 7 and Sydney September 11. Niagara, left Sydney June 25 for Vancouver, via Auckland. Left Auckland on June 30 and due Vancouver July 17., To leave Vancouver July 22 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland August 10 and Sydney August 15. To leave Sydney August 20 for Vancouver, via Auckland. To leave Auckland August 25 and due Vancouver September 11. TO SAN FRANCISCO. Makura, to leave San Francisco today for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington July 27 and Sydney August 1. To leave Sydney August 6 for San Francisco, via Wellington; to leave Wellington August II and due San Francisco August 28. To leave San Francisco on September" 2 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington September 21 and Sydney September 26. Maunganui, leave Sydney to-nior-row for San Francisco, via Wellington; due Wellington On Monday and San Francisco on July 31. To leave San Francisco on August 5 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington August 24 and Sydney August 29. The Monowai takes up the running and is to leave Sydney on September 3 for San Francisco, via Wellington; to leave Wellington September 8 and due San Francisco on September 25. Sonoma, left San Francisco on Thursday for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland July 24 and Sydney July 28. To leave Sydney August 4 for San Francisco, via Auckland; to leave Auckland August 8 and due San Francisco August 26. To leave San Francisco on September 3 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland September 25 and Sydney September 29.

Ventura, to leave San Francisco July 23 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland August 14 and Sydney August IS. To leave Sydney August 25 for San Francisco, via Auckland; to leave Auckland August 29 and due San Francisco September 16. Sierra, to leave San Francisco August 13 for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland September 4 and Sydney September 8. TRANS-TASMAN SERVICE. Ulimaroa, to leave Wellington on Friday for Sydney; due Sydney on Tuesday. To leave Sydney on July 17 for Auckland; due Auckland on July 21. To leave Auckland on July 24 for Sydney; due Sydney on July 28. Marama, to leave Sydney on Friday for Wellington, via Auckland; due Auckland on Tuesday and Wellington on July 16. x To leave -Wellington on July 17 for Sydney; due Sydney July 21. Monowai, to leave Sydney on July 24 for Wellington; due Wellington on July 28. To leave Wellington on July 28 for Sydney, via Auckland; to leave Auckland on July 31 and due Sydney on August 4. To leave Sydney ou August 7 for Wellington, via. Auckland; due Auckland on August 11 and Wellington on August 13.

COASTAL MOVEMENTS, • ■The Opihi reloaded at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, via, southern ports. From New Plymouth, where the vessel is due about Sunday, she will proceed to southern ports, via Westport. (U.S.S. Co.). The John was to load at Dunedin on Monday for New Plymouth, where she is due on Saturday, via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. (Hooker Bros.). The Kartigi is still bar-bound at Greymouth with 375 tons of coal for New Plymouth. From New Plymouth the vessel will go to Auckland. (U.S.S. Co.). The Hauturu is due at New Plymouth for Onehunga to-morrow and will later proceed to Wanganui. (Northern Co.). The Totara will load at Timaru on Friday for New Plymouth, where she is duo about Tuesday, via Lyttelton and Wellington. The vessel will return to Lvttelton from New Plymouth. (U.S.S. Co.). The Tees will load at Dunedin today for New Plymouth, where she is due on Monday, via Timaru, Lyttelton and Wellington. From New Plymouth the vessel will proceed, to Port Waikato. (Hooker Bros.). The Alexander arrived at New Plymouth yesterday morning from Wanganui and southern ports with 100 tons of cement. She sailed for Tarakohe about midday. (Cock and Co.). HAUTURU DELAYED. The loading of the Hauturu has been delayed at Onehunga to allow the vessel to be fitted with a new propeller. In consequence here departure for New Plymouth and Wanganui has been postponed until noon to-day. HERMINIE'S FROM LIVERPOOL. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Herminius was scheduled to leave Liverpool on Saturday for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. She is due at Auckland on August 11 and New Plymouth late in August. THE NEW OPAWA. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s new motor-ship Opawa, which arrived at Wellington on Monday morning from Liverpool after towing the disabled steamer City of Kimberley to Auckland, is the last of the three motor-ships, all of the same type, which have been built for the company. .The first vessel was the Otaio and the second was the Orari, both of which have already visited New Zealand. The Opawa was built by Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow,, and was launched on January 20. The vessel is 490 ft in length overall, and is of 9750 tons gross register. She is of the two-deck type, with poop and long bridge. Six holds oiler large space for the carriage of bulk, general and refrigerated cargo, the dead-weight capacity being about 12,300 tons. The cargo-handling appliances are of the most modern description, and all the deck auxiliaries are electrically operated. The propelling machinery for the twin screws consists of two sets of singleacting Sulzer-Diesel engines. It is claimed the accommodation on the Opawa and her sister ships compares favourably with that of any other Cargo vessels afloat. The towing of the City of Kimberley, in which a speed was attained at times of eight knots, is considered'to have been a remarkable test of the Opawa’s efficiency. The vessel is due at New Plymouth on July 24.

FOUR-MASTERS SOLD, The following four-masted American schooners, which have made many voyages to Sydney and Newcastle, have recently been sold, and will probably be used as barges. The Commerce, 621 tons, and Samar, 673 tons, owned by Henry Kickmann and Co., sold to the Oakland Barge and Towboat Co. (terms private); the Minnie A. Caine, 770 tons, owned by Charles Nelson and Co., sold to Malibri Maritime Corp., Ltd., Santa Monica (terms private); the Normandie, Fr., sch., 496 tons, which was formerly known at the Lottie Bennett, and during the war was owned by Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., and then sold to L. Ozanne, who has now sold her to F. D. Harris. PORTUGUESE SHIPPING. The Portuguese Government has decided to bring to an end the competition which has existed for many years between the two great shipping companies, the Companthia Nacional de Navegacao and the Companthia Coloniale de Navegacao, of Lisbon, and has published a decree requiring each company to submit to the Government within 15 days an agreement terminating the competition. They are required to seek means of withdrawing from service superflous tonnage, inasmuch as the losses consequent on the employment of excess tonnage have to be supported at the national expense. A. NEW SUPER-LINER. According to the Journal of Commerce (New York) word has been received at the New York office of the Cunard Line that the date of the launching of the new 73,000-ton super-liner now under construction at Clydebank may be advanced from June, 1932, to February of next vear as the work is being speeded up. The 150-ton rudder, the largest ever built, has already been delivered. The liner, which will be 1018 ft long and 115 ft wide, will have eight decks above the water line. The boat deck, 70ft above the water line, will be 650 ft long, while the promenade deck will stretch out for 720 ft. The funnels, which will measure 40ft across, will rise to a height Of 130 ft above the water line. The dining room amidships between the second and third funnels, will be the largest room ever to be placed in an ocean liner. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Sydney, July 7.—Arrived: Marama, 9.45 a.m., from Auckland. Wellington.—Arrived: Gale, 1.15 p.m., from Wanganui. TIDES, SUN, PHASES OF MOON.

Eor the approximate time of higl water at Opunake add five minutes, fol Ohawe beach add 10 minutes, and foi Patea 18 minutes. July B.—Last quarter, 11.21 a.m. July 15.—New moon, 11.50 p.m. July 22.—First quarter, 4.46 p.m. July 30.—Full moon, 12.18 a.m.

High a. in. water p.m. Sunrise. Sunset. July 8 .. 2.15 2.4S 7.12 ' 4.44 July 9 ... 3.00 3.43 7.12 4.45 July 10 .. 3.56 4.51 7.12 4.46 July 11 5.06 6.05 7.12 4.46 July 12 .. 6.1 S 7.04 7.11 4.46 July 13 .. 7.15 7.50 7.11 4.47 July- 14 .. 8.06 8.36 7.10 4.48