SHIPPING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16607, 3 December 1919, Page 6

SHIPPING.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919. DIARY. High Sim- Sun November, 1919. water rise. set. a.m. 29 Saturday 1.4 4.43 7.17 30— Sunday 1.45 4.43 7.1/ December, 1919. 1— Monday 2.26 4.42 7.18 2 Tuesday 3.19 4.41 7.19 3 Wednesday ... 4.34 4.40 7.20 4 Thursday 5.53 4.40 v.HJ 5 Friday 7.15 4,39 /.. 1 At Waitnra the tide is 15 minutes earlier than the above figures for New Fl\mouth, while at Opunakc it is high water 15 minutes later than at Nqw Plymouth. PRASES OF THE MOON. FOR DECEMBER, 1919. Ist—First Quarter 1.4 a.m. ith—Full muon 7.9 p.ru. I4ui —Last Quarter o.&» p.m, 2sml —New Moon 10.32 p.m. butli—First Quarter 0.2 p.m. PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH^ ARRIVED. Dec. 3.—Baden Powell, s.s. (6 a.m.) 174 tons, M'Pherson, irom 'Wellington. Dec. 3.—Rimu, s.s. (1 p.m.;, 411 tons, Keatley, from Onehunga. IN PORT. Kia Ora, s.s Rimu, s s. iiauun Powell, s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lucy (schooner), from ’Frisco, after January 20. Karamu, irom Lyttelton, Monday. Comma, from Dunedin and ports, aoout December 10. THE KIA ORA. The S.S. and A. steamer Kla Ora did not sail lor Waitara luis jamming ns scheduled, owing to an alteration oi tno arrangements at the last moment. by wiiien it was decided to rail to the New Plymouth wlmrf the .cOO Height carcases allotted to the Waitara works. The iirst string of trucks arrived. - alongside the vessel about 10 o’clock this morning. The Kia Ora is to sail to-morrow afternoon to complete her Now Zeaian'T loading at Wanganui. From that roadstead she goes to Melbourne and Hobart, and tucuce to England, via the Capo. THE BADEN POWELL. The Baden Powell commenced this morning to discharge 130 tons of Wellington cargo. Sue is scheduled to ; sail to-night for Nydia Bay to load timber for Lyttelton, and is duo back at-Wellington about December 12. LUCY, FROM SAN FRANCISCO. The schooner Lucy, which sailed! from San Francisco on November 21 | for New Plymouth, is a three-masted vessel of 309 tons gross and 29-1 tons net register. Her dimensions arc: Length 142 feet, breadth 34 feet, depth 9 feet. She was built in 1890 at Fairhaven, California. SHIPPING* TELEGRAMS. ARRIVED. Wellington. Dec. 3.—AVcstralia (7.40 a.m.), from Melbourne. Newport News, Dec. I.—Port Hacking and AVaiwera, from New Zealand. SAILED. Newport News, Dec. I.—Port Caroline and City of Bombay, for Auckland. Auckland, Deo. 3. Abemarna, schooner (8.40 a.m.) for Sydney. Wellington, Dec. 2.—Leitrim (4 p.m.), for Melbourne. lONIC, FOB LONDON. The departure qf the lonic (S.S. and A.) from Wellington for London has again been postponed, the steamer being now scheduled to sail at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 9th inst. CONGESTION AT GREYMOUTH. Per Press Association. GREYMOUTH, Dec. 2. There is still a great congestion of shipping ,111 the port, no loss than eight steamers Being unable to get away owing to shoaling on the bar duo to heavy westerlies. The Harbour Board arc meeting to-night to consider means to* overcome the difficulty. OVERSEAS STEAMERS. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. Westralia, to sail from Wellington for Melbourne, December 4. Moeraki, left Wellington for Sydney November 27. Riverina, to sail from AVellington for Sydney, December 4. Haheno, to leave Auckland for Sydney December 11. Manuka, to leave AVellington for Sydney December 11. Atua, left Auckland November 22 for Sydney via Newcastle. PACIFIC MAhTsTEAMERS. Niagara, duo Auckland from San Francisco December 17; to sail for San Francisco. December 30. Tofua, left AA’cllington for San Francisco November 13, due back at AA’ellington December 22. Makura, left Auckland for Vancouver November 24, due back at Auckland January 3. Moana, due AVellington from San Francisco December 7. AT AVELLINGTON. Arawa, November 23, from London via Auckland; for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers December 3 for discharge and dry-dock, final date, December 42. Rafanga, November 25, from Newcastle; for London about December 12. AT AUCKLAND. Parattah. from San Francisco November 23 • due Wellington December 4. OVERSEAS STEAMERS. TO ARRIVE. Carpentaria, loft New York for Auckland November 8, duo December 8. Gerala, left New York November 10 for Wellington and Australia; due December 14Kurow, loft San Francisco November 15 for Napier, Lyttelton and Dunedin- , I

Liberty, loading at New York for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin and Australian ports. Due December 28. Mahana, due AVellington December 11, to load. Northumberland, (eft Liverpool October 22, for- New, Zealand via Bombay and Australia. Opawa, to leave London end of December for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. Opihi, due AVellington from Singapore about December 20. Ora id, to leave Canada, December, for New Zealand. Pakcha, loft London October 7 for Australia and New- Zealand; duo AVcl.ington December 7. Port Sidney, loft London September 23 for Auckland Napier, and AVdlington, via Australia, due about December 11. Rimutaka, left United Kingdom November 8 for Auckland, \\ ciliugton, Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers, via Capetown, due December 28. lluahiuc, left Torquay November 3 for Auckland, AVellington, Lyttelton, and Pert Chalmers, via Cape; duo about December 21. Ruapehu, to leave United Kingdom middle of November for Now Zealand. Suffolk, loft Liverpool Novemberl3 for Auckland, AA’ellington and Australia ; duo Auckland December 29. Waitomo. to load in Singapore and Calcutta, for New Zealand. West Cavanal, loading in New York for Now Zealand. AVahino, to leave United Kingdom November for New Zealand., AVhakatnne., to leave Canada November for New Zealand.