TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12084, 13 August 1917, Page 4

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

PORT OF LTTTELTON. TIDE TABLE. AUGUST. a.m. p.m. Monday . .13 0.10 0.36 -■ Tuesday . .11 1.2 1.27 Wednesday . 15 1.52 2.17 . Thursday . 16 2.40 3.3 Friday . . 17 3.25 3,17 Saturday . .IS 18 4.20 .' Sunday . . 19 4.50 S.lO PHASES OF THE MOON. ■-■■•■ AUGUST. d. h. m. % .Fuut moon . 3 4 41 p.m Last quarter . 10 V 2Ga.m. New moon . . 13 5 51 a.m. First quarter . 26 G 33 a.m. TO-DAY'S ALMAXAC. Sun rises 7.0 a.m. sets 5.9 p.m. Moon iiaes 3.46 a.m. sets 0.16 p.m. ARRIVED. August 13, 3.30 a.m.—Canopus, s.s., 1337 tons, Sellars, from Westport. Westport Coal Company, agents. Ausruat 13, 4.40 a.m.—Te Anau, s.s- 1622 tons, Peterson, from Auckland. Union Steam Ship Company, aeenta. August 12, 9 "D.m.—Huia. s.s.. ISO tons, Thorns, from Wellington. Kinsey and Co., Limited, agents. SAILED. August 11, 1.30 p.m.—Wootton, s.s., 150 tons, Larson, for Wellington. A. Rhind and Co., •gents. August 11, 4.5 p.m.—Haivera, s.s.. 1<» tons, Jackson, for Wellington. Kinsey and Co.,' Ltd., agents. „,,.,. August 11, 7.45 p.m.—Maori, s.s., 3112 tons, Manning 1 , for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, August 14. Wakatu, s.s., from Wellington, August 14. Monowai, s.s., from Wellington, August 14. Wootton, s.s, from Wellington,' August Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington, August ].>. Tainui, b.s., from Wellington, August 15. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, August 16. Cygnet, s.s., from Kaikoura, August 17. Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington, August 17. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, August IS. Monowai, e.s., from Dunedin, August 18. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Mararoa, s.s., for Wellington, this day. Huia, s.s., for Wellington, this day. Te Anau, s.s., for Timaru, thir, day. Maori, b.s., for Wellington, August 14. Mararoa, s.s., for Wellington, August 15. Cygnet, s.s., for Kaikoura, August 15. Wootton, s.s, for Wellington, August 'ls. Monowai, a.s., for Napier. August 18. Maori, s.a., for Wellington, August 16. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY. The Mararoa, will be the ferry steamer this evening. SMA"RT WORK. Some smart work was accomplished hy the Port of London Authority recently in the rapid discharge of grain cargoes. One 6*earner with 6906. tons of oats in bag 3 and bulk was discharged in the Mi'.wall dock in 35J working hours; while another, with a similar cargo of 4590 tons, wa3 dischaiged in the same dock in 24 hours. In the Surrey Commercial Docks, a vessel with 7177 tons of bulk wheat wus discharged in 352 hours. In the Royal Victoria Dock one with 5545 tons of wheat in bulk wa.s discharged in ?Ah hours, resulting in no less than 3397 tons being unloaded. FAST STEAMERS TO BEAT SUBMARINES. According to London cable advices. Sir Joseph Maclay, British Shipping Controller, in an interview in Paris, said that 60 per cent .of the British ocean-going ships were now armed with two guns each, and carried the necessary gun crews. The surer remedv for the submarines though, was the intenso construction of vessels capable of traversing the danger zone at considerable speed. All the shipbuilding efforts had been directed to this end, and tho jhips turned out may even exceed 4,000,000 tons in 1918, if the Army gave the workmen, ;ind particularly the technical experts. SHIPPING NOTES. The Storm, which arrived hero at noon yesterday, is timed to sail to-day for Dunedin. The To Anan. after completing her cargo to-dav, will depart for Timaru, Dunedin and /luff. The Wootton Is due back from Wel'ingtcn vo-morrow, sailinc again on Wednesday for Wc'lington. The Huia, which reached Lvttelton last night, leaves for Wellington this afternoon.