TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12085, 14 August 1917, Page 4

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. TIDE TABLE. AUGUST. %pn. p.m. Monday . . 13 0.10 0.36 Tuesday . .14 14 1.27 Wednesday . IS 1.63 2.17 Thursday , 18 2.40 3.3 Friday . . 1? fc.25 3.47 Saturday . .18 4.8 4.'29 Sunday . . 19 4.50 5.10 PHASES OF THE MOON. AUGUST. d. h. *■ m. Full moon . 3 4 41p.m. Last quarter . 10 7 26 a.m. New moon . . 13 5 51 a.m. First Quarter .26 6 38 a.m. TO-DAY'S ALMANAC. Sun rises 6.58 a.m., sets 5.10 p.m. Moon rise 3 4.32 a.m., sets 1.42 pirn. ARRIVED. August 14, 5.45 a.m.—Breeze, s.s., 542 tons, Braidwood, from Dunedin. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. August 14, 7 a.m. —Maori, s.s., .3412 tons, Manning, from "Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Passengers, five hundred 1 and twenty saloon and steerage. August 14, 7.55 a.m.—Kamona, s.s., 1425 lons, Scott, from Greymouth. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. SAILED. August 13, 11.45 a.m.—Storm, s.s., 405 tons, Cowan, for Dunedin. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. tons, Murray, for Akaroa. Stevenson, Stewart and Co., agent*. August 13, 5.45 p.m.—Huia, s.s., 127 tons, Thorns, for Wellington. Kinsey and Co., agents. August 13, 5.15 p.m.—Te. Anau, s.s., 1622 tons, Peterson, for Timaru". Union Steam Ship' Company, agents. August 13, 6.35 p.m.—Mararoa, b.b., 2598 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agenta. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wakatu, s.s., from Wellington, this day. Monowai, a.a., from Wellington, this day. Wootton, e.s., from Wellington, this day. Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington, August 15. Tauiui, s.<*., from Wellington, August 16. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, August IG. Cygnet, s.s.. from Kaikoura, August 17. Mrraroa, p.s., from Wellington, August 17. Maori, s.s., from Wellington, August 18. Monowai, s.s., from Dunedin. August 18. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, s.n., for Wellington, this day. Monowai, s.s., for Dunedin, this day. Mararoa, s.s., for Wellington, August 15. U'akatu, a.Sj for Kaikoura. August 15. Cygnet, s.s., for Kaikoura, August 15. Wootton, s-s, for Wellington, August 15. M ori, s.fa., for Wellington, August 16. Monowai, s.s., for Napier, August 18. Breeze, s.s., for Dunedin. August 18. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY. The Maori will be the ferry steamer this evening. SHIPPING NOTES. Tho Orepuki was timed to sail last evening roni Wellington for Greymouth, whence she A'i'l come on to Lyttelton. Thiring the easterly gale at Whangarei last Thursday, the scow Bravo "foundered at tho Dominion Wharf. The tide was the highest for thirty years. THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. According to " Eastern Commerce," the Si pon Yusen Kaisha has decided to add to its fleet. This time the increase is demanded between Australia and- New Zealand and Ja;:an, the growing commercial relations be-Uv;-en these countries leading to the decision to iilace two extra steamers on the run to Australia. They will be vessels of approxiir.ine'.y 4000 tons each. One will be withdrawn from another route, while the other Ur.j just been completed. NEW COASTER FOR WELLINGTON. It is reported in local shipping circles (says the " Post") that the Wellington Steamship Crmpany, which recently purchased the coastal steamer Huia, has iust acquired the Ftcamer Baden Powell from the Northern Coal Company of Auckland. The vessel is at prepcnt under overhaul at Auckland. The Bnden Powell will, it is said, run between Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth and Lyttelton. 'She was formerly owned in Wellington, and ran coal along the ccast from Punmiga and other ports. Later she was fo>i to the Northern Coal Company, ar.d has Icm running coal for that company from North Auckland district to the pert of Auckland. The Baden Powell is a wooden screw Meaner, was built in 1902 by E. Davis, Nam-.'■ir-i-a River, New South Wales, nnd is 174 :o:v< ?ro=s and 152 tons net. Her dimen- - s :.f>:? nre: 110 ft long. 26ft lin beam and 7ft r-'.;i cl~e->.