TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12087, 16 August 1917, Page 4

TO-DAY'S SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. TIDE TABLE. AUGUST. a.m. p.Tia. Thursday . 16 2.40 3.3 Friday . • 17 3.25 3.47 Saturday , ,18 4.3 4.29 Sunday . , 1!) 4.50 5.10 PHASES OP THE MOON. AUGUST. d. h. m. Fall moon . . 3 4 41 p.m. Last quarter . 10 7 26 a.m. New moon . 13 6 51 a.m. First Quarter .26 6 88 a.m. TO-DAY'S ALMANAC. Sun rises 6.55 a.m., seta 5.12 p.m. Moon rises 5.41 a.m., sots 3.44 p.m. ARRIVED. Angrust 16, 6.55 a.m.—Maori, b.s., 3412 ton.?,. Manning, from 'Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Passengers—Four hundred and thirty-eight saloon and stoerago. SAILED August 15, 12.25 p.m.—Canopus, s.s., Sillers, for Westport. Westport Coal Company, agents. August 15, 6 n.m. —Eunice, auxiliary scow, 150 tons, Sproulo, for Wellington. New Zealand Refrigerating Company, agents. August 15, 7.55 p.m.—Mararoii, s.s., 2593 tons, Cameron, for "Wellington. Union St-eani Ship Company, agents. August 15, 8.25 -n.m.—Kamona, s.s., 1425 tons, Scott, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wakatu, s.s.', from Kaikoura, this day. Cygnet, s.s.. from Kaikoura, August 17. Monowai, s.s., from Dunedin, August 17. Maori, s.s., from "Wellington, August IS. Corinna, s..s, from Dnnedin, August IS. Karamu, s.s., from Greymouth, August 19. Cygnet, s.s., from Akaroa, August 21. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, s.s., for Wellington, <his day. Wootton, s.s., for Wellington, this day. Wakatu, 8.5., for Kaikoura, August J Monowai, s.s., for Napier, August 13. Breeze, b.s., for Dunedin August 18. Corinna, s.s., for Nelson, August 18. Cygnet, s.s, for Akaroa, August 20. Xaramu, s.s., for New Plymouth, August 20. Calm, s.s., for BluS, August 20. UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY. The Maori will be tha ferry steanior this evening. A PERILOUS VOYAGE. The days of romance aro not yet dead (s?.vs the Suva correspondent of 'he Auckland " Star"). There came out cf the darkness a boat to Rctumah. It bore .' thr->e men, and the natives there wcro fishin-; nt nk'ht when they were hailed, droned their flares in the water, and made hastily fcr the mainland. Tho men in the boat were Cap'ain I'rarer, W. S. Myer and diaries Sherman. St-venty days before they had sail from • Kan Pedro, the nort of Los Angeles, in a carbon*. of 12 tons burthen, to find r.n island in the Pacific, a thousand miles away, where thoy had bsen told nearlers, after extracting tin pearl, had left great heaps of pearl shell. si r ice rendered valuable by '.he increased de- ••• mand. The adventurers had hoped to return to America in two months. Ins'ead, they found themßelves cS an unknown reef in a >.iky boat, each 'of them worn ou* with takini* turns at the pump. For days they had been living on bsans, macaroni and sn'it r>eas. cfi-er a voyage durinc which they had struck [jTnetual rough weather and never sighted another sail. They decided to abandon the boat, and launched tho small rowing boat. They managed to find an onening in the reef and'landed in safety. Thoy are now in Suva, and will proceed to Pago Pago (Samoa), ■whence they hope to continue their voyage back to America. SHIPPING NOTES. Captain J. Carlson has resumed command : of the Ripple after holiday leave, thus relieving Captain Fletcher, who has gone ashore. The Wootton is timed to leave this evening for Wellington, whence she will proceed to Golden Beach to load coal for Lyttelton. ' The Calm is due here on Saturday from " Wellington. She sails the same day for Bluff. The Wakatu is timed to leave this evtning for Kaikoura and Wellington.