TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12688, 9 July 1919, Page 4

TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

■W, TO-DAY’S ALMANAC.' ■ CBuri rises, 7.35 a.m.; sets, 4.35 p.m. rises, 1.14 p.m.; sets. 3.42 a.m. High water, 0.28 a.m., 0.52 p.m. ■ ARRIVED. ‘ from Wellington. A. Rhind and Co., . —M«jiaroa, s.s., 130 tons, from Wellington. Kinsey and Co., Ktd., agents. from Wellington. Union Steam Ship agents. I-.' SAILED, ' July 0, 9.30 p.m.—Kamo, s.s., 1236 tons, for Greymouth.' Union Steam Ship agents. . —Maori, s.s., 3412 tons, for Wellington. Union Steam Snip agents. / for Dunedin. A. H, Turnbull and agents. 8, 5.20 p.m.—Mana, s.s., 138 tons, Bon-for-Wellington. New Zealand. B-efrigerat-‘Company, agents ■v . . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. s.s,, from Wellington-, this day. 9.8.; from Kaikoura, July 10. from Timaru, July 10, from Wellington, July' 10. s.s., from Greymouth. July 11. from Wellington, July 11. ■ , CTED .DEPARTURES. s.s... for Timaru, this day. s.s., for Dunedin, this day. s.s., for Wellington, this day. s.s., for Westport, this day. . ■Wcotton, s.s.. for Wellington, this day. sjs., for Wellington, this day. s.s., for'Kaikonra, this day. for Westport, this day. for Wanganui, July 11. s.s., for Greymouth, July 14.

- SHIPPING NOTES. vhTha Kittawa left Westport at 8 p.m. ]a ( st night for Lyttelton. 'sTho.Wakatu was expected to leave Wellington;for tKaikoura and Lyttelton last evening, and is timed to leave on the return jourftey to Kaikoufa to-morrow evening. fe'Tho Kani is expected to leave for Wellington, and New Plymouth to-day. ." The Woottou reached Lyttelton from Wellington last night, and will be despatched for the northern port again this evening. r-The Orepuki is due to leave Greymouth this, evening for Wellington,, and is timed to’leave Lyttelton on the return journey on Sfondav next. feThe Kauri’s cargo of wheat from Melbourne Should be! discharged by to-morrow. Further movements of the vessel are not yet notified, however. ■■The Waitomo should complete .the discharge of .her 1111 tons of Indian cargo by to-mor-row,'when she will sail, for Dunedin, where Dll'tons of cargo will be unloaded.

hj THE WAR PILOT. -v The War Pilot, after being anchored in the, stream for two days, was berthed yesterm ihmifo Mb. 8 «krl War Mot, plike other vesesls that have visited the port belonging to the Imperial Government, isbpainted black, with black funnel, instead df-ythe usual .battleship grey. She was built by,;itho Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Ltd., Kobe,' ;Japan, for the Imperial Government, ■rid was launched in 1917. The vessel’s digumsions are:—Length, 385.3 ft; .width, 61.2 f t; depth, 25.5 ft. She is being run by Messrs Is, Withy and Co., Ltd., for the Shipontroilar. :--Tht> vessel left New York Sri 6- and made one short stop at a to pick up a. pilot. Fine weather serienced i until June 3, A and 5, when sel ran into a south-west gale. Cap- . Trenibk is in. command, and has ■ed with him the following officers:— fficer.C. Guverdale; second, E. Hill; E. JEL Workman; chief engineer, ggan; second, H.' Saville; third, P. ; fourth, E. Rainsford; fifth, R. Tanlief steward, S. Hotter; second officer of the War Pilot (Mr as third officer of the Pasha when that was torpedoed. He was, picked up, hers, after being in open boats for urs.The submarining occurred on 5, 1917. third officer (Mr Workman) was' re- ■ by Sir P. Yarrow for being the first vessel to sight a submarine. This exsi occurred while ho was on the Rhoa - transport, owned by Messrs Holden •a, ' when half-way between Gibraltar mtreal, where the vessel was to pick igo of flour for Archangel. Mr Workw the U-boat on the port side, and istruotions to zig-zag, and also adbe. Yolagdo, another transport, of the e of the submarine. The ship’s gunmmenccd firing with the vessel’s two guns and three high-angle guns, with thirteen shots were fired at the Uhich responded with three shots arid ved. One of the depth charges made sxplosion near the submarine, and oil ■ticed on the surface of the seo, but odesian did not take the risk of putek to investigate whether there were pis of the U-boat having been sunk, ival at Montreal, the master, Captain ■e, reported- the matter to the DiviTransport Officer. Unfortunately, yas no evidence to show that the "had been sunk, otherwise the ship’s ould have, shared a-nice prize.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. :?’ 1 ' 1 TIDE TABLE. ' JULY. *&z* k a.m. p.nz ,V Thursday . 10. . 1.16 1.40 Friday • . . 11 2.5 2.30 Saturday , 12 2,55 3.21 f Sunday - . . 13 3.46 4.11 PHASES OE THE MOON, a*, r ■ ‘ ~ JULY. d. h. - m. V .-First quarter . • . 5 2 47 4 Full moon , . . 13 6 -32 Last quarter . 20 10 83 M KeW moon . *5K / .. . , .27 4 61