TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12718, 13 August 1919, Page 4

TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. TIDE TABLE. AUGUST. a.m. p.m ' Thursday, 14 . . 5.46 6.10 Friday," 15 . . 6.35 7.0 ■ Saturday, 16 . . 7.26 7.52 Sunday, 17 . j 8.18 8.45 PHASES OF THE MOON. AUGUST. d. b. m 1 First quarter 4 7 42 a,a. Pull moon . .12 E 10 a. m. Last quarter .19 8 26 a.m. New moon . . 26 8 11 *.m. • * TO-DAT’S ALMANAC Sun rises, 7.2 a.m.; sets, 5.10 p.m. Moon rises, 7.3 p.m.; sets, 7.20 a.m. High, water, 4.57 a.m.; 5.22 p.m. SAILED. August 12, 11.45 a.m. —Mokoia, s.s., 3505 f tons, Ritchie, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. August 12, 8 p.m.—Wootton, s.s., 150 tons, • Larsen, for Wellington. A. PJiind and Co,, . agents. ■ r . August -12, 4.50 p.m.—Wakatu, s.s., 157 T tons, Wills, for Kaikoura. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. August 12, 7.50 p.m.—Maori, s.s., 3412 tons, Cameron, for Wellington, Union Steam Ship Company, agents. August 12; -8.5 p.m.—Kittawa, s.s., 1247 tons, Nicholas, for Nelson. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. August 12, 2 p.m.—Rona, s.s., 6205 tons, Harris, for Dunedin. New Zealand Shipping Co., agents., . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ■ Orepuki, s.s., from Greymouth, this day. Te Anau, s.s., from Auckland, August 13. ' Wootton, s.s., from Wellington, August 14. . . Maori, s.s., from Wellington. August 14. Waimate, s.s., from Wellington, August 15. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. feJJajsaiMwsi' • ior Wellington, this day. Kamoua, Westport, this day. , Te Anau, a.sr.', for Wellington, August 13. -j Capnna,^s.a. J Nelson, August 15. SHIPPING NOTES. The Kamona is expected to finish her un- : loading to-day, and should leave for Westport this evening. The Weiwcra is to return to New Zealand from Melbourne to load for the United Kingdom, r. She will load wool at Lyttelton, " The barque Laura is now due at Lyttelton, having mad her departure from Wellington ■ on Monday with a load of coke from that - f port. The .Kamo came out, of dock at 5 p.m. yesterday, and was berthed at the west side of No. 6 wharf, where her overhauling will be completed. The Western Comet left Auckland yesterday for Boston. : The Government steamer Tutanekai is to. bo docked at Lyttelton to-morrow for cleaning and painting. The To Anau is due here to-day from Auckland, via Gisborne. On completing here’ she will proceed to Timaru and Oamaru. V-,-, The Kittawa arrived from Timaru, yesterday morning early, and sailed last evening for Nelson. . ■ The Corinna according to latest advice is now due" here on Friday to load for Now 1, Plymouth. I Thd Earn, from the north, is expected in faLyttelton on Thursday. f Th e "Wootton left for Wellington last ’ evening; and is expected hack on Thursday. • which was unable to complete her loading on sailed last evening lor Wellington, via Kaikoura. The Rona finished her discharging of Montreal cargo yesterday morning, and sailed ■ for Dunedin in the afternoon. The Orwmld is duo from Greymouth to--1 day with-a .full cargo of timber. • The Waimate .should arrive from Welling- ■ ton on Friday. From Lyttelton she will pro- ' ceed to Dunedin. 1 The Karamea sailed from Cape Town on "August 7 for Hobart, via Durban, and will •probably arrive at Auckland in the first Week of September. The Atheuio sailed from Colon on August 8, en route from London. She is due at ' Wellington on September 1. V The financial year of the Reinforced Concrete Shipbuilding Company of Hamburg has 'closed "with a loss of 154,531 marks. It is ' Understood that a number of small Norwe-.-“gian .shipyards have, had to close -owing to file lack -if orders. WESTMORELAND UNDER REPAIRS. The big job of repairing the steamer Westinoreland is now well under way (says Mon•day’s “Otago Daily Times”). Dented plates .;-“are being removed from the vessel’s bottom "and taken to the Maori Ironworks for rolling. W-The plates pierced by the rocks on which litlie steamer struck are also being dealt with. These plates vary in size, and the weight • ranges from a ton and a half to three tons ■ s each. The handling of', the latter is not ■ ’ light work. From one portion of the ship’s ' bottom the plates will be stripped off to the • length of 150 ft. Well aft towards the rudder «« of'tlie keel plates will require to be arid this is an undertaking of iffbiUy than the bottom plates, number of the floors or dividing 1 in the bottom tanks are to he SL and this also means the removal Ekh‘ the acetone process and pneutent ot -.'lie repairing tn be done may be gauged frbm the fact that 20 tons ot cement will bo, used .in re-cementing the inside of the bottom when the repairs to the ironwork i . nro completed.