TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12723, 19 August 1919, Page 4

TO-DAY’S SHIPPING.

POUT OF LYTTELTON. TIDE TABLE. AUGUST. a.m. p.m. ■Wednesday, 20 . . 11.8 11.37 Thursday, 21 . . 0.0 O.S Friday, 22 . , . 0.85 1.4 Saturday, 23 . . 1.32 > 2.0 Sunday. 24 ; < . 2.27 2.53 PHASES OF THE MOON. AUGUST. d. hj, m Pint quarter . 4 7 42 a.a. Full moon . . 19 S 10 a,m. Last quarter . 19 3 90 o.m. New moon . SO I 9 xa. TO-DATS ALMANAC. Sun rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 5.1G p.m. Moon rises, 0.58 p.m.; sets, 10.42 a.m. High water,; 10.9 a.m..; 10.33 p.m. ARRIVED. August 19, 9.80 a.m. — Maori, g.s.. 3412 tons, .Cameron,' from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. ' . SAILED. Auirust.l9. 9 a.m. —Lily, schooner, 64 tons, for Kaipara. W.. Pitoaithley, agents. August IS, .—Wootton, s.b., 150 tons, Larsen, for Wellington. A. Rhind and Co.,' agents.' August 18, .—Mararoa, s.s., 2693 tons, Irwin, for Wellington Union Steam Ship Company,' agents! August 18, .—Mokoia, s.s., 8502 tons, Worriill, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents August 18, .—Tainui. s.s., 128 tons, CoWan, for Wanganui New Zealand Refrigerating Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Koromiko, s.s., from Auckland, this day. Port Hacking, s.s., from United Kingdom, August 20/ Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington, August 20. Somerset, s.s., from London, August 4). Storm, s.s., from Wanganui, August 20. Calm, sA., from Onehunga. August 21. Matatua. s.s., from Wellington, August 2i. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, s.s., for Wellington, this day. Lily, schooner, for Kaipara, this day. Laura, barquentine, for Auckland, August %). Eupleotela, s.s., for Dunedin, August 20. Breeze, 5.5.,, for Dunedin, August 20. Calm, s.s., for Dunedin, August 21.

■SHIPPING NOTES The Rothesay, from Auckland, arrived at •Wellington.'last evening. The Kauri, from Lyttelton, arrived at Newcastle, where she was' to load coal for Dunedin, yesterday. The JEssex left Newcastle laden with coal for the Railway Department yesterday. The Shropshire, is to leave Wellington on Thursday morning at daybreak, for Liverpool, via Panama. The Corinna is due at Wellington to-day from New Plymouth, and is to sail for Dunedin this evening.' The Matatua should leave Wellington tomorrow evening for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Mr. Arthur Jeffrey, a Sunderland theatre manager, end formerly a shipyard worker, has patented an invention for the improved plating of ships (reports ah exchange). Instead of the usual flat plate, his device is provided with longitudinal curves, and in use two plates are placed back to back, so that the corrugations form longitudinal tubes or chambers. The result is a hull of enormous strength, owing to the tubular construction. The chambers can be, filled with water for ballast or with cork or other suitable material for buoyancy. The S.S. and A. Line advises that the Blue Btar liner, Gamana, en route from' London, is expected to reach Napier to-morrow at noon. She is to load meat for London at the Hawke’s Bay port. The Kowhai is expected to be relaunched off the Wellington patent slip to-morrow. Captain Davies, of the Katoa, is proceeding to Australia for orders. Mr J. Sligo has succeeded Mr J. Murchio os purser of the Corinna. Repairs to the Pateena, which was damaged through striking the Onehunga wharf, ore likely to take about a fortnight, and the Auckland office of the Union, Steam Ship Company states that these will be carried out'at Onehunga. No arrangements have so far. .been made for another steamer to take tip .the Pateena’s running.

1 The Imperial Government is working on p, scheme of training demobilised officers and men with a view of increasing the efficiency of the fishing service. Nearly 1000 trawlers and drifters have been demobilised in Britain. -Many demobilised officers of the naval and military service have expressed their readiness to take up the fishing in-dustry-as a living under the training and supervision, of the Government scheme, which provides for fmanci-J assistance and instruction. Another very important piece of constructive, work is that the Government la working out a scheme for the construction of standardised inshore fishing vessels for the use of the small man, and also for assisting the demobilised fisherman who has a small capital available.. The feyy steamer Maori, owing to poor 'steaming ooal, did not arrive in port until 6.50 this morning. The coastal .steamer Tainui. which arrived from Nydia Bay early yesterday morning, Baited test evening for Wanganui. The Msharoa, could not be worked at Wellington yesterday-on account of a shortage of laboilr. The Wakatu was to have left for Kaikoura last, evening, but owing to advice having been received yesterday morning that there was. a , heavy sCa. at that port caused by strong easterly wind, she did not sail as expected.” • " The Wootton’not being able to occupy the clip, it being" engaged by the Cygnet, loaded general cargo yesterday and sailed for Wellington last evening. The oil steamer Euplecleta is now expected to sail lor Dunedin on Wednesday or Thuisday. The Mokoia, after discharging about 200 tons of cargo here yesterday, sailed in the afternoon for Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. The Koromiko left Auckland at 2 p.m. on Saturday, with a large quantity of cargo for discharge here. She is due this evening, and upon finishing her discharging will take in » full cargo for Auckland. . APPOINTMENT FOR CAPTAIN STRINGER, Captain J.. ,R. Stringer, formerly of the Union Company’s service, has been appointed assistant harbourmaster .ate Sydney. Captain Stringer joined the Union Company as third officer on January 6, 1689. Ho served as third, second and chief officers on various Steamers,, and was. appointed master in the tetvioe on: July 4. 1908, when he took command of the Kocmya. . He subsequently waa la command of the following vessels of the company’s fleet: —Komata, Waipoxi,. Kaiapoi, Eaitangata, ,-Kamona. Takftpuna, Mapourika, Aparima, Moana, Maori, Maitai, Manuka, Moeraki, .Paloona. Tofua, and Atua for various periods.;;; His resignation from the command of the Atua 'took effect on August 6, 2919. -