SHIPPING

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18946, 17 December 1929, Page 2

SHIPPING

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PORT OF LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON. DECEMBER.

TO-DAY'S ALMANAC. Sun rose, 4.13 a.m.; sets, 7.38 p.m. Moon rises, 8.56 p.m.; sets, 4.11 a.m. High -water, 4.15 a.m.; 4.40 p.m. (The above are standard, times.) TO-DAY’S BERTHING- LIST. * Tuesday, December 17. Karetu, Gladstone Pier. Storm, No. 4 west. Gale, No. 6 east. Mahia, No.’ 7 west. ARRIVALS. Wahine (6.40 a.m.), 4436 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Foxton (11 a.m.), 226 tons, Hancox, from Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. departures. Monday, December 16. Corinna (2.15 p.m.), 1319 tons, Gardiner, for Dunedin. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Kurow (4.50 p.m.), 2628 tons. Grey, for Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Opawa (5.30 p.m.), 110 tons, Radford, for Blenheim. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. Tees (7.45 p.m.), 642 tons, Dowell, for Wellington. W. W. Toy and Co., agents. Maori (8.20 p.m.), 3488 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Breeze (8.20 p.m.), 542 tons, O’Neill, for Dunedin. A. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., agents^ Taranaki (8.30 p.m.), 8500 tons, Woods, for Wellington. National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., agents. Cygnet (9 p.m.), 143 tons, Pryde, for Kaikoura. W. W. Toy and Co., agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kaponga, Wellington, December 18. Waipiata, Wellington, December 18. Canadian Conqueror, Wellington, December 18. Port Darwin, Wellington, December 18. Cygnet, Kaikoura, December 18. Holmdale, Timaru, December 18. Mako, Gisborne, December 18. Kaponga, Wellington, December 18. Cornwall, "Wellington, December 19. Kent, Dunedin, December 19. Australind, Dunedin, December 19. Waipahi, Wellington, December 19. Wingatui, Wellington, December 19. Kaituna, Wellington, December 19. Corinna, Dunedin, December 20. Cambridge, Wellington, December 20. Port Campbell, Wanganui, December 24. Maheno, Wellington, December 24. Kaimanawa, Wellington, December- 25. Kaituna, Sydney, December 29. Rimutaka, Port Chalmers, January 4. Mahana, Port Chalmers. January 7. Armidale, Wellington, January 11. Kent, Timaru, January 13. Golden Cross, Wellington, January 14. Canadian Highlander, Timaru, January .15. Cumberland, Wellington, January 17. Tainui, Wellington, January 17. Port Denison, Wellington, January 29. Port Brisbane, London, January 31. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wahine, Wellington, this day. Foxton, Foxton, this day. Wairuna, Dunedin, this day. Gale, Timaru, this day. Waipiata, Dunedin, December 18. Karetu, Timaru. December 18. Kaponga, Grey mouth, December 18. Mahia, Bluff, December 18. Mako, Waikokopu, December 18. Holmdale, Wellington,- December 18. Cygnet, Kaikoura, December 18. Port Darwin, Timaru, December 19. Wingatui, Timaru, December 19. Waipahi, Timaru, December 19. Corinna, Timaru, December 20. Waipiata, Dunedin, December 20. Cambridge, Wanganui, December 21. Canadian Conqueror, Timaru, December 20. Canopus, Westport, December 22. Maheno, Wellington, December 24. Port Campbell, Timaru, December 28. Kaituna, Dunedin, December 30. Falsterbo, Beauty Point, December 6 1. Mahana, Wellington, January 3. Rimutaka. Port Chalmers. January 4. Armidale, Dunedin, January 11. Canadian Highlander, Timaru, January 15. „ _ Cumberland, Port Chalmers, January 17. Narbada, Timafu, January 17. Kent, Wellington, January 19. Australind, Dunedin, January 31. SHIPPING NOTES. Kurow left last evening for Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin and Bluff. She should return to Lyttelton on Sunday next to load for "Wellington and Auckland on December 23. . Gale is discharging cement from Tarakohe and general cargo from northern ports at Lyttelton. The vessel proceeds to Timaru and Dunedin to-day. Corinna left Lyttelton yesterday afternoon for Dunedin. She is due back via Oamaru and Timaru on Thursday to load for Wellington, Ntelson and New Plymouth. ISLANDS SERVICES. Tofua to leave Suva to-morrow for Auckland, where she is due on December 23. She will leave Auckland for the Islands on December 28. Tees arrived at Lyttelton from the Chatham Islands on Saturday. She left yesterday for Wellington and the Chathams. She is due back on December 24. Maui Pomare left Auckland December 9 for Norfolk Island. Due back from Norfolk Island yesterday. Sails for Niue and Apia on December 31. the night. When she went to his room, however, she found him fast asleep. One of the maids being ill one night, another servant went downstairs to fetch some brandy, but was heard to scream, and was found in a dead faint. Afterwards she said that someone had passed her in the hall and disappeared. Frequently the thin wraith of the nun gliding by is seen and the heavilybooted figure of the man hotly pursuing. Towards Deep Waters. 'The moated house of Baddesley Clinton has a thrilling reputation. Besides passages and hiding holes, there is a diabolical contrivance in the shape of a passage that leads directly, without warning, into the deep waters of the silent moat. Someone in those good old days, hearing a splash, might innocently ask, “What was that?’’ and be answered by the host, “Oh, only a fish.” Baddesley Clinton was built by one of the Catesby’s and purchased by a relative named John Brome. His son Nicholas came home from doing penance for avenging the slaughter of his father, when he found the local priest “choking his wife under the chin”—really “chucking.” Brome slew the priest on the spot, and threw his body into the moat. The local people give the old manor house a wide berth on any dark night, and especially when Christmas approaches, when the murder, it is assumed, was committed. No one, however, seems to be sure whether it is the priest or Nicholas Brome who haunts the old place. A Spectral Horseman. Once a year, about Christmas time, many people believe a spectre horseman, attired in the costume of the Stuart period, appears at Wycoller Hall, near Colne. There are uncouth trappings on his horse. If the weather is wild and tempestuous, with no moon to light the lonely roads, the horseman can distinctly be heard dashing at full speed up the road. Residents who dare to look out, can see the shadows of horse and horseman as they cross the narrow bridge.

Follow, and they will be seen to stop at the Hall door, and the rider will dismount and make his way up the oaken stairs into one of the rooms. Then the screams of a woman will be heard which soon subside into a groan. The horseman again appears, mounts, and dashes off at full speed. The tradition is that one of the Cunliffes. who owned the hall, murdered his wife amid the festivities. Before she died she predicted the extinction of the family, which has been fulfilled

INTERCOLONIAL PASSENGER SERVICE. Marama left Sydney for Auckland on Friday. Due Auckland to-day. Ulimaroa left Wellington on Friday, for Sydney. Due Sydney to-day. Maunganui left Sydney on Friday for Wellington. Due Wellington to-day. Maheno to leave Melbourne to-day for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. VANCOUVER AND SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE. Tahiti left San Francisco, November 27; due Wellington yesterday. Aorangi arrived at Vancouver on December 6; left for Auckland December 11, via Honolulu December 18, Suva December 27, Auckland December 30, Sydney January 4. . . _ Niagara left Sydney cn December 12 for Auckland, where she was due yesterday; thence Vancouver. Due Vancouver January 3. _ Makura left Wellington December 3 for San Francisco, where she is due on December 20. Leaves San Francisco December 25 for Wellington via Papeete January 4, Rarotonga January 7, Wellington January 13, thence Sydney. BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS. Rimutaka, left Southampton November 15; due Wellington December 24. Rangitata, left Southampton November 22; due Auckland December 24. Tainui, leaves Southampton December 6; due Wellington January 11. Rangitane, leaves Southampton December 20; due Wellington January 22. Rotorua, leaves Liverpool December 21;. due Auckland January 28. .OVERSEAS VESSELS ON THE COAST. Cambridge at Wanganui, thence Lyttelton December 20, and Wellington December 26. To sail from Wellington for London and West of England ports on December 31, via Panama and Curacao. Canadian Conqueror left Montreal October 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. Arrived at Auckland on December 13, thence Wellington yesterday, Lyttelton to-morrow. Herminius, from Bunbury, at Auckland. Cornwall at Wellington. Due Lyttelton Thursday, thence Dunedin. Golden Coast at Dunedin. Kawatiri to leave Gladstone on Saturday for Bluff and Port Chalmers. Due Bluff December 22. Kent at Dunedin, thence Bluff December 30, Timaru January 6, Lyttelton January 13, Wellington January 20. To sail from Wellington for London January 25. Mahia arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday afternoon. Leaves for Bluff December 19. Leaves Wellington January 8 for London. Min at Dunedin, thence Westport and Vancouver. Maimoa, at New Plymouth, thence Auckland, Napier; leaves Napier December 30 for London, via Panama. Mataroa, from London, at Wellington, thence Auckland. Norfolk arrived at Auckland on Saturday from Timaru, thence Gisborne December 21 and Napier December 24. To leave Napier December 27 for London, via Panama. . Flume at Dunedin, thence San Francisco. Port Hardy at Gisborne, thence Tokomaru Bay and Auckland. To leave Auckland December 28 for Halifax and London, via Panama. Port Campbell at New Plymouth, thence Wanganui, Lyttelton, Timaru, Port Chalmers, Wellington. Leaves Wellington January 11 for London. Port Darwin at Wellington; thence Lyttelton to-morrow, Timaru and Dunedin. Taranaki at Lyttelton; left for Wellington yesterday. TO leave Wellington December 21 for London, via Panama. Wairuna arrived at Lyttelton on December 13 from Los Angtles; thence Dunedjn, New Plymouth, Wellington and Australia. BOUND FOR NEW ZEALAND. Armidale left New York on November 22 and Norfolk on November 28 for Auckland, via Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due Auckland December 31. Australind was to leave New York on December 5 for Suva, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Australia. Bencruachan at Picton, due Wellington December 18. Canadian Explorer leaves Halifax January 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. Due Auckland March 8. Canadian Challenger leaves Halifax December 24 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at Auckland on February 6 and Wellington February 11. Left Sydney (Nova Scotia) December 5. Canadian Highlander left Montreal November 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. Due Auckland January 6, Wellington January 16, Lyttelton January 18. Corinthic to leave London January 19 for Auckland. Due Auckland March 10. Coptic left London on December 9 for Auckland and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland January 16. Cumberland left Liverpool November 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff and Timaru; due Auckland January 3, Wellington January 10. City of Wellington leaves New York December 17 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin; due Auckland January 30. Golden Cloud leaves Los Angeles December 31 for Auckland, Wellington, Timaru, Dunedin. Due Auckland January 26, Wellington February 7. Golden Cross left Los Angeles on November 30 for Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton. Due Auckland December 26, Wellington January 7, Lyttelton January 10. Kaimiro left Birkenhead October 26 for Wellington. Dut Wellingtons to-day. Karepo left Liverpool November 28 for Wellington. Duq Wellington January 16. Mahana left Liverpool on November 9 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland December 17 and Wellington December 24. Left Balboa November 28. Mamilius leaves Antwerp December 22 for New Zealand. Due New Zealand January 29. Northumberland sailed from Liverpool on January 4 with cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due Auckland February 9. Narbada left Calcutta on December 4 for Penang, Singapore, Samarang, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. Due Auckland January 1. Port Brisbane sails from London on December 25 for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff and Timaru. Due Lyttelton January 31. Port Denison left Liverpool December 9, with cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on January 14. Port Dunedin, at present loading hardwood at Bunbury, was expected to sail on December 14 for Wellington and Picton. Due Wellington December 25. The vessel will load in New Zealand for Home. Port Victor to leave London on January 15 for Wellington, Lyttelton and Napier. Rangitane left for Wellington December 20 from Southampton. Due Wellington January 22. Raranga leaves Liverpool January IS for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. Dunedin and Oamaru. Due Auckland February 21, due Wellington 28, Lyttelton 30. Remuera leaves Southampton January 17 for Auckland and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland February 24. Rangitata left Southampton on November 24 for Auckland. Due Auckland December 29. Rimutaka left Southampton on November 15 for Wellington, Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. Due Wellington December 26. Rotorua leaves Liverpool December 21 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Arrived London November 24. Due Auckland February 26. Tamaroa leaves London January 1 for Auckland and Wellington. Due Auckland February 4. Tainui left Southampton December 14. Valacia leaves New York December 28 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due Auckland January 31, Wellington February 8, Lyttelton February 10. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 17. Arrived—Maui Pomare (3.40 a.m.), from Norfolk Island; Marama (6.55 a.m.), from Sydney; Falsterbo (9.30 a.m.), from Port Arthur. WIRELESS NOTICE. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:—-Auckland—Mataroa, City of Rayvilles Tofua, North Pacific, Brunswick, Herminius, Niagara, Norfolk. Wellington—Maori, Wahine, Ngaio Afahura, Tamahine, Aorangi, Iris, British Glory, Invergordon, Tutanekai, Tahiti, Cambridge. Awarua—Makura, Min, Plume, Maheno, Sir James Clark Ross, Southern Princess, Kosmos, C. A. Larsen.

d. h. m. New moon .. l 4 18 p.m. First quarter 9 9 12 p.m. Full moon ..16 11 8 p.m. Last quarter. 23 1 67 p.m. New moon ..31 11 12 a.m.