SHIPPING OVERSEAS AND COASTAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 2

SHIPPING OVERSEAS AND COASTAL.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. PHASES OF THE MOON. JANUARY.

TO-DAY’S ALMANAC Sun rose, 4.27 a.m.: sets. 7.44 p.m. Moon rises, —; set, 11.29 a.m. High water, 9.30 a.m.; 9.44 p.m. (The above are standard times). TO-DAY’S BERTHING LIST. Rimutaka, Gladstone Pier. Wahine, No. 2 west. Breeze, No. 4 w r est. Cygnet, No. 7 breastwork. ARRIVALS. Monday, January 6. Maori (6 p.m.), 3488 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Tuesday, January 7. Breeze (6.15 a.m.), 553 tons, O'Neill, from Timaru. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. Waliine (6.40 a.m.), 4436 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. DEPARTURES. Monday, January 6. Mahana (3.15 p.m.), 11,796 tons, Cameron, for Port Chalmers. Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd., agents. Tees (4.10 p.m.), 545 tons, Dowell, for Chatham Islands. W. W. Toy and Co., agents. Storm (7.45 p.m.), 739 tons, Shepheard, for Dunedin. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. Maori (8.25 p.m.), 3488 tons, Irwin, foi Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., ageuts. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kuku, Kaikoura, this day. Herminius, Wellington, January 8. Narbada, Wellington, January 8. Poxton, Foxton, January 8. Kaimanawa, Timaru, January 9. Regulus, Tarakohe, January 9. Kaituna, Dunedin, January 9. Katoa, Timaru, January 9. Gale, Timavu, January 9. Progress, Timaru, January 10. Golden Cross, Wellington, January 10. Storm, Timaru, January 10. Breeze, Wellington, January 10. Kent, Timaru, January 11. Armadale, Wellington, January 11. Mahia, Wellington, January 11. Wingatui. Wellington, January 12. Kurow, Wellington, January 12. Totara, Wellington, January 12. Karetu, Sydney, January 15. Canadian Highlander, Timaru, January 3.5. Maheno, Wellington, January 15. Rangitata, Wellington, January 16. Port Darwin, Wellington, January 16. Cumberland. Wellington, January 17. Tainui, Wellington, January 17. Ferndale, Timaru, January 18. Port Denison, Wellington, January 29. Toyohiko Maru, Wellington, January 29. Frances Massey, Wellington, February 4. Port Brisbane, London, February 7. City of Wellington, Wellington, February 11. Valacia, Wellington, February 14. Northumberland, Wellington, February 23. Port Victor, Wellington, February 28. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wahine, Wellington, this day. Breeze, Wellington, this day. Rimutaka, New Plymouth, January S. Kuku, Wellington, January S. Foxton, Foxton, January 9. Katoa, Napier, January 9. Gale, Wellington. January 9. Kaimanawa, Wellington, January 10. Progress, Wellington, January 10. Narbada, Timaru, January 10. Breeze, Dunedin, January 11. Armadale, Dunedin, January 11. Kurow, Dunedin, January 13. Totara, Wellington, January 13. Kent, Picton, January 13. Kaituna, Timaru, January 14. Mahia, London, January 15. Canadian Highlander, Timaru, January 15. Maheno, Dunedin, January 15. Karetu, Timaru, January 16. Cumberland, Port Chalmers. January 17. Port Darwin, London, January 21. Australind, Dunedin, January 22. Ferndale, Wellington, January 22. Port Denison, Dunedin, January 31. Toyohiko Maru, Dunedin, February 1. Port Brisbane, Port Chalmers, February 10, Valacia, Dunedin, February 16. Northumberland, Port Chalmers, February 25. SHIPPING NOTES. Breeze arrived from Timaru this morning. She loads for Wellington and Wanganui and sails the same day. Returns on Friday and proceeds south the following day. Kaimanawa is due on Thursday from Timaru to load for Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth and Westport. Herminius is due to-morrow from Wellington to continue discharge of hardwoood from Bunbury. Mahana sailed yesterday afternoon for Port Chalmers to complete discharge. She loads there and at Bluff, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington. The vessel sails from Napier on January 33 for London, via Panama. Narbada is now due to-rnorrow to discharge a big cargo from Eastern ports. Wingatui from Auckland, via Portland and Wellington, is due about SunTotara is expected to arrive from New Plymouth via WellingL.i on January 12. She leaves on the return trip on the following day. Kuku is expected this evening from Kaikoura and Wellington. She sails to-morrow on the return trip. Regulus is expected on Thursday from Tarakohe to load for Nelson, Westport and Greymouth. Gale is due on Thursday from the south to load for Wellington and Wanganui. Rimutaka is expected to clear Lyttelton for New Plymouth to-morrow. Golden Cross should arrive on Thursday or Friday from Wellington to continue discharge of her Los Angeles cargo. Progress is due on Friday to load for Wellington, New Plymouth and Waikato. ~ Karetu, with coal from Newcastle, us now expected on January 15. RADIO FROM PORT DUNEDIN. A radio message from the Port Dunedin, en route from Sydney, stated that she expected to arrive at Wellington this afternoon. THE MAUI POMARE. The Government motor-ship Maui Pomare, which left Auckland for Niue Island and Apia last Tuesday, is scheduled to leave Apia on January 9 for Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. The vessel is due at Dunedin on January 21. On January 27 she is to be dispatched from Auckland for Norfolk Island. THE NEW KEREPO. The Union Company’s new cargo steamer Kerepo is reported to have cleared Colon on December 29 in continuation of her voyage from Birkenhead to New Zealand. She is due at Wellington about January 2S. FERNDALE TO LOAD. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company report that the steamer Ferndale is to leave Cairns (Queensland) next Friday for Timaru, where she is due on January 16, to commence loading for London. The vessel will load also at Lyttelton and Wellington, arriving there on January 23. She is to leave Wellington on January 27 for Gisborne and Auckland, to fill up. The Ferndale will sail finally from Auckland on February 5 for London, via Panama Canal. FRANCES MASSEY COMING. An expected arrival at Auckland about January 20 is the steamer Frances Massey, with asphalt from Tampico, Mexico. Her other ports are Gisborne, Wellington, Lyttelton, Wanganui and New Plymouth. CANADIAN CONSTRUCTOR. With a cargo of 2300 tons .(measurement) of motor-cars and parts and 1000 tons of general cargo to discharge at Wellington, the Canadian National Steamships steamer Canadian Constructor arrived in the stream at Wellington at 4.50 p.m. on Sunday from Montreal direct. The Canadian Constructor loaded her cargo at Montreal, which port was under snow when she sailed- Fine weather prevailed until Saturday, when a northerly gale, with occasional rain squalls and high seas, set in. On Sunday morning the wind changed to a heavy southerly gale with heavy seas, which lasted until arrival. The vessel shipped a good deal of water, but no damage resulted. The vessel is to leave Wellington at daybreak to-morrow for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong and Adelaide to complete discharge.

Captain H. E. Webb is in command of the Canadian Constructor, and his officers are: Chief, Mr E. Manning; second, Mr R. Masher; third, Mr J. M. Lang; chief engineer, Mr J. Davies; second, Mr J. B. Prydie; third, Mr E. Keess; fourth, Mr H. L. M’Leod; fifth, Mr J. Lenaghan; radio operator, Mr S. Hershfield. It is five years since Captain Webb last visited Wellington. PERSONAL. Captain J. Beighton, formerly of the Union Steam Ship Company’s service, and laterr 'of the Australian Common-, wealth Line, is master of the steamer Ferndale, which was to have left Cairns on Friday for Timaru to commence loading for London. ISLAND SERVICES. Tofua, from Auckland, arrived at Suva on January 1, and sailed on January 3 for Apia. Tees signed on a crew at Lyttelton yesterday morning and sailed for the Chatham s. Maui Pomare to leave Apia January 1 9 for Dunedin. INTERCOLONIAL PASSENGER SERVICE. Marama left Wellington on Friday for Sydney, where she arrived to-day. Ulimaroa, from Sydney, arrived at Wellington this morning. Maunganui, from Auckland, reached Sydney to-day. Maheno, from Bluff, arrived at Melbourne on Saturday, six hours late, due to rough weather. She is due at Wellington on January 13 and at Lyttelton on January 15. VANCOUVER AND SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE. Tahiti sailed from Wellington on December 31. Due San Francisco January 17. Aorangi, from Vancouver, arrived at Sydney on Friday. Due back at Auckland on January 13. To sail the following day for Vancouver, where she is due on January 31. Niagara, from Auckland, via Suva and Honolulu, arrived at Vancouver on Friday. She leaves again to-morrow for Sydney, via Honolulu, Suva and Auckland. Due at Auckland on January 25 and at Sydney on February 1. Makura left San Francisco on December 24 for Wellington, via Papeete, January 4, Raratonga January 7, Wellington January 13, Sydney January 18. OVERSEAS VESSELS ON THE COAST Armadale, from New York, at Wellington, due Lyttelton Friday. Cambridge was due to sail from Wellington yesterday for London and West of England ports, via Panama and CuraCanadian Conqueror at Dunedin; thence Timaru, Wellington, Napier and Auckland. Leaves Auckland January 18 for New York, Boston and Halifax. Canadian Constructor, from Montreal, at Wellington. Cornwall due New Plymouth to-mor-row. Loads at New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington, Gisborne, Napier and Auckland, and sails from Auckland on February 6 for London and West of England ports. Cumberland, from Liverpool, at Auckland; due Wellington January 10. Elan from Balikpapan for Wellington; at Auckland. Elax, from Singapore, with bulk oil, at' Wellington to complete discharge. Golden Cross, from Los Angeles, is due at Wellington to-day, and at Lyttelton on January 14. Herminius, from Bunbury, at Wellington; thence Lyttelton and Dunedin. arrived at Timaru yesterday; thence Lyttelton January 13, Picton and Wellington January 20. To sail from Wellington for London and West of England ports, via Panama, on January 25. Mahia at Wellington. Leaves Wellington on January 11 for London. Maimoa left Napier on Saturday for London. Mataroa to load at Picton, Gisborne, Napier and Wellington. Sails for London on January 15. Narbada, from the East, at Wellington. Due Lyttelton to-morrow. Norfolk at Napier. To sail for London to-morrow, via Panama. Port Darwin at New Plymouth loading for London. She will also load at Wanganui, Wellington and Lyttelton.- Sails from Lyttelton, on January 21 for London, via Panama. Port Campbell at Port Chalmers. Leaves Wellington on January 11 for London. Port Sydney was to load at Opua yesterday, thence Auckland, Gisborne, Waikokopu, Napier, Wellington, Napier. Due Wellington January 23. To leave Napier January 31 for London, via Panama. Rimutaka at Lyttelton. Ruahine at Auckland; thence Napier. Leaves Napier January 15 for Southampton and London, via Panama. Rangitata is at Auckland. She completes discharge at Wellington on Thursday, and loads at Lyttelton January 16, Tokomaru Bay January 20, Auckland January 22, Napier January 27, Wellington January 30, and sails on February 1 for the United Kingdom, via Pana”su"rrev is due to call at Wanganui on Wednesday; thence Waikokopu January 10, Gisborne January 13, Auckland January 16. Sails from Auckland on January 21 for New York, via Panama. Wairuna, from Los Angeles, arrived at Wellington yesterday. Waiotapu sailed from Wellington yesterday for Australia. Due Melbourne January 9, Adelaide January 13, Sydney January IS. BOUND FOR NEW ZEALAND. Australind left New York on December 5 for Suva, 1 Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin and Australia. Due Auckland January 14. Canadian Explorer leaves Halifax January 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru and Dunedin. Due Auckland March 13. Canadian Challenger left Halifax on December 30 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin and Bluff. She is due at Auckland on February 8 and Wellington February 11. Canadian Highlander left Montreal November 26 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru and Dunedin. Due Auckland January 11, Wellington January 21, Lyttelton January 23. Canadian Transporter arrived at Panama on January 1. Corinthic to leave London January 29 for Auckland. Due Auckland March 10. Coptic left London on December 9 for Auckland and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland January 17. City of Wellington left Newport News on Saturday for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin; due Auckland Janleft Calcutta December 11 for Auckland and Wellington, via Singapore and Sydney. Ferndale, from Cairns, Australia, loads at Timaru January 16, Lyttelton, Wellington, Gisborne and Auckland. Due Wellington January 23. Leaves Auckland February 5 for London, via Panama. „ , Frances Massey left Tampico, Mexico, on December 10 with asphalt for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due Auckland January 20. Golden Cloud left Los Angeles c-n December 31 for Auckland, Wellington, Timaru and Dunedin. Due Auckland on January 26 and Wellington on February 7 ' indien left Los Angeles on December IS for Auckland, Wellington, Sydney; due Auckland on January 11. Karepo left Birkenhead December 5 for Wellington. Due Wellington Janu ar Mamilius left Antwerp on December 30 for New Zealand. Due New Zealand February 6. Mittelmeer left Los Angeles December 29 for Auckland, Wellington and Australia. Due Auckland January 21. Northumberland was due to leave Liverpool on January 4 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers; due Auckland on February 9. Otokia leaves Los Angeles on January 14 for Wellington; due Wellington on February 8. Port Brisbane left London January 1 for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff and Timaru. Due Lyttelton February 7. Port Denison left Liverpool December 8, with cargo for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on January 17. Port Dunedin, with hardwopd from Bunbury. is expected at Wellington todav The vessel will load at Picton on January 20, thence Port Chalmers, Wellington and Auckland. To leave Auckland on February 4 for Halifax and London, via Panama. Poolta was to have left Grafton on Tanuary 4 and Newcastle on January 5 for Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington. Dunedin, New Plymouth and Greymouth. Due Auckland on January 12. Port Victor to leave London on January 15 for Wellington. Lyttelton and Napier. Due Wellington February 23. Rangitane, for Wellington, left Southampton c-n December 20. Due Wellington January 25. Raranga leaves Liverpool January 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Oamaru. Due Auckland February 21. Wellington February 28. then Lyttelton. Remuera leaves Southampton January 17 for Auckland and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland February 24. Rotorua left Liverpool on December 2>l for Auckland, Napier, Wellington. Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland January 26. Turaklna, from Australia, is expected at Wellington in the middle of January to load for England.

Tamaroa left London on January 4 for Auckland and Wellington. Due Auckland February 4. Tainui left Southampton December 14 for Wellington and Lyttelton. Due Wellington January 14. Toyohiko Maru loads sulphur i'n Japan for Auckland, Wanganui, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Due Auckland January 20. Valacia leaves New York on January 18 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. Due Auckland February 22 and Wellington March 1. Waitemata leaves Los Angeles January 21 for Auckland, Wellington, Bluff and Australia. Due Auckland February 115; thence Wellington, Bluff, Melbourne, and probably Sydney. Waihemo leaves Los Angeles February 8 for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Nelson and New Plymouth. Due Napier March 6. Winton will leave New York on January 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. PACIFIC COAST SAILING DATES. Hauraki due at Auckland on March 3 from San Francisco and Los Angeles; thence Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Wairuna, expected to leave Vancouver February 28, San Francisco March 6, Los Angeles March 10. Due Wellington April 6; thence Melbourne and Sydney. Kairanga, expected to leave San Francisco March 15, Los Angeles March 20. Due Napier April 18; thence New Plymouth, and possibly Wanganui. Waiotapu, expected to leave Vancouver March 5, San Francisco March 20, Los Angeles March 23. Due Auckland, via Papeete, April 20; thence Melbourne and Sydney. Waikawa, expected to leave Vancouver April 5, San Francisco April 21, Los Angeles April 25. Due Auckland May 20; thence Wellington, Melbourne and Sydney. Waitemata expected to leave Vancouver April 17, San Francisco May 3, Los Angeles May 7. Due Napier June 1; thence Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth, and possibly Bluff. Waihemo expected to leave Vancouver April 26, San Francisco May 14, Los Angeles May 17. Due first New Zealand port, via Australia, June 10. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Per Press Association. NAPIER, January 7. Sailed.—Maimoa, for London (9 p.m. yesterday). WELLINGTON, January 7. Arrived.—John (1.40 a.m.), from Picton; Arahura (5.50 p.m.), from Nelson; Ulimaroa (5.55 a.m.), from Sydney; Maori (7.30 a.m.) .from Lyttelton. Sailed.—Cambridge (6.55 a.m.), for London. WIRELESS NOTICE. The following vessels are expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night:— Auckland.—Maui Pomare, Tofua, Kalingo, Golden Harvest, Southern Cross, Unicoi. Wellington.—-Maori, Wahine, Tamahine, Arahura., Tutanekai, Maimoa, Mataroa, Norfolk, Cambridge, Port Dunedin. Herminius, Narbada, Cornwall, Golden Cross. Awarua.- —Makura, Tahiti, City of New York, Hinemoa, Sir J. C. Ross, C. A. Larsen, Southern Princess, Kosmos, Port Campbell, Canadian Conqueror.

d h. m. First quarter 8 2 41 p.m. Full moon .. 15 9 51 a.m. Last quarter . 22 3 37 a.m. New moon .. 30 6 37 a.m.