SHIPPING NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19767, 15 February 1927, Page 9

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF WANGANUI ARRIVED. £ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. NIL. 1 SAILED. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 'XAPITI (5.58 p.m.), 248 tons, Sawyeic, 1 for Wellington. * ( INAHA (7.35 p.m.), 251 tons, Gibson, • for Patea. 'calm (7.55 p.m.) 9SI cons, Manson, for Wellington. VESSELS Hi PORT. i /PORT NAPIER (in the roadstead), Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. I iEGULUS, Greymouth, to-day. INVERCARGILL, Wellington, early. MATATUA, New Plymouth, early. < BREEZE, Dunedin, to-morrow. i GALE, Pieton, Thursday. J ARAPAWA, Oaehunga, Friday. < JOHN. Lyttelton, Friday. f STORM, Dunedin, Saturday. HOLMDALE, Dunedin, February 21. TASMANIA, Pictoa, February 21. IHUMATA, Sydney, February 23. GABRIELLA, Sydney, March. TREMEADOW, New York. March 23. •QUEEN MAUD, St. John, April. LMIN, New York, April. (KAHANUI, Fleetwood and Holyhead. BY TELEGRAPH. [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, Feb. 14. Arrived—Niagara, 6.50 a.m., from Sydney. bailed —lonic, 6.30 p.m. for Wellington. LYTTELTON, Feb. 14. Arrived —Waipiata, 5.5 a.m., from Wellington; Kamo, 8 a.m., from GisIborne; Kamona, 9.20 a.m., from Napier. Sailed —Gale, 5.35 p.m., for Wellington; Pakeha, 4.35 p.m, for Dunedin; Canadian Explorer, 1.i.0 p.m., fur T’.int;u; Waipiata, 5.10 p.m., r or Dunedin; Kamona, 4.30 p.m., for Wellington: Maori, 8.25 p.m., for Wellington; Kamo, 2.10 p.m., for Dunedin. WELLINGTON, Feb. 14. Arrived —Breeze, 6 p.m., from Wingt.nui; Kahika, 6.45 p.m., from Napier; Wahine, 7.50 p.m., from Lyttelton; John, 8 p.m., from Picton; Holmdale, 8.15 p.m., from Dunedin; Puliki, 12.20 a.m., from Napier; Makura, 1.30 ami., from ’Frisco; Kurow, 6.20 a.m., from Auckland; Cygnet, 11.25 a.m., from Kaikoura; Kartigi, 6.50 p.m., from Newcastle. Sailed Kahika, ...20 a.m., for Napier; Progress 4.20 pun., for New Plymouth; Kurow, 10 p.m.,-*foi Lyttjltcn. DUNEDIN, Feb. 14. Arrived —Oreti, 6.15 a.m., from Invercargill. Sailed —Wimgatui, 12.25 foi Auckland-

LOCAL AGENTS’ ADVICE. Messrs C. F. Millward and Co. advise:— The Breeze will now reach Wanganui today from the South Island and Wellington. The Calm left Wanganui yesterday for the The Gale i» expected to arrive at Wanganui next Thursday from the south, via Wellington and Picton. The Storm will reach Wanganui next Saturday from the South Island and Wellington. Messrs S. Holm and Co. advise:— The Holmdale is on her way south to load for Wanganui and is due back here on Monday next. The John will load at Lyttelton to-morrow for Wellington, Wanganui and New Plymouth. She will reach this port on Friday. Messrs A. Hatrick and Co. advise:— The Kapiti cleared Wanganui for Wellington yesterday. The Invercargill will arrive at Wanganui today from Wellington. Messrs Johnston and Co. advise:— From Onehunga, the Arapawa will arrive at Wanganui on Thursday. The Inaha cleared Wanganui last night for Wellington. Messrs J. H. Cock and Co. advise:— The Regulus is now expected to reach Wanganui to-day from Westport and Greymouth. Messrs Smith, Beauchamp and Co. advise: — The Port Napier is now expected to clear the Wanganui roadstead to-day for Napier and Lyttelton to complete her loading arrangements in New Zealand for London, Hull, Goole and the Continent. GENERAL NEWS. The Tainui is scheduled to sail from London on February 23 for Wellington and Lyttelton. Thfe vessel is due at Wellington on April 4. The Tairoa is expected to sail from London on February 23 for Auckland, Port Chalmers, Bluff, and Nelson. The Union Company advises that the Waihemo was expected to clear San Francisco on February 7 for Pago Pago, Apia, Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth and WellingThe big German four-masted barque Gustav, which visited New Zealand recently is reported as being the largest of the three four-mast-ed barques chartered to load wheat at Sydney this season. She was towed from the Australian port to sea by the tug St. Giles last Tuesday. The Gustav, which is laden with 4189 tons of wheat, is bound to Falmouth, Queenstown or Plymouth for orders. SHIP BLOCKS HARBOUR. A remarkable state of affairs is reported from the French colony of Reunion, says “The Shipping World.” The one port of the island, Pointe des Galets, has normally a depth of 28 feet at the entrance, but is subject to obstruction by silting. In March last the Havraise, one of the boats of the Havraise Peninsulaire Line, ventured into the harbour. For seven months she has lain there unable to leave. The entrance has been silted up and the ship remains bottled up in the harbour. The inhabitants have been relying on the French Colonial Office to undertake the work of dredging, but the dredger provided after much delay has proved inadequate for the work. The whole import and export trade of the island is imperilled, and a committee of traders has been formed to undertake the dredging work by private enterprise. Not only so, but they have appointed a Commissioner for the management of the port, and it is proposed to procure from Mauritius or Madagascar a strong tug and other plant for the necessary operations. AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. In the course of an address, recently, as honorary president of the Glasgow University Engineering Society. Mr. Maurice E. Denny outlined the steps taken in an experimental tank to obtain the shaft horse-power of a ship, and suggested that, the problem to-day was really the interaction between hull and propeller and the selection of the best compromise on the part of. both, reports "Fairplay.” Speaking generally, he emphasised strongly the necessity of tank results, and for careful and full-size trials as the final and indispensable step in the conduct of any experiment. It might be asked, he said, whether, seeing that a tank was expensive to install and to run, the game was worth the candle? Certainly, no commercial establishment could afford an experimental tank unless, like other tools within its works, it earned more than its keep. The reply to the question was provided by a series of comparisons which he gave, showing how tank predictions for revolutions and shaft horse-power compared with the actual corresponding figures obtained on trials. VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. Awarua—Waiotapu, Canadian Explorer, C. A. Larsen, N. T. Nilson Alonso, Sir James Clark Ross. Aucklando—Hauraki. Franconia, Kaitoke, Kawatiri, lonic, Rimutaka, Wairuna, Manuka, Tofua. Chatham Island—Hertford, Corinthic, Port Bowen, Karpfanger. Wellington—Terwahiti, Matatua, Tamahine, Wahine, Maori, Ngaio. Arahura, Tutanekai, Whangape, Marama, Kiwitea, Tasmania, Anamba, Koromiko, Devon. West Nivaria, Canadian Planter, Karori, Port Napier, Port Brisbane, Ulimaroa, Surprise, Poolta, Kartigi. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Ulimaroa left Wellington February 11 for Sydney; due at Sydney to-day. The Marama left Sydney February 11 for Wellington; due at Wellington to-day. The Manuka left Sydney for Auckland; due at Auckland to-day. The Moeraki left Wellington on February 8 for Melbourne direct; arrived Melbourne February 13. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE. Makura left San Francisco January 26 for Sydney, via Wellington; due Wellington February 14 and Sydney February 19. Maunganui left Sydney January 27 for San ' Francisco, via Wellington. Left Wellington February 1; due San Francisco February 18. Tahiti left Vancouver February 9 for Sydney. via Auckland. Due Auckland February 28 and Sydney March 5. Niagara left Sydney Feb. 10 for Vani couver via Auckland. Leaves Auckland February 15 and due Vancouver March 4. Aorangi, leaves Sydney March 10 for Vancouver, via Auckland. Leaves Auckland March 15 and due Vancouver April 1.