SHIPPING

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13976, 8 May 1913, Page 4

SHIPPING

Tim:, High water Tni.- evening. 12.18; torn..; r-ev monii.-g. 11 3'.). Sun mi—■Min- evening, .VO. Sun n-' 'Io n;e; ..nv morning. 7.1. niASi> nr Tin; mou.v: MAY. I). H. M. S. New Moon 8 1 In p.m. First Quarter . 1 ' H ?_ 1- p.m. Full Moon •> 33 13 p.m. I-apt Ouaiter 3' il 10 1!) a.m. I’eiigie, ICd u hr 43mia p.m. Apogee, 27d fih -Win i>.m. ARRIVALS. THURSDAY. MAY S, Nil SAILED. WEDNESDAY. MAY 7. JOHN. s.s. (B.U p.m.;, 313 tons, Holm, (or Nydia Bay. BREEZE, s.s. (9.20 p.m.), 6VJ tons, Broadhouso, for Lyttelton. MANA, s.s. (10.30 p.m.), 131 tons, Gibson, for Patea. IN PORT. Roadstead.—Esses (9750 tone). Town Wharf.—lliumata (1900 tons). EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Stormhird, s.s., Wtdlington, to-morrow. Storm, s.s., South, to-morrow. Putiki, s.s., Westport, to-morrow. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Ihumata, s.s., Sydney, to-morrow. Lises, s.s., Avoumoutk (direct), tomuiuow. ...

BY TELEGRAPH.. NEWCASTLE, Thursday. Arrived—Waitoma from New Zealand. The Ihumpta came up to the town wharf ycoierday afternoon and commenced loading’, timber, which work she continued today. the Essex is expected to get away.from the roadstead to-night for Avoumoutu t Bristol j direct. i|r J.'Hudson, late of the Ilimitgugi, joined the auxiliary scow Echo as mate yesterday in place of Mr W. H. O'Neill. The Tedcial-Shire liner .Westmeath arrived at Avonmouth last Sunday from Wellington, which port she left on Marifh 17th.- ..

Mr V. Johansen, late master of the Kiripaka,- has joined the Mauu as mate, vine- Mr J. Thomas, who goes ashore,for instructions.

An" attempt Is to be made to re-flbaf the steamer Manama at D'Urville Island. The Awaroa called there on Thursday morning on her way from Wellington", and landed a quantity of salvage pear. The Canterbury Company's steamer Breeze is to load at the TlliifT on Friday, Dunedin on Saturday. Timaru ou Monday, Lyttelton on Tuesday, and is due at Wellington next Wedue day. Hie "ill sail from there on Wednesday for Wanganui.

• Mr C. F. Milhvard advise- that the r-.s. Ihumata sails for Sydney to-night, via N’zdia Bay. Th- steamer Storm loads at Dunedin ou the 9th fu- Wauganai, via wayside ports, and the Breeze at the Bluff on the 18th v.a w.iy-ide ports. Mr Thomas, late mate of the Mona, has joined the New Zealand Shipping Company's Ruapehu as supernumerary officer, lit consequence of the injury which Mr Touge (chief officer; received at Hobart, all the other officers of the Ruapehu have 1 een promoted a step. Vu automatic fog gun is now being put to active service ou the Clyde. The invention consists of a method of obtaining loverful explosions of u mixture of acetylene and air at regular, predetermined intervals. The machine is at present made in two sizes, the cost of working being, respectively, about 2d and 3d ]>cr hour. The writer, when in Glasgow recently, had the phasuro ol hearing the smaller machine at work, and the noise of the iplosions was sufficient to take away coy desire to hear the larger machine. A powerful acetylene fog gnu has already V.»en crcct- d ou a rvk station off the west meat of Scotland where it has proved itself much suiierior to the ionite sigrala usually placed in such situations, as it is not liable to be exploded prematurely, and is not open to the danger of being tired by lightning. Furthermore, it do>s not n'qmro the constant i aoervision of a keeper to put in charges pud fire them, as it. is entirely automatic. Otc started, it will continue until stop-r-ed. Where the apparatus is fixed on an isolated lock, and in oth'• situations where a wire concretion is inadvisable, it is intended to arrange that it shnE l,e startl'd and stopped from shore by ■ cans of a small wireless installation. The The invention is thus admirably adapted for use on buoys, and where expense and ’ ant of space on which to Imild prohibit the use of compressed air fog signals. The present machine is the outcome of years ft, experiment covering a variety of gases, the mixture of acetylene and air having been found to give the best results.