SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17116, 11 April 1921, Page 10

SHIPPING.

. THE WEATHEE. CHRISTCHURCH OBSERVATOBT. Meteorological observations taken at tha Magnetic Observatory, Chrißtchurch, at 9.30 am. and 5 p.m. opi April &th:— 9.30 a.m. ap.m Temp, dry bulb .. j|9'® Temp, wet bulb •• °°' 9 Humidity per cent. ... 70 /2 Maxx. temp, in sun ..84 no Min. therm. on gra-ss .. 43-9 _ -- Wind ... •• .. C«l«. p..' .Btrong. Cloud (0-10) . « . Meteorological observations' taken at tne. Magnetic Observatory, Chrisichurch, at 9.30 9 m. and 6 .m. on April' 10th:— •> 9.30 a.m. 5 p.m. Temp. dri> bxilb •• , •• 53.5 58.6 Temp, wet bulb ■■ •• 4G.G ,1"' Humidity per' cent. .. ™ Max. temp, in sun -.,11 6 ; Mm. therm, on gTass • • Wind ... -v. . •• fwstrong. light. • Cloud (0-10), .. .. 0 1 ; PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Saturday, April- 9th.' Wahine. s.e. (T : a.iiiV), 4430 tdus, Camejotii from 'Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., 'agents. "'' - • „ ~ . , Calm, s.s. (7.15 a.m.), -891 tons, Broidwood, from Timaiu. A. H.-Turnbull and Co., s.s. '(B.-W a.m.) 2481 tons, Hender-j fjom Dainedin. Union team Ship Co.;awnta. • '• Kaitamgata, s.s. . (10 a.m.), 1981. ton® Ste-, wart, from Newcastle. Union Steam Snip Co., agents.. ■ . . Iluapeliu, s.s. (11 a.m.), 7885 tons, Cameron, from Bluff, N.Z. Shipping Co., agents. . Sunday, April 10th. Coronation auxiliary, keteli (12.15 a.m.), Taylor,. from Wellington. ' . Ay R.hm-1 and Co., agents. . , Cygiiet, s.s. (12.15. a.m.), 124, tons, from A.karoa. Stevenson, Stewart' and Co;, ng Woottou, s.«. (2 p.m. in the-streaai), 150 tons, Lajsen from Wellington. A. Ehind and Co., agents. . Morristown. e.3. ,(7.15; p.m. in the stream), 5139 tons, Weed, from : Auckland. Kinsey and Co., Ltd., agents. ' ' . " . . '! Maori. s.s: •, <7.45 njn.),, 34.76 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam' Ship Co., agents. , Port Hacking, s.s. (8.25 a..m. in the stream), 6225. tons. Jolly, from Wellington. ( Kinsey and Co., Ltd.; agents. ' ... DEPARTURES. ' . Saturday,'. April 9th. Waiiiiate, s.s. (6.40 a.m.), 5610 tons, iield, for Dunedm. N.Z. 1 Shipping Co., agents.- - Koromikb, s.s. - (6,30 a.m.), 2'479 t tons, kine, for'Newcastlo./Unibn Steam .-Ship Co., agents'.Or&pnk'i, "s.s. : ' (4>Bo p;m.), ..527 ; tons, Dewhtuet, for •GWym^uthv'.'K .S- Sutton and Co., agents " ..'.V „ : Calm, s.s." (6.15 p.m;), -891 tons, Braadwood, "for' Wellington.; A. H.Tumbull and Co., agents. ' . '• _ Wa'hine, s.s. (8.25 p.m.); 4436 tons, Catfwton, for Wellington." Union' Steam Ship Co., agents. . ... ... .. ..' ... Baden , Powell, , b.s'. \(Bitp' I'*' t° ns > JicEheTSon, for Wellington. Kiuseyand Co., Ltd., agents.. '.. . ' - SHIPPING NOTES. The Opua is to sail to-day for Wellington and Nelson'. ■ ' . The Calm arrived here on .Saturday .morn"hi" .from Dunfdin, She. Bailed on Saturday r.ijht. for where she will load. fcl 1 ■ Lytteltoii. _ , The Koromiko left here on Saturday* morning: for Newcastle, where slje will again :loa,a for Lyttelton. • The Waitomo, with a large general cargo, including 40,000 sacks .of produce,; is to ea.il from hero to-morrow far Auckland. : ' " The arrived'-herMroni Ihinedan on " Saturday She' .is. loading produce for; Auckland, and is. to.iii V.for that, port toJohn, is expected /to leave Wangiiiiui tottay for Oamaru und Lyttelton, a-t "both of which ports'. she will load for Wftng&nui. The. Wefltralia, from Melbourue, via Wellington; is due here on_ Wednesday witii pac,aiixl caigo-..; She is to &*iil °n Weunes- • day .night for Duhedin ..ani Bluff, en.ip.ute to- Melhournj. ... Mr W. Miller, temporary purser on the Flora, lias left .that vesfel. Captain J. H. Gaskell h in commnni of thi* S. S. and A. liner Otirav.dua at Auckland shortly from St. John. . j Mr M. J. Steer lias joined the Flora as second engineer, vice Mr J. G. McDonald. I Tho barque White' Pine- left' Hobart on Friday for a New Zealand port, and it is expected that she ia coming- to Lyttelton. Tho steamer John Craig is expected to arrive her© from the Clarence River on Tuesday with another cargo of hardwood for the Harbour Board. The ; Leitrini ■ could not complete discharge 01 her Lyttelton and Dur.Klin cargo here on Saturday, and is now timed ta sail thia afternoon for Adelaide. ! The Ruapehu arrived at Lytiellon on S 3today morning' to continue loa'Jin" for tli 3 Uhitsd Ki'.igriom. 'She will male: Wellingto i her final' port, and is expected to sail from there about April 19th. ! The Piako, Vihder charter, to the Federal Co., is due here about the 17th April from Wellington, to discharge Liverpool oar-o. The Otarflma is expected to leave Wellington on Thursday next for Liverpool and,Mancheater. '. ' The City of Auckland, which left New York on March 25th for. Lyttelton. is due hers o:> April 59th. TIIO S. S. and A. steamer i? ta leaw Wellington oh Wednesday or Thursday for London, via Panama. Th"- Wrikouaiti, witli Auck'-ar.' cargo, is due hero to-day froir. Auckland direct. Thp La.» V»gas is exp»cte 1 '--r?! this morning from Auckland io discharge Niw York cargo. The Manuka did not .leave Sidney until Friday, and is due at Wellington to-morrow. The- Port Curtis 13 due at Auckland early next month from New York. She bri"g3 cargo for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunodin, and Australian ports. The'C-orirthic arrived at Timaru yesterday from Port Chalmers to continue' homeward loading. She will .complete at. Nanier and Wellington. The Kaikoura has finished !".cr overhaul a« Port Chalmers, including the stepping cf new mi>sts and the installation 01' additional j winch-:*. She sailed 011 Saturday for Oamaru. 1 Timaru. nnd AucMnnd. thonce 'o Newcnstle. The Knrow was docked a' Port Chr.lmers on 'Friday for overhaul.. The Crosby Hall is expscted to kare hore on Wednesday for Dunedin. Captain Monro, managing director of the Canterbury Shipping. Comany, sails for London br Hk- Corinthic on the 20th msi., in order to purchase a. light-drtfl ff<-«mer for trade between Wanganui and aouihern P°^t ? . The Calm's drift he» been found too great for river conditions. llic Ifoi'r.'t&wn uriived here yesterday frf;r4 Av.ckinnd to isiilwge New yoik.curgo. rnL W 'ii at-No. 6 this morninr. The Port Hacking anived here from Wellington yesterday, moraing, and anchored in the stream. She will take the berth at No. 2 esii Ho h# vacated by the Leitrim to-day. CaptGir. Page has taken command of ihe rt'aipoii. The steamer Las JTejfls is due to-day from

Auckland direct to discharge.'San Francisco cargo. T-hc S.S. and A. «tonmer Otira, arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon fvem St. Join;. f>h* is- dna here, via Weliinsrlon. about April C-ifb, and will later procect to Port . CkalHscrs, Melbourne, and Sydney. . On Friday the auxiU.-n y-sow M&rrie. wi.k.h J "lies ashore n«ir Pencarrow Head, was >.«. M by tender to S. Wood and Son by tlie_ south British Insurance Company on bohal; of all concerned in the vessel. Mr P. Wood, manager of ?. Wood and Son. exports :o refloat the Magic' this wok. . Six shipwrights will be ■ engaged in patching iho Magic's hull at low tide. EX-GEHMAN LINER TASMANIA. •-Ad-vics has been received by the English mail that tJic steamer- Tasmania, originally built for-the Germans, and intended-.for. the ■Aiif-tr-B'hsr. trade, has been' sold to the New SJcalnnd' Shipping Company .for abmvt ] £170.000. Phi- i« n-.ress.-ii of 7614 ions. The Tasmania -hp.'Liverpool on-February 20th,. cargo-la-ion, for ..Auckland, Wellington, ,Ly'I teJtori, and Dunedin- .' She is '.running ui.der charter to the' Fo^K-ralLine 'this '-oyniff, end arrived at -Auckland -yesterday -UTt-cVnoon: ARRIVAL OF SUSSEX. RECENT MISHAP AT COLOX. The- owned by. the;• Federal Steam' Navigation. Company, -which ran; athoi-c.. on the brti-vkwat-'j-r at Colon -on,. Js-Tru-' ary 3rd, oh hc-r way. ftoui Ca.i'.hf? to New Zeti.. land, arrived .at' Auckland I*s is' now over Tire' inrinliliii"-since tlv* vessel Heft England, her dutn'of departure being November 3rd. ■ , . ..' ' -. At. Bristol-'t!•.•»'■ Shrwk loaded, -'.iptiio TOO tons cf -ii'oh; proceeded to 'Sydney-, Oa'ftb Breton, and' St.. .John-to complete' her "I-jading. Apairt frcm : -A'-'mi>K>r mishap" at St; John, where the vessel .vyas- v on a mud bank for Borne hours,' All went well "until (she was-on-itcring. Colon. : " At 10. p.m. on ,la«wi.ry, 3rd she ran a shots on the. breakwater and stuck fast.. . At !h.9 time, the master, Captain Pattinson,-. was ■ ill,.,nnd the chief 'officer wan in charge. The, chief officer wsvs Te-plaoed- .at Panama by Mr; Douse, of ; ,thc. Kaikoura. • .' .. Ten days were occupied in - *Jiric wirging the! .cargo, into-.lighters, nnd ...then....the.:-. ..stf'anxc-r was, towed oft'-; and- docked .-.safely . ire... the ■-United: State* : <3ovenlm«jt, dofck at- Balboa. The damage.was foun\t to be of an txtonsive character.' The- 'lkol plate,to thei J.' atraJtes •plating aiid I'm tries were'dumngid on bo-th, rides, ith-i stem was broken, and a large bole opened into the for©, hold. No lean thin 46 plates, had' to be renewed, the work occupying' three weeks.-". It is regarded-na a very j smart of .w.w'k, .the, yards •.mrkihj'.i'v'J.ht j and. day'during'the Tiericd." . ' ' ' ; j A'-considcrAble amount 6i .damage-AJns dorii ] to tit••> cargo i:i 't-ho' for".hc-ld by waiv, ferine ithe perishable .cii'fro bsin.r newsprint" t.aocr and motor cars, 'a-r.rl a ™n'taLev.M':i-<»6-of. 8 per ceut- has been declarcd/on -frits- "actual r.e't whofenUe arrive-] value,-' of ..nlMhcfrorair on the. ycs.-wl. .. '.T!H acty-.i] of ..-..t-hi: damage by iidtyidimJ willndt be. flsoT-r'tair.'a'-jle 'until ,the vessel d(f> 'chaa-get!.'■ Proctically.the- whole of the rarso was' .reloa'Ki . when the Tepcirs wore, completed, . som* of, it. n-'ibnbly. beintr : of litjlo 1 " value, and-it was nol-stcrc-d aceo'.dint to the original plan. ■ .:-■ '.'■•. ■•> ; ■'. ... .■' ... A STEAMEE .DAMAGED.. .- .-;-'■ '"■" - ,''"' BRISBANE,. April 9, ,Tlie Adelaide Ste»;aship Go,'s eieamer ■Camira, 2600 tor.«, has. arrived at .Towroyillo yi a battered r.iid" confused Btat» owinj to ..the cyclone,.'; Three hradred slttd rams- were VaAhesl. 'overboard. - ... ; ,'.....' .' /,-.,- ; . ',. SHIPPING.TELEGRAMS. • ;,- . ..COLON, April. 1. .'■ Arrived, Opawa, from Lyttellon, fovrLoh■don. ■. •"..'• '■'•<■.. --■• ■- ■■'.' •■'■ '• : ',..,'." ,'.',... -SiDN-KY, April J.O; Sail'-J, -Waipava, for Nov-■ Zealand. ■:-.- "... \AUCKLAi\n, ..April 9. Arrived, Otira'('4 : p.m,), from St.' John; "Sihfjapb'v'j- MaVu'(9. a.m.V Crbrn-.Wellington; 'Waipori i -'(i'S i . , S6 rt.ta.f, from'Westport. , .- ' SailSd, "Canadian .Ekf.rt.ii' (7 a.m.), for Wellington'; liaima''(l2.3s p-.m'!),- for Napier. ■•':.'. '"■'*■ - ■ • ,-,Ap«i ip. ' Arived.-- Tasmania. (12.ii0 p.'m'.), -. ftom-' Liver/p.ool; -'l'lercn : -'B._.'Skrli-;g (I.5U'-piin-.),, frdm '-Newoastle.-'• '• '■'-■-•'.--■;'- .■■'■•-.- : '■•-•-'---- ' .-'.-•'•TliB H-ulen <B;- Stcirlih'c car'rirf. away'Jier maintopmasi head on • 18th 'in heuyy weatiier.. Ih making Tiii "ii.-j- yesterday-: tha Vessel- was struck by a-heuvy. aqiiall; which broke ths foresail .gaff, and -blew .out-. tho .sail. . '.. - ■-'.•.' .-"■'. WELLINGTON, Ap:ii.9* : Arrived, Cotinna (6.1-5 n.tn.), .from New Plymouth; Ngakuta. (6.30 a.m.), from Greyf .mouth; Maori t7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Shropshire (8 a.m.), from Liverpool; Karon C 10.20 aJii.), frfom .Greymouth.-. Sailed, Port Hacking (U.SO a.m.), for Lyt■te'.ton; West Holbrook (li:.m.), for A-'ekice: ..W-ootton (t. p.m;), for Ly.ttelton; Karumii (1.30. pim.),' f or.. Grey mouth. •„Corinna (5.10 p in.), for JDuiiedin; .Ngo-toro (6.15 p.m.), fo.» N«w Plymouth: -Waimea'" (6,8'0 p.m.), for Westport; komata.' (7.15 p.m.), for We'.tport, April 10. '• Affived;' 'VVahine. (11.15 a.m.), from ton; Canadian Importer. "(10.30_• a.m.), from Auckland.; Maiihoa-.(2 p.m.), from Napier. Sailed, Pjrt.M'6. ; uariiy (7.-19 a.m.), Jor Lyttelton. ; ; I '■••'. DUNEDIN, April 9. ' Arrived, Storm: (6 a.mi)',- from . Wangonui; Port Sy-dn-ay {12.40. p.m.), fiom Nev/ York, via Panama: .Wairako- (0.-'j p.m.), f;om J Osmoru. ■''-..-■ I Sailed, Corinthic ("6.20. a.m.),. for limaru;. Pt'drrri' (G. 25 p.m;), ft>r.''Wpn,?.:ci'i: Kctar? (6.ffo p.m.); for BluS and liiVercr.-rgill; Kaikoura. (1.-15 p.m.), 'toi' Oamim. ■■ ■■'■'.. "■■ 'April 10. Arrived. Waimate (8.45 a.m.), from Lyfcteltou. . -•• . .■ . t