SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17118, 13 April 1921, Page 11

SHIPPING.

' . > ; PORT OF LYUELIDN. 3 ARRIVALS. i Tuesday—April 12th. >; Wahino, s.s. (7.55-a.m.), 4438 tons, /Canre- ) rem, from 'Wellington. Union 'Steam Ship ~ Co., agents. I ; Laa Vegas, b.b. {G.45 a.m., in the stream), c ' 6491 tons,, Houdlette, from Auckland. Kaj© s '; «nd Cartel, Ltd., .agents. E Wak&tu, ««. X 6.40 P- m -)i 1' 57 ton *> W»,: l ; from Kaikouia, Kinsey and Co., Ltd., j *gents. s ■ I i • DEPARTURES. } Tuesday—April 43th. r Cygnet, b.b. (18.10 p.m.), ISM tons, Murray,; .! fcw Akaroa. Stevenson, Stewart jamd.Go.,; - agents. 1 ; Katba, e*. (0.25 ,pjn.), 2484 tons, Hendw, ■ 'for Auokland. Union Steam Ship Co., - igentis. I Wahino, s.s. (8.50 p,m.), 4486 tons, Came--5: ion, fox Wellington. Union Stettin Ship " p r Co., agents. I' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. |, I ■ Doonholrn,'Cardiff, this day, | ;! Joan Craig. Clarence River, this day. ' I Omega, Hobart, this day. Maori, Wellington, this doy. ' ' Baden Powell, Wellington, this day, r ; Westralda, Wellington, this'«lay. i : Kahik* Wefetport, April 14th. Wahine, Wellington, April 14th. ' Poherua, Greyinoutli, April 14th. Breeze Picton April 14th. Calm, AptiLHfh...! .._,,,.-.-. ';■■ Raina, Chuthams, April 14bh. Coriruw, Tir.Wu, April 14th. Mahsna, Wellington, April 14th. Storm, Wangamvi, April ISfh. ' • Kennedy, Wfcllington, April 15th. . Trevoso, Newcastle, April 16th. Kamona, Greymonth, April 17th. Kakapo, Greymoiith, April 17th. Moeraki, Wellington, April &&• i Wootton, Greymouth, April 18th. j Karu, Wellington, April '2oth. Piako, Wedtinßton, April 20tli. • ■ White- Pino, Hobart, early. ' ■ < PROJECTED DtePARTURES. > Maori, Wellington, "this tfay. • Canopus, Westport, this day. Waitomo, Auckland, this day. Hall, Dunedin, this day.. Westralia, Dunedin, this day. Ruapehu, Wellington; . t&ie day. "Waikouaiti, Oamaru, this -day. Wnhinc, Wellington, April I4tli. Port Hacking, Dunedin, April Mill. Cygnet, Kaikoura April 14th. 1 Baden Powell, Wellington, April 14th. Corinna; kelson, April 14th. April 14th. Breeze. Dunedin, April 14th. Calm, Dunedin, April 14th. Wakata; Kaikoivra, April 14th. Coronation, Wellington, April 18th. , Storm, Dunedin, April 15th.. Gludbrook, Suva, April 15th. Kennedy, Wellington, ApTil 15lh. Broxton, Newcastle, April ' 16th. • Moeraki; Wellington, April 18th. Kowhai, Nelson, April 19th. ' Kaitangata, Greymoutii, April JSrid. SHIPPING NOTE'S. Good progress ins been made on all veflse-U? during the past two days, a fairly even division, between vessols loading and discharging ensuring ■«. good supply of trudro. - Theiff has been an oxcess 'of labour offering. The Wostralia arrived at Wellmgioti- On Monday evening from Melbourne, with cargo and passengers. She is duo at Lyttelton' this morning, and after discharging Melbourne cargo, id tt» saii to-r.jg-ht for Duncdin and Bluff. The Wakatu arrived <at Lyttelton last night from Wellington hud Kaikouia. She is to sail on the return trip to-morrow. • The Kahika and the Poheraa are bar-bound at Westport and Greymouth KSpectively. The steamer Kennedy is due hero on Friday, from Wellington, to load for the sahiß port. Messrs Kinsey and Co. are the local agents. The Canopus is to sail at noon to-day for Westport, taking cargo. . . ' The ketch Coronation is timed to leave I here on Friday, with produce- lor Wellington. On -completion of discharge of her Lyttelton cargo at Wellington tc~d»y, (ho Wootton expected to* sail f»r Greymouth, where she will load timber for Lyttelton. - The Katoa Bailed last night with general cargo lor Auckland direct. • The Waitomo will complete loading her Auckland cargo io-day, and is to. sail this afternoon. Tho Waikouaiti will leave Ljiiclton today for Oamaru and Timoru, to load for Auckland. She is duo back hei* v early next week, to complete bTiding. A radio message received from the Manuka yesterday stated that the' vessel will arrive at Wellington at ceven o'clock this morning. Mr W. McPhail, late third officer of tho Niagara, has transferred to the ilaheno in a similar capacity. Mr W. Melbourne has signed «iJ;he toro tw second engineer. Mr H. R. Sinclair, •third engineer, has left tho veeeel. . Mr S. A. Chatfleld has joined the Mara- , roa as chief officer. Mr A. Pyper has signed on the Narua a& . chief officer. ■ Mr M. Robertson has. Bucceeded Mr A. , Coles as second officer of tho Waitomo. Mr N. Buxton, late third officer of the • Maheno, has joined the Niagara in a similar capacity. The steamer Las Vegas arrived at Lyt- . telton early yesterday morning, _ »nd ' ( anchored in tho stream, to await » berth. She has 32,000 cases of oil to discharge here. Messrs Kayo and Cartor are the \ local agents. , X message from Stephen Island , slated that-the steamer Joan Cri:g passed t the lighthouse at 9 a.m. that day. She , should arrive here early this morning. . ■ ', A bunkering record was established, by th 9 Shropshire at Newport News last month. ' when she chipped 3000 tons of coal in £7 hours. .On her voyage from Liverpool to Welling- . ton the liner Shropshire called at Pitcaitn ■ Island for about an hour and half to exchange stores for fruit,, which the natives brought out in their boats. All on the is- ' laud wero reported well.

HEAVY WEATHEK DELAYS SHIPPING. / • ■ » MELBOURNE, April 12. Owing to heavy' weather on tho coast

several «t«amore have been delayed, including' the Paloona and Kaiapoi. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. SYDNEY, April 12. Sailed, Tattiwera, for Dunedin. Arrived, Ulimaroa (4 -p.m.), from Wellington. k NEWCASTLE, April 12. Arrived, Langton Hall, from New Zealand. W r ELL.ING lON, April 12. Arrived, Maori (8.Z5 a.m.), from Lytteltdn; Opua (9.5 p.m.) from Lytt'eltou; Wootton t£.2o p.m.) from Lyttelton. Sailed, Opfcwa (12.10 a,rn.), ''lot Blenheim; :.Isabel Q.l si.in.), for How Plymouth and Auckland; Eirmita&n (12.10 p;tn.), for Southampton, via Panama: Ngahere (8.20 p.m.), for Greymouth,; Ripplo (6.20 p.m.), 'for Napier; Tairoa (G. 25 p.m.), "for Gisbome; Maori (7.30 jjfrn.), 'for Lytteltdn; Alexander: (8 20 p.m.), for Westport; Westralia (10.80 p.m.), for Lyttelton. ' . SHIPPING NOTES f ROM HOME. (raou oua qiwj eonassFONDEXT.) LONDOK, Feb'rj*.iy 24. : The Union Stem Ship Company's new oil •tank steamer Orowo-iti, lias just Veen . U-uoeihod without ceremony*! Greenock ■Dock- ' yei-da, on the f Clyde. The 'veswl, Which is a converted cargo steamer, lias a length of ; <o6ft, a breadth of 6111 ft, ami u. depth of BCJft, with a dead-weight carrying -capacity ,; of 10,000 tons on a draft of 30ft. It is eaci pected that tile Oiowaiti tvill bo roudy 'to Bail for the Pacific Coast of America, by the end of March,' where :is'he Will bo employed in connexion with the ail fuel supply of- ihb ; steamers Kjjganv, Makivra, Tahiti, and Monmi. It is stated in the annual report adopted at the meeting of the Lwarpoolj Steamship Owners' AsaooiatKJn that , under prevailing conditions it is ;»king five - ahipß. to d 6 the work that was performed -by ; four in 19la. Attention. w%a drawn to the. i disastrous manner in which available eorry- : irtg power had failed to be used in tire-over-; , soas trade-of tthe United Kingdom; the n"hip ; power- avaafatSe is Sufficient, to deal with a .larger volume of. overseas tiaJtc than in 1911); but last .year, in, tho overseas commerce vi tho United Kingdom imports ve.ro 19 and • tocporte 50 per cent, ft) weight below those dealt Willi in 1913. The Shortening of hours of work throughout inland transport'services had lessened- by 20 'per cstit. "th* carrying ■ powor of Ship* 'using ports of the United Kingdom, and the,■aggregate annual loss ex-.; •ceedotK;. 10,000,000 tons. '"'lt'is evident," says the. report, ''that th* conxea.'UMiieo of revising the • hours of labour Without first securing by other mean's tfcfc Inainrenahce of tho flow of traffio. wore neve* iealissd «ithet '■ by the- men feniployed »r by the nwtibA ut large;" Tie aeport further strongly criti- ■ wsed Government control, wn the grotrnd' . that our overseas Hade is being Wipplevl thereby. It.should tik-at while th<*re is Jnol* \ tannage on the ossa-HS thtfn in ASI3, ibve-ffleas commerce sunk heavily.- . It demonstrated : that tho rise of wages, coupled with a reduc- ;. -idon.-of work, is -a. condition Which thxeltehs flisaStOT to the nation. As the Association r>wn 25 per cent -.of ijho British, steam toftuaga afloat (their holding is over five million tona gioss), tlno" wpo-i't is one which must tarry .gresut weight. i Sir H. Duke, President" of tho Probate, Divorce, 'wad Admiralty Divißi&n of ;he High ■Court «nd of the Prize Court, bits *uoc«<lod Sir' JoTin HaoDohell as -dhairntali of ' filib itaritimo Law Committee, of the International Law Association, and will tnko cliaago pi the proceedings of thai Oommitlee at the JHftgue Intern«ltioroal Law Conference in SepH*mbEir. iJiiaJt codes' Will be Jureisented by •CcfmmittiK' for acceptance by all inkritime nation* affecting very important phases vi «lw'pping "and cominerce. A draft inter•Wition<al cod<s on ffcighlt is already under <ow«ideTation. being the Work of Maiire Leon ; D6nißso, a. Fianeh jurist. .Tho perplexed question of a, shipoWriei-'s liability is dealt with. Another. codo will treat of a ■sliipownet's liability in respect of the «hip, and a third wit-h (lie question of deck oargoc*, foi>wh'ich ithe-rei is an extraordinary variation of practice at . present throughout the world. It is proprtsed still to have different rules for the varying conditions in different ijeiifc,' but to mate ftitch ruks applicable to oil seafaring States. The Beard of TraHe during Hkh war i«lased many of its rules, and on the whole jl is believed that tho modifications worked woll. It yha3 now to be decided whether the variations ate to be allowed to contintie or the former nvlea should be revised. The ox-enemy steamers Bismarck and Inipenafcor have been, disposed of by Lord Inehcap?, Bctihg on behalf of the Reparation Committee, to the White Star Litje diid Company respeetiv*lj:. . The Bismarck was iu course of construction at Hamburg at tho outbreak of war. She is of 50,000 tons gross and 13 the largest steamer in the world. when ready ■ for eefc she will no Jaubt bo employed by t,he White .Star .Line in the North Atlantic service, in association, with the Olympic, of 48,000 tons, and Tlte Adtiatiei of 24,500 tons grow. TJk> Inrotrator, of 02,000 tons gros?, wiMch "now passes permanently into the control of the Cunard Company, has for eome time been cmoloycd by thu conrpany in the North Atlaiiiio.Gcrvice. She arrived at Southampton m December 21st, 3910, flj-ing the, British flag, and after' considerable alterations lmd l>cen , effected, has bejn .'engaged regularly in tho Ecrvicebetween Southampton, or Livcruool and gew York. She was built in 1912* for the Hamburg-Ameriks, Line. ' , Tuc Naval Prize Tribunal (Lord Pbilliniore, Sir Guy Heerwood. Wilson,, and Admiral Sir D. Srurdee) have iuds'int:!)! in respect of tlso ships Oscar 11., Befnisse, and i j'i ' n conr ' esio " with which tlie '(ucstiou. had been raised whefther tile Treasury, under eub-sectkm 6, Part 11.. of the Schedule of the Naval Prize Act, 1915, could make the Asval Pritc Fund liable.for damages caused t-> • the captured vestels by tlw negli<«;nce c the oap'tora or for damages caused bv t!ie wrongful seizure of vessels under'the order* of eupsrior office™. Lord Philliniore said p 1 , <mrt "J 1181 ■lrclare that in the casee rtf aL uuxe ships the damage* when ssceitain--«•—a"d it. was hoped tWe would be' no delay in- asoti-tainment-would be u. «.hsrge upon the Xaval Prize Fund. As in previous, cases, this declaration would be accomp.inied ,i 't", m '^ r tllß '' t ' the coSts of counsel for the licet would fe charged upon the Fund. In these cases there was ndcnttwl ueyligenee and error. In one of them a neutral vessel was nink fn a collision, sifter <-he had been seized, through the bad navigation of u IJntish worship. In tlic otlier coses, two iJuieh ships were ordered bv the Admiralty .to go to Kirkwall. One was nunk and tho other damassd by Ge.fman submarine Mt&ck. Ihe neutral shipowners in all three instances preferred (mccessful claims in ibe Pri«o ' i T h . Tlwt meanl t,iait th » dahngea sliould .be paid by the Excliequcr, and the Tribunal, in construing a- section in tha schedule of tho Naval Prose Act, 1918, has found tiw Prize Fund, not the Exchequer, «■> be liable for these "coats, charges, and expenses.