SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 13

SHIPPING.

• PORT OF LYTTEUTQN, ABBIVALS. Friday, April 35th. Maori, s.s. (8.3,0 a.m.>, 3476 tons, Irwin, ftoirn Wellington. Union- Steam- Co., agents. Cygnet, e.a. (5.20 p.w<), tons, Murrayi from -Kaikoura. Stevenson, Stewart and Co., ageiuts. DBPABiTUHES. Friday, April 1511). Port Hacking, e.s. (9.30 a.m.), 6225 tons, Jolly, ' for Dunodin. Kiasoy aud' Co. Ltd., &g#ntSr, . ffimulitury. ketch: (14$ • tons, Taylor. lor, WeillixgLou, A, BiiiHA and Co., agents. Bteestf* 553 ton®, Ve?nn, foT Duusdia, A. H. ®imibull and Co.. agents. • Calm, »*. (g.is-p / for'Tiyiiiru. A. H/ Turnbull and Co., cgentfl. Maori, a/3. (8,20 p.m.) 8476 tons, Irwin, for ■Wellington. Union Steam Ship.Co.. agents. ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ,Ti«iaru, this.day. Ram.ai, Qhatiainei. this day. Storm, \Va.ngfrtttii, this day. Kennedy. Wellington, this day. Doonholw, Cardiff, , this day. Omcsra, Hobrat, tins day. Waiiine, Wellington, .this day. Kahika, Westport, .this day. i, Wellington, April; 17th. Ttovoae, Newcastle, April. 17th. /'• Pohema. Groynioii.tli, April 17tn. ,CaJpi,. .Aj>ril. 17th. BTOMe* TOmani, April, 18th ; . . Kamona, Greymouth, April 18th. Mparalu, AYdlington, April 19th. Woottonj GTeymouth ti April' 19th., Wanaku, Tima.ru.April. i ftaru, Wellington, April 20 th, Piako, "Wellington, April, 2<fth. Orspjii,' Greyruowti, April; 20w. 4, . Kakapo, Greymouth, April 22ud; V?fl!i(ig{on, April 24th, , City of Auckland, New York, April-£3tt>i White Pino, Hobart, ©aTly. PROJECTED DEPAimJFJJS; Maori, Wellington, April 18th. Storrri, Dunedin, this day. Brosf-on, Jfewcustle. this.day. Baden Powell; Wellington, this day. Wellington, thii day. Marrirtmwi. litweslin, <Uy?. Kennedy, Wellington, thin day. Rama, Wellington, tfcjfc day. • Calm, Wellington. April JBth. Moeraki, Wellington;, April 19th> Kowhai, Nelson, 'April. 19th. Port, Chalwera, April, 13ih. «W»nafea,' Napier, April 19th. Gladbrook, Suva, April 19ta. Breeze. Picton, April. 19th. . Poherua, Westport, April 10 th, Kahikft, April. 12th. ICiitangata, - Greypiautlv April. 22nd. SHIPPING. KOTES. ..' Tltp Polusrua, with a w?«. waj, left Greynicmt-h yesterday, for Lyttolton and; ia due,-here to-moApw. afternoon, She will turn from horft to. to. Ipiwi* for Oamaru and Dunedin !%> Kajiiksv. ia dui&. hcv&- t]iio rooming;- with ; ooal from. Wtitport. Ther ; cargo-will. ho. tian* shipped to- tho- btofTie- Glfldbroclt. which, will lew© Iwtri} on Tucidav. for. Suva, The Jwv> hika, will: rohuvn. to Wicetpart to load.: for Napier-and. GisEorno , The Kamo, with ooal and timber from Greymouth). ia> duo. hare ow Monday. Ths Kamona, with timber only, iieXfiefitod' here from Greymouth on Ifond ay. The Kakapo, which .is to. bring a full cargo of timber from Greymouth, ia nju expsctea hero before- the end of nest week. The Orepuki, wlucli left Lyttalton on Saturday last for- Greyinouth-, arrived off; that po'.# on Monday, hut owing to tli? bar being-un-workable, was unable t-o berth until yesterday. She is due- hpro on Wednesday, with a cargo, uf timljor. the schooner Thuraka, en rout© from Timaru. to GreiTUOutU,- to load for. Australi-i, put in to Wellington on Thursday morning? for a now- mainsail. The Calm loft hore yesterday afternoon for Tjunaru, ajid. i®, dup- back h<w:o to-morrow arxl i» expected"' to sail for. on Monday afternoon,. Th« Canopw, ia, at ; pwsont l.oaaing coal at: Wostport for, Tirafiru. j Tlift Bwb3)s l?ft hftre re»tirday for Dunedin and. Timarii, Sho- ij duft : back here on. Tuesday or to load, for Picton ,wjd- W»»ga>nui. '< Tlia Kfnnedy, wJiicJv waf to. arrivo, at Lyttclton last night from; Wellington, will produce here to-da-y and is- expected, to sail this evening for Wellington. Thjf Storm was- expected, ai LytWton. last night from "Wajiga-nui, and is to bo despaivllea to-day fop Dunedin and. 'limaru. j The wooden steamer. Broxtan will load 350 ton» of ballaat hero to-day and will sail tir.s afternoon for Newcaatlo to again load for Lyttelton-. > The BamA waa expo.cted at liyt.tellon la?t night with ahecp from the- G bath arms. She is to sail to-day for Wellingt-m, where she will load for Waitangi and" Owenga. Sho i». to sail for the Chatham® on Wednesday and will load, fish and wopl there- for- Wellington* On returning' to Wellington tho veKsel-will be' taken off the Chatham Islands pervice curing the winter aAd. will. bo. ongas?*!. oa the coastal trado. • The Mosraki is'duo at Wcllingtooi frcm Sydney on Monday morning, and, is to arriva '■ hero on Tnosdtay morning. Sho hsji- 600 ton* : of. Sydney "tewgw- to discharge- hare, and. will i load etlO jtons of general cargo here for, Sydney. The iloeraki i» to laov« q»' Tuesday night' for Wollington and" wilt l'oavo 1 the latter port, on Ihiifsdaj (oc Sydney and Hobart. • " Mr Sanderson, purser tho Maori, has gsona to Dnnedjn for oid«TS, and has been ancoeedcd. on. tho Maori by Mr J. KL'k. ' j Mr, C. F. Murphy has joinf<t the as- fourth vie* Mr Vf. P: Williamson. Mi J. Diitbj*. chief officer, eig?spdi off tho vessel's articles, yesterday. Capiain F. Woode-, lM»maet«:-of-t]jo,Opaa, > has tajcen o*ec oomjaaaid; of tho Orajpaki .from Captain Dewhurst. Captain Jtewlmnst. has tjaoa£etre4 to tl» Opua. . OVBJRSBAB. VESSELS, Tho Union Co.s. etpameir Waihora, left.Ca]with eastern cargo on April 2nd, for Auriand, Wellington, Lyttelton,. anS Dnn«lrn. Sho is duo at Auckland on April. 30th. s®4 at Lyttelton about May 12th. * ' Fcdferal steamer City of Auckland left

New Y-oi'lt for. Lyttelton on 'M&rsh, 25th. Sh? is duo. here, o« April; 29th, ana; wiii later | proceed, to . Dunedin and. Austrian port«. Tho Otiift is to leavo Auckland at daybreak to-day ; for. Wellington to- continue, discharge of: hor cargo from St; John. Sho is : later, to proceed: to Lyttolton, Dupedin, Mol- | bourno, and* Sydney. Tihe vessel hag beon I delayed, at Auckland; owing to-a congestion of shipping!, at. that- port, I Tb*. 3.5. and A. steamer Mdtatna left , Liverpool on March. 11th for Auoklaud, Wellington, Lvt.telton* and'Dunedhn. Sho is 'duo. at tho £rsi-nai#d port on April 2Sth. ■ The Surrey (Federal Line) left Liverpool on March-24t-h for Auckland; TV'olliugloi). Ly'teltou, and Dtuicdin. Sho is due at Auckland on May sth and at Lyttclton about May 19th. The X.Z. Shipping Co.'s steamer Wcodarr.i left London on. April 2nd: for Port Chalmers, L/ttelton, Wellington, and Auclclaud. Slid i-s due- at the southern port on May 17th, and ; haw about a week,. lator. ■ Th« federal. steriner- City of Winchester loft Now York on Margh 2.Srd for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelt-cm, Timaru, Dunodin, Bluif, •' and Sydney. Sho ia oxpcctsd to arrive at Auckland on May Ist, and is due hero about May ISth. ATHENIC FOR LONDON. TJho Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's' liner-, Athenio left Wellington at daybreak yesterday for Southampton, and, London, via Panama. She took ths following- passonr gers:— FirE-i Saloon: Misses J. W, Armour, Du Croz (4). M. E. Egorlon, E. H. Farquhar, E. Fenton, M. G. Button, I. M. Farey,. Gardner (3), A. Herbert', Holmes (2), Ii M. Lennox, P. G.- Nicholls, E. G. Bead, J. C. Robertson. M. A- Thring, J. K,. I'uljy,.'Meedamos E. Smith, Campbell, Dn. Croz, Elder, Freshwater, M. E. Pill ton. Gordon. M. L. Hannah, Holmes, E. E. Holmes, E. R. Howden, Johnstone, E. H. Lewis', K. Mawley, L. E. Maw ley. H. M. Moore, F. Pharazyn, Playne, N; E. Pope and infant, .Reid. C. Robertson and infant, Stilt, K. Tullv, Watson, lleeaw P. do. B. Brandon. A. Campboll, D. T. Campbell, H. W. Cox, H. E. Crawford, E.J. Dw Croz, H. R. Eldor, li. F. Freshwater, J. It. Gaila-n<J. A. W. Gordon, C. J'.. Griffiths;, C. , M', Hibberd, J. S. Holmes, R. Johnstone, -T. S. Johnstons, S. Mawley, PT. B. Morion, E. H. Itcid, A. D. Stitt',, A. G, 3ti?<\fcton, Hj Sugden, D. T. Thrills', J. Wataon, 3?. B, White, A. Willis, Masters. J'. Bftyley. Campbell- (2), Colonel W. 11l Flnyne-, Sir Robert and Lady Stout. . Sseptid ealpQTj: Misses Ahier .(2), Bacho, Broom, Brownie, Bumand, Edmonds, John/son,. Orchard. Smith, Mewiamca Amos, Baeby, Burnand, Clark, Farquhar; Fleming, Gordon, Ings,. Joiroaan; Knight. Lyons, Maddock. Orchard; Oswald, Plant, Itees, Reynolds. Simpson, Smith, Taylor, Te-r.ze, Venn, 'Wilmot,' Winkfield and: infant, lessrs Bacho, Blako, Buchan, Dahl, Donaldajn, Fleming, Jones. Knig-hta, Maddoek. Orchard, SiHipaon, Smith, Taylor. WinSeUl; Wisliait, Rev. Bache, tors {'{), Maddock; 126 third-clasa. VESSELS WITHIX WIRELESS . RANGE: ! OF NEW: ZEALAND. Awanuir-Waitcninltt, Canadiim Kaitnno, Moeraki, Mftheno,. Irisj Nuvua, Kent-, Port Maoquarrio. * jaicWand-rrManaind," AHaioa. Star, Waimatia-, .! Kajtotw \ _ Awarua—Por.t Sydney, Waimate, Port Hacking, • 'Wellington—Athenic; Mnnulra., ' Kairangay Sussex, Tutaneloci, Port Piiie,. linrori, Kauci; Otarwna, Jlararoa, Vv'aipori, PifJco. • talut. ' ->„r lu. .ft, M.Z. SHIPPING; CO.'S UK®. Renwva—From is. advisad by wireless, as being diMrto arrive at We) 1 liugton on Slst- :nat. | Opawa<—For. Ijondon, left Colon 6th- inst, Paparoar—Arrived Southampton- Bth- insts Ruahine—For Lonijon, left Kingston. 12th •inrt. • , • R^apehur-Laay-ea Wellington for Sonthampton. 19th. test. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ( MELBOUHNE, April 16. Arrived*. Wairuna, firom Zealand, ' ATJGBJVAND, April 3.1; 1 Arrived'. Niagara (6.25. a.ni.), from. Sydney; Kfttoa (SiLO p.m.), from Lyttelton, r "WELLINGTON, April: IS. , . Arrived, Wuhino. (7;20 a.m.),. from Lyttfllton.; PiATto (<' )'•«•), fwm. Liverpool, via, Panama and. AttcHand. - ■' Sailed. Athenic (10.40 a-m.), fot Southampton arid Waluno (7.46 p.m.), for LyUolton. SHffRiNG, NOTES. FBOM- HOJ4E. THE WQBIi»rS BBBSQANTIIiE MARINE. (PROK'OVR OORRBST>OSDKXT.) LONDON, March Shipping conditions, were very comprehensively dealt with in tho report by the. QhaJiibe:. of Shipping ot th&Ur.itwKing;',oni for gieeent-At-jon btiofe ti>& meat< ing ot tho "Under- present conditiona very little chipping is being- run af a, profit;; on a« great- juony.- voyages, heavy lo&wa have recently been uictrred," This ia thQ ]iPynote of- tho- report. The- pafifc ye 3 ', it-v-Mi pointed out-, bad beon mcrkfd by a drainatio fall" in-, freights. Timo charts rates, fall from 25s (tivolve months' general) to 10a. At- tho bsginning of th:» year ther« was a further drop- to fs 6d. Thi.v falling oflt in earning capacity, of ehip& ha<l net been accompanied. by any- reduction la running charges, rliyo in, tho price of coaL Aa com' pana with, tho year preceding, the- oufcbre&i of war. increases in woHctog • e&jj«iMs»oDiOuptr ci tr> 119 per cent, in, the coasting and homo triido, .uii' 260 ,j>er cant, in tho foreign trada. TOXJTAGE AXD . Atr tho mu!' of last month there waa, lr;id, it* in United- Kingdom, American,, and Scandt | lawiaii porta, shipping aggregating 5,000,000 i tons deadweight, or approximately a giosa | totmftgft oi, 3iOOCjpW. W*. decline voiurno of trade -to be- carried by sea hiui' lieon accompanied by a rapid incretse of tho wocld s tonnage. Tho- total o{ and Bailing tonnage of vew-els of 100 toiva gross and upwards io?.o in spite of the losses incurred during the war- by- crer 8,000,000 tons gross in the six years from the outbreak of war; and. of this expansion 7ft goi cent, occurred in, tho y«4r ending Jiute 30th, 132U-. Tho uyward movement will contilv-»i for, at tho end of 1920 over 7,000,000 tons of merchant vessels were still under construction, of which 3,7fjO,f){K) tonft, building, in British yards. Tho. Majority of these oilips will ho completod: during tlv» oomiirg yMr, but a good deal of now tonnage wilj repioco olij tonnage wSich w.aa- proved, iiito service under tJto oxcejjttDiial conditions oi ths wbr DECREASE Of EXPORTS. The official trad»ro4ur,ns (tho report-reoord*) ctntinne to coavey a. false impassion of tlw prcductiou and moremeat oi- commodities; mjkso. they reflect merely the- appreciation of ; viuuas, uni tend to conceal tiio falling: <jg i ft : juantitiea, Tho entnmce* «nd okw^iifi # » Brjiwh ia tho foreign tract of; *ho X, nited Kingdom, which *cre 7-2,ooo,ooo'"net tana, m 13J3, ami«>nie«l to. ia 19lft and, -ZQ&&. to. only- 40j000,000. ia iofy. Th« weight of exgotta. and Awing- ]»rt wcre ' mwvat, only about* 6» nee cimt.. of those of. 191J, marking ». vwy efight i®, .provemont on the fignrw for 1919. The most serious falling off, from the point of view of shipowners, was in-coal esports;- which dsJ £mU"£,^: m ta ma l ° M UECESSITT FOR CHEAP COiL. Cjj. Owen.Phillip M.P., who waa elected!"

president of the Association, referred, in his presidential speech, to the industrial depression. "Whilst the position may before long improre," ho said, "trade will not jsaUy wviv* axtdr espand nntil taxation a reduced, cheap coal i» made available for, industry, and the cost of production of commodities id greatly reduced €o as to enable them to be sold in the markets of the world nt imica lower prioes than at' present. The foreier prosperity of Britieh trade was built up on cheap coal, which is etill tho motive power of all industry, na no industry enn bo carried on without it. Until coal returns to a nl p* e normal level of price, say, to considerably order £1 a toil, I feor British will have great difficulty in reducing tiicir. workup expenses no aa to extend their trsdo in oversea markets." GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES. Referring ts derman sliippin?. Sir Owen Pliillips said that now for a time Oormany 1 was down and out—but only for a timo, ■"Before verv long-," he continued, "I fool certain we will find their vessels in many porta where they wore in evidenoo prior to the war. In n new fleet .which they build they 4 will doubtlefs tako of tho experieuee they gained in the pn«t-, the result) <if wliicli. may be that- they will not repeat tlia error* in design uml construction which iivo manifest in most of the ex-Ocrman ships that bio now being eold by Loid Inchcape on behalf of the British Government. The United: States* liavo much raoro than taken the placo forfeited by Germany. Tho aggregate of the Goiiunn orersea juercnntilo marine was or.ly jliFt over iivo million tops, whilst tho proent mercantile fleet of the Tnited States i"« three times the size at tho pro-war Gciauns mercantilo fleet. - ' Turning to the future of British Rbippin?, Sir Owon said, on tho bnois of his cnleulntion thero were, roughly spooking six \-o«sels to-dnj- to do tho work of every flvo veeseli" befOro the war. As the total quantity of trade of the world, reckoned iu tonnose, luvl not yet resumed even tho pre-war level, thoro were, consequently, TO ore ressolu. at'oat than the world wan. Nt, present in need of. Tho practical effect of thin lnrge snrplnn of tonr.uge had been modified by the fact that in. many ports of the world labour had been working, very badly, which had caused most vessels to take Ihusrer over their voyages limit otherwise would have, been the case. Even allowing for this, there v.'oio over five million tons of ehippingr at the present time laid up in various part® of tho worltl, which misht be roiisfhly divided as follows:—Considerably moro thai! two millions tons of British shippill?, t\4»o million? tons of American, and one million tona of .Scandinavian and other ship- | ping. The outlook for shipping at the moment, therefore, was. not bright, and it was 1 quito iMwaiblo that .they micflit eoe a -conRiderttbly larger number of steamers laid up' before .things improved. INDUSTRY OF SHIPBREAKER. ! "Owinfr to tho well-meaning—although, I fear, o'l tho Oovonuuont," ] Si' Owen concluded, "which prevented Britishl shipowners from sellinff their old vessela to foreigners unless' they paid the penalty of 15 per cent, on tho sale price lor «• licence to do bo, moro than three million tons of British in at'present 30 years of ago and over. In the interests- both of shipowners wd shipbuilders and all their employees, I-- trust tho industry of tho ohipbreakcr will become active, as otiier- i wise I feiu> that shipbuilders' in tliis and othor coiintrioa will navo vory f«w newi orders for some timo, to conic. A combinar, tion of bravery, cnduranco, and, pereevcranco von the wh.v, nyd I, for one, feci confident ■ that tlvo sßwe qualities, combined, with hard work by all. flections* of the community, Willi enable Groat Britain to come through the present economic do.r/resainn." PRINCE AND. THE MERCANTILE ' MARINE. At: the banquet given by the Chamber of 'Shipping subsequent: to tho annual meeting, the Prince of' Wales-, was the. guest of-honour, ■Sir -James. Allen also, beinj present. The president, proposing the Prince's health, referred to hw Royal Highnese's rocenfr tour of the Dominions/ and' tflid that ehipowners nioro-than any section of tho ootnmunityi recognised; to- the full the work which the Prince had occompliehed, "My recent- travels throughout tho 12meaid; the Erince : in. proposing..the hoalth of the personnel of the-British Mercantile Marin®, Vhnvo taught we- «ll- that. Empire means, and: have enabled me to jrealise.and to e;o the rp&ulta of the- work of our forefath'WS. The. inorchant sailors' *ole.. in tho •w-qr -waft. »s. g:re«t as. it has been i(i- Empire building. It is abaolutely true to say that oilv victory in the- great- war would not havo beeiv possible had.not; the present generation provTct thiit tbey. possessed, the same grit, the wun» determivajliott! R» tho British: mariners of oldi The pvpßcnt- generation of. eeafaringi irieii will, d?e knowing-that they not ; only up: held the traditions of ! our forefathers, but they alio enhanced these, traditions, I am coniidenrt that; the coming- generatipp.. will see to. it. that t)ia British- qierpantile, marine le■mniira second to none. I ,': ■ ~i SHIPBUILDING-TRABE. \ • lit 'William Boyd, managing, director of Workman, Clark and Gbi/'speakfflg at « luncheon following the launch- of the Lamport i and Holt liner Vandyck at Belfast, referred to, the.outliok in tho shipbuilding industry. Absolutely no . Orders, he-:, said, wore < boingi; placed 04> tho present'high prices. Those Ju«h. prioos. had; given them very serious con. sitfarntwu. M}©, jaiaing of; tho past: few years- to meet the rising cost of food, together with: the ; high-.prices, of material: they, had .'to.usa; andi also, he was. 6orry to say, iocrtttaetli prodnotion- by - the. moil, all- had tfle effect, of Aakjng ships, exceefiingly d«»r—sq: dear that 1 chipownera. wero -now beginnings to ieftr their investment. Ho had-heon. on' thp Tynothe otlte-r dtiVj oiid h»d never sepn, tl»o river sa, full; oti Rbipevtisd! up. Tlie outlook w.w very Berjknia; for shipbuilders, hut- they, hoped), the- men would' roaiwa. the poaition tbitfc li"d arken and would help thorn ;ill they conld,by: at leaat giving-theai' algreatet;output, bo that prospectst for tha future might: improve. .NOBiTH GERMAN JjLOYI). COMPANY. . The directors of- tho North Gorujan Lloyd Steamship- Company havo issued a, report covering operations, for tile war period iind ior the-last, two y-eera. It would Bcem that' shipping nndertj»kiiigs in Germany wore, no loss preoptions than British duting the lvorld crisis. For thq flvo years to tho. end. of 1018 wliflt is. doscribedi as a "workiw e"r- ---' plus!' of: 15,203,000 jnotk%. mluM ( all.of whiclk was applied in depreciation. ; Tho • lor- 1910 was. 10,700,000^-nxtrka, and for -IU2Q| 22,400,000 nuuks, TAo last war resailt- of which thero. irfe any records is! Ihftfc for 391U, when tho Biirphis waa marks. Translated into the. exchange value of the maik. for the respective period* the compaiison, howwer, ia, vtiy diffoient. Ttor profit for 1913 then dwindles to.£SS,SOO: andlOT 1320 to £9i,OOU, tui against.'.27,olU,oaO : for 1918. The,dividend for .1013 was 7* per cent-.,' and for IUH.B per: cent., and tho latter rale ia being paid for I&J3 and IiWO. 'l'he company has. already'spent a la*;# portion of- its- re-, nevvnl and other reserve funds in fleet sttuction and oKpaneion, and ia. to deypte moat of t-hb- new capital- of marka it i». raising to the same purpose. IMPROVED PLANTS, : Mr F. J. Stephen, chairman of the Tech-' nical! Gommittee of the British, Corporation fOf tho Survey and of, Shipjjinjj, .speaking; nt the annual meeting of. tlio Corporatipn, pointed' out that much of the "huge shipbuilding. capacity-- of tho world nt. thp end of the* war' v,-n.s"duo to nlanl-i which p-prong into existencß tlirougk war-time <loma;w». Many of theso fincly-eqtupped yards v/ould continue to exist- because they we.c better equipped and could produce fiip.tcr than eomo old-iimo jaftfo Britain had; to face competition on three contino:it-8 from yards which yeere superior to sonio. of oura in orgunisation. and; output capacity; He believed our shipyard, stuffs and workers to lie. unequalled, but if superio;; [jersonnel by the nso of orBsnuiaition. machinery, and unrejtrictod "production turned, out good; ships, in weeks inatead of mpnthft or yejvra, it was obvious that if we didi not bestir- ourselves our competH tors would sooner or later turn out ships more cbenplv ea well as mo:«r quickly tbail w». coulih A pesriod of; world -d.iprcsaion in S.'Ufibuilrling wiks a. certainty. " Thero were many, emjsity beilhß i;ow. ; and-, thcio would. be o> great mapy more in a few jponths. ;