SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17128, 25 April 1921, Page 10

SHIPPING.

THE •WEATHER. CHRISTCHURCH OBSERVATORY. Meteorological observations taken at the Magnetic Observatory, Christchurch, at 9.w am. and 5 p.m. on April 23rd:— 9.80 a.m. 5 p.m.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Saturday, April 23rd. Wahine, s.s. (6.50 a.m.), 4436 tone, Cameron, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Kowhai, e.s. (11.50 am.), 793 tons, Hopkins, from Timaru. Union Steam Slip Co., agents. Cygnet, s.s. (noon), 124 tons, Murray, from Akaroa. Stevenson, Stewart and Co., agents. Orepuki, e.s. (6 p.m.). 527 tons, Pearson, from Greymouth. F. E. Sutton ajid Co., agents. Wootton, s.e. (7 p.m.), 150 tons, Larßen, from Greymouth. A. Bhiridand Co., agents. Sunday, April 24th. • Maori, s.s: (6.5i5 a.m.), 3476 tons, Irwin. from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Saturday, April 23rd.

Joan Craig, e.s. (12.6 p.m.), 4353 tons, for Greymouth. P. E. Sutton and Co.,- agents. Calm, e.s. (12.85 p.m.), 891 tons, .Braidwood, for Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. .... Otira, e.s. (2.50 p.m.). 7995 tons., Gaakell, for iP.ort Chalmers. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., agents. i' •' ' ■ Waikouaiti, s.s.' (4.10 p.m.),. 3680 tons, Fletcher, for Auckland. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Baden Powell, s.s. (7.35 p.m.),' IT4 tons, McPherson, for .Wellington. Kinsey and C 0.,; Ltd., agents. ."••.'' ' Wahine, s.s. (8.35. p.m.), 4486 tons, Cameron, fbi : Wellington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Flora, Onehunga, this'day. Piako, Wellington, this day. ' Kakapo, Greymouth, tkia day. Wahine, Wellington, April 26th. Maori. Wellington, April 27th. Wakatu, Kaikoura, April 27th. Mahana, Port Chalmers, April 27th. ; Paloona, Dunedin, April 27th. Canopus, Westport, April 27th. Katoa, Auckland, April 28th. Trevoae.Newcastle, April 28th. Storm, Wanganui, April 28th. City of Auokland, New York, April 29th. Breeze, Picton, April 29th. Calm,. Wellington, April 29th. Kaitoke, Napier, April 30th. Tasmania, Wellington, May let. White Pine, Hobart, early. Omega, Hobart, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, Wellington, this day. Wahine, Wellington, April 26th. Kowhai, Nelson, April 26th. Karu, Wellington, April 26th. Flora, 'New Plymouth, April 26th. Wootton. Wellington, April 27th. jWakatu, Kaikoura, April 27th. Opua, Wellington, April 27th. Paloona, Wellington, April 27th. Orepuki, Greymouth, April 28th. Katoa, Dunedin, April 28th; Storm, Dunedin, April 28th. Canopus, Westport, April 29th. Breeze, Dunedin, April 29th. Calm, Dunedin, April 29th. Kaitoke, Auckland, May 4th. Gladbrook, Suva, early. SHIPPING NOTES. To-day, Anzao Day, • will be observed as a close holiday on the waterfront, and the only vessel to sail will be the ferry steamer The . ferry steamer Maori mads 6ucii good time, on the run from Wellington on Saturday night that she was put under reduced steam at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, arriving at Lyttelton at 6.56 a.m. The Calnv left. heTe on Saturday for Wellington with a full cargo of produce. She will leave Wellington on Wednesday for Lyttelton, Dunedin, and" Timaru; The Koronuko is due at Wellington on Thursday with coal from Newcastle. The Wahine landed at Lyttelton on Saturday morning a number of passengers, including immigrants, ex the Remuera, which arrived at Wellington on Friday morning The Remuera experienced a fine and uneventful trip. The HuddartrParker Company's passenger steamer Ulimaroa left Sydney at 2 p.m. on Thursday with 259 passengers and 600 tois of cargo for Wellington direct. She is Aw there this afternoon. At present the Ulimaroa is timed to -sail at noon on Thursday next on the return trip to Sydney. The total tonnage of vessels entering New Zealand ports during the March quarter of this year was 531,621 tons, as again t 426,736 for the first quarter of last year. The tonnage of vessels cleared outwards during the Barae quarters was 477,658 and' 387,952 tons-, respectively. The Wootton arrived here on Saturday night with a full load of timber from Greymouth.' She is to load here for Wellington. The Joan Craig left here on Saturda. for Greymouth, where she will load for Sydney. Hacing completed her loading for Auckland by taking in 2000 tons of produce here, the Waikouaiti left Lyttelton on Saturday afternoon for Auckland direct. The Orepuki arrived hero on Saturday night with a full load of timber from Greymouth. On completion o£ discharge she will load for Greymouth. The Kittawa, having completed her overhaul at Port Chalmers, left there on Friday for Oamaru and Wellington. Captain Chadwick, who is indisposed, did not go away with the steamer, his. position being taken temporarily by Captain Paul. The Corinna 5s to load at Dunedin, Oamaru, and Timaru this week for Nelson and New Plymouth. The Waitomo was expected to leave Auckland on Saturday to load produce at Timaru and Lyttelton for Auckland. The Kanna left Dunedin early on Saturday morning for Wellington, Napier, and Auckland

The Union Company advises that the W»> ktwa, from San Francisco, has been diverted to Auckland instead of going to Wellington, as was previously intended. She is due at Auckland on May 7th. Cable advice has been received by the New Zealand Shipping Company that the Orari left London on the 15th instant for Wellington, via Newport News. The vessel is expected at Wellington about June 3rd. The C. and D. Line eteameT Port Darwin left Sydney at 3 p.m. on Wednesday for Auckland, cargo-laden from London. The vessel is due at Auckland to-day, at Napier

oil May Ist. and at 'Wellington on May sth. After discharge she will load in New Zealand for London.

The motor steamer Glenapp, which arrived in Sydney from Newcastle on Apiil 6th, will load there a full oargo of wheat for the United Kingdom. The Glenapp belong to the Glen Line. She is a fine stamp of -twinscrew steamer, of 7574 tons, classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, and was built by Barclay, Curie, and Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, in 1918. The small barque Manurewa, 327 tons, Captain Holme, is believed to be now on her way from Clarence River to Wellington with timber, for the Public Works* Department. The Waimana is due at Wellington to-day from Auckland to complete loading. She is to eail on Saturday next for London. The S.S. and A. steamer Tainui is Ho sail from Wellington oa May 6th for London, via Panama..

The Port Hacking is due at Wellington from New Plymouth on May 7th to complete Homeward loading, and she is timed to sail on May 12th for London, via Panama.The ship Pampa will commence loading wool for London at Wellington this week. It is probable that she may complete at that port and not come south as previously intended. It is understood that the four-masted barque Elginshire, 2038 tons, is loading a cargo of coal at Newcastle for a New Zealand port, probably Wellington. The fourmasted barque Alice A. Leigh and the barques Bona and Baupo are loading at Newcastle for Wellington. VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE OP NEW ZEALAND, Awanui—-Navua. Port DaTwin, Uljmaroa, Maheno, Lygern, Whangape. E. R. Sterling, Makura, Moeraki, Riverina, Atua, Canadian Exporter, Australind, Tremorvah. Auckland—Tutanekai, Mararoa. Katoa, Kurow, Waitomo. • Wellington—Karori, Ngakuta, Waimana, Raranga. . . Awarua —Morristown, LasVeffas, Kawatin. Chatham Islands—Euapehu, City of Auckland. lonib. ' CORINTHIC FOR LONDON. The Shaw, SavilL and Albion Company's liner Corinthio left Wellington on Saturday for Southampton and London, via Panama, taking the following passengers: —First saloon, Misses D. F. Abraham.. N. Baker, M. N. Barker; M. Davidson, G. Duncan, M. L. and F, M. Hogarth, B. Hyams. L. Mitche'l, A. J. Wheeler, G.. E. Young, Mesdames R. G. Barker and infant, Blackmore, E. Campbell, Chadwieki Crawford; EUrdy. Hill, I. R. Hyams, H. McDonald, Meldrum, Neagle, F. J Scantlebury, Sleeman, Stewart, Thurlow, B ' Traquair. Wheeler. Messrs J. H. Baker, CD. Barton, N. Blackmord. S. T. Ohad'ick, A D. Crawford. D. B. Hardy, W. Hill, J.. S. Hunt,' D.'Meldrum, H. J. Middleton; C. Mitchell, Ai o„'Halloran, F.'Parsons,, J., Rv Thur-, low, :'T: "Wheeler, -Sir' Thos/ Macketiiie, ML.C, Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Sleeman. Major P M. Stuart, Captain A. Neagle, Masters Hyams and WhoeleT. Second saloon : Misses Abbott, Bavin, Chatwin, Barlow,-Dexter, Edwards. Fisher, Mayo. Monro, McFarlarie, Parkes, Tibbott. Valentine. Ware, White, Williams, Mesdames Ald'erton,, Bewsey, Byrch and 2. infanta, Campbell, Curtis and'infant, Dixon, Edwards, Harris, Le Cren, Lockett. Monro, Mvhre, MoArthur, Parsons and infant, Powell, Power and 2 infants, Red and infant, Reeve, Seagar, Waahburn. Watkins, Whyte, Wright, Messrs Alderton, Baird, Boshier, Burn, Bvtc\ Day, Dixon, Edwards, Myhre, McDonald. McLeod, Neill, Nicol, Powell, Power, Red. Watkins, Whyte. Wright,' ArchdeiTcon H. Reeve, Rev. J E. Parsons; Col. J. Taylor, Captain H. Monro. Masters Power, Red (2), and Washburn (2). There are 144 in the third-class. N.Z. SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. Woodarra—From London, left Newport News 20th inst. for Port Chalmers. Piako—Duo Lyttelton this morning, Tasmania—Expected to arrive Lyttelton 30th inst. STEAMER PENANG. HOISTING OP FINNISH FLAG. ADELAIDE, April 16. A ceremony which has never before taken place in Australia was performed on the ship Penaug, at Semaphore anchorage, when the Finnish Consul-General (Mr Karlo J. Naukler) hauled down .the Dantzig flag (which was'flying on the vessel and hoisted! the colours of the Pinnish Republic to the masthead. The boat has changed hands a niimber of times during the last two years. Originally a German ehip, it was bought by Dantzig merchants, and afterwards by the Pinnish firm of J. .Nurminer, Ltd., who are th>< present owners. Unfortunately, they were unablo to register the craft irt time, and it consequently carried the registration of X>antzigThe vessel is manned almost entirely by a German crew, numbering 21, and only three are Finnish sailors. The commander, Captain F. Ween, sent an urgent telegram to the Consul in Sydney, advising. him of these facta, and that trouble was simmering among tho men. As a result of this, Mr Naukler paid a visit to Adelaide, as he was the only one who had power to authorise the hoisting of the Finnish flag. The crew assembled on the poop deck, and the Consul announced that he took possession of the ship in the name of the Finnish Republic, and officially d«olared it a Finnish vessel. He then read the captain the flag certificate, which allowed him to carry the Finnish flag, which has a blue cross on a white field. COMMONWEALTH LINER LAUNCHED. 'Received April 24th, 5.5 p.m.; LONDON, April 23. Mrs Storey, wife of the Premier of Newl South Wales, launched the Moreton Bay at Vickers's yard at Barrow in beautiful weather: The vessel took the water without a hitch. fThe Moreton Bay is the first of a series of new passenger and cargo liners of 22,500 tons gross register which are to be built in Britain for the Commonwealth State Line.] SALE OF THE MARATHON. (Received April 24th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 23. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., has purchased the Aberdeen White Star.liner Marathon and re-christened her Oniba. [The Marathon, which is well known in the Australian trade, is a twin-screw steamer of 7827 tons gross register, built at Glasgow in. 1904 for the Aberdeen White Star Line (Messrs G. Thompson and Co., Ltd.)] SHIPPING NOTES FROM HOME. SCARCITY OF OUTWARD CARGO. (from oub own correspondent.) LONDON,,, March 11. What with lack of cargo at this end, and the strikes and ca'canny methods in New Zealand, the scarcity of refrigerated space from Jie Dominion to the United Kingdom is not likely to be greatly relieved for some time. A special effort was made, however, by the New Zealand Shipping Company to turr. the Remuera, with the result that she »jot away again in what is record time in these days—but practically in ballast. Extra accommodation for third-class passengers "was erected in spite of the joiners' strike. At the present time there is a certain congestion of frozen meat accommodation, which is causing-a hold-up in the London docks, but this is likely to be only temporary. What

causes the greatest delay at this ond is doubtless the difficulty of obtaining outward cargo. Indeed, of the Shaw, Savill fleet tho Corinthic, the "Waimana, and tho Tainui, have all recently gone out in ballast owing to the urgent demand for refrigerated space Homeward. Now that the trouble with tho waterside workers seems to have been settled in New Zealand no doubt the vessels so long held up out thero will get away, but tho effects will be felt seriously at thi9 end. As tho steamers will arrive here all in a bunch, the difficulty of turning them and finding outward cargoes will bo greatly increased, and thus further delay will be the result. JOINERS' STRIKE. Tho joiners' strike, which seems to havesettled down into a permanency, has a direct effect upon the New Zealand companies' vessels, as under present circumstances it is practically impossible to arrange for the fit-ting-up of third-class accommodation for tho extra passengers, except by sending the vessels to European ports. In some cases, this has already been done, but in tho case of the Tainui, which sailed this week, only the permanent third-class accommodation is being used, and this will be the case with tho Corinthic, which sails on the 21th of March. The Kia Ora, which was badly damaged during the war, has been undergoing repairs, but some weeks ago repairs reached that stage where the services of joiners were needed.' No joiners being available the vessel remains in dock for the timo being. THE S.S. iIAMARI. An Australian cargo has been acquired for the Slmw, Savill steamer Mamari, and sho will leave for Australian ports at the end of the month, proceeding thence to New Zealand. CONTRACTS GOING TO THE CONTINENT. ' As a result of the joiners' strike the Haurotaniu, which had been waiting for several months at Southampton for repairs, has left the port for Cherbourg, whero the reconditioning of tho vessel will be carried out. A large sum in wages is thus lost to tho town. This is not tho first big contract which has gone from Southampton elsewhere in consequence of the strike. A few days ago the work of overhauling a passenger liner went to Amsterdam, and Southampton lost £60,000 in wages. It was then reported that a larger contract, for over £IOO,OOO, was also likely to go to Holland, and several smaller vessels have had to leave tho port because of the impossibility of getting the necessary renovations done. Hundreds of skilled workmen are affected, although not directly concern in the dispute. GERMAN ENTERPRISE.

Much interest now surrounds the employment of two largo ex-German steamers—the Crostafels and Goldenfela—which were among: those delivered by Germany to the Reparations Commission under the terms of the Peace Treaty. Theße steamers, of 4000 tons and 7400 tons respectively, - were originally employed in the services of the Hansa Line of Germany. It is understood that tho steamerß have now been chartered to the Bruce Line, and are in order, no to assist in the re-establishment of the services of the Hansa Line,, which, before the war, traded largely between Germany and India. The first Hansa Line vessel to reopen the German servioo was recently reported to have arrived at Calcutta, from Germany, and carried, it is understood, the Hansa Line superintendent, who was resident at Calcutta befqre the war.

NON-MAGNETIC SHIP DATA. THE CARNEGIE'S EXPERIHEWTS. (prom otjb own correspondent.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. New Zealand and Australia will bo considerably Interested in the completion by tho Carnegio Institute of Washington of what might bo termed an X-ray. of tho earth's atmosphere, forwarded from San Francisco, giving all data in regard to tho experiment, which was made through the use of tho nonmagnetic ship Carnegie, which arrived irom the South Seas-at the Golden Gate recently. Tho X-ray was in the form of observations of compass and other, magrietio variations on ail of the earth's oceans, these variations being traced in the atmosphere, by two specially designed instruments called a _ deflector and inagnometer. These frying later will be shown on a chart, which might be likened to the X-ray plate; this chart will be made available to every navy and merchant marine on tho earth as a guide to navigation, as nearly exact as it is humanly possible to make Buch a guide. So intensivelv and penetratingly did tno instruments work, aided by the.utter absence of magnetic attraction by everything'else on the vessel, that certain degrees of longitude in the Indian Ocean were found recently to be radically different from the' best charts and''projections available up to that tune. In: some instances theso. differences amounted to several' minutes. . , , , ~• ' There is a constant play of these variations over the magnetic fields, end the..cause of this play or chango, although exhaustively theorised upon, never, has been exactly explained, the Carnegie scientists say. Xheao magnetic changes make the .utilisation oj the non-magnetic ship and its instruments,, and the preparation of new charts, constantly necessary.. For instance, a mariner using a magnetio chart prepared by the institution ten yoirs ago could not steer as accurately as though he consulted.a.chart prepared but a year ago. ■■ •.. The magnetic ship made an absolute mytn out of the general belief that tho'compass always points directly north. It added convincing proof to the .scientific theory that there are only two longitudinal lines, one of them extremely irregular, where such ft thing occurs. Whenever a ship crosses one of these linss tho compass will get. tno direct polaric influence. Everywhere else it will point either east of north or west of " In the taking of theso figurative X-rays and the compilation of Wb data, .sometimes interestingly geographical as well as_ the Carnegie has travelled more than 800.000 miles since she woe-launched on June 12th,. I°o9 ' She ■is the only vessel credited wittt having circumnaviated the glob* in the nubAntarctic regions. In this voyage, entirely within ih* confines of the Great Satitheni Ocean, which has come to be tho scientific name for tho Antarctic, she stopped but once, that being at tho Island of Georgia, a whaling station in the South Pacific.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ' LONDON, April 22. Arrived Beltana and Osterley, from Australian port*. ROTTERCAM> Apra 21 . Arrived, Clan Mackellar, from Adelaide. . GOTHENBURG, April 20., Sailed, Yarra, for Australia, via Chrißtiaxiia Hamburg, Genoa, nnd Java , GENOA, April 20. Soiled Pollenzo, for Australia. TABLE BAY, April 21. Arrived, Garthpool, four-masted barque, from Bun bury. „„«_ . „ . ~„, DUK3AN, April 21. Arrived, Simla, from Melbourne, for Antwerp; Bahia Castillo, from Australia, for London. COLON, April 21. Arrived, Nishmaha, from < Australia and Noumea, for New York. NEWPORT TTEWS, April 21. Arrived, Pakeha, from Wellington, for London.

SAN FBANCISCO, April 20. Arrived, Ventura, from Sydney. Bailed, West Mahwah, for New Zealand. VANCOUVER. April 20. Sailed, Waihemo, for Auckland; NEW YORK, April 20. Sailed, City of Naples, for Australian ports. ANTOFAGASTA, April 19. Arrived, Bretagne, barque, from Newcastle 'sailed February 21st). COLOMBO, April 20» Arrived, Trebartba, from Sydney, for United Kingdom or Continent. PERIM. April 20. Passed, Clan Ranald, from Australia, for Dunkirk, London, and Antwerp. AUCKLAND, April 23. Sailed, Makura 02.50 p.m.), for Sydney; Southern Cross (2.5 p.m.). for Melanesia; Waimana ((i.40 a.m.), and Katoa (5 p.m.), for Wellington; Waitomo(s.4s p»m.), forTimaru; Kurow (5.30 p.m.), for Westport. April ,24. Arrived, Mararoa (4 p.m.), from Gisbornc. WELLINGTON, April 23. .Arrived, Otarama (5.15 a.m.), from Lytteltcn; Korori (7.13 a.m.), from Greymouth; Rosamond (10.50 a.m.), from Greymouth. Sailed, John (12.10 p.m.), and Corirmni (12.15 p.m.), for Dunedin; Alexander (1.10 pin.), for Westport; Corinthic (2 p.m.), for Southampton; Kairanga (7 p.m.), for Port Chalmers; Maori (7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton. April 24. Arrived, Wahine (7.35 a.m.), and Calm (10 cm.), from Lyttelton; Kanna (1 p.m.), from Port Chalmers. Sailed, Piako (7 a.m.), for Lyttelton; Kuraka. (8.45 a.m.), for Hobart. DUNEDIN, April 23. Arrived, Stella (10.45 pan.), from Auckland. Sailed, Las Vegas, for Melbourne. April 24. Arrived, Paloona (4.40 p.m.), from Melbourne, via Bluff.

Temp, dry bulb .. 51.8 63.6 Temp, wet bulb .. S0.2 51.2 84 Humidity per cent. .. 89 Max. temp, in sun .. 122 116 Min. therm, on grass Wind .. .. 37.1 .. E.N.E., E.N.E., v. light, v. light. Cloud (0-10) .. 7 l i at the Meteorological obeervat ions taker Magnetic Observatory, C: bristchuxci i, at 9.30 am and 5 p.m. on April 24th:— 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Temp, dry bulb .. 49.8 54.8 Temp, wet bulb . ... .. '47.8 63.7 Humidity per cent. .. 86 92 Max. temp, in sun .. 116 113 Min. "therm. . on graee .. 83.0 — Wind .. S.W., E.N.E., light. v. light. Cloud (0-10) .. ' ..■ 1 9 ,