SHIPPING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS.

phases op the moon. DECEMBER. v„„ Day.h. m. £pw moon » n ~ n m I'ulf uartcr 10 635 'aim! W , 16 10 55 P-m----ast OTWter-- -. 23 10 6 p.m. „ MOON, amTed^sdn^ I '' mi Eets ' <>' 57 HIGH WATER. 10-day, 7.15 a.m.; 7.50 p.m. . , io-morrow, 5.10 a.m.; $.40 p.m. „ . SUN. Sun rises to-day, 4.12 a.m.; sets, 7.23 p.m. ARRIVALS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 19. tans. Toinfrom^yttolton. 112 ' 45 P ' DU M 4 tons ' Tltc ' proofed third-class twin-screw, hp St ™ (4.15 p.m.), 2200 tons, £000 Vastam Blunt, from Auckland.

DEPARTURES. MONDAY,, DECEMBER 19. ford TE ffnm' tA (1 p,m> ' 1212 Crawoeugers. IlCt ° n an(i Nelson.-65 pas- ' for U Motu?ka. S ' ! ' H ' 2 ° 122 tons ; Hart. , 56 :". t0 ? 1 ' " for pS' 8-,, ' (4 - M p ' m ' ) ' 77 tons, Fislt, M'Lean fn'r 3:02 tons, ' MmS* « c r hna , ; for Patea* ( ' 55 "4. tons,, Dixon, : byJ K ftr A fe n s ii! 6 ' 20 P - mo ' 268 tODS ' Cor " i ;Jn A ™ktlt 16,25 150 l0 ».»' Jack " weU°for B W-.n' s "-. (7 - 5 ™ tons, Doltr . T? an eanui. . (7 - 15 93 "M. Shaw, (8 - I .° p.m.v. 3399 tons, Aldwcil, PFff Arrf w ? f « 260 ,P asso ngors. ' ' f,r ■pi , i (1 ° p " In ''' tons, Tate, ■ mouth Westport, and Qrey- : 110 tone ' Nict . ! on Ll fo"™^ e , i m lmidniSht) ' 120 tonS ' IV5t - TO>?.«n M ? 721 tors, Md Cn'chungaf ' 3SC "' n ' New P,ymouth- • EXPECTED , ARRIVALS. ~f. : ccmber^o! 011 ' Auckl^d.^K SS "L, 11 "! South, Fosion, Dcc. J 20: ' lutik l , Iclorus bounds, December 20 Kiripaka, latea, December 20. m™:. Lyttclton, December 20. JNikau, Nelson, Motueka, Dcccmber 20 Kennedy, West Wanffauui, December 20. DeSer ra ZO. ' Ui3torne '. Na Pi". Patoena, Nelson, Picton, December 20. Olan M'Laren, Pictou, December 20. Defender, "Dytte»ton, December 20. ilangapapa, Karamca, December 21. Himitanei, East Coaet, December 21. Aorere, Patea, December 21. Opawa, Blenheim, December 21 Jlanaroa, Motueka,' December 21. Blenheim, Blenheim, December 21. htormbird, Wanjanui, December 21. Arapawa, Wanjanui, December 21. Kapum, Patea, December 21. Mana, l'atea, December 21. llaorij Lyxelt-on, December 21. Kapiti, Lyttelton, December 2t. Araliura West Coast, Nelson. Picton, December 21. ■ ' Mosraki, Sydney direct. December 21. . . Corinna, southern,.ports, December. 21.-'-', NelKin', 1 " December 2t, ' , + -■ Wairau, Blackball,°Dqcemhcr 21 ! v°'" :t Waimca, Glsborriif, Dcccmbci' 22-'•-> i; ' Wimmera, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Dec; 22. ' WiiYcney. kelson, December 22. Ripple, .East Coast, Dcccmber 23. Monowai, Auckland,. Gisbornc, . NaDier December -23. Wiikatu, Lyttelton, ICailtoura, Dec. 23. : Takapuna, Picton, December 24. Rosamond. Onehunßa, New Plymouth. December 25. • ' , • Maori. Picton, December . 26, '. ." ■ Mokoia, Auckland,-. Gishorhe,- Napier, December 27.,;, ,

I PROJECTED DEP A RTU RESI' : V' Defender, Ilokitlka, December'2o \ Westport,-December. 20. : \ i KiHpaKa, Piuea,. Dccomber,' 20. . ra, r°a p Lyttclton,' December 20. | Nikau, Nelson, Mo'tueka, Debember;'2o." i Jarawcra, Lyttclton, Dunedin, Dec. 26.' 4 jMapourjka,, jNelson, West Coast,-Dec. 20.* Takapuna, kelson, December 20. ' v Huia, \\ anganui December 20 Queen of the South, Foxkm, December 20 Mangapapa, Karamea. December 21. •' Koromiko, Westport, -December .21. Aorere, Patoa, December', 21. Kennedy, Kelson,' West Coast, Dcc. 21 Opaua, Blenheim,"December 21. ' ' Manaroa, Havelock; December 21. )i - i: :'i JJleuiieim, Blealichm^Doccmbci*3l; Kapuni, Patea, -December .21. .• : N ,J Mana, Patea, December 21. ■ ■<■ • Maori, Lyttclton, December 21 n^rW? 1 w icto ?;. Kc!son ' December. 21. ecmbs? 21. - 1 * mouth '' Onehuqe®,. Do-. Wairaea, Nelson, West Coast. Dcc 22 ' *<*>«. *ma^° ne ' Auckland ' .Ws-Nganui. December 22. wakata, Ivaikoura, Lyttelton. Dcc i\ Kipplc, East Coast, Napier, December 23. Monowni; Lyttclton and Duncdin, Dcc. 23 \Vavcrlcy, Nelson, West Coast, Deo 24 Decernber 1 ' Nc " oa - Wcst Takapunn, Picton, December 24, Jlaori, Picton, December 26. Molcoia, Lyttelt-ou, Dunedin, Dec 21 DccS? n 2B. NCW Plym ° uth ' Oiichunga,

INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. STEAMEKs'UtW, combJ B M.°V 8 &al?' Bhff'T 8 SJ'fcgS? rti"; ,& telton, Duncdin. Bluff, Bobart and w«i" MONOIM? Mclb ? u ™' ! December &s,a 'sis'? S'SF: ■for northern ports a:;d Sydney Dus%v<l nes December 30. "juncj. uus Sydb" A «.^Hoferl C Lvttrl* ton, and Wellington. Due Wellington De" M for WelM„ S^n IC dTect Sy rlSeV"llTS^ December 28. -Jjcaws December 29 for llv£ telton. Duncdin.-Bluff. JTobart, and Met bourne. Due Melbourne January 7

OVERSEA SHIPPING, STEAMEHS TO AKEIVE. From London. on''oX T l f r/o/$ AN & Z loic |F Pi | "°-."»Vnt U s C ) llanU -' (?> " ew lOAIC (due about December 27) Failed „7 D ? A W XN " A ~ duc„ ?b <" >' January 10) -alled or. November 25, via Canr> Tm>-« \T«li nobart. ,jf sw Ze ' a!and X&V 1 Cot STAR OF INDIA (due about January 26), sailed on November 25. via \u7 sbcX) "° a " Auchland - <Tyeer Liw, MAMARI_ (due about January 27) sailprt on December , via Auckland. (Shaw bavill and Albion Co., agents.) ATHENIC (due-about January 24) =nii„,i sHr. I)oce s£; r «nS bart. (Shaw, . bavill , and Albion -Co - agents'.) . • :

From Livrrpool. - • • SUSSEX (duo about December 22Vsailed on October 15, via Sydney. (F.-H.-S Line agent!).)' -."iuc, DURHAM (due about. January 23), Failed on November 17, via Australia and Auckland. (N.Z. and A. Co.. agents) OKARI (due about January 17' tniim! on November 25, via Auckland. (NeWzea land Shipping Co., agents.) SURREY- (due about February 20) 'ailed on nwember 10. via Australian norts'anci Auckland, (F.-H.-S. Line, agents.) From Montreal. . WAIJIATE (due about December 26) • sail - ed on October -16, via. Australinn. port's and Auckland, (New. SSeatand Shipping..Co agents.) .... - ... KA.IIAMEA'Iduo about Janunry.-fe),^aiicfl 7 on NovembeV 16. Via Austl-alia'n ports and' Auckland. (New ■■ Zealand.-'. Shipping Co' 1 «eents.)

From New York. STRATHLKVEN (due about December 20), failed on September 14, via Australian ports and Aucklaud. (U.S. and A. agents.) PAJUSIANA (duo about January 23>. | nailed 011 Octobcr 29, via Australian porta Auckland. (A. and A. Line, agents.) DALJfOEE (duo about February 15), sailed on November 19, via Australian ports and Auckland. (A. and A. Line, agents.) . From San Francisco. MATTAI (due about January 5). palled on December 14, via- Papeete and Rarotonga. (U.S.S. Co., agents.) From Bunbury. i CLAN GRANtr /due about December 24), sailed on December 8. (G. H.. Scales. 1 agent.) » From Calcutta. APARIMA. (due about January 2), Failed on December 1, via Singapore, Samarang, and Auckland. (U.S.S. Co., agents.)' o SAILEK TO ARRIVE. ARIEL,' barque, sailed from' Liverpool November 18. B? TELEGRAPH. COASTAL. MONDAY; DECEMBER 19. . AUCKLAND. Arrived.—Monowai. from Dunedin. bailed.—Maheno, tor Sydney. . NEW PLYMOUTH, lum"^ Ca 1 '' a from OnehungaG^~^ :lra^':L from Onc- ;; Napier.; . (4 -' !G for Wellingll* 7 Finger*: Saloon-Mrs. M'Mullan and Lv Lozar: **'* PATEA. lin^to i n? d '~ KidPaka (? ' 45 a ' m '>' from Wel " FOXTON. forVSoT" ° f tkC SOUUI (1 ° "• nU PICTON. H^« cd,r ? alce ? a 7, 4 , 65 - P-m.), from Weicpßtie k onia t:L (5-30 p.m.), from NevrM Laren (fi a -nU,.for TO-, j

nelson. Sailed.—Nikau (5.15 p.m.), for Wellington. FAREWELL SPIT. Kennedy, s.s., passed cast for Wcllinston at o.tu p.m. WESTFORT. (5.50 p.m.), for WclLYTTICLTON. • s^ VO f d '- N ?,? toro ' . from GreymoiU-h; htorm, from Wan B anui; Eliza Firth, sehnr from Kamara. , t^ al n c! ' _Bct ,» n^ e] ' (1;3I) - r w Welling. 4 ' (7-30 p.m:);. for.--Wellington; Pctone:(7.4s.,p.ra.), for IWellir.gtoii; Napier and Ginb.ornc-.-.3Jararoa-(B.2o!;p.m,)v;for:.,Welling-fpn,,.;vvitli..2oo;!pas6enser2; ,-Snowdonia, for -Dunedin. . .. » BLUFF/ Arrived.-- Warrirooo M.45 p.m.). from Ho-' hnrt. English mail. Pnssengers: SaloonMisses Bt»fh.. Tnpo, Margott«s. Spencer, Aiesnames Kvery, Nurse Saunders, and 67 of J. O. Williamron's Opera Comnanv, Messrs. Beah, Marion, Soares, and Major Saunters; 15 steerage. . . Arrival.—Koonya. from Greymouth; Uliimroa. fron Dunedin.

To sail.—TJlimaroa (midnight) for Hobart.

MARLBOEOUGH SOUNDS EXCURSION. It lia-v now been definitely dccidrti by the Union Oompar.y: to dispatch the Itokoia on an excursion to "the JTa-rlborough. Sounds next week. The vessel" is to 'leave Welling i? 3 n Saturday, December ;3V at noon, for Picton, cruising -thence .through Queen Charlotte and Pctorus Sounds, and arriving pack" at Wellington,oil, January. 3. The fare for the round trip will ijq. £3.,"' { ; s ALTEBKD .■ - :°n.- Thursday; DecemW.'t ,'it' ;: i?as announced that the' Turl(cafah; : under chartor; to f the -Shav/,. Savill and Albion Com* pany,. would make Wellington her final port- in the: Dominion. Since then,, how-' ever,, her loading ports have been .changed. prcceodß to Oaraaru: from, the" Bluff, and thence to Wellington'and Auckland; From the latter port the Turk, cstan leaves the Dominion for- -Home <at the end, of the'first week in ; Jah.uary,; , Pr N.z.s; CoT'S : .MpVESiENTS/ , .- , On or about December 25 the OpaWa. calls at Picton for the purpose of-Jfladiyg.frozen, meat. Subsequently slie xomes on ■to Wellington to take in bunker coal. She.waits, here .until January 10, when eho sails finally for London. i Leaving • Nelson on Saturday last the proceeded to Tokomaru' to load. From the latter port the vessel makes calls at Gisborne, Napier,' and Pictony. At Picton 6he loads genoral cargo,-and then comes on to Wellington .for ."bunkcra.W She leaves finally for London on January 29.

COMBINATION .ENGINES. ADOPTED BY WHITE ( STAR. LIKE. ' From an engineering'point* of view one of t5?. most inte of the new .-white Star liner Olympicla tlTe fact that lier engines .are. r ji cgmtjjnation., of. highpressure rcciprocato'r* exhausting''into a low-pressure turbine.--The final decision on this point wars not made by the White Star Company until 2 they were in possession of the rosults.obtained with their two liners Mcgantie and Laurentie, the former having, modern reciprocating engines and the latter combination engines; otherwise the ships are sister boat?. It. is stated that the combination system is the more economical, of the two to the extent of 14 per cent. Somewhat nimilar results have besn obtained bv other lines, and the rtronjr % confirmation given by the White •Star Line in building the Olympic and her sister Titanic, and also two other smaller shifts, will r.o • doubt strongly. • influence shipbuilders and owners. Turbine builders are showing a tendency to kick against .the combination system, and argup that a combination lacks unity and is cumbersome. Doubt as to the superior economy •of the system is also sometimes expressed, and efforts are being-made bv tho adoption of hiphrspeed geared turbines to im-pro.va-on-the;.moderate efficiency of normal Tnarine- steam ,-tufbines, 1 . E\;eq. v apart? from ,tho. competition "of the oil engine -ar.d tho gas, engine we are .evidently in for'an interesting struggle among niarine propulsion methods. The N.Z.S. Co.'s latest addition to th«ir fleet has the combination type t also. The Otaki,. of the same company's fleet, is the nioneer ship in the fleet to be installed with this type of engine.

Prior to sailing for Wc3tport and Greymouth last night the Pukaki shifted from the Queen's Wharf to the Railway Wharf for the purpose of taking aboard two heavy lifts of 7 tons each. These consisted of a boiler and bed-plate, for a locomotive, which is being shipped to Westport by tho Government. ' Mr. Scale's chartered steamer Clan M'Laren in expected to leave Picton at daybreak for Wellington to-day. A notice to consignees of cargo by the s.B. Strathleven from New York appears in this issue. Captain E. H. Todd will not be responsible for any debts which his crew may contract without his . written authority. . The g.s. Petone will leave for Napier and Gisborno to-day at 3 p.m. Messrs. Bannatyne and Co., Ltd., advise that the Defender leaves Wellington for Hokitika this afternoon. It ia not cxpected that the llimitangi will reach Wellington from-the Hast Coast with her load of wool before to-morrow night or Thursday morning. The coastal steamer' Gertie is due at Wellington about the end of this week for overhaul. ' Captain F. Dewhurst, late of the Putiki has gone as chief officer of the Wairau' vico Mr. J. Ileileson, who has come ashore | at Wellington. i Captain Goudie, sailing manter, left the Nora Niven at Wellington yesterday, and Captain Eastgate, who has been in charge of the vessel on tho coast-, resumed command during fishing operations on the coast. These are expected to last a month, and, when completed, the trawler leaves again for the Chatham Islands. It was originally intended to dispatch the llipple for East Coast and Napier, but i owing to the fact that she was unable j to pick up sale wool on the coast last! trip it was decidcd to dispatch her on a special wool trip yetierdnv evening. She is due back in port again 'or. Friday next. ' The. Government steamer Hinemoa was at Cape Brett and Russell. yesterday. To-day, at noon, the Wnioori leaves Westport for Lyttelton. The Kotuku was to have left Greymouth for Westport Wellington, and Lyttelfon. and, to-dav," i-e Kaitanpta leaves Greymouth for Melbourne.- Yesterday, at 6.30 p.m.. the Komata- arrived at Picton from Newcastle The Kurow is expected to dear Wellington for Westport to-morrow, nr.d comes back with another load of. coal.. To-morrow the turret steamer Knromiko leaves Wellington for WcstDort. returning at the end of tho week with coai also. At 4.15 p.m. yesterday the H.MiS. Pioneer drill-«hip on the New Zealand station, arrived from Auckland, and berthed at' the wool wharf. The vessel remains at Wellington until January 19. when she proceeds to Sydney for overhaul. , On Christmas Eve' the Takaputia- willmake two special trips across tho Strait One will bo to Picton (leaving at noon on that day) and back. The other is to Neloo2L tho steamer leaving at 11 rum.

Manppapa, s.s., will sail for Westport and Ivaramea to-morrow at 5, p.m. Arriving at Greymouth from Wellington, via way ports, at 8 • a.m.; yesterday, tie Arahura, was scheduled to leave oa tue return trip at 10 p.m. Thiol: weather and f OB 3 delayed the Breeze at the Chatham Islands this trip, the vessel brought up 3CO cheep, and SCO bales of wool. Captain W. 'J. T&te, who has been on holiday leave, /oined the -Pukaki at Dunedin this trip. Captain ' . Beighton ..went ashore for -orders. Mt.'B. fteoves has joined the Kittawa. as wi i®' c^ officer, in place •of Jlr.; it.. whybor.n, who; joinsjthe Takapnna, leaving' 1 for officer. -.V.. 'j The Olan- whichmis to load! wool on behalf of tho Scales Line, is expected to arrive at . Port Chalmers from Newcastle just before or during the holidays. * She commenccs loading at Port, and after filling up at northern ports sails for Home early in January.