SHIPPING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 252, 12 July 1918, Page 8

SHIPPING NEWS

PHASES OF THE IIOOX. JUIiV. Last ijii.'irler 1 8 13 p.m. New liioidi U 7 & P.m. First nuarler 16 (• 55 p.m. Full moon M 8 5 a.m. Last quarter 31 " W a.m. MOON. Moon rises to-day, 9.9 a.m.: sets, 8.52 p.m. TIDE. To-day, 7.29 a.m.; 8 p.m. To-morrow, 8.21 a.in.; 6.48 p.m. SUN. Sun rises to-day, 7.14 a.m.; sets, 7.38 p.m. arrivals. THURSDAY", JULY 11. KAIAI'OI, s.s. (4.55 a.m.), 2003 tons, Hobilliard, from Dunedin. KENNEDY, h.b. (6.55 a.m.), 226 tons, Henry, from Nelson. , Nfk'AU, s.s. (7.30 n.oi.), 2-18 tons, Hay, from Nelson MARAROA, s.s. (8.20 a.m.), 2598 tons, Serine-Brown, from Lyttelton. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, s.s. (8.25 a:m.), 198 tons, Harvey, from Foxton. INVERCAIIGILL, s.s. (9.10 a.m.), 224 tons, Wahlstrom, from Wanttanui. TAINUT, s.s. (1.10 p.m.), 128 tons, Bonner, from Lyttelton. ROSAMOND, s.s. (2.25 p.m.), 721 tons, Edce. from Napier. KOMATA. s.s. '4.25 p.m.), 1994 tons, Sowell. from Westport. BADEN POWELL, s.s. (2.40 p.m), 174 tons, Johnston, from New Plymouth. WAKATU, s.s. (6.35 p.m.), 157 tons, Wills, from Knikonra, .... „ , PUTIKJ, s.s. (7.15 p.m.) 409 tons, Bob ertson. from Oamaru. POHEIUJA. s.s. (7.45 p.m.), 1170 tone, Chadwic.k, from Westport, I'ATEENA. s.s. (10.20 p.m.). 1212 tons, Irwin, from Nelson and Ticton. FRIDAY, JULY 12. OPAWA. 5.5.(1.30 a.m.), 110 tone, Nicholas, from Blenheim. DEPARTURES. THURSDAY, JULY Jl., INVEROARGILL, b.s. (3 p.m.), 224 tonß, Wahletrom, for Tarakohc and New PIy"nIKAXT, s.s. (5 p.m.). 248 tons, Hay, for Nelson , „„ , . MARAROA. f.s. (7.50 p.m.). 2598 tons, Cameron. for Lyttelton. KfNI, s.s. (5.15 p.m.), 1122 tons, l'latts, for New Plymouth. KENNEDY, s.s. (6.10 p.m.), 226 t-ons, Henry, for Nelson. WAIPOPJ, S.S. (6.30 p.m.), 1919 tons, Page, for Lvttelton and Dunedin. ROSAMOND. S.S. (8 p.m.), 721 tons, Edge, for Lyttelton. TAINUI, s.s. (8.5 p.m.), .128 tons, Bonner, for Wanftanui. RIVERINA, s.s. (10.25 p.m.), 4758 tons. Entwistle, for Sydney and Hobart. (Pas-senger-list published below.) FRIDAY, JULY 12. WAIRATJ. s.s. (1 a.m.), 143 tons, Deiles, for Blenheim. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Gisborne, Invercargill, July 12. Kapiti, Wanganui, July 12. Blenheim, Havelock. Sounds, July 12. Maori, Lyttelton, July 12. Kaitoa, Nelson, July 12. Opawa, Blenheim. July 12. Hawera, Patea, July 12. Mapourika, Auckland, July 12. Magic, Sandy Bay, July 12. Breeze, Lyttelton, July 1J Kttiamir, Napier, July 13. Wavorley, Patea, July 13. Wairau, Blenheim, July 13. Mararoa, Lyttelton, July 13. Nik an. Nelson, July 13. I'ateena, Nelson, Plcton. July 11. Karu, Lyttelton, July 14. Mana. Tiraaru, July 14. Wootton, Lyttelton, July 14. Ngakuta. Oamaru. July J4 Koutnmii, East Coast. July 14. Queen of the South, Foxton, July J4. May Howard. Invcrcareill, July 14. Ripple, Otishorne, July 15. Himit.angi, Chatham Islands. Lyttelton. July 16. Defender, Weßt Coast. July 16. Wnkatu, Kaikoura, July 16. Waimea, . July 16. j Jnvercargill. Wansanui, July 17. Monowai, .Dunedin, Lyttelton. July 17. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kokiri, Westport, July 12. Houto, Dunedin, July i 2. Queon of the South. Foxton, July 12. Ba<len Powell, New Plymouth, July 12. Kaiapoi, Lyttelton, July 12. Glaucus. Helhourne. July 12. Moana, San Francisco, via ports, July 12. Maori, Lvttelton. July 12. Kaitoa-, Nelson. July 12. Patoena, Picton, Nelson, July 12. S. G. Wilder. San Francisco. July 12. Opawa, Blenheim, July 12. Wa.kotu, Kaikoura., Lyttelton, Juiy 12. Kapiti. Wanganui, July 13. Waverley, Patca, July 13. Blenheim, Wanganui, July IJ. Hawera, Patea, July 13. Mararoa. Lyttelton, July 13. Nikau, Nelson, July 13. Wairau, Blenheim, July 13. Putiki, southern ports, Julv 13. Breeze, Wangnnui, July 13. Komata, Westport, July 13. Huanui. Melbourne, July 15. lCarii, Nydia. Bay, July 15. Mana, Wanganui, July 15. Wootton. Lyttelton, July 15. Koutunui, Gisborne, July 15. Neakuta. Grey mouth, July 15. Jfapourika. Auckland, July 15. Bipnlc, N.mier. Gisborne. July 16. Waimea. Nel3on, Coast, July 16. Monowai. Auskland. via ports. July 11. BY TELEGRAPH. ' COASTAL. THURSDAY. JULY 11. .. AUCKLAND. Arrived.-Flora, from the Eastern Pacific. WANGANUI. The Hawera, hound from Wellington to l'atea, put in for shelter at .1.55 p.m. HAVELOCK. Sailed.—Blenheim (9 a.m.), for Wellington. ' NELSON. Sailed.—Kaitoa >7 p.m.), for Wellington. BLENHEIM. Sailed.-Opawa (6.15 p'.m.), for Wellington. NAPIEH. Arrived.—Ripple '2.30 a.m.), from Wellington. LYTTELTON. Sailed—Maori 17.50 p.m.). for Wellington. TO-DAY'S BERTHAGE LIST. Maori-Ferry Wharf. I'ateena—No. 12 Queen's Wharf. Komata— Railway Wharf. Poherua— Railway Wharf. • Kuitoa—No. 10 Queen's Wharf. Putiki—No. 14 Queen's Wliarf. Opawa—No. 11 Queen's Wharl. Wakatu—No. 7 Queen's Wharf. Kapiti—King's Wharf. Ilawora-Ulasgow Wharf. Gisborne-No. 13 Queen's Wharf. Blenheim—No. 2 Queen's Wharf. Magic—Ferry Wharf. FOR SAN FRANCISCO. Eight o'clock to-nixht is the time fixed for the departure of Ihe Uuiou Company's Royal Mail stcmier Moana for liarotouga, Papeete, and San Francisco. Her passen-ger-list shows the following names:— Messrs. A. B. Donald. R. S. Black, .Tcrakururangi, It. B. Beales. E. Boldger, A. C. Cliayet, J. K. Jensen, G. C. Stone. J. N. Hall. A. LoverMue, J. U. Donald, H. W. Kendall, (I. 'P. Sharlaod. LI. N. 11. Homer, Misses V. Farrar, E. llou'itford, North, Mesdames Btrridge and F. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Christie, Jlr. and .Mrs. ,1. B. North. RIVERIN'A FOR SYDNEY. Last night the Huddart-I'a.rker Company's Itiverina sailed for Sydney and ilob'art. with the following passengers in the Hitloons: —Misses ATioru, Williamson, Duncan, Browning, Whittf. Power, Geddis, Edwards, 51 'Carth.v, A. Dun-, Weldey, Cuniiin(,'hame, D. M. Calgan, Bumphries, Devereaux, Croniii, I'earce. Croft (2), Bussell, J.. Jackson, M. Kossiter, I. Bissett. Trenibath, Mesdames Lord, Reid, Hatrick, Browning, Sliarkie, Edwards, Malasky, Nicolson and infant, Peck, Blanks, Steele, Tavlor and infant, Weldev, W. H. Hewitt and 2 children, E. Dillon, Wissomhe, Knight ■and infant, and child, Clinquart, Georne, Anuison, Compton, infant, and child, M'Glynn and 2 children, Keesimr, Kenna, Morrison and child, Burt, Croft, and 4 children, Bonner, Eastman and child, Messrs. Gandy, Wright. L. U. Chafley, Ciisely, S. F. Allen, P. Myers, M. A. Carr, •T Meek, H. Were. Lord. Reid, Hatrick, F. lfowarth, Gran.'c, Blanks, J. Coulter.' S. Mott, Stevens, Hairs, I'errer, Itolton, Tehe, Lucas. CliiKiuart.. It. Collins. Wiscombe, Sparkcs, Pinckney, ,T. E. Salisbury, .T. Sampson, C. Bojtshall. Kvans, Bates, ,T. W. Marshall, H. Y. Day. J. Bell, B. Koive, H. .lameß, Graystone, F. Zimmerman, G. Desmond, Northcote, Bonner, Winton, D. Gardiner, Thompson, Pic. A. Hudson, Dr. Grace Murray, Capt. Spring-Brown, Lieut. Pierrot, Rev. Eastman; (4 steerage. WHITE STAR LINE. During the last year the ileet of the Oceanic. Steam Navigation Company has been increased by the builders' delivery of two new vessels for the New Zealand service-the Jtahnna and the Mahia. The directors' report mentions that the year's accounts show a. prolil of .E1,534,261, alter providing for excess profits duty and addill" interest and dividends on investments anil transfer fees. To this must be addnd the balance of £300,636 brought forward from 1916, making the total credit In nrolii and account £1.854,897. After deducting debenture interest, directors' fees income tax, and depreciation, and making a transfer of .£200,000 to general purposes fund, and a donation of £10,000 to the, staff superannuation fund, there remains a, balance to tho credit of proSt and loss account of £904,255. Interim dividends amounting to £750,000, equivalent to

20 nor rent, on the capital of the comPfiny, have been paid, leaving a balance to Ik 1 carried forward of £154255 12a. Bd. In accordance with the provisions of the trust deed tliens liave be.en redeemed by purchases and drawinns during the year debentures to tlm value of £133,900 making tlit- total amount redeemed to December 31, 1917, £040,300. MESS-TABLE GOSSTP. Captain W. J). Cameron, who has been in temporary command of the I'ateena, rejoined the Mararoa .vestcnlav, relieving Cnlit;iiu Spring-Brown, who left for Sydney by the Kiveri.ia. last liiglit for instructions. , Mr. C. M'Vieiir. fourtli engineer on the Mararoa, rejoined Hie i-btp yesterday after having been on pick leave. 51 r. H. I. Aitcheson, who relieved him, came ashore.

The Northern Steamship Company advised Messrs. Levin and Co. that the Rarawa was unable to leave Onehnnga yesterday on account of a severe gale. It was expected, however, that she would leave at 9.30 a.m. to-day. Her departure from New Plymouth lias been lixed for to-morrow night. i The Blackball steamer Ngakuta is duo here on Monday morning from Oamaru, bringing coal and general cargo. . It is expcctod that ilio Koutunui will arrive here rturine: tlie week-end from Nnpier. and after discharge will load eoko for Gisborne. Overhaul to the East Coast service Ft earner .M onowai will be finished at 1 ort Chalmers to-day, and she will on Honday sail for Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Olisbonie, and_ Auckland. Arrival will be made here on Wednssday morning. Due here to-day, the Jfapourika, from Auckland, will discharge and load for that port, sailing on Monday. For tlie convenience of intending passengers Ihe Anchor Company s Nikau wilt sail for Nelson at 7 p.m. to-morrow, instead of at 2 n-m. , White pine will comprise the cargo ot tho scow '/.ingara when she sails for bydnev at the end of next week. The Collector of Custoins at Auckland has been advised fnat a b'aree capsized in the Tiri Passage, 'WhaiiEaparoa side, and is a dancer to navigation. A vessel was sent out to locate the sunken vessel. The arrival of the TTimitangi at. Wellington from Chatham Islands and Lyttelton is expectjd to be made 011 A trip or two will lie mnnc on the coast before she returns to the Islands The Kamo was bar-bound outside Grey mouth yesterday afternoon, hhe left n etlinetton on Tuesday afternoon. The bnrouontine Wancamjl, which was anchored oil tho Wanganui bar last week, had to 6t«nd out. to sea. owing to rough weather, leaving hoc anchor buoyed. Apparently the anchor buoy had bioken adrift, for when Uiey went out to pick it up it wns nowhere to be seen, llij anchor, which had about 4d fathoms of chain attached, was valued approximately at. about J5150 (o £200. The is at present loading nemp and kauri gum for San Francisco. The auxiliary ketch Water Lily arrived at Dunedin on Tuesday afternoon from the lower harbour with a cargo of timber from Stewart T sland. She will make a trip from Dunedin to AVellington, and will take down o- set of Diesel engines for the ex-dredge Progrer6. The ketch was nurchased a short time ago by Messrs. Miller Bros., of Port Chalmers, for usn in connection with the salving of the Wailiare. She was formerly a unit of the Bluff oyster fleet, and is under the command oT Captain Cross. She is of 42 tons gross register, and was built at Auckland in 1865. Her motive is supplied h.v a, 20 horse-power oil engine, and her princinal dimensions are; Length 66ft. 2in., breadth 16ft.. and depth 6ft. 2ill. Details have readied 'Melbourne concerning an eventful vovage by the small threemasted schooner Waimana, 117 tons. She left Fremantle for Port Adelaido on May 16. and alter roumlimr Cape Leeuwln a still blow was met with, and the Tcssel s progress waß retarded. On May 26, when tho Waimana was close to Albany, a heavy sea crashed over Kor stern, and carried away the rudder. For the next three days the gale continued to Mow strongly from the cast, and portion of the .jib stay carried away, Injt wafi repaired with great difficulty. The Waimaim. arrived at Port, Adelaide on June 11. after a voyage of 26 days, the last 1000 miles of the-journey fvini' rnv«red witlrut a "udder, the steering having been done by means of the sails. The sale of 19 vessels of the Moor Line (Walter Runcimon and Co.. Newcastle) to Arthur Capel and Co., London and Paris, has been prohibited by the British Shipping Controller Joseph Maclay). Tho first clectrically-propclled merchant ship ever built in Enzland and the largest eleotrical vessel in the world is now undergoing its finishing touches nt a British shipyard, anif will soon stifrt on its lirst, voyage. Ti'he vessel is designed on a system in which a combination of steam and electricitv is employed. The importance of this type of vessel under present conditions Is its decreased coal consumption arid larger cargo space. The total amount received in subscriptions by the Wimmera Belief Fund Committee. Auckland, is £1134 15s. 6d. This sum ineludos the donation of £1000 by the Huddnrt-Pnilvor Company, owners of the wrecked vessel. The Deputy-Mayor, Mr. A. ,T. Tintrioan, said he was disappointed at the poor response made to the appeal. The amount contributed had not been sufficient to relieve the actual distress. The committee had had the right to expect that the public would make a more generous response. A resolution in terms of Mr. Entrican's remarks was passed. In order to prevent overlapping, it was resolved to inform the Shipwreck Relief Society in New South Wales of what had been done by the Auckland committee and the society in New Zealand to assist the survivors.

Sir Albert, Stanley announced in tho House of Commons that there hail not come to his attention one Bingle instance where either officers or men of tho mercantile marine had failed to take their ship out when it was ready to sail. The record had heen one of unexampled heroism and devotion to duty. Tho deaths in the niercantilg. marine from enemy action numbered over 12,500, and in February dependants were being paid pensions at the ratCjflf about £170,000 a year. The matter of recognising the gallantry of- officers and men who continued to go to sea after heingr torpedoed had been laid before the King, and lie had approved of badges being awarded through the Board of Trade to any who had been oil the articles of any British merchant or fishing: vessel sunk or damaged during the war by torpedo or mine, and who had afterwards completed a further voyage on tile articles of a British vessel. Tlio badge will bo in the form of a torpedo worn on tho en ft of the left sleeve, and a bar will bs awarded for every additional torpedo. The scheme will, of course, be retrospective, anil will apply to all employees, including stewards.

The American barquentinc S. G. Wilder, which is taking a load of general cargo to San Francisco, will probably move to the stream to-day to await the first favourable chance to start on her voyage.

The schooner Gisborne, laden with tinned meats, is now due at Wellington from lnvercargill. The schooner May Howard is to load at lnvercargill this week for Wellington. She and the Gisborne will subsequently load general cargo at Wellington for Dunediii an« lnvercargill. The Badeu Powell will sail this evening for New Plymouth.

A start was made yesterday with the annual overhaul of the Ifuia, and it is expected to have her in commission again in. about teu days.

Carpenters and boiler-makers have just about finished their task of renovating the Aorere, and it is expected thai before the end of next week she win be ready to take up her running in the Eastbourne cargo service. Her boiler and a new funnel will be fitted into position in a day or two, and then all that remains to be done iB to have her free-board and deck fittings painted. A new engine-house has heen built, and some of tho woodwork has been renewed.