SHIPPING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 126, 21 February 1919, Page 8

SHIPPING NEWS

•PHASES OF THE MOON. FEBItUAKY. , Day. Hr. m. Now moon 1 10 37 a.m. First quarter 8 6 22 a.m. Full moon 15 11 B p.m. Last. quarter 2! 1 18 p.m. MOON. Moon rises to-day, 8,51 p.m.; sets, 11.27 a.m. TIDE. To-day, 9.32 a.m.; 9.52 p.m. To-morrow, 10.1.3 a.m.; 10VJ2 p.m. SUN. Sun rises to-day, 5.20 a.m.; sets, 6.49 p.fn. ARRIVALS. THURSDAY, FBBIiUAHY 20. NIKAU, -s.-s. (7 a.m.), 248 tons, Hay, from Nelson. MAIiAKOA. s.s, (8.10 a.m.), 2598 lons, Irwin, from Lyttelton.' MATATUA, s.s. (9.4!) a.m.), 8010 tons, Kershaw, from London. 1 KOWHAI. s.s. 12.15 p.m.), 792 tons, Dinsmore, from Napier, KAPUNI. s.s. w.40 p.m.), 188 tons, Gibson, from Patcfl. K-UAPEIIU, s.s. (4 p.m.), 7601 tons, Clifford, from London. IIINHMOA, s.s. (5 p.m. at Worser Bay), Bullous, from Cook Strait. FRIDAY, 21. JtAPOUIt.IKA, s.s. (1.25 a.m.;, 1233 tons, Sotveli, li'um l'icton. and Nelson. . DEPARTURES. ' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20.' HINEMOA, s.s. (6.15. a.m.), 542 tons, 80llohb, lor Oooli Strait. COItINNA, s.s. (noon), 1271 tons, Elders, for New Plymouth.

IjUIHEN Oi' Tub SOUTH, s.s. (4.45 p.m.), 198 tons, Harvey, for Lyttelton. NilK'A U, 8.8, (a p.m.), Mti tons, Bay, for Nelsofl. KAKAJIU. b.s. (5.10 p.m.), 934 tons, M'Lellan, for Ureymouth. TAIN CI s.s. (5.3U p.m.). 128 tons, Williamson, for Wanganui. LSSEXj s.e. (5.35 p.mj. 7016 tons, Brown, lorJfanicr. KOJUTA s.s. (5.55 p.m.), 1994 tons, Whyborn, for Westport. STELLA, s.s. (6.5. p.m.). 259 tonß, Hamilton, for Chatham Islands. KAKAI'O s.s. (7 p iu.j, 1581 tons, Edge, for Lyttelton. JlilUltOA s.s. (7.45 .p.m.). 2598 tons, MPherson. for LytieltoiC EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Ayrshire, Auckland, via Coast, Feb. 21. uapiti, iVaiigujiui, Fcuruary 21, iwu..u, ixviu-ry Hi. Mu.i/1 i f 21, u-ulou, -Nciaui.. 21, MOlivmU, I'uDl'Uai'y 21. W?>»v i'sbfUiiij u, Alaunuet, juiii„uiie, I't-ui UtVi-Y 2i ; iiautrt#,. ttfeuMj, On ii'm," 1 ""'. i'lOiua;'./ s'l Wfcil)i»us=.ila, huu misoj, - L - c . ig. LliVuii, iitjtoili fubVutuy a 8; liaiw.ia, i'yjj±„;ij-v 28. Cafiuna, itsir f'euruai-j =3; t;i;Cc:i oi uIK toJUiii, LvileitDUi rcli: si: ifcßictj <iisbur!ie, M: Blenheim, l'icton, February 23.' Opaiva, Blenheim,- February 23, JCupunl, Patea, February 23, iUiWoriL, fatea. - February. 24, IV.itt&wa, Urojiaoutn, i'ooruary 24. ftlni, Orayjaouth,. February 24. . jvaramu, ilroymouth, February S4, Jlamarl, London, February 25, ■ Kuraw, Ban Francisco, February 25, ,' Itiverliia, .dydn'ey, February 26, - Zoalanalc, London, February 11, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Eeiruluß. Nolßon,'Wcntport, February 21, Walrau, Blenhoim, February 21, Port- Lincoln, Brisbane, February 21, iC&punt, Patea, February 21. Blenheim. Picton, February 21, Opaiva, Blenheim, Fobruary 21. ; Mapourllta,: Pictqn, Nelson, Feb. 21. Maori, Lyttelton, February-21. Kaltoa, Nelßon, February 21. Kowhai,-Auokland, February 21.. Euahine, London, February 21. Ardgay, Hull, February 21. Kapitl, Wa-ngamii, February 22.' Hnivora, Pa-tea, February 22. - Mararoa, Lyttelton, February 22. Nikau, Nelson, Fobruary 22. Ayrshire, Liverpool, February 22 • Rarawa.' Oneluinga,. Fobruary 22. Monowui, Lyttellon and Dunedin, Feb. 22 Paloona, San JFrancisco. Fobruary 22. Kahu. Napier, Fobruary 22. Alexander, Nelson. West Coast, Feb. V. Suevic, Auckland and London, Feb. 23. Oxfordshire. London. February 23. Waverley, Patea, February 24. Queen of the South, Foxton, February 24. Kaitangata, Bydncy. February 24. Wakatu, Lyttelton. Koikoura,- Feb. 24. - Itipplo,' Nnpier, February 25.

OVERSEA CARCO STEAMERS, AJANA. left London Fob. 4, for Auck. land. Wellington, Lyttelton. ATHENIC, from London; left Feb. 3; duo Wellington Mar. 18. AUSTRAMO, loadß New l'ork about Jan. 15 for Duncclin and Lyttelton. HOROKATA, from London; duo Auckland 3{ar.'l3: thenco couth. , KPROW, from 'Frisco; duo 'Wellington about Fob. 26. MAMARI. from Liverpool; due Auckland Feb. 20,' Wellington 26. MIDDLHHAM CASTLE. from Bt, John; fluo Auckland Mar. 10; thedce Wellington. MOKOIA, from Vancouver; duo Auck. land ond Feb. NAYUA, from 'Frisco; duo Wellington about -March .1 POET MKLBOURNE, from London; left Panama Feb. 12. Duo Auckland March 5. WAIHORA, from Calcutta, via Auckland; duo Wellington about Mar. 6. . . RIMTJTAKA, from London; due New Zealand Apr. 6. . . RUAPF.HU (in ballast), from Plymouth; duo Wellington Feb. 21. WAR OPAL, from New York duo Auckland March 7; thenco Wellington. : WAR PILOT, leaves New York Fob. for Auckland aud Wellington. SAILERS. # San Francisco to Wellington Vessel. ■ Left. • Due. Alert Jan. 10.. end March Edward May Jan. 7 • Mar. Fearless Jan. 10 end March Luzon ' Jan. 3 Mar, . ffc'.v York to Wellington:— •Tltanla Nov. 7 ■ I Fob. Vancouver to Wellington:— Dartford Jan. 20' Mar. St. John (Canada) to Wellington;—' ■Terpsichore . Dec. 23 ' April San Francisco to Lyttelton :- Ireuo Jan. 8 Mar. Ban Francisco to Wauganut— ■ Lucy Jan. 10 Mar, San Francisco to Auckland;— B. N. Oaatlo Jan. 1. early March ♦Via Cape of Good Hope. BY TELEGRAPH. OVERSEAS, SYDNEY. February 20, Arrived.—Waitomo, from Auckland. Sailed.—Lindstol, barQuentine, for Auokland. ■ ' COASTAL. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. AUCKLAND. Arrived.—Manuka (6.30 p.m.), from Sydney. ONEHUNGA. Sailed.—Riniu (3 p.m.), for Opononui. NEW PLYMOUTH. Arrived.—Harawa (6 a.m.), from Onehunga, Sailed.—Earawa (noon) for Wellington. •PORT AfIUHIRI. Arrived.-Ripple (6.30 a.m.), from Welling- ' ton. Sailed.—Oxfordshire (7 a.m.), for Wellineton. TOICOMARU BAY. Arrived—Koutonui (5 a.m.), from Wellington. PATEA. ' Sailed.—llav,-era (12.20 p.m.). for Wellington; Kapuni (0.15 a.m.), for Wellington. BLENHEIM. Arrived.-Opawa (11 a.m.), for Wellington, TARAKOHE. To sail—Alexander (10 p.m.), for Welling- i ton. NELSON. Arrived—Mapourika (6 a.m.), from Wol. lington. Sailed,-Magic, scow (10 a.m.), for Dunedirt; Jfaponrika (8.30 a.m.), for Pictou and Wellington. To sail,—Kaiton (7 p.m,), for Wellington; Hcgulus (11 p.m.), for Greyinouth. LY'ITEL'i'ON. J Arrived— Maori (7.10 0.111.). from Welling- i ton; Koromiko (3 p.m.), from Newcastle, j Sailed,—WooLton (6.10 p.m.), and llaori : (7.50 p.m.), for Wellington. ! PORT UIIALMIiKS: ! Sailed.—Wtinaka (10 a.m.), for Sydney. ; The latest announcement regarding tho i N.'/i. Shipping Co.'a liner Ruuhine if lo I the ell'ect that the vessel will sail at 10 ! a.m. on Sunday far London, via Bombay ! and Suez. All passengers' luggage must I be alongside tho vessel on Saturday morn- I ing, and passengers are requested to bo'i aboard the veßßel by Saturday night. Tho White Star liner Tropic, which ar- ' rived in port on Tuesday from New York, j berthed at the Queen's Wharf yesterday! The voyage out was uneventful, and after dishearging some 1632 tons of cargo here the vessel will take her departure for Brisbane and Sydney in order to complete discharge. The N.Z. and African fttcftm Ship Co. are the local agents. Captain Jeoksnn is in command of the Tropic, and has with him the following officers:—Mr. TT, S. Solomon, chief offlccr; Mr. T. Pratt, second; and Mr. Morgan, third. Mr,. 0. Edwards is chicf engineer,

and lias with him: Mr. Scubert, second; Mr. Austin, third; Mr. Bourne, fourth; Mr. 1). Edwards, fifth; Mr. Kelly, sixth; and Mr. Ijueas, seventh. Mr. Pearson is chief steward. Yesterday the Stella left, port lor Chatham ißlandß, taking in addition to her cargo /the following passengers:--Messrs. Langely-Hunt, J.. if. Jiarker, Huff (21, Pomeroy. Murphy, and Benny. From the Islands the tjtella- will proceed to Lyttelton, and late next week she will arrive hack at Wellington. Due at noon to-day from Auckland .the Mouowai is set down to sail for Lyttelton and Dnnedin at 8 p.m. to-morrow. The trans-Pacific freighter Waimarino, which has been engaged on Imperial service, has been released for a voyage to Australia, The vessel left Vancouver on February 5 with a general cargo for Australia. Mr. Lowry, who was formerly on the Eona, lias joined the barquentine Uma as chief officer. Mr. M. 'Singleton, chief officer of the Union Steam Ship Company's freighter Flora, has come ashore on leave. Tho one-tiuie Lyttelton-Wellinglon ferry steamer Kotomahana., which for some yearn has been engaged on the Australian coast, is now indefinitely laid up at Melbourne. ■The liner Ayrshire, which loaded al Auckland last week, lifted a record ship, ■ment of butter at that port, totallinc 128,550 boxes. Sho also loaded a. large quantity of cheese at Auckland. The Ayrshire is now loading at fiisborne, and is due at Wellington to-day to complete. She is fixed' to leave Wellington early next week for Liverpool The steamer Trafalgar, a new British cargo-carrier, now at Melbourne loading wheat, is one of the "special" erain licet roleased to load Australian wheat and flour to Imperial Government account. She was launched last year by J!. Duncan and Co'., Ltd.. Glasgow. When the armistice was signed the Trafalgar was in dry dock at Barry. She is on her first , visit to Australia. The voyage just completed was accomplished free of exciting l incident. The chiof officer Baw the British standard ship War Melody in course of construction. The ship, lie says, was constructed in 52 days. The Trafalgar is of 5021 tons gr<)Sß, 405 ft. long, and 53ft. in beam. According to the Dunedin "Star" the American four-masted schooner C. S. llolmcs, which was becalmed 15 miles off Otago Heads on Tuesday morning last,, has not yet been reported as having arrived at Bluff, her discharging port. The, C. S. Holmei is from San Francisco, and has 2Q.ZCO cases of benzine and 3fl.OCOft. of timber consigned to Messrs. A. S. PaterBon and Co., of Dunedin. • The Kuraw. en route to Wellington from San Franco with a full shipment of general merchandise, left Papeete on Saturday last. She is due at Wellington on Itbruary 25. The F. aud S. liner Dagheld iB at present in Australia, but is due to arrive in New Zealand shortly to load for Liverpool. For several months past telephonic communication between the mainland and East Oape lighthouse has been interrupted. Tho cable parted. And has not since hesa repaired. Although reports supplied by tlis lignthonso officials as to passing shippiug are of considerable importance, it has been dcoided to hold the of communication with the lighthouse to stand over till a wireless apparatus can | be installed. The Poßt and Telegraphic Department is at present short of the necessary 1 material to renew the cable service. Yeserday afternooa the new barquentino Hesperian berthed at the Clydo Quay Wharf from San Francisco. Her arrival here completes lier maiden voyage, for she was built during tho shipping crisis in Bmart timo at Portland. Oregon, by the firm of Kolph and Co. Sho is a very .neatly-constructed vesßel of 1215 tons, arid iB claimed to bo a smart Efliler, although the trip from tho American port 1 occunied 55 days. The somewhat lengthy trip was due to a succession of calms, and otherwise tho voyage- waß devoid of anything interesting. Captain Olsen !b in command, and liflß with him Mr. Wm. Taylor as first mate, and Mr. Dill as second. The vessel lias about 2000 tons of general merchandise for disliearge here, together wifh about half a million sup. feet of timber. , Owintr to beinfr delayed ,at Tarakohe. the Anchor Shipping Company's steamer Alexander will not sail for Kelson and W?6t Coast till noon on Saturday. According to telegraphic advices last evening tho vessel was to mil from Tarakoho for Wellington'nt'lo p.m. yesterday,.

MAIL NOTICES ' ■ ' —; r* ' Subject to necessary alteration". mailß will olobo at the Chief Post Office, as Under:— THIS DAY (FBIDAY), FEBRUARY 21. Ceylon, India, and Egypt, and Eipedi.tlonary Forces, Egypt, por Ruahiue. 10 a.m. Parcel mails closo 9 a.m. Pielon,' Haveloclt. Blenheim, French Pass, and Nolson, per Mapourika, 11 a.m. Parcel mail for Australian States and tho Eaßt, 10.20 a.m. , Australian Slates. China, Japan, Straits Sottloments, and South Africa,- por Manuka at Auckland, per Main Trunk train, 11.20 a.m. Nolson, Hoefton, and Westport, por Kaitoa, 4 p.m. Southern offices .of New Zealand, also Wostport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Reefton, per Maori, « p.m. Letter mail for Expeditionary Forces, 8 p.m. Nelson, Wostport, Greymouth,' Hokitika, and Reefton, por Alexander, 4 p.m. Blenheim, Havelock and Picton, via | Blcnh'cim, per Opawa, 7.45 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22. Cook Islands (including Rarotonea, Aitutaki. Maulto, Atiu, Manihiki. and Penrliyn, Tahiti, United States of America. Canada, Central America, Mexico, West. Indies, United States.of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela. British, Fronch, and Dutch' Guiana, South America, via San Francisco, alßo United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, per Paloona, 10 a.m. (Money-orders must be obtained by p.m. on Friday, Fobru'ary 21.) Nolßon, French Pass, Havelock, and' Blenheim, per Nikan, 1 p.m. Southern offices of New Zealand, per Mararoa, 6 p.m. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. Parcel mall for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, 1 p.m. Mails fqr United Kingdom and Continont of Europe, per Ayrshire, 1 p.m. (Correspondence must bo apeoially addressed "per Ayrshire".) ' : Pioton, fflavolock, Blenheim. French ; Pass, and Nelson, per Mapourika, 11 'a.m., also the undermentioned bays,, per: Admiral at. Picton :-Brightlands, Buiwer, Orail Bay, Elaine Bay, Hikoekoca, Homowood. Hopai, Yncyca Bay, Manaroa. Mahau, Maori Bay, Nydia Bay, Okoha, Pinohla, ■ Pohuenul, Port Ligar, St. Omor, Ta.murc. To Rawa, The Portage, Te Puru, lira Ora, Waihohonu, iVakatahurl, Whatahihi. Kalkoura, per Wakatu, 3 p.m. . Nelson, Heefton, and Westport, per Kaitoa, 4 p.m. Southern gJßccs of New Zealand, also Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Repfton, per Maori, 6 p.m. MAILS OLOSE DAILY. Wanganui, New Plymouth, also Manawatu, Rangitikoi, and Taranaki districts, midnight; mail-van, 8.20 a.m. Wanganui, also Manawatu and Itaugitikei Districts, 3 p.m.; late fee, 3.15 p.m. Wairarapa district, midnight; also at 2 p.m.; late fee, 2.15, p.m. Napier and Hawlte'B Bay district, midnight; also at-3 p.m.; late fee, 3.15 p.m. Auckland and district, also Now Plymouth, Wanganui, aud Napier, 11.20 a.m.; late fee, G.P.0., 11.35 a.m., railway Biation, 12.40 p.m. Parcel mails for Auckland and district, 8 p.m.'' A. P. DRYDEN, Chief Postmaster. Chief Post Office. Wellington, February 21, 1919,