SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14931, 18 July 1912, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER TO-MORROW. Taiaroa Head: 6.50 a.m., 7.18 p.m. Port Chalmers : 7.30 a.m., 7.58 p.m. Dunedin : 8 a.m., 8.28 p.m. THE SON. Sets to-day, 4.40 p.m.; rises to-morrow, 7.47 a-m. THE MOON. Sets to-dav, 9.15 p.m. ; rises to-morrow, 10.17 a.m. —Phases During July.— July 20 First quarter 4.27 a.m. July 28 Full moon 7.29 a.m. WEATHER REPORTS. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following •weather reports at 9 a.m. to-day : Bar. Ther. VVeath. Westport-5.E.,1 ... 29.59 49 C Grevmouth—S.E.,f b - 29.70 47 C 1 ... 29.86 35 OF Christchurch—S.W., br 29.97 42 OR Timaru—S.W., 1 ... 30.02 39 O Oamaru—S.W.,l ... 29.90 38 C Dunedin—N.E.,l ... -29.C0 40 BC Queenstown— Calm ... 29.84 33 BC Nugeets—N.E.,l ... 29.76 57 P Bluff—N.E.,l 29.91 39 B Pembroke—Calm ... 28.70 32 Frost Boxburgh— Calm ... 29.60 41 B Naeebv—Calm 27.80 31 F Port Chalmers—S.W.,l 29.94 46 D PuysegurPt,—S.E.,fb 29.77 38 B JnvercarsrM—Calm ... 29.82 35 BC Clvde—N.E..l ... Balclutha—Calm ... Wind.—L., light; br, breeze; f b, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale ; w, gale of exceptional severity. Weather. —B, blue eky, be the atmosphere clear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; Gi gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning ; M, misty; 0, overcast, the whols iky covered with thick" clouds; P, passing showers; Q. squally; R, rain, continued j rain; S. snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance : Z, hazy. FOBECAST. The Government Meteorologist (Rev. D. C. Bates) supplied the following at noon to-day : —Variable winds ; indications for easterly damp and cold weather; very cold night; glass unsteady, tendency to rise slowly; tides high, sea rough. ARRIVED.-July 18. Monowai, e.s., 3,433 tons, Edwin, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses Mountney. M'Mulabi, Mes dames Reid and two children, M'Mullan, Anderson, Johnston, Messrs Hardy, Bartlett. Howard, Professor Park; 15 steerage. Mamari, s.s., 6,689 tons, Morton, from Lyttelton. Kotare, s.s., 141 tons, Treurn, from Waikawa. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Tarawera, from Auckland, July 21. Mokoia, from Auckland, July 25. —lntercolonial. Warrimoo, from Sydney via Cook Strait, July 20. Maunganui, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, July 23. Moeraki, from Sydney via Cook Strait, July 27. Wimmera, from Sydney via Auckland, July 28. Maitai, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, July 30. Ulimaroa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, August 3. —Oversea, Steam.— Anglo-Saxon, from New York via Northern ports; due Dunedin about July 25. MoTayshire, left Liverpool May 11; due Dunedin July 25. Neidenfels, left New York May 2; due Dunedin July 30. Tokomaru, left St. John April 20; due Dunedin about end of July. Courtfield, left New YoTk via Australia and Northern ports April 6; due Dunedin aboat August" 1. Tyrone, left Liverpool May 25; due Dunedin August 7. Opawa, to leave London July 15; due Dunedin about end of August. Whakatane, left Montreal May 25; due Dunedin about August 20. Essex, left Liverpool June 22; due Dunedin about August 25. Star of Australia, left New York May 20; due Dunedin end of August. Strathroy, left New York May H; due Dunedin about August 30. Waltraute, left New York June 5; due Dunedin about middle of September. Anglo-Californian, left New York July 11; due Dunedin early in October. —Oversea, Sail. — Titania, barque, from Surprise Island. Fram, barque, from Surprise Island. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Monowai, for Auckland, July 19. Warrimoo, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, July 21. Tarawera, for Auckland, July 23. Maunganui, for Svdney via Cook Strait, July 24. Moeraki, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, July 28. Wimmera, for Svdney via Auckland, July 30. Maitai, for Sydney via Cook Strait, July 31. Ulimaroa, for Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart, August 4. In port at noon to-day:—At Dunedin : Monowai, Kotare (steam), Houto, Ariel, W. H. Talbot (sail). At Port Chalmers : Mamari, Moana, Moura, Petone, Wairoa (steam). Kotare, s.s., arrived this morning with a full cargo of timber from Waikawa. She sails to-morrow for Invercargill and Rivertoa. Monowai, s.s., arrived this morningfrom Auckland. She made the passage from Lyttelton in 16 hours, meeting with moderately heavy seas. She proceeds to Port in the morning, and in the afternoon sails for Auckland via ports. Te Anau, s.s., from the West Coast via the Bluff, is due at Port Chalmers on Saturday morning, and will discharge coal before coming up to Dunedin. Petone, s.s., will not have her overhaul completed until to-morrow, when she will quit the dock and resume commission. Mamari, s.s., reached Port Chalmers this morning from Lyttelton, and proceeded to the lay-up berth at the export ■wharf. Kaitangata, s.s., leaves Westport tonight for Dunedin direct, being due on Sunday. She returns to the West Coast. Flora, s.s., is expected to leave the West Coast about the end of this week for Dunedin direct. Waihora, s.s., arrived at Sydney yesterday from Oamaru and the Bluff. She loads back from Newcastle to New Zealand. River Clyde, s.s., which left Port Chalmers on June 27, arrived at Brisbane yesterday after a protracted voyage of 20 <Jays. News has been received that the French aieamer Breiz Huel, 4,845 tons, well known in New Zealand waters, has been chartered to load case oil at New York for Australian or New Zealand ports. A Wellington telegram advises receipt of wireless Information from the Warrimoo, which left Sydney on Saturday for Wellington, reporting that she encountered very heavy south-easterly winds during the last two days. She expected to arrive at Wellington late on Friday afternoon. It is understood that the Interisland Company, of San Francisco, have announced their intention of purchasing a 10,000-ton collier to carry coal from Newcastle to Honolulu in order to keep up the stock of the company, which anticipates a big bunkering business upon the opening of the Panama Canal. The vessel is to be British-built and register. In connection with the plant at Honolulu, an automatic tipper will be installed ■with which to bunker the largest of vessels.

During the coastal steamer Gertie's last voyage from Greymouth to Wanganui one of her steam pipe* burst when she was off Farewell Spit. The vessel signalled for the Kennedy to stand by while temporary repairs were made, _ after which she proceeded to Wanganui, where the slight damage was remedied. Stock was loaded at that port for Greymouth, where, according to telegraphic advice received by the local agents, the Gertie arrived yesterday with the stock in good- condition. MOERAKI ROUGHLY HANDLED. A Sydney message states that the Moeraki had a rough passage from Wellington. Her wireless apparatus was carried away. Her carpenter had a narrow escape. A huge sea washed him off the deck, But he clung to the rails. He was injured, and had to be taken to the hospital on arrival. According to the passengers, the Moeraki had a very rough time. A mountainous sea broke on board, damaging some of the' fittings and smashing crockery. Mr Studhclme, of Canterbury, fell, dislocating his elbow, and a number of other passengers sustained minor injuries. PERSONAL PARS. Captain R. G. Bell, who has been in the service of the Auckland Harbor Board for some years, has been appointed to a Te-cently-created office relating to the protection of life and property on vessels in connection with new regulations which came into force on July 1. Mr R. J. Reeves, chief officer of the Rotoiti, and Mr J. B. Smith, purser of the same vessel, have transferred to the Mapourika. Captain Ritchie, who has been on the Navua, has resinned command of the Mapourika. Captain Flynn remains on the Rotoiti, and Captain Morley, late of the Kurow, is now in charge of the- Navua. NEIDENFELS, FROM NEW YORK. Neidenfels, s.s., arrived at Auckland this morning from New York via Australian ports. "She is due here via Wellington and Lyttelton about July 28 with 500 tona of general cargo. Her charter expires at this pert, but her future movements are not yet announced. Dalgety and Co. are the local agents. TYING UP THE OLYMPIC. A TICKLISH PROCEEDING. Notwithstanding its up-to-dateness in business matters, New York is considerably behind the times in its dock accommodation, and the mooring of a giant liner like the Olympic, sister ship to the lost Titanic, is an elaborate and costly business. To manoeuvre a mass of st?el BCoft long and weishing 60,000 tons into position in exceedingly narrow quarters with a swift tide always ready to take instant revenge for a false move is a delicate task in the best equipped of ports, and in New York theduties of the marine superintendent on whom the responsibilities of this work rest are particularly onerous. When the iiner is feeling her way up the crowded river the tugs are got into position to help her to her moorings. A vessel of the Olympic's size may require on occasion as many as 14 tugs. When the ship is within 200 ft of the dock a row boat takes the first line ashore. As soon as the lino reaches the pier the marine supei'rr.tendent's responsibility begins, and that of tho captain ceases. Fifty men, divided into five squads, wa.it on the wharf. One squad takes the line from the rowboat and hauls on it until the great 9in hawser is drawn out and made fast to the pier. The other four squads each attend to a similar hawser. After considerable trouble the liner is laid up against the end of the dock, bow to the tide, with spring line in position and the tugs ready for business. The superintendent watches wind and tide, and at the right moment gives a signal. One of the vessel's screws is sent ahead and another astern. Tho tugs, with their noses against the liner's flank, exert their utmost engine power, and slowly push the enormous hull around, using the comer of the pier as a fulcrum. The men on the. hawsers hold every inch gained, but the men in each squad have to be careful that the strain does not snap their hawser, ;ie the rebound of tho great rope would deal out wholesale disaster. The superintendent communicates with the bridge of the liner by signs, and tho tugs are signalled by flags. On rare occasions the superintendent has to use a megaphone, but he dees so reluctantly, as he hates noise and fuss or anything suggestive of " playing to the gallery."—Exchange. SHIPPING DELAYED. WELLINGTON, July 18. The ferry steamer Maori, which for the first time in her history was unable to clear Port Nicholson Heads last night, and had to anchor at Worser Bay, left -or Lyttelton at 3.50 a.m. to-day. The steamer Tahiti, which had been hanging off Cape Pailiser since yesterday morning in consequence of rough and dirty weather, arrived in port at 7 o'clock this morning. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 17.—Atua, for the Islands. LYTTELTON, July 17.—1 a.m., Kittawa, for Westport.—Corinna, for Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth.—s.3s p.m., Monowai, for Dunedin.—Rakanoa, for Timaru.—Mararoa, for Wellington.— Victoria, for Sydney via East Coast ports. SUVA, Julv 17.—Levuka, for Sydney. NEWCASTLE, July 17.—Delphic, from Port Chalmers. MELBOURNE, July 17.—Maunganui, for the Bluff. HOBART, July 17.—Aitona, for the Bluff. BRISBANE, July 17.—Star of India, from New Zealand. LONDON, July 17.—Eos, for Auckland. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)