SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 20048, 13 December 1928, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. ’-To-morrow. Si;. Clnir: 3.37 a.in.; 4.1 p.m. Taiaro.i Head: 3.47 a.m.p 4.11 p.m. Port Chalmers:. 4.27 a.m.; 4.51 p.m. Dunedin: 4.57'.'a.m.j 5.21 p.m. THE SUN. Sets to-day, 7.53 p.m.; rises to-mor-row, 4.11 a.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Sets to-day, 8.57 a.m.; rises to-mor-row, 5.11 a.m. WEATHER REPORT. Tlio Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at ( J a.m. to-day.—

Bluff—S.E 5 29.65 50 0 Wind.—o. calm; 1, light nir, 2, slight breeze; 3, gentle' breeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, high wind; 8, gale; 9, strong gale; 10, whole gale; 11. storm; 12, hurricane. Weather.—B, blue , sky; be, blue sky and detached clouds; c, cloudy; o, overcast; g, gloomy, dull; u, ugly, threatening; r, continuous or steady rain; s, snow; d, drizzle; p, passing showers; h, hail; q, squally; I,,lightning; t, thunder, f, fog; m. mist; z, haze. Forecast. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. Kidson) supplied the following at noon to-day:—Tho indications aro for southerly winds, moderate to strong, and freshening to galo at times; the weather will probably prove squally and changeable, with further rain probable and hail at places, with cold temperatures; barometer rising slowly; tides good, sea rough. ARRlVED.—December 12. Orcti, s.s. (3.15 p.m.), 174 tons, Al'Kcnzie, from Invercargill and Stewart Island. SAlLED.—December 12. Freeze, s'.s. (6 p.m.), 542 lons, O’Neill, for Wanganui via ports. Progress, s.s. (10 jv.in.), 353 tons, Hay,, for Port Waikato via ports. —December 13. Maui Pomare. motor ship (10.45 a.m.), 1,159 tons, M'Donnld, for Wellington.

THE FERRY SERVICE

’ Tho Wahinc. from Wellington, arrived at Lyttelton at 7 a.m. to-day, and passengers and mails connected with tho express. Tiro Corinna left Wellington at 9 last night, and is due here to-morrow. She will sail again on Saurday. Tho Katoa, which left Wellington last night, has cargo for discharge at Lyttelton, Tiinarn, Dunedin, and .Bluff, and is duo hero on Saturday. The Kairanga, which has been delayed at Lyttelton on account of the rain, was to leave to-day. Tho Waipalii leaves Wellington on Saturday for Dunedin direct, and after discharge hero she will load out for Lyttelton and Auckland. The Karetu, which was timed to leave Bluff to-day, is expected hero to-mor-row to discharge her Sydney cargo. Tho vessel will then proceed to Lyttelton, and return to Dunedin and Bluff to load out for Sydney. Tho Kahika, which left Gisborne yesfceiday, is due here on Saturday to load out for Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. Tiie Kaiapoi is loading at Westport for Bluff, Dunedin, and Timaru. The Calm is duo from Wanganui on Tuesday, and after loading out for Wanganui via ports will sail the following day. Tho Progress, which has been delayed at Dunedin for repairs to her tail .-.iiaft, and also by heavy rain, sailed last night for Tmarn, Lyttelton, and Wellington to complete loading for Now Plymouth and Port Waikato. Tho Breeze, which had been delayed here for throe days owing to bad weather, sailed last evening for Timaru and Lyttelton to complete loading for Picton and Wanganui.

The Huddart, Parker steamer Ulimaroa arrived at Wellington on Tuesday from Sydney. Sho is timed to sail to-morrow afternoon on the return voyage. Tho American steamer Golden Cloud has been further delayed in working cargo at Timaru, and is now duo hero on Sunday to complete discharge of her Pacific Coast cargo. Tlie Government motor ship Maui Pomare sailed this morning from Port Chalmers for Wellington and Auckland to complete discharge of her island cargo. The R.M.S. Niagara, from Auckland, arrived at Sydney on Saturday. She was to leave tho New South Wales port this afternoon for Vancouver, via Auckland, Suva, and Honolulu. Tho R.M.S. Tahiti, from Sydney, via Wellington, left Rarotonga on December 3 for Papeete and San Francisco. Tho R.M.S. Makura, from San Francisco, loft Papeete on December 8 for Rarotonga, Wellington, and Sydney. Sho is duo at Wellington on December 17. The Manuka is scheduled to leave Melbourne on December 19 for Bluff, •••'■) Milferd Soumh She is duo r.t Blulf on December 24, and will sail Die •-mine day tor Dunedin, Lyttelton, \A ellington, and Melbourne. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Tnmaroa, with passengers, mails, and general cargo from England for New Zealand, arrived at Wellington yesterday evening from London and Southampton. After discharge at "Wellington the vessel will go to Auckland to complete discharge. RUAPEHU ARRIVING TO-NIGHT, The New Zealand Shipping Company advises that tho Ruapehu, which arrived at Wellington on Tuesday night from London and Southampton, sailed yesterday afternoon for this port. A radio message from the ship states she will arrive at the Heads at 7 to-night. Sho will then proceed to Port Chalmers, where sho will land her southern passengers and discharge a largo quantity of general cargo from England. NEW YORK SAILINGS. Telegraphic advice has boon received by Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co. ro the sailing programmes of the American and Australian Line steamers Treworlns and Keelung. _ The Troworlas is to sail from New York on January 5 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, while tho Keelung is to sail on January 20 for tho same New Zealand ports.

SAILING VESSEL E. R. STERLING. An interesting arrival at Wellington is the sailing ship E. R. Sterling, which is to be broken up after an adventurois career of forty-five years. The last voyage of tho vessel from Australia lasted eleven months, and sho was towed tho last 4,000 miles to London. She carries 6,800 square feet of canvas, is 308 ft long with 42ft beam, and Soft depth. Sho has a capacity of 4,000 tons deadweight, and was built in 1883 by Messrs Harland and Wolff. Captain Sterling, her owner and commander, remarked after his vessel was at rest in tho north dock, that during tho war ho could have sold her for £IOO,OOO, but now ho could not give her to anyone to pay tho bills. EFFICIENT ORGANISATION. Tho White Star Lino organisation at Liverpool deserves credit for the record in handling ships which it set up hi September (states tho ‘ Shipping World’). Withing forty-eight hours nine ships, totalling 133,700 tons, arrived at or sailed from tho Mersey, and anyone who knows tho thousand and ono things which have to bo attended to in connection with tho arrival or departure of big passenger ships will realise tho amount of detailed organisation necessary to enable such work as the handling of nino to be carried out without confusion. The Regina sailed for Quebec and Montreal on Friday, September 7, and two hours later tho Tairoa arrived. On Saturday' afternoon the Cedric leit witn a full complement of passengers for Boston and New York, and the Delphic sailed with cargo for Australia. Just aftei wards tho Laurentic arrived from Montreal and Quebec, and was followed by the Snevie. On Sunday morning tlie Moieton Bay arrived with passengers from Australia, and tho Themistocles to loal cargo for Australia. On Sunday evening the Adriatic arrived from New York.

TRANSATLANTIC “ RACE,” The seasonable newspaper story about two fast transatlantic liners engaging in a race across the ocean lias cropped up (states ‘ Fairplay ’). Tho Olympic and tho Paris are tho two ships to win a place on the front page this time. According to the current newspaper .stories, the Olympic was twelve miles to the south of the Paris after passing the Scilly Islands. Tho French liner arrived at New York six hours ahead of the Olympic, however, and so, when the master of tho Olympic was questioned about this by the ship reporters, he is reported to havo implied that tho French liner took a shorircut which reduced the lengthy of the voyage more than 100 miles. This was indignantly denied by Captain Pugnct, master of tho Paris. Ho insisted that at no time was ho out of tho prescribed lane for this season of the year. “At this season of tho year,” lie said, “tho sea to tho sontii of Newfoundland Banks is filled with fishing vessels, and liners must avoid these parts in the interests of tho fishermen. My course was so thoroughly in accordance with this principle that, in spite of very clear weather, we sighted none of these fishing vessels, which were out of sight to the north. I was, at tho nearest noint, thirty miles south of the Banks (lain 42.30), and tho Olympic was, perhaps twenty miles to tho south of me. My course was entirely proper, and 1 am not interested how much further south than necessary other vessels may go.” And that, said the Frenchman, is that!

TRANSPACIFIC CARGO SERVICE

Waitemata left Westport last Saturday for Suva and Vancouver. She is duo at Suva on December 14, and at Vancouver on January 15. Tho vessel will proceed thence to San Francisco and Los Angeles to complete loading for Auckland, "Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. Waihcmo, from Auckland, arrived at Wellington on Sunday, and was to sail yesterday for Melbourne, Sydney, and Vancouver.

Nordhval left Auckland on December 7 for Melbourne, where she is duo on December 14, and proceeds thence to Svcney. Sussex left Los Angeles on December 3 for Hobart, Beauty Point, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Sho is duo at Hobart about January 3. Wairuna was to have left Los Angeles on December S for Papeete, Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, and Sydney. She is duo at Papeete on December 24, and at Auckland on January 5.

Waikawa, from Suva, was duo at Vancouver on December 8, and proceeds thence to San Francisco and Los Angeles to complete loading for Napier, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, and New Plymouth. She is to leave Los Angeles oil January 4, and is duo at Napier on January 30. Hauraki was to leave Los Angeles on December 10 for San Francisco and Vancouver, and is expected to clear tho last-named port on January 5 lor Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. Sho is duo at Auckland about January 29. VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. Tho following vessels arc expected to be within range of the undermentioned wireless stations to-night;— Auckland. —Tofua, Dana, Otokin, Tutanekai, H.M.S. Veronica, H.M ; S. Laburnum, Canadian Britisher, Karamea, Maimoa, Niagara. Chatham Islands,—Canadian Highlander. Wellington.—Maori. Wahinc, Ngaio, Tamahine, Arahura, Matakana, Aorangi, Danybryn, Nairnbank, Norfolk, Poolta, Port Auckland. Cumberland, "Waipalii, Pori Aldington, Maui Pomare, Tainui, Waihcmo. Awarua.—-Makura, Tahiti, C. A. Larsen, Sir J. (’, Ross, N. T. NilsenAlonso, City of New York, Eleanor Boling. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, December 12.—Sailed : AVaipabi (9 p.m.), for AA’cliington. GISBORNE, December 12.—Sailed: Kahika (5.10 p.m.). for Dunedin. WELLINGTON, December 12. —Arrived Kaponga (4 p.m.), from Picton. Sailed: John (3.10 p.m.), for Wanganui; Ruapehu (3.5 p.m.), for Port Chalmers; "Kaimai (5-30 p.m.), lor Napier; Eastmoor (5.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton ; Mako (G iiy.m.), for Napier; Wahinc (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Katoa, for Lyttelton; Kaitoa. for Oneh.unga; Corinna, for Dunedin; Calm, for Picton. December 13—Arrived; Maori (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Arahura (4 a.m.), from Nelson. Sailed; Echo (6.20 a.m.), for Blenheim. LYTTELTON, December 12.—Sailed ; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for AVellington. TIMARU. December 13.—Arrived; Breeze (6.30 a.m.), from Dunedin. O AMARU, December 13.—Arrived : Progress (6 a.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF, December 12.—Arrived: Karetu (2.30 p.m.), from Sydney. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)

First quarter Dec. 20 3.13 p.m. Full moon Dec. 27 7.25 a.m. Last quarter Jan. J 6.14 a.m. Now moon Jan. 11 11.58 a.m.

Bar. Ther. W. Wellington—S.W. 5 29.30 54 0 Oreymouth—E. ... 2 29.45 59 ISC Christchurch—S.W. 2 29,47 51 OD Timaru—S.W. ... .‘i 29.50 51. V Oamaru—S.W. ... 5 29.55 58 H Dunedin—S.W. ... 1. 29.61 51 0 Queenstown—S.E. 2 29.58 55 0 Nuggets—S.E. ... 2 29.63 48 0