SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21744, 12 June 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

' HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— S.t. Clair: 3.2 a.m., 3.27 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 3J2 a.m., 3.37 p.m. Port Chalmers;' 3.52 a.m'., 4J7 p.m. Dunedin; 4.22 a.m.. 4.47 p.m. THE SDN.. Sets .to-day 4.29 p.m., rises to-mor-row 7.46 a.m. . , ■ • PHASES OF THE MOOX.

Sets to-day 4.2 p.ra,, rises, to-morrow 8.49 a.in. ■ WEATHER REPORT. The Dominion Meteorologist (Dr E. ILidson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day;—

.Weather.-—l 4. hlu* sky; be. blue »kr- an 4 -detached clouds; c. cloudy; o overcast; £, gldemys u ugly; r. ain' s. snon ;' d , driatle;. p. pasting showers; h: hav q squally; I. lightning; t, thunder; i, fog; in, mist; z. haze. Wind.—'o calm; 1., light ;.ir; *. slight breeze; S, gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze;-6, strong breeze: 7. high wind; t, gale; S, strong ga>; . Ift. erhole gale; 11, aterm; 11* hurricane s' ARRIVED.—June 12. Wainui, s.s. (7.50 a.m.), 1,633 tons, Hackworth, from Melbourne via Bluff. SAILED.—June 11. 1 Opihi, s.s, (5.15 p.m.), 1,117 tons, Evans, for New Plymouth via ports. Holindale. s.s. (5;30 p.m.), 681 tons, Copland, for Wanganui via ports. Storm, s.s. (6.45 p.m.), 749 tons, Williams, for Wanganui via ports. —.June 12. Cambridge, s.s. (7 a.m.), 10,346 tons, R. Williams, for Timaru. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Opihi sailed late yesterday afternoon for Oauiaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and; New Plymouth. Holmdale sailed, late yesterday afternoon for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton* ' and ■ Wanganui. Storm completed loading; and .sailed last.'.evening for Timaru, .Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. ' k Waimarino, which was delayed by bad weather at Bluff yesterday, was to leave /there to-day, and is expected here fo-morrow- : morning to load and sail in the afternoon for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Holmglen, from Wellington,' is due about uoon.to-morrow,.and will sail in the evening, for Timaru', Lyttelton, Wellington, Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Waikato. , Wnipiata is • due- ■ to?iporrow ■ from Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton. She will sail later for Bluff, returnjng on Saturday to load for 'Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Port Waikato, from Wellington, is due ’ on' Thursday to load and sail the same day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Tauranga, Auckland, and Whangarei. Breeze is due from Bluff on Thursday. She sails. the same day for Timani, Lyttelton. Wellington, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. ". ■. . Totara leaves Wellington to-morrow for Dunedin, being due here on Friday to load and sail the same,day for'Timaru', Lyttelton', Wellington, and New Plymouth. .Holmdale is due next Monday from Wellington ’ to load and, sail the same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttejton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Kaimai was to leave Westport to-day with coal for discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton. Timaru. Oamaru,’ and Dunedin, being due next Tuesday. ‘Gale, from Wellington, is. expected about, June 20 to load for Wanganui via ports. • Wingatui leaves Auckland on Friday for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, and is due at this port on June 21. John loads here on June 25 for Dargaville via ports. WAIKOIIAITI FROM SYDNEY. The Waikouaitj was to leave Sydney to-day for Bluff and Dunedin, being due here on Tuesday next.' WAINUI FROM MELBOURNE. Early this morning the Wainui arrived from Melbourne via Bluff to discharge general cargo. She was’tmied to sail late this afternoon for Lyttelton and Wellington to complete discharge. Thereafter she loads at Oamaru and .Bluff for Melbourne. CAMBRIDGE AWAY. After loading at Port .Chalmers since last Wednesday afternoon; the Cambridge was despatched' early this morning for Timaru, Wanganui, Wellington, and Auckland. She is to clear Auckland finally on June 28 for London, Avonmonth, Liverpool, and Glasgow via Panama. TANKER SAILS TOj-MORROW. Still discharging oil fuel into the Shell Company’s tanks, the Norwegian tanker Han't will sail about 9 o’clock to-morrow morning for Balikpapan. The Marit was formerly known as the Crenatula and later as the War Subadar. Sbe was- built by Messrs W. Gray and Co. Limited, at West Hartlepool, in 1918. YARRAVILLE THIS AFTERNOON. The Vacuum Oil Company’s tanker Yarraville was due this afternoon J'rom San Francisco via Wellington to discharge hulk motor spirit. She Jolt Francisco on May 15, and arrived at Wellington on June 8. Scheduled to leave here to-morrow, the Yarravdie will proceed to Melbourne and Townsville to complete discharge.

DOCK GEAR OVERHAULED. A gang of shipwrights are overhauling the gear at the Port Chalmers docks and putting' the plant in order for the docking of ships. ■ INTERISLAND SERVICE. The ipterisland express steamer Rangutira arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 6.55 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. t PORT NAPIER AT BLUFF. From London in ballast, the C. and D. Line steamer Port Napier arrived at Bluff on Sunday morning to commence her Homeward loading. From Bluff she proceeds to Timaru, Wanganui,’ and Wellington, sailing finally from Wellington on June 26 for Southampton’and London via Cape Horn. MAUI POMARE ■ AT WELLINGTON. With' the first round-trip passengers to take advantage of the reduced fares which the Department of External Affairs has arranged for the winter months, the Government motor ship. Maui Pomare arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning from' Apia . and Niue, and proceeded to Wellington in 1 the evening. PORT SYDNEY HOMEWARD BOUND. Having completed loading in New Zealand, the Port Sydney left Wellington last. Thursday‘for London and West Coast ports of Great Britain via Cape Horn. She is" carrying the following passengers;—Mr and Mrs R. H. M'Cliire and Mr _G. H. Biles. Dr E. Smith-Grey is acting as ship’s surgeon. TAIROA CLEARED KINGSTON. The Tairoa, which left Liverpool on May 22, sailed from Kingston last Wednesday in continuation of her Voyage to Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due lit Auckland on July 1 and Dunedin on July 16. ' - PERSONAL. Captain C. A. Barker, late chief officer of. the Parera, is now in command of that ship, replacing Captain K, W. Kanerva. Mr R. Ingram is chief officer. Captain Arthur Gray, formerly master of the cargo steamer Mareeba, has retired from active service with the A.U.S.N. Company, which lie joined in Brisbane in 1902 as third mate, ad-, vancing to master in 1914. Since that time he has had charge of many of th© ; company’s: vessels trading on the coast. Captain flray. made his first voyage to! ship';Jolanthe,' during’ which she sank the Cape Verde off the powder anchorage in Port Phillip. /' //.„/,; ’■ '/, THE” MELBOURNE MARU. The Melbourne Alaru, now at Auckland, is expected to leave there to-mor-row for Sydney, on her return journey to Japan. RUAHINE FROM LONDON. Wifeless advice has been received from the' Ruahine- by the New Zealand I Shipping' Company that she will arrive from .London at daybreak; to-morrow, with passengers, mail, and cargo; The vessel/will unload at Auckland and Wellington, and will. load at. Bluff, Gisborne, . and Auckland, sailing from Auckland for- London via Panama on July 14. ________ ' AVELONA STAR HEAVILY LADEN. A heavy cargo was taken by the Blue Star Line steamer Avelona Star when she sailed from Auckland for London via Panama on Friday, morning. The vessel t.ook frozen, beef, mutton, and pork, butter, cheese, and chilled beef, as well as a quantity of. general merchandise. The .cargo was loaded at Bluff, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington, aiid Auckland. . ; . Owing to the . speed at which it is necessary >to load chilled beef, it is very undesirable that there slum Id lie any cessation ..through-rain once loading has commenced, and during the loading of the consignment ,at Auckland .a large canVas awning, was rigged above the hold into which the meat was being loaded. .Another large, canvas was rigged above the truck on the wharf from which the beef was being taken and over the side of the ship, when rain so that loading could continue independently of weather conditions. , , An improved staging, for loading the beef 1 has been used for the last two shipments. The staging has a row ot six iron spikes projecting from its outer edge, and on each spike a hook is suspended. the hooks being attached to, a i steel ring by short lengths of rope. When a quarter lias been hung from each of the hooks, the ring is attached I to the hook of a crane, and the quari levs are lifted on to the vessel, the i staging allows work to proceed more I quickly than the one used with the 1 earlier shipments,- and presents fho j bruising of the meat,' which is liable |to occur if the hooks, are merely suspended from the hook of the crane ana | the quarters attached. 1 The vessel, which is due at London on July 12, has taken the following passengers;—Mr and Airs W. and Miss Y. Baxter, Mr G. S. Jones. Mrs r. Marshall and child. Airs E. M'Connorhie, Air'and Airs S. F. Dudley-Smitli, Mrs F. H., Alias E., and Alaster WhatJey. . WARSHIPS’ .MOVEMENT’S. The one Imperial sloop now on the New Zealand naval station, H.AI.S. Laburnum, commanded, by. Commander A, H. Alaswell-Hyslop, is shortly to leave Auckland on her annual Island muse. She was' originally to have sailed a week ago yesterday, but her departure was postponed until Friday. However, a minor boiler defect was discovered and her final sailing has been further delayed. The Laburnum is to make an , extended cruise, and her original programme provided for her return to Auckland on September 4. The new sloop, H.AI.S. Leith, winch Is to - join the ■ Laburnum, on the New Zealand station in place of H.AI.S. Veronica, is due to arrive in Auckland in October. Details of her movements I between England arid New ; Zealand 1 iiave not* yet been, announced.

Good progress is being made with the repairs to the port propeller shaft of H.AI.S. Dunedin, flagship of Rear-ad-miral F. Burges Watson. A defect in the tailshaft has been responsible for keeping the cruiser in dock at Dovonpoi t for a prolonged period. The. complete shaft, 72ft long and weighing 13 tons, had to be removed to the workshops for repairs on what is thought to be the only lathe in the Southern Hemisphere capable of being used for the necessary work. The tailshaft has now been replaced, but other, work remains to be done, and the Dunedin will not come out of dock until to-morrow, when she will leave for the ll'auraki Gulf to carry out full-speed trials. The long period spent in dock by the Dunedin will necessitate alterations in the Island cruise programme of H.AI.S. Diomede, commanded by Captain Cosmo Graham. The Diomede was originally announced to sail on June 18, but she will be unable to go into dock for final overhaul until the repairs to the Dunedin are completed. As the cruiser will have to spend ten days in dock she is not likely to sail before June 25. Owing to the loss of a week from her programme the Diomede’s itinerary has been amended, and calls at Ocean Island, Tarawa, and Apia have had to be omitted. The cruiser’s amended programme is as follows.—Norfolk Island, June’2B; Vila’, June 30 to July 4; Hog Harbour. July 4 to 9; Funafuti, July 12 to 16; Rotuma b, July 17 to 19; Suva, July 20 to 30; Vavau, August 1 to 2; Nukualofa, August 3to 7; return to Auckland. August 10. The Dunedin’s Island cruise will be .more among the islands of the Eastern Pacific. She will visit Tahiti and Rarotonga, and will return to Auckland on August 7.. When the two cruisers are back in Auckland there will be a busy period in preparation for the gunnery exercises in the Hauraki Gulf and also for the trip to Australia, where they will officially represent the dominion at the Melbourne centenary celebrations in October.VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. The following vessels are . expected to be within' range of the under-men-tioned stations to-night;— Auckland.—Antonio, Aoraugi, Avelona Star, Karetu, Alatai, Alonowai, Monterey, Ruahine, Statira, Waika-wa, Waipahi, Zealandic. Wellington.—Canadian Leader, Huntingdon, Kaliugo, Kartigi, Alaui Pomare, Alariposa, Alataroa, Niagara, Nucula, Port Hunter, Port Sydney, Rangatira, Rangitata, Rangitiki, Remuera, Tamahine, Taranaki, Tuscan Star, Wahine. Awarua. —Cambridge, Canadian Britisher, Canadian Scottish, City_ of Bedford, Kaimivo, Alarit, Waikouaiti, Wainui, Wanganella, Yarraville. AIO|YEMENIS ELSEWHERE. • AUCKLAND, June ; 11.—Arrived; Alonowai (3.40 p.m.), from Sydney.— Sailed: Aorangi (11 p.m.), for Sydney. WELLINGTON, June 11.—Sailed; Holmglen (5.10 for Dunedin; Totara (5.25 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Waipiata (5.55 p.in.), for Lyttelton; Port Whangarei (6.25 p.m.), for Auckland; Breeze (6.30 p.m.), for Bluff; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton, LYTTELTON, June 11.—Sailed: John (3'15 p.m.), for Wellington; Walune (8.5 p.m.), for Wellington; Alaui Pomare (7.50 p.m.), for Wellington. * OAAIARU, June 11.—Arrived: Opihi (10.40 p.m.l, and Holmdale (11 p.m.), from Dunedin. BLUFF, June 11.— Sailed: Wainui (7 p.m.). for Dunedin. SYDNEY, June 11.—Sailed; Gabriella. for New Zealand ports. SUA r A, June 12.—Arrived: Alouterey. from San Francisco, en route to Auckland. . (For continuation'see. Late Shippilt|;J

New moon June 12' 1.41 P.l». First quarter June 20 . 6.7 'p.ru. Kul! moon June 27 ’ 4.38 p.rn. Last quarter July 4 7.58 a.m.

Bar. T ber. W Weliington--S.E. 5 29.88' 45 o p Greymouth--E. .4 29.81 42 B u Cli’churcli— ■S.W. 4 29.93 43 0 Timaru—S. 2 29.96 41 B Oainaru—S. 1 29.95 40 0 Dunedin—S .W. 1 29.96 '44, 0 Queenstown —S. ■ 8 29.98 40 B 0 Nuggets—S, 8 29.96 41 0 Bluff—8.W. 4 30.01 .43 0