SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 21752, 21 June 1934, Page 1

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. —To-morrow.— St. Clair: 9.51 a.m., 30.19 p.m. Taiarcia Heiul: .10.-I a.in., 10.120 p.m. Port CDmluiers; 10.-14 a.in., 11.9 p.m. Dunedin; 11.14 a.in., 11.09 p.m. THE SUN. Seis to-day 4.28 p.m., rises to-mor-row 7.50 a.in. PHASES OF THE MOON. Full moon June 27 4.38 p.m. Last quarter July 4 7.58 a.m. New moon July 12 4.36 a.m. First quarter July 20 6,23 a.m. Set to-day 0.27 a.m., rises to-morrow 12.18 p.m.* WEATHER REPORT. 'Pile Don inion Meteorologist (Dr E. Hudson) supplied the following at 9 a.m. to-day: Bar. Tlier. W.

Weather.—U blue <ky, be. blut sky and tached clouds; c. cloudy, o overcast; u ugly; r, ain * <5 snow; d drizzle; p. passing showers; h ha ; - q squally; 1, lightning; t. thunder; I, log; m mist; z. hair. Wind.—o calm; 1. light ..ir; 1 slight br«z«;» 3 gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; S, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7. high wind; 3, gale; 9, strong ga'e; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; 13, hurricane Forecast. The following weather forecast was issued at noon by the Meteorological Office, Wellington, covering the Southern district:—Dunedin, Port Chalmers, Tapanui, Winton, Invercargill. Riverton, Orepuki, bluff, Halfmoon Bay:— A cyclonic depression remains centred near Cape Maria Van Diemen, but is now beginning to lose intensity. An anti-cyclone covers the western Tasman Sea, but at the Chatham Islands pressure is falling rapidly. Forecast: Moderate, but freshening, southerly winds. Weather ccld and changeable, with scattered showers, but mainly on the coast. Seas moderate to rather rough. SAILED.—June 21. Opihi, s.s. (noon), 1,117 tons, Evans, for New Plymouth via ports. Port Whangarei, m.s. (12.5 p.m.), 500 tons, Watt, for Whangarei via ports. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS. Opihi loaded out at noon to-day for New Plymouth via Oamarn, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Nelson. Port Whangarei sailed at midday after loading for Whangarei via Timaru, Lyttelton, ‘Wellington, Taurauga, and Auckland. Parera continued loading to-day for Waikato via Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, ‘Wanganui, and New Plymouth. She will sail about 5 this afternoon. Gale loaded to-day for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Wanganui. She is timed to sail at 6.30 this eveuing. Wingatui was to leave Lyttelton today, and is due here to-morrow to load out on Monday for Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. John, from' Wellington, is due on Sunday to load out on Monday for Wellington, Wangatiui, New Plymouth, and Waikato. Breeze is duo from Wellington on Monday, and will sail the same day for Timani, Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, Wanganui, and New Plymouth. Paua. coastal tanker, is due next Tuesday from Wellington via Lyttelton, Timani, and Oamaru to discharge bulk motor spirit. She then proceeds to Bluff', after which she will return to Wellington. Waimarino leaves Auckland on Saturday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. She is due hero next Thursday. Kaimai, with coal from Westport, has been delayed in the meantime at_Wellington, her crew having been paid off during the strike. Upon her arrival : t Dunedin she will load general cargo for Westport. Tho steamer Tees, which has been laid up at Lyttelton since M.ay 23, is to be recommissioned this week, and is to sail on Saturday with passengers and cargo for the Chatham Islands. She will call at Waitangi, Owenga, Kaingaroa, and Pitt Island.

The Ruahine, after discharging and i loading at Wellington, will load at Bluff, Gisborne, and Auckland. She is scheduled to return to Auckland on July 8, and to sail for London via Panama on July 12. The Government steamer Matai left Auckland on Monday morning to carry out an inspection of northern lights. She is returning by way of the West Coast, and is due at Wellington about June 27. The Cambridge, now discharging at Wellington, was to leave there to-day for Auckland to complete discharge. She is now to leave Auckland'on June 28 for London, Avonmoutli, Liverpool, and Glasgow via Panama. The Walpahi, from Sydney, was to leave Suva to-day for Auckland, thence to Sydney. The Kiwi tea was to leave Wellington yesterday for Grey month to load for Sydney, thence to Newcastle and possibly Sydney to load for Napier and Gisborne. PERSONAL. Captain IV. I). Cameron lias resumed command of the Rangatira, relieving Captain B. B. Irwin. Air A. R. "Wills has been appointed assistant purser on the Rangatira. Captain G. Kinnell is in command of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s | liner Ruahine, now at Wellington, and | Ids officers are:—Chief, Mr D. Hughes; second, Air A. Hocken ; third, Air N. Baddeley ; fourth, Air D. S. R. Afartin; chief engineer, Air D. Corbett ;• second, Air A. Berry; third, Air W. B. Niven; fourth, Air J. Cowper; chief refrigerating engineer, Air L. Butterworth; wireless officer, Afr F. Bedford; surgeon, Dr R. J, Rankin; steward-in-charge, Air T. E. Leaver. IVAIKOUAI TPS TRANSHIPAIENTS. Freight being unloaded by the Waikouaiti, which arrived yesterday from Sydney via Bluff, includes transhipments ex the Talnne, Ormonde, Alaloja, Ormiston. Kyokkoh Alaru, .Otranto, Niew Holland, Cepheo, Alangola, Dimhoola, Winton, Comorin, Orungal, Corrimal, Cardross, Kamo Maim, Nellore, Ballarat, and Taiping. The Waikouaiti is to sail on Saturday morning for Timaru, Lyttelton, and Oamaru to complete discharge. CANADIAN CRUISER ON SATUR- | DAY. 1 Thin Canadian Cruiser, from Halifax via Brisbane, Melbourne, and Bluff, is due at Dunedin on Saturday to discharge Canadian cargo and load local goods for New York, Boston, and Alontreal. From Dunedin she will sail next Monday lor Lyttelton, and she is to clear that port on June 27. ORARI DUE SUNDAY. To continue discharge of her Liverpool cargo,, the Orari arriyed ah AVpl«. lington . fi'4m‘ Auckland‘ Jiu ‘ AloiV «y 'morning. ‘‘She was to leave Wellington to-day for Lyttelton, and she is due at Dunedin on Sunday to unload the local portion of her freight on Afonday. She will complete discharge at Bluff, where she will also commence to load for her Homeward voyage. Loading will continue at Lyttelton, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland, and from the last-named port the Oran is to sail on July 14 for Loudon, Avonmoutli. Liverpool, and Glasgow via Cape Horn, TANKER’S SCHEDULE ALTERED. Owing to an alteration in the schedule of the tanker Filefjell, from Balikpapan, which arrived at Auckland yesterday morning, she will not now discharge motor spirit at Dunedin. WAINUI FROAI AIELBOURNE. Loading at Melbourne on June 27 for Bluff and Dunedin, the Wainui is due here on July 3. She will load here for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. She is ex-, 1 pected to he replaced in tho AlelbourneSonth Island-Wellington service by the new Waitaki, which is due at Dunedin on Saturday. RAIN CAUSES DELAY. Yesterday’s rain delayed operations on the local watferfront, all boats in port being affected. The vessels were the Waikouaiti, Opihi, Parera, Port Whangarei, and Gale. KUAIARA FROAI CRISTOBAL. The Kumara, en route from London, arrived at Cristobal last Afonday. She is now due at Lyttelton on July 9, and will complete discharge at Port Chalmers (July 12) and Bluff. Thereafter she will load at New Plymouth and Wellington, sailing finally from the latter port on August 1 for London via Montevideo and Teneriffe. HORORATA AT SUVA. The Hororata arrived at Suva on Afonday morning, and left on Tuesday for Lyttelton. She is now due there on June 25, and is to complete 'discharge at Port Chalmers (June 28) and New Plymouth. INTERISLAND SERVICE. The interisland express steamer Rangatira arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 6.50 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. WANGANELLA’S AUSTRALIAN MAIL. An Australian mail consisting of 499 bags was brought by the Wangauella, which arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday afternoon. The vessel sailed for Sydney early yesterday morning, taking mail for Australia forwarded from all parts of the dominion. WAIHF.MO FROAI SAN FRANCISCO. The Walhemo, which has been held up al San Francisco since May 11 by the strike on the Pacific Coast, is now to leave there to-morrow for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Australian ports via Nukualofa. She is duo at Auckland about July 17. and Dunedin about July 30. FORDSDALE REPORTED. In continuation of her voyage from Wellington to London, ihe Fordsdnle is reported to have cleared Curacao last Thursday. She sailed from Wellington on Alav 19,

NEBRASKA AT GLASGOW. . The Nebraska, which, left. Wellington on April 14 for London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, is reported to have reached Glasgow last Thursday. GABRJELLA TO LOAD. ’Pile Gahriella will load at Grafton on July 4 for Newcastle, Wellington. Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She is due at Wellington about July 20. PAKURA A AIOTOR VESSEL. The coastal steamer Pakura, owned by Richardson and Co., arrived at Lyttelton on Tuesday night from Auckland. The vessel is to lay up at Lyttelton, while her steam engines and boilers are replaced by two Diesel engines. The work will he clone by Andersons Ltd., and will take about six weeks. During most of that time the Pakura will be in dock. In recent years many small coastal steamers have been converted to motor ships, and most of the new ships acquired for the coastal trade have also been motor ships. Excluding the large fleet of the Union Steam Ship Company, it is probable that there are more motor ships in the New Zealand coastal trade than there are steamers. DIESEL AND STEAM ENGINES. ' The following note appeared recently in ‘ Lloyd’s List ’: — “ The change from Diesel to steam turbine engines in the Asturias and Alcantara, which has recently been announced by the Royal Alail Steam Packet Company, has led to a good deal of discussion as to whether Diesel engines are suitable for trans-Atlantio trades. “ The White Star Line, who own the two largest and fastest motor liners built in England—the Georgic and Britannic—were approached for their views and made the following statement: — 1 Not only have our two new motor liners, the Georgic and Britannic, completely fulfilled all our expectations for economy and efficiency, but, in fact, they have considerably exceeded even those of the builders, Alessrs Harland and Wolff. Aluch of the extraordinary popularity of these two motor ships with the travelling public is due to their freedom from vibration, regular speed, and punctual arrival iu port. Aloreover, their low cost of running and absence of expenditure on repairs has been an important factor in their financial success. The Britannic was built in 1930 and the Georgic in 1932, and they, therefore, embody many modern improvements which tho older ships lacked. Our experience with these vessels has thoroughly confirmedthe wisdom of the choice of Diesel engines.” VESSELS IN WIRELESS CALL. ,-Vim..following vessels are expected to ii.l* AviUiin ra,nge of the .undermentioneej wireless stations to-night:— , Auckland.—Antonio, Aorangi, Dalcairn, Hororata, Karetu, Alatai, Maui Pomare. Port Hardy, Port Hunter, Wakawa, Walpahi, Wangauella, Winamac, Filefjell. Wellington.—H.Al.S. Dunedin, Huntingdon, lonic, Kalingo, H.AI.S. Laburnum, Niagara, Nucula, Port Napier, Rangatira, Rangitiki, Remuera, Tamahine, Tuscan Star, Wahine, Westmoreland, Zealandic. Awarua. —Canadian Cruiser, Canadian Scottish, Waikouaiti, Wainui, Waitaki. MOVEAIENTS ELSEWHERE. WELLINGTON, June 20,— Arrived: Rangatira (7 a.m.) and Holhigleu (9.5 a.m.), from Lyttelton; John (5.30 p.m.), from Westport. Sailed: Canopus (3.50 p.m.), for Westport; Breeze (4.55 p.m.), from Wanganui; Karepo (5.10 p.m.), for Picton; Holmglen (6.35 p.m.), for Nelson; Port Waikato (G. 5 p.m.) and Waimarino (7.20 p.m.), for Auckland; Wingatui (6.40 p.m. and Rangatira (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, June 20.—Sailed: Holmclale (4. p.m.), Storm (5.40 p.m.). Totara (6.20 p.m.), and Wahine (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington. June 21. Arrived; Waipiata- (10.30.a.m.), from Timaru. SYDNEY, June 21.—Arrived; Melbourne Alaru, from Auckland, en route to Japan. SAN FRANCISCO. June 19.—Sailed: Walhemo, for Auckland. BALBOA. June 19.—Arrived: Cornwall, from Wellington, en route to London. CURACAO. June 19.—Sailed: Troian Star, for London, en route from Wellington. .

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)

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