SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 23376, 20 September 1939, Page 2

SHIPPING

H!GH WATER. St. Clair: 7.58 a.m., 8.28 p.m. Taiaroa Head: 8.8 a.m., 8.38 p.m. Port Chalmers ; 8.48 a.m., 9.18 ;p.m. Dunedin: 9.18 a.m., 9.18 p.m. THE SUN. Hose 6.2 a.m., sots 6.1 p.m. PHASES OF THE MOON.

Hose 10.11 a.m., sets 12.37 a.m. tomorrow. ARRIVED. —September 20. Breeze. m.v. (5.45 a.m.), 622 tons, Horlcr, from Wellington. TO SAIL. —September 20. 1 Port Whangarei, 10 p.m., tor Timam. Breeze, 11 p.m., for Oamaru. VESSELS IN PORT TO-DAY, Star I Port Chalmers. Canopus Port Chalmers. Waipahi Port Chalmers. Dredge 350 Port Chalmers. Breeze Rattray street. Port Whangarei -Rattray street. COASTAL MOVEMENTS. Breeze arrived this morning from Wellington to load and sail to-night for Wellington and Wanganui via ports. _ Port Whangarei arrived from Wellington this afternoon to load and sail to-night for Wellington, New Plymonth, and Wanganui via ports. Waiana left Auckland on Friday for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff, and is due here to-morrow afternoon. She will sail tho same night for Bluff, and will return on Saturday to load for Auckland via Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. Port Waikato is duo to-morrow morning from Wellington to load and sail in the evening for Tauranga, Auckland, and Whangarei via Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. Kara is duo from Wellington on Friday morning to load and sail tho same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth. Holmdale is duo from Wellington on Saturday to load and sail the same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington. Picton, and Wanganui. Gale is due on Saturday from Wellington to load and sail the same day for'Timaru. Lyttelton, Wellington, Picton, and Wanganui. Pooltan was to load at Westport on Monday for Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff, and is due here about Sunday. Wainui is due from Bluff on Tuesday to load and sail tho same day for Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington. Napier, and Gisborne. Waipiata is to leave Auckland on Saturday for Lyttelton and Dunedin, and is due here on September 29. She will sail the same day for Auckland via Oamaru, Timaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. INTERISLAND EXPRESS. The interisland express steamer Wahiue arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at G. 35 this morning. Passengers and mails for the south connected with the express. UNION-CASTLE LINER’S. RECORD. The most recently completed of tho Union-Castle Company’s new fleet of motor ships, the Pretoria Castle, 17,392 tons gross, reached Southampton _ recently on the conclusion of her maiden voyage. Sister ship to the Durban Castle, she was feted at the various African ports which she visited. Tho vessel broke the record for the passage between Durban and Port Elizabeth, and averaged over 18 knots' for the voyage home, a speed in excess of that attained by the older mail ships. It was fortunate that she had some reserve, for in consequence of having to proceed into drydodk at. Durban following a mishap at Lourenco Marques, she was a week late in leaving that port. However, when she reached Southampton she was only two days behind schedule, having made up five of the lost days. This is a worthy achievement, particularly in view of the fact that she made her scheduled calls. The entry into service of the Pretoria Castle .marked the-completion of the Union-Castle Company’s extensive shipbuilding programme. Under this 14 ships have been added to the fleet since. 1935, all built by Messrs Harland and Wolff Ltd., at Belfast, their aggregate tonnage being over 189,000 gross. Three are large passenger and mail liners, four intermediate passenger liners, six fast refrigeated fruitcarriers, and one a small coasting vessel. In addition, five of the mail liners have been re-engined and improved. AT OTHER PORTS. WELLINGTON, September 19.—Arrived: Kara (9.55 a.m.), from New Plymouth. Sailed: Korowai (3.15 p.m.H for Greyraouth; Port Waikato (4.53 p.m.), for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, September 19.—Sailed; Storm (5.45 p.m.), for Wellington; Port Whangarei (6.25 p.m.), for Dunedin. (For continuation of shipping see late news.)

Full moon Sep. 29 ] .57 a.in. Last quarter Oct. (i ■1.57 p.m. New moon Oct. KJ 8 a.m. First quarter Oct. 20 8 a. in.