SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17690, 30 July 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES Off THE. MOON. I „ . 1 Jbly. Flrsitjoarter 5 2.47 p.m. Full moon _ „ „ ... 13 6.33 p.m. last quarter ... JO 10.33 p.m. hew noon 27 4.51 p.uu THB SUN. Sises to-day at 7.27 ol; eots at 4.51 pjn. THE WKATHEIt. JoJy 23.-8 a-m.: Wind N.B-, light; fine. Noon: ■Wind N. 8., fresh; dull. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E., tresh; fine. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m Barometer ... ... _. ... 30.42 30.40 80.38 Thermometer ... llajc., 42; min., 32. HIGH WATEE. ' .July 30— ;i.tu. p.m. At 'Xaiaioa Heads 4.42 &.3 At Port Chalmers ... 5.22 5.43 At Duhedin 5.52 6.13 WEATHER ItEPOBTS. <r** UVITJU) J/KIMI AsaOOIATIOK.i t WiSLLINGTOU, July 29. The ibllowiag are tlw weather reports at d pjQ— I3ar. Ther. Weather. Oapeiluria _ E.,gale 58.87 5S Misty Jiussell ... fc.li.,gal© 'Jd.'Jii 55 SUoweiy Manuka* H.SJB., broezo 30.05 52 Cloudy Auckland ...SS t brctizo 30. OG 57 (Jloudy Tattnmga ... 8., light 110.05 51 Overoiisfc G-isbomo... ... &J±., ireuh ;;o.li) fi-l Overcast Napier _. S., light 30.23 51 liain . Oasalepoint ... S.E., light 30.28 47 Showery Wellington .„ breeze 30.31 48 Drizzle JNew-Piymouth S.E., fresh ' 30.07 53 Pair Oapeßgmont.. S.K., Irish 30.03 63 Fine . vianganui ... S., breiao 30.20 55 l-'air Farewell Spit. E., fresh 30.32 52 Smooth Cape Foulwind S.E., fresh 30.24 43 Overcast ... IL, breeze . 30.20 51 Fine . Cape Campbell S.E., iresh 30.35 49 Clondv Kiukoura. ... S., light 30.34 50 Overcast Akaron light... S.E., light 30.32 43 Cloudy N.E., fresh 30.30 43 Ovcrctist - tilllll Calm 30.24 43 Cloudy WEATHF.H FORECAST. Tho following arc the official weather summary and forecast: —" Strong north-east winds have predominated, and the weather has been squally and unsettled generally, with raiu in many parts una heavy rain along the east coast of the North Island. The barometer has fallen slowly in the north. Present indications are for strong and squally 6outh-east and east winds, hacking to northerly shortly in the south. The weather will be clondy and unsettled, with raiu generally and Inrther lieavy rain on the east ooast of tlie North. Island also in tlie northern districts. The oarometer is unsteady, but will fall everywhere 600n." ' ; ARRIVALS. Storm, s.e. (1.35 p.m.), 405 tors, Oawxvn, from Lyttelton. Ta.ploy and 00., agents. Kaiapoi, a.a. (10.30 p.m.), 2003 tone, Robillmrd, from "West Coast, via Gamaru. Uniooi Steam, Ship Company, agent. DEPARTURE. Rnahine, bjb.( (7.15 0.m.), 10,753 tons, Smith, for Lyttelton, Now Zealand Siiipning 1 Company, agent. SHIPPING TELEGRi AM S. AUCKLAND, Jn'iy 29. —Arrived!: Wainrata "(1.40 p.m.), from New York. —Sailed: Euplectela (7.10 a.m.), for "Wellington; Bona (7.10 a.m.), for "Wellington. WKTiTiTNG-TON, July 29.—Arrived: Suffolk - (8.45 a.m.), fromi Napier.—Sailed: Port Victor (5.40 p.m.), for Melbourne; 'Mararoa (7.50 p.m.), foT Lyttelton. GREYMOUTH, July 2D.—Arrived: Ngakuta (2.35 a.m.), from Dunedin. LYTTELTON, July 29.—Arrived: Maori (S.lO am.), from "Wellington. MELBOURNE, July 28.—Arrived: Australrange, from Dunedin. SI'DNJSY, July 29.—Arrived: Jubilee, frcmi G-isborne. NEWCASTLE, JuJy 27.—Arrived: Ivaituna, from Dunedin. July 23.—Arrived': Waiweia, •' from "WeUing-ton. July 23.—Arrived: "Wanaka, from Auokland. SAN FHANdSCO, July 22.—Sailed: Cordoba, for. "Wellington; Amy Turner, baiquentine, for Bluff. LONDON, July 20. —Arrived: Kaikoura, from Wellington.

Ruahine, after loading 1 cb wool, bud mutton at Port Chalmers, sailed at 7.15 a.m. yesterday for Lyttelton and Wellington to oompleto hor loading prior to proceeding to th-o United Kingdom. ° The liaiapoi arrived at Port Chalmers last sight from the West Coast, via. Oamaru. She will come up to tov.-n to-day. Tie Waitomo will probably sail on Saturday in ballast for Newcastle. Captain DoorJy as m command. This vessel has been undergoing surrey at Port Chalmers. ' i-'®?? Tahiti, for "Vancouver, via I/yttelton, Wellington, and Honolulu, will tail from Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. to-day. 'xThe weather was still unfavourable' r.t iftapior yesterday, and the Mokoia was unable to get to a berth, but it is hoped that she will be able to go alongside this morning. She is expected to leave in the evening for Gisbome and Auckland. A radio was received yesterday trom the Kauri, which is'at present en route from Newcastle to Lyttelton, statin- that she was ecrpected to reach the New Zealand port tma monung. Tho weather at Greymouth yesterday was line, and the.sea an the bar was smooth, lhe Kahika was expected to sail from Grey--1 inouth yesterday for Duiiedin. The liamona left Westport at 9 p.m. on ■ Monday for Wellington. The sea on tho bar at Westport yesterday yrsp smooth. j The Kairctnra arrived at Westport at 5 I . p.m. on Monday, and was expected to sail ' ye^ t f rd ? 7 £o,r Omehunga trnd Nov/ Plymouth. The was due here late last or early this morning from Oamaru She is expected to sail to-morrow for Bluff.' The Rosamond left Tasmania on Monday for Wellington, where she is due to-day. She is duo to leave to-morrow for Dunedin and tram hem she will sail for Oamaru ana rimara, where she will load again for Weiiingtoh: TAHITI FURTHER DELAYED. The Union Company advises that the def - ParW of tho Tahiti from Port Chalmera has been* further postponed. She is now due to ea.il at iVp.m. to-day for Lyttolton, Welling"ton, Honolulu, Jind. Vauooniver. THE PORT VICTOR Another representative of the C. and D Line; fleet, "the Port Victor, was berthed at Wellington last Wednesday morning after an uneventful voyage from New York. The vessel . cleared th-o American. port on Juno 20 last, • &hq with the exception of o> week's bucl •weaiaier when nearing theee shores the voy- , age was <3ovoid of' incident, Tho Port Victor ■was engaged in war scrvice for a jjeriod and ; when in the Channel, off Havro,. in September, 1!)17, torpodoad in No. 1 hold by a German submarine. Fortune favoured the yoEsed, and she was soon repaired and rendered fit far eea again. THE WAUtATE. local agents for the WaLmato advise that tho vessel is due at Port Chalmers from Itew York, via Panama, and northern New Zealand ports, in about a fortnight. THE GIESSEN. The ex-German steamer G lessen, with a Jorge draft of returning troops, kft Capetowm <m July 22, en route for Frcmantlo'and Wellington. She is due to roach tho New ■iecuand port on August 21. THE PALOONiA. Advice has been given by the Union Company that t'he Paloona is cxpcctod to leavo Wellington for Suva to lead for Auckland. THE KIA OltA. Tho hxal agents for tho S.S. and A Line adviso that the Kia Cra, which left Wellington on Juno 20 for London, reached Panama on. July 22.

THE RARANGA. "Word has been reoeivod by tlio local agents that the S.S. :uk! A. 1 i ; ncr at, present en route from "Wellington to Londtin, readbed Panama om July 21. PEHRO-C ON<JRETB SHIPS. A roj>ort was presented in October last to the committee of t'.ho It<iluin Naval Register by ita chief engineer, Ing. Doro.cnico liurricelli, on the subjoct of ferro-ooncrot© ships. In the course of this report Mr Hararioelli gave a brief history of the construction of , forro-concrate sliips in various countries, and tracod their development in the war period. Ho aJso referred to tho pftix>ra on ferro-con-cJ'ote aliip construction read before the Institution of Naval Architects and oilier British associations, and dwelt at "length upon the difficulties wliicih faeod classification societies in the inspection of fearo-ooncrete craft during construction. I nspcction of a steel si up could easily be carried out at ;wiy moment during the progress of construction, with the result that the builders were able to presumo that their work wlten completed was perfectly sucosisfu'l; such, however, was not t-hc caso in regard to forro-concreto eliiife. Tlve real efficiency of the means axlopted for tho union together of tho various parts fanning tlie rainforcement and of tbe adlierence of tihe latter to the ma.teria.l in which it ™s embedded- couldl only be ascertained by means of Such, experiments, which obviously were not necessary in tho matter of a stool ship, could not bo dispensed with in the caso of a ferro-concretfe one. According to 'Mr Barrioalli, tiHs drawbacks \mdcx this head were. greater in tho case of the monolithic system, which now appeared to be tho prevailing system, than in a system in which construction wus earned out by sections or since in tho "latter e-ystem a selection and a survey could bo mad© of oach element separately, tests rendering it possible to aeccitcin tho quality of the material and its_ resistance to a specified stress before building xip in the ship. He callcdl particular attention to a system of concrete s'hip construction by suc.li separate elements in iue in Groat Britain (Ritchie system); in this, tho elements comprised floor plates and elioll, side frames and shell, and deck beams, pre-oast in moulds, tho various elements being of moderately largo size, easily • handled, and easily subjected to tests after an adequate period of maturing. It was clear that this system, when cxpericnco had dcmonstrated its applicability to ships 0 f large dimeneions, was likely to simplify in a large meaeuro the task of classifieatiwi surveyors. ! At all events, whether the ferro-concrete ship ' was monolithic or built up of separate elements, owing to the very nature of tho coilstxuction, however a/ccuTato may bavo been carried it did not soem possible, so far, an <l without a definite trial in ttctual service conditions at sea, to ascribo to tlio finished ship of ferro-concreto a degree of oonfidcnce equal to that which was justified in a ship built of steol.