SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26638, 8 December 1947, Page 8

SHIPPING

PORT OF OTAGO High Water.—St. Clair, 11.45 a.m., 11.50 p.m.; Taiaroa Head. 11.55 a.m.„ midnight; Port Chalmers, 0.11 a.m., 12.35 p.m.; Dunedin, 0.41 a.m., 1.05 p.m. The Sun.—Rises at 4.41 a.m., sets at 8.17 p.m. Phases of the Moon.—New moon: December 13, 0.53 a.m. First quarter: De-. cember 21, 5.43 a.m. Full moon: December 28, 827 a.m. Last quarter: January 4. ARRIVALS Saturday, December 6 Katui, m.s. (6 a.m.), 941 tons, Pike, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd.; agents. Sunday, December 7 Haparangi, m.s. (7.10 a.m.). 11,300 tons, Pilcher, from Liverpool, via northern ports. New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltdagents. DEPARTURES Saturday, December 6 Fort Grant, s.s. (11.30 a.m.), 7133 tons, Furneaux, for London, via Bluff. Norman Star, m.s. (12.30 p.m.), 4300 tons. Hales, for Lyttelton. BERTHAGE LIST FOR TO-DAY Karetu, at Birch street wharf, from Sydney; for Sydney. Waipahi, at Cross wharf, from Wellington; for New Plymouth. Waimarino, at Rattray street wharf, from Bluff; for Timaru. Fort Pic, at Victoria wharf, from Sydney; for Sydney. Katui, at Victoria wharf; from Wellington; for Wellington. Marabank, at Ravensbourne, from Nauru; for Makatea. Aldington Court, at Port Chalmers, from Lyttelton; for Port Lincoln, South Australia. Haparangi, at Port Chalmers; from Liverpool; for Liverpool. Kaikorai, at Port Chalmers, for survey. Wairua, at Port Chalmers, for repairs.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS Waipiata, from Auckland, to-day. Holmburn, fgrom Wellington, December 10. Cornwall, from New York, December 9. Waitaki, from Lyttelton, December 10. Northumberland, from New York, December 11. Ocean Vestal, from Makatea, December 14. Neothyris, from Miri, December 15. Port Phillip, from London, December 17. Armadale, from Montreal, December 17. Waipawa, from Liverpool, December 19. Komata, from Auckland, December 23. Port Halifax, from Montreal, December 29. Waiwera, from London, January 1. Ashburton, from Liverpool, January 14.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES Karetu, for Eden, New South Wales, tomorrow. Fort Pic, for Bluff, to-morrow. Waipahi, for Oamaru, to-morrow. Marabank, for Makatea, to-morrow. Waimarino, for Timaru, to-morrow. , Aldington Court, for Port Lincoln, South Australia, December 10. Katui, for Timaru, December 11. Holmburn, for New Plymouth, December 11. , Haparangi, for Auckland, December 12. Wairua, for Bluff, December 20. COASTWISE MOVEMENTS Katui, from Wellington, arrived on Saturday. She will sail for Timaru and Wellington on Thursday. Waipiata, from Auckland, via Wellington, is expected to arrive to-day. Waipahi is scheduled to sail to-morrow for Oamaru, Timaru, Nelson, and New Plymouth. Holmburn will arrive on Wednesday from Wellington to load for New Plymouth and Port Waikato. Waimarino, which is loading for Timaru, Wellington, and Auckland, should sail to-morrow. Komata will load at Auckland this week for Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin. She is due here on December 23. FORT GRANT SAILS Fort Grant (Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd.), sailed on Saturday to continue loading general cargo for London. NORMAN STAR AWAY Norman Star (H. L. Tapley and Co., Ltd.) sailed on Saturday for Lyttelton. MARABANK DELAYED Marabank (H. L. Tapley and Co.. Ltd.), which has been unloading phosphate at Ravensbourne, is expected to sail tomorrow for Makatea. " ON MAIDEN VOYAGE Haparangi (New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd.) arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, via northern ports. After discharge she will begin to load, and is expected to sail for Auckland about December 12. OTHER DOMINION PORTS Ships which arrived at or sailed from other Dominion ports during the weekend were:—

Auckland.—Saturday: Arrived—Mount Park (noon), from Port Lincoln; Rosalie (2 p.m.), from Suva and Noumea; F. Southall Farrar (7 p.m.), from Portland, Oregon; Port Tauranga (10 p.m.), from Gisborne. Sunday: Arrived —Wellpark (2 p.m ), from Timaru.

Wanganui.—Saturday: Arrived—lnaha (11.30 p.m.), from Wellington. Sunday: Arrived—Breeze (2.30 a.m.) from Wellington. W elllngton.—Saturday: Arrived—Tamahine (1.50 a.m.), from Picton; Matangi (6.50 a.m.), from Nelson; Rangatira (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Holmdale (2.20 p.m.), from Oamaru. Sailed: Tuatea (4 a.m.), for the Sounds; Gabriella (9.15 a.m.), for Greymouth; Waipiata (11.50 a.m.), for Dunedin; Foxton (1 p.rm), for Patea; Breeze (2 p.m.), for Castlecliff; Matangi (7.30 p.m.), for Nelson; Rangatira (7.45 p.m.), for Lyttelton. Sunday: Arrived—Arahura (6.40 a.m.). from Nelson; Hinemoa (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Pakura (7.5 a.m.), from Napier; Holmglen (7.45 a.m.), from Dunedin. Sailed: Kaimai (7.25 a.m.), for Westport; H.M.N.Z.S. Arbutus (8.30 a.m.), for Sydney. Lyttelton.—Saturday: Arrived—Hinemoa (6.40 a.m.), from Wellingtor); Waitaki (8.50 a.m.), from Wellington; Gael (9.35 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed—Haparangi (5 p.m.), for Dunedin; Hinemoa (8.50 p.m.), for Wellington. Sunday— Rangatira (6.55 a.m.), from Wellington. Overseas Movements Vancouver, December 6—Sailed: Waikawa, for Wellington. Gravesend, December 6.—Sailed: Empire Star, for Wellington. Balboa, December 6.—Sailed: Weybank, for Lyttelton.