SHIPPING.

Southland Times, Issue 18816, 8 May 1920, Page 4

SHIPPING.

The C. and D. liner Port Victor, which Arrived at Port Chalmers on morning from Lyttelton, will h.t -io. U freight otfCM'r of frozen meat ana aoout 200 Uatf ut £rvii-ond oarjro fur J’.mrUuuL lav vessel will be"despatched :Unu!_ Tmsday next for Loudon, via Panama and Newport - The departure of the Tahiti! mini Wellington for London, via Panama, has laeeu postponed until May To. The chief engineer for 'he llarooun- and Rivers I>t partment (New South V ales i has notified the Department oi Navigation that in response to .hat- department s_ request, a eurvevor was despatched to search tor a submerged object which it. was star-ed had been struck by the stcaruit m*entlv, between Montague Islcaei -aid the mainland. The result of the investigation was that a pinnacle rock was- m.-i-ovc-re-. bj the surveyor, which is not showti on the emit. The {■osiiion of this pinnacle n\’K was foimd to he as iollov,:-. Mca;ague .ightLouse bearing from pinnacle rock N._9 K-, corr. mag. Cl ass house Roe-: bearing N. O-g TV., corr. mag. The Superintendent _oi Navigation stales that the-e bearing- give the position of the ob-mu-non. slightly c-.tst-ward of the alleged jmsitiou of the .vugliipish at the U:n“ i*l me casualty. PROFIT’S OF FEDERAL STEAMERS. Tvrsntv sice! cargo ves,-r!s have been built for or are undo- construetion in AurtTidia for the Federal Governm-nt. Four were allotted to Vi liila.ms.tow1 1 .; two to loc.-uitoo Island, six to Wal.-h Island. tour !" a firm in Queensland, and a similar number u> a South Australian constructor. Sue of the vessels have been launched., and the remainder will be launched before th.e end of the year. Xh-- From ana. the fir-t vcssetl launched, Cl>s t .Uo-S.I'TG. or >A'.U 1-l/ii per ton. but lifter making alhowan.ee tor the heavy iuitiad cost or me first vessel it is expected that rite cost of the othe r vessels will be reduced. The Commonwealth mirhoxiries have tveu advised that the Dronnma could be sold for £200.1)1)0.. or an adv aace c: nearly Li per ton. The fleet of 15 cargo veas-Ls purchased by the Prime Mim.-ter m i'.Ho cost £2.0-52.fi5 1, ;uul against the 10-a on the crmstrucuon of the v/ooUea vesrel.-, the two tits made by' tnc. whole of lire C-om-jnomvetdt'n boats amount d to >20.-120 in less than three yenrs. Adding the profits jnatic bv workitiiT Ilm.* ?.x. v.-unium the gross profit was £G,90fi,79. - >. Trie total fleet now comprises 5S vessels. in addition to th.e ves-ais 'being htiiit- in Australia, contracts have been let in England lor the construction "I five twin-screw geared turbine .-.tee! su amers, with a deadweight of about TJ.lil) tons. lie? price to bo paid has not yet teen fixed, but it will be based nr. the airgn-ga'.e of costs and charges particularly specified, plus 25j per cent., to cover overhead charges and profit. The first vesy.i .-houlil be ready for delivery IS months idler approval of the plans; the second in May in 1921 ; the third in June nf the same year, and the two others arc in be delivered in the folk-wing tfcpt-embcT. The Breeze, now at Punt-din. will sail today for Timaru, Lyttelton, pieton, and ■Wanganui. The s.s. Dun;h:la, built at Cockatoo Island (New South Wales) f >r the Ominmnwc-aitlt Government;, underwent c. satisfactory trial run in II "bsoa's Bay 1 i.-:t month. This v"s--Bel, which is of o-'-Od t'-ns. is a sister ship to the Delungra, Dumos.ig and Drornana, and her engines were bud; in Chisllermune by Thompson and Co. and instated at Melbourne. It is expected that the Duntlula will bo r-Liccd into cenums.-ma for the interstate trade this week. The Merchant Service Guild. which has row a membership of about 500, including ril the captains and officers on the New Zealand coast, excepting only a lew on icows trading about Aucklaiul. h-'iii its nineteenth annua! meeting at Wellington on V'eda.esday last. It- was mentioned to the secretary of She Marine Department that the guild ini cuds to try to inaugurate a national pension ;-ch--me that will embrace all seafarers from the stokehold to the bridge. Stare aid will be sought early -during next- season of Parliament to place the scheme on a sound b.isi-:. It was suggested that the scrum-:- would he a fitting recognition of the seafarers’ devotion to dutycuring the jicrilous days of the war. To make up for the loss of ships through the war. it is stated on sound authority that Norwegian shipowners have placed orders cn the North-east Const of England for 1-17 new steamers. Tim owners are particularly anxious to speed ur> :h--se new contracts in view of the stipulation of their Government that rf the vessels are not in commission by a certain date they will forfeit GO pt-r cent, of the insurance money paid for .ships lost through the war.

fTTTPFTNG TELEGRAMS. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, May 7. Arrived—Maori (S ami.), fn>m WVdingitrn; Paloona (8.50 a.m.l, from Ikim-iin. Sailed—Calm (0.1.S ajn.l, for Wellington; John (2.50 p.m.i. for Well in gto n ; L’iiiuoroa and Maori, for Wellington. DUNEDIN, May 7. Boiled—Kotare (5.30 p. 111.1, for Bluff. AUCKLAND, May 7. Sailed—Remuera (12.40 pan..', for Wcllington; Kaltopo (9.15 pan,), lor Greymouth. Airivcl —Kaitangata (9.15 p.m.i, from JV’estport. SYDNEY, May 7. (Received May -S, 1.05 aau.i Arrived —Swallow, frorn Grc-ymoath. THE WEATTII-TI. WELLINGTON, May 7. The Dominion Meteorologist reports: Anti-cyclonic conditions have con tinned over the Dominion, with variable breezes and fair weather generafiy. Present indications are for motiemte to strong easterly winds northward of New Jdymouth and Rapier, and northemes elsewhere; weather probably warmer, with increasing eload ami haziness; barometer has a falling tendency.

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