SHIPPING.

Southland Times, Issue 18838, 3 June 1920, Page 4

SHIPPING.

THE TIDES.—JENE 3. Bluff -'.TI u.ni. ~ ; '»3 p.m. Invercargill .. oP> a.m. .'T.i.i p.m Riverton 101 l a.in. Eoo p.m THE SEN. Sun ri?os to-'iay • Sun sets to ilay I P- K1 PORT OP BLEEP, SAILED. June 2 —Theresa Ward. IDo tons, for Stewart Island. Harbour Hoard, agents. ARRIVED. June 2 —Theresa Ward, ID.» tons, from Stewart Island. Harbour Hoard, agents. The R..M.S. Naldera, one of th.e latest additions to the P. and O. Line, now at r-yoney from London, is the largest vessel i>i::lt til Greenock, being tjOdft in length, i’Tit in breadth, and til ft in depth, her gross ton nage being Id,tihl 1 . The cargo of the bannientine V> anganui. ivhich arrive) 1 , at Wellington from Elarenee River i New South Wales i last Friday, consisted of alsout liiti.lMHltt of hardwood. of which. oO.OPUft are consigned to Westport. Tire Wanganui is a sister ship M the Alexa. The twin-screw steamer Mamma, t" the order of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. was launched from the ,/arrow yard of Messrs Palmers' Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Ltd., on March 22. The vessel's dimensions are: Length, b.p., 477 ft Tin ; breadth moulded. ti2ft Din: depth moulded. S4ft 4in to upper deck. Site is of the two-deck tyj-e. with shelter deck ami bridge and forecastle above the shelter deck. Accommodation is proviile'l in a steel house on the bridge deck forward for the saloon, otlicers. and steward.-, etc., thee captain being in a -teel house on bridge over saloon, with, deckhouse for whcelhmuse, chart room, ami Marconi room on the navigating bridge. The engineers are accommodated in side houses abreast engine ami boiler easing, with alleyway between. Tim crew an- berths.i in the forecastle. Steam steering ;o- of Wil.-on-Pirrie type is fitted in hott.-e aft. controlled by telemotor from bridge. T l u vessel is insulated in the holds am! lower 'tween decks, excepting Nos. d am! hj ho! is and ’tween decks, for the carriage of chilled and frozen meat, the refrigerating machinery being situated on port side of engine-room. She will carry about 11.MHO ions d.w., and special attention has been given in design for rapid and economical cargo handling. She is to he tilted with two sets of engines of the direct-acting, surface condensing, quadruple expansion type, by Messrs Palmers anil Co., the cylinders being 'J3in, Join, 47Hn, hSin by 4Sin stroke, the boilers, four in number, fitted with Howden’s system of forced draught, and constructed for a working pressure of 22t)ib. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. (Per L"r.ited Press Association.) EHRISTEHER.EH. June 2. Arid verD Storm <2 amt.'. from Picton ; Maori t5.33 a.m. l . from Wellington; W'aitruno i It. t.T a.m. , front Geelong; Baden Powell (neon 1 , from Wellington; Wool ton (12.0 a.m.-, from Wellington. Sailed—l Iraki ill a.m.'. for Sydney; Prorni ( Ido p.m. , Par Dunedin ; Maori, for Wellington. TTMARH. June 2. Arrived—Nishmaka, from New York, via Lvttelton. with oils and general cargo. NEW YORK. June 1. Arrived—Suffolk (at Newport News'; Vnakatane. VANEOEVER. June 1. Sailed —Niagara, lor Sydney. Ij >N Di >N, June 1. Sailed —Sierra Madre. for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, June 2. Sailed —\\ a:\vera. for Wellington. W ELI.INGTgN, June 2. Arrived —Waihora td.lo a.m. l . from Newcastle; Canadian Exp.ortcr lS.4i) a.m. 1 , from Melbourne; Wahim* 15..33 a.m.'. from [,yttehon; Invercargill (1.3 p.m.i, from Wangami; ; Manuka. (4.3 p.m. l , from Sydney, Sailed-- Eorinna I 1.13 p.m.', for Dunedin; Kaniti «-1.t’.0 p.m. i. for Wanganui: Calm id p.m. 1 . tor Timaru; Within" t7.3U p.m. , for l.vttelton. AEEKI.AND. June 2. sailed— Kurnw i a.-13 p.m.', for Kaipura; Southern Ero.-s (4,.3n p.m. , for S'domon Island- and New Hebrides. THE WEATHER. j WELLINGTON. June 2. j The Dominion Meteorologist reports: — ! Showery conditions have prevailed in east . ©oast and .southern district.-, but elsewhere : the weather ha.- been fair, though cold I •outherly breeze,- have predominated, and i atmospheric pressure has increased -lowly. Present indications are for cool, fair to cloudy weather generally, but misty at times, with scattered showers probable in northern and southern district.- and along, the east coast ; moderate to strong S.K. to N.E. winds may be expected, and falling ' barometer in the south shortly.