SHIPPING

POUT OF WELLINGTON* HIGH WATEE. To-day—9n 59m a.m.; lOhlßinp.m. to-morrow-101i 85m a.m.; 10b. 52m p.m. ARRIVALS. August IS-Hawera, s.s. (2.50 p.m.), 174 tons, I SgusTis-^Waverley, s.s. (3.5 p.m.), IS7 lS^-Kegufus, s.s. (5.15 p.m.), 686 tons, Wlckennan, from Wanganm August 13—Pateenn, ».s.' (6 p.m.), 1212 tons. Irwin from Nelson and Picton AugUßt 13-Wakatu, s.s. (0.0 p.m.), 157 tons, WfuVrS-Mao;r S .s- (9 a.m.), 3412 tons, Manning, from .Lyttelton DEPARTURES. August 13—Mararoa, s.s. (3 p.m.), 259S tons, Cameron, for Lyttelton August 13-Karamu, s-s. (f1.45 p.m.), 934 tons, A^Biist' 14^Kipple? s.s. (4 a.m.), 370 tons, Carlson, for Akitio, Napier, and Gisborne . August 14-Kahu, s.s. (4 a.m.), 182 tons, Sorting, for East Coast bays EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Walrau, Blenheim, Mth " . Queen of the South, Foxton, 14th Kapuni, Patea, 14th ; , Komata, Westport, 14th Mararoa, Lyttelton, 16th Hawera, Patea', 15th Kapiti, Wangannl, 15th > Monowai, Auckland direct, Isth Blenheim, Wanganm, 15th Wakatu, Lyttelton and Kalkoura, 16tn Hawera, Patea, Ktn Kapiti, Wanganul, 16th Kahu, East Coast, 10th Invercargill, Taraltohe, Hits' Maori, Lyttelton, 16th Blenheim, Wanganui, 16th Hippie, Napier and Gisborne, 18th PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Maori, Lyttelton, 14th Blenheim, Wanganui, 14th Kapiti, Wanganui, 14th Hawera,' Patea, 14tb Poherua, Westport, Htli . Kakapo, Westport, 14th Kennedy, Picton, Nelson, West Coast, 14th Walrau, Blenheim, 14th Pateena, Picton only, 14th Manuka, Lyttelton, 14th Kokiri, Greymouth, 14th Eegnlus, Nelson and Onehunga, 16th Queen of the South, Foxton, 15th Mararoa, Lyttelton, 15th Waverley, Patea, 15th • Kamo, Greymouth, 15th Mapourika, Auckland, 15th Maori, Lyttelton, IGth Invercargill, Wanganui, 16th Komata, Westport, 16th BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 13th AugUßt 'Arrived—Makura (IU.SO a.m.), from. Sydney Sailed—Flora (10 p.m.), for Rarotonga; Monowai (11 p.m.), Mr South ■ ' : PATEA, 13th August. Arrived—Kapuni (1.20 p.m.), from Wellington „ BLENHEIM, 14th August -Sailed—Wairau (9 a.m.), for Wellington NELSON, 14th August Arrived—Kaitoa (13.30 a.m.), from Wellington To sail—Kaitoa (10 p.m.), for Wellington WESTPORT, 13th August Sailed—Komata (2.2 a p.m.), for Wellington GREYMOUTH, 13th August Sailed—Ngahere (3.35 p.m.), for Wellington LYTTELTON, •18th August 'Arrived—Wootton (4 p.m.), from Wellington PEESONAL. Mr. Alex. Ferguson has signed on the articles of the Kakapo as second officer Mr. Archibald J. D. McArthur, son of Captain C. McArthur, has signed oil the Kamo as third officer ■ Mr. James McGaw, chief steward of the Ngakuta, has resigned his position after several years in the: employ of the Blackball Company. Mr. Catchpole, chief steward of the Ngatoro, has been transferred to the Ngakuta . Shippers of goods from Sydney to ports other than Wellington, per. vessels of the Huddart-Parker line, will now have to arrange with agents in Wellington to reconsign their imports, as the company is not giving a through bill c* lading to any port further than Wellington from Sydney The Monowai sailed from Auckland last night at 11 o'clock for Wellington direct. She is due to-morrow evening, \and should get away, according to present arrangements, at 2 p.m. on Friday for Lyttelton and Dunedin Chicago is to have a shipyard: that will turn out 45 steel ships, 3500 tons each, for the United' States and her Allies every year, and another to build 2000 concrete vessels of 2200 tons each, according to announcement on the 10th April. The steel'ships will be built by the Chicago Marine Corporation, and the concrete ships by the Foundation Company, one of the largest engineering and contracting concerns in the country, employing 27,000 men The honour of having made the two fastest passages from Sydney to San Francisco this season belongs to the two smallest barqnes at present trading across the Pacific, the Kassa and the Daniel. The Kassa, 289 tons, mado the voyage from Sydney in 67 days, and the Daniel, 299 tons, in 74 days. The fastest passage from New Zealand was made by the barque Antiope—s2 days from Auckland. Another barque, the Rona, did the passage from Wellington in 62 days. When entering Paterson's Inlet (Stewart Island) on Thursday last the Kotare fouled a yacht's moorings, and fcho vessel lost one of the blades off her propeller. She, however, loaded her cargo of timber at the mill wharf; and returned, to Invercargill, and,later sailed for Dunedin. The vessel was to be docked at Port Chalmers on Monday morning to -have a new propeller fitted Owing to bad weather the Hinemoa was unable to land building material for the new lighthouse tower at Dog Island on Monday, but the work was got under way yesterday Final payment in connection with the expensive legal action regarding the Eunice was made at the meeting of the Wanganui Harbour Board last week. The total Cost of the case to the board was £350. An instance of to what heights ocean freight rates have climbed in the South American trade is shown by the chartering recently of two neutral steamers to load wool at Buenos Aires at the rate of 8 cents per pound, or 80 dollars (£l6) per bale. The freight on these two cargoes, it is estimated, will approximate 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000).