LATE SHIPPING.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 98, 1 June 1914, Page 10

LATE SHIPPING.

Two arrivals in port yesterday -were the schooner Eliza. Firth and the brigantine Aratapu, both from Kaipara, which port was left at 2.45 p.m. last Thursday. It proved an interesting race, and it was anticipated that the Aratapu would prove the winner. However, these expectations were ' not realised,' for the Eliza Firth arrived at the Heads at 8.30 a.m., the trip thus occupying .65 hours 45 minutes. The Aratapu did not put in ah appearance at the Heads till 12.5 p.ml, or three.hours 35 minutes behind the Eliza Firth. The Union Company's s.s. Poherua ,will leave Westport. to-night for Lyttelton arid Timawt.

The Kowhai leaves Dunedin to-morrow for Oamaru and Timaru, thence proceeding to Lyttelton, from which port she will take.her departure on Friday, instead of Thursday (as previously notified) for Napier and Gisborne. The. Taviuni is expected to leave Lyttelton for Timaru to-night. The new steamer now being built for the Orient Line by John Brown. and Co., Clydebank, is to be called the Ormonde. UNION STEAM SHIP .COMPANY. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. , Instead of the, Palooria on Wednesday, June 3, the Mokoia will 'leave Melbourne on Tuesday, June 2, Hobart on Friday; for Blu'ff, Dutoedjn, Lyttelton, and Wellington. -She will return to Melbourne,-.via "ports, and will leave Melbourne again on June 24 for Syo? ney, via Hobart, and will continue'in that run until further. notice. The Maitai will leave Melbourne'"tori Wednesday, June 10, for Wellington, via Hobart, «tc., arriving at 'Wellington '■ on, June 19. She tranships to the Moeraki for Sydney, and returr.3 same day to Melbourne, yia ports. The Moeraki, leaving Sydney on Saturday, June 13, will proceed to Wellington, arriving there on June 17, ,transhipping passengers and cargo for southern ports to the Maitai. She leaves on Friday, June 19, direct for Sydney. The Maitai will leave Melbourne on Wednesday, July 1, for Sydney, via Hobart and New Zealand ports, and will continue on that run until further notice. EAST COAST SERVICE. The Warrimoo, on arrival at Lyttelton from Auckland, via East Coast ports, on July 1, will continue to Dunedin as usual, remaining in the Dun-edin-Auckland service meantime. MISSING. Following is a complete list of the sailing vessels which, since the end of 1907, have been posted at Lloyd's as missing through their disappearance while on passages with coal from Newcastle (New South Wales) to ports on the West Coast of South America:— Silberhorn (British), 1774 tons net, destination Iquique, date posted November 27, 1907. JI Pellegrine OT (Italian), 1411 tons, Antofagasta, February 12, 1908. Clan Macpherson (British), 1586 tons, Valparaiso, December 1, 1909. Ellislsnd (British), 2355 tons, Caldera, January 11, 1911. Duriearn (Norwegian), 1533 tons, Valparaiso January 18, 1911. Solway (British), 1599 tons, Junin, November 29, 1911. Orla (German), 1829 tons, Coquimbo, April 3,1912. Nomia (German), 1921 tons, Antofagasta, December 18, 1912. Seestem " (German), 1.423 tons, Caleta, Bucna, April 6, 1914.