SAILERS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7564, 7 May 1919, Page 4

SAILERS.

San "Francisco'to Wellington : —

Commerce (Vac. Oil), left inarch 1, duo May; Samar, left March 10, due May. '

Thq auxiliary scow Maroro came up 1 the rivev yesterday morning, and will I] go on the slip at Putiki immediately tor ;' the purpose of having her propellers tk. l' moved. Messrs S. Jioim and O>., who • ore the local agents for the vessel, ad- ' , vise that she will lift at this port itpf\ wards of 180,000 ft. of timber for Sydney. .j The Senorita has some 290,000 ft. of "7* whito pine aboard, and sails this afterV ' noon, weather permitting, for Sydney. '?■]' Messrs S. Holm and Co. advise that ,'' ' tho White Pine should complete load- >-'\ ? inst next week, and will sail about) the ly 16th inst. for Sydney, with 350,000 ft. 1 * of white pine. ;-' Tho John will load at Dunedin to-day, Oamani to-morrow, Timaru on Friday, and Lyttelton on Saturday for Wang:;u\u, ;in*l may be expected to arrive *s *',' ' this port ahonfc Monday, the 12th in&t. yiesms &. Holm and Co. are the local • '• agents. 1 ; Thr^r> mailing vessels are at present t - in port for the purpose of transporting over three quarters of a million feet of *-■ whito pine to ■'Sydney. They are r]\e Senorifn,, the White Pine and the Ma- ;- roro, and are all under the agency ot Messrs Holm and Co. * • Thy slr-amer Tnn;a was expected to sail ftrfim Onvrnmith yesterday for Sydney. Mr T \tcColville. second enarineer of the Kapiti. ]e{t the vessel on Monday. Tho Al•"sander is expected to arrive ' Lo-niorrow moraines with coal from Groynionth. Thi* Arartawa is due to-morrow morning from Onehunga. iU , The oil-fnel vessel. Waitemata was '^ v launched by the Northumberland Chip- ;' ing Co., litd., Howdon-on-Tyne, ni •< February last, for the' Union Steam Ship ~ Company of New Zealand, and three .^dther vessels are to be built at the yard 'for the Bame owners. The Waitemuta's measurements are: Length, 400 f t; "breadth, 53ft; depth, 35ft; and she will have a carrying capacity of 9000 tons dead weight. She will*bo fitted with triple-expansion engines, supplied by the ..North-Eastern Marino Engineering Co.. Wallsend, and will be propelled by oil fuel, with a speed of 12 knots.