UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 95, 25 April 1891, Page 4

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

Sunday:—Australia arrives from East Coast; Taupo leaves for Fiji, 4 p.m. Monday.—Takapuna leaves Onehunga 11.30 a.m. Tuesday.—Te Anau arrivee from South ; Tarawera arrives from Sydney; Australia leaves for East Coast, 6 p.m. Wednesday.—Oreti arrivesatOnehunga; "Wainui arrives from Samoa; Te Anau leaves for Sydney, 5 p.m. Thursday.—Tarawera leaves for South, noon ; Oreti leaves Onehunga, 10 a.m. Friday.—Poherua arrives from South.

The s.s. Fiona arrived at Sydney yesterday from Auckland. H.jVf.s. Rapid left for Hobart via Norfolk Island this afternoon. Tho brigantine Camille lefb Nowcastlo on the 12th inst. for Auckland. The E.M.s. Mariposa resumed her voyage to Sydney at 5.20 p.m. yesterday. •It is stated that the barquo Helen Donny left London on March 7 for Auckland. Tenders aro wanted at Messrs Bycrofts for the carriage of one million of bricks from the Manukau to Nelson. The topsail echoouer Lark, lately H.Mfiurveyine: vessel, is now running in the Sydney-Newcaetle coal trade. In a week or two the brigantine Ryno will sail on another Island cruise, probably going hence up to Howland Island. The Ellis steamer Jubilee recently made the trip across from Sydney to Wellington in the excellent time of 4 days 22 days. The cufcter Petrel is to sail aboub tho middle of this week on a trip up to Norfolk Island and Noumea with general cargo. The tonnage now laid up in British ports is estimated at 650,000 tons. Aboub 24 of the steamships laid up were builb prior to IS7O, more than 100 up to 1879, and about the same number up to last year. The s.s. Little Agnes, Captain Harries, arrived at Noumea (Now Caledonia) from Auckland on the 13th insb., and was in all probability to go thence on a trip to the Loyalty Islands before returning here. She is due here in a few days. " Captain Piltz, who is well-known in this port, having formerly had the schooners -Uaiay, Fleetwing, and other vesaels trading in the Islands, now has a new American schooner, tho Vanderbilb, of San Francisco, trading in tho South Seas. The Vanflerbilt was at Rarotonga recently. Early this morning the Union Steamship Company's s.s. Taupo, 840 tons, Captain Sh^ r^'w arrivod here from the South. reached Wellington at 10 p.m. on the 21st, discharged coal and took in cargo ?? d oo of^ ' af?ain at 6 p .m. on the 22nd, rounded the H&™ Cape at 8 a.m. on the 24th, and sighted Cuvier at 9.30 last night. She experSced light westerly winds and fine weather throughout. She brought up the Auckland passengers and periodicals ex R.M.s R- uapeuu at Welliugtou from London, and has

on board 260 tons coal for Fiji, whither she sails hence on Monday evening.