NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 1 March 1901, Page 4

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

Friday — Clansman, for Taurangn at 7 p.m.; Wellington for Whangarei, 9.30 p.m.; Glenelg from Hohoura, etc.; Muritai for way ports and Mercury Bay, 7 p.m..

The barque Margarita has sailed, coal laden, from Newcastle to Auckland.

Tho s.s. Taieri will come out of dock on Monday, and will then leave for Westport.

The schooner Maungaroa commenced the discharge of her cargo of copra today.

The barque Northern Chief will complete her loading of timber for Sydney about the end of next week.

The s.s. Sonoma is due from Sydney iate to-night, and will leave for way ports and San Francisco at noon to-morrow.

The s.s. Taviuni arrived from .Westport at 4.30 p.m. yesterday. She left Westport at 3 a.m. on February 2G, and had line weather on the trip.

Tho barque Helene has arrived at Melbourne with a cargo of timber from tho Thames, after a good passage of 15 Onyx. This constitutes tho record passage for tho season from the Thames.

The brigantine Defiance came down from Chelsea this morning, and berthed nt tho Breastwork. Her topsides will be caulked next week, and she will leave about Saturday for the Kaipara to load timber for Sydney.

Messrs Lognn Bros, have just completed a line-looking launch for the Government steamer Tutnnekai. The launch, which lias very graceful lines, is 30ft long by Bft beam, and has a space forward for cargo, while aft there is room for a dozen passengers. An 8 h.p. Union oil engine has been fitted by Messrs W. A. Ryan and Co., and this will develop a speed of about eight knots. The launch is diagonally built of kauri, with two skins.

A master mariner, who was born in Sweden, had bought a ship in this country (says a London paper). We consider fclm a Swede, and the ship ceases to be British. .But a score of years ago he left flweden and settled for a time in New Zealand, though he was not naturalised there. He finds now th»t Sweden declines to recognise him as a subject. He holds a master's certificate in the merchant .service; but Swedish born, and long living in Norway, the Norwegians also "decUm to recognise him as a subject." He

is unable to send his ship to sea, as ttie nation cannot or will not grant hin a certificate 01 ownership or registry, without which the vessel runs the risk of seizure.