SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12501, 24 May 1906, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

An account of tha rough passages of tha Union . Company's steamers Pateena » nd tarawera, which loft Wellington on Tuesday and arrived at Lyttelton aiter battling with a sou-west gale and heavy seas for twentyfour houra and thirty-two hours respectively, will be found in auothor column. v An Auckland states that the Rarawa waa unabie to oroBS the Manukau bar on Tuesday, owing to the heavy sea. Sho was to miss that trip, and all the southern mails were to be forwarded via the East Coast by tne Aporima, sailing at 1 p.m. yesterday. , . Advice has been received that the ship Dalcairnio, l&U tons, is coming direct from Liverpool to Dunedin. The Dalcaimie is now 9J days out, and consequently her arrival at Dunedin is expected daily. The ship, which is commanded by Captain 0. Llewellyn, has on board 2J_7 tons of general cargo for Dunedin, and 1400 tons for Lyttelton. WnUng in the "Siren" on "Worship on the High Seas," Commander Dawson, R.N., draws attention to the curious anomaly that, while attention is usually paid to the reUgious requirements of Mohammedans and Asiatios generally at sea. Christian service is frequently wholly neglected, while unnecessary Sunday labour, even in harbour, is o.ten the rule. .Regular services, he says, cause a feeling of common brotherhood "which is most helpful to contentment, proper discipline, clean forecastle, good feeling, and a happy life. »t »•*•»• f-*- c has never known of serious differences between officers and crew where tho practice was faithfully observed. Tho largest and most complete electric installation ever htted on board ship is in store for the new Cunarder Mauritania, now building at Wallsend. The vessel will be lit .says the Glasgow "Herald ) by about 60.0 lamps of 10-caiidie power, wnich is more than double the number fitted in the Cedric. Two electric parssenger hoists are to be ereoted for conveying passengers between the six decks, two lifts for luggage, and six smaller lifts for mails, etc. -there will be a telephone exchange on board, which will connect up tho chief passenger section of the ship with the officers, and there are also to be special telephones from tho bridge. But perhaps tho most up-to-date novelty is the provision of electric curling-tong heaters for the lady pasßoneC Tho steamer Wootton is expected to sail nt noon to-day, with a load of coal for Kaiapoi. , , The Cygnet, which was delayed by the bad weather, sailed yesterday afternoon for Akaroa, via Le Bon's Bay. She is expected to return to-day, in which case she will leave to-morrow 'night for Kaikoura and Port Robinson. *-~,-,._ The schooner Lily has finished discharging her cargo of timber, and will start to-day to load produce for Kaipara. She is expected to sail to-morrow. > Tb« New Zealand Shipping Company s steamer Rakaia is loading frozen meat and

general cargo for London. She is expected to sail ou outurday lor Wellington, where 5 she wiil complete loading. 'the ivakaia will X leave Welling ton huaily for i-oiidon euriy riiixt week. The Blackball steamer Pareora, laden with coat ior the Rakaia, is bar bound at Greymouth. A small white-painted scow, with pole t masts, was reported by the signalman at - l.ytleiton Heads yesterday afternoon to be | anchored uuder tne _-ennmua lor shelter i from the southerly gale. Ine Union Company's steamer Whangape i finished discharging the Lyttelton portion of ■ her cargo of coai yesterday afternoon, when c she sailed for Timaru. Alter discharging tho balance of her cargo at Timaru, the vessel J proceeds to Westport. 2 The Drayton orange, which was delayed by the bad weather, sailed at 7.30 yesterday ] morning for Lu-tedis, where ahe will discharge the balance of her cargo from Liver- > pool. ] A Press Association from Newcastle states that the barque Onyx left there -, yesterday for Lyttelton. The last Sydney ■shipping paper to hand stated that the unyx had been fixed to load coal at .Newcastle tor Nelson. ' Tne Union Company's steamer Tarawera ( will leave Lyttelton this morning for Dun- ( edin. ' Advice received from Greymouth oh Tues- ( day morning states that there was a heavy j fresh in the rivbr, and the bar was unworkable. It was doUbttul if there would be any ( movements boforo yesterday. The Rosamond, Arahura, and Kittawa aro outside the bar. < A northern paper says the Moana is to be withdrawn from tho Canadian mailsse- f vice upon arrival at Sydney, and is to come over to Port Chalmers for a general overhaul, i after which ahe will probably be placed in the intercolonial trade. ,_•_•! Captain Robertson has taken charge of the Penguin, and Captain Collins will transfer to the Takapuna. It is understood that Csj-lain Collins is to join the Rotomahana this week. ..... „ , The New Zealand Shipping Company 8 steamer Paparoa left Plymouth on Saturday i last for Wellington and Lyttelton, via Cape- . "town and Hobart. The vessel is due at Wellington about July 7th. ' 1 Mr Geo. Bodley, son of Mr G. Bbdley, of j Wellington, and formerly employed in the Phcenix Foundry, has received an appointment as fifth engineer of tho 12,000 tons ■ steamer Wayfarer, trading between New Or- - leans and Liverpool. J The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company s j cteamer Waiwera, due at Wellington from London, via Capetown and .Hobart, on Saturday, ia bringing the following saloon passengers:—For Auckland: Miss M. E. Gilpin, . Mrs Gilpin, Dr. H. P. Gilpin, Masters Gilpin . (2). Mr G. Calderon. For Lyttelton: Misses i A. Waddington, M. Couzons, Mesdames K. . Couzons, P. G. Crawshaw, Dr. D. J. Saurir : tiers. Masters Crawshaw '._), S. Myers. The vessel is also bringing 136 in tha third-class- - The New Zealand and African Company s steamor Oswestry Grange is due at Auck- i hind from Liverpool about the 7th Jun*. 1 She should arrive here about the 18th. I The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, which left Lyttelton on ; April 2nd, arrived at Plymouth on May 18th. ■ The Wairuna was ready to leave Westport for Sydney on Tuesday morning, but was ■ detained on account of the bad state ol the ■ The Shaw-Savill liner Matatua, now at Auckland on her way to Wellington from London, is in charge of Captain J. Maxwell, who.baa the following officers -with-him Chief, Mr A. J. Chapman; second, Mr A. R. Roberts; third, Mr T. Watson; fourth, Mr A. Gibbons. Mr H. Paul is in charge of the engine department, having with him Messrs G. E. Geach, P. Devlin. A. Kerr, L. Hay, and R. Crawford. Messrs R. Latta and A. -Bollock being the refrigerating engineers. The .vessel met with very rough weather crossing the So-uthern Ocean. A heavy north-west pale accompanied by thick weather and confuted sea lasted for a while week; tbo wind then changed to the N.E.. still blowing a gale. The seas were tremendous, breaking f, right over the ve»sel. The weather moderated nearing Hobart. which was reaohed nfter a passage of 38 days, tha average speed per hour being 13 knots. ' Anokland was , Tenched after a passage of H days from Hobart. The actual time from London was 44 dnvs. A man -named Rortbn was landed < at Hobart for medical treatment, he haTin-j broken both arms by falling down a hatchway.

Cygnet, «.«-. (or KaikouTa and Port , Robinson. May S6th. . Waxnuioo, s.a., ior Mo.bourne, via Dun* .-in, Biuif, and Hobart. May 26th. Rotomahana, a.s., for Wellington, May ,sth. Westralia. s.s., for Dunedin, May 26th. Poherna, a.s.,- for Wellington, Westport, .nd Greymouth, May -Cth. Mararoa. s.s., (or Wellington, Hay 26th. Tarawera. s.s., for Wellington, Napier, Qimuorne, and Auckland, May 26th. VESSELS IN PORT. Lily, schooner; Haere, scow; Pukairi, sju; Bakaia, a.».; Pocahontas, s.s.; Jap., barqucnfine. SHIPPING TE_C.BG_U.MS. WELLINGTON, May 23. Arrived, Warrimoo, trom Sydney. Passen* ;ers for Lyttelton—Misses Vermaa (4), Saxton. Morton, Mesdames Ihodey. Wilson, C-raydon, Em, Stevens, Messrs Thody, Easton, finfcerton, Buxton (-), Donaldson, Lodge, Wiison, Craydou, _j*u, Chamberlain, Hawkins, Bowen, McAittrick, Rev. Morton, and fifteen steerage.. Sailed, Mararoa, for Lyttelton. Passengers —Misses Jennings, Chapman Chamberlain, Wright. -Brown, McKeimc Ramsay, Smith, Herdman, . White. Borroughs, Mesdames White-Parsons, Minifie, Chapman, Steadman, Fraser, Montague, Morris and two children, Price, Penny and two children, White, Jennings and two children, Messrs AldLeary, White-Parsons, Mmmc, Seed, Denniston, Chapman, Griffiths, Watson, Whitehead, Hamilton, Ross, Stunner, Falla, -Smailbone, McGrath, Jennings, A'aughton, Rudd, Johnston, Hulme, and Livingstone.