SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12591, 6 September 1906, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The steamer Capo Breton was floated into dock st 7 o'clock yesterday morning, for cleaning and re-painting. She will be brought out this evening, and ia to sail tomorrow for Melbourne. Tho Union Company's steamer Pukaki arrived yesterday morning from Greymouth, via Port Chalmers. The vessel has a part oargo of tofei and timber to land here. The Shaw Savill and Albion Company's steamer Matatua will leave No. 7 wharf at an early hour this morning, aud go out to an anchorage in the stream. It is understood that the vessel will leave about noon, *nd proccod under easy steam to Wellington, whore eho will be laid up for the preaent. The Shaw Savill and Albion Company s steamer Karamea left Auckland yesterday morning, and is due here to-monpw night or Saturday morning. After loading a quantity of cargo tho veasol goes to Wellington, whence she sails finally for West of England ports on tho 18th instant. The Shaw Savill and Albion Company's fteamer Aotea, from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington, will arrive here early this morning, and will berth at No. 7 wharf. The vessel has about 1700 or 1600 tons of oargo to land here, after whioh she proceeds to .Port Chalmers to finish discharging. It iB stated that the Aotea will afterwards proceed to Newcastle to load coal for Honolnlu, as tbero is at present little homeward oarzo offering in New Zoiland. Tho Shaw Savill and Albion Company s steamer RaiiKfttira, from London, via Port Chalmers, will nrrivo hero this morning., and will berth at No. G wharf. Tho veestr has 000 tons of general cargo from London to land here, besides a quantity of wool, etc., from Dunedin, for transhipment to tbe Karamea. The Rangatira finishes discharging here, but her future movements are not yet definitely decided upon. The New Zealand and African Company a stoamer Ayrshire will sail early this morning for Port Chn hners, where #he will land tbe bnlanco of her cargo from Liverpool. After that she proceeds to Auatraha to load for Home. . , The barquontinc River Boynois expected to sail to-day, in ballast, for Kaioara. where she will load a cargo of timber for Sydney. The steamer Wootton will *«il to-day with a load of coal ior Kaiartoi. Thence she proc«sd-< to Foxton to load a cargo of timber for Kaiapoi. The ntcamer Defender is due here on Sunday with a carjro of timber from Hokitika. Sho will sail again next Tuesday for Picton ar-1 Hokitika. , „, .. v _ The New Zealand Shipping Company s t>U>amer Rimutnk* will sail at 5 o'clock this afternoon for Bluff, Port Chalmers and Timsru. . t

The harquo Woollahra left Kainara yesterday with a cargo of timber for Sydney. After discharging at the latter port, the vessel •roes to X'-wcßJlle to load coal for Lyttelton or Wellington. ' , . ~ - The hri?antine Aratapu cleared at the Cuafcoma yesterday with a load of produce for

Kaipara. The schooner Amelia Sims cleared, in ballast, for Havelock, where she will load timber for Lyttelton. Both vessels will get away with the first fair wind. Captain Morton, who has been appointed t» the command of the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Kumars, was formerly in command of the ship Pleiades. * Captain R. Todd, Marine Superintendent in New Zealand for the Tyser Shipping Company, returned to Now Zealand last week by the Rimutake.

Mr A. R. Hialop, secretary of the Institute of Marine Engineers, left Wellington on Monday morning for Rotorua. Tho barque Brunei is making a long passage from Liverpool to Wellington, being now 126 days out. Mr Woolcox, late purser of the Wanaka. is now in a similar position on the Talune. The Union Company's steamer Hawea left Auckland yesterday for Limestone Island, to load for Napier and Wellington. During the past year, 226 written permits were issued by the Marino Department for the carriage of explosives by steamers. ■ The Union Company's steamer Talune had an unusually large quantity of cargo to land at and was consequently delayed a day. Sho will' arrive here this morning from Auckland, via Eas* Coast ports, and will aail this afternoon for Dunedin. Regulations affecting the deck cargoes of eeowa carrying timbeT, and also other tjrpea of vessels engaged in the coastal trade, aw> being framed by the officers of the Marine Department, and will be gazetted shortly. It is probable that inspectors will be appointed to assist the Superintendent of Mercantile Marina in enforcing • the deck cargo regulaThe French cargo steamer Breiil«el, 5098 tons, is now loading over 2,000,000 feet of jarran at Bunbury for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland, and is dus to wrnvo at her first port of can at the end of this month. Messrs Kays and Carter have been admed that a general average deposit will be payable on goods per the Bnrgermeister Hachmenn of 10 per cent., in coneequence of a fire which was discovered in her cosl bnnkere while at Capetown. •_ The s.s. Bramley is to leave New York on Ootober sth for New Zealand ports. She will be followed by the e.i. Queen Amelie on November 10_u Both vessels come via Australia.