SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12849, 6 July 1907, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

The "Union Compeny'e tteamer Moer»ki left Melbourne on W«dnecday for New Zealand ports, via Hobart. She is due at the Bluff on Monday, and after calling at Duntdin comes on to Lyttelton. Aβ the v«we. will be carrying the outgoing Suez mail, she will «TriTO 'here on Thurday ncit, and wiil will the tame day ict Sydney, via Wellington, leaving the latter port on Friday. The Union Comjvany received advice from their Greymouth office, stating th*t it wa« hoped to despatch the Kaitun* from that part last night with a cargo of coal and timber for Lyttelton direct. The veeeel v due here to-morrow night. _ The Union Company's eteamer Taieri arrived yerterday evening fTom Groymouth, vi» Wellington. The vessel has • part cargo of coal to land h-era. and it la hoped to get her aw»y on Monday. Her destination is at present not fix«d. The Union Company's steaaner Kcrukn v exprcled to finish di»char|ing on Monday. Hor doetinetion is not yet fixed. Tho Union Company's chartered steamer Aymeric ie pxpocted to finish discharging on Monday or Tue»d-<y, when she will Bail, probably for Newcastle. Tfte Union Compa?iy'» steamer Pohema left Dmedin yesterday for Lyttelton. vie Oamani and Timaru. The vessel wil-. arrive here to* m :ttow. and will tail at 1 p.m. on Monday for Wellington!. Westport, and Greymouth. It is definitely aiiroiincril thnt the Hh»w SaviJl Compeny'e fteamer Gothic ie to b* withdrawn from the New Zealand trade after her next trip. It is Tumoured in shipping circles that the Gothic has been sold to Germin owneri.

Mr Edwin, late chief officer of the Hauroto is now in a similar position on the Maniipauri. Captain P. A. Peterson, of the stea-mer Toroa, is ashore on leave, and Certain Ouetave Peterson, of the N»t>ier steamer Wcik», m acting muster of the Toroa. Lntest advice received by the local agency of the Tvff.r Company stated that in connection with tho chnnTCrt of commander? cawd by the completion of the c mpany'g new fteamer Whakarua. Captain Firth, ocmmander of tho Indraleroa. hiss resigned hi , position on that vesf«l in order to tmkr command of the Mnrere. in of Gaptai* Fe!ga*o. who proceeds to I>ndon next month to take ehfurge of tho Whnkarua. The Takapuna has been re-commii>eion<>d after her overhaul. Captain W. Hutching* has with him the following officer" , :—<Chirf, Mr C. McLean: pecond. Mr If. 11. Sandeman; third, Mr M. H. Longnioro; purser

Mr G. Hay M*ckenrie; cliiof engineer, Mr J Brown. , The A'ow Zealand Shipping Company edthat the eteiunw Wakanui left London on Sunday Inst for Auckland and Wellington. The veenel is making a special call at Durban on her way out. Messrs McArthur and Hull, of Wellington, have received cable adv.co thot the M/aonland Stoamship Company's recently purcliased cargo steamer Eunerdnle sniied from Kiiraloro Bay last Saturday for Wellington (Jived, with a cargo of ;arr:ih timber. The Enncrdale is due at Wellington about the 13th The crew of tho Pntoena wm pnid of! on Wednetdsy, and the veosel will probably be laid up in the stream at Wellington. Eight of the crew of tho Italian ship Bt<v funo liuetto, which was seized on behaif of Lloyd'e, at tho Blull, left Wellington on Thursday by the Himutiika for London. The Cygii«t Bailed for Kaikoura at 8.30 laet night, but shortly after cicaring the Heads a defect was diecovcred in her boiler, nnd the Teasel returned to port at 10.00. Ucpairs will be effected to-ciay, and the vessel will leave for Kaikoura to-night. The Huddait Parker steamer Victoria, from Sydney, via Auckland and Eaet Coast poits, w«a delayed between Auokland and Gisborne, and will not arrive here until tomorrow. She will Bail again to-morrow afternoon for Dunedin. One of the largest cargoes carried by the Buddart Parker steamer Wimniera was that brought to Wellington from Sydney thw wc-ek. It ooneieted of 1730 tone. Hor recoid cargo is 1755 tone, shipped at Melbourne tome time ago. The New Zealand Shipping Company* steamer Tongariro, which arrived «t Wellington early on Thursday morning, had an uneventful passage oat from London. Captain Sutcliile is in charge of tho vesael, and ha* Viith him tho iollowing officers:—Chief officer, Mj Dunn, KK.R.; second, Mr Milner, R-JUt; third, Mr Rivers; fourth, Mr Bassett; fifth, Mr Jackson, Mr Lnndell? Iβ in charge of the engine-ioom, with Mr Thompson as second, Mr McLean third, Mr Dick fourth, Mr Gammon fifth, and M/r Davidson sixth. The refrigerating engineers nre Messrs Collingo and Grant. Dr. St. Stephen is surgeon, and Mr Adoock eteword-in-charge. . The s.s. Wootton arrived at Kaiapoi with coal yesterday.