SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12850, 8 July 1907, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Advice has been receiTpd by Me««r« Huddnrt Parker nnd Co. that the new pe«per)!r<»T uteßmer which i« now ))ein<» bn ; lt for tV>e lntpreoloninl trnde has been niimetl TJlitnnroa. The vc«sel will bo about 5500 tonlind will have twin screwa. It ia expected that pho will be ready to enter the New Zealand trade parly in Def-omber. The New- Zealand Rlrlrminfr Competiy> «teamcr Kainara. vrlr'oh han been loedin-' in thp North, arriveii on Snturday from Weitara. and enrhored in the. utroim at 9.15 p.m. TV vp«-<?! wp,? h«rth»d »t No 7 wharf vc«tertlny ninrnintr. Sho will comr.i-««. lordinsr hprp, and will rail fimlly on WpHnp'rtny for London, yin Iforife Video Tl.» Shaiv-Savill liner Gothic left Ci>borne 7fn p m on Suhirrlav. nnd wns due nt th« ir«ifJ.« niio'it 2 th''a morning. Tlie vi.««ftl will V-orth at 7 whnrf to continuelopdin? for Txind-n. Sho will pail on Thmf. <\i.v for We'l ; >i<»ton <o rurnplete lcvdins , , and v.-ill Imvo thnt port finally for London on th" lFih in»t. Tho A. and A. Line stenmer Law, from New York, via .Australian rorts. Auck-lat-cl and V,"Vl;r. s t nn ;« expected to arrive *t Lytfplton Tnirnlay. Tho F. 11.5. liner Fif>-»h->e left Picton at ' i> m. on FWdw for >nrVnril. to oomplpto iipdinu , for Wo«t of En>7-and port". Sho will pail final , >• f*-im Auclc'ttnd on AVednenii»v for Avonmouth. vi-' St. Vinrpnt. In con«equenco of illnps. Captn-'n »ay hnd to r<>!inquiph command of thp Tn-v'-ii'i! at Au.k'ard on Vedneoday. «nd Mr F"lvnn ravigated the vessel to Westport as •cHn^-mHster. Mr A. M. Fdwin. late of the M-Icvn.. to mm the Mar.uponri a? rh'ef ofHcer at iVnckland. in placp of Mr "Wnllis. who will ('(."•frr to tl'» TaVnpura nt Aiirkl<V"d in ft similar capacity. Mr Mc'Lean. ehi<-f effi er •if (he Tnkapuna, will join tho a.i rlrpf oTicrr. Mr W. Mcßride, late chief officer of the

Mokoia, has gone to Napier to join the Elaiipiri us master. Gregory, _ of lliiit vessel, will accompany her to Welling* 'on. Mr W. Dirk, formerly of the Union Company's service, haß joined the steamer Pondo as chief engineei. Tho Union Company's tug Pilot, which re eerily FSirk at her berth r.t the Queen's i\harf, Wellington, ha? completed her overhaul, and was re-coniiiiissK.iitd on Saturday. Tho vpffel has been thoroughly renovntrd, and a new deckhouse hug been erected. Curtain H. llargmves will resume commimd, and Ur Innes rejoins the vosstl as engineer. Mr Kwen, purser of the llutoinithana, joined tho Tarawcra at Lvtteltnn en Suturday. Mr Uodd. lute of the Tarawera, has transferred to the Wnrrimoj in place of Mr George, now on the Hotomahana. Mr Hjbcrtson, si-cond oflicer of the Warrimoo, went ashore tit Wellington on Saturday, anil is to go South for orders. The \hird and fourth officers of the vessel have teen promoted tt step.

Tho i'.lt.S. liner Rippinghara Grange, fiom Liverpool, nt pres-ent in Auckland, is due at Wellington on Friday. Sho will arrive «t LyMpHon early next week. Tho Blackball steamer Pareora is due heie with a loud of coal from Greymouth, lo bunker tbo KaiparßThe New Zealand Shipping Company's etearncr Tongariro, from Loiidon. via wtiy iiorts and Wellington, is expected to arrive here on Wednesday morning to discharge <ho balance of her cargo.

The Shaw-Savill steenier Tokomam, from London, yin Uunedin and the Buff. is expected to arrive here on Wednesday or Thursday, to discharge tho balance of he: cargo. One schooner Eliza Firth, which left port on Wednesday night, wri> about 80 mile 1 to the northward of the Heads on Saturda;. evening. The vessel is being delayed by the northerly winds which have been prevalent during the past few days. The Mftoriland Steamship CompanyV eteamer Knnordalo was 1o leave Flinders Bay. W.A., on .Saturday for' Wellington. Thr vessel did not leave the previous Saturday as reported. Ouf Dunedin correspondent telegraph that tho withdrawal of the Gothic from thr New Zealand trade lias been decided upor bucMise the steamer, largo ns sho is, is no) largo enough for the olhbs of trade in whi li Khe is <-nga.ged. and tho blank caused by lier withdrawal will bo suitably filled by the 6haw, Savill and Albion Company.