SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12897, 31 August 1907, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Storm Is due hew -st an oariy hour this morning from Wanganui. and will probably _ul this afternoon for Dunedin. The Kapiti left Puponaa at 2.30 p.m. yesterday with a load oi ooal for Lyttelton, and is due hero to-night. The vessel, afteir di. charging will eafl on Monday fox Wellington «nd Pates.

Tho New Zealund Shipping Company. cl-aamor Papanui loaded the following cargo at Lyttelton:—For London: 438 bit.e-s wool and skins. 141 corks tallow. 152 cneks pelt*. 200 .acta" pruts feed, 7331 caress* mutton ar.d lamb 6 packages sundries. For Monte Video: 10 sheep. The Now .Zealand Shippi_j- Company* -kinmer Turnkiina, from London, via way r>ort'» and Wellington, will arrive h_-e on Thurrday next. The ve*_cl hae 1300 toi_» of csi."go to 'nrd her*, attl i« expected to rail on Saturday for tbe Bluff for Homeward lord n... From that port the will work north, an. a* far t.° Auckland whence _ie ffi'« fir.si.rj for I>. rdon. on September 26t-h Mirers hin*ey. Barn? and Co.. local a.fr?i.ls frr tho A'Vy Lcre cf «t«_m_-e. have been tdxired that the etojmeff Kasfembe. 45.5R fo-n«. ha.« beei fixed to load for Vancouver in p\tae erf the Bucenta.ur, ar»d wi<!l leave New Zealand toward* tbe end of Sentem/ber. The Kazembe which «-riv»d ot Svdiwv Wl w<>ek is a new eleamer, this beine her maiden voyaire. She was launched a! Ola.o?ow a few months n*n nrru i* oommarded by Captain And-sr«on. Mr Cl-esry. of Lyttelton, is __-nnd c _rirwr of the Kazembe.

The British «'hin Ben Leo arrived at Newca_!« l- e t Friday, after a very fg.«t pa***).?? cf thirty-fly* day* from Durbs . Th* v»?»*l left Durban on July 18tb, and favoured by

good winds, averaged 6_ knots an hour to Qurty-oue days. Originally th* vessel we«t itom Iquiqu-e to Durban with a. osxgo ol i:itrnt. in fifty-eig-ht days, and »»« d f charging and ballasting came on to ft«w-.-a.a._-. where she arrived 114 day* out from Iquique. . , ' , The fteamor Melbourne arrived yosterdty morning from Newcastle with a cargo of ccni. 'I he vessel left Newcastle at fom o clock last Satlitday morning, and bad an uneventful and .-lie weather parage, except for a strong westerly gale and heavy rain after p»um«« Capo Farewell nt six o'clock on Thunsdes morning. The Melbourne has 2100 tons ol coal, and will difchaTgo 10_) t__ at Lyttelton. Sho sails on Monday for Oamaru to put out the balance, after which she goes to Jiaipaia to load timber for Melbourne. The work of fitting the \V_i-iti out as a coal bulk is proceeding satisfactorily, but will not bo completed for some time yet. Operations were sufficiently far advanced yesU-day to allow of a part ca*go of-coai from the Petone to be put into the hulk. Tho Blackball oolKer Petone, which arrived yesterday morning from Greymowh. via Nauier. sailed in tbe afternoon for we_hiwton nnd Greymouth. Captain Dil-ttor will take command of the vessel at Wellington, relieving Captain Christian, who goes on on holiday leave. . , Tho Union liner Moeraki arrived early yesterday morning from .Sydney, via Wellington, and was floated into dock for cleaning and painting and survey. The to**, will come out ol dock to-night, and will leave for Port Chalmers., whore she will complete her overhaul. • The oommand of tlie new Iww-scirew eta-amer Kia Ora, which i« being built fbthe Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, haa been conferred (according to the Dunedin "Star'Y on Captain. Ckudley, of the Rang*tira. The decision is probably in reoognition of the good work done by the captain in getting: tbe Rang-atira *»f _y to port when her shaft broke tome time ago, tbe v«*__ being then en route from Manila to Newcastle. It is understood that the Shaw, Savin _-3amcr Karamc* has been ah-artw-d. to load in Australia for a destination not yet dieclosed. Aftec discharging at Dunedin, Lyttelton amd Wellin-gtoni the vessel goes- on to Newcastle. Tie Ks/ramea, which aTrived «(t Dunedin on Sunday last from London, is due here next Wednesday. The voeeel has 1100 tone of cargo to put out here. CaptaJm Ransome. who brousrbt the Union Company's tug Terawhiti out to Wellimgiton. is to return to England by the Papanui next week. Captain Holniea.'of the Nator*, will, it is expeoted, take comnrax. of tbe Terawhitf.

The Shaw, SaviQ and Albion Company's steamer Karamea, which arrived at Port Chalmers on Sunday, after _o unevemtful passage, is duo at Lyttelton next week. Captain W. B. Holraee is Mill in command, and brings tbe following officers: —Chic. officer, Mr H. C. Allen; seoond officer, Mr H. C. Oliverj third offloer, Mr J. S. Hodges; fourth officer, Mr P. Ranson; ohief emdmeeir, Mr It. FdnUyson; esoond sogineer, Mr A. Police. ; third ongiiwex, Mr J. Nonrie; fourth emyimeeir, Mr T. Webb; fifth eaiginepn Mr D. Morrison; chief j'efdsrea-atrnp engineer, Mr G. Campbell; second refrigeratim engineer, Mr F. Ridley; boiformakeir, Mr Z. Hunter; chief _*w_rd, Mr J. llttemll. Captain Brophy, late of the Corinna, is »wßi_ir':» in_.ructi<»ri_i et WeUmrto-i

The eteamer Gothic which left Wellington on July 18th. for London, reaah-d Plymouth on Thursday morning. The signal letters W.P.H.L.. of the International Code, have been allotted to the Union Company's steamer Eonsata, and the letter* H.L.B.K. to the Tyser liner Whakarua, of London.

A good deal is heard nowadays concerning the serious shortage of officers for the British mercßLtile marine. In this connection the following advertisement, appearing in Llojd'a "Shipping Gazette" is significant:—"Advertiser (15* years), good education, desires apprenticeship to sea in ship sailing from London to the colonies.

The new Norddotitsoher Lloyd steamer Kronpriniessin Cecilie, which has been under construction at the Vulcan Company's yards, Stettin, during the last two years left on her maiden trip to New York on the 7th inst. It was expected that she would attain a speed of 24 knots. She is of 50000 tons, and her hone-power 45.000. developed by 'our independent sets of quad-ruple-expansion engines, on a consumption of 700 tons of coal a day. Mr Alfred H. Winsloe, who served his apprenticeship in the Shaw Sftvill and AJW--Company's, sailing ships, and who wa» third mate of the ship Wellington, when she visited Lyttelton in the cany part of 1904, recently passed his examination in London for a matter's certificate.

Mr P. J. Foster, second officer of the Tal-npuna. went «whore at Auokland lest week on sick leave. hi« place being tsfcen by Mr TV. Hill. Mr H. Ockenden, lste of the ».s. _avua, has joined the TWtapuna «s third oflicer. while Mr O. H. Dillmer has besn promoted to second engineer. The U.S. and A. Line steamer Hampton, from T\.ew York, i* expected to leave fcydney thi» w«ok for Auckland. Wellington. Lyttef. ton and Port Chalmers. It is reported that durinp her run aerobe the Southern Ocean s fiTc b'nVe cut in her bunker». nnd that she put into Capetown about the 18th ult., but ferti-'_t_y ph. wcaped dnmßze. It i« aleo reported that tbo vec=el encounten-cd hwivy wenther and eu .nin-ed somo riight damage to bor boat* ard deck fittings.-

NEW HUDD-A.KT. PAB.KRR LTNTSR. On July 11th there was launohed et Dun. dee. a finely-modelled twin-tcrew passenger eteamer for Meß c rs Huddart. Parker end Company, Ltd. The vessel is intended for the Australian-New Zealand intercolonial trade and is of the shelter deok type, with top gallant forecastle and pro-

merade and boat decks. Her principal dim** tions aro.-Longth, 400 fsetj bM«, ta fttt; moulded depth, W feet B bjohe.; gvow tonnage, 6700 tons. Th* hull it oomtructed of mild steel throughout, with <»Uul_u double bottot. three steel decks, sad seven watertight bulkheads, tad U built wider the cur* Tey of Lloyd's and the Board of Trade lor their highest cJaos and m ercoes of their reouuren-e-i.ts. All exposed decks, m well M th* fioox* of. aaloona He ot tMk. The entire spsoe ou the upper deck, besides the house* en the shelter end promenade docks is devoted to th* *ocomt_odation of passengers, for whom th«i* wilt be arraag. meuto for 190 Orst-cIMS, 190 second-clui, and 1-0 third-elaea. Ihe ftrst-olsM patseugors will be berthed amidship* in large airy atate-roomi. The second ,la*a paasengers are provided for aft, while the third-class accommodation is forward. Proviaion is made for the crew in the lorocaatle, end for the engineers amidships on the upper deck, while the captain and officers are berthed in special deck houses on the boatdeck The Ulimaioa is equipped throughput with the most modern convenience*, including a large refrigerating plant for both oano and ship's use. lhe deck machinery consista of nine steam trinohes, steam whidlMs, and patent steam steering tiller fitted aft over the rudder head sod controlled from the flying bridge. There is also a complete initsilation of electrio light, with duplicate dynamos, and the lifeboats, ten in number, are fitted with patent davits. The Tee-el, which, when fitted out, will be one of th* largest nnd finest passenger steamers ever constructed at Dundee, will be propelled by twin screw tripie-expension engine*, supplied with steam by seven large boilers, which, when working under forced draught, will civ* ber ft speed of fully 15 knots when loed.d.