SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12935, 15 October 1907, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Union Company's steamer Taviuni left ; Suva on Thursday night with a cargo of ; fruit for New Zea'and. The vessel is duo at Wellington on Wednesday or Thursday. Tha barque Durdoe is reported to have left Edithburg <vn Saturday. sth inert., with a-cargo of salt and gypsum for Lyt-Jton. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's new twirvsercw steamer Kia Or-a is to leave Lordon on January let for Diinadin and Ljttelton. She is due at Dunedin on February lfttb. Captain Spir.ks. who has commanded several of tho Union Company's steamers, including tho Mokoia when she picked up the Monowai on the occasion of her fin=t breakdown, has resigned -the position of chief surveyor of, th* Sydney Underwriters' Association-, to enter into business with Captain J. V. Hall. His auocewor will be Captain Cutbbert. Th* F.H.B. liner Nairnshire, torn West of Engwcd port*, via Melbouiao, Sydney, | Auckland, and Wellington, arrived yesterday morning, and berthed al No, 7 wharf. The vessel has 1100 tona of cargo to land here, and is expected tr> sail to-morrow for Dunedin and the Bluff, whence she is to go to Austinlia to load, for South Africa and the United Kingdom. Captain W. J. Page, formerly chief officer of tide Nairnshire, is now in command of that vess«l, having succeeded the late Captain Olsen, who died on the last Hom*w aid pajsswge of the vessel. Tbe United Tyser liner Miaturo, from New York, via way porta, arrived yesterday morning, ard berthed at No. 0 whsrf to dieoWge 400 tora of general cargo. Tbe v*w-»l will sail at 11 o'c'ock thiw mornir.j for Dunedin to complete d~>char.giii.se, after which tho goes to Brisbane or Sydney to load for Heme. Captain Kemp, forirwrly of the Hawke's Bay. is row m coramard. of the Mimiro. having suoc-owied Captain. Ir'aMor.*, who is in charge of the new ficamer Whakarua. The Union Company's cJr&rtercd steamer Largo Law left Kaipara on Sunday for Syduey with a of kauri, said to be BCO.OOO feet. After dis-c-HTgin? «.t Sydney the yes- *■*! go** to Newcastle to load ooal for New Zeshrd ports. The A. at-d A. Line steamer HaVa.-nvhiro. from New York, via M<_bourro ard Sydney. >ft 'he la't-mentioned port yesterday for Auckland, where she is duo at the latter er-d of tha "'esfc. Tha vcfr»el nfterws ,1s come* on to Wolli-gtoiK Lvttelton, ard Port Chalmers. Tho Union Company* steamer Msruka mscte a very fs»t ru~ urn from Port Cha'nrors to Ly+teMc.n on Sunday. She left i +v,» **ort »t 3 a.m.. ard was inside Lyttelton Heads shortly after 7.30 p.m., an extremely good performsrice considering the J ditty state of the veld's bottom". J

The Manuka will be docked this uiornki.* to be cleaned and pairated and have other work carried out hi oosnnection wi4_ hot annual overhaul. The vessel wil: leave about Thursday or Friday r*_l fox Port Chaimeass, where the will complete her overhaul. . 'lho Toroa was floated out of dock yesterday cvorin?. ar.d is expected to complete her overhaul to-day. when the w.-l probab.y sail for Oamaru, Timaru, Napier, an-d Gisbcr'ie. Tho Port presented a busier appearance yesterday than it has done for pouio wcek9 past. There ware liiteen vessels in port, nine of which weie discharjiiiif cargo. Six of the steamers in port were cif lar-ge ton-I'ti-j?, tho vtetcla beii*£ Mimiro &2Jo Yon*. Nairmhire 5921 tons, Wbukatano 5300 tons. CamphiM 3358 tons, Aymeric 1363 tons, «.rd Manuka tS»>5 tons. Captain F. E. Naylor. of the Rofartnoml has bran granted holiday leave, and Captain ,1. K. Crawford haa been giwn command of that vessel. Captain C. M. Rena-wl is now master of the Rctoiti. as Captain Robertson is still on sick Uive. Captain Eutwi.-de is now master of the Zealarxlia. Captain Dunsford is temporarily in charge of the Victoria, as C'aptaiu Waller is on holiday leave. Mr C. P. Harper, tweend officer of tlie Huddart-PRrkcr steamer Z**a!andi», has pasfed his examination for a foreign-going certificate. Mr H. E. Standen. late of the Terawhiti, has pas-fed the Board of Trade examination for a ioieign-goin;; chief mate. Mr J. P. S. Br<jwn joiped the Moeraki as chief offioer an Friday. Mr A. R. Cant is flecond officer, »nd Mr Laird i» third officer of the Moeraki. Mr Houghton, late purser of tho Haupiri, ia proceed!]; <r to .Sydney to join tho Waihori at Newcastle in a similar caDacity. Mr A. R. Hall, late third officer of tha Rakanoa, who arrived at Wellington as third officer of tb» Moeraki on Friday, has trans- . ferred to the Mararoa in a similar oapacity, in pliioe of Mr Elliott, who haa conic anhore 1 for orders. Mr F. S. Horn, late second ofcer of the Waihora, has joined the Mararoa as second officer, in place of Mr Underdown, I who cam* ashore {or orders on Friday*. Tlie Union Company's collier Kittawa sip-ried on her crew at Wellington on Thursi day after her overhaul. Captain Brophy re- ! titiued en mm and. and Messrs J. D. Frew and Cosentine joined as first and second ofj flcera respectively. The vessel sailed on Thursday ni«ht for Weetport and Greymouth. I Mr P. Gibbon* haa joined the steamer Defender ac second mate. Mr G. A. Lamb, chief engineer of the Pareora freeiing work*, t South Canterbury. and formerly of the Rotomahaiia, passed throuzh Wellington on Friday, by the j Mreraki. en hia way to Sydney. Mr G. Salt, Into of the Arahur*. W» been appointed chief fteward of tho Rotomahana* in place of Mr C. A. Mitchelsoii. who haa joined th* Motete in a similar rapacity. Mr 11. Swan, chief enirineer of the Poherua, has joined the Moura in a similar oapacity. in olace of Mr W. B. Mer*ra_, who has camo athore. . . Mr .T. Cable. lat* ifoond engineer of the i Moeraki. has heeu promoted to chief engineer of the Foherua * Mr G R. Phincejr. late wcond en*»in«*r of the Mokoia. has been appointed chief «n-----gineer of the TW«i. M* A. Coad, lute peo-o-d of the Koo-v*. i« to W'fer to the Mokoia as second enjri"eer, Mr F. McConville has joined the Navus as thud engineer, and Mr t>. Malloch h*s joined the ■urn* vest-e! as fourth. Mr D. G. Sfenhei. has ioined the Moeraki as sixth, nnd Mr ,T Wheatley has joined the MoaroVj an seventh. Mr W. G, BUckwell, lata third <>f the Nnvua, has transferred to the Moeraki in a similar capacity.