SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12964, 18 November 1907, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Tlie steamer Crown cf Galicia is retried to have been chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company to load wool and general cargo at New Zealand ports for Londoh. Tlie Xew Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Turakina, now undergoing repairs at Wellington, is expected to leave there on the 26th inst., to load for London. Her final port of departure ha* not yet been ifixed.. but. will probably be Lyttelton. Tie Union Company received advices on Friday stating that the steamer Waihoni arrived at Calcutta on Thursday, her large consignment of horaos arriving in gocd order. Owing to the striko of coal miner* at Newcastle, tho srtoajoer Harbart will call at Wellington for bunker coal. The vessel itm originally destined fcr Newcastle. Sho has been discbar-gins carzo from Moji, Japan, in New Zealand. The Tyser Line steamer Star of Ireland, from West of England portß via Auckland and Wellington, arrived yesterday morning and berthed at No. 5 wharf. After landing her Lyttolton cargo tbo vessel goes to Dunedin to discharge tho balance. A monthly service of cargo steamers between Sydney and Vancouver, via Honolulu, has been established (say* the Sydney " Morning Herald.") The vessels engaged belong to Messrs Charles Harris and Son (Den Line), tho promoters, and it is intended that they shall bo despatched simultaneously from Canada and New South Wales on the 28th oi each month. J'he Den of Ruthven, 4949 tons, will be the £rsf vessel of the line despatched from Sydney. She is a new steamer, Slaving been constructed this year. Her dimensions are:—Length 400.2 ft, width 52ft, depth 2f7.aft. Tho Den of Ruthven will be despatched from Sydney on the 28th November. Tho steamer Oriana, now in port at Lyttelton. has been chartered by Meters Scott, Fell, and On. (Commonwealth Line) of Sydney, to load at Sydney for Vancouver and San Francieoo. It is stated that a good amount of cargo ia offering, and that the vessel's refrigerated space (about 70,000 cnbio feet) has been fully booked for frozen cargo. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruapchn, which loft Wellington on October 35th, arrived st Mont* Video on Thursday, en route to London. Captain W. Manning, who has bean in command of the Mararoa during the tim* that vessel has been engaged in the ferry scrviee, left by the Warrimoo on Saturd&v for Dunedin. where he is to take coiftm&nd of the new turbine steamer Maori. Th« vessel arrives hers to-morrow morning, and will make her first run in the LytteltonWellington service to-morrow evening. Cap-tion-Brophy, late ol theKittawa, is in thaigo ot the Mararoa, which is to withdraw from her ordinary running on arrival here to-morrow morning. Mr S. MdDowall, formerly chief engineer of the Mararoa, has been appointed clr'ef engineer of the turbine steamer Maori. Mr A. F. Levestfum, chi«f engineor of the Botoitrahann, -has been transferred to th* Mararoa, and Mr Burt, late of the Pateena, has joined the Rotomahana as chisf sngineer. Mr W. Cunninghm, purser of the Mararoa, is to join the Maori in a similar capacity t-vniorrow. Mr Gill will join the earns steamer as assistant purser. Captain <T. W. Clark, harbourmaster at Lyttelton. received a cable message on Friday night, stating that H-.M.S. Pionser, which left Sydney that day, will arrive here on Thurfdsv ne?t. The warship will probably remain at Lyttelton for two or threi) months to enable Royal Naval Reserve men to e*o tbroiwb their annual training.' The Ne» ( Zealand Shipping Comnany's steamer Rimutaka wu* to leave Napisr on Saturday for Wellington, Co comolete loading. She will f»c. f l next Thuri'day for Monte Video, TenerifFa, Plymouth and London Advice Has been received that the Eastern F.*ter.sk>n Comnahy's cable "teswier Patrol will «all at Wellington on Monday to replenish ber "bunker with about 000 tons of coal. The Patrol ha* been engaared renairintr tbe cable between Sydney and Waka-pualr-a. A steamer, bound south, passed Lyttelton Heads at Jl 80 a.m. yesterday. Ano*h»r rteamer, bound north, ■passed nt 11 n.m. Th» «"hooner Amelia Stm«. whtrh left on Psturdftv afternoon for Wellington. wa« shout 18 miles to th* northward of the Heads at 5 p.m. v««terday. Tbe Wooltoi arrived at Kaianoi on Satwdav with s "rareo of timber. Tho steamer had no difßc'iHv in rettina nn the ri T6r since tho recent dred-ring operations.