SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13094, 20 April 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Westporl Coal Company's steamer I Canopus is expected to sail at noon tomorrow lor Wwtport, to load another cargo of coal for Lyttelton. % i The Ripple and the Storm were both de- ' laved at Wangn-nui on Saturday by heavy rain. The Storm is to di«ct to the Bktfl to load for Wanganui. _ The Ripple is coming to Lytteltcn, and is ex. poctcd to l«ave here on Wednesday, for tlva Chatham Islands. ' The following coastal h mo-table has been arranged for the Shaw Savill liner lonic, now en route from London to New Zealand:—Arrive at Wellington Tuesday, April 21st, leave Monday, Apnl 27th| arrive at Lyttelton Tuesday, April 2&th, leave Monday, May 4th; arrive at Gisborne Wednesday, Hay 6th, leave Thursday. May 7th; arrive at Napier Friday, May Bth, leave Saturday, May 9th; arrive at Lyttciton Monday, May 11th, leave Thursday, May 14th; arrive at Wellington Friday,, May 35th, tail finally for , London Thursday, May 21st. i Mr A. R. Cent has joined the Corinna as chief officer. Mr Cunt was formerly second officer on tho lietraki, and has boen absent on holiday leave. . I At the Commercir.' Travellers' Chib at Wellington on Saturday, Mr Geo. Salt, , the popular chief steward of the Rotomahana. was presented with a handsomely executed illuminated address anil a solid silver tea and coffee eervice, subscribed for by com- ' morcial travellers and business people con-. nected with the West Coast. Mr Salt was for eight years chi-ef steward iv the com-, pany's steamers trading to Westport and Groymouth. and was recently in ■ the Arohura. The illuminated address was signer by (seventy-two prominent business people and commercial traveller*, and also by. the Mayors of several of the West Coast towns. Late on Saturday night three coasting , schooners entered the Heads, and, sailed up the harbour, anchoring in the stream shortly after midnight. The vesF«l» were the schooner Lily, eight days out from Kaipara, and the ech-00-Tier Falcon, and iJjo ecow i Bunioe, from Kavelock. The Falcon left j Havelock last Monday, and the Eunice on ; Tuesday. The three v«w?els were delayed ; by a strong southerly wind, which was met on Thursday night. All have full cargoes i of timber. . \ The Union Compajiy's bmts at present laud up in Port Chalmers are Ihe Tarawera, Hauroto and Moura. These vesirels (reporte the " Ota?o Daily Times") are lying idle, it is j stated by tbe company, owing to the cus- j tomary falling off in cargo and passenger trade which accompanies tha approach of the } winter season. Durintr in?t week there was a little etir in outward cargo for the North.

Island, caused principally by en increased export of chafi to * Auckland, but a-s the I quantity offering was not sufficient to w«I rant the putting on of an extra eteamor, I and the conditions of the market Indicated that tho export was likely to be of a- temporary nature., the company's iieet at preront in. commission and the Hnddart Parker beat were left to deal with it. It is anticipated that outward cargo conditions will return to the normal srtate for the period o£ the y«&r j before tho end of the present week. I A' slight mishap, which resulted in the 1 cracking of one of the Surrey's bow plates, occurred at Port Cliaimiere at noon on , Thursday (says the "Otago Daily Times.") J The " Kit*»wa, coal laden, was coming into ! port to take up a berth at the eddo of a coal hulk lying , besido the Tarawera, cfot?e ;to Georgo street pier, when, owing to the j action of the ili'-ring tide, tho K.ittawa'B ' stern was ewung round, anil her starboard bow struck the Surrey's side near the bow, and craoked one of iho plates. At the timo of the mishop the liittawa's engines 1 had been stoppeS, and she was moving to--1 wards her berth slowly. The Surrey was I lying at the end of the wharf, and to get to her berth tho Kittawa had to pass her, and the accident occurred while the moving , steamer was passing. When the tidal cur- ( ront caught the stern of the Kittawa, and i swerved h-er bow suddenly and unexpectedly towards tho Federal-HouMer-Shire liner, the port anchor of the Kjttawa was promptly let go, but before it got a hold the bump occurred. The damaged plate on the Surrey is above her present floating line, but when additional, cargo is taken iv the plate jrill be below the -water line. Repairs o" a temporary nature were at once put in hand, and tho portion of the plate damaged was closed up during the afternoon, to the satisfaction of Lloyd's"irarveyor (Mr Morrison), who made an examination nhortly after the accident occurred. Final repairs will be nmde, when the Surrey lestcbes Home. No advice has been received in Wellington of the arrival at Greymonth of .the brig Edward, which set out for that destination on the 28th March. It is supposed that the hoavy south-wtsterly weather prevalent during the laet three weeks has carded her out of her course. , / The barquo Wcathersiield i* to leave Wβ'lington about Wednesday, with a cargo of piles for Nelson- It is said that the vessel will be; towed across Cook Strait. by the' I Duco. I A total of over 10,000 sacks of oate was ' shipped at Bluff for northern ports by the Wftoaka ono day 'o e t week. The cargo of the Cr"r»u-dia, which Bailed from Timaru last Tuesday for London, con-s-.isted of 1672 bales of wool shipped at Wellington, and 29G3 bales of wool Iβ casks of tallow, and 15 casks of pelts shipped at i Tiraaru, in addition to which rhe had 120 tons scrap iron ballast - , Another addition has been made to the i many sailing vessels that are transporting *w.ool to London from Australia this season. This time it is the Norwegian barque Sara, 1198 tone. She has been placed on the berth, at Sydney. The Tyser' Line steamer. Star of New Zealand left New York on April 12th, for Melbourne, Sydney, and the usual New Zealand ports, of call. The Union Company's cargo steamer Wailinra ie due at Auckland on May 2nd, from Calcutta, via Singapore and Samarang. She I left Java last Monday Slight. ' : • I The Shaw Savill lin«r lonic, from London, via Capetown and Hobart, is due at Wellington to-morrow morning. i?he left Hobart at 6.30 a-tn. on Friday. Further information, though nnofficial, has been received respecting iho four passenger ■ steamers belnp constructed by Me«*re Harland and Wolff. Queen's Island. Belfast, for ■fha P. and O. Company, Ltd. These vessels are to be each of 14,000 "tons, consequently nearly 1000 larger than the'G.M.S- Grower Kurfuerst, which is the largest steamer which has visited Australia. It was known the vetwls were to be improved type to tie SI clase .which have attained such a remarkable popularity with the travelling public, but.- as far as paesengcr acoommotion goes, they will mark as great tn advantage on the Marmora close as those did jon the -Chin* and India class- An far ac precticable, all those' Injuries provided on the big Rtcamers runnins between Burooe arid th« 'United States will be placed. The I new boats-trill .bo 6ooiethiTig more • than a reply to tho Anurias, though when then'r details were decided upon it 13 quite probable that the termination of the , nrr«ing«ments between the Orient" Comnauy and iho Royal Mail Si-camer PacJtet Company was • garded «<i. co imminent a3 events have since proved it to be. In addition to the ordinary pnblio rooms, it is •♦s-ted that •there will be other provisions, the exact nature of which has riot yet oeen allowed to "tran*- , pire, which will maks each a learner a floating palace of a nature never approached by . any ven=tl which has up to /the present navi- ' gated the Suez Canal. The steamers will be able, if Tequired, to maintain a tea speed of 20 knotr» and each will be provided with ! wireless telegraphic installation.'-.. - , . ■ v^