SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13098, 24 April 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Ripple arrived yesterday raornvn!*from and i« io sail 10-nisrht for the Chatham Islands Pit! Island and Wait.nnri). The. vessel will load sheep there for Timaru. and will afterward.-, return to tho Chnthams to load f.hocp for Lyttelton.

The barque Bnnki-pld?, which was recently purchased by Me--?r« A. H. Turnbiill ard Co.. was to leave FdUhbursr yesterday with a car-ro of fit for Lyttelton. After dischar*rin*r here, the vo*-?el sails in ballast to Mn-'den Island, io V>ad tftiano for Lyttelton.

Tb-o cargo leaded hero by the Tyrer steamer Whaknrna consistej of .It-SS carcaro-. of mutton and lamb, and 35 bales of wool. The vessel is now completinsr her loading at Bluff, atrd i-s to leave that port on Sunday morning for London, via Lai Palmas.

Tho Warrimoo, which arrived yesterday morning froai Melbourne, via Hobart, Bluff and Dunedin. brought the following cargo: — '20 packages do=icakd cocoanut, 40 chest-- ! dedicated cocoanut, 28 cas-.-s currants, 35 caf.-s ■ j marble. -25 cases wine, 41 cases tin plates, M ■ ' casos emptv bottles, MO cases benzine, ISO ■ bigs rioe. 31 cases viladatio, 41 cases oil, • ! -200 bags flour, 342 packages tea, 1300 piece? ) timber, 000 bag* bark, C33 bundles palings, •I 25 ca?o3 .auce, 50 boxes soap 30 tins soap, i \ and sundries, ouo ram, and transhipment* !ex steamers Mongolia, Kiel and Roon. • i Captain Aldwell has taken command of ■ ! the Patcona, having transferred from the • Penguin. Captain Hunter has como ashore • j for orders. ' Whilst she was employed in transporting I coolies from Calcutta- to the West Indic* : ' ! tho sailing ship Mersey otirried double ere as ■ u-nd taut doctors. Woodar. platforms orectod j round tho docks of tho .hip formed tho ' sleeping quarters of her dusky passenger--, •i the host possible venti'atic n being thereby ; ensured. Tho ship ha* now finished this '- transport business, i_nd. at latest advice**, ' ; was lyinsr in tho Mersey, for sale. Curiously . enough Captain Hock, who had had charge lof her since sho was launched 14 years asro, ! died s-.uldoniy just after her arrival on the ! completion of her carver as a transport. ' I Mr Pascoe, lato of the Penguin, has joined . \ the Pat-cenu as purser, nnd Mr Boyd, of the ; latter vessel, goes .to \W-tport. Mr Broad • has rejoined the Manuka, and Mr Hay Mci ; Kciiaic, who was acting-purser of that ves- ; scl, has resumed his former position on the : Maori. r | The New Zealand Shipping Company's ! chartered steamer Ayrshire is expected at ; Wellington on Sunday from Port Chalmers. r J Sho is turned to leave Wellington on Wcd- | nos-day next for London, via Las Palmas : and T-er.criffc. A call may also bo made •; at Monto' Video. j Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's ' [ steamer Papanui, which left London on " j Thursday, ICth inst., sailed from Plymouth ton Saturday hist. Tho vo'scl will call at ' i Cacotown on May 9th, at Hobart on May • | SOth, and is duo at Wellington about June 4th.

Tho Fssdexal-Houlder-Shire liner Surrey, I which has been loading in the south, arrived from Timaru yesterday morning. Tlio vessel ia taking in a quantity of frozen meat here, in addition io other cargo, and is to sail at 2 p.m. to-day for Picton, Waitara, Wellington and iv'apior, to complete 1 her loading. She will sail finally from I Napier for West of Er.grand ports about May Ist. Tlie Fcderal-HouldcT-Shire steamer Thorpe Orange, which left Lyttelton on February 22nd, fcr West of En-r'ar.d ports, arrivc<l at Avornmoutb on Tuesday, after a passage of fifty-nino days.

Tho Canopu3 arrived at Wertport early yesterday morning to load coaJ for Lyttelton, and is duo here about Sunday. The Pukaki, T.-kanoa. and Komata aro "baking car_gc<-9 of coal from Westport to Lytte'tcn. Tho steamer Alexander mrrived yesterday ofto/rnoon with a load of 1167 cheap from Crcixol"s?s. Tbe vcswl Failed in tbe evening for Pelcrua Sound for another load of and is due back hero on Sunday. well-known steamer Brifban© loft Newcastle on Wednesday with a cargo of coal for. Lyti-olton. The -vervel is duo hero a bruit Tuesday next, ard after dischaJ-piJM-; will go to Kaipara to load timber for Melbourne. The Tyscr sfeameT Indraghrri, which left Liverpool on February iTfli for N>w Zealand ports, Merin. van, Die-man at l p.m. yesterday. The vessel is due at Auckland to-day, and arter cnsebn.T„insr part general cargo there will come on to Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. , Tho HauToto was docked at Port Chalmers cm Tuepday for an overhaul, She. will replace the Manapouri in the Pacific trade ea_ly in May. Tho Oovernmerirt steamer Hinemoa was -to leavo Wellington yesterday on the North Jsknd lighthouses trip. Tho Kaituna is expected to finish dischnrrging to-day, when she will sail for Timaru. Tho Union. Comn-any's clartcred steamer Gowanburn will _nis_ putting out the Lyttelton portion of her cargo of coal on Tuesday next, when she will leave for Auckland to complete discharging. The vessel will afterwards return to Newcastle. Tho Koonya will omit lor usual call at LvtkHor. this week on her wav to tha

The Koonya will omit lor usual call at Lvtklfor. this week on her way to the West Coast. She will leave Timaru tomorrow fcrr Wellington direct, sailing thence to Westport and Greymonth.

Tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer lonic arrived at Wellington onTuesday afternoon from London, via Plymouth, Tcn-eriffe. Capetown, and Hobart Ccptair. J. 0. Carter. R.N.R., is still in <or*-.mn.7*d of the ves*v!. Mr J. Husrhea is chief efficcr. Mr W. Western first. Mr J. Ho'.'ai.d (late of tho Gothic) second. Mr W. Paul third, Mr R. O. Jones fourth, Mr J. T. Cummins is purser. Dr. A. G. V. EJdei- is (-urq-ecn, Mr G. McLcllaai chief engineer, and Mr W. H. S+ableford chief rcfrisj-eratinK eiisiiiccT. In the three clashes the lonic brought over 400 psssengwa to New Zealand. 319 of this -number having travelled in tho third-class. Out of a total amount of 6000 tons of carsro. the lonic has 8600 .tons cor-sitrned to Wellington. The bis vcsel is expected to arrive here on Tuesday next to finish discharging, on completion, of whieh she will load for London. Her loadinsr time-tnble is a* follows:—Leave Lyttelton May -Ith; arrive at Girborn© Wednesday, May Cth, depart Thtirsdav. May 7: arrive at Nanier Friday, May Bth. depart Saturday. Mav 9th; arrive at Lyttelton Monday, May 11th. depart Thursday. Mav 14th; arrive at Wellington Fridav. May 15th, depart for London Thursday, May 21st.