SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13104, 1 May 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Brisbane is -making am uuuau&lly long ' passago from Newcastle to LyttaMoo. -She left Nowcaalle on W'cd'nesday, April 22nd, and " pivsecd Cape Campbell at 1 p.m. yesterday, "" ; days out. Tho vessel is date here early i this morning. v I A Largo number of passengers left for We»----j and Sydney by the Ulunarca. yestctJ day. Every available berth bee been booki ed, and the vessel will have- a full complet ment of passemgere when she lewvea "WetB lington to-duy. j In an interview at Wellington, Colonel . t Denny (of the firm of Messrs Denny Bros., * ' and Co., I>uml>n.rton), stated that hi® firm ; in their shipbuilding yarde. bad in hand a * large new steamer for the New Zealand Shipping Company. "She ie the first etaeumiar of her t kind," Ctoloae! Deany continued. "She is fitted with & combination, of turbine and reciprocating , engines, and should be finished _ in October. The oambiwution of the tur- * bine- and reciprocating: engines in this new steamer will make for greater economy in J working and cool. The eteam far the turbine will bo derived from the low pressure exhatwt etesum of the engines, co that every j possible- pound of steam will "bo utilised beforo b»h:sfr furally exhausted into large oon j densora. This will effect a very material redutrtaon of ooal consumption." f ' The latest additkm to the rapidly cxc panding fleet of tuo Union Steam Ship Coan- . pany is' the Waitemata, recently launched at Port Glasgow by Messrs WiiJiam Hamilton and Co., her builders. The now veeael, which is intended for the Fiji and Calcutta I tradb, has i> carrying capacity oJ 8500 tone, ' weight and measurement. Her 'tween decks aro to be specially arranged fox the carriag'! ■ of cattle and horses," on the' most approved j plan, p'onty of. room, Keht, and ventilation I being the guiding principles ol tho designer*. j The W-aitomata hius a length of 43oft. with a ; beam of 54ft, i and - a depth of H4it 4in. Hot eajinos are on the triple expansion principle, with three single-ended boilerts. each I having a working pressure of ISOlh and ' being fitted with Howtlen's forced draught. . The W&itemata if to !<"ave' Hoir<e <y. Mny i 2nd, far New Zealand .ports, via Prcmairtl". The Hawea i» tJ loa-d timber &l HobaTt on , ', May 14th, for New Zealand ports. The Federal-ITpuldcT-Siiirc rtrnr.ipr Om- | wall' is now on the wtay to New Zealand from , England. She loft Uvcryucl or. Aon! lltH, ; and on her way out will rail ao MeHx-uxi:*, . Sydr.«y, AocHand and Wellington, being due . at Lyttelton about the mildie of June. , Captain Hunter, Sato of the Pate*na, is to , arrive from 'Shis morning, and will take command of tho Bntomahana, relieving Captain .Manning, who will stand by the Mararoa. Captain Angus, who broxight the latter veßsol over from Newcastle, may rejoin tho itaheno as chief officer to-day ! Tho Now Zealead Shipping Company'n j ftteamer Itakaia is diie at 'Wellington to- I day from Napier. The Itakaia only takes in bunker coal at Wellington, and on the day aiter her arrival is> expected to Jeav« for Bluff. '■ Intimation received by the . New Zealand Shippiag Company states that the U.S. and A. liner African Monarch, which left New York on February 29th, for Australian and New Zealand ports, arrived at Melbourne on Saturday. The steamer makes calls at Sydney, Auckland and Wellington, and is , due nt LyttcHon about the middle of thie j month. Mr Morloy has rejoined the Wairuna as ; chief officer, and it ie stated that Mr N*ylor • ivill join the Wterrimoo as chief officer. j The ship Avon, the first wool thip of the ': reason from New Zealand, must bo nearmg : her destination. She failed from Wellington for London on January 16th, and is therefore lOC days out Id-day. The Kittawn arrived yesterday morning with a loud of ooa! from Weetporl She is to Bail to-day for Timnru, to load pro- ■ duce for the West Coast. The Wairuna is to sail trvdny for Oamaru and Timaru. to dischargo the balance of h<r cartro of* coal. j The Kini will finish di*chai<jing to-mor-row, when she will sail for Westport. Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's t steamer Kimutaka, bound from New Zealand

to London, arrived at Monio Tid«o at 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning. A fog signal will tdicrt.y oe inat*Hed at the Cuvier leiand lighthouxo. The Gorernmert steamer Hinemoa, which left Auckland yesterday, is iauain-; a.l the necessary material on the island.