SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13105, 2 May 1908, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Government training ship A motor i arrived at- Na-pier yesterday, from Gisborne. ■ It is understood tkat »n order has been placed locally for a shipment of 1,000,000 feet of Oregon pine. Tbe Sydney' "Commercial News" state* th*t the American pohoocers Hawaii <anci Mainkoc* -have been chartered to load timber »t Gray's Harbour for WelEnsrton. but it is most probah'o that one or both, of -these vessels will come fo Lyttelton. . The Shaw, Savill steam-er "Waiwera, from London vi* Duredin, ie expected to arrive r>re on Monday morning. The vessel has about 600 tons of cargo to land here. Having discharged Hex cargo of cool, tho

Battawa saiied yesterday evening fox Timaru, wiiere she will- lead produce, etc., lor Wellington, .ficton, nr.d Wtst Coaat ports. Tie Komata has go.ie to i'vit ohiumers, wh<a-e £'ho will be la.ti up Jor an overnau;. 'ivne Uuion Coru-puii, s rcccaliy ctLTgo Bteajaer KaiUiifcata arrived at i; reman Ue on Tucvday lrjm Uuerpool, ai-<l after rtisciiarg-ji:?; i)*r carg-o procted* to Uunbury to loaU jarioh for New Sitaland. b'hipowrwjrß are still tuiaing taeir attcntioa to >iew Zealand for coaJ, and it ia acticipated (aa.ys tne "Comaverciai iNews ) that w-iLh a little asaietanc« irutn t'lw xsew Zea.ind Government in keeping down chor o 'ts t-uoh ,ig-ht dues, etc., that the t.aii> is iioi tax disittixt when Wellington {,sa tho most central port in tbo Doniituwi.; wiJl a coaLng port of scnio important. A lot of E«w coal mines mc being oponed out, and olc —Uw; Brunr.er—h*s juirt. boen re c 'u»red in Locdon. 'ibe Scaford is boing floiited—tiie timbering hits arrived lor the riew i/apaioa mine, so taiugE are i-teiy to hura in a knv months. Already sorno oi tho coal companies aje beiicning to waJto up to the idea ol an export tpad-e. Alessr3 iiider L«mpru.r, of London, are writing trio Weetport Harbour Board foi information as to the facilities for loading there with a. view of coaling their vessels, or some o* them there. One tiling in favour 01 t Jic«- Zealand coaJ trade is that vessels will get quicker despatch from JS'ow coal ports than they will from Newcaetle^ — and s-trikos ere not so frequent. Tb& wooden brigantino Uacin, 2G9 tons, •well known in Lyttelton., which has bo«n laid up β-t Hobart since DeoemVeir 2'2nd, 1906, was practically destroyed by firo on April lTtk 'Aha wreck is rtated to be valueless. Tne 12,000 ton •eteamer lonic, of the Siaw Savill Line, arrived yesterday morning from Ixmdon, via way ports and "iVelto ditchac-se the balance of her cttjo. The big gtciiiacr, which usually berths art No. 7 west, wae moorecl u.t No. 6 east, the former berth boicg- occupied by th>e Tongariro. liae vessoi haa * 1550 tons of generaJ. cargo to land hero, but owing to her being several days late reaching here, her Homeward loadxng programme lias been altered. The lonic will leave here on Wednesday next .or Gi«born«, and will return here on the following Monday. After taking in fuzrbher oargo, tho vessel leaves on Thursday, 1-W-h last., for Wellington to complete loading, aJid will sail finally fiom that port on Thursday, 21st inst, lor J»ndv>u, via the usual way ports. It is stated that South Australian farmers are holding 250,000 sacks of grain, while fifteen or sixteen vessels arc lying at Adelaide waiting for wheat, and cannot get cargoes. The New. Zealand Shipping Company's steamer' Orari, which left, Wellington on March 2nd for Lojfdon, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on Monday last, "all well" Tho vessel did not call at Monte Video, owing to a heavy gale. Her next ports of call, before reaching London, irill be Teneriffe and Gibraltar. . Tho schooner Amelia Sims, timber laden*, from Havelock sailed iato port shortly after midday yesterday and took up a berth at tho low-level breastwork*. Tho vessel left Havelock last Saturday, and w»s delayed by head winds and calms. The Storni arrived from Wanganui yesterday morning and landed a cargo of steel water pipes. Alter taking in a quantity of produce, etc., the vessel sailed for Timaru ' arid Oamaru to complete loading for Wanganui. The Maheno sailed yesterday afternoon for Dunedin, where she will be laid up for her annual overhaul and survey. Hor running to Melbourne, via Bluff. and Hobart, will be taken by tho Tarawera. Tne turbine steamer Maheno, which arrived yesterday morning from Sydney, via Wellington, landed the following cargo at Lyttelton:—lßo bags rice, 141 kegs cream oi tartar, 05 cases cream of tartar, 21 packages tea, 56 tons pioj iron, 90 caces oocoanut, 77 bales fibre, 97 cases dates, 91 ingots tin, 29 cases cheese, and a ]»rge quantity of sundries. Transhipments ex- Gabo, Monaro, Roon, Oruba. Aldenham. Manila, Aramao Moan a and Ville de la Ciotat. The s.e. Wbotton arrived at Kaiapoi yesterday afternoon with timber. It in reported that, the New Zealand Shipping Company lies contracted with Mep*-rs A. Kod<rcr and Co., Port Glasgow, for the construction _of a coljier of about 225 feet in longfh. This probably refers to the new vessel ordered for the. B^ne O«! O-m----pany. Sho is expected to replace the Pareora and will be an up-ir>-d»?*> vecpol. She is ,to be rendv about September, and iv!" be about 3500 tons renter. It, is ttf.t<-rl that she will be a similar vessel to the Canopus.