SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13110, 8 May 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Owins to the heavy ccc. along the ooaat the departure of the Wafcatu and Cypnet for Kaikoura has been postponed. Telegraphic reports from coastal stations etata that there is a "heavy sea" or a "heavy Ewell" at all points. A fresh nor'-wester was blowing at Lyttelton yesterday evening, and the barometer was unusually low, ihe reading at 5 p.m. being 25.10. A heavy r.well waa running in tb« harbour last News was received last week from N/nimea. elating that the Norwegian barque Bjanve was totally vrtectxd on the southern end of the reef at Surprise Island on April Bth. The crew was paved. The Bjarn©, which was under charter to loud at Surprise Is'and for a New Zealand port, l«ft Melbourn* on the 19th ilerch, and would probably have a quantity of stores aboard for the men engaged en the island. The Bjarne, which was formerly known as The Frederick, was an iron barque of 838 tone grow, and of 769 tons net The American four-masted. schooner Mohukona. which was chaptered in place of the Hawaii, left Gray's hsibour on April

let fox Wellington, -with a cargo of 1,000,000 feet of Orogun pine timber. Tho steamer Heniey, which failed from Bunbury on April 20th, with a cargo of jamah for Xpw Zealand ports, called at Newcastle for bunker coal, and left that

port on "Wednesday. The tramp steamer Otterburn arrived a-t Sydney iast week friau ilugdalena Bay. Mexico, and was docked for cleaning and tainting. Tho Otterburn baa been fixed on time charter to tho Union Steam Ship Company, Ltd., and according to Sydney papers, is to load coal at Newcastle for Fiji. She is a large cargo steamer of 49JG tons register and is commanded by Cao.diu Swan. Her owners are Messrs &. Suankland and -Son. of Greenock.

Captain F. P. Evarie, R.N.R., left tho Wuiruna at Timaru yesterday, and went to Wellington last Bight to take oomniand of the Penguin. New Zealand buyer* have purchased tho well-known schooner Eliza Alien, which was expected to leavo Syduey last Friday tor Auckland, where she will be handed over to hex new owners.

The Norwegian chip Karmo, which visited Lyttelton abont three years ago. is at present on her way from Valparaiso to the Semaphore, Adelaide, for order?. Tho vessel has bean chartered to load long hardwood piles at a Tasmanian port for the United Kingdom.

The Tyser liner NereJiana arrived at London last week from Lytte'ton. The steamer is to leave London on the 22nd inst., for Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand ports. It is reported that the barque Laira, which left Melbourne on "Wednesday for Auckland, and which wae recently purchased by Messrs J. J. Craig:, Ltd., of Aucklar.d, has had her nope altered to Connie Craig, and that the signal letters K.L.H.D. have been allotted to her.

T Tho barque Eagle Crag, reoently sold To Norwegian owners, ha? had her name changed, to Fuger. The ship Pythomene which was purchased recently by Italian owners, is now known as the Reno. The barque Talca baa lately been sold to Norwegians, and her name changed to Dogny. The Italian barque Coni left Auck'and last week on the long passage to Barbndoes, in ballast. This ve*Pol recent'y brought a cargo of tiles from Marseilles to New Zealand ports. This ie pr-obably the first time in the history of New Zealand that a vessel of such handy tonnage has been ordered to Barbadoes. This development ii» brought about owing to the shortness of the Australian wheat crop, and the big fall in coal freights from Sydney and Newcast'e; also to the keen competition of steamers for the Australian trade.

The Italian 'barque Salamanca, ■which when under lie Britirih flag was ooneidered a smart eailer, ie making a very lorig , passage from Marseilles to New Zealand. The ■vessel left the Mediterranean port as long ago ac Deoember 30t!h, and is, therefore, 13!» days owt to-day. The Salamanca is loaded •with Marrefllee til«a for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Sydney. The Toroa was floated irrto dock yesterday morning, but in view of the urgent Jiwture of the case of t&e tuibino steemt-r Maori, hor agents gave way to the request of tho Union Steajq. S>hip Company, and the vessel was brought out again to allow the Maori to dack. The Toroa will be docked to-day to undergo her annual overhaul Eye tests for colour .was a matter referred to in the annual report of the Merchant Service Guild adopted on Tuesday, save the "Poet." It was stated lihat Sir James" Mills. managing director of tho Union Steam Ship Corapany, had , informed the secretary of the guild that the Board of Trade intended to seek ■expert advice as to whether it was ad-yif-ablo to make the oolour test more stringent; but that until more wes heavet from London the Union Steam Ship Company proposed to do nothing moro than was already done in regard to this matter. Ii wan alleged, however, that the company had already used the stringent tests in examination, of officers for oolour blindness. _ The New Zealand Stopping Oompany'R steamer , Paparoav from London, via way ports, left Sobart at 7 a.m. on , Tuesday for Wellington, where she is due on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Thii» ship Avon, which was loaded with wool by Mr G. H. Scales, and which left iW&lington on Jaavuaj-y 16th. arrived o t London last week, in time for the May wool sales.

The schooner Elira Firth arrived 1 yesterday afternoon wvtfh a f-tvll oarg«> oj timber from KaiptiTO. The vessel left Kaipara on Saturday last, and was d)el«y<ed on the vun down by a strong southerly which lasted from Tuesday night until early yesterday morning. The Union Steaan Ship Company's large new cargo steamer Waitamata, 5106 torn, is brimjing a general cargo from Middlejborougih end London to Wd&t AustTalh After discharging, the vessel will proiably load jftnuh at Bunbury, for New Zealand. The Shaw. Savill liner Corinthic, whiih left Plymouthi last Saturdiay, is due at Capotown on May 23rd, at Hobart ou June 11th, and at Wellington on June l&th.