SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13170, 17 July 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Shaw SaviFl oteamer "Waiwera. 6337 tons, which left Sydney on June 10th for Gna-vma*, with a car?o of coal. has been chartered to load ft full car?o of lumber ivt Pucrct Sound for Sydney. The Waiwera, now holds tho record of being the biggest tonnage r teamer that has over beeti chartered tr load lumber at Pugut Sound for Australia. At the present time fifteen larga French sailine phjne. aggregating 30,546 t'M», are b.-;und to Hobart for orders. In jnoit cases the veseel* left English or Continental port«. The new Aberdeen eteamer Periciee, 11.000 tons register, left London on the Bth in*f., for Ca-etown, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The Pericles ie a twin-screw steel pteamer built by Hcmi? Hxrland and Wolff, Belfast, to the orders of Mesem Geo. Thotnpeon btiH Co lendon. for the Australian service of t'ns Aberdeen line. She is about 500 ft lonj? by 62ft beam, and consequently she is one of th* larcwt vessels engaged ju the Anstraliar. trade.

The barquentine Hclfja arrived evt Sydnrr on Tnofday with a of 1000,000 feet .»i iimber from Kaipara, after a pa««fi«yp of 23 days. After discharging at Sydnoy, the vossol will go to Newcastle, to load coal for Lytlolton or Wellington. The U.S. and A.S.S. Line steamer Jeneta arrived at Melbourne on Sunday from Kow York, and will call at Sydney before comin<r. '.r. to N«w Zealand ports. The vessel wi'l discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lytteiton and Port Chalmers, and will afterworde proceed to Port Pirio to lead concentrates for tho United Kingdom or Continent. It is reported in Sydney, but not officially confumed, s-ays U» "Comniercia , Notts," that, owing to th« trade Vetwecn Australia. China and Japan depressed, two of the China Navigation Company's steamers will bo temporarily withdrawn. After having put back to Monte Video on account of a co!iinion «rith the Asturia*, the New Zealand Ship-pin? CoinTiany'e steamer Jlakaia reached London on ilieeday. She sai'cd from the Blufl on May 11th. Th<i new stoarner*. RuUierglen «d Baron Minto, have been chartered to load eel at Bn'tinwro, U.S.A., for Auckland, for the American fleet. Five other steamers, the British Monarch, Falls of Oichy, Glenfruin, llagdala and Usher, nro at present on tboir way from United Stataa porU to coal the American fleet at Auckland. Tbo Italian ship Caracciolo left .Marseilles on Juno 37th. with a full cargo of roofing til«s for Wellington and Auckland. Tho Portuguese barque Europe, formerly the Britirh ship British General, has been purchased by English buyer? for £2000, and will bo converted into a hulk. It in reported. *ays tho "Commercial News," that the Weetport Coal Company. Ltd., ownem of tho steamer Kejrulus, have issued a claim against tho owners of tho scow Whansaioa for £750, for salvage eervioes rendered by the Reguluß to tho Wbongaroa when she was disabled. It will bo remembered that the scow wao difsmaetcd on tho 10th nit. while bound to Sydney -with a cargo of pine from Wangauui, and was making her way back to port wu«n she wae picked up by tho collier and towed into Wellington on the 29lJi ultt A eurvey of tho dismasiad vessel has keen made, and it is ««timated that rep-aira will cbsi> between .£750 and XBOC. The Union Company's chartered stoanwr OlUarburn is expected to eaal to-day for Sydney, via Pictort The vessel will load 1000 iAoks of barley at Lyttelton. and will tafcb a further quuntrfcy from Pictoik After jlischarginp at Sydtoey the veseel poee to Newcastle ia load ooal for Now Zealand ports.

ciwurginf; a* arymoey who v«hbci ruw w> .>o»----ensile to load coal for Now Zealand ports. Tho New Zealand Shippinß Company's slcanwr Wahnaite, whidh is due at Port Chalmers about the 25th i-nst., from London direct, i* brinfjiiag about 8000 tons of cargo, of which 4000 tone are for Port Chalmers, 3000 tone for Tima.ru, *nd 1000 tone for Lyttolton. Mx J. G. Wateoa, late chief officer of tho Paieena* has joined the Koromiko ac chief officer. The Union. Company'R chartered steamer , Navafino arrived at Wellington yesterday ■ morning from Newcastle, and hive a full cargo of coal, part of which is for Lyttelton, where the vessel is due next weok. It is reported that the barq-oo Roira. is to load timber at Katpara for Melbourne, .and thai the barque Jessie Graig will load &t I Ketipaxa for Sydney^ I The Unaom. Oompaoiy'e oollier. Piikaii left Groymouth yesterday afternoon with 1600 tons of ooal for Lytfelton. The veeael is due h«re to-morrow afternooa. ' The brigartiino Aratapu, whkb •rrnned a>t on Tueeday from K*ip*ra, lefb the letter port last Saturday in oomptuvy with the Huifl. and the Lily, which are bound to Lytteltom. Favoareible wiude kept the three vessels in company turtil close to Wellington Ileods. when th« Huie, and Lily stood away for Lyttelton. After disoharfimg , about 55,000 feet of timber at the Aiatapu oonKe on to Lyttelton with the balacoe of her carigo, about 40,000 feed The Shaw-Savili and Albion Company's fcteamer Arawa is due her© on Tuesday or Wtdnefdny n>ext from LoTdwa, -via way porte ivnd Wellington. Afttrr discherfricw her inj w*rd the Arawa may possibly lead at Timaru in addition to Lytielton, bu*t dho is not likely to go to cither Napier or Gisborne. she will return to Wellington abont Augu«t 7th, aod Yfill sail finally for Landwc on t3w lath. The Shew. Swift and Albion Company's Atoajnier Dolphic arrived at Sydney on th© 6th inst., from Liverpool. The rosael next calls a.t Auckland acd Welling-ton. emd then, comoa en to Lytto'.ton, where sh« is dto about the end of this month.