SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13227, 22 September 1908, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Tho lonic, of the Shaw-Savil. line, is now I timed to kayo hoie on Thursday for tho Bluff. After taking in cargo there the vessel j will proceed direct to Weli_nigt«>n to complete loading. She will tail final'.y from We.—ngton on Thurs—*y, October cith, for Loz-dbn, via Mosrte Vide— The Brisbane is expected to fail at noon to-m-rrow for To Kopuru, where ahe will load uiiniie. for Melbourne. The Du'.wich sai.cd last right for Auckland to disc.larjo the balance of her cargo of Oregon pino. Thusnoe she proceeds to New- ' castle for banker ocaL The vessel map pos»sibi'y toad coal at Newcastle for Mexico or South America. The schoaraet Aimie Hill, which loft Lyttelton on faund.y, 6th inst., arrived at Greymouth on Saturday morning. The vessel was d -.. ajed by head winds, and was sheltering j ur.dir Cape Farewell at the beginaaing of last I week. -".. ' l_o Apa.ima will arrive here on ThursI day from Port'Chalmers, ard will ship some horses ar.d fodder for India. She will .'cave tbe fame day for Auckland, where she will be docked fcr cleaning and painting. The vessel is to leave Auckland c_ the 28th inst. for Calcutta, via Newcastle and > Singapore. ; ' Alter filiippihg a large quantity of chaff " for Melbourne, the Wairuna sailed last night for Westport, where the will take, in a part cargo of coal. On her way from Weatport to Melbourne, tbe vessel will keep

a lookout for the tuis-iag barque Loch Loniand. The Fedcral-Houlder-Shiro liner Oswestry Grange, which arrived in the e-tream at 11.10 p.m. on Sunday, was berthed yesterday morning: at No. 6 wharf to . land her Lyttelton consignments. She is timed to sail at 2 p.m. to-day for Dunedin, where sho will complete discharging. The Manapouri, arriving: here aa Friday from Dunedin, will -leave the same day direct for Auckland. The A. and A. line steamer Clafl Mathespn arrived at Albany on Sunday evening from New York direct after a passage of 57 daya. After calling at Melbourne, .Sydney, Auckland, ar.d W—lin_r_on, tho vessel comes-- to Lyttelton, where eh-o is due about October lath. Tho Waikaro, from Auckland, -via Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, will rot arrive her© until Thursday -morning. Sho will leave here the same day for Melbourne, via Dunedin, Bluff, and Hobart, m place of tihe Warrimoo. The latter vessel arriving: here cJi Friday morning from Sydney, via Wellington, will witnd.aw from the intercolcniul running, and will bo docked here in connection with hor annual overhaul. Tho Kini, which Jeft Ti_n_ru at 2 p.m. yesterday for Lyttelton, put book to the wharf later on, owing to some mishap, but was to leave attain late la;.t night. The vesfial is bringing a part cargo of .nnber and coal from Greymouth. Tho coming of the hulk Blaokwall lias Com.p!trted the days of utility of tho Blackball Coal Company's old coal hulk, Jean Pierre (says tho ,- Post"). The latter vessel is to be deprived ol her —inches, masts, and other furnishings, whioE are all to be devoted to the fititing up of her substitute. Altogether, th* BlackwaH will have six winches, er_bling her to engage the attention of six gano-8 of mon. She will probably be ready for all purposes nesrt week. The Jean Pierre will be reduced to a derelict, and will ultimately be went to the safe keeping of Davey Jones. She has now been doing service lor her pre-fenl owners for the oast 1_ years. Her urdignified career as a lighter was commenced in 1894, when *ehe was purchased from an Adelaide firm. The laat voyage that was acconuvjished by the quondam oarquo was across the Tas_lan Sea with a cargo of coal from Newcastle to this port. She is an AniM-ioan built vessel, her hull being constructed of soft wood.