SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13249, 17 October 1908, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

H.M.S. Encoun*er, Captain Tyler, will leavo Akaroa early thi- morniT;g rrd v.-i'l crrive off Lyttelton breakwater about 10.30 a.m. lc.-day. The crui er, which is tv. remain hero, for &mc days, will be berthed on the, west sidn of >T(\ 8 wharf. H M.S. Pioneer i 9' expected to leave »>n Moi.ctay for AKiiroji. • After a fbort stey there thc vpEFel will return to Lytteitor.. The Rosamond, iaden with coal from Weatpoit and Grcyinouth, was expected to leave" th» latter port last «i_ht for Lyttelton, -and is due hero early on Monday morning. Tho Rakanoa will complete discharging toright when she will pet out on her return to Westport. Tho &mnll steamer Manukau come off (ho 1 atent slip on Thursday, and is now completing hor extensive overhaul at the wharf. After 'ondinjr, tho vessel will sail, probably on Monday for Wellington and Waitaro. It is reported that Messrs Fleming and Ferguson, of Paisley, havo been commissioned to buiid a poweriul twin-screw tug- for the Auckland Harbciir "Board. Having coznnleted hor first annual overhaul, the Lyttelton Hsrbour Bv-rd'-- lu?Cante-'—rv was float rd out of dock yesterday. Aftor coaling, the vessel resumed active work, hex

first ergragement being to assist tho Turakina 1 out from tno wharf ia ;be tvftcrnocn. Frozen meat, wool, and ger.eral cargo is ! bcins- waded by the Shaw, btviU and Albion Co.'s steamer Athemc The big vessel will «ail ot 4 p.m. to-day for Foit Chalmers, Auckland .and Wellington to comp.ete. >oadin„ for _ondon. The steamer, winch is mukir.fr her first call at both Fort Char-nors and Auckland, is due at Wol'ington at the end oi this month, and will soil thonce finally ■on November sth for liondon, via tho usual i way ports. . , ~ Wool, tallow and flax formed tho prin--1 •tapal lines in the cargo shipped here by tho Now Zealand Shipping Ca's steamer lurakina. which tailed ywterdav afternoon for Wellington. The -vessel will complete loading at that port, and will leave tnere on Thursday nest for London, via Monte video, ( Teueriffe, and Plymouth. Tho John Anderson went on the patent slip cradie yosierday morning for cleaning and painting and overhaul. The vessel vail resutmo her btunmer running probab.y next ' \itcr a quick round trip of under three and a half days the Westport Coal Company's steamer Canopus arrived last «?« with a fuU cargo of coal from Westport. Iho vessel left here at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday arrived at Westport 7.80 p.m. Wednesday—3l hours out, and 'eft again 1.30 p.m. Thursday. Tho vessel will complete discharging m time to leave here again on Monday. ! Laden with timber from Nydia Bay, the etcanier Wootton arrived in port early yesterday morning. The vessel is to Bail at 6 o'c-ock this morning for Kaiapoi, where shf wii"i load produce for Wanganui. Thence sho will proceed to West Wanganui Inlet, on ; tho West Coast, about 10 miles south of Capo Farewell, to load timber .for Kaiapoi. I The Mahono brought the following cargo from Sydney:—"oo cases fruit. 112 pockets sugar, 27 packages rattan ware, 40 cases ginger, G7 cases tea, 40 cases drugs, 200 blocks esphalt. 46 ingots tin. 60 ingots copper. 420 bags coke, 23 packages softp, 770 sacks manure and other general merchandise. After locating a quantity of chaff and other cargo, tt* vessel sailed for Melbourne, via way ports. Messrs Junsey, Barns and Co., local agents for Lund's Blue Amhor Line, have been advised that the new 10,000-ton steamer Waratah will leave liondon on November 6th on her maiden trip to Sydney, where she is dee on December isth Sho will leave Sydney on her Homeward passage on January -9th. Tho Tyser Line steamers are noted for their good steaming qualities. A few days ago the Whakarua made the passage from Townsville to Sydney :n 3 days 8 hours. Her l_3t 24 hours' steaming represented an hourly '■ average of over 14 knots. The steamer Indravelli, now at Timaru, is duo hero to-day or to-morrow. The vessel has about 500,000 feet of Oregon pine, and about 10,000 bundles of laths to land here, : and will go on to Wellington to finish diß- : charging, after which she returns to Van- , couver. The Shaw-Savill steamer Matatua, which left London, on (he Cth inst. for Auckland, Wellington ,and Bluff, is bringing 5000 tons I of goneral cargo for those ports. ' Eopairs to the propel Hng gear of the Union Company's oollier Kaituna, which was disabled Gnd towed to Wewtoort by the CVmrles Ed'-A_r_. a-re being effected. The Union Company intimates that the vessel is expeotod to leave tb.9 Gcast on Saturday "with a cargo of coal for Wellington. The lonic, now- on her voyage to London, shipped the following cargo at Gisborne: — 6180 carcases mutton, 478 quarter* be<*f. 96 side-.? veal, 106 casks tallow, 23 casks pelts, 45 bales wool, 65 bales sheepskins 14 caws hair, and 6 sacks horns. After lying in the stream at Wellington for tho past week the Ken- Zea.and ■ .shipping; Co.'s steamer Kaipara left Wellington for Auckland en Thursday. The '-Post" states that sh* will remain at Auckland for about a -month before she commences loading for London. The vessel is being sent to Auck- ■ lr.nrl for dackinff purposes, and also it is j stated because there is less fear of her ( dragging her anchors iii the northern, har- ! hour. '