SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13333, 27 January 1909, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES.

Captain W. J. Laccy, lata of the N&vua has resigned from the Union Company's service, having been appointed to a position on the Auckland pilot staff. The New Zealand Shipping Company's large oaorgo steamer Orari arrived shortly after mid-day yesterday from Wellington, and is now busily engaged in completing' loading and coaling operations. The vessel, which is taking a, very large cargo' of wool, frozen meat and other products, will fill up here, and will leave finally on Friday afternoon for London, via Monte Video. The New Zealand Shipping Company's stoamer Wakanui is to leave the Bluff early, ibis morning, and wfl arrive here to-morrow to load cargo for London. It is hoped to get tho steamer away on Saturday for Waiters, Picton. Napier, and Wellington. She will complete, loading -t those ports, and will sail finally from Wellington for London on February 10th. Captain Angus, of the Kotuku, reports that on Thursday evening last, while on the passage from Greyinouth to Lyttelton, and when his vessel was 'between Cape Foulwind and Cape Farewell, he passed several large trees, which had evidently been washed out to sea from some of the rivers in flood. The trees were from 30 to 60 feet in length, and wore of largo girth, and were a danger to vessels running along tin coast. The steamer Hawea was the subject of some discussion at a recent rueeting of tho Greymouth Harbour Board. The Union

Company wrote a letter stating thatttothot ' efforts to Teiloat the M'srcl hod been manev'J ccssful. and that sho has now sunk so nn_£ '. -iiftt sho cannot bo reUoa-l-d. They _ik&} permission to leave the vessel as «_, j_— -, ' end requested any advice that the boftjJ - slight have to offer. The liarbourn—it_f::~ stated that tho wreck was _ musaaca —-"• tho port, and it waa IC-olred that the U_ah?Company bo informed tiiut the hoard tssM offer no advico in the. matter, as the Hawta-' 1 ?) is an obstruction, and ___«♦. be reawrr*— bj The Union Company's tin* Tcrawhiti, »hltiA' h_» been engage— for some time in *H—l iZj to refloat tho Hawea, arrived back it wav"? hngton on Monday morning. .',-.'■■ The Tyscr steamer Star of Australia, fa—p-~ Xew York, via, Melbourne, Sydney, A__j,Si land, Gisborne, and Wellington, will -taW? hero to-morrow, and aft?r landing , y O'jO tons of cargo will go on to complete discharging. The vessel *lff'tW"t load on the coast for T_ondon, sailing. _j_Q*. "*, some time next month. ; ~ 5Jj-i." The Blackball coiltor Petore left'Q»B«y" mouth at 1 p.m. yesterday, and is,3_»jlusre to-morrow morning with a load -fea_m for tho Orari's bunkers. &'•& Tho Wootton left Xydia Bay at _L» ajag, yesterday with a cargo of timber for Lytijj£jf ton. and is due hero this morning. >?.&k Captain J. Dan-son left the AVla_g_B4'~f{g •Timaru, and wont to Wellington to t_j«S j charge of the Talune in place ol C«p_S?t Hutchings. Captain W. J. Tate, late of ti*£ Pukaki, haa taken comnsnd of ,AtJ Whangape. ~,-S