SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13378, 20 March 1909, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

Titirangi to-day, with a cargo of sheep. She then loads frozen meat trucks for Nelson. The Kaituna will not leave for Wellington till Monday, on account of the heavy weaThe National Mortgage and Agency Company hdve been at.vised that the R.M.S. lonic left Monte Video for London on Wednesday evening.

An indication of the briskness of the pre sent woo! season is shown in tho fact that sinco the 14th January the Xew Zealand Shipping Company has despatched from these shores nine large fully-laden steamers lot London. Tho Rimutaka left Wellington on tho date mentioned, and she was followed the next day by tho Opawa. The Orari sailed from Lytteiton on the 31st January;; the Kaikoura left. Wellington on 11th February, and was followed four days later by tho Wakanui, and two days r.fterwards the latter vessel was followed by the Papanui, whicU sailed on the 17th February. The Otaki nailed from Auckland on the 6th March; the Whakatane. sailed from ■Wellington on the 10th- March, and on the following day tho Turakina sailed from Wellington also, for London, the whole making an average of one big stoamer despatched by this company almost overy six days during tho above period. Last week the new P. and O. rmil steamer Malwa—the seventh of the M class of passenger steamers recently built—arrived at Sydney. The Jlalwn is n sister ship to the palatia! Morea, being 11,000 tone register, and of 15.000 horse-power. The dining saloon has seating sTomuiodntion for 320 passengers, and the genera"; appointments and furnishing are said to be of the most luxurious I description. The Malwa. which cost up- ; wards of £300,000, is capable of steaming 18 > knots.' and her machinery worked smoothly ; throughout the voyage. • ; The Shaw, Savili, and A'.bion steamer Aotoa has been fixed to load general cargo at . Liverpool for Melbourne, Sydney, and New . Zealand ports. The Alexander is expected to arrive from