SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13546, 6 October 1909, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

It is of interest to note that there aro b> present in port at Lyttelton three vessels discharging cargoes of >*rrah from Bunbury. The vessels are the Norwegian steamer Thysfc, 600 000 feet, Lauderdale, 400,000 feet, and tl.e chip Dartford. -Aβ comparatively few cargoes of jarrah come to New Zealand, it Iβ remarkable that three vowels should arrive almost 'simultaneously from Bunbtmr witJi well over one million feet of the timber. The Warrimoo, doe at Wellington this morning. i» bringing 62 ealoon and 62 steerage - passengers from Sydney. ■The recent fierce gales on the Now South Wales const delayed the M«oriland Company's steamer Ennerdele et Port Stephens. She wa« expected to leave there, yesterday for Sydney, a-nd will probably leave the Utter BOrt to-night for Timeru and Dunedin. On the run from Auckland to Wellington, the Show. Savill and Albion steamer Ki*ora averaged 13.7 knots per hour, the actual Bteanuns? time being 89 hours 25 minutes. On the ?onr.d trip from Nrw Zealand to London and back, the M* Ora maantaaned en average »peed of 13 knots en hour. The Kapiti, which Jβ - due here tc-mght

from Wellington, will eail to-morrow for Wellington, wanganui, and Patea. The- Union Company's turbine steamer M«heno. after a long spell of idleness at Port Chalmers, has resumed running, and will arrive here this mornir.g. She will leavn this afternoon for Wellington, Napier, Gi&borne, Auckland and Sydney. The Westport Coal Company's steamer Canopua. which left yesterday afternoon for Wellington, is due back here on Saturday ■with arother load of coal.

The Kainpoi Shipping and Trading Company's steamer Kairaki le£t Greymouth yesterday with a cargo of coal and timber for Lyttelton. Sho is due here to-morrow morniner. The Lyttelton Harbour Board's tug Canterbury has gone into dock for her annual purvey and overhaul. The vessel will have her shafts drawn for inspection.

The Norwegian steamer Thyra is expected to sail about Saturday for Timaru and Dunedin, for which ports she has about 900,000 feet of iarrah. Included in the cargo of the Tyser steamer Tomoana, which sailed from Auckland for London yesterday afternoon, were bullion valued at about £20,000, 3500 cases of kauri cum, 100 cases of tallow, and 250 bales of flax and tow.