SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13610, 20 December 1909, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The barqus Bankfields, which is owned by Messrs A. H. Turnbull end Company, and which has been employed by them in the intercolonial trade, ie row about to set out on a, "foreign" voyage. The Bankfields, which

has just delivered a. cergo of timber from Hokianga, at Sydney, sailed from the latter port on Saturday for Fiji, where- she has been chartered to load a. full cargo of raw eugar for Vancouver. Although nothing has been sett.cd, it is quite probable that the Bankfields will afterwards load lumber on Puget Sound for an Australian or .New Zealand port. Tho new steamer Monica, which was specially built at Auckland for Messrs T. Hcmpstalk and Company for the LytteltoaBank* Peninsula trade, ran her trial trips on 1-riday. A private message received in Lyttelton stated that tho vessel attained a speed of 10 knots per Hour. The- Monica left Auckland at 0 p.m. on Saturday, and is duo at Lyttelton on 'VV'edneaday next. The barque Rona, which has been laid ur> at Lyttellon for the past three weeks, will make a start this morninjr to put out <he remainder of her cargo of Xcwcaaiio coal. Nothing has yet been decided regarding the future movements of the vt-sel. The steamer Auchendalo, with a ful cargo of case oil, arrived at Auckland on Wednesday, after an uneventful passage of seventyfour days from New York, via Durban. Tie Vacuum Oil Company, who are local agents for the Auchendale, expect tho vessel to arrive at Lyttelton about the first week in January. The steamer has 21,G25 cases of oil to land at Lyttelton. She will finish discharging at Dunedin, and will proceed ] thence to Westport for bunker coal. Tho turbine steamer Maori made a very smart run from Akaroa back to Lyttelton on Thursday last. From the time "full speed" was givpn at Akaroa until "stop" was ntnp on nt Lytteiton the vessel's speed was 20.32 knots per hour. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's chartered steamer Waitemata is due at Lyttelton on Wednesday or Thursday from Nelson. After loading wool and other cargo the vessel goes on to Auckland to complete loading for London. The Whits Star liner Athenic returned yesterday from Napier, and berthed at No. 7 wharf io resume loading. The vessel will leave hero on Thursday for Wellington to fill up, and will sail thenco on the 30th met. for London, via Monte Video, Rio de Janeiro, Tenerifie, and Plymouth. Mr R. Ryall, chief officer of the WinimeTa, ■who has been in the service of the HuddartParker Compeny for the past eight years, has left to take up a shore- position at Auckland. The other officers have each been promoted a etep. Mr A. J. Nichol being acting chief, Mr J. E. Warwick second, and Mr J. Devlin third. Tho Wootton left Foxton, at midnight on Saturday for Puponga, to load coal for LytteMon. She ie due here to-morrow. The llaoriland Company's steamer Knnerdale arrived at Timaru yesterday, from Edithburg, via Hobnrt. The vessel has a cargo of salt for discharge at Timaru and Wellington. The Karaoifa is to leave Grcymouth to-day witn a load of coal for Timaru and Dunedin, and on arrival at the latter port will be laid up until after the holidays. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Ktcamer Kaipara sailed on Saturday evening for Waitara and Wanganui, and celled at Wellington Heads yesterday to take on a party of stevedores io work cargo at those ports. She will afterwards complete loading at Picton. Wellington, and -Auckland, and will leave the last mentioned port for London on January 13th. The Koromiko arrived early yesterday moraine with a cargo of coal from Westport.. She will discharge part cargo here, nnd will ro on to Timaru with the balance. During last month twenty-one steamers end two eailintr vessels, of nn aggregate tonnoge of 25,650 tons, visited the port .of Timaru.