SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13713, 21 April 1910, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Sh«w. Savill and Albion line steamer Tainux, which left Wellington on March 24th and called at Monte Video on the 11th inst.' has made a record run to Rio d© Janeiro. The vessel, which ia noted for her fast steaming, left that port "all well" last Friday three days ahead of her schedule time. TThe Tainui is vow due at Plymouth on May 2nd, and at London the following day The Shaw, Sarill end Albion Company's sieamer Kia Ora, which arrived in the stream j on Tuesday night from Napier, was berthed [ shortly after 6.30 a.m. yesterday. The vessel [ loaded a quantity of frozen meat and general i

car«ro here an* sailed last evening for Bluff, port, «nd will sail thence final* for London Now that the bar* are onco more u>.their normal conditions, shipping . °Pf** ,o ° S : ** Wcetport and Greymouth are in toll w»fc. The Kamona left Westport at , »•": .J" 1 "; day with a cargo of coal, to bo divided beween Wellington and Lyttelton, and is due here ou Saturday. The Komate » to Ie«o Greyruouth this evening with a full c argoof coal for Lyttelton, and is dtw here Saturday ffi The ni kai ß poi Shipping and Trading Company's steamer Kairaki arrived early yesterda> morning after a smart run of 43 hours from Grevmouth. with a full load of timber. Pno vessel will be "tipped" while.in port in order to have a new propeller blade fitted in place of one which waa cast recently. After taking a quantity of kerosene ex Georgia for limaru, and loading what cargo is offering (or Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. the vessel will sail to-morrow for Timaru and Oamaru to fill up. The Maorilend Company's steamer i-nner-dale. arrived yesterday afternoon after a good run of 43 hours from GTcyrr.outh. The vessel will land part cargo of timber here, and will s-ail on Saturday for Dunedin to l«nd the balance. The Holmdale, also from Greymouth, arrived during the night, and after landing part cargo of timber, will sail to-night for Tinjeru. The Fcderal-Houlder-Shire Line steamer Morayshiro arrived ut Avonmouth on Sunday last from Lyttelton, via Monte Video and Las Palnias. The Federal-Houtdcr-Shiro Lino steamer Cornwall is duo here on Saturday froai Timaru to completo loading it, full cargo of meat and other products for West of England ports. The steamer is to leave Lyttelton about Tuesday next for Avonmouth via Monte Video. The new steamer which is being built for the Siiire Line will be named Argyllshire. She is being built by Messrs John Brown end Co., of Clydebaiik, and will be 500 feet in length, with a capacity of 14,000 tone. She is being designed for tho requirements of the Australian and New Zealand trade, And when completed will be one of the finest vessels of her class afloat. It is reported that the owners of the Shire Line arc negotiating for the construction of two additional vessels. The big French barque Jacques, which arrived in the stream on Tuesday evening from Wellington, was berthed at the Gladstone pier. She is a. handsome vessel; typical of the big French "windjammer," and with her lofty masts and long yards made an imposing appearance. The Jacques is the firet French barque 1o visit Lytielton since the unlucky Boieldieu put in h&re over five and a half years ago with a broken rudder, and sho ia also the largest sailing chin to come here since the enforced visit of "that ship. The Jacques has a large quantity of ballast to discharge before taking in her oergo of wheat, which will probably amount to over 26,000 sack& Captain Michel expects that fully three weeks will elapse before tho Jncques is ready to set sail for the Channel for ordetrs. In all probability the Jacques will shortly be lying in company with another and larger French sailing ship, the barque Marie, which is. now 101 Says out'from Philadelphia to Lyttelton with a.cargo of. case oil, end which is due hero during th* next three weeks. The Glasgow steamer Spithead, under charter to the A. and A. Line, arrived yesterday morning from New York via way ports. She is discharging general merchandise, including * large quantity of Massey-Harris agricultural machinery. Tie Spithead, which attracted some attention by reason of the somewhat unusual arrangement of her deck houses, will Bail to-morrow for Dunedin to finish discharging. Shipping people had a, busy day at Lyttelton yesterday, when there was a big fleet of veosela in port. The Kia Ore and tho barque Jacques berthed during the morning, and the arrivals included the Canopus, Kairaki, Monowai, Mararoa, Hauroto, Spit-head, and Ennerdale, while the Cysmet and Holmdale came in last night. Tho flags of three nations were flying in. port, Austria end France c«ch having a representative among the fleet of twelve vessels at tho. wharves. The well-known vessel Lutterwortb which, after being dismasted off Cape Campbell two or three winters ago, was purchased by the Union Company end dismantled, io now beine fitted out at Wellington for use as a coal hulk. The Wootton arrived at Kaiapoi on Tuesday morning early, with sheep from Kaikoura, and sailed in the afternoon for Foxton