SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13714, 22 April 1910, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

The large steamer Echunga, which is under charter to the Union Steam Ship Company, left Newcastle at 6 a.m. on Wednesday with a full cargo of coal for Wellington, Lyttelton and Oamaru. Tlie vessel is due at Wellington on-Monday, and at Lyttelton toward the end of next week.

Tho Koonya was to leave Westport at 6 p.m. yesterday for Lyttelton and Dunedin. The vessel is calling hero to change masters, and after landing a small quantity of coko will go on to Dunodin to discharge. It is understood that the Moura, which has been laid up at Port Chalmers for a considerable time, will shortly be recommissioned, and will be placed in the coal trade. Captain R. E. Smith, who took the Hauroto down to Dunedin, will tako command of the Moeraki on her arrival there in place of Captain J. T. Rolls, who is going on holiday leave.

It is unofficially reported that Mr A. T. Norton, late chief officer of the Monowai, will take command of the Koonya on her arrival here, and that Captain A. C. Showman will come ashore to tako charge of another vessel. One of the most popular-men on :he Monowai was Mr Francis Henry, second engineer, who on Wednesday was transferred to the Kittawa. - Mr Henry was the recipient of two valuable presents before leaving the Monowai. His lellow engineers gave him a handsome piece ot plate mounted on an oak stand and suitably inscribed, while the gTeasers, firemen and trimmers presented him with a very tine bronze statuette inscribed as follows: —-Presented to Mr F. Henry by the stokehold department, s.s. Monowai."

Mr E. J. Cloke, late third officer of the Huddart, Parker steamer Victoria, has been promoted second officer of the Burrumbeet, and Mr H. Tozer, late fourth officer of tho Victoria, has been promote 3 third officer of the same steamer. The position of fourth officer has been filled by Mr A. H. Cloke, lato of the Linda Fell.

It is stated that the new -omimon Steamship Company expects to havo steamers running between Auckland, Gisborne ana Napier in September. The Storm arrived yesterday afternoon from Wei-gauui. via Picton, and after landing a small quantity of cargo sailed for Oamaru. She will load at Dunedin on Saturday, Timaru on Monday, and Lyttelton on Tuesday for Wanganui. The Ripple is expected back at Lyttelton from tbe Chatham Islands ab.ut Thursday next, 28th inst. Not for a very long time has the list of "expected arrivals" for Lyttelton included so many sailing ships as at present. The fleet inc.'udes no loss than si;; * windjammers," namely:—Marie, from Philadelphia; Beeeroft, from Marseilles;. Bankfields, from Vancouver; Hazel Craig and Helen Denny, from Newcastle, and Solgran, from Port Huon.

The French barque Jacques has about 1050 tons of ba'Jast, chiefly clay, rubble and rock, to put out before taking in her cargo ot wheat. It i_ stated that most of the ballast is being taken by the Railway Department. The barque Bankfields is now leading a cargo of Oregon pine at Sydney, B.C. (near Vancouver), for Lyttelton, and is expected to sail shortly. The barque Solgran is expected to leave Port Huon, Tasmania, in a few days time with a cargo of hardwood for Lyttelton.

The locally-owned barque Bona is now at Edithbnrg loading salt, etc., for Wellington and Napier. After discharging at those ports, the vessel will probably go to Kaipara to load timber for Sydney.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Lino steamer Athenic has been delayed at -Wellington to load a Quantity of frozen meat, and will not arrive here until to-morrow morning. Another large steamer due to-morrow is the New Zealand Shipping Company's Turakina, from Port Chalmers. The F.H.S. Lice steamer Cornwall will arrive here to-morrow or on Sunday from Timaru.

The Austrian steamer Georgia is expected to be clear of tbe Lyttelton portion of her cargo of case oil this evening, and after transhipping a quantity to the J.CaiTaki for Timaru, she will leave for Dunedin to finish discharging. Tho Georgia afterwards loads general cargo, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, for London.

The A. and A. Line steamer Spithead wil' sail about noon to-day for Dunedin, where she wil! finish discharging. Tho Spithead has a mixed crew, her officers and engineers being Britishers, her deck hands Malays, and her firemen Indian lascars. The vessel will probably go across to Newcastle from Dunedin.

In consequence of the silting of the river above Stewart's Gully entrance, the Wootton has been unable for two days to get away from Kaiapoi.