SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13738, 20 May 1910, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Loaded right down to her "mark" with a full cargo of grain, the bis; French barque Jacques'hauled out from her berth at the Gladstone Pier yesterday morning, and was towed to an anchorage in the stream off Camp Bay. Tho vesßel has under hatches 27,006 sacks of wheat, representing 2450 tons dead weight. It is stated that tho vessel is receiving a freight rate of £1 per ton. Tho Jacques will probably set sail on Saturday on her long passage to Qucenstown or Falmouth, where she will receive orders ns to her port of discbarge. A' close holiday will be observed in port to-day, and no work, except at the ferry steamer Mararoa, will bo done on the wharves. Eight steamers are expected 'o arrive to-day, thc fleet including four large oversea steamers, and berthing accommodation will be heavily taxed. The vessels duo aro tho Mararoa and Arapawa from Wellington, Kini with coal from Westport. Kaitangata with coal from Greymouth,' Indralema general cargo from New iork, Rangitira from Port Chalmers to load, Aparima with general cargo from Calcntta, Singapore and Samarang, and the jjrayton Grange with general cargo from West of England ports.

The French barque Marie made a stirf to discharge her cargo of case oil yesterday afternoon. The vessel will be removed- tomorrow or on Monday to a berth at the Gladstone Pier. The Shnw. Savill and Albion Company* steamer Rangalira will arrive hero from Port Chalmers this morning, and after shipping frozen m-eat, woo! and general cargo will sail about Tuesday next for Wellington to complete loading for London. The local agents of tho Shaw, Savill and A'bion Company state that the White Star liner Corinthic, from Lonaon. via way ports, will not arrive at Lvtteiton until Monday morning. The Delphic, from Glasgow i nil LiverDOol, via way ports, will arrive here on Wednesday next. The White Star liner lonic, homeward bound from New Zealand ports to London,

j left Rio de Janeiro "all well" last Monday evening. ~ ~ ... The Federal-Uoukler-Shiro liner Drayton ! Gransie. from West of England ports, is ! leaving Wellington at daybreak to-day aria ! should arrive here to-night. Tho vessel will ! berth to-morrow morning to land lior : cargo, and will leave about Tuesday next i for Dunedin. I 'the new twin-screw steamer which is I eing built for thc Tys-er jjinc, and which was recent'v launched at Belfast, has been named Muritai. Captain J. C. Felgate. late of the Whakarua. will have command of the Muritai, which will leave London on June 30th on her maiden voyage to Melbourne. Sydney aud i\ew Zealand ports. The Tyscr Line steamer Indxalema, from New York, via the usual way ports, will arrive here *arly this morning. The vessel | hap TOO tons of cargo to land here, and an I effort, will be made to despatch her to-mor-j row night .to Dunedin, where sho will finish | discharging. I The locally-owned barqtto Rona arrived i»t i Napier on Tuesday morning from WeJlingj ton. and after discharging the balance of hej cargo ol salt, will go to Kaipara to load I 700,000 feet of kauri for Sydney. I The Aparima. from Calcutta, Singapore, and ' Samarang, via Auckland and Wellington, will : arrive here to-day, and will sail to-morrow I night for Bluff and Dunedin to finish dia- ; charging. After docking at Port Chalmers tho ■ Aparima goes lo Newcastle, and theuice to j Calcutta. [ In order to cope with the coal trade between I Newcastle and New Zealand, the Union ComI pany has chartered the Norwegian steamer ! Sverre, 3561 tons, to bring a cargo- of coal i across to New Zealand. | The new steamer of similar design to tho | Maroma. which is being built for tho Union j Company's intercolonial service! is to bo de- ! livered in time for the next summer passenger season. Tho Union Company's steamer Rotoiti, j which is being overhauled at Wellington, will . leave there on Monday for Greymoulh, en j route to Hobart, where she will "take, up her ; new trade to Melbourne. j The barque Hazel Craig was towed into tho j stream at G o'clock Inst night, and will pro- ; bably sail to-day -for Helensrille. 1