SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13747, 31 May 1910, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

A heavy sea watt running on the Greymonth bar yesterday, and the Kamona, loaded with timber and coal for Lyttelton, was unable to Ret out of the river. The Kaitangata sailed yesterday evening for Greymouth, whore Bhe will load about 800.000 feet of timbrr for Sydney. The Pukftki sailed vestorciay afternoon ior Port Chalmers, where blis will be docked for survey and overhaul. The steamer Echungs, winch is makm<r her secjiid trip under cnarter to the Union Company, left Newcastle at noon on Sunday with about 7000 tons of coal for New Zealand. She is coming direct to Lyttelton, and is due here on Saturday next. The Ripple is due here to-day from Timaru to complete loading for Wanganui. She will sail to-night, and alter her return to Lyttelton will make her regular mail trip to tho Chatham lalnnds. The Wakatu is due here to-mf-ht from Wellington via Kaikoura, and will go th the slip to-morrow for an overhaul. The steamer Defender arrived during the night from Karamen .with a full cargo cf timber. After discharging, tbe vessel wilt return to the West Coasl. The steamer Alexander brought a load of ccal for tho Blackball Coal Company from Grevuiouth. She is discharging sixty tons into' the bunkers; of the Filestore, and will put the halsnce of her cargo on board the Kaipara, and will leave to-aay for Wellington. / The Kaiapoi Sbioping aWd irading Company's Ftenmer Kairaki will sail this afternoon, faking cargo for .\apier and Gisborne. The departure of the Arapawa for Wellington. "Wanganui mid Patea has been posfoontd tint _ noon to-day. The vessel is loading a lsrge quantity of cargo for those ports. Tne scow Eunice, which left the harbour on Sunday afternoon bound to Havelock, did not set further than fifteen miles from the Head", when a strong r.orth-cnst gsle and heavy «ea compel'ed her to run back to port. She anchored in the stream, and left again last night.

__ Loading and .coaling operations on ihe New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Knipara will bo completed to-day. and thr steamer will have a full carj*o " of frozen meat and peneral produce, 'j ho Kaipara will probably get out to an anchorage in the stream to-night in readiness to sail at daybreak to-morrow for London, via Kio do Janeiro and Teneriffe.

It is expected th?t the FcdenU-Houlder-Shire Line steamer Fifcshire will lw> ready to leave the whr.rf at nine o'clock this mornhi!* on "(he top of high water," and proceed to sea. The vcs-el is faking five saloon and thirty-two steerage passengers niul a fu'l cargo of frozen ment. grain and other produce to West of England porta. The While Star steamer Delphic, which arrived off the Heads late on Sunday niaht from Picton, cume in veelerday niornin-* and hrrthed nt No. 3 wharf. The ve_cl is oadin-r M.i.OOfl carcases of mutton and lamb, 400 cnfks of tallow, etc., 600 -ark- of seed, and a small quantity of wool, and wi'l sail nt 3 p.m. to-day for Wellincton to fini-h coaling before snilingr for London, via .Monte v ideo.