SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13861, 12 October 1910, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES.

A close holiday will be kept on tho wharves to-day as far as cargo working is concerned. Eight vessels aro due to-day, and several mora win arrive to-morrow, when thero will be a busy time for the waterside workers. The steamers in port to-morrow will be <'<.rinthic, Wakanui, Star of Australia, Cornwall, Kent, Kaiapoi. Arapawa, Ngatoro, Mararoa, Victoria, Warrimoo, and WootUn.

Three oversea steamers left Wellington within an hoir of <mc another yestorday afternoon for Lyttelton, and are due here this morning. The vessels aro the Federal-Houlder-Shire Line steamer Cornwall, from West of England forte; the Tyaer Line steamer Star of Australia, Irom New "icrk, and the Ne v Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Wakatmi, trom Montreal.

The F.H.S. Line .steamer Kent will leavo Port ChaJmers this morning for Lyttelton, and will arrive hens to-morrow morni.itf. She is to load a large quantity of grain and general cargo her. for West of England ports, and will go on fo Wellington, whence she sails finally for Avonmouth on the 22nd inst.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Otaki, from London, via Dunediu, will not arrive here until Friday morning. After landing 900 to_._ of cargo, site will sail for Bluff to complete discharging. Sho will bo laid up for tome time, and will probably dock nt Port Chairaers for cleaning and painting before loading for London. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Arawa, bound from Lordon -via Plymouth to Wellington and Lyttelton, left Capetown last Saturday evening for Hobart. The Blackball Coal Company's collier Nga* toro i* due her? to-i.ight with a load of cos", from Greymouth. The Xgaher. ia taking a load of bunker coal from Greymouth to Kaipara. The departure of the Wakatu for Kaikoura. u_d Wellington has been postponed until .his evening. The Cygnet will leave t.-night for Kaikoura.

The Kaiapoi is expected to sail on Friday for Timaru and Dunedin to discharge the balance of her cargo of timber. The Pukaki sailed at midnight last night l«r Tiuiaru to finish discharging. The Tarawera, from Auckland via. Gisborne and Napier, has gone direct fro_n Wellington to Duncdiu en recount of tho holiday. She transhipped her perishable cargo to the Mokoia at W«l----liiif.ton, and will discharge tho balance on her arrival here on Saturday. Captain Beighton. late of the Squall, ha. been appointed to command tho Pukaki, and Mr Morrison, iate chief officer of the Atua, i« iv temporary command of the Squall. Mr Foster, late of the Wanaka, has joined the Atua as chief office-. Mr T D. ijpenc. h;.s joined the Xgatoro as chief officer, iv place of Mr J. Robertson, who lihs "one to Sydney.