SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13960, 6 February 1911, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

An alteration has beeu made in the loadprogramme of the White Star liner Atnenic, which is now discharging at Lyttelton. Instead of leaving here on Thursday for Gieborne, the Athenio will remain here until Tuesday, 14th inst., when she. will sail for Napier and Wellington Oisborne will be omitted from her loading: ports, and eho will not return to Lyttelton, but will sail finally from Wellington on the O3rd inst. for London, via Monte Video, Bio de Janeiro', Teneriffe and Plymouth. The New Zealand Shipping Company s steamer Orari is expected to sail to-morrow for Dunedin to discberge the remainder of h*- cargo from GlaFgow and Liverpool. The Now Zealand Shipping Company s etcamer Turakina loaded the following cargo at Lyttelton for London:—s233 bales wool, 33 balea ekins, 48.177 carcases mutton and lamb, 554 casks tallow, 91 bales tow, 79 casks pelts, 110 casks oleo, 2 drums glycerine, 1 truss leather, 1 bale hair, 23 packages mid 1 case, sundries, 64 crates kidneys, 15 crates eweettceads, 504 boxes butter. and 6704 crates cheeje. The Turakina is now completing her loading at Wellington, and is to sail finally on Thursday for London via wav ports. , The New Zealand Shipping Company s steamer Wcimato arrived at midday on Saturday from Port Chalmers. She is loadine frozen meat, wool, and genecal cargo, and is to fail to-morrow for "Wellington to complete loading and coaling. Tho Waimate will leave Wellington finally about Thursday or Friday for London. The N-2W Zealand Shipping Company s steamer Kuipara is due at Wellington today from Beauty Point. She will load for London at Wellington, Napier, Auckland, Waitara, Tima-ru nnd Lyttelton. The Kaipara will sail finally from Lyttelton for London about March 2nd. A very brief stay was mad-e by tne bnaw. Savill 'and Albion Company's chartered eteamer Koseric. which arrived on Saturday morning from Port Chalmers. She was eleven hours in port, and loadtd wool and tallow and left for Wellington in the evenin" She will go on to Auckland to complete loading and will sail thence finally for London via Konte Video. The Bakanoa, from Grerir.outh via WclJiugton, will arrive here to-morrow to diecharge too balance of her cargo of coal. p. j y Bartholomew has been appointed purgeon' of the Aorangi. vice Dr. C. H. SC M r B D Ch Cam ! igh<in. late of the Royal India Marine." joined the Manuka as fourth officer on Friday, vice Mr C Halfield who came ashore for ord«a. Mr Geo. Luke also «i»ned on the veesel'e articles, replacing Mr h" Red as fox:rth engmper. Mr F. W Henninge, laic eseietant pur*er of tho Monowai. i» now acting purser cf the Squn.il Mr C A. Camobell. fecmeny of tho Squall is purser of the Koonya. Mr A. Williams, of the company c shore staff at

Suva, has joined the Monowai as assistant purser. The Tyeer Line steamer Star of India will leave Wellington to-morrow to load at Gisborne, Napier and Wanganui roadstead. She will complete loading at Wellington, end will sail thence finally for London on the 27th inst., Tho following have booked passages by the R.M.S. Aorangi, which is fixed to leave Auckland next Saturday for San Francisco, via Barotonga and Fapecto:—First saloon— For Karotonga: Mr Twiss. For Papeete: Mr C Fliee. For San Francisco: Mesdsincs K. S Feigley, Moore, Meeere J. H. Mackay, Scott (2). Moore, F. R. Pratt. Chas. A. Bennett, Gissing, Sharp. Breweter, Hyde, Rev. Father O'Malley. Second saloon—For Tahiti- Mr F. E. MVldocks. For Sun Francieco: Misses Metherill (2*. Mesdnmes Allen, Eyiro and two children, Finlayson, ilossre West, Stevenson, Goodman, Monte, Evans, Weaver, Haack, Woollcy, Case, Latimcr, Finlayson; nlso six steerage. The re-survey of Auckland Harbour was commenced last week by Lieutenant J. M. Jackson. R.N.. and it is expected that the ■work will take three or four months to complete. Lieutenant Jackson's last visit to the Dominion was as ■midshipman on the Royal Albert ten years ago. Captain William Farquhaj, one of the best-known master mariners in Auckland, is dead. Hβ was born at Peterhead, Scotland, eeventy-fivc ycara ago, nnd went to sea wh-3ii he was thirteen years of «ge. In 1633 ho went out to Australia, and in 1808 ho cam© to New Zealand, and join-ed the schooner Falcon, which vessel is now running out of Wellington. When tho Northern goldfields opened he was placed in chargo of the s.s. Duk« of Edinburgh, running between Auckland and Thames, and subsequently he was master of the steamer Go-Ahead in the same trade. The Hon. J. A. Millar was in later years chief officer of the latter steamer. Captain Farquhar was subsequently in the service of the Auckland Steam Packet Company, but for many years before his death he was commodore of the Northern Steamship Company. In 1896 he brought the Northern Company's fine paddle sleamor Wnkatero out from Glasgow. Captain Alex. Farquhar. who was running between Thames and Auckland for over focty years, is a brother of the deceased. The Union Company's training ship Dartford is expected to leave Newcastle to-day with a cargo of coal for Lyttelton. The Aparima ig expected to sail from Jtelbourno t<vday with a cargo of wheat for tho United Kingdom. Tho Kamona is to so to Westpart to load coal for Taumoua. Tahiti. The Shnw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer Waiwera is expected to leave Port Chalmnrs on W<dnc«day for Nelson, to load carso for London. The Federal-Houlder-Shire steamer Sussex will probably come out of dock at Port Chalmers to-day, and will be laid up for about ten days longer. Nothing will be done to the damaged bow until she reaches Glasgow.