SHIPPING- NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14043, 15 May 1911, Page 9

SHIPPING- NOTES.

Tho 1-VJeral-Houider-Shiroi liner Surrey, which will load sit West of England ports next month, iviJl leave Liverpool on Juno '24th for Auckland direct, and will afterwards call at Napier in addition to Wellington, Lyttolton, and Dunedin. ! Ilio Fttleral-liouldcr-Shire line steamer j Norfolk will complete loading to-night. She is taking a lull carpjo of {rozen meat, grain, ur.d general produoo far West of England ports and aJ*o a number of prisrenijers. Tlio Norfolk is to sari at uay break to-mcrrow for Avonmouth, via Monto Video. The vessel I is taking the following passengers for Avoni mouth:—MJ»J Yoats, ile&daicee E. HumI phr'fts and two children. Greenwood and two j ch.ldren. S. McGuiie, Giflham, May and child, U. Carter, Dr. Hamilton AlLon, M«afrrs R. B. Smith, Chas. E. Trythall, H. Ncwrcan, E. Humphries, Poekitt, Jaa. Oaborno, Grconwood, ! John Robertson, (5. G. Lowrie, W. Innis, 1 May, John Hamilton. Bcurke. The Fed-eral-llouklcr-Shiro line otcainer IMorayshire, from Liverpool, via Capetown, Sydney, and Auckland, wiw duo at Napier ! yesterday, and is -expected at "Wellington tomorrow or on Wednesday. She will probably reach Lytlclton on Fridsiy ° r Saturday. Gaptain H. C. Howard ha| the following ofiicoie: —Chief, Mr R. M. Tuk«; second, Mr H. G. Lanchberv; third. Mr F. Mc-Jenneit; fourth. Mr 11. Walker. Mr Vv T . Cowan is chief cnj {,'inecr. Mr W. Coats? recond, Mr W. Walker third! Mr J. Nicol fourth, Mr J. Torbit fifth, Mr "W. Davis sixth. Mr W. Donaldson BellAllen is chief refrigerator, Mr J. Curry chief steward, and Nurse Lewis etewfcrdojs. The j ahir/s surgeon i» Dr. VJ. B. O. Ferguson, j The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Arawa, j which I-eft WellingJon on April 20th. for London, via way ports, Irft Monte Video last V/«incsda_y evening. In tho intervals between her monthly trips to the Chathams, the coattal t-tc-nmer Himitangi, which has been purchaecd by the Chat- ! ham Island Fishing CompftDv frem Messrs I Levin and Co., will engagi in tho WellingrtonFoxton trade, as a.t proseni. The Govexnm-ent steamer Hircernoa left Lytteiton oarly on Saturday afternoon with a number of pasaengers and a quantity of cargo for Iho Chatham Island. The vessel *"" call at Wa.itanjri and a!«« Pitt Inland. ITie French etoanvw Breiz Izel, from New I y,? via Port Nalal, Sydney, Auckland, and Wellington, arrived at Lyttclton yesterday momiDg to discharge a part cargo of ctuxi oil. Tho veesel, which is under charter to tho Vacmxra Oil Co., Prrpy., Ltd. ha? 23,000 1-ABO9 of oil to lar.d here, and will Ko to Dunrdin to finish discharptTig. The Breiz IzoJ. %vhich last risited Lyttelton nb&ut thrw rcara rro, :e commar.c«l by Captsin P. Lartwiy, who wae tlwn chief officer, and. is miumed by a cr«w of i 3 Frenchmen.

Tlxo A. and A. lino stoaimor Swa&ley, from New lork,' lull Sydney on Friday, mid is duo at Auckland u-ext TUuroday. Aver a oall ut Wellington she will arrive at Lyttolton. tvboui thus 2<sth iu&U i>ho goes to JJunotlia 10 finish tlrjchai-ging , , and thamee to Kew Calodouiii to iuttl cliroffio ore for lSuiope. Thn Now Zealand Shipping Ccs steamer Paparoa is to leave Wellington on, Wednesday ior l'ort Chalmers, where eliu will start loading. The Ojiiwa is duo lioro to-awrrow to lond frv>m London. Tito Union Company's eteauier Waitemata arrived at Auckland on SJaturday afternoon from Calcutta, via Singapore and S;uu»«U3ij. Alter calling at Wellington eke ia dv*> ub Lyttelton about Priday or Saturday. She will coraplcto discharging in the iJouth and ■will then proceed to .Newcastle to load coal ior Now Zealand. The Kuiai3oi is expocfcod to arrive hero today with v full cargo of coal from Newcastle. Xlio Kowai ia duo bore on Thursday from Duncdin, via Oanxaiu and Tim&ru, imd will eail tlw> same day for Napior <and Gisboroe. Tho Kiui arrived on Saturday evening from Groymouth, via West port, with ft ouraw ol coal and timber. She is to sail for G-rey-moutli to-morrow uijjht. Tho Kittawa arj rivod on -Saturday night witli a. cargo of tim« bcr from Groymouth. Mr K. J. Arnott has been npx»inted cliicf engineer oif the Wainui in the Tasmanian trade. Mr J. Healy, l»to chief enginoor of i tlio Mapourika, has gono to Sydney 1o join the Mnnapouri as ohiei in place of the late Mr ilcCorniack. Mr It, S. Strickland has nifrned on tho Mararoa as third engineer. Mr J. W. Koilaon, third engineer of tho. Biitilri, eignod off the vessel's articles on Siiiurday. The KairaKi is duo hero or to-moi-row. from GroyuiouUi, via Nydia Bay, with a cargo of timber. She will eail on Wednesday for Picton, JJapier, and Gieborne. Considerable interest α-ttaches to a, w-Laling enterprise vvbioli has been inaugurated on the Tyne by a Ifortli Shields fiffhing. firm, of which Sir Biclrord Irvin and Sons aro the principals, eaya tho "Shipptag Gazette." For the purpose of conducting- the whale fishery in southern waters Uws rlnn has acquired the steel four-nx&stcd banjuentino Sound of Jura, into which Diesel engines; ore beiti£ fitted. Messrs Smith's Dock Company, of Middlesbrough, have well in hand two steel vhalors, which are being constructed for Hie lMswlyJorraed enterprise. These vessels ure to be much larger tiwin tbe modem eized trawlcT. They will be fitted with Diesel 011 engines for- propelling power. It is Jlsderetood that the Sound of Jura ii to be UE«d as a floating factory, while the two whakra will act in conjunction with her. All * three vessels aro to bo'; fitted wiih wirelesa telegraphy.. Tho Canterbury Steam Sluppin? Co.'c steamer Petono left Newcastle on Fria&y with a cargo of coal for Oamaru. The Aorangi is now. fixed to dock at Sydney instead of at Lyttelton. Sho wU.be dospatched from Wellington for Sydney , and. book next Friday, in place - of the Mokoia. On her return to Wellington on Wednesday, the 31fifc ijist., tho Aorungi will tr»n*hrp her nouthem passencters und cargo to tbe Miuruka, end 1 leave Welljntrton on Thursday, Juno let; tor Auckland, leaving there on Saturday, Juno 3rd, ior Karotonga, l'apceto, and San Francisco. The Mnnutcn, arriving at Wellington from Srin Francieoo on Thursday, ttho 26th imrf.j will leave here on Thursday, Juno tot, for southern ports, Uobart, and Molbonrne, m t!)3 intercolonial Ume-taWQ run, end remain therein. Tho Mokoia, on arrival at Dttnodin from Melbourne, via ports, to-morrow, will continue through to Auckland, via porie, la the 'Monowei's time-table run.. Tho Mokoia will tranship southern paeeongCTs and cargo for Sydney to tho at Wellington next Friday. Tho Mokoia will■ pass through Lyitelton on Thursday. The Monowai, which arTivod. -at Dunedin y-esicrd'ay from Auckland, via Eo®t Coast -porta and JWttelton. t* to be docked at Port Chalmers this week for eurvcy end overhaul.