SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14052, 25 May 1911, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES.

H.M.S. Pioneer, now at Collingwood with H M.S. Cambrian, is due at Wellington on June sth in connection with the drilling ot Royal Naval Reserve men. , The New Zealand Shipping Company s steamer Turakina is due at Hobart to-day The port was very busy yesterday and a very large amount of cargo was handled along the water front. There were ten arrivals oi steamers during thc day, the fleet in port including the lonic, Waitcmata, Opawa, and Morayshire. The pressure was relieved laat ni„ht by the departure of seven vessels. The Kairaki sailed last evening with cargo for Napier and Gieborne. She will load cattle at the latter port for Kaiapoi. The PutiM is due here to-morrow morning from Timaru, and will sail in the evening with cargo for Wellington, Wanganui, and ThTwootton, bound from Little Akaioa to Wellington with a shipment of cattle, called in at Lyttelton yesterday afternoon for fresh water eupplies. She left half an hour later for Wellington. ' , The Defender left Wellington-en Tuesday for Karamea, to load timber for Lyttelton. _ The auxiliary-screw schooner, Huia, whicn left Kaipara on Saturday, will call at Wellington to land part cargo of timber, before coming to Lyttelton. The U.S. and A. Line steamer Anglo-Pata-S onian left New York on May "th for Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton. and Dunedin. She is due at Lyttelton early in August. ~ . ~ T The Shaw, Savill acd Albion liner lonic, from London, via way ports, arrived ye-tor-day morning to discharge thc balance ot ncr

cargo. The big eteamer mode a start yesterday afternoon to load frosen meat fcr Loodon. She is to eail on Sunday morning _e_ Auckland, Gieborno, and Napier, and Trill teturn later to Lyttelton.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion eteamer Tokomaru Bailed early yesterday mornmg for Port Chalmers.

The Fodcral-Hoalder-Shire steamer Moray* ' ! ■hire will sail at noon to-day for Dvtaedin I to complete discharging, j The Whangape, which arrived yesterdaT I morning' from Westport, via Wellington, will -J eail at 4 p.m. to-morrow.for Dunedin to com- I plete discharging. The Kotuku arrived yes- | terday afternoon 'with a load of ooal fr__ Greymouth. She is landing part cart*o here, , J and will eail to-morrow evening for Timaru. , I The -Union Company's eteamer Waitemata, ' from Calcutta, Singapore, and B_n_rang, via way ports.is landing 730 tone of cargo, csii__y kapoc, castor oil, tea, etc.. and will eail '». noon to-day for Dunedin to finiah discharg. '' ing. Thence she goes to Newcastle to "cad ' coal for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Timaru. - The New Zealand Shipping Company*! ' steamer Otaki. which arrived al Port Cjttf."" 'i t mors on Tuesday, had an uneventful pam_g» f of 44 days from London. She brought t_B_ f tons'- of cargo, ot which 335 C tons ere far < t Dunedin, G2l tone for Lyttelton, and SSBS, ' ( tons for Bluff. • _- " ' The" K-iraJa eniycd > »t the Kaiapoi _rh_ , with sheep from —.flro-urn on Tuesday, as.. steamed out at midday yesterday for Lyttelton. ■ ~ "',''.