SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14306, 18 March 1912, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES.

Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's Etenmer Turnkina, from London, via way porta and Wellington, arrived yesterday morning to complete the discharging of her inward cargo. She has 2000 ton* to lend here, and will at cnoe commence loading. She will fail- abcut Thursday for Timaru and Bluff, and will TetuTn Uter to Lytte'.iorj and Wellingion to complete loading, sai'.ing finally from We!lin.srton on April 4th foT London, via Mcnte Video, Rio de Janeiro, Tenenffe and Plymouth. The New Zealand Shipping Company's combination ft-eamer Otaki arrived y&fterday from Port Chalmers, where she ioeded 5000 ba:cs cf wool, 160 casfcj of ta-V.ow, and about 8000 carcases cf mutton. The Otiki is probably tbo most deeply lackn sttaraer that has j ever "oft Otago Harbour. Her draught at I the stern is nearly 28 feet, but she is only drawing about 16 feet forwaid. Ihe vceei oarao men high vratcT yesterday, and berthed at i>o. 4 wkarf. After taking in a larp quantit- of frozen meat and ether cargo, ehe leave for WaitaTa. and Wellington to oomp!oto loading for London. The Shaw, Savi'.l and Albion liner-losle is to leave Wellington next Thursday for London, via way ports. lie vessel's saloon accommodation has all been booked, but there axe irtill vacancies in the third-class. Up till Saturday morning 70 fmt ea.oon, 70 second «aloon, and 30 third-class passengers had booked. •i'h« Union liner Maunganni left Sydney on Saturday afternoon with a .*xge number of pa,SE«Ti<'ers. and is due at Wellington _ cany on Wednesday morning. She will arrive at Lyttelton on Friday, and .cave the fame day for Dunedin, Bluff, Hobart azd Melbourne Owing to tho Eaat«r hohaays, tie Maucganui will leave Melbourne on her return to Xew Zea.la.nd on April 2nd, one day cany, Hobsrt on April 4th. She will r«*h Bluff on Sunday, April 7th, and 'Will leave that port aa usual on the for. lJunedin. Lyttelton and Wellington, en w> Sydney. ■ In the .course of the next few d»?s or so

the Union Company's pteanier Rotoiti, wall krown on the West Coast, will leave Melbourne for Xcw Zealand. It is understood that fhc will act as a removing ve«sol in the ccinstal service. The. Xavua, which Ji> to nsako several more trips between "K>.=tport .md TVo.'iingtoa, will alro act as a. relieving vc-foI during the Etuier holiday*. The Wcstpoit Coal Company's collioT CRr.opus left on Saturdiiy aitcrnoon with the hu It Hnnnrh Xichelson in tow for Timiru. The onUicr went out into the stream, and the hulk was taken out by tho liar be ur Board's tv? Canterbury. A few ra:n-ute» s«fSv«d to connect up tho towing fear, and tbc Canopus e'eared tho Heads about 3.30 p.m. Th« collier bus 700 tone of coal to land at Tirnaru, ana will [•earo thoro to-nignt for Wo r tpcrt Tlie Federal-Honlder-Shire Line ptearaer Somerset left Wellington on Satuiday tor Timaru and Lyttelton to complcto loading for West of England ports. Tho steamer i>3 duo hero on Wednesday, end will lravo Lyt-telt-rn next Saturday for Avonraouth. Much interest in shipping circles Jβ evinced in the movements of tho Scales steamer Clan Osiivy. which lifted about 1500 tons of graiu at Onmaru, Timer; , , and Lytteltcn, a few days ago for Auckland. luo vessel's crew wero necessarily put on coastal woges. Tho Clnn Ogilvy is'now dischaißing grain from South, "and jarrah from Bunbury, at Auckland. The latest development is the chartering of Ihe Clan Ogilvy by the

Union Company to Joed ft cargo of coal at NewcsH'.o fer Dnr.edln. There is a bi? demand for Newcastle coal at the present time owing to a lownrss in stocks. < 'ihe Tyser Lino cteamer Tomoana was to have left Now York on Saturday for Melbourne Sydney,'AucVUnd, We lington, Lyttelton, and Duncain. She ie duo at Lyttelton about June sth. The Opouri is duo hero this afternoon from Grrvmouth ria Akaroa. After diej charsring the bnianro of her cargo of timber, ; the steamer anils to-morrow night for Picton ! and Grey mouth. 1"ho bngnntine Aratupu, which left Lyttelton at 11 a,m. on Sunday, lOtb mat., arrived at Kaipara at 4 p.m. on Saturday.