SHIPPING NOTES,

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES,

AVith a full cargo of general merchandise from St. John. Canada, tho Now Zealand Shinning Company's chartered etoamer KarVmoa arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday, after a passage of forty-eight days, Tiie vessel will call at Sydney on her way to NewZealand ports, and uhc is duo ot Lyttelton about May 4th.

' From A*«anganui roadstead, t-ho New Zenland. Shipping Companys new cargo steamer Huritnrii will como South for further loading. She will make her finst call -t Lyttelton next week, when she arrives from Timaru. The vessel will complete loading at Napier and AVellington, and will leave tho latter port about the 26th inst., for London. It will be Saturday before the New Zeal_ud Shipping Company's steamer lleinuem ia ready to Jeavo for Bluff and Timaru. Shortago of railway trucks is delaying the discharge of thoßemuor*, which is also shipping cargo ior London-

After a passage of fifty-two days the A. and aV. Line steamer Anglo-Bolivian arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday from New York direct. Tho vessel will make a call at Sydney before coming on to New Zealand ports, and she is duo at Lyttelton about May sth.

Shortage of trucks is delaying the discharge of tho Athenic, but it is hoped to despatch her to-morrow for Wellington. Sho is loading a largo quantity of frozen meat and other cargo here, and will completo at AVellington. Although she was delayed five day* at, Monte ATideo and Rio de Janeiro, owing to the shortage of coal, the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tauiui arrived at Plymouth last Friday evening, forty-thro days, out from Wellington. On her way from London to 'Sydney, Dunedin and Lyttelton, tho Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Pakeha left Capetown last Thursday evening. The vessel has 1100 immigrants lo land at Sydney before coming on to Dunedin and Lyttelton. It is espocted that tho Himitangi will complete overhaul and repairs in time to leave AVellington this week. She will call at Lyttelton to load cargo beforo leaving for the Cho-tham Islands.

■ AVith a losd of sheep from AVellington, tha Arapawa is duo here to-morrow morning. She wil. leaye in i"-" """moon, taking cargo for Wellington and Pate* The Wakatu Ji-it Kaikoura yesterday to work cargo at Motonau and Stonyhurst. She is duo hero to-night, and will leave tomorrow night fox Kaikoura and AVellington.

Complaints of stoppages of discharging operations, owing to the shortage of railway trucks, are becoming chronic. The —oonya and Karori. which were to have sailed on Tuesday, did little work yesterday, and will not pet away for Westport until toJnisrht. TV' Brisbane, which arrived last Sunday, with 1100 tons of coal, has not discharged a quarter of her cargo yet. The Defender and OoMiri. and the ICi.Va-va. and Ka-nona are all being delayed for the same reason.