SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14327, 12 April 1912, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

On Sunday tho New Zealand Shipping Co.'s new cargo steamer Hurnr.ui is oxnected to make her first cnfl at Lytteiton. She ia coming from Timaru. nnd wi'l leave next week for Napier and Wellington to complete loading.

The .New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Rimutaka, from London, via Brisbano ai:d Dunedin, will arrive here to-morrow. She has 800 tons of cargo to discharge at Lytteiton.

With 600 passenger." and abctil. £000 tons of general cargo, the Shaw, Savill nr.d Albion lir.er Cerintbic is due at Wellington next Monday, from London, via Plymouth, Tcneriffe, Capetown, and Hobart. fho vessel will arrive at Lytteton about the 21st inst., to complete discharging. After being delayed for some days shipping extra _ supplies of hunker oca!, the Shaw, Savil. _cd Albion steamer RaEgatxra left Wellington on Wednesday for Lor.d-,r:, where ehe_ is due on May C.th. Sho will leave London, out-ward bound, on June 7th, fcr Auckland, Wellington, acd Bluff. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Waiwera is at present cemp eting locdicg end coaling at Wellington, and ia to sail tomorrow for London, via Ilio de Janeiro.

To comulete of her jutw.rd cargi, tho Shaw. Savill nnd Albirn s'eanifr K_ Ora will leave Wellington on Saturday for Bluff. Sho will load at. Bluff. Tim*™.* Lvttelton, Napier, and We'lingUn for London, and will j.iil finally from Wellington on May Ist.

Under charter to :Jin A. tr.d A. Lite, the Typer Meaner Tomoara left New York on ..Larch 21th for Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland,

Wellington, Lytteiton, and Dunedin. She i* due at Lytteiton about June l.lh.

On Thursday, -l:_i inst.. the Fcdersl-Hctil-der-Shiro Line steamer Nairnshire left Liverpool icr Auck and, Welling'. oll , Lytteiton, Durciin, and Bluff, vi.-i Capetown, Melbourne, ar.d Sydney. She is duo at Lyttotlon about Juno 21st. Tlio Norfolk wi'l" ho the next departure from Liverpool, sailing on May •.Mi. The Mainland Company's s'enmer Ennerdalo left Dunedin on Tuesday lor Oamaru and Timaru, to load prc-dlico for Auckland. Sho wiil afterwards lead timber ut Greymouth for Melbourne, The. Lauderdale is to load at Ncwca-sto next Thursday for Gisborno ar.d -Napier. She will return to Australia with a cargo of timber from Onehunga Heads. Owing to the shortage of ttucks the Holmdale was unable to get away last night. Sho will leavo Lytteiton to-day for Greymouth to load timber for Gisborne. The departure of the Himitangi from Wellington for Lyttclton and the Chatham Islands, has been postponed until next. week, flio vessel, which is undergoing repairs at Wellington,-is not much damaged. A .cud of sheep from Wunganui was landed yesterday by the Breeze. Ihe vessel left in the afternoon for Potonc for another shipment of sheep. Mr T. Bowling, late of tho Star of Scotland, is at present second officer of tho Flora iv place of Mr E. Matthews. Mr F. J. Mimn has joined the vessel as second engineer in place of Mr H. J. Kelly. Captain Rodger, of tho steamer Gertie, is ashoro ot Wellington to sit for his. examination for v foreign-going master's certificate. Captain Mauley is acting master of the Gertie. Repairs to the dredge Canterbury were commenced yesterday by Messrs Stevenson and Cool;, ot' Port Chalmers. About six plates will probably have to bo renewed, and tho work is expected to occupy two or three weeks. Laden with timber for Lyt'olton, tho bngantir.e Aratapu cleared Ivnipara bar nt 10 a.m. yesterday, and is duo hero early next week. Tho Waitemata, left Calcutta on Wednesday, 3rd inst., for New Zealand ports, via Singapore and Samarang. Tho vessel is duo at Auckland about May 3rd, and at Lyttclton a week later. Tho presence of two intercolonial passenger liners, tho Maunganui and Wim_riern, tho south-bound East Coast steamer Monowai, tho oversea liners Athem'c and Remuera, in port yesterday together with tho fleet ol colliers and timber laden vessels, was responsible for heavy demands on labour and rolling stock. Every available waterside worker was engaged, and moro men wero wanted to cope with tho rush of. work. Tho chronic shortage of railway trucks caused much hindrance to discharging operations, and » -number of tlie colliers nnd coasters wero unable to get away last night... Tho Wimmcra nnd the Maunganui lifted heavy cargoes of grain ond produce, each 'vessel taking about 1000 tons. Tho congestion will probably bo relieved to-day by tho departure of a number of vessels.