SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14369, 31 May 1912, Page 9

SHIPPING NOTES.

Some heavy shipments of frozen meal, grain, tallow, etc., will be loaded at Lyt'.clton during the next few days by the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Arawa. The vessel baE startwl '"hiking in," and will leave hero next Thursday for Wellington io complete loading and coaling. On Juno 13th she will nail from Wellington for London, via Monte Video, Itio do Janeiro, Teneriffe, and Plymouth.

The first shipment of frozen meat from the n«w frrczin;; v.-orks at "Wliangaroi will be? loaded by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Com : ' pany's fileamer Kumaxa, which ie duo there, on June 10th. On tbo following day she will leavo for Auckland, mid thenco flic will proceed to Gisboim , , Tiruo.ru, I'wi Chalmers, Bluff, and Wellington to complete londirg for Jjondon. The Kurnara will' sail finally from Wellington on July 3rd, for London, via llio do Janeiro.

On her way from Zealand ports to I>>iidon, the New Zealand Sliipijir.fr Company's steamer Huruoui left Monto Video on Thursday, 23rd inst.

Tramp steamers and sailing ships ore participating in the generally hißh freights which are ruling in all parts of trie world. Last J week a steamer was chartered to load conl nt ] Newcastle for the West Coast of South j America at what in eta'cd to bo a record rule, i The vessol is the SUathalbyn, now discharging lumber at Sydney from Puget Sound. Sho will load about 60CO tene of ocal at Newcastle for South America at the exceptionally high rate of thirty-four shillings per ton, the highest freight paid in ten years. Tho Anglo-Bolivian, which arrived at New. | castle last Monday from Lyttelton and ! Xhinodin, ha* been chartered to load j ooaJ for Chili at a high rate ot j freight, but tho figure was not die- < closed. Fcur large German four-mastoi ' ehips—AUterschwan 2307 tons, Alsterufer 2£97 tons, Alsterkemp 1780 tons, and Adolph Vjnnen (ex Aieterdanujj) 32SS tons—have been chartered to load coal at Newcastle fox South, America at 25s per ton. r Xhe.T"&cr Lino steamer STarcxo did sot ar- | rivo frotn Giebome in time to berth before dirk last sight. She anch-ored ia tho streara, and wiil be berthed at Ko. 3 wharf this morning to load a, large quantity of grain, frozen jßfcit, tallow, wcoT, etc. 10-jbokotv eh* vrill leave for Wanganui and 'Wellington to conipleie coaling for London. The Tyser Line steamer Star of Scotland left London on the JUst inst.. for Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand ports On her way from Xcw York to .New Zealand ports, the A. and A. Line nteampr Toicoana will leave Sydnry to-ro<rrrow !<>r j Auckland. Wellington, Lyttellon and Dun- I cdin. Sho is duo here about June loth. i The Aorangi wae to have left San Fran-

cisoo on "Wednesday, and aftor calling at Papeete and Karotonfja, is duo at Wellies - ion on Juno 20th. The Tahiti, on hei way from Wellington to San Francisco, is due :it Papule to-day. Sho is duo tit Snn Francisco on June 13th.

Th(> first Union Company's collier Irorn, Jho West Const this week, the Kittawa, wrived yesterday morning with a deck load of timber and a cargo of coal. Sh.o is to sail to-morrow ni<*ht, Imt h>> destination is not yet fixed. The Pukalti arrived last risrht with »• cargo of coal lroin tlreyniouth. and after di?ehar|jni<r wilt sail to-morrow Tiisht for Oaniaru and Timaru, to load produce for Napier, G:sborne and Auckland. The Karori left Westport at 9.20 pm. en Wednesday with a cargo of coal and timber. She is duo hero this uiornine. and is to sail to-morrow night for Timaru and Oaiharu,- to complete discharging. Tho Koonya was to havo left (Treymouth last r-iisht w:th a cargo of coal for Lyttelton, and is duo here *o-mcrrow evening.' The Kin), wilh a full oareo of timber, is expected 1o leavo Grrymouth toynitrht, and to arrive liero on Sunday.- A full carfro of coal Jrom. Newcastle, is due hero to-morrow by the Vhnngn.ne.

The d'>>>lli of'water on the Grey river bar during the past few dove is Paid to Have I pen very iinsntirfncutry. Ihe pounding rceffltorino' only lih't Cm. A fre&li in tho river m bnd'r ntcded to removo the shoalintr that lms taken place durintr the pnst week. Cantnin j. llo'mea is to relievo Captain A. H. Dnvov of tho Kini, wliilt> tho latter is <-k ho' Way Ici-.vc

Npwb wai received yeilerd-w of tho dentil of Cantnin John Aracott Evnns, who for tlrrtepn years wns in command of the wellknown clipper ah!n Tornnaki. in Xew Zpaland trede. Affor the pole of that vessel in 1907. lie was jinpointrd nineter of «ho four-mnpti>d lmrauc Simla. bo!on«rinp to Livernoi'. Thp derensod. mßriner, who was fiftv-ei"lit_ years of n.tr<>, died from rrmtd ron«"tnption, at his homo in Upton i'ark, London.

Owins; io Kninrnea Win? unworkable, the T'a ; r»ki loaded tirnW -jt Greymonth for T.vtWton. ami Bi-.ii«j nt'7 a.m. yp«tordoy. Plir is dun herp car'v to-morrow riormnir, iind will leave next Wednesday for Wollington.

Tlia Knnprdple left Port H»on on \V«irccdav for Svdtipv. Sl>a will TPtnrn to the Tn«manian nort to losd for MpJlv>nrne. lend Ir.tcr on will lop'l V>ard"-iod at Port Huon fer LvttpHn-n nad Xew Plymoiith.

Tho aux-liaTV-screw «.cow Kobo, which is undprq-nintr surv*>v and orerhmil, wa« leeInuwltpdf from the s'io yesterdnv. Sho is oxnectfd to «nil to-niqftt for Wet Haven i\ain West WaiijTanui) to load timber for Lv'telton.

Mr O. Mndden was joined Uio Kowhai a."; peoond officer, in place of Mr Thorpe, who hos irnneferrMl In tho Wninori as GPcond. Teliovin<j tMr Thompson. Who hns cenio ashoro to sit for his master 'a cortific«<o

Tho TV*or Line s'oamer Wimiro arrivpd p! I.indin o-n tho °nih in«t. from Anstralift. nnd is to .ois.il on Jimn onfh for Melboiirno, Sydney nnd Xc-wr Zealand ports.