SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14523, 27 November 1912, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner lonic, from London, via way pom, left Hobart yesterday, and is due at Wellington on Saturday atternooc. Sho has G35 pasner.gers for New Zealand. The Auckland "Herald" forecasts feme im-pc-tant cnanges which are likeiy to be brought about by the introduction of Ih*\ Niagara into the Vancouver service. ft J-. understood, says the paper, that with Uio advent of tho -new vessel in May ne_t, tho Zeala-dia will ba withdrawn. The latter vessel is owned by the Huddart-Parker Company, and will mako one mc-e trip from Sv_„ev and Auckland to Vancouver and back ' On being withdrawn she will probably enter the Sydney-Melbour_--Frein_ntlo service in place of the R-venna. Xhe Victoria, at present engsjed in the DunedinSydney run, via East Coa-t, wi.l then, in all probability, be placed in the inter-State &u_tr_lian) trade and tho, K»«*™J«j£J take the place of the Victoria. Should this scheme eventuate/ concludes the P«»&»P>». "it, would, givo great eatisfaction to the travelling public, as. the iwwi-*. i» a vesse. of 4758 tons gross." The Shaw, Savill and Albion steux-er Wai_v«_ ia to remain at Port Chalmer. for a few days to wait loading orders. The Breeze is due here this morning from the South, and will leave in the afternoon for Wellington and Wanganui. News was received in Auckland on Friday of the death of Mr P. Coxall. which occurred at Sydney or. Wednesday las:. The late Mr Cozul was for many years purser .on the Canadian-Australian R.M.S. -ea andia, and ! prior to that, was purser on the old Aoranp, when the vessel was on the Vanoouver-Bna-bane-Sydney service. Mr W. Spencer-Thome- ta_ Mokoia , at Aucklana as fourth officer. Says the Auckland "Star ':— "It if iinoihcially stated that Captain Evans, R..N-K-. oi tho Union Company's mail steamer Tahiti, and Captain Crawford, of the Island service steamer Tofua, are to exchange position-. Such a change would naturally cause some comment in shipping circles." < Mr R. C. Penncy, clerk in the Wellington office cf the Union Company, Wellington, ha« gone to Auckland lo join the Tofua as assistant purser. , Mr G. G. Potts, eecond engineer of the I Ngatoro, left the vowel at Wellington on J Saturday. Mr J. McPherson having filled the J vacancy. Mr D. Butler has joined the Tarawera _» < aseisiant purser. Mt J- Davie?, chief officer cf the Arahui--, has refined the vessel, and Mr Reeves has come ashore {or orders. • Mr R. Campbell, chief officer of the Gertie, 1 left the vessel at Wellington, his place nay- r ing been taken by Mr C. S. Larsen. t Mr K. Campbe!!, late of the Gertie, hat j joined the New Zealand training -hip Amokura as second efficer. * The American -chooner M. Turner, wb;c- l arrived at Auckland on Monday evening, wan > 77 daya on the passage from Puget Sound. _

She ha_ a fall c*rgo of lumber for the Northern, por-. Th» Mokoia has been delayed at Wellington by heavy rain, and will not anne her* until to-morrow morning. She leaves ior Dunedin tho s_mo afternoon.