SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14666, 15 May 1913, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES.

The Waitemata ie to leave Gieborne to-day or to-morrow with a load of sheep for Lyttelton, and is due here on Saturday or Sunday. Alter landing Her sheep she will leave for Newcastle to load coal for LyUelton. The Taviuni will leave Duncdin to-mor-row, and will arrive hero on Sunday. Sho will sail on Monday for Wellington, New Plymouth, Westport, and Grcymouth. Heavy weather on the West Coaet is responsible for delay to a number of eteamcis. Tho Pohcrua, loaded with coal for Lyttelton, is bar-bound at Greymoutb, and cannot leave until the eea moderates. The Italian ship Yallaroi, which arrived at Newcastle on the 4th inst., 21 days out from Lyttelten, missed her cancelling date. Her charter U> load coal for South America, expired on April 30th, and it was not known last week whether the charterers would load her or not. The John is due here to-morrow from i ' Timaru, and will leave in the afternoon for Nei&on and Wanganui. ' The Himitangi, which arrived at Wellington on Monday afternoon from Greymouth, will probably sail to-day for Lyttelton to load produce and railway material for Wellington. The vessel is fixed to leave Wellington on tho 22nd instant, and Lyttelton on tho 23rd for : tho Chatham Is'ands. ' The Kauri is expected to complete die- , en Saturday, when she will leave ' for Newcastle to load again for New Zealand. The Opouri left Greyrnauth yesterday witn a cargo of timber for Timara. She will ax- ■ rive at Lyttelkin on Sunday, and will eail ! on Monday, taking general cargo for Grey- ! mouth. ' The Kairaki left last night for Wanganui ' to load ebeep for Lyttelton. Sho is due back ■ on Sunday, and will eail on Monday for Karamea. ' The steamer Wakamii, a steol screw ' eteamer of 5824 tons gross register, built on ; the Tyne in 1899, and one of the oldest of the New Zealand Shipping Company's eteamers, hae been nold, at a price reported to be about d£35,000. Her purchasers, tho Blue Star Line, who have renamed her the , Brodmount, are the owners of Feveral old j New Zealand traders now bearing other n&mee. Amongst them are the Itangatir*, J ■ H&wke's Bay, Xcdxaghiri, and Tomoaaft. '

The French Eteamer Breii Ii« 1, from Xw- ' l.ork via way ports, is due here to-mcrrow to land about 35,000 raws of kerosene «usd motor ! spirits. Sho will leave next week ior Dust, din. The Federal-Shire Line steamer Surrt-r from Liverpool, via way port*, is erpectud ia arrive ut Lyttelton to-morrow morning. A wireless message received from the Union Company's R.M.S. Niagara on Monday eUttd that sho waa encountering rough weathei Tho vessel is bound from Auckland to Vaal ' couvor, via. Sura and Honolulu, having Vlttho first-named port on Saturday -, ' continuation of her initial voyage in ti» Sydney-Auckland Vancouver service. Mr 11. Williainfmn, an&istant punter of tb« J Maori, signed off the vessel's articlci on " Monday, and is to enter the local office al the Union Company. Mr Norman, late ol th* W'estport office, has fillod tho vacancy. _» T J}* Wakatl ? errircd hero last nifht fwai' Wellington, via Kjukoura, and is to atil 10. on the return trip. It is reported that the German barow ' Tolius, 13G3 tons register, has been fixrd'to load coal at Newcastle next January for - t]i« West Coast, and thence nitrate to the UK. \ or Continent, at 48s 6d per ton on the round This eeoms (cays tho Sydney Shipping List') to bo purely a apocnlaiive charter, m| ' is fixed at a fair figure, if we can judge the rate* recently paid for the rame buelnew' but, of course, much earlier loading. Al tbi ?' present time the barques Pierre Loti m>4 <- ; Edinburgh, now in port at Newcastle, h«i»'/•" been fixed to loud nitrate from "SVeet Ccort l - ito the D.K. or Continent «t ORs !»d und «» ,* per ton respectively, October-N T overaltr s { londingr: while the biff four-maeted bareß«'S'" Adolf Vinnen, 3259 tons which ltfttf Menllones last January for Hnmburp, bat \i- r - been fisod the psmo bn«tnnn at 2fij 34 ' X per ton, Noveiuber-Doeexnber loading.