SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14907, 4 March 1914, Page 11

SHIPPING NOTES.

The New Zealand Shipping Company'e liner, Ruapehu is fixed to sail from ton to-morrow for London, via usual porta. The trouble among the Australian waterside workers hae been responsible for » considerable delay to the New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered eteamor Cairaroes, which left Montreal on NoTombcr 28th. The vessel is now due to reach Auckland at the end of the present week, and .will subsequently come on to Lyttelton. Tbe Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Ktimaie. is expected to complete Homeward loading and to sail for London from Wellington to-day. The U.S. and A. liner Argenfele, which ie due at Lyttclton from New York, via ports, hae some 2756 tons of general merchandise to discharge in the Dominion. It woe stated in a Press Association cablegram received on February 25th that the F. and S. Liee'e etcamer Banff shire bad left Sydney for Wellington. According to advices received by the agents for the veeeel this is not correct. The vessel left Sy&jey for Melbourne on the evening of the day in question, and is to sail from the latter port for Wellington direct to-day. When the BanSahix* hag completed loading at Wellington she will be dispatched for Boston end Kew York direct. , It ie stated that the tram steamer T&nßezfels hoe been fixed to load this week at K«nr York, on behalf of, the U.S. and A. Line, for Auetralmn and New Zealmd ports. The Star of Australia completed her Lyttetton loadsitg yesterday, and exiled for Bluff, at which port she will complete, and from which she will leave finally for liondon. At present en route from Newcastle to San Franciflco, Seattle, and Vanconver, the Union Company's chartered steamer Canada Cttpe will, alter unloading her cargo of frozen meet, etc, load for Auckland and Australian ports. . The Union Comgony'e etcamer Kaiapoi arrived yeeterday morning from Hobart direct, and wa» berthed et Gladstone pier. She has about 1230 tons of ea.lt and gypsum to dincharge, besides 37,000 ft of timber, and is expected to sail for Wellington to-night. To-d»y (says "The Post" of Monday laeO the Union Company had a very large cargo fleet tied up at the Wellington wharveß, num bering in all eight veaeel*—namely, the Flora. Kini, Karori. Poherua, Kurow, Kakapo. Kittawa, and Korceta. it will be noticed that •no fewer than eir of the veenele belong to the "K w class, and, further, it is interesting to note that all but era« of the steumera are from Ota Wot Coast. Just recent!* there

hie, been quite an influx into Wellington of coal from ihoH. quarter. The Kiuio is expected to be despatched from Greymouth for Lyttnlton this uiorninfr. The Itukanoa is dv« to-day from Nap Mcc with 3500 sheep, arid the Kittawa ie also diw from Wellington with the balance of her oerjro from Oroymouth. Ine Kaiapoi "shipping- Company'? steamer wootton is due from Kaiapoi this morning. Mie loads produce and saiLs uvdoy for Xvdia 3uy. Mr H. J. Clare, fourth offuyr of tb<- Wiliochra, is now third officer of the iiaitiina. Mr J. MoLean, second engineer of the Monowai, and Mr S. B. Page, second of the lakapuna. have exchanged positions. Mr C. Bell having signed off the articles of r,? c Arahura, hie place has boen filled by Mr I. llunn. Mr D. Bcnnie, second enginror of the Aratiura, has been succeeded by Mr W. Xaismith. A steel single-deck steamer, with a deadweight carrying capacity of about 7300 tons on Ulft, at present bein- built at SiinderlanA for Mr W. Badcock, Cardiff, and about ready wt delivery, with enffines by the Xorthi.aetcrn ifarin« Engineering Company, bac been cold to Messrs Mcllwraith, McKacharr an Co., for about £-19,000