SHIPFING NOTES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 6 March 1914, Page 8

SHIPFING NOTES.

The Whito Star liner Olympic is in future | to carry an assistant commander, who will ! n _iet tho commander in the navigation of j the ship, the supervision of the other officers, • and ether matters on board. Lieutenant G. ■ R. Metcalfe, R.N.R., formerly commander of > the Canopic, has been appointed as tho first i holder of the post. The Hamburg-American liner Imperator carries .commander and four , captains, making it pceaiblo to have a captain always on the bridge. . En route from Lor.don to Lyttelton, via Plymouth, Teneriffe, Capo Town, Hobart, and Wellington, tbe Shaw, Saviil and Albion liner Athenic left the South African port on I Sunday last. The vessel is due at Welling- I ton on March 21th, and at Lyttelton the fol- , lowing week. I This morning the Federal and Shire liner j Ayrshire will take her departure from Wel- ( lingt. . for Avonmouth, via Las Palmas. The Federal and Shire liner Suffolk, run- I ning under engagement to tho New Zealand '■ Shipping Company, ia in charge of Captain P. Davies, who has with him the following officers.—Chief, Mr A. Fleming; chief en- j gineer, Mr D. McCulloch; chief refrigerator, Mr J. Robinson; purser, Mr F. Ryno; Mar- J coni operator, Mr A. Musgrave; ship's sur- | geon, Dr. H. Croley. Tho Huddart-Park'ir steamer Riverina is credited with a Emart performance on her last trip from Gisborne to Auckland. The distance of 23 G miles was done in under twenty-

on* hours, including stops at Hick's »_. lokotnaru Bays. The Riverina raai nta_«n_" speed of nesr.y sixteen knots per hour The Karori ia due to-<iay from Napier ____ ' a load of sheep. After discharge she will _»! lor ,\ e .stport to load for Wellington. The Kamo passed Stephen's Island at 12.% i yesterday, and is duo at Lvtteiton to-dti ' lrom Greymouth. WUy 1 According to cable advices tho British Ea. pire Steam Navigation Company, wh_ch_ an off-shoot oi the Empire Transport Company, has been formed, and has acquired tea steamers, which aro being built by Irvin _ - Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Company Ltd *.\e.t Hartlepool. Of the share capital _200,000 has been subscribed, and _250,0C0 is being offered in debentures, bearing interest at 5_ per cent., at 97. The steamers are all between 6000 and SOOO tons. ■ Captain J. N. Drewette has resumed command of the Wairuna, and Captain S. Vint i_ now in charge of the Katoa. Mr G. Brown, who has been relieving Mr * W. Brigden as mate of the Queen of thf ' South, ha* gone ashore at Wellington. Captain Cos, well known as commander of the linere Orontes and Osterlcy, has, owing ta Mr David Reid being appointed aa general " manager of the Orient Royal Mail Lin* ia Australia, been appointed assistant mana _r in Sydney. . ° Mr J. McCaig, acting chief engineer of t_ Talune, is to join the Kittawa as eh _ en- " gineer. Mr Bell, of the Arahura, ia to join the Kamo a. second engineer. Mr Prothcrce, third engineer of the Kami' has been appointed fifth engineer of thi" ■ Maitai. " j L Mr Mathe-on, fifth engineer of the Mait .i, i proceeds to Dunedin for orders. * '- j