UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14917, 16 March 1914, Page 8

UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS.

The Union Company's chartered eteam«r Waimate is due at Lyttelton auy time now w:th cargo from Montreal. The voGßel'a Ben port of call is Dunedin, where eho will tnwship for Australian ports. 'ihe Waitemr.ta was to have left Newcastle on Saturday for limaru and Lytteitoa wrti coal.

The forthcoming Easter holidays wiir cause an alteration to bo made in the Moeowai's running from Auckland to DunedlE. Thj vessel will lccve Auckland at midnigbl on Monday, April Cthjjbeing due at Weihaif. ton on Thursday, the ath, a day earlier than is usual. On " Thursday evening ehe *iil leave lor LytteJton, assisting the Maori la the ferry service. The Kowhai, having been further delayed, is not duo from the South to load for Napi«r and Giaborne until Thursday next. , On Wednesday next the Kauri is due from 'Napier to discharge » load of ehecp. Th© Rakanoa is duo %t Lytteiton from ■ Napier on Wedne>sday with a cargo of ebeep. After discharge Rhe proceeds to Westport and Greymouth to load for Timaru and I.T!--telton. ' ' The Union Company's big collier Waiher* • arrived at Lytteiton on Friday night froui Newcastle, and anchored in the stream. Sa« was granted pratique on Saturday _ morning, and berthed shortly afterwards. On tho ran from tho New South Wale* port fine weather was met with until off Lytteiton, when a" fog lay a.!ons tho coast. The Waihora wiil leave for Wellington in v few days to comdischarge.