SHIPPING NOTES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14993, 13 June 1914, Page 13

SHIPPING NOTES.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotorua is to sail this afternoon for Napier for Homeward loading. She will also visit Auckland and Tokomaru Bay, completing at Wellington, whence she will sail for London on Julv-2nd In continuation of Homeward loading the Tongariro is due at Wellington from Waitara on Tuesday next. , .... ~ T . The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner lonic, •which left London for New Zealand on April 30th, arrived at Hoba-t on Thursday. The vessel is expected at Wellington next Friday, and will come on to Lyttelton to complete discharging her London cargo the following week. To discharge a large consignment of caeo oil the Vacuum Oil Company's chartered steamer Venturia is due at Lyttelton tc-day fiom the North. The chartered steamer Tar_enfel« left for Dunedin yesterday to put out the balance of her cargo from New York. The Union Company's big cargo steamer Waitomo, which is loading produce for Auckland, ar.ifed at Lyttelton from Timaru yesterday morning. The vessel will leave to-day for the Northern port, calliug at Picton en route. ' The Poherua, on her way to Greymouth, via Wellington, New Plymouth, and Westport, is due at Lyttelton to-morrrw fcora Sonthenr ports. She will sail on Monday. Having completed discharge of her cargo of Newcastle o—l, the Melbourne Shipping Company's steamer Melbourne left Lyttelton yesterday for Mercury Bay, where aba will load timber for Sydney. i The «choor.er _iia Firth left Lyttelton i yesterday aftersoor for Kaipara. j Mr P.* ChappeU, of the Union Corapany'e i Wellington office, has signed os the Moknia aa assistant purser. , Mr F. Warren, third officer of the Tarawera, | has signed off the vessel's' articles. | The new "Aga" light and whistle buoy, j which is to be placed at the entrance ot Lyttelton Harbour, was launched in the : inner harbour yesterday afternoon, and, although not yet ready to be placed iv post- ! tion, it attracted much attention among o_plq ___ ths *_te_t_t_ It a.expected

that the buoy will be ready to bo anchored off God!ey Head some time during the wining week.