SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15498, 27 January 1916, Page 9

SHIPPING.

POItT OP I.YTTEI.TOX. ARRlVED—Januarj-' 2C. Mararua, s.s. (8-50 a.m.), 2598 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. t'asscngcrs—iii3£€6 Colder, Scott, Ciuric, 'laylor, iMillijian, Dwjisr, Miller, ii«r.d.s, S wc-eney, Kettle, Venn, C'oouib«r, Koid, Blair and child, Kavcn and child, McKcnzic, l)iuiningp and child, Jlilroy and boy, Pnraonngo and child, Turner, Xayinr, IJraun, Uallantyr.c, Caosor. Wiil'usr, Clare, Havinan, Cnrric, English, Sykes, Pritchard, Arnst, Hon. J. All-en, Hossrs Hughes, Scoullar, Allen, Barry, Lcrs, lJroaver, i)en;i:ston, W«ir, Jackson, O'Brien, Atason, Mitchell. Lcrjuen, IHilly, Melville, Blackmorc, I'utt, Cation, R-0&?, Jakrs, ifaetcli, Mitchell, Dnnlop, Clare, Alay, Sheeraan, Humiltou, Stringer, Barker, May, Francis", Haym.in, Brown, L«wia. Mathows, English, Griffen, Blackmoro, . Barrj", Mucdonald, O'Donncll, Raven, Bickwell, Jones, O'Brien, jlambcr, Bolas, Kaye, Ludlow, Arnot, ./u«tico Denniston, Kollinsan; Drenvor,- Wilson, Dcrrctt, and 12b eteerags. Union Stcnm Ship Company of New &ealand, Ltd., agont.3. Breeze, c.s. (12.25 p.m.), 553 tons, Radford, from Timaru. A. H. Tumbiill and Co., agents. Wcstralia, s.s. (11.20 a.m). 3000 tons, Bates, from Auckland, via Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, Kinscy and Co., Ltd., asr?nts. »• ' Moercki, e.3. (11.3 a.m.), 45U|2 • tone, W. P. Collins, ' from Sydney, via. Wollinfrton. , Passengers—Missca Wiue. Stafford, Green (2), Hodges, Shaw, Sv/cetman, Cnthbert, Pinkcrton, Scott, Prail, Sweet. Wilkinson, .1 pffoiy, Devine. Si3ter Kevin, nino Siat-ers- of M«rcy, I'ev. Molhor Lynch, Mesdamos Bolton, Trail, Wyatt, Swcctiuan. Mardale. Bennett. Messrs Smith, Wells, Pinkcrton, Forrest, Moroney, Bailey, Wvatt, Bolton. Cunningham. Smoaton, Jicmv.c, O'Poiincl], Mardale. Union Steam Ship Company oi New Zealand, Ltd., ajr-ente. Wontton. s.f. (0.-'iO p.m.), 150 tons, L. Larsen, from Nydia Bay. A. Rhind. and Co., agent 3. Koromiko. ,«.s. (lO.HO p.m. in the stream). 2479 tons, Baldwin, from Newcastle. Union Steam Ship Co.. Ltd., agents. SAlLED—January 27. Mararoa, ?.i. (5.35 p.m.), 2598 tons, Cameron, for Wellington. Paessnjre'rs—3Cosaloon and t<t.e?rare. Union Str.am Ship Company uf New Zealand. Ltd., agents. Cygnet, 6.5. (.8.10 p.m.j, 121 tons, A. ifnrrav, for Kaikonro. Stevenson, Stcwurt and Co.. agents. Wakatu, fl.s. (9.45 p.m.), 137 ton*, J. Will®, for Kaikoura.- Kin wo* and Co.. Ltd., agents. Wajpori, s.s. (10.30 p.m.), 1919 tons, Appleyard, for Westport. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., agents. Bre?ze, s.s. (midnightl, 552 tone, l!adford, for Picton and Wanganui. A. H. Turubull aud Co., agents. y SHIPPING NOTES. As ehe a. largo amount of cargo to lift the WcstraUa, ">vhioh sjrivc<l at Lvtbslton yesterday from Wellington, will not eail till to-day. As previously stated, oho is omitting the usual trip to Dunedin, and •will ir.atead proceed to Sydney, via northern ports. An arrival at Auckland on Tuesday waa tho steamer Bcrwick Law from Montreal, via porte. Sho « du© at Lyttelton early next month. With a. cargo of coal from Newcastle the Union Company's turret ntcaracr Koromiko arrived in tho stream at Lyttelton last evening. Th» Union Company"? recent!;* acquired steamer Waikawa, ex Maritime, ex Schlcsian, which wn-s purchased to run in the Paeilic Slope-Now Ze.ilnnd-Ati3tru.lian trade, avrivec" at Auckland from Suva .on Tuesday morning.

MOERAKI'S 121 PORTS. The Union Company's intercolonial sfeajnet Mocralsi which arrived ut Lyttelton yc&terday morning from Sydney, via. Weliingtonr brought tra cx tbo Tango Mar", Aldenhaw, Tar cool a. "Wodongn, BombaJa. El Xautara, St. Albans, and others, the following being tbo prinrioal lines:—7 eases silk goods, 2(j baits matting, 10 cae?s camphor, Si mnts rico, 10 cases peanuts, 47 crates evnptv bc.ttl«, 2353 baga salt, 10 boxes tinned choesc, 20 ciises pices, 00 casks cemeait, 7 bales corks, 10 baie3 herbs, 83 bundles fibre, 566 bags cocoa, 285 piccca timber, 1-770 bags cround bark, 10 cases fruit, 130 racks flour, 80 casks tablet sugar, 7 cascn leather, 2A Scott's emulsion, 8 cases tobacco, '2 caeca essences, 33 boxes mineral waters, 4 eases zithera, 6 cases St. Jacobs oil, 212 cases gluo pieces. 2-2 cases prepared foods. 12 sacks meal, 200 bags rice, IGO bags xicc meal, 0 cases antimony ware. BY SUEZ OK TEE CAPE? THE ROUTE DIFFERENCES. "WHY CAPE TRAFFIC HAS FALLEX OFF. People who desire to travel to England from Australia, have very little choice on the matter of route these days, and practically all the passengers go via Suez. That is not becauso tha Cape route has fallen into ■unpopularity with travellers, but is due to the exigencies of the international situation. Boats which have figured largely in the Cape passenger traffic during the recent past are missing from that particular psrt of the ocean at present, having been requisitioned ior various purposes incidental to Britain'# prosecution of the war. In the near future, however (3ays th> "Sydney Daily Telegraph" of th» 19th ir.st.l. the Cape route will again bo available to travellers, and tho boat 3 on that Toute will bo patronised as much as they have been in tho past— probably more. There is not a great deal of difference between the boat* which nlv between England and Australia by way of Suez Canal, and tho best of those which go via. Durban and Capo Town. Under normal circumstances, the voyEgo to Enelar.d bv v.-ay of the Cape last* a few days longer than tlv» trip bv th» other Toute, but this is a consideration rcs-lly nnly taken into s-*rioi:» account -by busy men. merchant*. and others who turn time into money. The h»aHh-«eekivig traveller cares little about eurli trifles. It was recently announced thai the Jap-

G'csmers would in future go to « g and by ,\ny of Cape Town, instead of by T .t". , !la *k<»y liavo been doinjr in past yea-vs. I■ t '_ ~® s directed the ;:ttention of Auslra- ■ i° a ' t f rnat<? rout;?, and shipping nf ! !ev ° :1 riven mnny onportuni,'',ll' OX P-'i'i''-'r,!; in inexperienced would-be of'th'*!" c ' la racterist;cs and advantages of the two routes. 0 fiteauiers go to England via Suez. Pur 1 / because they carrv malls. The U " Cnablt " 3 ,hen ' their !u ' 1-> Mediterranean, and r,n:J ;1,e,, V sont ««wn the Italian and French V ' U 'r', !ch spoed (!>nu they u r i 7i carn v*' eveu the- speediest boats. . , ,l' le , raall al »nwr« iW o ou the run to AustraJij, they pick up the ma:!* at a Med>'■erranesn por!. and thus bring to Australia, e.-ers •« ril te-n in Lnprland even dsv« at,er t.ho ship has cleared from London. Bv » Capo route this would not he possible " , 1 Vdney shipping cvjvsrt yesterdav said that, the deciding fart or in {he v.*> of the . uez t-anal for mail-rarryiiis; purpose was the possibility of rncilitciing th* onick despatch mails between the Homeland and Australia. Ono thing which hit the shipowner using that route, };c explained, was the heavy canal dues that had to bo paid. A boat, which used the. Canal ccst move to ' to England than on<? which travelled via the longer route round the Cape. A mail boat, after leaving Svdney, calls at Melbourne, Adelaide, Freraant'lc, Colombo, Sues, Port Said, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, and Plymouth, and then finishes her run at London. Boats using the Cape route after leaving Sydney call at Melbourne, Adelaide. Fremantlo (some at Albany), aud then have a. 14 r,r IS days' run to Durban, then 011 to Capo Town; and a 19 or 20 days* run to Plymouth, As a rule a. call is mad© st Teneriffe or ono of the ol.her islands in the We?tem Atlantic. This makes a break in tlio long run from the Capo to Plymouth. A mail boat, take* about -13 or 44 days to go from Sydney to London, while tin? mode-ru boats using' the Ci-po route occupy about 50 or 51 days on the journey. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY. MOVEMENTS OK FLEET. The Papa.ro.-i. for London, should leave Wanganui to-day, thcncrv to Wellington for filial despatch about the Ist proximo. The RuCihine, for London, should reach Wellington early this morning, and is to eail finally 011 February Ist. Tli© Ashburtoii, for London, 6hould leavo Napier to-day, tlienoo to Wellington, to complete loading, sailing about Monday. The Berwick Law, from Montreal, leaves AuckJand to-morrow, and should roach Lyttelton on Wednesday next. The Arrino, now in Brisbane, after completing discharge, loads in New Zealand for London, and is duo in Auckland about February ,10th. i The Wtiwera. from St. John, leaves Melbourne to-day for Sydney. The L'imutaka. from London, left Toncriffe i on the 24th instant. | Tho Ortvi. homewp.rd bound, pass?d St. [ Vincent on tbo 24th instant. The Otaki left Liverpool on tho 23rd inefcant for Anefcvalian and New Zealand ports. Tho Waimato arrived at. St. John. (N. 8.), on tho 24th inatant, to Joad for AustraJian and New Zealand ports. Tho Tongariro, from Liverpool. is advised by wireless as being duo at Melbourne at noon to-day. The Rotorua arrived at Hobart at noon today. , STEADIER FOUNDERS. (By Cablo.—Preas Association.—Copyright.) (Kevoived January 26tb, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, January 25. An ItaJian stsamcr picked up tho crew and passengers oi the Cunard steamer Pollentia, which foundered in a galo .off Nova. Scotia. Tho Pollentia was h steamer of 2229 tons gross Togiatcr. She. was built in Germany in JSO3. and up till August. 1914, waa owned by the Woe rum nil Lino of Hamburg, her name being .feancttc Woermann. Sho was captured with sev<?n or eight other steamers , by a British cruiser m a. port in tho Came- ' roons, and after being condemned by the j Prizo Court, was purchased by the Cunard Steamship Co., of Liverpool, who renamed her Pollentia. ''THE ROTOBUA. (By Cable.—Presa Association.—Copyright.) (Received January 26th, 10,33 p.m.) HOBART, January 26. The Now ZeaJaud Shipping Company's steamer Rotorua. from London, via Cape Town, has reported by wireless that she will arrive here at noon on Thursday. SHIPPING AXD MAILS. SYDNEY, January 26. Arrived. Victoria (7 a.m.), from Wellington; Wangunui, barquentin?, from Wanganui. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, January 26. Sailed. Flora (1.15 p.m.l, for Rarotonga, via Tahiti; Katoa, (."! p.m.). fgr-Newcastle. 1 WELLINGTOX. January 26. Arrived, Maori (8.20 a.m.), from Ly'ttelton. Sailed, . Ncrchana. (6 a.m.), for London; Patecna. (12.55 p.m.), for Picton and Nelson; Mapic, auxiliary ecov, (1.25 p.m.), for Picton; Ainokura p.m.), for tho Kermadeca; Stormbird (2.55 p.m.), for Wanganui; Riouw (4.30 p.m.). for Melbourne; Maori (7.35 p.m.), for Lyttelton; Maheno (6 p.m.), for Alexandria. WESTPORTf January 26. Arrived, Kittawa. (7 p.m.). from Lyttslton. DUNEDIN, January 26.' Arrived. Kini (7.20 a.m.). from Westoort nnd Timani: Wimmera (5.J5 p.m.), from AiicklarW and East Coast Ports. Sailed, ICotare (1.50 p.m.), for Invtrcargill.