SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15561, 10 April 1916, Page 9

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED—ApriI 8. Maori, turbine 6.5. (6.55 a.m.), 3390 tons. W. Manning, from Wellington. Passengers— 300 saloon Union Steam Ship Compfchy of Now Zealand, Ltd., agents. Opouri, 5.6. (11.45 a.m.), 571 tons, R. Pearson, from Greymouth, via, Timaru. Itccee and Sons, agents; P. K'. Sutton and Co., port agents. Corinna, e.s. (1.35 p.m.), 1271 tons, J. Scott, from Timaru. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., agents. Cygnet s.e. (3.20 p.m.), 124 tons. A. Murray, from Akaroa. Stevenson, Stewart and Co., ajc-nti, April 0. Mararoa, 6.5. (12.55 p.m.), 2593 tons, Cameron, lrom Wellington. Paesengers—Mesdames Thompson, Jones, Leo and 3 children, Lawrenco, Wootten, Gregory, Barrett, liawater and Tuft Schwator, Chinn, Carney, Missce Billing, Fletcher, Clouston, Carson, "Watt, Roberts, Ferguson, Cavanagh, Taylor, Trebathen, Andrews, JLsssra Larubie, Mail, Wise, Buchani, McLean, Fjystwell, Rutledge, Baywater. Westenra, Rut ter, Power, Holmes, Sweeney, Kater, Pankhurst, Wootton, Fraser, Tavlor, Adams, Wells, Heald, Saville, Jarvie, Slaveley, Blunt, Jlarsack, Dowan, Reece, Hale, Frnsev, Marwick, Nixon, Gregory, Bevan, Gillies, Robinson, Thomson. Bawator, Pattlc, Morris, Schwater, Mandle, ICing, Jorman, Nixon, Houston, Buckley (2), Guildford, Humphries, Burgess, Shamey, Sheerman, Barne, Smith, Chain, Boxwcll, Scrimshaw, Maxwell. Andrewi. Simon, Graham, Sheedy, . Gibbs, Holmes, Toung. O'Connell, Pollick, Cooper Jones, Wood, G alia way, Reed, Barrett Smith, Rudd, Clark, Roberts- (2), Harper, Thompson, and 96 steerage. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd.. agent*. SAILED—ApriI 8. Ccltio Glen, ship (7.45 a.m.), 1859 tons, Henry, for Wellington. Neill and Co., Ltd., 1 agents: C. Ferrier and Co., port agonts. ' Maori, turbino s.s. (8.20 p.m.), 3399 tone, i W. Manning, for Wellington. Passengers— ; 350 ealoon and 6teerage. Union Steam Ship Company of Ltd., a-g^JTits. Ilimitangi, ',s.s. (11.50 p.m.) 323 tons, C. Thompson, for Wellington. Kitifley and Co., , Ltd., agents. ' T _ .. Corinna, s.«. (midnight), 1271 tons, J. Scott, for Nelson and New Plymouth. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., agen»s.

SHIPPING NOTES.-

As announced previously, thi3 week's Syd-1 nev steamer, tho Riverina, will not come on to'Lyttelton. The vcsae-l is due at Wellington this morning, and is to sail for Sydney on Wednesday n?xt—a day earlier than usual. . Mr W. O. Clarke has joined the Moeraki as assistant purser in placo of Mr G. Greenland. . , ... Mr Coe-Sinith, chief officer of th<j Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross, who went Home .some time ago, has been appointed to the Royal Indian Marino as *' el }- tenant-commander of ft monitor with the full ra.uk of lieutenant. For tho purpose of being cleaned and painted the ferry steamer' Maori went into the Lytlciton dry dock on Saturday morning. Sho came out in tho afternoon, and left for Wellington in tho evening. Having completed tho discharge of the local portion of lier cargo of salt, the ship Celtic Glen was towed out through the molwi at 7.45 on Saturday morning. Favoured with a strong aou'-wester, she set sail near Camp Bay and put to sea, travelling as fast as a steamer. Provided the sou'-wester continued she should make a speedy passage to Wellington. ~ „ 4 , „ 'The Koromiko left Newcastle on Saturday with a load of coal for Lyttelton, whero sho is du« about Saturday next. With a. cargo of caao oil the British imperial Oil Company's steamer Cyrena arrivca at Auckland from Singa-poro on Saturday. After putting out cargo at tho northern port, and also at Wellington, the vessel will come on to Lvttelton. where she is due in about a fortnight's timo. She will subsequently go on -to Dunadin- , _ Mr T. Fogerty, third engineer of the iateena, has como ashore. . , Mr C. W. Richardson has signed on the Roaamnnd as purser. _ Mr A. I?. Wickee, chief engineer of tho Tarawcra, has como a«hor«. Captain Jarvis, in command of the liner Somerset, at present in Wellington, has associated with him the following officers Chief, Mr D. Urquhart: second, Mr H. Athal; third, Mr F D. L/eggett; fourth, Mr J. R. Taylor; chief Engineer. Mr J. B. Dick; second, Mr U . Mackav; third. Mr J. Campbell; fourth. Mr A. Bui-pe; fifth. Mr .T. Slater; sixth, Mr .T. Campbell; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr J Ro'a; second, Mr J. Cowan; radio operator, Mr F. Chatfield; chicf steward, Mr E. E. Allam. . . ~ . The new ferry wharf for the WelnnsjtonLyttelton service was to have been finished bv March 31st, but tho contractor has suffered delay in obtaining all the iron work required; nevertheless, it is expected that ho will Itavo tho iob ready to hand over to tho Board before the. end of this month, which is mcst satisfactory. con«idennc the extraordinary obstacles raised before all such work by the war and demands of the war upon shipping and manufactures.

WITHOUT 'CEREMONY.

A XEW WHARF STARTED,

A start has been made wit-h the building of the Pipitea wharf (says Saturday's Wellin"tcn "Post"). i"or thifi work tenders were being oa.lled when the war broke out, and it was suspended. However, there, are already ninety piles of reinforced cmcretc made for the work, and fifty of tVee aro ready for driving. The first was driven a day or two back without fuss or ceremony of any kind, th" not being suitable for jubilations of this kind. The wharf will be 94Sft lon* on ono side and 764 ft on the other, and i. will be 136 ft wide. A shed 76Cft long bv e_lft tvid« will bo erected on tba centre, and two lines cf rails will be run on each side of the wharf. In all 1067 piles will be required and some of these will measure up to 70f* in lentrth and be ISin and 20m square, as the case may be. The work is gom* on rraduallv, and piles sre being made ao tkt if th~ timei are propitious what is now being doS'oan be expedited, and the job b*gin from a- point where all preliminary *orlc is completed.

SHIPPING AND 3IA.ILS,

(Ev Cable. —Pr:ss Association. —Copyright.) NEWCASTLE, April S. Sailed. Koromiko, irrr kyttsltoa. g Stiled, VTallsend, for Xew Zealand; Inga, for AVa.ngarvui.

MELBOURNE. April 9. Sailed (yesterday), Wimmera, for Wellington. LONDON. April S. Arrived. Tainui, from New Zealand. VICTORIA (8.C.), April 8. Arrived, Makura, from Now Zealand. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. April S. Arrived, Niw&ru (9.40 p.m.), from Sydney; Cyrena (10.40 p.m.), from Singapore. Sailed, Arahum (2.45 p.m.), for East Coast ports; Monovrai (9.10 p.m.), for southern ports. April 9. Arrived. Flora (8.35 a.m.), frcm tho Eastern. Pacific; Victoria (r.oon), from southern ports. Sailed, Orcte, auxiliary schoouer 111 a.m.), for Sydney. WELLINGTON, April 8. Arrived, Mapourika (8.40 p.m.), from Greymouth, via ports. April 9. Arrived. Ngutoro (G. 30 a.m.). from Greymouth; Maori (G. 50 a.m.). from Lyttelton; Kittawa (8.5 a.m.), from Grcymoutli. Sailed, Pctonc (6.25 a.m.) for Grcvmoutli. DUNEDIN, April C. Sailed. Aratva (6.10 a.m.). for Tima.ru; Breeze (11.30 p.m.), for Timani and Wanganui. April 9. Arrived. John (8 a.m.), from Oamaru).