SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16212, 15 May 1918, Page 10

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYrrELTON*

ARRIVED—May Hth. n Maori (7 a-ro.), from Wellington. Putiki (10.15 a.m.), from Timaru. Cygnet (6.10 p.m.), from Akaroa. = Wakatu (7 p.m.), from Kaikoura. SAILED—May 14th. Putiki (5.10 p.m.), for Wellington. Kittawa (10 pjn.), for Westport. Kahika. (!>.50 p.m.), for Groymouth. Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Wellington. la t: SHIPPING NOTES. , The eollicr Poherna was expected to leave P Greymonth last night at midnight, with a load of coal for discharge at Lyttelton. " The Refrigerating Co.'s steamer Mann. left _ Ticton yesterday for Lyttelton. c P INCREASE IX PASSAGE RATES TO UNITED KINGDOM. Advice has been received in Christchurch A that the Comptroller of Shipping in London ii has increased tthe rates of passage money in P all classes for the United Kingdom as fol- 5 lows:— First Claes, increased by .. £10 Sc-cond Class, increased by .. £40 » Third Class, increased by .. £16 j OVERSEA PASSENGERS. American passengers who have arrived in New Zealand recently are:—Saloon: Mesdames P. Cranston, M. H. Gregory and infant, E. E. Rogers and child, Messrs R. E. * .Cranston. A. E. Gregory, W. W. Nutley. T. F Worlh, J. H. Curie, Tukaia a Hauereraaoa, H. Rogers, Lieut. W. H. Hanria. c Second saloon: Miss R. Miller, Mrs E. Bell, Messrs C. A. _ 8011, E. T. Home, C. Niccola. j The following passengers have arrived in New Zealand from England:—First saloon: j Misses Ashbolt, Barker Bayly (2), Dinan, Gray, Hutchison, Kean, Primer, Sweet, Lin- >-j ton, Mesdames Allen, Anderson, Bayly, Beetham, Brown, Cockburt, Craws haw, Doug- : laa, Fitzgerald, Hume, Kean and nurse, Martin, Merrett, Primer, Raine, Sweet, Messrs Brown, Hutchison, Sweet, Merritt. . Second saloon: Misses Brown, Chisholm, For- * ward, H-allidav, Hanbury, Harvey, Lysnar, } Martin. Palmer, Patrick, Revington-Jones, 1 Bainbridge, Barrio, Brown, Bruce, Climie, Cook, Gibson, Green, Halliday, Hetley, Hanbury, Levy, Lewthwaite, Lock, Makersay, J Mart is, Mason, McKeich, Mitchell, Oldham, ' Moore, Overend, Page, Patrick, Scott, Proud- ' foot, Scott, Shftrrock, Wood, Williams, ' Messrs Barrie, Chisholm (2), Ferguson, Gib- I son, Halliday, Levy> Lewthwaite, McKeich, 1 Oldham, Overend, Page, Dr. Green, Rev. Halliday; and 120 steerage, ] < AUSTRALIAN PASSENGERS. \ Tho following passengers have arrived in New Zealand from Australia:—Saloon: Mesdames Davidson, Ackhurst, Mason, McKenzie, White,, Asher, Snow, Gage, Laurence, Mit- ] chell, Ardagh and infant, Austin qjid child, Deakes, Mulqueen, Venard, Sliss arid 2 children, Misses Geyger, Dabney, Grylcs," Kirkcaldie, .ivollee, Preston, Young, Roeslyn, Langley, Wilson, Douglas, Johnston, Roach, Kutnor, Gordon, Rev. Cummings, Messrs Bird, Brook, Caton, Borham, Milligan, Ryan McKonzie, Page, Madden, Duncan, Ridd, O'Regan, Whitcombe, White, Watt, Smith, .browning, Thompson, Doughty, Radford and child, Somers, Gage, Turner, Lyle, Thomas, Austin, Lawrence, Mitchell, Deakes, Colquhoun, Robinson, Mulqueen; 38 steerage. A LONG VOYAGE. An American schooner, which left Sydney for San Francisco early in November test, recently arrived at her destination about 60 days late, according to information received by Messrs Horwood and Co., of Sydney. She was loaded with copra in »Sydney, and it wes anticipated that she would make San Francisco about 70 days after leaving Sydney. However, continuous adverse winds delayed the vessel to such an extent that she did not reach San Francisco until 127 days after her departure from this port-. She had been fully provisioned before leaving, but owing to tho protracted nature of tho voyage supplies ran out, and but for the timely meeting with a largo Dutch trader those on board tho schooner would have probably died of hungrr. The Dutch vessel gave the schooner sufficient supplies, and she was able to finish her voyage. Her owners in San Francisco wero on tho point of giving the vessel up as lost when she Bailed into poTt. SHIFTING AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT. For some weeks a number of American schooncrs have been held up- in Australian porta, owing to a hitch in the arrangements for outwaTd loading. In every case (says the Shipping List) the trouble has arisen through the Commonwealth Government refusing to allow the vessels to tako anything but wheat. This is objected to primarily on the ground that certain contracts wero entered into for the- carriage of copra. Some of the vessels have been iu port two months. Ono vessel has been in Australian ports since last December, and so far no finality has been reached. At the | present time negotiations are proceeding between the Imperial, American, and Commonwealth Governments to determine what cargo shall be taken. The owners are indignant at the delay, which is costing thousands of pounds. If tho authorities Bay definitely that wheat must be taken, the matter will end, but until such time as agreement is reached between the Governments concerned, much valuable tonnage will remain idle. According to a message from Melbourne, Rear-Ad-miral Sir William Clarkson, the Controller of Shipping, states that instructions have boen received that permits arc to be granted only to those vessels suitable for carrying wheat. All the vessels held up in Sydney were suitable for that purpose, but tho owners would not consent to carry wheat. They wanted fo carry copra, which was Ifss vital to tho Allies than wheat, and the chips would be held up in Sydney until their ' owners consented to take wheat. | SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ; AUCKLAND, May 14. > Arrived, Ta rawer a (12.2-5 p.m.), from Lyt- ; telton.