SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16404, 26 December 1918, Page 9

SHIPPING.

PORT OP LmELTOK,

ARRIVED —December 24th. Storm (18.20 h.hi.l, from Wanganui. Maori (7.80 a.m.), from Wellington. Cygnet (T.iO p.m.), from Xaikoura,

December 125 th.. Mararoa *9.55 from Wellington, Monowai (11 a.m.), from Wellington.

SAlLED—Dumber 24 th. Maori (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington. Deobmbet "CStih. Mararoa (7.20 p.m.), for We'-lingta*

SHIPPING XOTES,

The Union Co.'s wVefcmers Rosamond a.nd Kabika aro both held up at Lrttelton owing to shortage in their crews, 'm former has been fixed to sail for Titoiru etod Oamaru; therioo Nsvpfcr and Oifcbtofi©!* &ttd tnfc i*tww. for Westport direct. ~ Mr Dugg«ui has iigiied &n thfe_ Mararoa. as wirekes operator ifi'place of Mr S. E. BrownCaptaiii Page, of Ihs Kakspo, is lelievstig Captain "Whyborn .*• maste* on Karon. Str Hopkins is now cliifrf ofiU»r onlfce in placo of Mr &*». Mr B. Rit*, *se»t«uit purser of the vetofcl, ha* gene ashore, and Mr Sanderson baa token , _ The small coastal *team*r Kotaro Will ttake a trip from Dtttasdin to Wa-ngatiui,. via way ports, <Arly in tie.; New Y*ar. ■■ ; The Breeze will probably put in ah ap : poararce at LytteT*>n on Suftday from Dunedin and Timaro. She loads .here xor Wanganui. ' . , . ■». _. The Waitomo will be despatched from Dunodin to*morrow for 3ydn*>\ f»a Blttn. Captain Irwin-brought tbfc Jt««T «.earner Mararoa from Wellington on Tufeaday m|ht, iu place of Captain Cameron, who ha# taken charge of the M*ori,?Wl»mtf WilljlT S ii espected that thojwgo American schooner, will ba for departure- from Duwedm for Sydney about the end of thia *«ak. ' The Maori ltlt.liyttelton on Tuesday evening with three trimmers and eight Jfalersiders who sigwsd on. as firemen to enable the vessel to sail. • . . . The Mararoa and Monowai um ferry •feamera arntinf at Lyttelton y«sterfay,, each with a lofge tomp'«»ent of J»aiengers. There w«e only one jerry stfeamer for tW» ] nortli last eveniog, ibo remai&ing : in port overnight. Sh» will toil to-morrow for Wellington to load for Napier, Gieborne,, and Auckland in her usual East Coast run"'fot' twentv-four bdura before reaching Ade-; lai<le the fires of the t ateomer South ] which arrived in Clip® a few days *go (( w«re fed by a fuel « ; cobs from a consignment <jf that oerwl which | was being brought to Melbourne. This acnW w«a necessitated by the exhaustion of Vie vessel's. coal supply as a result of a fis-» iu her bunkeu. | . The cliartere4 sUamer (Captain P. P. IfewingV arrived at Wellington on Saturday morning. It *ill b» remtmbertd |hat an outbreak of - inflneeta. occurred ftn tha vessel, and as a rtault »h* wafc «juaTkntincd for some time'at Papeete. Ift view of this it/ wag thought possible that the Salvor might be ovaraadined on arrival at Wellington, but the Port Heath Officer cleared th* veestl immediately. The Salvor h«* (a genwl cargo 'on board. __ The K,avua will probably leave Wellington foif San Francisco oft January Sid. ' The colliers Kowbsi and Kttffio ft re delayed at Lytt<>lton in. contequence of* a ahortaga Of waterside labour. Upon complaiion ftt this port the Kowhai will proceed to the west Coast, and the Kamo to Nfcw Plymouth. Captain Ernest Cleve'and, an old Thames bo 7, who was chi#f officer of the (afterwr.rds the Cnion Company'a Maitai) when she was running in the Vancouver eervicc for the late Mr Jam*» Huddart, is lying ill in «. Sydney hoapitil. After leaving tho Miowera (tiater t>hio to Warritnoo) he took up the p'ail-fishing business, with head* Quarters on Thursday Ward, oflf tin north coast of Queensland, and was the owner of a fin-9 fICTt of luggers, until tbo war bro<« out And cripp>d tl)ft Indrulxv. C3pta*il ClaveJand's father, whn wa« »>l*V 'ft master mavriner. was drowned in Welli-iqton harbour in the '70's, while going off to his veiaJl in bad weather. . ■' The American four-m»afed barque Wi.l eU T. Lewis. 2168 ten«, arrived ct Sydney on Monday morning, after an exceediogly smart paesago of 47 days from San Francisco. The v;*?el, which is to the agency o' the Union Steam Ship Company, brcuebt a full general c&xsfo for discharg-s at the Aew South Wslo3 port. The William T. Lew's, which was formerly known as the- British ship I?ob*rt Duccan. is owned by Hind, Rolph, and Co., | of San Francisco. A The work of filing Out th» b»»<|U« GJadj brook, ,'ormetlv kaswn as t!ie County of ' Aujlesen. liai bciri completed at Port Chali mera, and tha vcsjel r.ow i rf«nl« a very ; tiim and aee-poing appearnr.ee. .Sin ia «• ! pstt;d to complete her loading in the courso j of a week or to, and the vessel will th®u I rail far San Fr4r,ris;s. Clptain G. B. ' Corby, !ato of the lima, will bo ' in command of the Gkdbrook.

SHORTAGE Or FIREMEN.

(press association telegram.) TTEIXJXGTOX, DcctmUr 24. The hold-up of tile M&kyru it Sydsey find* n countfroart in the pafitiofr hwe. Owiil£ to Ihf difficulty of jrcttlni fitjnun to go to zc», th® Pateena K-.| be«n laid up for the pnei fortnight, tfc" bunWt of the ye»r ;7>r paaicnjrer voeeelf, end »« th» ttok'bolii cou'td not b» manned th? ship wag paid off y«t;rday. Th<? Knr<r<* has also h£r6 iot th® past vre?"< through lack of firemen, «nd as »h« carris-s 10.000 belli of wool, the delay : 13 a serious matter.

KEL"EASE OF ARRESTED SHIP.

Tb* American schooner Oakland, irhiclx h"a !»e«n ' ucdcr arr«6t" at t-ytlellon for aaverai u-etks pending the e«ltl«m?nt of claias for damaged cargo, br Mo€»ri Wright, Slephensou, and Co.. and M«*srs W. Sjmffls and Son, Christcbr.rck. waa rJV-ased on Tuesday, i»v diieclion of Mc ft. McCarthy, Doput" K«fi*trar of the Supremo Court, acling for Ih* Marshal of the Vice-Admiralty Court. Tho tmount of tb® bond is .£4250. Th® claim will bo beard iu the Vice-Admiralty Court

in Ch flitch uroh. Soom of tho ttidtim, bow* iwr, will be wJciii in Saa Franciaoo, -and tie case will therefoto come into Court towards the end of next ,y«ar. Prdvibkfti Ims been blade, it is Ufidfccctood, tot other djumt in «6An«xtoh with the vmnl, With a view to refraining- ftx*n holding up th» waeol una«cch«*rily the evjd«loft of Captaio 32. Wendt, »Wt|EV of *h« OkklaiJcl> *m taken on commkflion fcy ilt A. H." Holmaa aevwal vrwWts *&>. The Oaklhtod-*lll Mil About the end t>[ this f&r* Africa to load Copra for Sir) Francisco;