SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16516, 7 May 1919, Page 9

SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Tijesday—May 6fh. Maori, p.s. (8.10 p.m.), Sil2 tons, Cameron, from Wellington. Union Stean; Ship Co., agents. Mana, 8.8., 138 tons, Bonner, from Wellingfrom Wellington. .New 'Zealand Refrigerating Co., agepts. DEPARTURES. Tuea(iayr-M»y 6th. Maori, e.q. (7.55 p.m.), 3412 tpns, Cameron, for Wellington. Upiop S teg in Ship Co., (10.60 p.m.), 267 tons, Bruoe, for Wellington. A. U- Turnbull and Co., ng»nta. Wootton, B.a. (6.25 p.ra.), 150 tons, Larson, for Wellington. A. Rhind and Co., agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Wakatu, Kaikotjra, tjijs day. Qrepuki, Greymputb, this day. Turners, Tim«?u, ihig day. Ifarproa, WeJljngton, this cjr.y. Ipnjc, e.g., from Wellington, this day. , Kia ow, from tiondoß, tfeis dpy. Qalm, 9.8., from. Timaru. May Breeze, Wanganui, Hay 10th. Putiki, Timaru, May 10th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm, s.s., fqp WaßfTOPfll, tliia day. Putiki, b.s., for Duncdin, jfw 10th. Jgjin, s.s., for Wellington, this day. M?raroa, Wellington, thig day. Man a, Wellington this day. C»ty of e.P-, for Londsp, tlfi* d»y, , „ Ojepuki, for Grtymouth, May 7th. o>lm, m„ for Wellington, M»y 7tfe, Waimarino, for Auckland, May }ot{i.

sgippiKG TJio gto»D)&T from Wellington, vja TifliafU, is expected here (ibout Friday, find from this port will proceed to Auckland.

Mr J. Murchie had signed on'tho Waimarino as purser. Mr L. H. Jones has joined the vessel as radio operator, succeeding Mr W. A. HawkinsMr A. Brpijje, chief officer of the Calm, haa resigned, and Mr G. Simpson, second ofjjcfsr, has been appointed chief, and Mr Cartner has joined taa vessel as second. Th«> steamer Jlinemoa, at present undergoiug overhaul at Wellington, 14 expecWl to bo ready for sea in. the* course of a week, when she will sail for the Cook Strait lighthouses, and later to the northern ligbwoMW. „ „ . The Orepuki left Greymouth at noon on Monday with timber for Eyttelton. She arrives i«]re to-day, and upon completing at this portj will rgtura with general" cargo to the Wo3t Coast. The steamer Queen of the South is expected to arrive hero on Friday from Wellington- Tbe vessel will probably he d*spatfihed the game evening on. A return tfip ■ North.

The Mopowai Auckland on Saturday for Napier, Wellington Lyttelton, and Dunedin. She will ho docked at Port Chalmers fer survey and overall}!. Tha collier Kampua, will not }eftve Lytteltoii until to-morrow. She will sail for the Wnt Coast.

Ainongst to-day's expecUd arrivals is the Tf«avera ft am Titnaru, Sho will continue her loading hero and eajl fcr Auckland, The Blackball steamer Nfraher® will probably reach Lyttelton towards the end of the week with a load of sheep from Chatham Islands.' The steamer John's Lyttelton loading was not competed yesterday as expected. Consequently her departure has been postponed ugtjj to-^ay.

" Cable gflvicp received hy the Union ComBiny Unites (hat the b argue Q lad brook left san" Francisco on April 12th, bound for Sydney, with a full cargo of oil. The Glad brook waa refitted at Port Chalmers for pervice towards tha end of last year, and, Mt*r loiding 9 fu}l cargo of Jfew Zealand products, sailed for San Francisco.

ilf William Jk»js§Bl), chief engineer of the Piitrick-Jienderson steamer Bhamp, died at Wellington on Stirjdsiy inorning. Mr «ll t whp was 63 yoaraof ago, had been failing in Health for some weeks, and vraa found by a atewifrd lyiny op the flopf dressed in his pyjamas. The ship's surgeon pronoun&d life cxtinqt. *Pf««(6e<?, whoso hotpo was ;n Glgsggw, leaves a wjdpw and gTown-up fajjiify, and was ft brother of the late Dr. Qordon Ruaaell, a -well-known Glasgow practitioner. He w»a chief engineer of the Hh&mo for ahout five years, and had been in the employ of Patrick-Henderson. >yKi Company for nearly 5Q years. having been in Sfmy" Jsea]?nd pa thjjt old eaijjng ship? the Tiraanj and -the Nekgn. He macie his first trip at ee& pn ono of the fame company's sailers, coming to Dnnodin. The Ai}3tra:iiin outward passengers "io connect with the Vspcou,ve r pteainer kura, will embark at Suva, er the ilocrqjd, the latter vessel leaving Sydney sorrow'direct ipr" the Fijj%» port. q?he Moeraki will roturn direct to Sydney. The Malnirq, will stop over at Auckland this trip, I on account of the influenza in' Australia, and her through passengers will join the Manuka at Wellington.

. STANDARDISED steamer for j UNION COMPANY. (raEsa association telegram.) PUNEDIN, May 6, A now stea.ir.er, tho Wailniir.Ua, liuiit by the Imperial Government nnd purchased. by tho Union bteam Hhip Company whilo on tlis 6 cooks, will leavo England this month {or Calcutta via Port Said, ;iW will load at Calcutta. for the four main New-Zealand ports, via. Singapore and Saißajrung. The Waittimat* ib one of the five alca.niefs purchased by the Union Company to replace thoso vessels lost through enemy action ;ind other during tho ■war. The vessel," which is 9000 tons tf»aclweight, has jj, spaed of twclv© knots, and was built by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, being only lecontly launched. REFRIGERATED TANNAGE. (By Cable.—Pre««. A «ecciat ion.—Copyright.) (Amtralifln and N-&i Cijble AfSQciitioQ.) LONDON, May 1. •Six large ineat-carriera ars being built ioi the Tyne for tho Federal, Shaw-Savill, and Coimnon wealth-Dominion lines. Hawthorn. and Co, have -nearly completed the' Port Nicholson for tho Dominion Line. She ie 500 ft long' and of J'2,72*2 dead-weight tons. Swan Hupter, ijnii Co, ar e building two vessels for the Federal Line, and Palmer's a ', r j r s|- l' wo have been launched. Armstrong, Wliuworth, and Co. and Palmer's are building one eficfr for the Sijaw-Savill Line. The last nve are 450 ft long and will carry 3200 tons of meat each. ~ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. . _ PAInAMA, May 4. ATPv«d, F^rnworth, from New Zealand o SYDNEY, May 6, Sajled, AtT'a, fqr "Wellington. 0 ~ , NEWCASTLE, 6. Sailed, Raikanoa, for Kew Zealand. o , MELBOURNE, May 6. Sailed, Ysabel, for Auckland. AUCKLAND, May 6. Arrived —Jlakura, from Vancouver. Sailed—Whakatane (6 a.m.), for. Wellin"ton. ° . . , v , NAPIER. May 6. Arnred—Kanna, from Newcastle, with coal. GISBORNE, May 6. A heavy sea is running in tho roadstead. The Arahura, with passengers from the South, is sheltering under Young Nick' 6 Head. ■WELLINGTON, May 6. Arrived, Westralia (1.35 p.m.;, from Melbourne. Sailed, Mararoa (7.55 p.m.). for Lyttelton. Tha Pprt Sydney, fi»m Sydney, is expected td arrive in tho etreatji to-night. DUNEDIN, May 6. Sailed—Stella (3.40 p.m.), for Wellington; K9tafe (4,5 p.m.), for Bluff.