SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16547, 12 June 1919, Page 5

SHIPPING.

4 PORT OF LiTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Wednesday—June 11th. Kokiri, s.s. (2.45 a.m.), 1214 tons, Stewart, from Gieymouth. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Mararoa. s.s. (10.10 a.m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, from VVeliington. Union Steam Ship Co., agents. Storm, SJ3. (12.10 p.m.), 405 tons, Cowan, from Timaru. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. Ngakata, e.s. (4.20 p.m., in the stream), 1203 toss, Dowell, from Newcastle. DEPARTURES. Wednesday—June 11th. Mararoa, 6.8. p.m.), 253S tons, Irwin, for Vr ellington. ■ Union Steam Ship Co., agents. _ , Aaxu, s.s. (7 p.m.), 267 tons, Braidwood, for Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and Co., agents. Cygnet, 5.3. (10 p.m.), 124 tons. Murray, for ivaikoara. Stevenson, Stewart and Cp., agents. SHIPPING NOTES. The Blackball steamer Nga-kuta, laden \ri„h coal from .Newcastle, put into the s.rcano at Lyttelton yesterday altcrnoon, and wiU berth to-day. , . T , The Kokiri, now unloading coal a. Lyttelton, will return to the West Coast to loud for Port Chalmers and Biuil. Captain Hall arrived from Wellington yesterday to relieve Captain Wiioox, AssistanvMarine Suceiintenden; at Lyttelton, unable to attend to his business tbrouga Uneas. . . Captain Ryan, late of the Oonah, is to join the Kahika at Lyttelton, relieving Captain Edge, who goes on holiday leave. Tile coastal trader Baden ' P r °" bably arrive Li port to-day load of general merchandise from "Welling-on. _ The. discharge of the steamer Pa~eha s coal frorn Newport News is espe= tetl to finished early nest week. . . The Union Co.'s steamer XI upon, ' on completion of her discharge of coal at Ljtteton, will be load*! with general 011<i despatched for Sydnev. The vessel wiJ probably be itady for departure oa Saturday

The Kini will load at Groymouth this week for "Wellington and Xiyttelton. Her cargo will comprise coal and timber. The arrival of the turbine steamer Wabine oS Port Chalmers, from England, is ex pec ted next month. Tbo Australiauge, with freight from New York, ia duo shortly at Lyttelton. From this port she will proceed to Dunedin. Tho .overhaul of the Wakatu on the Lyttelton slip will probably not be completed until early next week, when Bhe will resume her running to Kaikoura and Wellington. The Union Company advises that tho departure of tho Niagara for Vancouver has been postponed, and the vessel will now leave Auckland on the 17th June. | In continuation of her voyage from the United Kingdom with 600 troops on board, the former German steamer Prinzessin left Colon on JurC 4th for Wellington. She is duo at that port on the 25th inst. A Proas Association telegram from Dunedin states that the Union Steam Ship Company advises that the statement that iMr Bond has boon manager at Auckland is inoorrect, and points - out that Mr Irvine, the manager of the branch there, hos not retired. Messrs Kinsey and Co. are advised that the etoamor War Pilot left New York for l«yttelton direct on May 29th. Captain Anderson and part of the crew of the schooner Awanui, which was wrecked at Niue Island on January 11th, returned to Auckland by the Talune on Tuesday. "When the cables snapped the cr?w were already 5n the lifeboat. They rowed ashore, and the boat was thrown on tho beach. All scrambled ashore. THE STRANDED KOWHAI. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, June 11. Although a eo ath-westerly gulo ia blowing, and a hea.y sea is running at Farewell Spit, the stranded steamer Kowhai is not suffering-. The tug Terawhiti is sheltering at Totaranni. As eoon as tho weather moderates ehe will probably attempt to tow too Kowhai off. i Later. The latest information regarding the Kowhai is that the vessel is broadside on, with a lint to eeaward. Tho Komata, which left for Westport this evening, is taking a five-ton mushroom anchor. 10.50 p.m. A later message from Farewell Spit regarding the Kowhai states that the vessel was high and dry at low water. Tho Terawhiti was g*>i,ng from Totarumii to tho scene this afternoon. BOOKINGS SUSPENDED. (By Cable.—Prwa Aeaociation.—Copyright.) (Außlihuaii and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY. Jur.o 11. P. and 0. bookings for London have lx'Oii suspended, a» nil the accommodation is required for passengers from India. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, June 11. Arrived, Waimarino, at 1.35 a.m. WELLINGTON, Juno 11. I Sailed, Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. I DUNEDIN, Juno 11. | Sailed, Stella (2.50 p.m.), for Auckland, via | Wellington; Roeamond (3 p.m.), for Bluff. I ~