SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17062, 5 February 1921, Page 12

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Friday, February 4th. Orcpuki, s.s, (1.15 a.m.), 027, tons, Dew- • huwt.from Greymouth. F. E. button and C Wi*S", -.a. (6UO a.m.. in the stream), £658 tons, Jonas, from Hampton Heads. N Z. Stripping 00., agents. , Maori, s.s. (7.20 0.m.), 3476 tons, Irwin. ] from Wellington. Union Steam blup Co., ,-xigents, DEPARTURES. Friday, February 4th. Wakatu, b.b. (4.40 p.m.),. 157 tons, Wills, ' for Eaikpura. Kinsey and Co., L.W., '"' lß Maori, s.s. (8.25 p.m.), 3476 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. Union Steam snip t0.,. agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze, Picton, this dav. • Wahine,' Wellington, ttta day. Kabika, Greynwuth, this day. Wcotton, Wellington, this dayKatoa, Wellington, this day. Maori, Wellington, February Clh. . ' Somerset. ■ Tiniaru, February Cth. " Pukaki, Newcastle, Febmary 6th. Kama, Grsymouth, February 7th. Waitemata, Wellington, February Bth. Roma,- Wait*Bgi, February Bth.' 'Durham, Kapler, February Eth. . Wakatu, Ksikoura, February 9th. Manuka, Wellington; February 9th. Kini, Greymouth, February 9th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Essex, Timaru, this day. Wakatu, Kaikoura, this day. Calm, Dunedin, this-day. - Wahine, Wellington, this day. v Baden Powell, Wellington, this day. Katoa, Dunedin, this day. Breeze, Dunedin, this day. Canopus, Westport, this day. Maori. Wellington, February 7th. OrepTjki, Greymouth, February Bth. Paparoa, Wellington. February Bth. Sealda, Dunedin, February 9th. Manuka, Wellington, February &th. SHIPPING NOTES.. . * No overtime was worked on discharging vessels tart : night owing to shortage oi trnoks. At least another hundred men could-tot* been employed yesterday had trooka bee»:*V*ilable, b»* as it 'was, there were two or three down waiemders who ootjld not b* used owing to the shortage, ■ Tho oneßaag onl7» *«it the Twvose worked lull eangs. The berth vacated by. the Essex last night will be occupied thia morning by 'the collier Wflbatoa. Another collier as I due on Bonday. .•..'■. m ,| The Katoa. » «**»*•* here from Wellington at dayUjfct this morning. She | will berth at No. 3 west to discharge Autk- - land carfo, sod will sail this evening for Dunedin. ' . ' The Kahika, which is due to-day from ■ G»ymouth> is bringing a full load of tinifhe Woottori in dus-jbsre from 'Wellington ■ to-day, ftnd iB 'to sii! on' Monday on the*return jtfp. .'£:■■',', .". .' ■„. Tb» Wakatu sailed last evening for Kaikoura, and Wellington.' She is duo back here en Wednesday. The Kamo j» expected, here on Monday with coal and timber from Greymouth. The jdni is du« on Wednesday with a similar . cargo. , The Pukaki (formerly * Red Funnel boat) -is due here twnnrrow oveninV with a load of coal from Newcastle. to the agency of the Blackball Oompwiy. / * The Moans was expected to leave Sydney yesterday- for Wellinfrton with oargo and passengers. - She is due there on Tuesday. The Sealda ia expected to leave here on Wednesday for Bundin and Brisbane to ' complete discharge of. her Eastern cargo. The S.S. and A- steamer Pakeha.ia at present loading at Bluff for Home. She will also .load at Picton, and • will complete at Wellington, from which port she will sail about the 19th. February for London, via Panama. Ths Shaw,- Savill, and Albion Company an- i noonced to-day that the departure of the Arawa from Wellington,- for Southampton ' and London, via Panama, had been further • postponed until daylight, on Tuesday. Passengers will be required to embark on Menday evening. '' A cable message received at the local office of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company to-day stated that the Atbenio, on rout* from London and Southampton, continued her voyage from Balboa on January SOth. The Athenic is expycted to arrive, at Wellington on Febmary 22nd, and will later proneed to Auckland. Zita, Ltd., is registered as a private company. Office: Wellington; capital, £SCOi). in ii shares. Subscribers: Wellington—D. 'CampbeHj W.-H. Harris, F. P.' Blacklock, G, D. Hewitt,. W. F. Necs, ICC9 shares each. 'Objects; To acquire- schooner Zita and carry 'on business, of steamship proprietor. " THE WELLASTON. With over 7000 tons of coal from Hampton* Roads, Virginia, the Wirrail Transport Company's steamer wDJwton anchored in the stream early yesterday morning; alter an uneventful trip. The vessel left the AmefToa». port on December S6tb, ' and made a smart passage. : Tho WfllaaVvn is in charge of Captain David Jones, who has with him the fuUow- ■- ™p officers:—Chiaf, Mr A- "Wilkinson; Btc- : oad, Mr G. Hesolton; third, ilr G; Moore; ohief engineer, Mr A. 'Stask; second, Mr A. H. Freer; third, Mr G. Battensby; fourth,' Mr S. Foru; resleas, Mr G. Smith; chief steward, Mr S. Srjet. The craw, numbering 54, are all British. Tfiß WAIKOUAITI.. - The Faikowiti, which arrived here on Thursday to discharge Liverpool cargo, is -the ex-German steamer Irmgard, one oi the vessels handed over by .Germany to the 'Allies after the war, and purchased by the 'Union Steam Ship Company. She was built at Rostock, Germany, in 19H," and her principal dimensions are:—Length 361.5 ft, msk breadth 60.1 ft, depth 23.7 ft. She is up-to-H date in every respect, and has a very spick Lsssl '■•?? ,* I !* n - "Wewance, The quarter* profor the .officers are most luxurious,

every cabin beiv.i' finished in oak and white c:;amel, whi'e o'.ectric heaters, electric Juris, ■•mi every other possible m4<ieni convenience ii installed. ,S*no ha.s iivo hatches, well served by r.-irtehes and derricks :'or the :apxi handling- of cargo, and also carries henry Hit derricks. Included in th.s cargo discharged yesterday "-vers sheep, bulls, aed, piis. which have bet-u conveyed to Quail Island for quarantine. Captain Paul, iate of the Kamona, is in command, of the tVaiksuaiti, which wi'.l I leav-e- r.cxt Tteek for Dimedin. VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESS RAXGE. OF XEW ZEALAXI). Awiwiui—Mauuku, Tarawero, Slurama. CrtiisM, Sterling, 11. E. Stnrlin<,-, Lahia, C'ailiilo, Toi-uci. Auckland.—Ott'iama, Port Hacking, Xortkiimberland, Vikin/r Star, Stuart Star, Kanna, AVaitonvata, West Canuirgo. Wellington—Port Xicbolsoti, Or.iri. Poit ■Stt-ph-oii:?, Katoa. Koromiko, Handy Lodge. Av.-a.i-u.'—Cosmos, Port Melbourne, Ttitane!>.;i, CV.h'amot, Xfrakutn. KAPCNI'S CREW REFUSE TO GO TO SKA. (press association telegram.) WELLINGTON, February 4. _ The crew of th;> coasital steamer Kapimi, \<"hitjli trades between Wellington and Patca, ;of used to go to -sail - to-day Tintil a public •inquiry was held into the'circuinstances surrounding, the explosion oi benzine into the vessel's engine-room recently at Pa ; toa. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LONDON, February 3. Sailed, Coroia, for Sydney; Ru'apsbit,' forAuckland. PANAMA, February ,3. Arrived, Booral. MELBOURNE, February 3. Arrived, Kaikotira, from New Zealand. SYDNEY. February S. •Sailed, Manuka (11 a.m.). for Wellington. SYDNEY. February 4. Sailed, Tofua, for Auckland; Hororata, for Wangfmui. AUCKLAND, I.cbrua.L-y 4. Arrived, West Caniargo (10.15 a.m.), from San Francisco; 'Xe A'nau (8.55 a..m.), from Gisborns-: I'hnmatn (2.15 p.m.), from Newcastle; Kanna, (10.10 p.m.), from Wclliusrton; -Northumberland (3.45 p.m.), from Now York; War Lord, schooner (2.15 p.m.), from Gisbomc. DUNEDIN, Feb mar? 4. Arrived, Trevaigan (9.40 a.m.), from Lytteltou; Waiotapu (11 a.m.), from Lytteltou.