MAIL NOTICES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18302, 9 February 1925, Page 14

MAIL NOTICES.

♦— — ■ (Supplied by the Postal. Department.) Mails close as under:— To-day, Monday, February 9th, ' For Northern Porta, at 5.45 p.m.; late fee letters, 6.15 p.m.; guard's van, 7.1& p.m. triiin. Parcels 4 p.m. For Chatham Islands, per Tees, at Lyttelton, at 12.30 p.m.; lato fee letters, 12.45 p.m.; guard's van, 1.25 p.m. -train. Outgoing Oversea Mails. Mails which left Auckland on December 23rd. via Vancouver,, arrived in London on January 24th. .. Maiis which left Christchnrch on January sth via San' Francisco, arrived ' London' February 4th. The next best dispatch for correspondence .iddrcssed to United Kingdcm, Europe, and United States of America, via V:\n--couver, will close at Christchurch on February 14th at 5.45 p.m. Incoming Oversea Mails. Mpheno left Sydney for Auckland on 6th ir.s't. She carries 34 bags mail for Christchurch. Due Christchurch 12th inst. R.il.S. Maunganui left San Francisco for ■Wellington on January 28th. Mail due Christchurch .on 17th inst. J. E. BtfOADFOOT, Chief Postmaster.

we' cannot afford a similar disaster in our basio industries of coal, steel, shipbuilding, and ships. These trades must meet thfr world's markets, and, it the world forces upon them lower pay or longer hours, the sooner they meet the market the sooner they will be rich again—masters and men. But, even if costs are low, shipbuilding—and steel and coal—will not revive till' ships begin to pay, and ships will not pay till the demand lor tonnage ovei taken the supply. Ship owners do hot understand a policy which seeks to remedy a surplus by adding to li. While the present surplus of world tonnage is a leading cause of our unemployment in this country, I believe that, if the Governments of this and other countries can keep their hands off shipbuilding and oversea trade for a few the natural cure will come more quickly than ono mi£ht suppose from looking at the undigested figures. ' The shipowner is forced by his own experience to know where the shoe pinches the world trade. . But it is outside the province of the shipowner to say whether, or how far, a stable exchange will cure the sufferings which have followed closely in the track of inflation and bankruptcy. Italy, Austria, and Germany scorn to have, arrived at a stable basis of exchange on which to conduct their international trade, and in Belgium and, France the same cure is being sought. The German loan iaa succeeded On both sides of the Atlantic becausa we all realise at lafit' that a bankrupt neighbour w dangerous. Is it too much to hope that wo shall bo able to follow the same idea further, and that those nations which seek to sell but which refuse to buy either goods oi services will discover the error of their ways? And then once again, aiter . all these years of war and upset, we _ shall : find our ship? employed and onr shipbuilding and heavy steel industry prosperous."

New Vessels for tlxe Union Company. Messrs William Gray and Co., Ltd., the well-known shipbuilders, of West Hartlepool, Sunderland, and the Tees, have secured aJi order from the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand,' Ltd., for the building of three steamers. The veßsek, which aire intended for the New Zealand coasting trade, will be equipped to carry coal and general cargo. They will be 280 feet in length and will have a dead-weight carrying capacity of 3425 tons. They are to be built at West Hartlepool, and will be ongined at the Central Marine Engine Works of Messrs Gray and Co. . They will probably- he'ready by the end of 1925.

Need for Ship-breaking. Messrs Turner, Davidson and Co. write, in their annual report: "It is a consolation to be able to reoprd that during the year "under review some half a million tons gross of shipping property has found its way to shipbreaking yards, ■ both• at home and abroad, though mainly abroad. While the majority of this tonnage has btien of the liner class, and does' not to a. great extent affect the tramp owner, yet the fact must not be gainsaid that so much obsolete tonnage is off the water and thereby diminishes _ competition. It might be worth the serious consicbration of the Board of Trade to legislate that owners of boats over a certain age. especially, of 'the liner' type, should be forced to sell for breaking up, aa in ..the case of big owning concerns. The difference in price .obtained for. that purpose and for .running under foreign, management is absolutely- infinitesimal, and cannot to. any appreciable extent affect tho balance-sheet of euch com- .•

PORT OF TIMARU. Arrived, Rotorua. from Port ChalmeO. Vessel in port, Rotorua.

Expected Arrivals. ..- Corinna, from Oamaru, to-day. Gale, from. Oamaru, to-day. Matatua, from Lyttelton, to-morrow. Ngatoro, from Oamaru, to-morrow. Katoa,' frorii Oamaru, to-morrow.. ' Holmdale, from Oamaru to-morrow. ■ • Breeze, from Oamaru, Wednesday. Calm, from Oamaru, Friday. • ' Canadian Constructor, from Bluff," February 16th. Port Denison, from • Bluff, February 19th. Waikouaiti, from Lyttelton, February 21et. ■ lonic, .from- Port Chalmers, February 26th. Lepanto. from New York, end.February, Cornwall, from Lyttelton, "ilalrch" 2nd. Trebartha, from Lyttelton, March 4th. Hebburn, from New York, end April.

' Projected Departures. R'otorua, .for Lyttelton, torday. Corinna, for Lyttelton, to : day. Gale, for Lyttelton, to-day. , Ngatoro, for Lytteltonj to-mor,row. Katoa, for Lyttelton, to-morrow. Holmdale, for Lyttelton, to-morrow.. Breeze, for Lyttelton, Wednesday. Calm, for Lyttelton, Friday - Canadian Constructor, for Lyttelton, February 17th. Port for Lyttelton,- February 20th. Waikouaiti, for Sydney, February 22nd.

Notes. The Rotorua arrived from Port 'Chalmers on Saturday morning, and commenced - loading for the United Kingdom. She will sail to-day for Lyttelton. The Corinna is . expected from. Qamaru to-day to .load for Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and-New . Plymouth.' The Gale is also due to-day to take in general produce for Lyttelton, Wellington, Pictor, Wanganui, and Westport. The Matatua should arrive from Lyttelton to-morrow to ■ commence Ht>meward loading under the auspices of Dalgety and Co. The Ngatoro is due from Oamaru tomorrow, and will load for Napier and Gisborne, via Lyttelton. Messrs D. C. Turnbull and Co. advise that the Cornwall iB to load at Timaiu on March 2nd for west coast ports of the United Kingdom, and' also that the C. and D. steamer Hebburn is to load at • New York early in April for New Zealand ports, and will take direct cargo for Timaru.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. February 7. Arrived, Navua. (7 a-m.), irom~Wellington; Canadian Explorer (1 p.m.), irom Halifax; Ngakuta (6 p.m.), from Greymouth. February 8. Arrived, Wairuna (6'p.m.), from San Francisco. Sailed, Kauri (8.30 a.m.), from Newcastle. NAPIER, February 7. Sailed, Baradine (5.15 p.m.), for London, via Panama. WELLINGTON, February 7. Arrived, Maori (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Wootton (6.20 p.m.), from Lyttelton; Holmdale (7.30 a.m.), irom Wanganui; Regul\?s (1.40 p.m.), from New Plymouth. Sailed, Waimate (7 a.m.), for Hamburg; Corinthic (12.10 p.m,V, for Southampton; Kaimai (2.50 p.m.), for Westport; Holmdale (4.15 p.m.), for Dunedin; Canadian Constructor <5 p.m.)., for Dunedin; John (5 p.m.), "for Lyttelton; Maori (7.50 p.m.), for Lyttelton. , . . February 8. Arrived, Wabine (7 a.m.), from Lyttelton; Calm (9..30 a.m.), from "tt'anganui; Progress (11.30 a.m.), from Wanganui; Port Albany (3.10 p.m.), from Napier; Storm (4.45 p.m.), from Lyttelton. DUNEDIN, February .8. Arrived, Corinna (9 a:m.). from Wellington; Oreti (2.20 p.m.), from Port Craig. February 8. Arrived, West Calera (3.15 p.m.), from Lyttelton. • „ February 7. Sailed, Katoa (3.45 p.m.), for Oamaru; Sheafmount (4.55 p.m.), for New Plymouth; Gale - (IMS' p.m.), for Timaru.r