THE DREDGE MAWHERA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 321, 7 October 1908, Page 10

THE DREDGE MAWHERA.

It is_rejiprtedj.th.at the Greyinouth Harbour Board's new' dredge;.- Jlavi'hera was successfully launched at Eeiifr'ew, Scotland, on September 30. THE ARAPAWA. Last Saturday., the. Patea Shipping Company's new steamer Arapaiva- arrived, at ■Teneriffo to replenish bunkers.; .Her next port of call .is Durban, for -which port she left last Sunday, ..and, r either • Fremantle. or Hobart will bo visited for hunkering before the vessel reaches Wellington, where she is duo before Christmas. ' "UNION COMPANY'S. STEAMERS. " At 5 a.m.-yesterday the Haupiri left. Auckland for Wellington,- via East Coast Bays, Gisborhe, valid,rNapier.,: Sho is expected to reach here oil' Sunday. ■ The Rosamond was timed to leave Greyinouth last nignt lor Wellington, and the'-Kaiapoi left Westport i'esterday morning, ■bound fori" Wellington. Last night the lvini . was,,expected to.leav.e' Westport for Onchunga. •The Kaiapoi, which' is duo from Westport today, leaves for Greymouth on Friday, and the is.itb leave. Wellington to-day for the same port/ .■ .. ' THE TAINUL Latest advices to hand stated that the new Shaw-Savill liner ~Tainui is to sail for New Zealand on November 12, and passengers are already booking by her.. will be in charge of. Captain Moffatt, late of the Mamari, and her chief engineer will probably be Mr. George Arthur, who has been superintending the. erection of the engines and the construction of the steamer generally."'! At • the . launch of. the steamer , Otaki, Colonel Denny made the in-teresting-statement that the New Zealand Shipping Company had just given his firm an order for a larger and finer sister ship to be em- . ployed in. the frozen meat trade. ■w ' THE DAKTFORD. . ! Yesterday the Union Company's ship Dartford, which'arrived .in the stream, from. Newcastle on Monday night, was granted pratique and berthed. She- brought a cargo consisting of 1700 tons of coiil for Wellington, and had an ; uneventful voyage across. A sharp lookout was kept for the Loch Lomond, but nothing' was seen of the vessel. Captain Cooper, who is in . command, is a son of Captain Cooper,who • was a well-known master in the Northern Company's service, ' of Auckland. Messrs. Hender and Williams are first and second mates respectively. After discharging here the vessel will be fitted up as a. training ship for the Union Company. A heavy sea.was running at the Heads,last night. The Wakatu, which sailed at 6.15 p.m., put back to port at 8.5 p.m., and the Waihi, which left the wharf at 6.30 p.m., returned at 8 p.m. Advice received reports that the A. and A. liner Gowanburn left New York on September 21 for Australian and New Zealand ports. Slio is due at Wellington about the middle of December. Yesterday morning the Arahura arrived in Westport from Greyinouth. She was timed to sail at 5 p.m., and should leave Nelson at 9 a.m. to-day, and .Picton at 1.30 p.m., arriving here early this 'evening. The local, agents advise that (ho Wanganui trader Stormbird, - which arrived yesterday morning, is to undergo annual overhaul and survey at Wellington prior to sailing again. Yesterday morning the Amokura left Picton for the Sounds in continuation of her cruise. The Tutanekai left Wellington yesterday after-noon-for "Dog Island, and is expected back next week. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that a black-painted, half-laden barque, probably the Marjory Glen, from Wellington to Dmiedin, was sighted from Lyttelton Heads, 20 miles off at 1 p.m. The wind being fresh south-west.-