LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 34, 10 February 1908, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

DEPARTURES. February 10— Patrena, 5.6. (12.50 p.m.) 12X2 taiLS, Stewait, foi l'jcton und Kelson — 60 pasecngers ENTERED OUTWARDS. February 10— Muon, £.s. (8 p.m.), 3599 tons, Kcvrtun, ibr LyUelton.-— lO5 passenger^ February 10 — Moiiowai, s.s. (5 p.m.), 3433 tons, Jl'Donald," for Napier, Gisbornc, and Auckland. Paesengeis — Siloou : Kor Napic-i — Mias Redwaid, .Messrs. Wood, Thomas, Bird. For Gle.boine—Misses Birrcll, Mrs. Wullis, Messrs. Ljon, Thompson, Mitchell, Wallis. For Auckland— M'sses (Jrice (2), Shine, Mcsdames Matthew?, Shine, Me.ssrs. Munt, tivans, Brown, Tmgcj', bteward, Thomas, Jones, Matthews, and Dr. Smith. _. y . NEW COASTAL STEAMER. With instructions from the Patea Shipping Company Mr. W. Bennett, late engineer of the K.ipiti, is now on, h.s way Home to arrange for the building of ,i new steamer. It is intended that the pinpesed \e6sel will be about the size of the Jlapiti, and of couree will he thoroughly up to date, and suited to the increasing coastal trade. M.UtAMA LEAA'ES SYDNEY. Tlic Union Company icport& that the steamer Marama left Sydnej at 2 p.m. on Saturday for Wellington. The vessel, which is due here cai'l.v on Wednesday, is bringing fo New Zealand 100 saloon and 192 steerage pae-tngere. Ol this number 60 saloon and 120 steerage are for Wellington. RUAPEHU AT HOBART. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer liuunehu, fmtn London, , Plymouth, Teneriffe, Capetown, and Hobart, is expected to armc at Well.ngton on Saturday morning. According to cabled .uhice, the vessel leached Hobart on Saturday eteiiing. .* SPANISH ARRIVAL. Tlie Hercules 1 , whjch ie reported to be the first Spanish steamer to put into port at Wellington, a i rived in the stream yesterday evening fiom Sydney. the ve&sel is en Toute to Antofagacta, South Amer.ca. During the trip aciosa tlie Hercules exiierienced a lrmgb time, and, reports Captnin Hormaia, on account of hec deej> luiluig she dived into the sea like a i'.sh. Sydney waa left on Siturday week l.iet, and up to List Tliunday the north-easterly gale wjs cnrcunteicd, which was then raging on the Kew South Wales coiat. Throughout this time the steamer wai continual^' ewept by heavy seas. ThPreaftei" the weather to arrival modified. A eupiilj of about 200 tons of bunker coal is being taken in to-day, and the voyage will piobably be resumed th'ls evening. THE BARQUE INTERMAY. Jicesr?. Lcrin and Co., lpcal agents for the | barque Invermay, advise that the vessel, which j left Llreipuol on the 17th November for Wei liiiK+on, ha*; to digrhaige at this port 1574 tons of cai-ro, 200 tons of whk*-^^ to be transhipped. A/teiw.irds the. bdrquo vrill proceed to Dunedm to put out i fuuher cous'.gnmcnt of 929 tons. The Invermay is commanded by Captain LedingThn first shipment of sheep from the North Is.and th's year will anivc at Lyttelton this week. The Union Company's steamer Hawea in to leave Xapier to-day with a load of sheen for lottelton. The Union Company's collier Kirn, at present in port undergoing overhaul, will, it is expected, be ready to ic-sume service on Saturday. The Union Company's steamer Flora, wh'ch was due to arrive at to-morrow from southern ports, has been delayed. Mie is now timed to leave Lyttelton at noon to-morrow for this port, and she will take her departure^ on the same day as her arrival; • Tor the mrtnth of January 45,626 tons of coal were, exported from Weitport, the cxpozt nf timber being 31,5C0 superficial feet. During the month 100 steamers and 3 sailers, representing 46,938 tons, cntPred thp port, and 97 eteamers and 2 sailers, representing 42,758 tons left the port. The average depth of water "}, the r.vcr was 22ffc Bin, and on the bar 23ft 2ul. ?.fr. Dndd, of the Moeraki, and Mr. Mhuiitt, of the Mono\~ai, have exchanged positions.