LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1908, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

ARRIVAL?. Fcbiuary 27 — Invernriy, barque, (2.30' p.m.), 133/'toi]6, from L'vernool. February 27— Hiinitangi, s.s. (2.7,0 p.m.), 325 tuiia, Maiiley, from l'icton via Ohariu Bay. DEPARTURES. Fctrnnry 27— Vengmn, B.s. (1.50 p.m.), 824 ton*, Robertson, for Picton, Nelson, Xew Plymouth, and Onehunga. ENTERED OUTWARDS. Tc-biuary 27— Te Anau, B.a. (7 p.m.), 1652 t0n;, Lindsay, lor Kelson. — 30 passengers. February 27— Rotomah.'.na. s.s. (8 p.m.). 1777 tons, Coliins, for Lyttclton.— 7o passengers. THK SEW ORLEANS. The A. and A. liner New Oilcans, 79 days out from New York, p.issed Cape Maria Vaa Diemrn. tlm morning, en route to Auckland. On her ».iy the ctcamer made a. oall at Hobart, in order to replenish her bunkers. She is due in Wel'ington about to-day >\eck. TO LOAD AT WELLINGTON. The barque rimos, 1217 tons, now at Port Pine, has been chaitcTed by Mr. G. H. SraJee to load wool at Wellington in. time to catch the September sales at London. BOOKINGS FOR SYDNEY. The following is a list of the intending passengers by the- Union Company's steamer Moeralci, wh'th is to Bail for Sydney to-ii)irrow afternoon: — Misses Mnil.s, Gieenwood, Mercian, Mesdumes Marks, Gluckston, Pharuz\n. Mcrjian, Richaids, Aliens, Crca-e, A. G. Spencer and 3 children, Cnmeion, Oooddie, Parkea and chile], Rogpi-eoii, Guiild, Messrs. Lujng, Turner, Richards, CollciiG, Cameron, Evenneti. W. Harlc-ne-s S. Andrews, K. L'meburner, C. Marter, Campbell, L. Heath, Tanner, Rogcison, Gerd, Marks, Gluclistm. IXVERJiAV, FROJr LIVERPOOL. At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon the barque Inverrr.ay, 100 days oi't from Liverpool, completed her long journey, and is now anchored in the stream. She is consigned to Messrs. Levin and Co.. and has cargo aboard for Wellington and Dunsdm. The Oiari, of the New Zealand Shipping Company's fleet, is expected to leave the Bluff on Saturday for AVaitara. Thence the steamer proceeds to Auckland, Gisbome, Napier, and LUtclton. to take in further ctirgo. On her voyage to London a call will bo made at Gibraltar, to land a shipment of frozen meat. The. barque Onyx, well known in New Zealand ports 1 , will load a cargo of timber at Port EBperanco for a -port not specified. Thp Onyc ii BtiH under the command of Captain WotbUr.g. BY TKTVEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 27th February. Aimed — Whangapp, from Newcastle; Gcni, baique, from Martpilles via southern ports. ONLHUNGA, 27th Febrnarv. Sailed — Rnrnwn, for New Plymouth. ra«Pti- | wr: Saloon— Misses Ritigrosc, Knight, G'HclUn M'Rhane, Bicknell, Pollnrd, Streiff, Alexander, Mrsdomc*! Johni and 2 children, Brett. Gilfillan, 'Ing nnd 'A children, Krlgecumhe, Gavin, Pcicv, Mrean. Johns, Brett, Fuller, Smith, Bu«h, Wal-\i-o, rdtrccumlip. Skinner, Bavlev, Barclay, Scfon. Silk, Onilli.im, ScoJ, Gilfillan, Russei!, finzznrd, If'llvonev, and Rev. Scrgell. NELSON, 27th Fehruarv. Anned — Wavcrlev (1.5 p.m ), from WeHnigton Sailed— Pateena (1.<5 p.m.), for Picton. PICTON. 27'h Ffbnnry. To jail — Pnteena (8 p.m.). fnr Wellington. PORT ROBINSON, 27th February. Sailed — Wrkatu, for TCiilioura. THE WEATHER OUTLOOK. + „ Northward of East Cape, Taupo, and Raglan people may expect rain within twenty-four hours, but (hat announcement is not greatly comforting 1 to the folk who aro relying upon tho' V7ainui rc:crvoir. Theso days of drought ha-vo brought a reversal of meaning into the weather terms. Fine is now bad, and bad is good. People sco horrors in tho sun and lcvolinesß in. inky clouds. To-day tho skies are mostly blue all over New Zealand ; at 9 a.m. no station had rain, though a few had a promier;, bijt weather promises this, season havo been woefully false. The barometer in Wellington is steady. The rain does not seem to think that this city is a respectable place, and is keeping religiously aloof. FRESHNESS AT FEILDING. [By Telegeafh. — Social to The Post.J F-EILD-ING, 'This Day. Reports from tho countryside around Fcikiinjr indicate that Tuesday's rainfall has had a mo c (. beneficial effect. It is added thai already tho heritage is revived and the prospect 13 pleasing once morer Warm weather Mas experienced, again yesterday. OPERA HOUSE. Another matinee — the final of the scries — will be given by Mr. Carter and Miss Abigail Price at the Opera House on Satin day next. , The season has been a very successful one, largo crowds of people attending nightly. The clever and entertaining performance has both, mystified and pleased the audiences'. Some bar experiences of Hugh Mullens and Carl Evender were investigated before Mr. Kiddell, S.M., today, when Mullens vsas charged with attempted theft of money from Evender. His Worship said he was not satisfied that a theft, rs described by Evonder, was. committed, nnd he discharged tho accused. Thia week's session of Newtown Lodge, No 24, 1.0. G.T. took the form of an "open night." A large number of visitors and fiiends present and an excellent programme was provided The following contributed : — Misses M. Gilpin, Mallard, Fisher, Sweeney, Frith, Messrs. K. Walsh, R. Pearce, Leven, Madigan, Wafsh and Clements, Bros. Sharp and Creswell. It is a long time since the old-fashioned "bun rush" was arranged to please the populace, but a revival of this diversion took placo r.l several stations betw een Wanganui and Palmerston yesterday afternoon. Returning excursionists imagined that there would be a refreshment car on the special train which wa!> timed to depait coon after noon, and did not bother about lunching hi town. Too iats they realised their mistake. Tho absence of a dining car, however, was good for trade along tho route. The hungry passengers took the wa\ side rooms by storm. Never was the ca&ual sandwich so popular, never did the bun ha\e such a lively time. Sandwiches with veiy little ham to the cubic inch wore cageily bought at from a shilling, and they were dsvourcl in record time. It was a crisis when even a lady, veiy, very careful to eat daintily in public, did not scruple to get her lips somshov around a very thick sandwich, and she did "not caTO who saw her, for hunger, which ie, the best sauce, is also onc j of the best drstroyers of the conventions. Ladies and gentlemen were merely n:?n and merely women till tho fierce internal gnawings had been appeased. In this battle the strong, of course, provailed. Some timid women, with no champions tv nght lei them, and children, had to wait for food till they arrived at Palmerston. Mr. G. S. Munro denies tha statement that he h:is received a substantial grant fiom (hi! Government by way of recognition of his services to the colony as general iT»aufii»or of the New Zealand International Exhibition. "Th? only t;rant," ho says, "I havo. received io *. bonus of £100, which is special lenumeration for working every night excepting Sundays, during tha time the Exhibition \\a.- opai, and compensation lor, the loss oi my position as assistant secretary to tho Department of Industiics and Coiiimcrcc, which I had to resign to avoid departmental complications with my senior officer. 1 , when 1 was appointed goneial manager of lliu Exhibition. In these circiimstanreij surely no oni is going to object to the bonus referred to? If they do J'll give it hack, <is Mint nun will neither make nor mar my future in London."