LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1908, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

MAKING PORT. MARJORY GLEN, FROM LIVERPOOL. This morning tne Tmrijuo Mnrjory Glen, from Liverpool, was sighted about 1(1 miles off the Heads. Later on she had narrowed tito distnnco down to 12 miles, but the westerly wind carried her away again. It is noteworthy that the inward bound Marjory Glen and the Pharos, which arrived at London 'yesterday from Wellington, should have occupied about the same length of time on their respective voyages. The former vessel left port on the 16th May, aDd the other sailed four days later. BAD WEATHER. A south-westerly gale, a. run in the river, and too much sea on the bar were the con ditions prevailing at Greymouth this morning, according to a telegram received by the Union Company. Consequently the Kaitan-gata is locked up insido awaiting her opportunity to cross outwards en route to Wellington. Similar weather is prevalent on the same coast of this island, the bar harbours of Foxton, Wanganui. and Patea all being in an unworkable condition. THE UNION COMPANY'S NEW OCEAN LINER. Within a few days the Makura, the Union Company's new steamer built for the Vancouver service, is to leave England for Melbourne, for which trip she has been chartered to carry a full complement of passengers. Included in the last number of The Shipping World to hand are a few further particulars of the vessel. The paper states that the vessel while principally designed for passengers will carry a considerable amount of cargo. Part of the cargo space will be devoted to frozen moat, etc., I and the necessary machinery will be on the Hercules ammonia, system. The passenger accommodation IS very extensive, and includes first, becond, and third classes, all the fittings being of the best type. The first-class passenger accommodation is situated amidships. Special attention has been paid to heating, lighting, and ventilation, as the vessel will pass from tropical heat to severe v fi'o»fc during her voyage from New Zealand to Vancouver. The engines are twin-screw and of the four-crank type, and in order to reduce vibration to a minimum they are balanced on Schlick-Tweedy system. The electric engines are fitted in triplicate to cope with the unusually complete system of lighting and heating, and to reduce to a Minimum any chance of a breakdown. THE WAIMATE. On the Btb October the New Zealand Shipping Company's cargo carrier Waimate is expected from Auckland. Two days later she leaves for London. , — — —— — r MORE OREGON PINE. ' The Battle Abbey, a barque of 1405 tons, has been chartered (according to the Commercial News) to load lumber at Puget Sound for New Zealand ports. Messrs. Davies and Fchon are the charterers. Mr. G. Cuthbert, late second officer of the turbino steamer Maori, has resigned from the Union Company's service, his place being filled meanwhile by Mr. Clifford Roberts. Captain Lacey, who has been placed in command of the Navua, has the following officers associated with him : — Chief, Mr. Ir■win; second, Mr. A. C. Smith; third, Mr. C S. Bergon. No further action is to be taken by the Marine Department in the case of the Wal-knre-Kaipara collision, which occurred at Wellington on the 6th September. A magisterial enquiry into the circumstances attending the touching on a reef of the Union Company's steamer Navua on her last trij) is to bo held in Auckland by the Marine Department at a date to be fixed. There was sufficient water in the Patea river last night to float off the Kapiti. The vessel may leave in the morning for Wellington. v — — — — ____ BY TELEGRAPH. ONEHUXGA, 23rd September. Sailed— Rotoiti, for New Plymouth. Pas< sengers : Saloon — Misses Johnston, Dean, Mesdames Grey, Maull, Nesbit, Simonsens, Messrs. Grey, Tripe, Willis, Taylor, Vincent, Clark, Simonsens, M'Ltnnan, Knell, Halford, Cable, Povitt, Halley, Masters Mills, Clarke (2). DUNEDIN, 23rd September. Sailed — Moeraki, for northern ports. Passengers for Wellington— Messrs. Allen, Layburn, Captain Rainey. LYTTELTON, 23rd September. Arrived— lnvertay (1.30 p.m.), from Wellington. To sail— Mokoia (5 p.m.), for Wellington.