LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 July 1909, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. July 12— Tainui, s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 128 tons, Jeiiten, Irom Wait.iwi. July 12— Ivahu, b.s. (9.5 a.m.), 182 tons, Caribou, put back through stress of weather. July 12— Stormbnd, s.s. (2.15 p.m.), 217 tons, AlUntyie, for Wanganui. July 12— Kapiti, b.s. (2.50 p.m.), 242 tons, S.v*.\ers>, for Wanganui. .luly 12— Poherua, s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 1175 tons, Robeilson, lor Greymouth. THE WHAKATANE. TWO AVKEKS FOR REPAIRS. A I'iess Association message received today from Christchurch advises that the New Zealand Shipping Cornpans'a steamer \Vhakatane, whicli was reported on the 6th July to have collided with a French cargo steamer olt DunßcnehS and been damaged thereby, arrived ,it London on Saturday last, the 10th inst. The mesbuge addb that lepairs to tlie vctsel will take two weeks before 'she is ready to sail again lor Auckland. This is not so serious as might have been at Jlrst anticipated from the cabled reports, and fiom the fact that the Tongaiiro, which collided in the same neighbourhood in similar t ircunislancos, was detained six weeks for u>paiis. MELBOURNE LEFT NEWCASTLE. A cable mesbage from Newcastle states that the collier Melbourne bailed from there' to-day for Welliiißlon. She brings p. shipment of coal which, it is repoited, is to be distributed among Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. The vessel is due here about Saturday next. WAKANUI. FOR LONDON. , A*,.. 1 . °'. cloc k this moining the New Zealand.Shipping Company's steamer Wakanui arrived fiom Waitara roadstead. She berthed at the Glasgow Wharl for inward loading soon after da) break, and after filling up and rebmikeriue the vessel is to sai\ for London via Jlontc 'X ideo, Teneriffc, and Plymouth at noon to-monow. The following have hooked pafchages by the Wakanui :— Jlesdames A. L. alicicl. Unwin, Marion Burns, Misses G. I). Jvpnt, Lama Williams, Sinter Mary Kmnns -\axier, Messrs. W. Bennett, T. L. Bullen, A. Draper, Bernaid, Unwin, R. Michael, H. MX>ke, V. R. McKay, V. Meßae, W. Southall, Masters Desmond, Unwin, Basil TJnwiii. R.M.S. ATHEXIC. Early to-morrow morning the Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company's big liner Athenic is due to arrive from London, via Capetown and Hobart. If the result of the port health inspection is satisfaetoiy, the steamer will berth at No. l south, Queen's Wharf, shortly after annul, THE ARAHURA. A message from Givymouth advises tbnfc tlie Arahma arrived olf the bar this morning, and was expected to clear inwards on the afternoon's tide at 2 p.m. She is to sail on the return trip to Wellington via Westport and >elson at 4 a.m. to-monow. . TARAWERA LEAVES TO-MORROW. It has been decided in view of the arrival of the Athenic trom London to-morrow morning with a large number of passengers, to postpone tlie departure of the Tarawera for iNapier, Gisborne, and Auckland, till to-mor-io.v, instead ot despatching her this afternoon. Tiiu London passengers, who have booked iot northern ports, will then be able to tranship and proceed to their destinations without deby. Early this moining the Kahu left Wellington for East Coast ports, but owing to a stiff (southerly wind and swell, it was tound that to work the bays would be impossible. 'Ihe vessel jccoichngly returned to Wellington, and will wait until the weather moderates. To-morrow tho Government steamer Hinemoa is, to leave New Plymouth for French Pass. She is expected to reach Wellington to-moriow night.