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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 16, 20 January 1910, Page 6

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SYDNEY, 19th January. Sailed— Victoria (1.30 p.m.), for Auckland. MELBOURNE, 19th January. Arrived— Ennerdale. from Greyraouth. Sailed— Moeraki, for Hobart and Bluff. HOBART, 19th January. Arrived — Arawa, from London via Capetown. GISBORNE, 10th January. Arrived — Star of Canada (11 a.m.), from ■Wellington. CAPE MARIA, 19th January. Kimona passed lor Westport ab 2.45 p.m. AUCKLAND, 19th January. Sailed— Navua (2.15 p.m.), for Levuka. NEW PLYMOUTH, 19th January. Sailed— Rarawa (10 p.m.), for Cnehuuga. PATCA, 19th January. Arrived— Aorere (2.15 p.m.) and Mana (2.30 p.m.), from Wellington. WANGANUI, 20th January. Arrived— Stormbird (3.40 a.m.), from Wellington. Arrived — Orari (5.30 a.m.) in roadstead, from Wellington. FOXTON, 19th Januarj. Arrived — Queen of the South (3.20 p.m.), from Wellington. PICTON, 19th January. Arrived— Pateena (5.40 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed— Pateena (B.4fi p.m.), for Nelson. 20th January. Sailed— Aorere (4.10 a.m.) and Mana (4.15 a.m.), for Wellington. NELSON, 19th January. Arrived— Kotnku (3.15 p.m.), from Picton. Sailed -Jlaponrika (8 a.m.), for Westporb.' 20th January. Arrived— Pateena (4 a.m.), from Picton; Corfnna (7.40 a.m.), from Wellington. GREYMOUTH, 19th January. Sailed— Ngabere (5.40 p.m.), for Wellington. LYTTELTON, 19th January. Sailed— Storm, 'or Wanganui; Tarawera, for Dunedin; Defender, for Hokitika. 20th January. Arrived— Maori (6.45 a.m.), from Wellington. To sail— Maori (8.20 p.m.), for Wellington. MOTUEKA, 20th January. Arrived— Blenheim (2.30 a.m.), from WellingPORT CHALMERS, 19th January. Passengers from London by Kaikoura :— For Lyttelton— Mr R. R. Stewart. For Wellington—Cantain and Mrs. Bryce-Wilson. Mas-tersTßryce-Wilson (2), Miss Bryce-Wilson, Mr J. a. Peebles

DUXEDIN, 19th January. Arrived— Koonya, fiom the West Coast. Sailtd— Auchendale, for Westport, in ballast; Kaitangata, for Westport. Sailed— Ulimaroa, for Sydney via Wellington. Passengers for Wellington : SaloonMisses Richardson, Hayward, Glanville, Begg. Hattie, Crawford, McLean, Milne, Fraser, and Moore, Mesdames Dwyer, Montgomery, Henderson, Clare, Palmer and child, Mcßeath, Stefleu, Begg, Messrs. Priest, Sandes. Galbraith, McGrath, Anderson, Stevenson, Berry, Clare, Macallum, Purius, Henderson, Steifan, Kerr, Paterson, Stevens, Purvis. FAREWELL SPIT, 20th January. The Holmdalo passed west at 8 a.m. KARAMEA'S MOVEMENTS. A CALL AT NELSON. At present discharging Glasgow and Liverpool cargo at Dunedin the big Shaw-Savill steamer Karamea will go down to Port Chalmers to-day to replenish her bunkers. At daylight on Friday, the vessel will sail for Oamaru for Itomeward loading, and thence proceed to Nelson, Napier, and Glsborne before returning to Lyttelton. Wellington will next be visited, and the Karamea will leave for Auckland, making the last mentioned her final port of departure for London about the middle ol February. . ORARI'S LOADING. This afternoon 'the New Zealand Shipping Company's cargo steamer Orari is to leave Wellington for Wanganui for loading, and the vessel will proceed subsequently to Napier, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and back to Wellington. According to present expectations she will leave here for London about the 10th February. RAPID DEPRECIATION. A striking illustration of the rapidity with which shipping generally— even elaborately fltted-up mail steamers— depreciates in value is afforded by the recent sale of five of the P. and 0. Company's vessels— the Victoria, Britannia, Peninsular, Malacca, -and Formosa. The two first-named were favourite vessels witd Australians, and, after being engaged on the mail line for many years, passed last year into the hands of the foreigner. Sir Thomas Sutherland last month told the shareholders of the P. and O. Company that the five steamships named originally cost the company £650,000, and had been disposed of for the sum of £45,000. Sir Thomas added that the fleet of the P. and O. Company is the most costly under the British flag, the total sum paid foi the vessels now in commission having been £9,250,000. i TOMOANA, FROM LONDON. ! The Tyser liner Tomoana, bound from London to Australian and New Zealand ports, passed the Cape of Good Hope on Tuesday, the 11th inst., and signalled "all well." She is due at Melbourne about the 30th inst. WHERE THE PAPANUI STRUCK. The following rarticulars concerning what is known as the "Papanui shoal," in tiie Tamar river, have been furnished the Washington hydrographic office by Captain A. J. Emslie, of the steamer Loongana (states the Sydney Commercial News) :— "The rocky patch recently struck by the p.s. Papanui is located four and a half miles from Waterhouse Island, the crown of the rock bearing N. 47deg. W. magnetic from the extreme north end of Waterhouse' lsland ; minimum soundings, 10ft L.W.O.S. Various soundings taken on the shoal are as follows : 500 ft northwards of rock, 8 fathoms; 800 ft northwards, 10 fathoms; 600 ft south, 12 fathoms; 700 ft eastwards, 10 fathoms; POOffc westwards, 5 fathoms; 700 ft westwards, 9 fathoms; 100 ft north-north-west, 15 fathoms; 300 ft south-south-east, 7 fathoms; 700 ft south-west, 6 fathoms." j LAST OF THE WAIKARE. At 7 a.m. on Tuesday the collier Koonya, coal-laden from Westport, arrived at the Bluff. In coming down the coast she visited Dusky Sound, and brought away the remainder of the salvage party left at the wreck of the Waikare; also the material salvaged by them. The wr6ck is now completely abandoned. The head lines of the vessel were still visible above water when the party left the Sound late on Monday afternoon. As previously reported, the hu.ll and contents of the vessel as she lies on Stop Island will be sold at Invercargill on the 9th February. A FOUR DAYS' STORM. Soon after leaving London on the 30th November for Australian and New Zealand ports the Tyser liner Marere encountered a furious westerly gale in the English Channel. Hail squalls of exceptional violence came down on the ship, while her decks were swept •Jay tremendous seas, which appeared to assail her from every • direction. For four ■ days the gale raged. Doors on the starboard side of the vessel were stove in, and the officers' quarters gutted. One of the lifeboats was lifted sheer out of the chocks After this sensational experience, the Marere ran into a long spell of favourable weather, and except for a hard blow in the Indian Ocean, the rest of the voyage was without incident. Captain Linklater is in command. MAMARI, FROM LONDON. Excellent steaming was registered by the Shaw-Savill liner Mamari on her voyage, just completed, from London to Auckland, an average of 13.2 knots being maintained throughout. The best day's running was 341 knots, and the whole passage was effected in the creditable time of 42i days. The long voyage was quite destitute of incident. Captain J. Maxwell has with him the following officers :— Chief, Mr F. Lambert; second, Mr F. Kidman; third, Mr. E. C. Strelly-TJpton (Aotea); fourth, Mr R. H. Hardin. Mr J. Spiers is in charge of the engineroom department, liis assistants being — Second engineer, Mr G. Hicks; third engineer, Mr J. Grant; fourth engineer, Mr G. Haylor; fifth engineer, j Mr R. Grey; sixth engineer, Mr R. C. Cummins; boilermaker, Mr J. Dunn; chief refrigerating engineer, Mr A. Arthur; second refrigerating engineer, Mr D. Robertson. Mr F. Routledge is the chief steward. TROUBLE ABOUT SUCTION-PIPES. A dispute has arisen in connection .with the material and quality of the suction pipes for the dredge Eileen Ward, now on her way iroin Great Britain to New Zealand. At last Monday's meeting of the Westport Harbour Board, for whom the dredge has been built, a letter was received from Fleming and Ferguson, who regretted that there was no suitable material at Fleetwood to, test the Eileen Ward to show that she could tfump 1000 tous in 20 minutes. When the trailing pipe got into suitable material the quantity so raised was sufficient to nil the pipes almost solid. The pumps and pipes in the Rubi Seddon were lOin in diameter, those in the Eileen Ward 23in, and giving suitable material, taking the performance of the Rubi Seddon, the Eileen Ward ought to raise fully 1000 tons in 20 minutes. They wished to know how the dredge worked on arrival at Westport. Mr. Larsen, of the Harbour Board, did not agree that suitable material could not be obtained at Paisley for dredging trials. He considered that if the load could not be got there in the specifiefld time it could not be got anywhere. He had accepted certain pipes from Fleming and Ferguson on condition that they were suitable for work on the West■porfc bar. The Tyser liner Star of Canada, now loading at Gisborne, will proceed in a few days to Napier. From there she goes to the Bluff, thence to Wanganni, and back to 'Wellington. According to present expectations the vessel will leave Wellington for London about the middle of February. It is expected that the New Zealand Shipping Company's Raknia will leave Wellington for London on Tuesday morning next. The Holmdale will load a shipment of timber at Greymouth for Nelson, and then load coal at Puponga for Lyttelton. An inspiring .spectacle was -witnessed ay those on board the Federal-Houlder-Shire liner Everton Grange when she was passing the Peak of Teneriffe on the 20th November, bound from Liverpool 'to Melbourne. The mountain was in vigorous eruption, and the whole scene for miles around was lit up by its lurid glare. There were a large number of passengers on the vessel, all of whom naturally watched the imposing sight with keen interest. On the 3rd January the passengers presented Captain Taylor with a suitable testimonial as an appreciation of his courtesy and kindness to them during the voyage. Mr. Reid, chief engineer of the Warrimoo, rejoined the vessel at Sydney last week after holiday leave. Mr. Siegel, purser of the Marama, went ashore at Dunedin on sick leave, and Mr. Greenland, of the Aparima, is acting purser. Captain Shaw, late mate of the Defender, has succeeded Captain Vendore as master of the Wairau. Mr. H. C. Mills, late chief officer of the collier Kin], has resigned from the of the Union Company. It is reported that Messrs. Mackenzie and Mann, railway owners of Cunnda, have decided to build four fctearaers to trade between Barclay Sound (Pacific coast), Australia, and New Zealand, and that they will apply to the Canadian Government for a subsidy. Tho Norwegian barque Njord is waiting fpr a favourable wind to .leave Dunedin for Kainarn, where she loads for Liverpool. Somewhat of a record was put up by her in her discharge of her cargo of Tnsmnnian hardwood ab the southern port (says the Dunedin Star). She had 362,000ffc of heavy timber, all of which, with very primitive appliances, was put out in eleven and a half days. The Secretary of the Westport Harbour Board mentioned at the board meeting on Monday that a referendum of shipmasters had supported the south side of the Buller river as the most suitable site for the signal stuL Won, / j

The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered steamer Falls of Nith, which arrived at Lyttelton on Tuesday afternoon, is loading about 3000 bales of wool and some tallow at that port. The steamer Lnuderdale is duo on Thursday night or on Friday with a toad of bunker coal for the Falls of Nith, which is expected to get away on Saturday for the Bluff to complete loading for London. The White Star Line training ship Mersey, which was for a time laid up in Australian waters, has now been cleared at Bydney by Messrs. Dalgety and Co., and will be despatched for London in the course of a few days. Her cargo consists of 3282 bales of wool, 842 casks tallow, and 40,074 Ash plates. | n The career of Captain AW well, who has been appointed master of the Maori, has been very free from misfortunes or accidents to vessels under his comrnund. He joined the company's service about '"ourt«en yeart ago as a fourth officer, and since then has stead- j ily risen to positions of greater responsibility on various steamers. For a time he was second officer of the Rotorua, and laier chief officer of the Moeraki in the intercolonial trade. On the 27th June, 1907, Captain Aidwell was appointed to Jhe command of the Hawea, and since then he has had successfulcharge of a number of vessels. The appointment has found much favour in the shipping community, among whom Captain Aldwell 1b greatly esteemed. 3lr. F. Alderton has rejoined the Manaroa as mate.