LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 69, 21 March 1912, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

AKRIVALS. Starch 21— Taiawera, b.b. (1.10 p ni.), 2003 tons, Jl'Lean. from Lyttelton. i'asbeupei'h: Saloon— Mibs Rectify, Mr*. Oivj, Sir. Uoyle; a steerage. Mm oh 21— Roromiko, s.s. (1.50 p.m.), 101 l tons Drewettc, from We&tport. . STEAMER'S CAUGO SHIFTS. Tho bit! tiamp steamer Ulvßbton, which arrived at .Brisbane a l»w tljiyt ago from Liveipool v/ith a big consignment of rails and railway material, was 75 days, on the run. Ijckv inn Birkenhead on 251h December lust with 0100 tons ol mils in her holds, the veaEel ran into heavy wtalher in tht Irish Channel, and us a. result the cargo began to shift. The vessel had io be t-!ov/c<l down while men were stub into thu nolds to right the rai's and to secure thorn to prevent further shifting This work occasioned v good deal of delay, but once the e.u^'o was tcciircd Ihu vessel was ! again drlveu uadei full bteatii. Shortly afterwards another serious trouij'e' -irose— this lime in the stokehold. Tho piotectius plate above the furnace collapsed, ami the llres blazed up the t funnel, causing it to become red hot. To rectify this trouble, tho ■flies'bud to tie drawn, and further delay was occasioned Over the remainder of tho' Journey tho steamed between nine and -ten knot*, and, an there were good weather conditions:, nothing eventful occur: cd. < .FBEXCiI MAIL HER VICE. The rumour lias been chculated (wsys a M<4bourne paper) that at the expiration of two years from the pres.nt date it is the the intention of the Blesbageries Maritimes Company to withdraw its passenger uteamerc from the Australian borvieo.i - Mr. J. Millet, the Melbourne agent of this connj>auy, v iii an interview, stated that he had not been notified oi any such move. In view of the fact that Hie company lias junb renewed a.- contract with the French Government to carry mails to Noumea lor the ne:;t 25 je.us, he, did not think it likely that the L.ttanieis would lie withdrawn from the Australian service. The suggestion lias been made that the Mes&ageries Maritimes Co. intends io enter into the Australian cargocarrying trade. The French liners at present visiting the Commonwealth are purely paeSenger boati,, and have practically no space for pioducp, and very few of their pas&engers land at Australian ports. It is therefore asbumed that the company would wind mail and passenger" steamers direct to Noumea via Suez and the East Indie*, and fit out special cargo steamers which would includa Australian ports in their- route to French possesflons. With the hijli freights at present ruling thin u'ould ho a far more profitable enterprise than tho company's presentxpropositioni.. ■Wherever the goes the. White Star liner Georfiic commands special attention because she happens to be the largest vessel hi the world exclusively devoted to the carriage of cargo. She is, however, smaller than the pa«seiißer steamers of her line, in the Australian trade. A' remarkably smart passage to Nelson was made by the ketch Vetxrl Kaspar. The little vessel cleared the Heads at noon yesterday, and reached her destination before midday today. • • BY TELEGRAPH. WESTPORT, 21st March. Arrived— Etlcen Ward (10.50 a.m.), fiom Wellington. . PATEA, 21st March. Arrived— Kiripaka- (11 a.m.), from Wclltng•tow. , , •Sailed— -Mana. (11.10 a.m.), for Wellington. '