LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 152, 29 June 1914, Page 6

LATE SHIPPING

ARRIVALS. ,t, .(.1,. ,t.o— uodillplydwr frmso KWDLIL June ?9- Rotorua, s.s, 02.46 p.m.). 11,130 tons, Satellite, from Auckland, via Tokonuiru Day. June 20— Turakina. s>.s. (1.30 p.m.), 8349 tons, Parsons, from London, via Tenerifte, Capetown, and Hobart. June 20— Hawera, s.s. (2.10 p.m.), 200 tons, Jackson, from Waitnra. DEPARTURES. Juno 29— KeguluB, s.s. (1.50 p.m.), 685 tons, Vickerman, for Wcstport. BERTHING LIST. Vessels to arrive have been allotted berths as under : — Maori— No. 1 south, Queen's Wharf. Nikau— No. 10 south, Queen's Wharf. Warrimoo— Jervois-quay Wharf, , Kamo— Railway Wharf. Hinemoa— Wool Wharf. Kaituna— Clyde-quay Wharf. About dusk on Thursday evening a large square-rigged vessel was observed passing some miles to the northward of Taiaroa Heads The vessel is supposed to be the ship Combi.rrni.re, now 170 days out from Marseilles. There was no sign of her on Friday, and owing to the thick weather and heavy S.W. gale, it was expected that it might take her several days to beat back to the Heads. TURAKINA ARRIVES FROM LONDON. After a particularly fast passage from Hobart the New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Turakina (from London, via way ports) arrived in the amain at 1 o'clock this afternoon. She dropped anchor at 1.35 p.m., and after pratique had been granted, berthed at 3.15 p.m. The voyage from London, which port was left on the 15th May, was uneventfuhylhe weather with the exception of a few days; being fairly good. Tenerifl'e was reached on the 21st May, Capetown on the sth June, and Hobart on the 25th June. The vessel brought a total of ISO passengers, including 123 assisted immigrants. MOERAKI, FROM SYDNEY. The Mderaki left Sydney for Wellington on Saturday at 1 p.m., taking for this port 51 saloon and 09 steerage passengers, and 560 tons of cargo, included in which is a quantity of fruit. There are 14 Chinese among the steerage passengers. The Moeraki proceeds to Melbourne, via way ports, oh Thursday. NEW GERMAN LINE. SECOND STEAMER COMING. The announcement is made that the steamer Wismar, well known on the Australian coast, and owned by the Gtrman-Australian Line, will make the second trip to the Dominion in the new service inaugurated by the Linden, at present at Lyttelton. The Wismar sailed on 26th June for Amsterdam and Antwerp, where she will complete loading. The vessel should take her final departure in a week or to, and will proceed direct to the Bluff. From the southern port she will come on to Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. The. Wismar is a, steel screw vessel of 4086 tons gross register and 2923 tons net. She was built at Rostock in 1910 for the German-Australian Steam Ship Company. She is iltted with wireless and, most probably, refrigerating machinery. The Wismar is 400 ft long, 54ft in width, and 25ft 9ln deep. RIMUTAKA, FOR AVONMOUTH. Having completed loading operations at Waitara, the F. and S. Line's chartered steamer Rimutaka sailed from there this morning for Lyttelton to fill up. She will probably clear the southern port on Wednesday next for Avonmouth, via Monte Video. NORTHERN AT AUCKLAND. An arrival at Auckland this morning was the Federal and Shire Line's chartered steamer Northern, from Liverpool, via Las Palmas, Durban, and Australian ports. After putting out a part cargo at Auckland the vessel comes oh to Wellington, being due here on Sunday next or e.wly on Monday. STAR OF AUSTRALIA LEFT NEW YORK. Cabled advice from New York announces the departure from there on Wednesday last, the 24th June, of the C. and D. liner Star of Australia for Wellington, via Australian ports and Auckland. She should arrive here about the middle of September. COMING FROM SAN FRANCISCO. The R.M.S. Willochra left San Francisco on the morning of Wednesday, the 24tli inst., for Wellington, via Papeete and Rarotonga. She will leave a number of passengers at the Islands, while for Wellington she carries 26 passengers of all classes for Wellington, and 30 first-cla=s, 30 second-class, and 15 third-class passengers will proceed through to Sydney. Th 6 Wiilochra will also bring to this port in addition to the usual shipment of fruit, which she will lift at the Islands, 600 tons of cargo from San Francisco, including 10,000 superficial feet of timber. The Warrimoo, which was to leave Napier for Wellington at 2 p.m. to-day, will discharge 400 tons of cargo here. The Makarini, winch is expected to arrive at Auckland to-day or to-morrow, will not now reach Wellington from Napier,, until the 16th July. BY TELEGRAPH. NAPIER, 20th June. Sailed — H. D. Bendixseu (10 a.m.), for Port Townsend (North America). WANGANUI. 20th June. Sailed— Huia (11.45 a.m.), for Wellington. KAIKOURA.' 20th June. Arrived— Wakatu (11 a.m.), from Wellington. WESTPORT, 291h June. Sailed— Komata. (1.50 p.m.), for Wellington. GREYMOUTH, 20th June. Sailed— Kaitangata (12.50 p.m.), for Sydney.

The Hon. B. H. Rhodes, PostmasterGeneral, made a presentation this afternoon in the long room of the Controller of Money Orders and Savings Banks, to Mr. W. R. Morris, Secretary of the Postal Department, who is about, to leave the Dominion in order to attend the International Postal Confeieuce at Madrid. After eulogising Mr. Monis's services to the Postal Department of New Zealand, the Hon. Mr. Rhodes, on behalf of the head office staff, presented Mr. Morris with a motor coat, leather suit-cast), ono of Petone's best travelling runs, and a money belt. 'Mr. Morris suitably replied, thanking his brotbpr oflicers for the prosentation. To-night, at the Masonic Hall, the Post and Telegraph Association will entertain Mr. Morris.