LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

DEPAKTURES. .Tuljr 13— Koutuntii, s.«, (2 p.m.), 171- tons, Gray, for Tokomaru Bay, BERTHING MST. Veßsels to arriv; have been allotted berth* as under :— • Maori— No. 1 Queen's Whnrf (north). Warrimoo— No. 14, Queen's Wharf. RECORD WHALING SEASON. The whaling season of 1013 has eclipsed all records, the total jicld of oil all the world over being estimated at nhout 800,000 casks, a quantity never before readied. Most of Mie enterprise is carried on by Norwegian companies In the Southern Hemisphere. A few years aco the prollto wro great, but the competition hi'H reduced the Individual "catch." There- i« ai>prehension now among those engaged in thi' industry that it U> beiiifj overdone, and, in fact, communications have already passtd between the different Governments concerned with a view to the summoning of an international conference in order to consider how beet to pub a stojt to the indiscriminate slaughter that has been going en during tho last few years in the. vicinity of Kcrpuclcn Island and the South Shetlands, as well na off the African, Austra* lian, Tasmania!), and New Zcaiand coa3ls. WILLOCHRA DUE THURSDAY. The R.M.S. Witlochra has advised by wireless that oho expects to arrive at Wellington on Thursday morning. She has 1360 bens "of cargo to land here, Including a quantity of fruit tor Wellington and for transhipment to southern ports. A number of passengers are to land here, while 65 of all classes are proceeding direct to Sydney, for which port the vessel sails ou Friday, WESTPORT UNWORKABLE. Advico was received from Westport at 0.40 a.m. to-day that there was a heavy fresh In the 1 river, and the bar was unworkable. The Arahura, Komata, and Koromiko are outside the bar, while the Mapourika is still Inside. It was hoped to despatch her at noon. Greymouth also advised this inornlng that there w«s a heavy sea on the bar, with little prospect of any movoment to-day. MOKOIA'S MOVEMENTS. ! The Mokoia, for Wellington direct, left Sydney on Saturday at 1 p.m., taking 25 saloon and 33 steerage passengers, and 611 tons of cargo, including a quantity of fruit. She is due to arrive here on Wednesday, and sails for the South on Thursday, but will not take cargo for southern ports. Tho Mokoia.is fixed to arrive at Dunedin on Saturday, and sails tho same day for Auckland, via East Coast ports— * day late—in the Warrimoo's run. The vessel will remain in tho East Coast eervico until further notice. ARAWA'S EXPECTED ARRIVAL. A wireless message from the Shaw', S&vlll, and Albion Company's 11.M.5. AraWa, on route from London to Wellington, states that the vessel expects to arrive in port at noon tomorrow, TERAWHITI RETURNS. Having been successful in her mission to re« ■out the Union Company's collier Kauri, tho bug Terawhitt • returned from the West Coast yesterday. In consequence of the heavy sea on the bar at Westport tho Terawhiti w«s the only vessel permitted to leave that port on Saturday, sailing at 1 p.m. Bhe brought back all the salvage gear taken from this port, and was also successful in recovering the other material used in refloating tho stranded stranii>r. In the work the Terawhiti was assisted 'by tho tug Mana and the dredue Rubl Seddon. Captains C. Macdonald and E. Stott, who, super-, intended operations, are still at Westport. The Kauri has beeu temporarily repaired, and was to leare Westport this afternoon for Port Chalmers, where her damage will bo mado good. REMUERA LEAVES LONDON. The Rcmuera left London on Friday last fo* Wellington, via Tenerlffe, Capetown, and Hobart. She is due at this port about tho 2Mb August. The C, and D. liner Makarinl is to (sail from! Wellington at 6 a.m. to-morrow for Brisbane. The steamer Joan Craig, which arrived at Auckland from Newcastle and Port Stephens on Saturday morning, sailed again the samo night for Gtsborno to discharge «v quantity of coal. A quantity of hardwood piles were dfscharged *i, Auckland. The vessel has been fixed to load timber at NVhangaroa and other ports for Sydney. On account of the detention of the M»pou rika nb Westport, the Pitoena, which in lit. ordinary course of events would have «aj|« at 0 o'clock to-night for Nelson direct, will c«i at Picton ep route. There will therefore V no midnight sailing for Picton. ' The next Union Company's collier to lsar« Newcastle vrttti coal for Wellington will ' bt the Waihora. She is expected to Kail abgat the end of this week. The German schooner Samoa, which is at present being ovcrhanted at Auckland, is expected to be ready to sail for Sstaoa towards the end of next week. , According to a wireless message received from the C. and D. Lino's steamer Star ot England, en route froro London to Welling* ton, via way ports, the reseel expected to ar» rive at Auckland this afternoon. She is dv* here about tho 21st July. The Warrimoo, wWch Is to arrive from Auckland to-morrow, will sail the same day for Melbourne, via the usual ports, and will rci main in the intercolonial service until further notice. Bound from Greymouth to Qisborno tho steamer Hokndale passed the Wellington Heads &t 0 o'clock this morning. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 13th July. Atrived— Star of England (11.15 a.ra.), from London, via ports. KAIKOURA, 13th July. Arrived Wakatu (11.26 a.m.), from Wellington. WESTPORT, 13th July. Arrived— Kennedy (10.65 a^m.), froi* Foxton, via Wellington.

Strong exception is taken by Mr. 0. W. Painter, secretary of the Navy League, to Councillor Hislop's remark at the City Council meeting on Thurs» day evening,* to the effect that the Navy League was purely a "political body formed for political purposes." There is, Btates Mr. Palmer, nothing political in, the constitution of the Navy League, and the Executive Committee of. th« League in London includes names of people on both side* of politics, as well as those not allied in any way to politics. It is a body formed to interest tho nation in its first line of defence, and keep it well in the forefront as ruler of the sea. In a letter to the Editor, Mr. Hislop says, he cannot se« hie way to withdraw the expression he used. Ho, however, would like to make it clear that he did not say and doc* not be> lieve that tho Navy League is a party organisation. "A body organised for the purpose of influencing tiie polkty of the State," he continues, "is undoubted* ly a political organisation, When t joined the Navy League I did so ayon the assumption that it was a body organised for tho purpose of influencing tho British Government of tho (Jay in such a way that ife would maintain an efficient standard of' naVai defence. This is clearly a political purpose, though not one which divides the great parties. . ." In re* gard to the occasion of his remarks, Mr. Ilislop Btates that the council, as tho trustees of the Town Hall, must - act impartially in letting the hall. Hence he characterised tho proposal of the committee to grant a greater concession to the Nav t v League than to tho Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals as improper. "It was a proposal to favour a body, a political organisation . . . but to refuse "a similar favour to § a body in no sense political, purely benevolent, and universally approved. Moreover, the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is urgently in need of funds. Tho Navy League, with its huge membership, is not, and ought not, to bo in need of funds." Tho Wellington Educational Board has mado the following appointments, : Mr. A. T. White, headmaster at Hast woll; Mr. R. A. Howie assistant teacher at Island Bay 5 Miss Mowe, teachor in chargo of th* aided ichool at Mangahakeha. Memn. E. Johnston und 00. will hold a B*l© of furniture »t No. 288, Welling* ton-tomuoe, ooniineneinfi» at 1 u'eUck tomorrow, on account of Mr. Sol Myew. Applications «ro invited for the position of Resident Agent for tUe luhvud o| Atau. Cook foUuda. •