LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 60, 8 September 1914, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

ARRIVALS. September B— Awahou, s.s. (11.30 a.m.), 40? tons, Rodger, from Foxton. September B— Warrimoo, s.s. (12,30 p.m.), 3520 tons, McLean, from Sydney direct. Passengers for Wellington: Saloon— Misses Stewart, Kadford, Pillaiis (3), Huftou, Birks, Meek, MttcnUc, Sorlmgcour, Mesdames Ellis. Dick, Pillans, Page and 2 children, Hogg and 2 children, Meek, Weeks, Greenwood, Hume, Radford, Dr. Hogg, Captain R. Todd, Messrs. Ellis, Arkle, Dickson, McNab, Professor Nicholson, Dick, Gist, Daby, Carmichael, Uverett, Pillans, Collie-Smith, Page, Meek (2), Nettleford, Longhurst, Wickham, Flint, Siddins, Hoare, Tucker, Radford, Crossley, Blundell; 54 steerage, CORINTHIC ARRIVES FROM LONDON. Despite the war the Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Corinthic arrived in Wellington this morning— time-table date. Throughout the journey she maintained schedule time, and. if anything, arrived here n little earlier thau usual. She left London on the 24th July last, about a fortnight before the declaration of war between Great Britain and Gernfttny. Tonerille was reached on the 30th July, and Capetown on the 13th August. Up to this point the weather had been exceptionally fine, but on leaving the South African port on tho 14th August, the Corintliic immediately rnn into rough weather, and had a very uncomfortable voyage across the Southern Ocean. High seas were the rule, nnd they frequently broke over the vessel in such a manner as to make it drngerous for the inexperienced to be on the deck. Passengers were gratified to make Hobart on the 2nd September. After a two days' stay in Tasmania the final stage of the journey was commenced, and as the weather in the Tasman was ou its best behaviour, a bntisfactory passage to Wellington was made. The liner dropped anchor in the stream at 7 o'clock this morning, and later came up to the tohnrf to disembark over 400 cheerful passengers, 356 of whom were in the third-class, niid who, consequently, m.\y be regarded as inuniKrrJits. During the vojrcc a third-class, passenger, booked to Gisborne. «aye birth to a child, otherwibe the journey was without notable incident. The Corinthic is berthed at No. 1 south. Queen's Wharf. ' Ihe saloon passenger list was published in The Post last Wednesday, Additional names are:— From London: Messrs. J. " Duff and W, Turnbull. Fiom Hobart: Misses C. and It, Brown, H. Cmon. M, A, Tudor, de Villiern, and E. Monies, Mesdames C. Edwards and Langworthy, Messrs. A. Wells, .). Donnelly, C. Edwards, A. Edwards, R, Dudley, F. Gainock, and H Emerson. WARRIMOO ARRIVES. After a fine weather passage from Sydney direct the Warrimoo anchored iv the stream at 12.30 p.m. to-dny, to await the usual inspection by the Port Health OlDcei'. This completed, the vessel berthed at No. 1 north, Queen's Wharf, shortly before 2 o'clock. Her cargo of 1626 tons included general merchandise, 830 cases of fruit, and transhipments ex Onv rah, Katuna, Maloja, Morea, Stolzenfels, and Cycle; also transhipments for Auckland, Dunedin, Bind, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Nelson, and Westport, STAR OF AUSTRALIA. The C. and D. liner Star of Australia, from New York, left ' Auckland at day' renk, this morning for Wellington, and is due here on llmrsdny morning. She h carrjing a fair amount of cargo to this port. After bunkering here >.he will go south to complete discharge at Lyttelton and Dunedin. The liner will loud in New kualau 1 for London. On arrival back trom Piclon to-morrow the Blenheim .is to be placed on the Patent Slip. Shr is fixed to sail again for Picton on Thinsday. * BY TELEGRAPH, SL'VA. fcth September. Arrived— Navua, from Auckland.

Despite the fact that war is the allabsorbing topic agitating the public mind at the present time, the meetings of the Brooklyn Literary Debating Society are fairly well attended. Last evening two interesting papers — one entitled "Petrarch, the Italian Writer and Poet" by Mr. A. J)alto.i, and the other. "Radium Research" by Mr. J. Hoole, were read before an appreciative audience. At the next meeting of the society Mr. A. 11. Hindmarsh will give a paper on "Modern Aspects of the Land Problem." A man named Charles Storey was ad- 1 mitted to the Hospital yesterday suffering from had scalp Wounds and bruises on his shoulders and back, the result of a fall over a bank at Karori on Saturday night. The death is recorded from Gore of Mr. Peter Murray, aged 67. a resident ot that town for two years and a farmer iv the Waipahi district for foity-seven years. According to a Pi ess Association telegram, deceased was a member ot the Goiy Borough Council for the last four months, and he leaves a widow and i:ine grown-up children.