LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1915, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

ARRIVALS May i^-Flora, s.s. (3 p.m.), 1273 ton!, B*ron, from Greyraoutli DEPARTURES M*y 4— Putiki, s.s. (11.20 »m.), 4» tonfc Wahlstrom, for Weatport , STEAMER BRISBANE SOLD The reason ot the fceut report that Uif Hobart had replaced the Brisbane In the Aue-tralta-Ncw Zealand coal trade is explained by the announcement that the vessel ha« be«n sold by the Melbourne Steam Ship Company to Eastern buyers. Arrangements h&Yc been made for the Brisbane to proceed to Hongkmig almost Immediately The Brisbane was built in 1883 for the Melbourne Company's coal trade, her principal dimensions being: Length, 230 ft; beam, 33ft; draught, 16ft 6in. She has a, gross tonnage of liio tonß. When the vessel first arrived in Australia she was schooner-rigged, carrying yardarma, which, of course, aided her progress materially in a fair wind. ■On account ot the growth of trade and the urgent necessity for rapid handling, it was later on decided to dkpenee with these. Captain Andrew Mclnfcyre, ot WilliamstoKti, a. very prominent figure in Inter-Stato shipping, was the flret master of tbe Brisbane. Captain Robinson is at present In command, but Captain Selrries it to pilot the vessel to Manila and Hongkong Tlie fcUiutlary schooner Hnia, which arrived from Auckland, via New Plymouth, thtfi morning with explosives ex the fteatandic, wu ex« pected to ea.il for Westport this afternoon BY TELEGRAPH ' OABTLEPOINT, 4th May Sailed— Koutunui (0.46 a.m.), for Wellington AUCKLAND, 4th May Sailed— Ennerdale (12.20 p.m.). tor Wellington Tbe Tarawera's Wellington passengers arc: Miss Pinkcrton, Mr and Mrs Ulrieh Sailed— Ennerdale (12.20 p.m.), for Wellington NAPIER, 4th May Arrived— Ha-wera (12.15 p.m.) and Kapunl (1 p.m.), from Wellington CASTLEPOINT, 4th May Arrived— Koutunui (f1.45 a.m.), from Welling, ton MANGARAKAti, 4th May Arrived— Alexander (noon), from Wellington FAREWELL SPIT, 4th M*y Direct liner passed east at 12.40 pan,