LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 151, 28 June 1915, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

HOLMDALE PUTS BACK The Holmdale, which' left Wellington shortly before midnight last night for the West Coaet, was forced to return to port this morning. Some distance from the heads, a defect in the engines was noticed, and though the Holmdale got back into port under her own power, it was decided to make a thorough examination here PRODUCE AT BLUFF The congestion of grain and chaff at Bluff has been relieved to a considerable extent by the recent visit of the Waipori, which loaded for Auckland, and the Petone, which brought sl part cargo to Wellington to-day. The Poherua is also to visit Bluff [in a day or two to load for Wellington, Picton, and Onehunga, while a vessel is expected at/the southern port about the end of this week to load for Sydney, and it is probable that another steamer will load for Melbourne about the same time OTAGO HARBOUR BOARD. The following motion was carried at Friday's meeting of the Otago Harbour Board : — "That the engineer be instructed to report on the matter of setting aside .an area of land in Dunedin suitable for shipping building." It was pointed out that the land suitable for fchipbuilding was slowly being taken up, and that if «>me site was not set apart the matter might be overlooked. The idea was to have an area large enough for two steamers fenced in and rented to shipbuilding firms. The serious effects' of the war on the finances of the board were indicated in a striking manner in a statement of revenue and expenditure. The figures were as follows, the corresponding items for last year being 6hown in brackets : — Revenue for May, 1915, £4SU (£7210): revenue for January to May, £36,071 (£43,184); expenditure for May, £9278 # (£8498*); expenditure for January to May, £45.447* (£42,048*). The items marked • include appropriations, THE NIAGARA'S PASSENGERS (BY TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, 28th June The Niagara, which arrived from Vancouver, at 10 o'clock this morning, brought the following passengers -.—First class— Mr. and Mrs. Strickler, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore, Mrs, Guthrie, Mr. and Mrs. M. Myers, Mrs, and Miss Paterson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Crofi6e, Mrs. Kettle, Mrs. Gunn, Mr. and Mrs. J. Studholme, Mrs. K. Saver.v, Dr. and Mrs. Martin, Messrs. Cottew, Brown, Stitt, Evans, Barlow, Hatr.feld, and Vanes, Mrs. Barlow and Mrs. Morriss, and Misßee Cornwell, Crooked, Barron, and Rieger. Second class — Mr. and Mrs. T. Sprenll, Mrs.- I>. Sprenll, Messrs. Eason, Smith,. Whyte, Baggett, Crabtrec, Gash, Taitt, Ramsamny, Michael, Robinson, and Stewart, and Mrs. J. Lenar Among the latest charters announced, is that of the Norwegian baTque Sardhana, which has been fixed to load phosphates at the Seychelles Islands for New Zealand BY TELEGRAPH. NEWCASTLE, 28th June Sailed — Kaitoa, for Auckland 1 .

Information has reached His Grace Archbishop Redwood that Bishop Cleary, of Auckland, who is on a health visit to Australia, is far from well, and that he is about to undergo an operation at Sydney. At the Basilica la-st night His Grace referred to the great work the Bishop of Auckland had done in resisting the efforts of the Bible-in-Schools League, and to the fact that his efforts in that direction had sadly impaired his physical condition. bpocial prayers weys offered up on fiishup QioMy'e -behalf.