LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 13, 15 July 1918, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

THE MOERAKI ARRIVES.

Shortly before 11 o'clock this morning the Moeraki arrived at Wellington from Sydnoy direct, and berthed at No. 1 north, Queen's, Wharf. The vessel, which left the-Hew* South Wales port at 1 p.m. on Thursday, experienced fine, weather.throughout ."the trip. ' She had on "board the following passengers:—Saloon: Mesdames Whitemau, ' Lewthwaite, Mason, Enuis, Rallo, Burge and infant, Kedwell and child, Staines, Dix. Misses Smith, Staines (2), McDonald, Messrs. Findlay, Davies, Whiteman, Xe-gthwalte, Wrigbt, Nixon, Turner; ■■ Terry, Kin'gdon, Squires, Hodgetts,' Swirison, Henrya, Powell, Snoad. Bedivell, Harrowell, Hogarty, levy, Barge, Kedwell, Hume, Eallo, Fitzgerald, Dix, Matthews, Gardner, Orr, Munro, Sergt.Cole. Dowthwaite, Eyre; and 02 steerage. The Moeraki, after discharging her Welling-. toi*C cargo, will leave "to;morrow for Lyttelton. She is due back at Wellington again on Thursday: and at 5 p.m. on that day will leave for Hooart and Sydney - ; THE COLLISION AT NAPIEK. Further particulars are given in Saturday's Telegraph of : the collision in the Napier harhoiii' of the Tangaroa and the Weka. The Weka struck the Tiingaroa amidsiiips, tearing ,i hole abaft, the coal bunker about, a foot wide and seven feet long. To prevent her foundering in deep water the vessel was removed to shallower water and the cargo discharged.'" It is estimated that the repairs to the.Tangaroa will cost £500, and will occupy about a fortnight • PERSONAL. Mr. 0. J. McLean has signed on the Mararoa*. as. second engineer- in place of Mr. L. Dawson t Captain A. Birch has succeeded Captain AnderSon as ma3ter of the Huanui , . The Navua, which put into' Napier on Saturday short of coal, arrived at Wellington at 6 o'clock last evening, and berthed at the King's Wharf. She came originally from San "Fraticisco, and* has on board a. quantity of cargo ' ■•. • ■ ■*ilvice has-been received by the Union* Comcanv to the effect that the. bar at Greymoutli i« still unworkable: The Kamo is at present:: held np at;;tbo portr The departure of the Maponrika for 'Aocklamj directTias J'been/postponed until noon tomorrow '-... • : Rain has delayed the Qneen of the South nt l'orton and the vessel will not be able to lrave that port to-night for Wellington. Shft willDrobably get out to-morrow afternoon, and In tfiat case wfli bo her© on Wednesday, mom- j : ■■■■*■ •.•■"•