LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 27, 31 January 1919, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

ARRIVALS. January 31—John, s.s. (10 a.m.), 342 tons, Hawick, from' Wanganui January 31—Hawera, s.s. (11.50 a.m.), 174 tons, McKinnon, from Patea DEPARTURES. January 31—Queen of the South, s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 106 tons, Harvey, for Foxton January 31—Mapourika, s.s. (12.45 p.m.), 1203 tons, McDonald, for Picton and Nelson THE WILTSHIRE AT WELLINGTON. Shortly before 9 o'clock this morning the P. and S. liner Wiltshire, with troops from Egypt, arrived in the stream at Wellington. Owing to her strange appearance the Wiltshire attracted considerable attention on the waterfront, and many guesses were made as to her tonnage, etc. She i» a steel twin-screw steamer of 10.S80 tons, and was built in 1912 by J. Brown and Co., Ltd., of Glasgow. Her dimensions are:—Length, 525-sft; breadth, 61.4 ft; depth, 33.3 ft. The Wiltshire has five short masts and a squat funnel, which facts, no doubt, make her appear rather larger than she really is. Captain Hayward is master of the vessel, which made her first visit to Wellington on the 16th January, 1918. The Wiltshire will not berth until to-morro* morning. Her future movements are at present not definitely known.here. NEW ZEALAND AND AFRICAN STEAMERS. The F. and S. liner Ayrshire arrived at Auckland at 2.30 o'clock this, morning from Sydney. She will leave the northern port about next Saturday for Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, and will arrive at this port about tho 15th February. Her departure for Liverpool, via Panama, has been fixed for the 19th February. The Taoiti is to leave Wellington on Sunday morning for Liverpool, and the Durham will follow for the same destination on Tuesday. AUCKLAND HARBOUR. The Auckland Harbour Board last year passed a resolution that no new works, except those imperatively necessary, should be underI taken by it for the next five years. At a special meeting, held recently by the board, tbe resolution was rescinfed in view of tfie fact that conditions were now changed, and cer tain improvements would have to be made in preparation for the trade war and consequent expansion. Movements of Union Companv'j steamers in port are as follow:—Kaitangata, sails to-day for Westport; Karu sails 5 p.m. to-day for New Plymouth; Corinna, sails at 4 p.m. tomorrow for Dunedin, Timarn, and Oamarn. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have been advised that the Arawa arriTed at Panama on tho 23rd January en route from Wellington to London. The Clnny Castle arrived at London on the 26th January. The Annette Rolph sails to-morrow for Sura. The Greymouth office of the Union Company expects to despatch the Kokiri for Wellington on Monday. The American schooner Georgette was takei\ round to the Patent Slip this morning for cleaning and painting. . BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, 31st January Arrived—Ayrshire (2 a.m.), from Sydney. The vessel has been quarantined for 24 hours in accordance with the regulations.