SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 10783, 18 November 1898, Page 2

SHIPPING.

SAlLED,— November 17. Flora, 3,8., 1,872 tons, Fleming, for the Bluff, EXPECTED ARRIVALS, Flora, from the Bluff, Idth lust. Elingwnite, from Sydney, 20th inst. Waikare, from Melbourne, 22nd lost, Talune, from Sydney, 23rd inst. Taupo, from Westport, £Brd Inst. Te Anau, from Auckland, 25th inst. Souksr left Glasgow Ist July. Savoia left New York 20th July. Waitangi left London 30th July. Oamaru left Livetpool 99th July. Taranaki left Glasgow 83rd August. Nor'-wester left London 31at August. Canterbury left London 11th September. Margaret Galbraith left London 10th October. Auckland left Glasgow 25th October. . Blenheim left Liverpool 19th (September. Lilia left London 23rd Septemb, r. Queen Louise left New York 22nd September. Westland left Liverpool Bth November. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Flora, for Auckland, 19th jnst. Gorinna, for Westport, 20th inst. Elingamite, for Sydney, 22cd inst. Waikare, for Sydney, 23rd inst. Tulune, for Melbourne, 24th inst. Taupo, for Westport, 21th inst. Te Anau, for Auckland, 23th inst, Mararoa, for Sydney, 28th inst. Herald, for Greymouth, 39th inst. Monowai, for Sydney, Ist prox. Tarawera, for Melbourne, 2nd prox. A largo barque was reported from Cape Saunders at 8 a.m. to-day standing North. She proved to be the Waitangi from London. The Flora left for the Bluff last evening. She will return here to-morrow morning, and leave in the afternoon on her usual trip to Auckland. . The barque Mitredale left Newcastle for Callao oh April 30 with a load of coal, and has not since been heard of. The’Ringarooraa, having been cleaned and her bottom recoated, was Moated out of the graving dock this forenoon. The topsail fphooper Marmion, from Mercury Ray, was off the Heads this forenoon. Mr Holmes, formerly chief officer, has been appointed to the permanent command of the steamer Matatua, now on her way from London to Port Chalmers, succeeding Captain Evans, who takes charge of the Aotea. United action as against foreign competition is being Ufged upon the Melbourne steamboat compansjpfsTThere is a consensus of opinion that the atftlwi Referred to was urgently needed. This refers particularly to the heavily subsidised foreign companies now interfering in the coastal trade. One of the managers stated that the carrying of passengers on these foreign-owned steamers was becoming so serious that it would have to be prohibited, and he looked forward to the time when the colonies became federated to see that this interference with the purely local trade was rendered impossible,

There is some talk of two well-known shipping companies extending their business to New Zealand. The Federal Steam Navigation Company’s steamers will in all likelihood bring general cargo to the colony and load frozen meat. Two of the Federal liners-namely, the Cornwall, 6,190 tons, and Devon, 5,489 tons—have previously been in New Zealand waters, calling at Wellington at times on their way Home from Australia for bunker coal. The other company spoken of as likely to trade with this colony is the British and Colonial Steam Navigation Company, whose steamers number thirteen. The schooner Croydon Lass has been sold to Messrs Bell and Jtounuee, oi Sunday Island, for £475. , . . The Corinna, from Westport, is expected to reach town at seven o’clock this evening. THK DIRECT STEAMERS. Wellington, November 18. —The Tekoa arrived at Beaconsfield, Tasmania, yesterday en route for Auckland. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BO tED Arrivals.— November 18: Lyttelton, 7.40 a.m., Waihora, from Port Chalmers.—Bluff, 8.20 a.m.. Flora, from Port Chalmers. -Wellington. 8.10 a.m., Elingamite, from Napier. „ Departures.— November 18: Wellington, i.M a.m., Maori, for London. Oamaru, 1 p.m., Corinna, for Port Chalmers. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, November 17.—Rotoiti, for New Plymouth aud Wellington. Kaipara Heads, November 17.—Handa Isle, barquentine, from Newcastle. Eliza Firth, brigantine, and Maud Graham, schooner, for Lyttelton. . Wellington, November 17. Taupo, from the South.—Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson.—TakaEuna, for New Plymouth and Onehunga.—Novemer 18 : Maori, for London with a full cargo and one of the largest shipments of butter which has ever left here.—Taupo, for Greymouth.—Elingamite, from Napier.—Rotomahana, from Lyttelton. Bluff, November 17.—Hinemoa, steamer, from East Coast ports.—Alexa, barque, from Surprise Island. Lyttelton, November 18.—Waihora, fromDunediu. Sydney, February 18.—Rotokino, from New Zealand. Plymouth, November 16.—Duke of Devonshire, from Wellington.