LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 11453, 22 January 1901, Page 4

LATE SHIPPING.

ARRIYED.-January 22. H.M.S. Mildura, 2,575 tons, 8 guns, Captain Kings Mill, from Akaxoa. SAlLED.—January 22. Rimu, s.s., 143 tons, Marks, for Invcrcargill, the Bluff, and Campbell Islands. Talune, s.s., 1,370 tons, Smith, for Sydney via Auckland. Passengers: Messrs Bishop, Pulton, Misses Mechie, Page, Barker, Bull, Adams (2), Boss, Grant, Sheldon, Robertson, Lewis (2), Richards, Evatt, ; M'Phee, Davidson, Anderson, Hill, Elgin,. Falconer, Mesdames Powell and two children, Hill, Hislop, Fleming, Barker, Spears, Dignan, Elliott, Blackburn, Lewis, Donald, Cole and infant, Messrs Teschemaker, Neadman (2), Hislop, Johnson, Simmons, Hodges, Griffin, M'Gill, Reid, Weir (2), Farr, Taine, Bell, Rainger, Houghton, Likeburn, Jones, Rev. H. Bull, Graham, Moir r Napier, Barker, Stock, Chapman (2), Mas-, tore Dignan (2), Fleming, Dentice, Misses Martin, Martin, Mesdames Roach, Lucas, Messrs Lucas, Greig, Nicholson, Dr Chalmers, Dr Napier, Rev. Lucas, Bishop Neville.

Having finished loading operations for London, the ship Westland was towed down from Dunedin last night, and anchored off Deborah Bay, where she remains until matters connected with her sailing have been finally squared up. She is expected to get away on Thursday, should the weather be favorable. She has 6,325 bales of wool on board.

Messrs Ncill and Co. are advised that the Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s s.s. Westralia, leaving Dunedin on the 4th February for Hobart and Melbourne, will visit Milford Sound en route, provided weather conditions are favorable, thus giving travellers an opportunity of viewing the fine scenery of the Sound.

On Sunday the Huddart-Parker liner Zealandia is due in Dunedin from Sydney via, the usual ports of call. She returns on the following Tuesday on the same route. While the Rosamond is undergoing an overhaul at Tort Chalmers the Herald will take up her running. Owing to a mishap to one of the boilerS' the Moana had to put back to Port Chal-i mers yesterday afternoon to effect repairs. \ Her departure for the Bluff and Hobart has' been postponed until early to-morrow.morn- ' ing. *

Several changes are shortly to take placo' in the purser's stafi) of the Union Company,. Mr Sadler, purser of the Mararoa, leaves that vessel on her arrival in Auckland on the 28th inst. for the purpose of taking up a shoro appointment in the northern city.. Mr Sadler has been connected with the Union Company for the past fourteen years. • Mr Tubby, purser of the Taviuni, transfers l ! to the Mararoa, and Mr J. Low, at present j relieving l Mr Wheeler on the Monowai, goes' over to the Taviuni. Mr D. Smith, lato purser of the Maori, joins the Kia Ora; and Mr Evans, assistant purser of the Waihora,. resumes his former duties as assistant on the* Waikare.

It is rumored that the Union.Steam Company's steamer Maori Trill be sent totho other side, where favorable opporturu>\ ties exist for her transfer into other hands.

The Government steamer Tutanekai, from ' Westport, Wellington, and Lyttelton, ar~rived at Dunedin at three this morning. , The vessel brought a quantity of sleepers from Westport, She left Wellington on. Sunday evening, and had fine -weather down tho coast. Her future movements are uncertain, but she will probably sail on Thursday for the West Coast, and load sleepers for a northern port.

The Rimu left for Invercargill, Bluff, and Campbell Islands this afternoon. She re- ' turns to Dunedin via the Bluff, and will be<* absent about a week.

The Upolu, from the West Coast *ia Timuru, arrived at 7.30 p.m. yesterday, and was berthed at the Bowen pier to discharge a quantity of wool and to tranship coal into the hulks. She left Timaru at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. At four o'clock this morning the Invercargill arrived from Waikawa with a load of timber and produce. She goes into dock to-morrow, and will be.ready for commission on Tuesday nex*

It has been decided that the Mawhera, 'which has been utilised for the WestportWellington trade for some years, shall replace the Southern Cross in the Tahiti trade. The Mawhera -will undergo an overhaul prior to leaving Wellington early in [February. Captain Lake, formerly of the Southern. Cross, will be in command. As the repairs to the Moana cannot be ■completed in time for her to catch to-mor-row morning's tide at the Bluff, her departure from Port Chalmers is deferred so as * to connect with to-morrow's 3.45 p.m. train i from town.

The Waikare is due at the Bluff to-morrow imornjng from her Sounds excursion trip. J3he will come to Port Chalmers on the afternoon's tide, find arrive in Dunedin on Thursday morning. The Upolu leaves Port Chalmers for Westport early this evening. At nine to-night' the Corinna sails from 'Timaru for Port Chalmers, arriving in Dun[edin on Thursday, and sailing same day for /the West Coast.

! Advices from Sydney announce that the Waihora left Sydney at 6 p.m. on Saturday for Wellington, where she is due early on Thursday morning. She calls at Lyttelton, and is due in Dunedin on Saturday. H.M.S. Mildura, froni Akaroa, arrived at "Port Chalmers this forenoon, and anchored off Carey Bay in order that her officers and a portion of her crew may take part in ■welcoming the returned troopers by the Orient. The Mildura left Akaroa at 2 p.m. yesterday, had light N.E. winds with smooth sea, and passed the New Zealand Government steamer Tutanekai off Oamaru at 6 p.m., and reached the Heads at 9 a.m. to-day, steaming into port as above. Mi A. Brown, late of the Union Company, is on board the Mildura qualifying himself for the Royal Navy. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals.—.January 22: Lyttelton, 8 a.m., in stream, Hihona, from Wellington. Departures.—January 22 : Auckland, .11.20 a.m., Sierra, for Honolulu, with the San Francisco mail. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. « AUCKLAND, January 22.—The Zealanxlia has the following passengers from Sydney for Dunedin: Mis« Cox. Mesclarnes Darnham, Morrison, and Cox, Messrs Peter, Quinn, Oxford, and freeman.—Sierra, for San Francisco.—Zealandia, for the South. Tassengers : Mesdamcs Hughes, Bull, Rix, Wrigley, Jagger, Patterson, Allsopp, Mattock, Wolf, Rollestou, Burgess, Ritchie, Jones, •Short, Deramy, Misses Wrigley (4), Coates (2), Jagger, Gillein, Martin, Campbell; Patterson, Fox, Burgess, and Alley, Siessrs Ritchie, Swindley, Robinson, Short, ■Baker, Haffie, Ritchie, Lane, Stratford, Adair, Hughes, Bull, Hart, Furst, and Sidnev Wolf.