LATE SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 5

LATE SHIPPING

I SAlLED.—October 3. ! Zealandia. s.s., 1.735 tons, Entwistle, for Sydney via Aucklaud. Passengers : For Lyuellon—Mrs Laird, Messrs Laird, Conville. For Wellington-—Misses Woodward, M'Lc.d, Mc,sdamcs M'Leish, Hendarsu'n, Laird, Woodward, Messrs Pratt, M'Leish and family, Master Findlay. For Auckland—Miss l'am.., Mesdames Anderson, Lorie, Messrs lSridgeinan, Pollock, Matthews, Patrick, Whitaker (2). For Sydney—Mrs Myall ; seven steerage. i The. captain of the liriez Unci, on arrival at Port Chalmers to-day, decided not to come on to JJuncdin, as, in terms i of his next charier, ho is bound to be at i Port Pirio on the loth inst., and the ' extra time involved by coming up to Dun- ■ edin would mean losing the charter. I Work amongst the skipping at Port ! Chalmers is very brisk at the present time, I a number of men having to bo brought ! down from Dunedin. The principal work : at present is on the Manuka, which is ! receiving her periodical overhaul. 'l-o Aparima is being fitted up with refrigerat- , in.; chambers and horse fittings, and the Kittawa is also being overhauled, cleaned, ' and painted in the praving dock. The ; T.ihme is completing her overlianl, and tlio steamers Drayton Grange and Briez , Huel are discharging their cargoes at the ■ piers. i Farewell Spit reports that the Hawea, ' for Wellington, passed east at 11 a.m. ; to-day. j Cape Maria Van Dicmen reports that 1 Ihe Mararoa passed west at 8.15 a.m. today. TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA. A YEAR'S BUSES'ESS. SUBSIDY, £3 103 PER, TON. by a representative of the ' Lyttelton Timt-s' subsequently to the interview. with the' Premier at Chnrtchnrch on Friday, Mr Kin ey stated that there was nothing to add tr» tlii- general representations made by the deputiton, which fairly covered the position. I'cing ivkcd as to the volume of trr.de he, however, supplied the following iiinire-s :—The cargo carried from N«w Zealand to South Africa by the twelve contract steamers of the Federal Line, for twelve months ended February, was: Butter, i 27.557 boxes ; cheese, 533 cares; mutton, 146.935 eiirP!i.«sos: lamb. 4,233 carcasses; ! beef. 300 nuarters; poultry, 3.284 case?; I rabbits, 160 crates ; tish, 642 crates ; meats, | 1,686 packages; produce, 69,568 packages; 'bacon, 13 cases; merchandise, 297 pa.ck- ' aev.-; tailor.'. 30 cases; biscuits, 8 crates; live *r.e*p. 7." 2: live pig*, 4; timber. 770 ft; machinery. 7 packages. The tonnage weight of the cargo was 8,500 tons, a quantitvsufficicnt to load only one steamer. On this the colony paid a subsidy of £30,000, or at the rale of £3 10s per ton, in addition ' to the current rate of frtight. With regard j to the local exports t:inco that date, he I statad that the last three steamers to leave i New Zealand hul carried the following ! cjt;:o from Canterbury alone: Frozen i'lanib, 600 .arcarecs; frozen poultry, 878 I cases; frozen meits, 285 cases; cheese, 7 leases; tallow, 0 cask.-*; seed, 5 sacks; | barley, 850 racks; Hour, 100 sacks; ryo < porn. 10 sacks-, oat.s. 12.785 sacks; wheat, 1 20,790 sacks ; pi'as, 336 sacks; bran, 3,944 i sacks ; b; ana, 2o sackn. In addition to this eargro, which had been I taken by the Esses, Ayrshire, and Banff- ! shire, there were already heavy bookings for i the Havershaai Grange, whi hj was the nest ! steamer to sail. The-e included 200 ear- ' cashed of lamb, 63 cases of poultry, 50 cases !of tongues, and 2.0C0 ton-s of produce. The Kent, sailing nest month, will be the last ! steamer to leave under the existing contract. i THE DIRECT STEAMERS. | The Ruapehu left Capo Town for AuckI land on Sunday. TELEGRAPHIC NOTICE BOARD. Departures.—October 3 : Lyttelton, 0.30 p.m., Havorsham Grange, for Port Ciuiiniers. I SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. SUVA, October"~d\—Sailed, H.M.S. ' Torch,

THROUGH PASSENGEBB.—THIS' ' DAY. PROM DTnSEmM FOB THB NOBTH. First Express.—Mr W. YVills, Mr and Mrs H. H. Drivex, Mr John Smith, Mr J. G. W. Aitken, Mrs Buchanan, Miss Beckingsalo, Rev. Mr and Mrs Boreham, Rev. MrandMrsMascm F -MrandAirs A. C. Stewart, Rev. C. Boyall. Rev. J. T. Hinton, Rev. W. Hay, Mr J. and Mrs Beekingsalc, Mr and Mrs J. H. Lashman, Mr W. Clark, Mr Mac Donald. FROM DTJNIDIN F0& TUX SOOTH. Mr and Mrs A. C. M 'George and two children, Mr G. Bennett, Mr C. S. Hodge, Miss Moir, Mrs Scott. FROM CHBISTCHiniCH: FOR THE SOUTH. First Express.—Miss A. White, Mr B. A. Wilson, Mr J. G, Marshall, Mrs H. A. Giller, Mrs J. Wood, Miss B. Burrill, Miss Vera BnrriU, Miss A. Smith, Mr A. Paino, Mrs E. M. M'Danald, Mr W. West. FOB. DUNEDIN FROM THE SOOTH. Mrs and Miss Moffett, Mr and Mrs J. Williams, Mr and Mrs Trussler, Miss Trussler, Mr W. I). Phipps, Mr and Mrs Foster.