LATE SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12926, 14 April 1908, Page 4

LATE SHIPPING.

SAILED.—ApriI 14. Mahe.no, t.j-.5.. 5."C5 urns. Xovillo, for Sydney via •'•■■''■: Strait. I'a.sse?igcrs : For Lytlclton-- M c-:; Harper. Mesdnmes James and two ciiil.ivi i, Cameron. Mr Jam ph. For Wellmc.'-o;> Vh'.'mm Stewart. Stevenson, Brtj-ik-S'iiith. Koiuiouy. Stitt, Walton, Mesdiuniw Stewart. Stovon.son, Cla.;k. .lo!ri;:t-oi!. Williams, Messrs M'C rejior. Enx-il!. lirvcnson. Larkr-, Willv. West land. .!„:.!i".t.j-i. Kornot. For Sv.l-,-v---Misv:-: Hil-. Clark. FraM-. Green, Tohnio. ]la--'_-:tt. • \,] u <nb, M'Carthv. ?»?osd nines Sclt. A !c"phv a."d child. Lv-cott-Green, Miwi-; ;-<•..it. Lvcett-Greoii, Webb, Doff. \<nw::. THE TOFF A. FINAL TRTAL TRTP. Tin l Union Comp-rryV now KtoamoT Tofun. which war: f.p'vialh- liuil! for the T;-la.n<lfi trade. r\vve sntirf.ictorv results durin'_' her final lii.d trip on the Clyde. In unfavorable v.-r>a II; i ' and in londed trim sho avci-n-W a , <if knots over Ilw 'iii'\ Liter, 'luring hoi - rim from the CI ''l' to Liverpool. ■. hj« maintained an avera".'. r--pe> d of 14J knots an hour with nnlv ilnw out of l:or four lyiilors in us.'.'. The Tofua.. which is admirably equipjvd for the Eastern Paeific Irad-\ is 350 f- lon-; 4Bft broad, and ol ft dc-.p. Her gnaw t«-.n-ivt.'o is 4.?C0 l.ms, .'qii- 1 ! to that of the Mo-raki. Accommodation i« provided for IOH lint .'1 ■.. - and 4-t f-ecrmd class pnewn- '■. jv. All the fir--l tj.is-s t-.-.1.i1v-, as well ;i& lh>' dining, drawin". and := ;n;>kincr rooms, ,- r«- situatc-d on <'.>cji None of tho cabins mv for ni'Tp.' than tlrroe perrons. Adequate provision i> : made for tho onrryin" of fruit and tropical cargo. Under the command of Captain MTWh the 'l'ofua Ml Liverpool Sunday for Sydney via South Afiira. She lecvos Sydney on June 2 7 i lo enter iho Ifilandp htvieo. which is maintaiivd at present by the At in and N.mi.i. Tlk' Inrri«*t KCasoii to the Islands has just opened, and already iiuni-'ion.- bi-ikim- for several lailiiurs l-avf Iwcn ivc••'■•• d. Th" advent of tho 'l'ofua, which will take the place of tho Navin. .siiould add to Uw plisiisuro of toiirwho txfk and find delight in "tli<» Coral Irl«> of til - Pacific." TKLEGT!APHIC NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals.---April 14: LytUdton. 7.S a.m.. Maori, from Wellington (conncrtrd v."ith the first express). Onmaxu, 4 a.;n., Oorinna. from Dnin.'diiv. 5 a. m., Komata, from Port Chalmci-s.- - Aucltlnjid, 630 a.m.. /Foil, from San Francisco via Apia, and Ton^ra.. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. WELLTNGTOY. Ar,ril 14.—Thr. Paparoa loft Cape Town yesterday for Wellincrton. SHTPPTXG TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. April \4.-JEon. from Pf>~) T ? rr,nH ,: '"'> CLAREXCE RIVER, Anril 14.—Alexa. for Yrv? ZMland. MELBOURNE, April 14—Brifbane, from KaipaTO.