SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14003, 9 March 1909, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. i Taisroa Head: 5.3 a.m., 5.17 p.m. ! Port Chalmers : 5.43 aan., 5.57 p.m. Dunj edin : 6.13 a.m.. 6.27 p.m. THE SON. I Sot to-day. 6.38 p.m.; rise to-morrow, ! 6.0 a.m. ; THE MOON. j Set to-day, 7.24 a.m.; rise to-morrow, i 8.3 p.m. \ —Phases During March.— March 15 Last quarter 2.12 p.m. ) March 22 New moon 7.41 a.m. : March 20 First quarter 4.19 a.m. ; BAILED.—March 8. 1 Rakiuni, s.s., 31 tons, Trcurn, for * Southern ports. j March 9. ! Invcrcargill, s.s., 123 tons, Gillies, for ( Invereargill. 'i Mokoia, s.s., 3,£02 tons, Smith, for i Sydnev via Auckland. Passengers : For 1 Lyttolton—For Lyttelton—Misses Watkins (4). Mrs Davey, Messrs Vaughan, Fieldj. wick, Davey, Fox, Lamont. For Welling- . ton—Misses Leary, Spain, Tyler, Black, i Campbell, Hennelly, Cawley, Arbuckle, ,• Mcsdames Trownson, Harper and infant, I Mitchell and child. Wiffen, Rossbotham, \ Green Walton. Bush, M'C'urdv, Thomp- . son, Messrs Wiffcn (2), Tworoey, Rcss- ': botham (2). For Napier—Miss Fenwick, Mr Eccles. For Gisbornc—Misses Mitchell, De Larrtonr, Mcsdames Mitchell, Evans, Mr Mitchell. For Auckland— Misses Taylor, Smith. Scott, Mesdames Wilkio and infant. Dowries and infant, Bastings. Riloy and child, Mcsers Scott, Taylor, Downes, Rinson, Bastings, Rev. R._ Bedford, Dr Riley. For Sydney— Misses Fenwick, Pringle, Mr and Mrs Pittar. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Waikare, from Auckland, MaTch 11. —lntercolonial. Warrtmoo, from Sydney via Cook i Strait, March 13. Wiromera, from Sydney via Auckland, ; Mamh 14. Moeraki, from Melbourne, March 16. i - -Oversea, Sail.— Lady Wolseley, barque, sailed from Liverpool November 17. Lakemba, barque, from Liverpool; sailed February 23. —Oversea, Steam.— Indradevi, from New York: due March 16. Delphic, left Liverpool December 51; due in Dunetlin about March 20. Mashona, sailed from Now York December 16; duo in Dunedin March 19. Drayton Grange, sailed from Liverpool January 9; due in Dunedin March 28. Rutherglen. sailed from New York January 6. Rakaia, left London February 4 for Dunedin; due March 29. Kia Ora, left Liverpool February 20. Opawa, to sail from London April 4; due Dunedin May 22. Maori, sails from London early in March for Dunedin and Lyttelton; due in Dunedin April 25. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Riverina, for Sydney via Cook Strait, March 10. Waikare, for Auckland, March 12. Warrrmoo, for Melbourne, March 14. Wimmera, for Sydney via Auckland, March 16.

In port at noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Mokoia, Pukaki, Invercargill, Dorset (steam). Waratah (sail). At Port Chalmers : Atna, Wairuna, Wa.ipcri, Tarawera, Moura (steam), Magic (sail). Tahine, s.s., from Melbourne, arrives to-morrow morning. Tt is reported that the Huddart-Parker Company intend to enter the NewcastleNew Zealand carrying trade, practically the whole of which until now has been in the hands of the Union ami Maariland companies. The Werribee, 5,000 tons register, has been built specially for coal carrying, having five hatches 'and three masts for derrick supports. The HuddartParker Company also contemplate building a new 6,000-ton passenger steamer, similar to the TJlimaroa.

The Shaw-Savill 6teaner Delphic, from Glasgow and Liverpool, was to leave Auckland to-day, being due at Wellington on Thursday. After discharge there she proceeds to Lyttelton and Dunedin. Mokoia, s.s., sailed this afternoon for Sydney via East Coast ports. The steamer Walkure is reported to be on tlie loading berth at New York to ship a caTgo of case ails for the four principal New Zealand ports. The vessel is to sail early in April

The Howard Smith Company, Limited, have issued their report ami at-comits for 1908. showing a net. .profit of £60,070. which compares with £32,041 frrr 1507, £31.769 for 1906, and £34.912 for 1905. To the net profit. £60.070. is added balance brought forward, £IB.IBB, making a total of £78.259. Dividends (including interim dividends) are declared equivalent to 5 per cent, on cumulative preference shares and 15 per cent, on ordinary shaTes, absorbing £47,602. and the balance. £30,656. is carried forward. The whole of the issued shares are now fully paid up, and the capital consist* of £250,000 in cumulative preference shares and £250,000 in ordinary shares, or a total of £500.000. Adding fund foT depreciation, replacements, renewals, insurance, equalisation of dividends, and contingencies, £365,245debte due by the company, £134.560 :' and profit and loss balance, £55.484 the hafcmce-sheet total is £1,055,298. Assets include steamers and plant at cost, £654,698 ; 6hares mother-companies at cost', £196.681; and other items. As compared' with a year ago. steamers and plant show an increase of £41.042, and the fund for depreciation, etc., an increase of £22,538'. A correspondent writes to the Christchurch 'Press' as follows :—" The Union Steam Ship Company having adopted Maori names for theiT steamers, thev should at- least see that they are properly T& •P e ?, i ?r of 'Knrow.' the name of the latest addition to their fleet, is entirely wrong, and anyone with the least smattering of knowledge of the phonetic spelling of the Maori language knows that no word ends with a consonant. The proper spelling of ' Kurow * show bo 'Kohn-ran.' ' Kohn' means 'mist,' and one of the means of ' ran ' is ' to "ather ' "Behind the Kttte townnhip of Kurow. on the Dnntroon-HakataTjnnea railway line is a high hill, from whence the township rt" *"»• , Tn Hoody or misty weather the ekmds hang heavily on the hill, amd thtw it was known to the Maoris m The place where the mist gathers.'' .It might be more poetically described as the mil of the mist.' 'Kurow' is one of those nns-spelhmjs that should be cvrrrected by the Postal "ami Railwav Dehteam Ship Company should perpetuate the error. r ' SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY. With the estabhehment of a chair of naval architecture in connection with Liverpool University, there are those who .look to see some revival in the shipbuilding nrfwtry of the Mersey. At one time ttos river exhibited great productive capa city, but in later years it hns been wholly outpaced by the Tyne and the Clvde The f ?? t il! ral,ed tiat ' ™ old fla y s Liverpool stnpbmMers were very clover in turning out clipper ships specially designed for the African elavo trade. Jt was a question of building a vessel that would at once afford the greatest possible accommodation and assure the greatest speed It was essential to the profit of the trade that a full cargo should be carried It was equally important to be able to "carry on" in the event of a chase, and to make rapid voyages lest outbreaks of sickness should imperil the whole enterprise.

FIRE ON THE INVERKIP. Presa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 8. The steamer Inverkip, bound from Geelong to Falmouth with a cargo of Wheat, has put into Vigo with heT bunkers and No. 2 hold afire. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. KAIPARA HEADS, March B. Isabella De Fraine, from Dunedin. AUCKLAND, March B.—Wanaka, from the 81uff.—5.50 p.m., Victoria, for Sydney. LYTTELTON, March B.—Storm, for Wanganui via Waipapa.—Ripple, for Chatham Islands.—Holmdale, for Timaru. Wakatu. for Kaikonra. WBSTPORT, March 8.—10.30 p.m., Koromiko, for Melbourne. SYDNEY, March B.~Riverina, for Wellington. (For continuation sec Late Shipping.)