SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 14308, 5 March 1910, Page 5

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MORROW. Taiwoa Head ; 10.11 a.m., 10.56 p.m. Port Chalmers; 10.51 a.m., 11.36 p.m. Dunedin : 11.21 a.m., 12 p.m. MONDAY; Taiaroa Hoad ; 11.38 ii.in., 12 p.m. Port Chalmers : 12 a.m., 0.18 p.m. Dunedin : 0.6 a.m., 0.43 p.m. THE SUN. Rico to-morrow, 5.53 a.m. ; set.; 6.40 p.m. THE MOON. Rise to-night, 11.5; set to-morrow, 3.09 p.m. —Phases During March. — March 12 Now moon p.m. Alareh IS First quarter .>.7 p.m. March 26 Full moon 7.5; a.m. ARRIVED.—March 4. Kotare, s.*., 141 forts. Treurn, from Gatlins. March 5. Knraara. 6.054 tons. Morton, Horn Livorpol via Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Gisborne, ami Napier. .Manuka, t.©,©.. 4.592 tons, Nc\*ille, from Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers ; Intercolonial—Mies Grammy. Mr© Dale, Mr Cra.unoy, Rev. Dale; twelve steerage. Coastal—M if set. Neilfon. Neil, Kidlev, Leary, Fairley (2), Maxwell. Shart, Clark, Hart. Dnrrant, Warn. Mesdames bell, Sharp. Underwood, Langslaff. Messrs Hammond. Bell, Barnes, 0 Bricvn, Dcnuieton, Cafiin, Jennings, Sharp, Lang (2). clair. Dr Longstaff. Rev. Royall; ten Underwood. Page, Conll. Hon. J. 11. Sin©tee rage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —lntercolonial. Mokoia. from Auckland, March 6 (brings Sydney pajsengera traiauippcu from Maheno at Auckland). Moana, from Alelbourne. Marcn o. Ulimn.roa, from Sydney via Cook Strait, March 12. Oversea, Sail. — Marjory Glen, barque, from Liverpool; Bailed December 15. Marie, French barque, left New iork January 8 via Lyttelton. —Oversea, Steam.--Buteshire, left Liverpool December 11 via Sydney and Northern porter at Sydney February 9; at Auckland hebruary 17, Wellington February 26, Lyttelton March 2; duo in Dunedin, .March 6. Star of Australia, left Now York December 14 via Melbourne, Sydney, and Northern porta; at Melbourne February 2. Sydney February 14, Auckland February 25; duo Dunedin about March 10. Spithead, left New York January 7 via Meloourne, Sydney, and Northern ports; due Dunedin about March 23. Kumara, left Liverpool Drcenihor 27 via Northern ports; at Auckland February 12, Wellington February 21; due in Dunedin' about March 5. Georgia, left New York January 8 via Northern ports; duo Dunedin about middle of April. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Ta raw era, for Auckland, March 6. Manuka, for Melbourne. March 6. ! Moana, for Sydney, via Cook Strait, March 9. In port-at noon to-day ; —At Dunedin : Aotoa, Manuka. Bakiurn. Kotare, Dorset (steam), John Lockett, Magic (sail). At Port Chalmers : Kumara, Tarawera, Hnuroto, Mourn, Taviunl (steam). John Lockett, barque, for Newcastle, was to bo towed to sen this afternoon. Kumara, s.s., arrived at Port Chalmers this morning from Napier to discharge the balance of her original cargo, about 800 tons. She will load produce before leaving about Wednesday next for the North. Tarawera, s.s., having been cleaned and • painted and the damage recently sustained at Napier remedied by the fitting of a few rivets in her bottom, came out of dock this forenoon and discharged a quantity of tanning hark before coming up to Dunedin in tho afternoon. Sho resumes her East Const running to-morrow, sailing at 2 p.m. for Auckland via ports. Buteshire and Ifanroto dock next week . early, and probably also tho Mokoia. with which tho Hanroto is exchanging tho Eastern Pacific for the ! Eaet Coast running. Kiiitnna, c.s.. leaves the Bluff to-night for Dunedin, and ©ailson Monday for Oe.maru and Lyttelton to complete discharge, thenco to Westport. Pnkaki, s.s., was still at Westport tlii© morning. According to latest advice ©ho was to leave at 2 p.m., and call at both Timaru and Oamarn en route to Dunedin. Aparima. s.s., left Sydney at 5 p.m. yesterday for Calcutta. She is due there, on March 27, and will leave a week later with cargo for Now Zealand pofts. Captain MBride, of tho Hanroto, took, charge of tho Tarawera to-day. Captain Kennedy remains at headquarter* for order?. Mokoia, s.s., from Auckland and East • Coast ports is not to leave Lyttelton till J midnight to-night, her departure having i been delayed for tho convenience of tho ; Williamson comic opera Company. Con'- ■ ©equently it will probably bo about 4 p.m. to-morrow before ©he arrive© at Dun- ■ Min. If there are any passengers on ■ board for Melbourne they will bo transhipped to the Manuka at Port Chalmers. Manuka, «.s., arrived at 8.15 this morning from Sydney via Cook Strait, and berthed at the tongue wharf. Sydney was left at 2.30 p.m. on February 26, Wellington reached at 9 a.m. on March 2, and Lyttelton at 7.30 a.m. on .March 4, She left Lyttelton at 5.15 la*t evening for Dunedin. Moderate to fresh easterly winds, smooth sen, and fine weather wero experienced all the way. To-morrow, after tho arrival of the 4.5 p.m. train, the Manuka sails from Port Chalmers fur Melbourne. Star of Australia, s.s.. from Now York via port©, is dno at Wellington to-morrow from Auckland, and at Dunedin about a week later. Devon, Fed c r nl - FT on I d cr ■ Sh i r o steamer, which left Sydney yesterday for New Zealand. to tako tho Buleehiro's loading, will call first at Waitara, and then at W.mCanui roadstead, Picton, Wellington, Port Chalmers, Timaru, and Lyttelton, sailing from the last-named port for Avonmouth about tho 26th. Another steamer of the. Mnknra type, it i© reported, is to bo built for tho Auetra- . lian-Canadian service, to tako the. place of Aorangi. It is understood, however, that nothing definite has yet been done in the matter' Tho Makura is tho largest vessol uf tho Rod Funnel fleet. A largo outward cargo was Taken trom New Zealand ports by the Shaw, Savill and 'Albion, Company’s Mamari, which ©ailed on Wednesday for London. A summary of the lines shipped at the different porta is a© follows ;—From Wellington—--2,489 balcc wool. 279 crates cheese, 15 case© meat extract, TO bale© hemp, 172 sacks poas, 5,754 sacks copra, 73 casks tal- ' low. 25 casks lard, 2,255 carcasses mutton and lamb, 21 boxes kidneys. From N.v pi© T _642 bales wool, 8,411 carcasses lamb, 9,102 carcasses mutton, 100 oases kidneys, . 1 case meat extract, 514 haunches, shoulders, and leg© mutton, 265 nnartor© beef, 31 kegs casings. 40 casks pelt©, 105 cask* tallow. From Gisborne—l,429 bales wool, 19,769 carcasses mutton, 4.318 carcasses lamb, 173 quarters beef, 76 casks pelts.. 159 casks tallow. From Timaru—l.l72 bales wool, 28 bales sheepskins. 17 casks tallow, 2 cases effects. From Dunedin—--6.151 bales wool, 8 bales sheepskins, 31 sacks peas, 1 case sample seeds, 209 bales tow and hemp. 117 bags scheolito, 2,035 boxes butter, 1,270 crate© cheese. From 81uff—2,504 bales wool, 55 bales sheepskin?, 16 pieces leather, 3 baJesrabbitskins, 1 bale hair, 105 bales hemp, 48 casks, tal- * low, 1,042 sack© eats, 35 cases preserved meats.'and 6.259 crate© cheese. According to tho ‘Fiji Tims©,’ reports that have renchod Suva about the Navim’s loet shipment of bananas to New Zealand are jms*t tmwleueant reading. One weti-kaow* *J»tppar of a - reliable brand beck £9 Am for 13S bandies

J and 100 cases of bananas from ono agent;' £3 l 4 for 120 cases to .another, and 6s 9d debit note on thirteen cases _of pineapples. The same brand fruit by the steamer Mauapouri (fitted frith cold storage) to Melbourne returned £55 13© 7d for 203 cares. Mr Taylor is chief' engineer of the dredge Ilapai.which loft Paisley for Auckland on January 12. Mr J. Stevenson is second, and Mr Hendry third engineer. Mr L. Larsen, engineer for the Westport Harbor Board, who supervised the ; construction of the Board’s now dreclgo Eileen Ward in Scotland, returned to Now Zealand by tho Manuka on Wednesday. The Eileen Ward Is duo at Wellington in about throe works’ time. Mr Hendry is second engineer of tho dredge, and Mr Dicky third.

THE WARATAH. Press Association—By Telczraph—Copjright. MELBOURNE, .March 4. An officer of the Lund Lin© states that there is nothing to signify that the cushion recently found off tlje Cape Colony coast belonged to the. Waratah. If any of the vcvfd’s cushions were marked it would bo with 1 lie naino in full. It might, of course, happen if “W” was worked on the cushion that it was a present to an officer. HEADQUARTERS SCEPTICAL. LONDON, March 4., (Received March 5, at 8.50 a.m.) Lund's Steamship Company do not place any credence in the reported Waratah wreckage, since their Capo Town agent* had not notified thorn, and it had been arranged that they should do so should any evidence of the Waratah be discovered. SH AW-SAVILL COMP AN V. ■Movements of Steamers.--Taimii arrived Wellington 19th February : sails again from New Zealand 24th March; due London 6th May; leaves again for New Zealand 26th May; duo Wellington 12th July. Kumara arrived Auckland 12th February ; will sail again for London from Auckland 21st March; dne London sth May. Acton arrived Dunedin 27th February; sails again for London frmn Wellington 30th March ; due London 19th May. Ivin Ora left London Bth February for Auckland, Wellington, and Bluff: duo 23rd March ; sails again lor London end April. lonic left Cape Town 27th February for Wellington ; duo 22nd Marcii; sails again for 1/ondon 21st April: duo London 3rd Juno; loaves again for Now Zealand 25rd Juno ; due Wellington 9th August. Rangntira (new twin-screw steamer) left Liverpool 19th February for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, and Dunedin via Adelaide; due New Zealand aiout 12th April. Athcnic arrived London 12th February; sails again for Wellington 3rd March; due 19th April; leaves Wellington for London 19th liny ; due Ist July. Waitenintn arrived London 19th February. Vokomam arrived London 24t.1i February ; sails again about 7th March for Uuntd'in and Lyttelton ; due about 26th April. Delphic arrived London. 25th February ; sails again from Liverpool for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, 19th March ; due 26th April. Invertav left Auckland 29th January for London via Monte Video; due. London 18th March. Matatua left Monto Video Ist March for London; due Ixmdon 22nd March; sails again from London for Auckland, \\ ellington, and Timaru eavlv April. Corinlhic left Rio ‘2lsl Fcbrauiy ; dn© London 15th March ; sails again for Wellington 51st March; due 17th May; leaves Wellington for London 16th June ; due London 23th July, Wain-era loft Wellington for London via Monte Video Sth February : due London 26th March. Karamea left Auckland for London 25th February ; duo London 10th April. Maniari left Wellington for London 2nd March : due London 12th April. Arawa left Wellington for London 24th February; due London 8:h April; sails again for Wellington 28th April; due New Zealand 14th June. MARJORY GLEN’S CARGO. The barque Marjory Glen, now eighty days out from Liverpool for Wellington and Dunedin, isbringing 2.055 tons of general cargo. Nino hundred tons are for Wellington"and 1,155 tons for Dunedin. Neill and Co. are the local agent*. ALLEGED PREFERENTIAL RATES. AN AIJCKLANtTCOMPLAINT. AUCKLAND. March 5. Mr Gaudin, of the firm of Kronfeld and Co., stated at the Chamber of Commerce Council that tho Union Company are giving preferential rater, between Fiji and Sydney as against Fiji and Auckland. In some case*, he said, the difference was as much as 15 per emit., and Auckland had practically lost the Fiji trade. Tho Council resolved to ar,k tho Union Company for a. reply to the allegation. [The manage;nest of the Union. Steam Ship Company stale that they do not know anything of the alleged preferntial rates. Between Fiji and Sydney and Fiji and Auckland, both wawi, the rates ara identical.] A DEAL BV SIR C. FURNESS. Another lutewmhip deal, affecting in this case a largo fleet of cargo etewnor*. is announced. As cb*.jnnari of the Neptune Steam Navigation Co., which have their headquarters at Manchester, Mr William Briggs ha* issued a circular, informing the shareholders thret the directors hare entered into an amcna;ament with Sir Christopher Fume#*, M.P., for the purchase by him of the whole of tho issued share capital of tho company on the following terms ; 15s 6d per oh*ro for each prsleronco share, 13* 4d per share for each ordinary eh are, 4s per share for each “B” ordinary share. Payment i* to be made in fully-paid ordinary shares of £1 each in Fumes©, Withy, and Co., Ltd., at par, and any fractions in cash. Sir Christopher Fnmeoe stipulates that the agreement is conditional on his acquiring not less than one-half of the entire issued capital of tho Neptune Company. The directors of tho Ncptuuo Company, it i* intimated, have trnmi morally agreed to transfer tho whole of their holding in the company, amounting to 52,017 shame, at tho above-named price*, and recommend their fellow-shareholdors to accept the offer. The following verso's arc owned by the Neptuno Company,:— .Ton* Tens gross, d.w. Built. Lowther Range ... 3,792 6,450 ISC6 . Pennine Range ... 3,397 6,200 1903 Cheviot Range ... 3,458 6,200 1903 Malvern Range ... 3,573 6,200 1906 Grampian Range 3,148 5,600 1905 Norfolk Range ... 3,054 5,300 1905 Snowdon Range- 3,060 5,300 1906 Tho history of the company lui* net ben ono of unalloyed success. Originally registered in 1884, its capital was, laic in 1905, reduced by about £IIB.OOO. The authorised capkil is now £124,471 in 6 pot cent, cumulative preference share* of £l, ranking equally with the ordinary a« regard* capital, and £107,756 in •vdnary shares of £L £117,901 of preference has been subscribed and paid up. and £100,866 of ordinary has been subscribed and £93,081 paid up, 82,182 shares being fully paid, and 18,684 (called “B” ordinary) having lie 8d paid. For 1905 and 1904 there was no distribution. on oithsr class of ©hare*. In th» period freon September 7 to December 31, 1905, there was a set profit of £4,289, out of which a half-year's dividend at the rats of 6 per cent, pier annum on ths preference shares was paid to Da com her 3L For 1906 tho ordinary shares received 3 per cent., for 1907 4 per cant, was paid, and for 1908 only six months’ dividend v-as distributed on ths preference shares.

NAPIER HARBOR IMPROVEMENT. AN ADVERSE MEETING. jPr.R Uvited Press Association.] HASTINGS. March 5. A statutory mooting of tho rat op* yore of the Hasting* riding of the Napier Harbor rating district, wan hold last night to con--1 sidor a proposal to borrow £300,000 for 1 tho purpose of work neccesnry for tho rei qniremon'ts of tho breakwater and the position of tho Napier Harbor. A crowded meeting'severely criticised the proposal, and carried an amendment that ths meeting opposed a poll being taken until Mr Goo. Nelson’s scheme had been accurately reported on. Only four voted that a poll he taken. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, March 4.—Mooraki. for (Sydney.—6 p.m., Mokoia, lor Lyttelton and Dunedin. LYTTELTON. March 4,-Ramona, for Westport.—Taimii, for Pi cion. BLUFF, March 4.--Wanaka,. for Oamani. SYDNEY, March 4. —Maliono, from Auckland. (For continuation eon Late Shipping.)