SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 17037, 7 May 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING

The schooner Houto, which has just undergone overhaul at Port Chalmers, and had her main hatchway enlarged, was to come out of dock this afternoon. She will come up to Dunedin to load for the north. The Kittawa, which is- at present under overhaul at Port Chalmers, had her main engines, weighing about 30 tons, lifted this morning, in order that the engine bed might be attended to. The Mokoia, which has had her passenger accommodation refitted at Port Chalmers, will come un to Dunedin at the beginning of next week to commence loading for East Coast ports and Auckland. The Tarawsra arrived at' Lyttelton at 10.30 a.m. to-day from Oamaxu. She will sail to-morrow for Auckland. A wireless message received by the Union Company from the captain of the Navua states that the vessel will arrive a<t Auckland to-monrow morning from Melbourne, Tho Waipori is due at Auckland tomorrow morning from Newcastle. Mr E. A. Cox has joined the Mapourika as second officer. Mr A. G. Kyle, second engineer of the Mapourika, has signed off the vessel's articles. Mr H. Thompson has joined the vessel as third engineer. Captain Showman, of the Kurow, who remained ashore at Newcastle, was seriously ill at that port suffering from quinBev, but was making satisfactory progress when the vessel left for Wellington. Mr J. |£urchie has joined the Waimarino as purser. Mr A. Brodie, chief officer of the Calm, ; has resigned from the Canterbury's service. Mr G. Simpson, second officer, has been promoted to chief. Mr E. Cartner has joined the Calm as second officer. Mr D. M'Muran has resumed his post as chief engineer of the Calm. Mr Lovejoy, ; who has been acting chief, has reverted to his position as second. Mr Muller. acting second, is ashore at Wellington. THE KAKAPO. The collier Kakapo is now due at Blnff from Westport. The vessel will afterwards come to Dunedin to discharge the balance of her coal cargo. Her arrival here is being anxiously awaited owing to the local gasworks' supplies being verylow. NO NEWS OF THE BHAMO. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's chartered steamer Bhamo, with general cargo from the United Kingdom, was to have left Wellington last night for Dunedin, but no advice has yet been received by the local agents as to whether the vessel got away. She will probably not arrive here until Friday. EX-GERMAN SHIPS FOR AUSTRALIA. BIG FLEET TO SAIL THIS MONTH. A cable message has been received by the Commonwealth Shipping Board containing the names of the 14 vessels (hat aro being fitted up to commence voyages to Australia during the present month. The list includes the following:—Konig Friedrich August, a twin-screw steamer. 9,4.12 tons gro.«, fitted with refrigerated machinery, formerly belonging to the Hamburg-America Lino. Konigin Luipe, a passenger liner, 10,786 tons groes. fitted with refrigerating machinery, formerly belonging to the Norddoutscher-Lloyd Line, and employed on that company's Australian service. Prinz Ludwig, a twin-screw steamer, 9,688 tons gross, also formerly au N.D.L. liner; has not previously visited Australia. Print Hubert us, does not figure in -shipping registers, and is probably an addition to the German mercantile marine during the war period. Bremen, twin-screw passenger liner, 11,545 tons; in pre-war days flew the Norddeutscher-Lloydl flag, and was one of the most popular German liners on the Australian ran. Rio Negro, 4.557 tons gross, fitted with refrigerating machinery; formerly a unit of the Hamburg-South American Line. Rio Pardo, 4,568 torn (ex-Daimatia), fitted with refrigerating machinery, and also a former unit of the Hamburg-South American Line. Fried Richsruh, cannot be traced in shipping registers ; the name has probably been mutilated in transmission. Alexandra Woermann, a steamer of 3.829 tons gross, built in England for the Woermann Line. Frankfurt, a twin-screw steamer of 7,433 tons, a former N.D.L. liner. Ypiranga, a twin-screw steamer of 8,106 tons gross? in 1914 flew the flag of the Hamburg-America- Line. Lucie Woermann, a steamer of 4,670 tons; also a former Woermann liner. Windhuk, a twinscrew steamer of 6.344 tons; another former Hamburg-America liner. Wahehe, •cannot bo traced. Though it was notstated in the cable message, there seems little doubt, that these vessels form portion, of the idle mercantile fleet which was imprisoned in German harbors by the British blockade. Ail of these vessels will take largo Australian cargoes back to Great Britain, and a pleasing feature about this phase nf their activities if the fact- that nearly all of them are fitted with insulated chambers for the carriage of frozen produce—a class of tonnage of which there has been experienced an acute shortage for eome considerable time. SWEEPING FOR MINES. The steam whaler Haiiauni 11.. which arrived at Auckland on April 29, has just completed an extensive cruise in tho northern minefields sweeping for mines. Jt was intended thrit she should work in conjunction with the Tulanekai. but owing to that icssel being unable to obtain a- crew the whaler was sent out alone. The Hauanni II arrived at Auckland from Wellington on Febiuarv 20. and after taking in stores and coal sa'locl for the north on February 24. On her arrival at the northern minefields she commenced to sweep for stray mine?, and continued doing ;o until a fow days a-.-o. Every _ part of the northern coast on which a mine was likely to be was swept over, but she did not locatea single mine. She has returned" to Auckland to refit, and will remain there abo»it a fort-night. When ready for sea she will sail for the whaling ground to resume her former occupation of whaling. Some months 'ago, when whaling off Cape. Brett, the whaler found a. floating mine and towed it into Russell Harbor, where it was destroyed. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, May 7.— 8 a.m., Transccean, s'h., for Melbourne. LYTTELTON, May 7.—11.30 a.m., Mararoa, from Wellington (connected with .express). BLUI-F. May 7.-2,30 p.m., Kotare, from Duuedin.