SHIPPING
The Union Company’s is making a lengthy passage from Gr mouth to Adelaide. The vessel left ,• West Coast port on Jane 3, and is tl/ i fore 28 days out. She has been load at Adelaide for Lyttelton. There was a considerable swell on aj® Westport bar to-day. NIAGARA. LEAVES SUVA. S The R.M.S. Niagara, en route fr.- ■ Auckland to way ports and Vancouverresumed her voyage from Suva at 4 p.m. on Sunday. All on board are well. LATEST CONCERNING MAKTURA. Latest advices received by the Union Gompanv concerning the R.M-S. Makura state that the vessel was expected to leave Vancouver to-day for Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland. She should arrive at the latter port about July 19. NEW STEAMER WAIBUNA. The Union Company’s new cargo steamer Wairuna arrived at Antofogasta on June 25 from Valparaiso, and was to have sailed again on June 27 for San Francisco. She will load at the latter port for Auckland, Sydney, and Melbourne. STELLA, FROM AUCKLAND. The Stella arrived at Dunedin early this morning from Auckland direct alter a rough trip of over six days. The vessel left the northern port at ll p.m. on Tuesday last, and bad fine weather until reaching the East Cape, when she encountered a strong south-east gale and heavy seas. As the Stella could make very little headway the master decided to return to the [ East Cape, where she sheltered fox several hours on Thursday. The voyage was resumed on Friday, and the steamer had to i contend with a heavy swell for the remainder of the voyage. She brought 200 tons of scrap iron and 10 tone of sugar. - On completion of discharge the Stella will load for Wellington and West-port. PALOONA FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Tire R.M.'S. Paloona arrived in the stream at Wellington at _4 p.m. yesterday ! from San Francisco via Papeete and I Rarotonga. The vessel brought European I and American mailt, a fair number of I passengers, and 1.5C0 tons of general mer- | chanda se for New Zealand. On comple- ; tion of discharge the Paloona will withdraw from the service. Her future movements have not yet been announced. STEAMERS PURCHASED. j The steamer Verdun, which was loaded : some months ago by the C. and D. Line ! at Port Chalmers for Hull and Imming- ; ham. baa been purchased by tire Canard | Steamship Company, Ltd. Two other steamers, also owned by Messrs Cow, Harrison, and Co., of Glasgow, the Val- ' verda and Virgilia, have also been pur- | chased by tho Cunard Line. j EUPLECTBLA FROM SINGAPORE. i The British Imperial Oil Company have received advice that the Euplecteia left Singapore, carrying large supplies of Shell benzine, for New Zealand on June Id, and is expected to arrive at Auckland ion July 9 or 10. She will afterwards proceed to Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin to complete discharge. The i Eupleotala is a gteol three-masted steamer iof 3,918 gross tonnage, bolt at New--1 castle, England, in 1894, I NEW FEDERAL STEAMER SURREY. ! There launched in April from the Javrow shipyard of Messrs Paimere' .‘-■hipbuilding and Iren Company, Ltd., the steamer Surrey, to the older of the Federal Steam Navigation Company. The Surrey is the second ship built for the • ompanv by Messrs Palmers, the first bring the Kent, delivered last year. The Surrey is a single-screw geared turbine steamer. Length b.p. 460 ft., breadth (extreme) 62ft 9in, depth (moulded to upper deck) 29ft B|in. Site will carry about 11,550 tone deadweight. She was built of steel to class 100 A 1 Lloyda, having three complete deck®, including shelter ! deck with bridge and forecastle, and a cruiser stern. Most of her holds In the j ’tween and lower decks were insulated for carrying meat. Provision was made | for carrying oil fuel in tlte _ double bottem, fitted up complete with sanction pipes and -heating coils. A very complete system of derrick was to be installed. Her engines consirt_ of Parsops’ sinHc-screw geared turbines, developing about 5,000 i.h-p., with four s.c. boilers and Howden’s forced draught. The boilers were fitted with superheaters, and tho speed of the vessel would be i about 13 knots.
HOMEWARD-BOUND PASSENGERS,
Tho Shaw, Savill, and Albion liner Arawa, ■.v.bicli loft Wellington a* 1 p.m. on hhrndriy for London via Panama,, lias on board iJie I'oMowing pas&e , n.ger*s . First saloon ; Mosdatnes H. C. Barc.ay, .1. J. Bourke, L. K. Bright, B. Conuah, R. Dwyer. H. W. Guthrie-Smith, G. M. Guthrie-Smith, J. lios-y, G. S. Hooper, Af. Mill. L. M. Playna and infant, M. W. IVwi’.ev, i. M. Marwick. Misses D. A Barclay, J. Beauchamp, I*. Dee, 8.. A., Tj aiid M-, Guthrie-S-mith. Johnstone, M A Bartsnav, H. Beauchamp, J. .1. Bourke, R. Dwyer, H. W. Guthrie--irdih, N. T. Gray, J- Hessy, C. A. Do veil. I). Mill, F. ’ Peck, W. B. White, Ganta-in G- S. Hooper, Rev. Father O’Reilly. ~ , Second saloon ; Mo^daniG’i Ax. Boon, A. Anderson. E. W. Bond, A. I. Caller, A. Dunc-au. E. Dymook, W. Evans, b. K. Earciulirir. B. B. Gamkii, A. E. Green, IT. R. Hslliwell, A. Haines. E. How-croft, T-awrenca, J- J- Moore. Porter, M. ScaT-l-.nrondi, E. M. Seward. Q. A. fitrksklana, W Tavlor and infant. M. Taylor. M. A. Tim«. L. A. Whittaker, A. Wimpenny, Mudd. Miv>es E. D. Anderson. E. Brown, E Evers-SwindoTl. M. Ham. hj. b. Howcmft. S. P. Jones, Lananze. M. MTai+hv, P. Scarborough, L- E. Pr"‘ard, E. '•mi Ah, A. Strickland, P. K. Taylor, M Tv*on. Mes»rs D. V. Anderson. C. Biirrinatou'. O. H. Bentley. E. W. Bond, C. E. fi nd E. Dymock. w. Evans, S. R. Farnn-ha-T. F. L. Frbze-erald. Tt. B Gsmi,„, A. A, Giddirw*. F. W, Olenny. AH- G TOO IT, C. B. Maine*. P. Hwwcroft. S. PvA:.-'- ■■■. -1. T Jones. A. T. G T. Router. D. Prouse, It. Hi era.. C. Smith, j c.-nviXi -1. Soreasßon, B. H. Strange, E. IT. <-MfWnnd. A. M. Taylor, A. Wim'iponv. A Mndd. Lieutenant J- J- Moore, M Dvt'kkTc. IT- T. Porter, F. Scarborough; and 92 third daw. shipping TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, June 30.—8 p.m., Katea, from W«!dn-ort. NAPIER. Jnlv 1.—6 a.m., Ba-upo. bq., From San Fr-annißOO. "WELLINGTON, June 30.—4.15 a.m., XV aim ana., from AueHand. —1-20 p.m., Prinacisdn. from London,. — 4.5 p.m.- PalooTis. from San Francisco vie ports.—• Jnlv 1 : 5.40 a.m., Armagh, from NewJuly 1.—7 a.m.. Maori, from WeTing-ten with exrres«=). SAN FiUVrTfrn June 26.—Caroline, sell., far Wellington.
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Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 6
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