SHIPPERS.

Evening Star, Issue 17227, 17 December 1919, Page 1

SHIPPERS.

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bets to-day, 2.54 p.m.; rises to-morrow, A 1.18 a.m. i The American schooner Alvena -left San ] i' rancisco last week for Wellington with 5 n cargo of case oil consigned to th* I Oil Company. The liner Argyllshire, which left Wei- i Imgton on November 18 for Liverpool, hj arrived at Panama several days ago. 1 hj rom London with passengers and I mails, the Orient liner Ormonde is due at r remantle to-day, Adelaide on De- ! cember 21, and at Melbourne on December ' It was found necessary, owing to the: slackening off of stevedores, to postpone of last week the departure of the White Star cargo steamer Tropin' from Melbourne for Great Britain. Under 1 ordinary' circumstances the vessel would have sailed on December 8. ‘The new Commonwealth frieghter Dun-, dula is now having the heavier portions of l her machinery and engines and her pro-’ pellor placed on board at Melbourne. Bound for London and Antwerp, by way of the Panama Canal, the steamer Ajana, recently purchased by the New; Zealand Shipping Company, was de- ’. spnitched from Melbourne on December 5 • with the following freight:—6,4os' cases ' of butter, 94,000 carcases of frozen meat, 6,886 bales of' wool, 1,000 cases of preserved meats, 400 tons of tallow, and 2CO : tons of sundries. i Loaded with 14,000 boxes of tons of wheat, and about 2,500 tons of 1 frozen meat, the steamer Wangaratta, 1 which visited Dunedin some weeks ago, ] was despatched from Melbourne on De- ; cember 4 for London. The American schooner Planter, which • arivod at Bluff on Saturday morning last, ■ left San Francisco, on September 27, and i encountered south-west gales with heavy,-; seas and hail squalls during the voyage. I Her cargo consists of 153.000 ft oft timber,] and 18,000 cases of oil, the latter being; consigned to the Vacuum Oil Company. PASSENGERS BY THE MO ANA. i ' The B.M.S. Aloana. which arrived at j Wellington on Thursday last from San • I rancisco and Island ports, brought the j following passengers for New Zealand : j First saloon—Miss Minnie Curran, Mr and / Mrs P. Annan, Lieutenant Garden, Mr ‘ C. Stoddart, Mr and Mrs 0. Halse,.Misa i and Mrs Rollestcn, Mr J. Campbell, Mr ] A. Seifert, Mr and Mrs Dunlop, Mr R. j Garden, Air Fori hough, Mr and Mrs St. ; Lawrence, Mr J. Nathan, Miss J P. Carr, ; Mr D. Coodbehere; Air J. Milne, -Mrs M. I Kerr, Dr and Mrs Wilkin. Miss E. Haw--kin, Mr N. Nathan. Mr and Mrs 'Rogerson, Dr and Mrs Begg, Mr E. H. Goring, ' Mr Felkin, Aliss A. Orr, Mrs Ferguson, ‘ Mr-, and-Mrs Newton. .Mr and Mrs Oarney, Mr P. Hanson, Air Rushton, Mr: Varney, Mr and Mrs Stamps, Mr T. Fagan, Mrs W r . Stevenson, Mr Crmnmer, 1 Mr Bates. Mr and Mrs Platts, Masters 1 Platts, Miss Seymour, Air St. Noble, Miss ; Bonar, Mr Karlson, Mr H. Ealfe,, Miss i Newman. Second soloon—Mr O. Ruben, 1 Mr F. Kt. John. Mr Scott. Mr G. Jones. A Ali- A. Wilson, Mr G. Haycock, Mr and 1 Mrs E. Booth, Air D. APLoughlin, bliss ;| A. Crook,. Mr and Mrs WTiite and child, ! Mr Rcnouf, Mr G. Correy, -Mr P. Cole- \ man. Mrs A. W’ilson, Mrs A. Lawrence, i Air P. Gentles, Air IS. W. Clark, Air i Thomas Muckle, - Air and Airs Fx’aser, Mr 1 and Airs Ingrouillo and child, Air R. g White, Airs and Aliss Abernethy, Sister “j APAlahou. Sister Hccker, Sister Alan- I ning, Sister Bowler-, Air K. Hall, Airs G. F Danson, and 20 third class., ’! The vessel’s cargo amounted to 1.750 j tons, which included 170 tons of Califor-.! niau oranges, 80 tons of lemons, 268 tons';; of apples, 461 tons of dried fruits, 42 ‘ tons of motor cars, and 300 tons of Island ; fruit. MOKOIA DUE TO-AIORROW. The Alokoia is .due at’.Dunedin early to- 1 morrow morning; from Auckland ” via Napier and Wellington. The vessel will berth at the. cross wharf to discharge several hundred tons of general cargo, ■ and is timed to sail at 2 p.m. on Saturday for Lyttelton. She will assist in the ferry service for a trip or two next week, anil will leave Lyttelton on Wednesday, December 24, for Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. SW’EDISH SHIP AT MELBOURNE. The Swedish sailing .vessel G. D. Kennedy. a training ship of the Rederiaktieb , Transatlantic, which arrived ,at Melbourne on the evening of .December 8 from Norwegian and Swedish ports, is the first sailing vessel to visit the Victorian port from the Baltic since the signing of the armia- i tice. She brought a load of Baltic timber. The G. D. Kennedy is a fine, fast- \ looking ship of 1.482 tons gross, and like j the Bohns, of the same fleet, is used r.s- •' a training ship for officers.in tire service ; cf the line. At present she has in her ' complement 24 young cadets in training ; for officers. Her voyage to Australia was ' uneventful, prolonged rather because only ; slight winds prevailed for the belter part 1 of the passage. She left a week before, . the bangle Bohns, which is now due at ' Alelbourno. Both vessels have visited Alelbonflic previously, but the G. D. Ken-' nedy not as a training ship. (Continued on page 6.)

New First moon quarter Dec.-22 Dec. '50 10.25 p.nu 4.55?p,m. Full moon Jan. : 6 B.SSsa.m. Last quarter Jan. 15 11:39. a.m.