SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 17369, 3 June 1920, Page 7

SHIPPING

- * The Pakeha left the United Kingdom on May 22, cargo laden, for Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane via Cape Town. After discharge in Australia the vessel will come to New Zealand to load for London. The Zealandic, due at Wellington today from Auckland, is in charge of Captain V. W. Hickson, R.N.R. From Wellington the vessel will go en to Lyttelton to discharge and load for- the United Kingdom, for which purpose she will er.il in due course to Port Chalmers. Subs • quently she will take in further cargo r.i Bluff, and then return to Wellington. Sh - has been fixed to sail about June 29 ii.r London via Panama. The Tarawera is due to leave Sydney on Monday for Bluff and Duncdin. Tho Karamu is expected to leave Greymouth to-morrow for New Plymouth, and the Kowha-i at midnight to-morrow for Timaru, thence to Duncdin. The Storm is duo here to-morrow front Lyttelton, and is expected to sail the same day for Timaru and Lyttelton. Tho Breeze, which arrived yesterday morning from Lyttelton, is timed to sail to-morrow for Lyttelton. - THE FERRY SERVICE. The Wahine arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington at 8.15 a.m. to-day, the passsngers connecting with the "second express. AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE. An adventurous voyage from England ■; to Tong.a in a 21-ton cutter was concluded on May 3, when the Ogre, with a party of four (including Mr Ralph Stock, the author) on board, arrived in Nukualofa Harbor, according to a special message to the Auckland ' Star.' The Ocre left the Devonshire coast last July, "ftie first port touched was Vigo, in Spain, and from there the route was to tho Canary Islands, thence to Barbados, then on through tho Caribbean Sea to Colon. Passing through •the Canal all the paraphernalia of dock science was utilised to shift the Ogre, and all tho charge that could he levied, was 25 dollars. From Panama to Gala> pagos Island was the next stage of the voyage, then to Marquesas, and on to the Panmota Group. • Tahiti, Palmeraton Island, and Niue were next called at, and the Ogre then went on to Nukualofa, thus completing a, truly remarkable voyage. The Ogre was designed by the well-known Colin Archer. She was built nine years ago as a lifeboat for tho Norwegian fishing fleet, is 47ft long, with a- beam of 15ft, and i 3 equipped with a 13 h.p. Kelvin engine. She is a staunch vessel, and quite capable of making the .return trip to England. In tho run through the Caribbean Sea the Ogre logged 1,200 miles in seven days. The average sailing rate was about 1.50 miles a day.