LATE SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 17835, 5 December 1921, Page 6

LATE SHIPPING

The Mahc.no. which arrived at Auckland at noon yesterday from Sydney, is timed to sail on the ret uni voyage at 3 p.m, on 'Wednesday. The Karon is expected to leave Auckland on Wednesday night for Wellington. The Kahika left Lyttelton at 11 a.m. tb-dav for Wellington, New Plymouth, and Nelson. ACCIDENT TO THEKOTARE. Advice received in Dunedin, to-day stated that the coastal steamer _ Koto-re arrived at Bluff this morning with her engines partially disabled. The vessel left here on Saturday evening, and while steaming south the l.p. crank pin carried away ; but she was able to continue her voyage under easy steam, and was berthed at Bluff at 7 a.m."to-day. Repairs arc now being carried out. WATNUI FROM 'MELBOURNE. After a lengthy absence on the Australian const, the Union Company’s steamer Waitmi arrived at Port Chalmers this morning from Melbourne direct. She will undergo overhaul 'before, going into the Nelson-Wollingion trade. TRIAL TRIP OF THE EURIMBLA. The trial trip of the steamer Eorinrhla, the first vessel built at Port Adelaide by Messrs. Poole, and Steele, for the Commonwealth Government, took place on November 18. The Knrimbla is the first of throe which are being built at Osborne to the order of the Commonwealth Government. The second steamer will fco launched next month, and the keel of the third vessel was laid on November 22. NEW COMMONWEALTH STEAMERS.

Arangcments have been made for the new Commonwealth Government Lino steamer Moretnn Bay to leave London for Australia on December 7. The steamer will inaugurate tho new passenger and cargo service betweenAhe United Kingdom ami Australian ports, to bo carried out by five 12,500-ton steamers of the lino, b'he is duo at Fremantle on January 6, and at Melbourne on January 12. The return voyage from Melbourne will he, commenced on February 13. The Largs Buy is scheduled to leave Jam don for Australia, on January 4, and will reach Melbourne about March 13. Other steamers will leave London for Australia at monthly intervals after January 4. They will travel by way of the Suez Canal. NEW OIL VESSEL OTIMAI. The Northern Company’s new oil vessel Otimai, which was built by Mr G. Niccol, at Auckland, was taken for n. trial trip on the Waitemata on Wednesday last. TJio vessel’s behaviour was considered satisfactory. a run being made past Bean Pock lighthouse and bade. Owing to the engines having been only just ipF-tallcd they were not tested to their fullest capacity. Tho Otimai is a wooden vessel 10511 in length, 25ft beam, and 7ft 6in draught. She is schooner rigged, and will carry about 250 tons. She has a twin sot of Bcardmore engines, each of eighty horsepower. driven with crude oil. On deck there are two kerosene oil-driven winches, each with a lifting power of one ten. She is a fully-powered oil vessel, with mainsail, foresail, and bmdsail as an auxiliary power. Luke tho other auxiliary vessels of the company, she has been built for the east coast river trade, where vessels are needed that will carry well on a shallow draught owing to (hero being very little water at times at the river entrances. The Otimai is an improvement on the other sever, auxiliary oil vessels owned by the company. They are tho Tuboe. Pn-roto, Motu, Elsie, Pono. Victory, and Tcnca.