LATE SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 17838, 8 December 1921, Page 9

LATE SHIPPING

The Wainui docked at Port Chalmers tins morning for cleaning and painting in connection with -her overhaul and survey. The Bluff tug Theresa Ward will come out. of dock- at Port Chalmers to-morrow, and the dock will probably then lo occupied by the schooner Progress to have a stern tube fitted for auxiliary steam engines. The Gorinna left Now Plymouth last night for Wellington and Dimodin. She is duo here on Saturday, and will lead for Wellington, Nelson, and Now Plymouth. Tho Kiihika is to leave New Plymouth to-night for Nelson, Wellington, and Dunedin.

NEW INTERMEDIATE SERVICE. The Orcades, the first steamer of tho Orient S.N. Company’s new intermediate service from London, arrived at Sydney on November 2.3. She will 100 followed by the Omar, the two steamers maintaining a regular son-ice, irrespective of the regular mail service of tho lino. Tho liner carries saloon and third class passengers only, ami is comfortably fitted throughout. Tho Orcades was originally a, German liner. She. was commissioned as the Prinr, Ludwig, and under that name has previously been in Australian waters. TRANSPACIFIC CARGO STEAMERS. Tho transpacific cargo steamer Waihemo is expected to leave Lovuka to-day for .Apia to complete loading copra for San Francisco. . The Union Company’s freighter Wsuolapu left .Adelaide on Tuesday morning for Hvdnev and Newcastle. The Waiborn, which is now discharging Pacific Coast cargo at Nwpicr, will subsequently visit Wellington, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney to complete discharge. WANGANUI HARBOR ENTRANCE. Tho Wanganui Harbor Board notifies that it is intended to resumo construction of tho wall of tho turning-basin at Castlecliff, for which purpose piles will be placed so as lo define tho lino of tho intended wall, Between the hours of sunset and sunrise the outer cmki pile wi 11 be market by a green fixed light, visible all round (be horizon for a distance of at least one ■mile. This light will be shifted no may I,?, necessary, and will indicate tho outer end pile as tho work proceeds.