OUR SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 February 1910, Page 2

OUR SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

UT.STPOHT. This Da v.- -Arrived .it 2 a.m. Knlukii from Civv nth. FAKKWKI.L SPIT. This Hay. _ Pefone U KSTPOITI . Tin's It.iy. Arrived at 0?0 a.m.. Mn| ikit from (Irevmouth. WKSTPORT. Tin- Day. Kaitangata P .-,,■.! Cap,, l-'onlwind for Creymouth at FARKWT.I.I. Sl'IT. This Pay. -Kini from Napier passed west for Grovmonth ill 11.20 a.m. [i'i:n piu:ss ass<>ci vtion- corvniciiT.] STKAMFR MISSING. I.( iNin >N. February 3. The KritishIndia Comiianv's steamer Ixmdiana is mi*sing. She 'loft Mauritius for Colombo mi 10th January with ten Kuropean and i-evenly Native passengers.

I'nRT (IK LONDON ill ARGKS. Received this ll.'lV al 8.30 il.lll. LONDON, Februarv 3. I'Vtr tho port of London the following is* tho schedule of tiic proposed maximum chnrues |»r ton:— Antimonv regulars 2 . ore 1 6. copper 2'-, matter 10.1. ore fJ.I, lead 6.1. uro 4,1. tin 2 . ore dd. >-i>.»ltcr (>■!. zinc sd, ore ■ld. bones 1 . horsehair 26. 1 !.- 6(1. horns 26, hide.- (ili-vj 1 wet 6el. leather 2 wool 2 5. sheepskins, rahhitskins 1 6. dart 1 . mini 2-. hemp 16. hops 3-. tallow 2 . hoiiev 26, wheat, barley, oats iviui !«•:.- 6.1, 'll ■ 1 . apples, pears, oranges Miv.pe.s and dried fruits 2 ■, fruit pulp 3 I.utter 2 (j. chese 16. frozen tinned ineab 2 . poultry 26. w 1 blocks 4d. wines. spirits (hulk) 1 per hundred gallons bottled Id per dozen .punts, specie fgold] 2d. silver 6d per £IOO sterling. The aliovc charges are for the upkeep of the port, irrespective of the dock . barges. WAS IT A RELIC OF THE WARATAIT: MKLHOI/UNE. This Dav. Before the Tomoana rounded the Cape, while 500 miles off shore, two sailors reported" that I thev saw ii drifting ship's l.oat submerged I hv'the stem. I.iil. hefore the chief officer's ! attention was culled to it the steamer had forced -m far ahead thai it was indislin . iiishahle. The officer did not go hack. because he thoughl the sailors had seen .lead fiVll. IIIIiKATEXED FREIGIIT WAR. LONDON. February 3.—A war in fiei'dil rate- hetween a inimher of (human .1,,,,',,ine lines and those affiliated to the recentl\ for 1 llritish Shipping Confer en, e appears tf, lie iminiiieiil as a result of the I ionium lines ,]<., jding to reduce the ehargc:. for , argoc.- l.etweeu liriiish and Soii'h African ports. There are four Her man. -ieai:ei,.|. lino I. and (here ffenili; to take ■ ,n , . to Li it i h South Africa Hum Southampton. Livei| I. Lou don and Glasgow at rides Ss> per ton below those of the liritish Conference lines. K is helieved that the Germans are starting this reduction in retaliation I'm the action of the Cnion Castle Line of Great Britain ill loadling its steamers at Antwerp and Hamburg for Ka.-t Africa in corniietition against the German lines. A fierce freight war is threatened. Til F.KAII'ARA. TENDERS RECEIVED FOR REPATRS. AUCKLAND, February 3. Tenders for repairs to the Kaipara were received by the New Zealand Shipping Company to day, the amounts being cabled to London and not disclosed in the meantime. The chief survey officer of If.M.S. Challenger made a survey of tho shoal in the Rangitoto Channel for the -Marine Department today.