SHIPPING

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 September 1928, Page 8

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER.

September 27—8.40 a.m., 9 p.m., September 28—9.20 a.m., 9.40 p.m. September 29 —10.0 a.m,, 10.20 p.m. September 30 —11.40 a.m., 11.0 p.m, DEPTH OF BAR. The depth on the bar and river at high water yesterday was: —Bar 29ft.; river, 21ft. ARRIVED. Nil. SAILED. September 28 —Kartigi, s.s., 1163 tons (Sizer), 9.30 a.m., for Wellington. September 28 —Kaiapoi, s.s., 1247 tons (Gray), 10 a.m., for Welington. IN PORT. Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kaituna, Auckland, to-day. Alexander, Wellington, to-day. Pukeko, Wellington, to-day. Orepuki, Onehunga, to-night. Kaimai, Wellington, to-night. Kamona, Wellington, to-night. Regulus, Wellington, to-night. Tees, Lyttelton, to-morrow. PR O JECTED~DEPARTURES. Alexander, Nelson, early. Tees, Wellington, early. Kaituna, Australia, early. Regulus, Nelson, early. Kaimai, Wellington, early. Kamona, Auckland, early. OTHER PORTS. WESTPORT, September 28. Sailed at 9.10 a.m., Alexander, for Grey mouth. SHIPPING NOTES. The Kartigi sailed this morning, with coal, for Wellington. The Kamona is due to-day from Wellington to load coal for Auckland. The Kaimai is due to-day from Wellington to load coal and timber for Miramar and Wellington. The Kaituna is due to-day from Auckland, to load timber for Australian ports. The Kaiapoi sailed this morning with coal and timber for Miramar and Wellington. The Orepuki is due to-night, with general cargo, from Onehunga.

The Alexander is due this afternoon. On arrival she loads coal and timber for Nelson. The Regulus is due to-night from Wellington, via Nelson and Westport, with general cargo. On arrival here she loads coal for Wanganui. The Tees is due at Greymouth to-morrow from Lyttelton, and will load timber for Wellington and Waikokopu. The Pukeko is due with general icargo from Wellington to-day. In recent months the Union Steam Ship Company has disposed of a number of its older cargo steamers, which, after long years of service in the New Zealand trade, have been sold to Far Eastern buyers, who intend to employ them in trading in the China Sea. Amongst ships so disposed of have

been the Whangape, Waipori, Koromiko, Karori, Kittawa, and Kauri, which have thus been saved from the fate of other Union line steamers, such as the Takapuna, Kini, Poherua, Talune, Moana, Rakanoa, Paloona, Te Anau, Pateena, Tarawera, and Rotomahana, all of which, after being stripped of their fittings, have been scuttled at sea or used as harbour protective works. Last week the Kittawa, painted all black, took her final departure from Wellington for Newcastle on her way to the Far East, thus ending a connection of nearly 30 years with the New Zealand trade. Launched as the Glosterhill in August, 1898, at Middlebro, she was soon afterwards purchased by the Union Steam Ship Company, who. renamed her Kittawa. and employed her in the Austra-

lian and Tasmanian trade, but principally in the New Zealand coastal coal and timber trade. Among her earlier masters were the late Captain .1. Millman, Captain Brophy, the late Captain J. J. Pennington, and Captain Nicholas, the latter being well known in Greymouth as “St. Nicholas” on account of his activities in securing Christmas presents fori needy children.