SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2142, 26 July 1907, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVED. THURSDAY, JULY 23Tor on, s.s. (on. in.) 1< t to.is. I <- u son, from Noyicr.

SAILED. THURSDAY, JULY 23. Toron. s.s. (o p.m.), LI tom- : Peterson, for Napier. Kneo, auxiliary schooner (10 a.ni.) Skinner, lor Coast ports ami Audi land.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Zealnndia, Napier, Saturday. AYnikare, Auckland, Sunday. AVanaka, South, July 31. Victoria, Auckland, July of. Talune, Napier, July SI. Mokoin, Auckland. August 3

PROJECTED DEPARTURES Zealandia, Auckland, Saturday. Waikato, Napier, Sunday. Victoria, Napier, July 31. Talune, Auckland, July 31. Mokoia, Auckland, August 3.

The Toroa arrived from Napier yesterday morning with a largo quantity oi general produce and returned south in the evening. The Zealandia arrives from Napier to-morrow morning and proceeds on to Auckland and Sydney. . The "AVaikare will arrive from Auckland on Sunday afternoon and y ill proceed south in the evening. As a result of an inspection by the Surveyor of Ships the schooner Awauui has been detained in Auckland for extensive repairs. The growing American practice or perforating sails in order to increase the speed of a sailing vessel is interesting. The idea is that m a squill erigged ship the wind escaping tliroU j h the holes of the sails from one yard strikes the sails on the yard or tie* next mast forward, but even in the fore and aft sails the holes have proved ail advantage in making the canvas draw better. Some captains provide little sandbags, which can he pulled through the perforations in tile sails when it is deemed an advantage to close the holes, but this is rarely done. The British four-masted barque Port Jackson, has logged 315 knots in twenty-four hours with perforated sails. Even the big coastwise schooners in the American trade are beginning to adopt the idea. Captain J. AValker, lately of the barque Dunblane (now Joseph Craig), who is retiring from the sea after being in command for forty-four years, lias had a singularly successful experience alloat, and is reported to have met with no accidents during this career. He does not appear to be above middle age, and should have ninny years before him as a master, but lie has decided that with the sale of his barque Dunblane he will retire from the sea and settle down with his family at Adelaide. In September 1863, Captain AValker left Alelbcurne for New Zealand in command of the brig Nile, and remained in he', until 1871, when he took charge of the barque Fleur do Maurice. He was master of her till 180-1, when sue touched oil Natal bar while in charge of a pilot, and was afterwards condemned. Captain AValker returned to Adelaide i n tho same year, and bought the barque County of Ayr, which ho sold in 1901. He then visited England, and purchased the barque Dunblane, which lie brought out to Adelaide, whence he has traded ever since. Captain AValker sold tlu Dunblane recently to Messrs J. J Craig, of Auckland, and her last tii.> from Edinburgh to Lyttelton was her final under the old name. -Captain Stuart has now taken command of the barque, which is renamed Joseph Craig, and Captain AValker left for Melbourne by the Monowai, route to Adelaide. Befo.'c his departure he* was entertained by some Lyttelton friends and presented with a greenstone tiki for himself and a handsome greenstone brooch for 'his wife. —Lyttelton Times.

By Telegraph. SYDNEY, July 25.

Arrived—Malieno from Wellington after a rough trip; Alexa from Wanganui. Sailed—Victoria (2 p.m. yesterday) for Auckland.

MELBOURNE. July 25. Sailed—Monowai for Bluff. NEWCASTLE, July 25. Arrived—Largo Law, from Lytte! ton.

CLARENCE RIVER, July 25. Sailed —Hippolas, for Westport. AUCKLAND, July 25. Arrived—lndian Monarch (5-30 p.m.) from Sydney; Kuinara (7.30 p.m. yesterday) from London; Wai-l-care (9 a.m.) from Gisborne; Tymerie (11 a.m.) from Valparaiso via Russell; Indralema (noon) from Sydney. Sailed—Haupiri (7.30 p.m. yesterday) for Gisborne via Coast bays. NAPIER, July 25. Arrived—Mokoia (7 a.m.) from Gisborne.

PORT CHALMERS. July 25. Arrived at Heads—Orari (3.30 a.m.) from London.