SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3830, 13 May 1913, Page 2

SHIPPING.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From North — Victoria, to-morrow. Monowai, Sunday May 18. Maitai, Wednesday, May 21. From South — Zeala'rtdic, to-morrow. Monowai. to-morrow. Petone, Thursday, May 15. Takapuna, Friday, May 16. Maitai, Saturday, May 17. Takapuna, Sunday, May 18. Mokoia, Wednesday, May 21. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For North— Huia, to-day. - Monowai, to-morrow. Maitai, Saturday, May 17. Mokoia, Wednesday, May 21. For South— ® Ruru, to-day. Victoria, to-morrow. Takapuna, to-morrow. Takapuna, Friday, May 16. VESSELS IN PORT. Takapuna, s.s. Ruru, s.s. Inga, s.s. Huia, aux. topsail schooner. Amelia Sims, topsail schooner. Alert, scow. OVERSEA STEAMERS. Courtfield, s.s.. from New York, due Auckland to-day. Rbnutaka, s.s, from Liverpool, due Auckland to-morrow. Muritai, s.s, from London, duo Auckland May 18 NOTES. The Takapuna was unable to' get away for Napier last night- owing to the bad weather, and in consequence,the steamer Ai- 11 /’ ' va ; s cancelled, and she will leave on Wednesday night a 3 usual. Ihe Mokoia, which passed on on Sunday; night, did not arrive at Napier until 2 o clock yesterday afternoon. The Rosamond arrived at Tologa on

Sunday night and discharged her cargo for that port and left at 2 o’clock yesterday morning for Gisborne, but had to put back owing to the heavy sea and the southerly gale which was raging. The steamer is not expected to leave Tologa until the weather moderates. The Squall did not put in.an appearanoe yesterday, and is probably sheltering on the ooast. In consequence' of the heavy weather tho Navua was unable to'leave Lyttelton yesterday. She was due to-inorrow morning to load a consignment of sheep for the Southern market. The Navua’o trip was consequently cancelled, and- ire her place the big cargo steamer Waitemata will be despatched from Auckland to-day to take up the loading here. For the purpose., of relieving the pressure of cargo offering for West of England ports the F .and S. Lino’s Dorset will oome aci-.oss from Australia to Lyttelton to complete loading for Home. She is duo at Lyttelton on May 15 or 16, and will tako her departure from that port lot Liverpool and Avonmonth about May 20. Owing to the Sydney docks being engaged for some weeks, the agents of the steamer Silverbiroh have arranged ft r the vessel to proceed to Melbourne md have the necessary rcnaPs earned out there. The docking and repairs are estimated to cost about £SOOO, says the Sydney Shipping List, and it means a tug item to tilt; Victorian dock owners to secure this big tender. SHIPPING IN 1913. NEW STEAMERS FOR AUSTRALIA. The year 1911 was made remarkable, says the Melbourne Shipping Index, on acoount of the amount of new tonnage introduced into both intor-State and deep-sea traffic; the following year was even more so, but it certainly appears now that 1913 will outdo both those ears in this respect, so largo is the list of new vessels to come to hand. One of the features of the list is it is so representative; in fact, there are only one-or two lines with no tonnage coming, and this is perhaps not through any want of eterpriso, but owing to tho phenomenal activity in the shipbuilding yards and a consequent inability to guarantee delivery for 18 months and perhaps two years in some instances. And also, the year will stand out more on account of the fact that it will witness the advent of tho largest liner yet ordered for the Australian trade, the White Star Ceramic; in fact, she will be tho largest- vessel to come south of tho Line, and, great as her dimensions are, it may happen that an order for a rival will be placed before December next. LAUNCH OF THE AQUITANIA. LARGEST VESSEL YET BUILT IN GREAT BRITAIN. Cable advice received from London states that the Aquitania, the mammoth liner built for the Cunard Company, was launched at Clydebank on Monday, April 21. With a gross tonnage of 47,000 (as against 45,000' ol' the Olympic and Titanic, of the White Star Line), she is the biggest vessel yet biult in Great Britain. The Aquitana lias accommodation for 3250 passengers, will carry a crejy. of 1000, and is designed for a speed of' 23 knots. She will carry several motor lifeboats. Some months ago the Clyde- House Trustee began widening and deepening the Clyde Channel, so that the Aquitania could, when ready, be sent safely to sea. It is anticipated that the Aquitania will be ready for her steam trials in February, 1914. The German liner Jmperator, the rival in point of size of the Aquitania, which was launched last May, is now completing. In connection with the launch of the Aquitania, it is rather interesting to note that several papers dealing with the size of ships will form the subject matter to be communicated to the International Navigation Congress, to be held-in Philadelphia this month. Mr C. Leemans, of Amsterdam, in his paper will (says “Engineering) predict that a few years will see vessels of 70,000 and 75,000 tons traversing the ship-lanes of flic North Atlantic. In a generation he believes there will be ocean leviathans of 100,000 tons plying between Europe and North America. The sized vessels, he says .will have a length of 1500 feet, a width of 180 feet, and a draught of more than 50 feet. Mr E. 1.. Corthell. New York, will also discuss this subject at the congress. llis predictions are based on tables worked out from past increases and from the economic advantages of larger ships. He believes 'that vessels of 1100 feet in length for 1948 is a modest prediction. TELEGRAPHIC. LONDON, May 12.—Sailed, Remuera and Makarini, for New Zealand. AUCKLAND, May 12.—Sailed at 5.40 p.m., Wimmera, for Sydney. BLUFF, May 12—Arrived at 7.15 p.m., Maunganui, for Hobart, with English mail. WELLINGTON. May 12—Arrived at 12.12 a.m., Pukaki, from Dunedin; at 12.30 p.ru., Komata, and at 1.55 Katoa. from Westport; at 2.10 p.m., Ngatoro, and at 4.20 p.m., Himitangi, from Greymouth. Sailed at 1.30 p.m.. Pateeua, for Pieton and Nelson; at 5.15 p.m., Monowai, .'cr East Coast and Auckland; at 8.5 pm., Maori, for Lyttelton.