SHIPPING NEWS

Grey River Argus, 5 December 1924, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS

ARRIVALS. December I. —Nil. DEPARTURES. DECEMBER I. Ngatoio, s.s. (-1.50 a.m.», 583 tons Harknes:. for Wellington. IN PORT. Kahika. Kaitangata Titoki. NOTES. I'he .Xgatoro sailed, coal and lim ber-laden. for Wellington yesterday morning. There has been a heavy sea oi. tin bar since yesterday morning, thus pre venting any further sliippifig move merits.

The Tro from Wilingtoa via West port was in Ihe roadstead lasi n;gi:l and will inter port this morning, if conditions are favourable. After discharge of general cargo she will load t.mbcr for Waikdkopu. I'ik Karori is expected io arrive to-day from Bluff with a pari cargo of timber. She completes loading here for Adelaide and Meibiurnc. 'l'he Kaitangata is loading "mil and limber for Auckland, and is expected to sail to-day After discharge nt \mklaml. she will proceed to Port land to load, cement for Wellington. The Kahika will sail for Sydney with a cargo of timber as soon as the bar moderates. Till! Orepnki is i|h ( - this ” eek-rml from Wellington ami Westport with general cargo. After discharge she will load timber for Wellington. 'flie Tito!:; v. ill sail to-day. coalladen for l‘i<-ton (weather permitting) TAHITI’S SMART PASSAGE. With ihe arrival of the R.M.S. Tahiti at Sydney <>n Saturday from Wei lington. there is once again a demcn nation of what can be done v. it i. the assistance of oil fuel as a heating eirmenl ia speeding up our o\rrsras tra f- !■", and chief engineer officer J. \V. McArthur ami his staff arc certainly to be congratulated upon this 'erv line performance. Ii is interest ing io h’arn that the Tahiti, formerly the Port Kingston, was built by A. Stephen and Sons. Glasgow, in 190-1, and run by Elder. Dempster ami Co. for a lime in tiie West India mail service. Sh<- was subsequently purchased by flit l I riion Company ami converted *o oil in 1920. 'flic run across 1 hi- Tasman works mH at over 17 knots, and considering the contract speed of the ship was only 17 knots, the performance i; all the more deserving of credit to the engineering staff when tin. 20 years of service, which the