PROJECTED DEPARTURES. FROM PICTON.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 174, 25 July 1907, Page 4

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. FROM PICTON.

"Penguin, for Wellington, this day, at 3 p.nii Penguin, for Nelson, Friday, at 11 p.m. Penguin, for Wellington, Saturday, at 5.30 p.m. Arahura, for Nelson and Coast, Saturday, at-11 p.m. Penguin, for Nelson, Monday, at 5.30 p.m. ; FROM BLENHEIM. Blenheim, for Wellington, Saturday.' Waihi, for Wellington, early. Opawa, for Wellington, early.

As the Penguin is to go to Port Chalmers for her annual overhaul, the Pateena will take her running, commencing next Monday, in the Well-ington-Picton-Nelson service. The Pateena will*1 be brought in from the stream and recommissioned on M-oii-day. \ - Captain Shaw, late of the Opawa, which is laid up at Wellington, took command of the Kiripaka on Monday. The Kiripaka will probably proceed from Patea to Puponga to load for Lyttelton. The latest time-table issued by the Shaw-Savill Company states that the new twin-screw stes«ner which is being built for the New Zealand trade is to be named the Kia Ora. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer Matatua was timed to leave- Timaru at midnight last night tor Picton, at which port she is expec-. "ted to arrive before noon to-morrow. .Her cargo for Home ports comprises , 400 bales of wool and hemp, 500 sacks vof peas, 20 casks of tallow, and 6600 carcases of mutton. Wairau Bar (noon): The Bar is smooth, the tides moderate, and the depth of water 6ft 3in. The Waihi and Blenheim got off the mudflats yesterday afternoon, but the latter vessel, in attempting to cross outwards on ■the same tide, grounded' on the Bar, and is still there.- She is expected to come off on to-night's tide. The "Waihi is at the jetty re-loading her cargo, and is expected to cross outv/ards at soon as the Blenheim is out of. her way.. The effect of the recent southerly weather on the Bar has been '• to make the channel circular and nar- ■ xowv V ! : ./ ■.■'■ .■ ; •■. ••;• ' .-'•; . .