OVERSEAS SHIPPING.

Northern Advocate, 17 June 1920, Page 2

OVERSEAS SHIPPING.

The Waitomo is expected to leave Lyttelton for Auckland on the 21st instant.

The Moeraki arrived at Sydney on Tuesday from Wellington.

Th 6 R.M.s. Niagara is now timed to sail for Sydney at noon -today.

Th e Navua was expected to leave Suva yesterday for Auckland, arriving on Sunday.

The Rakanoa sailed for Newcasle on Tuesday night to load another coal cargo for New Zealand.

The Pacific Cable Board advise that the Iris, which is now repairing the Cook Straits cable, expects to sail for Auckland at once.

The Ruahine arrived at Newport News on last Wednesday (June 9th). en route from Southampton to Auckland, Wellington and Southern ports.

The Raranga arrived at Sydney on Jun e 10th from Liverpool, via Adelaide and Melbourne. The vessel is to leave Newcastle on the 23rd instant for Wellington, to load in New Zealand for London.

The Maheno is to leave Sydney for Auckland at noon on Friday. She is du e on Tuesday next.

The F. and S. liner Leitrim, en route from Liverpool to Auckland with general cargo, left Panama on Jun e 9. She should arrive about July 5.

Up to last night no further word had been received from the S.S. and A. liner Arawa, which is du 6 to arrive from Southampton, with passengers, mails and cargo to-day. It is not yet known at what hour she will arrive, but arrangements ar 6 being made to take the Southern passengers down by a special express. The vessel is to berth at the Queen's wharf

In a report from the Publicity Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce occurs the following announcement:—The sfeamship West Mahwah has been taken by the General Steamship Corporation to operate between Seattle and New Zealand ports, leaving here (Seattle) with full cargo of miseellanous freight, at the end of May.

The R.M.s. Niagara arrived from Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon, and berthed at the Queen's wharf about 3.30 p.m. A fine voyage from Vancouver is reported, with no special incident. The vessel sailed from Vancouver on the 27th of May, arrived at Honolulu on the 3rd of June, and got to Suva a week later. The vessel is taking 75 through passengers to Sydney in the first class, 40 in the second, and 23 in the steerage. For Auckland, she has 2108 tons of cargo, the principal lines of freight being 2558 cases canned fish, 887 bundles eotton-jvood, 5 automobiles, 178 sacks maize, 1100 bundles shingles, 133 bundles doors, 86 barrels white lead, 2160 rolls and 2182 bundles newsprint.