OVERSEAS AND SOUTHERN SHIPPING.

Northern Advocate, 28 September 1920, Page 2

OVERSEAS AND SOUTHERN SHIPPING.

The Galbeta's departure has been postponed until 5 o'clock to-night. The Atua is expected to leave iSydney to-morrow afternoon *for Auckland. ( The Otira was due to arrive at 8 o'clock last night from Montreal. JDalgety and Co., Ltd., ar e the Auckland agents. The Japanese collier, Haruna-San-Mam will leave Auckland for Newcastle to-morrow afternoon. The Opawa is expected to L,eave {Liverpool on October 30 for New ports. Th e Orari will also Jeave Liverpool on Ootober 6. The departure of the Mokoia for the Western Pacific is fixed for 3 _p.m. to-morrow It is announced that the Kowhai is expected to leave Onehunga on Wednesday for Westport. The Iceland, from New York to Lyttelton, should arrive at the latter .port next Thursday. This morning the Stella is due to .arrive from Wellington with general -cargo. She is to load scrap iron ,at Auckland for Dunedin. The Mahana was to leave Wellington yesterday for Wellington to complete loading for Home. It is ex.pected that she will leav e Wellington at th c cn d °* th t week. On Saturday the Port Darwin left for Whangarei (Reotahi) and Whakatan e to load frozen meat, etc. for the United Kingdom. She will return to Auckland to complete her loading. The Kaikoura berthed at the Queen's wharf on Saturday and commenced discharging her cargo yesterday morning. She is due to sail on Friday morning for Wellington and Dunedin. She will leave the latter port for Australia, returning later to New Zealand to load for England. The Maheno left Sydney for Auckland at 1 p.m. on Saturday. She is due to arrive to-morrow morning and is scheduled to return to Sydney at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Yesterday afternoon the Tahiti ,left for Vancouver via ports. On Saturday afternoon the British India Company's steamer Carpentar- j ,ia arrived from Avonmouth, New York and Newport News, and bertfhled at the Queen's wharf the next (morning. At Avonmouth she loaded <2000 tons of galvanised iron, and left for New York on July 22. She reacher New York on August 3, and there loaded 4000 tons of cargo, including a large number of motor ■cars. Her next port of call was New. ■ iport News, for which she left on August 14 and arrived on the following day. She lifted 1500 tons of (cargo, and on August 21 left for Panama, and arrived at the Canal on August 28. The following day she sailed for Auckland. The Carpentaria met with fin e weather throughout her passage. Her course was set for the south of the Marquesas and the north of Tahiti, which gava her the benefit of favourable currents. jShe actually steamed 265 miles (further than £Jhe would have done had she followed the usual course, (but the saving in coal more than compensated th e extra mileage. Captain J. V. Reilly is in command of the Carpentaria, which has also 28 cadets aboard. After discharging her Auckland cargo, comprising 1200 tons of general merchandise, she will 3eave for Wellington and Australia.