SHIPPING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 73, 27 March 1919, Page 4

SHIPPING

ARRIVED 'March 27—steamer PATEENA, 1212, Sewell,, from Picton and Wellington. —steamer KAITOA, 303, Wildman, from Wellington. SAILED March 26-r*Bteamer NIK AIL 247, Hay, for Wellington. 27—st«ame r PATEENA, 1212, Sewell, for Picton and Wellington. The Pateena arrived from Picton and Wellington early this morning, and sailed at; 6' a.m. on «n© return trip. • The -.Wairoa sails for Golden Bay at 8 to-night. The Kaitoa sails for Wellington direct at-5 p.m. to-day. j " The Nikau arrives from Wellington to- ; morrow morning, and sails on return trip for Wellington direct at 6 p.m. She, ftiakes a trip to and from Motueka to- f igorrow, leaving here at 11.30 a.m., and fetviming same tide. ' The Regulus arrives here from Westport early to-morrow morning. She sails fpr Onehimga direct on Monday at noon, i TJio Waimea left Greymouth yesterday afternoon With a load of coal for Castlecliff. > - The Alexander left Westport • this afternoon for Picton, Wellington, and Nelson'

The Kennedy leaves Westhaven this afternoon for Wellington direct. The >,Koi ' makes, a trip to and from Mqtueka to-morrow, leaving here at 6 aria,and returning same, tide.

From Corn-ban, France, Mr. Joseph hewis, secretary of, ;he Wellington Patriotic Society,. hja ft received a Jeter from his 'brotherj Who is on active service there. The, 'Writer says;. “I have been cist' - here six, months widi the Independent Air - Force, ■ and I can assure yop thjat ;we have done our bit towards snaking Fritz put up his hands. The Independent Force was -established with the 'sole of bombing. German towns, and .we word allowed to ‘carry on’ in ahy way we thought fit, withbui r waiting ;for orders from B.A.F. or ;he Army. have. our main stores and aerodrome here.- It-is a vast camp, about five miles from Nancy, and within easy fly-ihg-distance of the Rhine.. We were main >,suport of the “Yanks” in all ;big advances. Their headquarters a^e-bnly ■about thirfy miles from here. 'The week before the armistice was signed we'had the giant Handley-Page machine fnow on it« way to India) ready to bomb Berlin, and we should birve made an impression, as one of the b&mbis she carried weighed nearly 'a ton.”

HIGH WATER a.m. p.m. Thursday, March 27 4.50 6.31 Friday, March 28 .5.54 6.16 Saturday, March 29 6.36 7-5 Sunday, March 30 7.35 8.0 Monday, March 31 x 8.25 8.40