PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14326, 23 March 1910, Page 6

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

-.:; ; :■ ■■■ '* s ARRIVALS. ' •'■■'" FIONA. ASm, 4471. Barnes, from Fiji.—Colonial • '•"• Su-jar Company, agents. ...-■. ': ' ■■ ,--.>.; :.,FLORA, ; ?.«., 1273, :P. C. Ross, from FirlOn. via ports.', Passengers: Mis<»eH Dean. Real (2).. Mrs. " Simmonds arid infant, Messrs. ReW, Ross, Barton, . Burton, Clark,- Raiclay. Beckett/Robertson, larger, and eight steeraj*;c.—Union .S.S. Co.. agents.1 XG.VPrill. s.s. 640, E. Stephenson; from Wha--vngarcif ''Passengers: -Mr. and Mr*. Forsyth. Mr. and Mrs. Whit'elaw. Mr. and Mrs. Rcyburn, Misses Stafford; .Plunks, Harrison. Hornemon, Filmer, : McGregor. Hand, Woods.-Reybuvn, Swarheld, MesV. dame* Bullions, Carter, Holder, Swafflcld. Robin- i son. Williams MeKiunon, Filmer. Grant. Bray, McDonald. Messrs. Sampson. Reynolds. Rishworth, Graham. Ramsboitom. Matthews, Collins. Cooke, .-';•>■" Hutchison, Sadler. Gluoiiia. Land, Mitchell (2). Nicholson, Loch. Conncll. Webster, Williams. Mat- • ■"..■/. ■'■ thews. Tulle*. t Carter.: f Maitland, Allen; Grigsby. Langguth. Tomliiwon,' Hardell. Murdoch, Case- j Murne, " Clark; Svmons, Keogh, McCorquindalc, McLean V.akelin." Kettle. Course. Preston, -.Mel. j 'vilU\Rrad;r, Edwards, Thomas, Graham, and 15 : steerage.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. , ; CLANSMAN. s.s., 591. K. MeLeod, from Russell. j Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Crammond and child, | ,'- Me-viames Florance.-'McKenzie and two children, j ■' Kirki-atrick. Slvfleld, Gordon. Nurse Jloyan. Jlisses j :■'- F'o.-ance (31. McPherson, Hall (2). Dr. Gordon. , Messrs. En'.alie. Buxton, Conk, Kerr, ami seven j . steerage,—Northern S.S. Co.. agents. ] KANIERI. 203, Grecnherg, from Whangarel. ! '■■ ,rassengers:'Mr."«nd Mrs. Bond and two children, j Messrs. Atwood (2), Wbitertouse. MeKennie. Urqu- I r hart." Walker. Gibbons, Jtossit, Vercoe. Snell. Beat- ! u tie,-Duthie.lTearlrtiz.—Northern S.S. Co.. agents, j ..,' -WELCOME, scow, '64, A. Donovan,, from the j Bay of Islands.— Shipping Line, agents. t. :':EMPREZA; roue. 256, Bushell, from Lyttclton. | -/;.,.' —J. 3. Craig. Limited, agents. ~ ■£■: ■;'; ; ' I : .;. r ". ! 't. ■■-■ , - March 23. ■■' ' : -' : i : ' '. ' NIWARU, 5.?.. 6444, H. Hollis, from London .;r«iJt and Australia.—Heather, Roberton and Co., j ■V-''.; Limited, agents. .."•... -Vv • ..•■'■'-.•'■," ■"..■' . " '' :,* DEPARTURES. '.' ~' r FLORA, s.s.. 1273. P. C. Ross, for Timnru. ' ' KAXIERI, s.s.. 203, Greenherg, for Whnngarei. -.-, CLANSMAN. s.s.» 591, E. McLeod, for the North. v .# - GANNET, scow, 87, L. Vasta, for L the, coast. ; SEAGULL, scow, 78, I. Vasta, for the coast. ' W - : EXPECTED ARRIVALS. * _ > ,-...... ' Lokmkt, ' — Kia Ora^: ;: s.s., sailed ? February j ■i, due about- :,'to-day; 1 .Weiinate, >5.5.,, to sail February. 28, due about April 28; 'Wakarua. " , ' is.," via •"• Australia, -T: nailed February 11, , . due' about i, April' 8; • Morea, » R.M.S., .;; via ; port*, :.»'-''*' tailed' February 25, due about April 13; lndra- j - ■.---.. •■ lema •'■:«.«.;'. via Australia, to sail March 6; Star j of Scotland, vs.*.", via Australia, sailed February ; • 24, due about April 24; Opawa; ».«.,' sailed March ,'i a, v 8,-' dubr about April 20. '•■'-"' f - *~ ... . ' Liverpool.—Fifesbire, s.s., -;^via*■:■'.■' Australia,: ; sailed i February ;• 6, - due •:. about .April 7; Rangatira. ' ■ new s.s., .sailed s February' 23,, due :}■ •; early in April; * l.rayton Grange, s.s., via Aus- . ■■, tralia, sailed .March 5, due about May 5: Sussex, • s.s., via Australia, to-'sail about April"!'- ; V" T; " r T"PjLiSLET.^Hapai.'fdredge.'-iaUed?January 26-'= ','".-.?;£ York.—Softhead, s.s., -via Australia, sailed j Ij, .January 8,; due early; . Georgia, s.s., via : ; Australia, sailed January ."-; 11, due about • April:- 20; i Andromeda, torque, via = Wellington, . * : sailed December 3, at Wellington March 15; Sher- "'■-•". • lour, s.s., via Australia, , sailed January , 27. due ~ ; tbout : March 30; - Mirniro, : . s.s., via ; Australia, :to ; ••■ ': 'nil 'about" March 29; Indrani, s.s., to sail about - April 23. " . , . MONTREAL.—Rakain, B^s;,*, via port*, to sail May ( l4;Whakatane,'s.s., via ports, to sail June I '/ . 15." • ;-;-;-;;.- ', • • - Sas FnAscisco.—Earl ; of Elgin, s.s., sailed ■ ~ v February. 21, due to-day; Croydon, v «.«., to sail; j Gyrnerie, ».«., to sail. -"■;':;■• '','' Std.vey'.—Maheno, els., Sunday.'.' ' i- ' ■* -"■" -'Newcastle.—Louisa Craig, barque, to sail. / , Port .STEPHKys.—Mauurewa; - barque, .to sail. "'■ ./ Full— i 5.3., , about to-day; Navua, .■ s.s., Monday. ' '■/: Sooth SEA Islands.—Tofua, s.s., about to-day. . ■^^■'-'-i-p^VM-^^^f'■;:;:%.-•■'■" - : ' •■•■■"^•■-:.U';-\' i \'-i.--.'■ y> . -"' --- •; TEnTKCTED DEPARTURES. '■'■■}: 1 Losdox.—Str'athearn, -v s.s., direct, r about April ,- j,.' :5i ;•.'•.. i,' . .:~~.~yif\.?ti : l .'„ ..'■■■■ ;.'-.;.;. » v ..''.' ' T: jjcy- f i 5>rD!fEY.— Maheno, ■?B.s.,s)'Monday..*: ..*'. ■ -;v . Norfolk jIsiJiXD.-rSoutnerri; Cross, 5.«., April 7. MZLAXE3U.—Southern Cross, s.s., April 7. , ■ '■'■:>■■'■■■■ NlTJZ.—Kercru, • ketch; March 31. ::: ; '\ „ ,t.,m •,. '. ,l , ... — _____ . . v , .. -jUNfOX COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. -.;;>.East Coast.—: Tofua arrives ? from Syd--1 : : ney, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga; Komaia sails for :■ '■■ tf t ? Weatpo'rt/Sp'.m. Thursday: Tarawcra arrives from Dunedin. Lyttclton, Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne. . ■ Fritlay: '.. Squall ; arrives from { Tolago '• Bay:' '■?:"< and Gisborne, Saturday: Tarawera ! sails for Gis- ■■' -.' borne, Napier, Wellington, 'Lyttclton, 7 and Dun-: at 12 noon ; Squall sails for Tolago Bay and ■;■" urlsbojnej;. at 12: noon; .jMflnp.wai.^ arrives from : ; ■ Southern-*-ports. :^ .-•:'.• - : ; ; '+■ West.' Coast.—Thursday: j' Rarawa </■-. sails',■'■■ .tor. New Plymouth at , 5 p.m.; ':;. Rosamond arrives '-. from ■;t., Wellington, •..** : Picton, ':'■ A. Nelson, and New Plymouth,: and sails for ..New Plymouth, : ■■■■« Wellington, -I'icton,,; and Nelson -at 3 ; ip.m. \y'?:- - 1 NORTHERN COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. . /'■:■■■'■■ To-day: Waiotabi 'arrives.'from' Tairua and Merk '■/■ cury Bay about 4 a.m.'; Ngapuhi leaves for Wha- ' nga'rei; 'Waitangi leaves ' for the Barrier; ;Tasman . V) leaves : for Whakatane. Thursday : Waitangi ar1. rives from" the Barrier about' 4.30 p.m.; Waiotahi - /'. leaves* for Tauranga; Aupouri leaves for Whanga- ' " - rei; ■ Ngatiawa arrives f Mini Opotiki '.Rarawa leaves for • New ■ Plymouth;; at ]5 » p.m. (train ~ 4.8 - p.m.). Friday:. Ngapuhi leaves for 'Whangarei Railway ftTiarf; Clansman arrives from. Russell, :oa, and Mangonui; Apamii 'arrives from Awanui. '' ; Saturday.:" Ngapuhi arrives f toiq', Whangarei; Ra- . rawa arrives at Onehungaifrom? New Plymouth. .."• For ; time of departure of outward steamers see ''.-.' :ompany'sV.time-table on page 1. '^.■',': s ;, : ''''o'!•"■'■:■:; ■•':■;'.■?:'■"'•■: .■:«"--o,-f- ! - .■■__■•■■'-" --'':•••:•■•-' :*-... •:.:".;■.':■•'. ;-;.'■ VESSELS IN HARBOUR .7. ...,■}.;■. Iris, H.M. cable steamer,' in' stream. ■ ; ■■; , Komata. s.s., at Hobson-street Wharf.« : : a .'i. Cornwall, s.s., "at Railway Wharf. "~ '• * ; •' ,"; :?-- ' : ■ Southern ; Cross, \ s.s., 1 -, at r Queen-street ■ Wharf. ; • •:-' Fiona, s.s.';-,at l Chelsea.■,*■■'• ■■'";: <■■'.< ■•->■:.., ~,<-'x- ; :i Emprcxa, barque, at Quay-street Jetty No. 2. ; ; Doride, barque, in stream."': ' : -'■/'•.'• .", Kaipara.'s.s., in Calliope Dock. "• ■ ■•'':•■. Toata'.ttaarqea, schooner, in stream. ,-; Ysatiel. schooner, in stream.- '■ :"':, ;:.'. , Keieru, ketch, in stream, i^-i-«■.;. Joseph :Craig, : barque, sat Railway Wharf. - '■K-< .-'?.lima,' b'arq'uentt_eV- at Railway Wharf. • . »•" Zingara,-auxiliary scow, at Hobson-street Exten- [-'■■■'■ ■ -'■;■•' .'fa ...',. .;, V, ',:'•: v? .■':". , >-* •:■> > >M.J ''IMPORTS.'..f/ ::. }V]- -j. 'Per'Fioha, from Fiji: 3500 '; ion's • raw • sugar.' ' Per Empreza, from'Lyttelton■': 250 tons produce. . Per .Flora, 1 from ; the; South: 300 sheep, 111 tons -" produce, 5 tons general cargo. • / : *■ '•■ ' Per WH>H London : K 3000 : tons general-, merchandise. •..'■'::'...'.-.- .■'■"'•'■■'■■ ■'**''' ' -'-• .'•-' v U-,iv,'The Melan'esian 'Mission steamer Southern Cross /''' berthed at. Queen-street Wharf yesterday morning to '; load' : ca'tg<vf f ofj Norfolk •; Island , and,; Melanesia. - «■(. She in MtMCted liai commence her voyage about :■'"■■-ApriM:?- ■-*; r f'<'3::i:»!^" : '-';:;-' ,- J .*" -•-",-: '-'..; ;. : Mr. J. F. third officer of the Moeraki, -* has been appointed i acting-second of that vessel, and Mr.^.'-. Stewart !(fourth'oflicer) has, also been promoted, a :»fep, i v .1%',-i i: j'Jjr.--. •.'/;... "• ' .Mr. Carmichael has joined the Warrimoo as chief v -jv- steward'in place" Of' Mr. Michelson,' who has --• transferred to tf>e".Monowai, , •*• s'i>.. The ketch Ke'reru will sail for Niue on March 31. "_-'•"-• *'-':•..*•-.Mr. N. F. " Jamieson,.: purser; of the '-Flora, went , i ashore :at Wellington owing to illness, and- Mr. .'.'■■•:■: F. Hamilton joined the steamer in place of him..: ;.■,;';''■:•'Passengers and shippers to Waipu should note .-:'.- zi. -that" the,s,s. Orewa will leave at 9 p.m. for that ,'•'.' ,» to-morrow. '. '";;" >.:"'*''-;--,-. ! < ..,,.,' THE ISLAND STEAMER. 'V, ' The Union Company's steamer Tofuai from Syd- ',';,•: ney, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, is due at Auckland ,';.'r.>-;,t-^y.ij ! | ..,,;., ,i; r ..f' )^.., >:-;, ,:-■„.-.■ '■~,,. J ir \ KIA,ORA™DyE TO-DAY. The Shaw, Na'vill, and Albion Company's stea- '■'-' Tncr Kia Oia is due at Auckland to-day from London direct. She has-about 4000 tons of general ■ ■' 'merchandise. io land at this port, and will proceed, to Wellington; and the Bluff to complete her discharge. ■ - FIONA FP.OM/I-M. : . The Colonial Sugar Refining. Company's steamer ' " Fiona.' CnptaTii "Barnes, ; arrived from Fiji at 2, o.nu yesterday, after a line weather passage of six iay-*.,- She .has 3500 tons raw.sugar, which will .""'"- ie discharged at Chelsea. '. * * '-' •■''•'. .''.•■ - ■ __ -.» THE FLORA ARRIVES. ; : ~ An 'early arrival ot. Auckland yesterday was the Union ■.Conii'i'nv'p ; steamer Flora,, Captain . Ross, which/ port at 5.30. a.m. from the South, ...'.!•• : berthing, lit Qi:een-«ireet Wharf. She left Picton jn the 151!) inct ami experienced a strong easterly iwieil oiiriho \cyagc The Flora left:for Timaru last evening '--- Ifad produce for Auckland. j . _ , ■'

0 ; ; . ! THE TE ANAU KECOMMISSIONS. V Bound for Port Chalmers to undergo overhaul the Union Company's Te. Anau,; after a lengthy spell in • the stream at Wellington, sal.cd on Saturday. Captain Kennedy, master of the vessel, took with him the following officers ;—Chief, Mr. McKemue (late Island service); second, ' Mr. J. Scrivener (late Monowai): chief engineer, Mr. •'■ Hickev (late Maitai): second, Mr. J. A.' Borthwick (late MokoiaU third, Mr. McMurrick (late Mapourika); chief steward, Mr. C. Russell. . ■■:■;■ CEMPREZA BRINGS PRODUCE. The Auckland-owned barque Empress, Captain Bushell, arrived from Lytteiton at 8 a.m. jesterday with a cargo of produce and berthed at Qnar-street Jetty No. 2 to .discharge. Leaving bytteltoh at 6 p.m. on the 12th inst., the Empress experienced north-east, winds for. 48 hours, then south winds till rounding the Hast Cap*. Westerly and south-west winds then prevailed till arrival at Auckland. .-■■■: ' . . • A NEW STEAMER, Among the arrivals at Sydney" last week was the North Coast Company's new steamer Minimbah, from the Clyde, via.ports; The Minimbah. which was designed by Mr. J. Scott, of the North Coast Company, is a steel twin-screw stesmer of 290 tons. She was built by Messrs, Murdoch nod MuiTar.'of O.asgow, ami has a length of 155 ft, beam of 23ft lln, and depth of 9ft 2m. '. Her engines (by D..Row.in and Co., of Glasgow) ere <>;' the compound type, each having cylinders Win and SGiii in diameter, with « stroke of 18in. 'the. Minimbah left the Clyde on January 1 and came out via the Sue/, Canal route. ARRIVAL OF TUB NIWARU; The Tyser liner Niwaru, Captain H. Hol'.ts, arrived from London, via/Australia early this morning, with a cargo of general merchandise, and took lip an anchorage in the stream. The steamer left London on January 26, and arrived at Melbourne on March 12. The master reports having met with verv heavy weather in the English ■■Channel. By "the time the Bay of Biscay wiu reached the Niwaru was steaming through a severe gale, her decks being constantly awash. Thence, fine weather was experienced to Las Talmas, where, contrary to the usual custom, some hours were spent in' bunkering, owing to the coal strike. The equator was crossed on February 8 ami from there to the Cape of Good Hope strong head winds and. high seas were met. 11. M.5. Hermes was passed off the Cape, and Morse signals were exchanged with her. The easting was run down on parallel 4Meg. south, in line weather. The steamer landed 3000 tons of cargo at Melbourne, and then proceeded to Sydney, where further freight was unloaded. She left the latter port for Auckland on Friday afternoon Inst, and experienced fine. weather till passing Cape .Maria Van Diemen. thence strong S. winds and thick -weather until reaching port. 'lhe Niwaru will leave for the South on discharge of her Auckland cargo.