PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14568, 3 January 1911, Page 4

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

SUSSEX, s.s., 5474, Robertson, from Liverpool, -' , via Capetown, Sydney, Wellington, and Gisborne, .";.-' —A. H. Nathan and Co., agents. '- UANNET, scow, 89. Ivan Vasta, from the coast. \. —Ford Shipping Line, agents. WAIAPU, auxiliary schooner, 57, E. Johansen, *" from Wbangaroa.—Master, agent.

DEPARTURES. .MAHENO, s.s., 5282. M. Livingstone,'for Sydnew Passengers: • Mis&sa Kershaw, Grant (2).-Woolcombc-Bovce, Roche, Findlay (3), Vernon, Morrison, Castle, Currie, ' Mesdamea'Denis-ham, fDavev and child Dudley Ward, Allan, Pitt. Campbell, "Stock, King, Mc\'ean de Paris, Machattie, Farrell, .Meggitt, Gebble, Champion, Wainhouse, Russell/ Messrs. Denis-ham, Young,. Allan Pitt, Dudlev Ward, Rucklejohn, Stock, Napier, Smith, Meiklejohn, de Paris, McGrnth (2), Douglas, 1 ar- " tell, Meggitt. Gebbie, Russell, Burgess, Lewis, Hay, Anderson, "Decker, Castle, Hendry, Blacklock, Hooker, Tmcev, Cameron, Bredin, Barry, , Maekic, .Solomon, the Iter. H. R. W. Farrcr, and 80 steerage. , NGAP.UHI, s.s., 691, E. Stephenson, for »hangarei. ~

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ' LOM'OK.-Star of India, s.s.. sailed November 25. due about January 24; Aotea, s.s,, sailed December 30; Muritai, s.s.. sailed December 20. due about February 13; Maman, s.s., sailed December 1,. due about January 20; Kokaia, 6.5., to sail January 10. ■ Liverpool.— s.s., sailed November 17, duo January .16; Oinri, s.s., sailed November 27, due January 12; Surrey, s.s., sailed Decomber 10, due February 15; Kent, s.s., to sail January 7. New " Magdala, • s.s., - sailed December 12; Parisians, s.s., sailed October 29, due about January 14; Dalmoref s.s., sailed November 19, due earlv.ln February; Cranley. s.s., to sail December' ■'" 25, Slrathe'ndrick, s.s.,- sailed December 23; -Breiz Izel, s.s., to sail. Hoxc-kost,.—Knight of the Garter, e.s.. sailed December 13, at Lyttclton December 30, due January 8. --•'..;

Montreal.—Karamea.-s.s., sailed November 20, -about January"l 4. St. Joax.—Jiumara. s.s., sailed December 20> due'about February 23; Whakatane, b.s., to sail January 15, due about -March 21; Invertay. s.s., to sail February 15; Wakanui, s.s., to sail March 15. ~ ' - • - Sax : Francisco.—Oceano, s.s., ; .to sail; Boveric, S.S.,- to ■sail.- ■ -:■■:■" ' ■'' Sydxey.—Wimmera, s.s., Sunday; Mantua, R.M.S., January 18; Atua, s.s., January 26; Macedonia, B.M.S.', February 11. .

Meubourxe.Joseph-Craig/ barque, -to sail. .Newcastle.—James Craig, barque, to sail; 'Casablanca," barque, sailed ■ December 30; Jessie Craig, barque,. to sail. ..; . ~'■. '-..■■ .;. ......

j; South ' Sea Islands.—Atua, s.s., January 25. .Fur.—Atua, s.s., ' January 26; Navua, s.s., to-day.., • .... ;-. :: ', • . ; " ~, ■% .

Eastei. ' Pacific—Talune. s.s., February 9. '•- ■ j Calcutta— Aparinu, e.s.. sailed December 1, due to.-n>orrow., ..-•../. . ■■:

Niue.—iiereru, ketch, tc saiL

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

. ' ... London.—Turkistan, s-s., direct, about January 3; Otaki.'.s.s., direct, about January 12; ..Nairnshire, s.s., ■■via- the South, about January 15; Knight of the Garter, s.s., via the South, about - ' January, „, 16. \ , v ,.,... ; ..,.,. ~..>.....- -.;:-..,.•. San " Francisco.—Maitai, E.M.S., January . 14; Aorangi, .R.MS., February 11. Sydnky.'— s.s., January 9; Tofua, s.s., to-morrow. . - - r * Fiji.— s.s., to-morrow; Navua, s.s., January IS. •- .:.-y. i ', - ' " South Sea Islands.—Tofua, s.s., to-morrow. : , '"■ FribxdlV Islands.--Ysabe.l, schooner,-.to sail. '■<. ,-; Cook and Society Islands.—Talune, s.s., Janu-. ery 17- -" . ' ' '

UNION S.S, CO.;S MOVEMENTS. , ■ East •Coast.—To-day: Moivowai sails, for '. (lis-, bi.ni;. Napier, Wellington", "K r Dyttelton, ' arid Bunedin. Wednesday: Aparinia arrives from :Calcutta: Tofua sails', for Tonga, Samoa, ..-;■ Fiji, and Sydney' at - 5 p.m. ; .yFriday : ,-Mokoia arrives '"from"' Diincdin, LyueJton, Welling- :/■ -.-" ton, Napier, and Gisborne; Squall sails for Tolago ' i? Bay a-id Gisl>orne at 12-noon. ■ Saturday: Mokoia '■■".-.'.■ sails lor Gisborne, Napier, .Wellington,; Ljtteiton, and Bunedin at noon. _, v ' '■■ ■•

West 5 —Friday: 'Rosamond arrives from ; Wellington. Picton, Kelson,' and / New Plymouth; Corinna arrives from Dunedin, Wellington, and Ner'! Plymouth; , Rosamond sails for New Plymouth, Wellington, Picton, 1 and Nelson at 2 p.m. i Saturday: Corinna sails for Wellington at 3 a.m.

.?. -' NORTHERN CO.'S., MOVEMENTS. :4JTo-day: jSgap;iiii"arrives from Whangarei Railway Wharf about 5 p.m.';<Kanieri leaves for Wliangareir;Town J Wharf; j Kara-wa tam i froim - New Plymouth - about 8 a.m. : . and leaves again at 6.30 p.in. ; (train, p.m.). .--v" ;-.■.-.",'■-.-■ ;•■;.,.

. For time of departure of outward steamers see company's 'time-table; on : page 1. ■ '" <

VESSELS 1^.11AR80U8...'.Cambrian, H.M.S., in stream. : ■.-..'-. ilris,vH,M.-Cable-ste-mc-r,' in stream. . - Marere, at Railway Wharf. ... ; f ' c V "; Tofua', s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. /:: Wairuna, ■•: sis.,' at Hol«on-street Wharf. ';•■' Sussex, s.s., at Queen-street' '■* Wharf.:- .: ! : ■ Monqwai,. : s.s., at Queen-Street Wharf. Kaipara, s.s., at Railway Wharf. Squall, s.s.>"at Quay-street Jetty No. 4. Talune, s.s.; in stream. Ranadi, Fiji Govt, s.s','- in Graving Dock: Southern Cross, 5.5..-in. stream. .- - - Selwyn Craig, barquenline, at -Railway Wharf. ; Aldebaran,; barque,.: at". Chelsea. : /:..., .j ~'.., : schooner," in'stream. .. .- . . . ■ Hazel Craig, barque, at Hob.son-street Wharf. Kaeo. auxiliary schooner,, at Hobson-street Exten- .:*'■- sion. ■' * :':".■■'.

EXPORTS. Per Maheno, for Sydney: 255 sacks sands,- 11.0C0 sacks copra, 9 horses, and a quantity of sundries. .-.•■_■

Tlielnga, which left Auckland on Friday evening last for Kaipara, arrived at. that port on Sunday. ... . .- . The brigantine Ariitapu left Kaipara on Sunday for Lvttelton- - ~-'.'•■'• The" Tofua 1 is scheduled to sail for. the Friendly Islands, Sanioa, Fiji and Sydney, at 5 p.m. to- --( ■■:: morrow.. The Wdirimoo, -which left Sydney.-at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday for Wellington direct, is duo at the Southern port to-morrow. The , Huddart-l'arker intercolonial liner : Ulimaroa arrived at the Bluff at 9.30 a.m. . yesterday ' from Hobart and Melbourne: \ ' . " ;(■'.:-- The Union Company's large cargo steamer . Ap'arima. which lett Calcutta on December 1, is ' cue at this port about Thursday.- ■ ■ The : Corinna left Dunedin yesterday for Wellington, New Plymouth, "and Onehunga. She is •'■' due. at the West Coast port on Friday, and sails ■ at 3 p.m. on Saturday next for Wellington. The Navua, due. to-day - from. Suva, . sails on the return voyage on January 18, and proceeds direct to Lautoka, and. thence to Suva. .Levuka and Savu ■ Savu will not ■he ; included ':- in the itinerary of this. trip."■;! :■';■■■' ' '■■ "'", The Alsheno. which y sailed for Sydney at 6 p.m.. v vesterday, took a fair number- of passengers and • 'a large "shipment of copra, consisting of 11,000 'tracks,-- which was •'-' transhipped : from the Tofua ■ from the Islands. The, .Maheno is due to arrivo ■ -at Svdney on Friday nest. ... , ' - The San. Francisco mail steamer Maitai, which •■' : " left the California!! port on December 14, is due : - ; at Wellington on' Thursday. She leaves Welling--:'ton on Wednesday, January 11, and Auckland on - Saturday, January, 14, oh' : the return voyage, via • Raroloiiga and Papeete, ■■"-..- "''■■'•, ■•''.'■"- -■-' Leading-builders-on. the-Clyde are said-to have . been, invited ;.by-the Admiralty Lords -to,-tender, ':■ for' the construction of a large armoured cruiser.' Both in gun-power and speed the .'.vessel; is to be superior to anything yet .designed for the navy. The casualty returns for October issued by the . Liverpool • Underwriters'; Association show that 30 vessels, of 53,750 tons, were lost during the month. . This compares, with 20 vessels, of 32,953 ton?, in" October, 1909, and 34, of 69,593 tons, in -October 1908. 1 ' : , All the. mail steamers of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, proceeding to the west coast of South America, via the Straits of Magellan, are being fitted with wireless apparatus. ; > , : - - The Bureau of Navigation reports 82 sail and steam vessels of 14,375' gross tons as built in the United States and officially numbered during the month of October, 1910. The largest steel steam , vessels: included .in . these figures: are :—The El Oriente. .of 6C03 grow tons, built at Newport News,' for the Southern Pacific Company,'- arid the ' Currier, of : 4711 gross tons, built at Quiney (Mass.) for the Cuba' Distilling Company. •''•

BIG BULLION CARGO. Seldom, if ever, does.- fall to the lot of a 1000-ton steamer to carry bullion to the value of £1,000,000. On November 15,: however, there arrived at Southampton the General' Steam Navi- " ■ gation Company's vessel'^Grive, having on board this amount.of" specie, which had been loaded at, Bordeaux for conveyance to London, ' via the - Hampshire; port. ' The bullion had been brought • originally from Brazil to Bordeaux by . the Mes-. - SiaritHties steamer Amazone.

'•:'. ' :•: SHIPPING SALES. The Liverpool four-masted steel-.barques Crompton and Dun«taffiiage are reported gold to Ger- > man buyers.- The Crompton is of 2717 tons net -- legister, built in 1890. .TlieiDunstaffnage.is of 3129 tons riot register, built, in 1892. The steel ship Kin,r Edward, 1657 tons. nH,. built, in 1891, - is reported as sold to Finland owners for £5400. She has been lying for some time at Dunkirk.

: c SUSSEX ARRIVES FROM LIVERPOOL. The Federal-Houlder-Shire liner Sussex arrived from- Liverpool, via Capetown, Sydney, Welling'-' ■■■■■ ton; and Oisboriie,. at '3 a.m. yesterday and berthed at .the Queen-street Wharf. It will he remembered that the.Sussex, was- damaged in a collision with the steamer New-stead while enterv ing La« l'almas on October 22, the result being a -.. bi;r dent in . lie bows well above the water-line, The vessel left Liverpool on October 1.5 and ex-' perienced fine weather on the run down to Las l'almas, which was .reached on October 22. After ii stay of live days>. while repairs were effected, the vessel left again on October 27 for Capetown. ■!.-'■' For the first pare of the voyage fine weather was ■-:'. experienced, ■■practically no north-east trades being- met - with. ■■■_ When at 1 degree south the -.". south-cast trades were encountered, and these in- - creased in strength to immoderate pile until 28 degrees south was readied. '.""From here to Cape- ■■'■■■ ■'■ .wine*! was reached on November 15, a moderate gale, with ■ high head .seas, was encountered. The South African port "was left on the following day.-iuid fine to moderate winds and . eeas lasted \ until three days west of Cape Leenwin. Here strong westerly gales were en-. . countered, the vessel labouring heavily. When .... ..... . - ■,- • . . ■-.':::. v" '.'•.-■ :'/. : -- : ..{.'-..', :

the weather was at its worst the-vessel lost a blade of her propeller.. Sydney was reached on December, 12, and the vessel commenced the final ; stage of her voyage on December 16. On the run' across the Tasman Sea north-westerly.gales were experienced until the New Zealand coast was sighted. Captain H. W. Robertson is in command, and has with him the following officers : — Chief, Mr. E. Grant; second, Mr. A.' Macrae; third, Mr. F. J. Powell; fourth, Mr. George" Watson. -Mr. H. Griffiths has charge of the ; engineroom and Mr. A. Taylor is second. Mr. F. T. Pearse. auxiliary second, Mr. .1. McDonald third, and Mr. W. Smith fourth. Mr. B'. Belgrade is chief refrigerating engineer and Mr. W. O. Griffiths is second. The chief steward is Mr. 11. Carter. The Sussex, after discharge here, proceeds to Port Chalmers to be docked for the purpose of replacing: the propeller blade which .was lost on the voyage out. While in. dock she will also be cleaned and painted.