PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14906, 3 February 1912, Page 6

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. STELLA, s.s., 267, E. Sellars. 'from the coast.— levland-O-Brien Timber Co., agents. ' KANIERI, S.S., 203, T. M«y«W, from Wbang*reL -Northern S.S. a... agents. ... HERALD, scow. £5, Sanson, from Kgunguni.— Korttoern Coal Company, agents. BADEN-POWELL, s.s., 176. H. Pswrsefi. from Whangarci.—Northern Coal Co., agettta. . ELFRIEDF., schooner, 40. Andersen, from tho Friendly Islands.- G. Krenfeld, agent. ENDEAVOUR, auxiliary ketch, 84, C. Johnson, from Whangarei.—New Zealand Portland Cement Co., agents. i ' \ DEPARTURES. STAR OF SCXyTLAJIDi 5.5.,-623©rE. D. Beck, for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedm. FALLS OF ORCHY, *.*., 4904, Milloy, for Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, and Dunedin- ■ i ■ , . . ,„ I.GAPUHI, «-•-, 631, C. W. Camming, for Whangarei.1 * - , ' -■■'■. CT.ENELG, ».s.. 283,. Jonas, for Wbangarei. WAIOTAHI. sjs„.27B, E. H. Goertß,;for Mercury Bay And Tairija. , JESSIE " CRAIG, *arque, • 633, W. * Keagie, for HoWam,* and Melbourne. " i-r-.-o; -'t • KORQRO, scow, , 160,, ,E„ Jensen, , ..the - Bay of Islands.* ■'"" ■'" " T *"J ; '~',.. *i A '- '.; " * _C&CTEO ARKIVALS.-COASTAL. This Day:'Wanoka," from .Timara; Ngapuhi, from Whatigerei; Clansman, from Northern ports; Anpouri. from Tauranga; Waiatahi, from Mercurvßay and Tairua; Glenelg, from Whangorei, Apinlii, ffom'Northewport*; Paeroft, from MerCU TO-morrow*: ficfonaf'^om^Smitbern^ pott* '• Squall, fif An GfabcWW ? iroin Whakatone. PROJECTED » DEPABTUREa-COAST This Dayt_Walruna»JtQr,HestpDrJii Mokoia, for Southern ports j Greyhound, for Northern porta; Paeroa, for Ohiwa,' . _L ," «. ._s To-morrow t= <X&ixMfim Whangarei; Kanien, tor Whaagarei; BaßUen-Pbwell, for Wbangarei. :, YEBSELS IN HABBOTJB. _ ; : v '...''■■■. DelpldW'Aarat Railway"- Wharf. ,/ JJ«mar';, »-«., at Railway Wharf. ■ Wairuna, ».s-, at Hobson-atreet wharf. Ihumata, 8-8., at Railway Wharf. Mokda,-B.sv,.*t Oueen-strect Wharf, j ( ... Tofua, n.B at-No. 4 Jetty. r.;.... Southern Crow, ,«.«.,■. in str*"" l ' i Bona, barque, % at; Railwayr-Wnatf.. ■;.■; '*''.:■->.,■.,; ■ ■ ;•; Helen, barque, In; stream. Alfriodo, schooner, ,in stream. Waiapu, auMliary schooner, in stream. Isabella Deiraine, schooner, at Railway Wharf. Isabel, schooner, in stream. ;. t . : . , • Greyhound, auxiliary schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. ■ ' '- ■"' ■■ -• ■ "At daybreak this morning the Shaw, SaviU, and Albion liner Delphic i* to sail for e London '. direct. -i >■.->.? -■'"'< ;-">''• ■--. ■ '*■ The > New [ Zealand . f Shipping -. Company s; new ■toamer Hurunui, which is due at AucJUand from ■Hf-™%fQjf "■ Maw>, 12, >to* I '-' on ' board; 8500 tons of cargo f or, l"2ri» porr. .,-. :,:■-■- .-.,>■;,■ 1...-* _ : ,i _ ; v ■*• Tho auxiliary schooner Houto arrived at Kai- : para from Dtmedin : yesterday morning-' ■ After Ssahatgirig, her cargo of. produce, ; Bfco loads timber back to the Southern port. The barque Jessie was towed to- sea by the 1 C tug Lyttelton @ yesterday $ morning, \ outward bound, in ballast, for Hokianga. . She loads .a full cargo of sawn, Umber, at Hokianga for Melbourne/ ■■' •' ■>' - ■■';''- : --*■■•' ,; "-, ■■ . Tho Tyser Uneir Star of Scotland cleared early jesterday morning' for ( Wellington. -discharging further i cargo from New i'Tork.- there, the,vessel, goes to Lyttelton and Dunedin to put out : the balance. ',, ' :." . At 6.30 p.m. vesterday tie Vacuum ;Oil Company:* chartered* steamers Falls of jOrchy sailed for Napier, "where she - discharges' a • quantity of case oil from New York. She then proceeds to Wellington, LyUelton, Timaru, and Dunedin, and will discharge case oil at each port."". After discharging 600 tons'of fruit from Fiji at Wellington, the; Talunft , proceeds ,to Napier to toad sh«ep for Lyttelton. She returns to AuckLid from 1 Lyttelton, and leaves here, on February *13 for I tho Cook and Society Islands. ■ From . Waitara the Federal-Houlder-Shire mer Drayton Grange proceeds to Pictonand WelhngSn?'bdng due at the latter port on Febr.iary 13 and sailing again on .February 17 for Timaru a £ytffif^^a leaves" Lyttelton finaUy for Avonmouth on February 2*. a ri ./„; -•■. The Shaw, Savill, and, ; Albion Company a '•toaster Matatua is to leave Wellington to-day iorGisborne. - From the Poverty Bay port tho Matatua proceeds to the Bluff and Port Chalmers to complete her loading for London. She is •to leave Port Chalmers for the Home port on or about February 20.,..,- ; , - v ± The' White, Star liner Zealandic, now loading at Picton, will afterwards proceed to. Napier and Auckland.- She-is expected here about. Wednesday next, and will "complete her Homeward loading here"' Toe Zealandic is to sail-from Auckland for London - direct about February 12. Mr JBruce, chief officer of the Kowbai, is ashore for instructions, and Mr. W. Oassohtlhe :is now chief of the vessel. ' -, -.* •': • Mr. S. -George, purser of the Manuka, left the vessel at Sydney on holiday leave. Mr. G. O. Down, late of 'he Mapourika, is relieving , him. • Captain Smith, late of the Orari, is coming out to New Zealand in command of the Turakina. The siieamer is due at Wellington from London off March 5. - v

Captain W. Scott has resumed command of the Kowhii, relieving Captain Baldwin, who is ashore for orders. .. - .V.v*si::•';; * ''■■:', Captain Sehutze, who is master of the new steamer Opo'uri, built at Home for tteeoe Brothers, Ghrifltcburch, • was , formerly : in . command of the ill-fated Mary Isabel, when the barqueutin© was engaged in bringing piles for the " Wellington dock works.' He left the sailer a short while before her -last'trip. Mr W Lindsay, chief officer of the Taviuni, left the vessel at Wellington on Wednesday, and proceeded to Sydney yesterday. Mr. A. Naylor, bite second officer of the Komala, has joined the "•avluni as chief. ■ Mr. W. Suckling, second ■officer of the Taviuni, also left the vessel to proceed to Sydney. The Kaitnna arrived at Fremantle on Saturday last with . navy coal from Westport. ■ She ia to load timber at Bntibury for Melbourne, and then loads coal at Newcastle for New Zealand ports. Mr. W. B. .Cunningham, purser of the Moana, and Mr. Garwood, purser of the Warrimoo, exchanged positions at Melbourne last week. On arrival of the Warrimoo'at Sydney this trip, Mr. Cunningham will transfer to the Maunganui as parser. Advice received by the local agents for the Feder»l-Houlder-Shiro Line is to the effect that the steamer Xorfolk arrived at Monte Video on Sunday last. She left Wellington on January 4 for Avonmoutb, and la due at her destination on February 81. , Cablo hdvice received by the local agents states that R.M.S. Iluahine, which left Wellington for london on January 11, continued her Journey from Monte Video on Tuesday, January 30. The steamer Hyndford, which left Newcastle for Valparaiso on December 22, /arrived at her destination on the 21st ult. The German training-ship Herzogin Sophie Charlotte, left Sydney for the English Channel on January 25. She was loaded with a full cargo of wheat, and a record was put up at Darling Island, the vessel's cargo of 3200 tons of the grain having been got aboard in three days An expected arrival at Auckland to-dav is the Craig steamer Bentinck with hardwood piles from Brisbane. * " m The barques AMrtwran, Casablanca, and Daniel hove been fixed to load coal at Newcastle Auckland. a lor The Uauroto is expected to leave Earotonea t« day for Auckland. She is due hero on Thursday The Corlnna i* duo at Onehunca this morninp from New Plymouth. She sails this afternoon for New Plymouth and Wellington. At any time now the Colonial Sugar Company's steamer Fiona is expected to leave Fiji with a full cargo of raw sugar for Auckland. The Wanaka 13 due at Auckland this evening' with a full cargo of produce from the Bluff • 'Oamartii and Timaru, ' The Craig steamer Ihumata Is now fixed to 'j sail on Monday for Hokianga and Kaipara to ; load timber for Sydney. v ; The Union Company's R.M.S. Tahiti sailed from v ■Wellington last evening for Syduey direct. Sho v leaves Sydney on the return voyage to Wellington and San Francisco on March The Taviuni is now discharging the remainder of her cargo of 'Newcastle ocoi at Napier, After discharge loads sheep for Lyttelton. Up to an early boar ■; tide '■: morning, the Australian Mail line*/ Croydon; from ■ San Francisco and Island post*, had ;noS .been reported. The TCisc'iif m»r 43 &?ji 9Ut, . ■ • ,■■.,.

--The auxiliary schooner Greyhound' sails this afternoon for Northern ports. . The steamer Hornelen in now 51 days out on the passage from Columbia River to Auckland with a cargo of lumber. .The vessel had not been reported up to an early hour this morning. \ • THE VICTORIA,. - Being appointed to leave Gisborne this /morning for Auckland, via. Tokomaru Bay, the HuddartPariier iteamer Vlotorla is due here to-morrow morning. - ■ She ha* 860 tons of cargo to discharge, and on arrival will probably berth at tho Queen.stteet Wharf. • _______ THE WIMMERA. The Huddart-Farker steamer Wimmera, having left Sydney at 1 p.m. on Wednesday for Auckland direct, should arrive here about noon to-morrow. The vessel has on board 97 saloon and 62 passengers and 540 tons of cargo for this po-i. j Th© Wimmera berths at the Queen-street Wharf. SCHOONER • ELFRIEDE FOB DOCKING. Shortly after 2 p.m. yesterday the Island schooner Elfriede arrived in the stream from the Friendly -Islands. The. little vessel, which is engaged in the trade between Samoa and the Friendly Islands, has come to Auckland for docking and overhaul. While hero she will also have ian auxiliary engine installed. The Elfriede left '■ Hapaai on January 22, and met with fine weather throughout the passage. NOBBY'S LIGHT. Some time ago it was .announced that the New South Wales Navigation Department had decided to improve Nobby'"* lights There had been complaints that tho light was not as clearly observed at sea as it should he. On January 23 Mr. Ford, assistant-lighthouse engineer, arrived at Newcastle for the purpose of making the necessary improvements. It is anticipated that when the work is completed the light will have twice its present brilliancy. ■ THE BLUE RIBBON. Messrs. H.irUnd and Wolff on December 21 last launched their last vessel for tho year, tho Demerara, built for the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company. It i*.stated that during the, 12 months ►; the firm" havo completed vessels of an aggregate j of 118,309 tons. Messrs. Harland and Wolff are thus likclv for the 14th occasion in their history to head the list of shipbuilders. The horsepower of their vessels, namely. 97,000, seems likely to be the highest on record. As regards tonnage, the record of Messrs. Swan, Hunter,' and Wigham Richardson for 1900, when their output "was 126,921 tons, will still remain unbeaten. ;