AUCKLAND'S BUSY PORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15389, 26 August 1913, Page 8

AUCKLAND'S BUSY PORT.

! MANY, VESSELS ARRIVING, "'• _____ t ~ •-',■■.' -' ALL BERTHS TO BE OCCUPIED. For the first time for weeks pact every available berth at' the port of Auckland will be occupied to-day, and the allotting of • the berths for the - large number of vessels arriving has been the subject *of much careful planning on.the part of the harbour-master (Captain H. H. Sergeant). , It is probable that when the returns lor the past fortnight have been ; compiled, a -record .willV have : been established in regards to' inwards'; shipping. v It is seldom that'more than two or,three large oversea steamers are in port at the one time, but to-day will see six of these vessels berthed at the various wharves. Now that the whole of the old "western portion of the Queen Street Wharf has been demolished to. make way for a more. up-to-date struc-t-sre in ; ferro-concrete, several berths which .were formerly available, have been : done away withy while the construction of that •section of the. new .wharf: is in -progress. ;■.■'_ ' For the* urst- time since the days when the •-:,.,.""_■:-;.; ; steamers Alameda, r-Mariposa, Sierra, : Sonoma, and Ventura called at Auckland '■'.in. the old San Francisco mail service, it ■ V '-''■-has beenfound 'necessary to berth, an ocean ; " liner at No. 2 Jetty. This berth has been ..allotted to the big Shaw-Savill steamer, ■■• Matatua, which arrived : last night ', from Montreal Australian ports. In order to make room for additional vessels at the Railway Wharf to-day, the 1 Union Company's'; steamer Monowai will have to move to. berth at No. 4 Jetty, : prior to sailing this afternoon for southern ports. X{ The Railway YV : ,arf will accommodate six org vessels/. ana every berth will be occupied. J The Vancouver mail steamer Makura, due this morning, will berthed on the eastern side of the Queen Street , Wharf, r.vithiii a; ship's length of Quay •/-., Street, while the big Tyser -liner Indralema, which is i due this morning from London and Australian ports, will also be r ; accommodated at this wharf/ The Makura will'' ■'sdSi'fiot Sydney this evening. The . Matatua .twill probably sail to-night for the South," arid the Talune and the Mono- :, ?wai will leave, this: afternoon. • 1 'K When the Tyser liner Indralema arrives this morning, there will be .14 oversea, intercolonial and coastal vessels in port, or a ;total of 15, with the addition of the Russian barque Clan Macfarlane, which .."■'.' arrived yesterday afternoon in a disabled condition. The oversea vessels in port will be V the Kumara, Melbourne, Matatua, Westcaeath, Indralema, Wakefield, and the mail : steamer Makura. The Union Com- '•-;,. pany'*) fleet will be represented by the Wairuua, Monowai, Wanaka, and Talune, in addition to the Makura. The other vessels in port, not counting the steamers of the Northern Company's fleet or local coasters, will be the Craig steamer tnga, in Calliope Dock, and the cable repair steamer Iris. The six oversea cargo steamers represent a total of 55,136 gross tons, while the vessels of the Union Company's fleet represent a total of 19,964 fross tons. j With the addition of the Clan lacfarlane, arid the Inga and Ins, the total tonnage of the vessels in port to-day, '"■■; exclusive of local craft, represents 55,640 tons- ' ■.•:.-■.;.