PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15482, 13 December 1913, Page 6

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. AUPOURI. s.s. (3 30 pm.). 463 tons, J. Wilson from Awanui, Waiharara. Houhora. and l-arengarenga. Passengers: Misses Cnckett. Hartnell, Hamilton. Webb, Mesdames Vine and, family. J. Banks and two children, E. Evans. Messrs. W. H. Ogle. K. T. Reid, W. C. Boucher, Raimond, J. Gussey, H. G. Vine. Hamilton. S. Beale. B. Shadcett, J. Shadgett, Martinovich. T. M. Setica.—Northern S.S. Co.. agents. AWANUI, schooner (9.30 am). 95 tons, J. Brown, from Gisborne.— C. C. Dacre, agent DEPARTURES. MANAIA. s.s. (10.10 p.m.), 1159 tons; E. Stephenson, for Whangarci. WAIOTAHI. s.s. (10.40 p.m.). 278 tons, C. Hopkins, for Thames. WAIMARIE, s.s. (9,10 p.m.), 245 tons, J. Freeman, for Paeroa. DAPHNE, s.s. (5.15 p.m.), 192 tons, E. H. Goertz, for Mercury Bay and Tairua. ROTOMAHANA, s.s. (12.30 p.m.), 183 tons. A. Stephenson, for Coromandel. VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. Talunc, Lorn Cook and Society Islands. Berths at Hobson Wharf. Southern Cross, from Sydney, via Norfolk Island. Borihs at No. 2 Jetty. Manaia. from Whangarci. Ngapuhi, fiom Taurauga. Chinaman, from Northern ports. Rotomahana, : : rom Coromandel. Waiotahi, from Thames. Paeroa, from Ohiwa. Kiritona, from Tokomaru Bay. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Corinthic, ' for Wellington direct, from Queen's Wharf. Kwanto Mam. for Newcastle. Rosamond, for Tolago Bay and Gisborne. Kanieri, for Whangarei, from Northern • Wharf.-. "~ VESSELS DUE TO-MORROW. , Ngatiawa,. from Tauranga and Opotiki. Daphne, from Mercury Bay and Tairua. ; VESSELS SAILING TO-MORROW.. Taniwha. for Paeroa, at midnight, from v - 3 ■ Northern Wharf. -;-.>.";.!' # -\y —— ■«*' ".•VESSELS IN HARBOUR. Philomel.- H.M.S., in stream.. Karon, s.s., in stream. Kauri., s.s., at Chelsea. Komata, s.s.. in stream. Navua, s.s., :7 in stream. Kaituna, s.s., •in stream Hauroto, s.s.. in stream. Westralia, s.s., in stream. Whangape, 8.8., in stream. Awanui, schooner, in stream. Loch Garve, ship, in stream. Isabel, barquentiner in stream '•'"''/ . Rosamond, s;s., at No. 2 Jetty". Amelia Sims', Schooner,' on slip "''':•' ; , Rona. barque, at' Kind's Wharf. '■' Waiwera. s.s.. .at Queen's Wharf. ' ' Aorpmiko. s.s.', at Hobson Wharf Corinthic, s.s.,' at Queen's Wharf Ennerdale. s s., at Northern Wharf ' Kwanto Maru. s.s.. at King's Wharf. Clan Sutherland, s.s.. at Calliope Wharf SI; S ' S " at Queen ' B - Vharf (tele D h °" Fairiurn; i auiiliary schooner, .at Albert n nari. ■ , , ' Iris, cable-steamer, at moorings. ,

, The Shaw Savill, and Albion liner Corin thiof is to sail this afternoon for Wellington . where she completes her Homeward loading! The schooner Awanui arrived from Gisborne yesterday morning, -and anchored in the stream. J'; The auxiliary lighter Kiritona. of Richard- • son s Napier Line, is due at Auckland today from Tokomaru Bay. She will load general cargo for all East Coast bays and . lrißborne."''., *.- .. , The Norwegian barque Sara. 1198 tons, is ! reported as - having sailed from Busselton -West Australia) on December 1 for Auckland, with a cargo of hardwood. • ..'..','. The Japanese steamer Kwanto Maru is ex- ■ •• pected to sail this morning for Newcastle, t where, r she loads a cargo of coal for Java. Jhe vessel has been at Auckland exactly a week, and his discharged 5500 tons of coal in seven "working days. Advice received' by the Northern Company , states that the coastal steamer Ngatiawa is detained by bad weather at Ohiwa. She will in all probability get away for Auckland to-day. in which case she should arrive here some time to-morrow. The coastal steamer Paeroa is now expected to arrive back at Auckland from Ohiwa this afternoon; '•* - \>,[ ThevKamona.- left Wellington on Thursday evening for Napier, Gisborn?, and Auckland. • She is'bringing fruit transhipments ex the ... Tahiti and . Canada Cape from. San Francisco, and is due , here on Monday, The vessel is to sail about, Thursday next with . general , cargo for Napier, Wellington, Lyttel.ton,' and Dunedin.. '->■ The Wairuna. was expected to clear Suva late last night for Wellington. She is bringing a part cargo of fruit for the Soutlifi-n port, and a quantity of raw sugar for Auckland. - The Corinnn is due at Onchunga on Mon- . day morning from Picton with a full load of chaff. She is to sail on Monday evening for ' New Plymouth and Wellington. The barque Rona completed the discharge '■' of her Newcastle coal cargo yesterday. She will, be docked to-day for cleaning and painting, and will probably sail early next week for Hokianga to load timber for Melbourne. \ Should the wind be favourable, the Italian - ship Lock Garve will sail this morning for Wellington, where she will discharge the balance of her cargo of tiles from Marseilles. The following vessels are expected to be within range of {he Auckland and Wellington radio stations to-night:—lndrapura (Svd ney to Auckland), Wahina (Lyttelton to Wellington), Maunganui (Wellington to Sydney). Niagara (Suva to Auckland), and H.M.S. Pyramus (Wellington to New Hebrides). THE SOUTHERN CROSS. An expected arrival at Auckland this evening is the Melancsian Mission steamer Southern Cross, from Sydney, via Norfolk Island. The vessel, after undergoing medical inspection in the stream, will berth at No 2 . Jetty. '■ THE STAR OP AUSTRALIA. According to advice received, the Tyser Line's steamer Star of Australia was des- ' patched from London on November 30 tor Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland. Napier, and Wellington. The vessel is due here about January 21. WAITOMO WITH PRODUCE. The Union Company's big cargo carrier Waitcmo left Timaru early yesterday morning for Auckland'direct. The vessel is bringing full cargo of produce, which she loaded at the Bluff, Dunedin, Oamaru, and Timaru. She is due lure on Monday afternoon. AUCKLAND-SYDNEY SERVICE. II hai now been decided by the Union Company that the Manuka will mako the trip from Sydney to Auckland, as originally intended., She will leave Sydney on Monday afternoon for Auckland direct, with mails and passengers, in place of the Mabono. The Manuka should arrive here on Friday ' morning. December 19, and is timed to sail \ at 5 p.m.. the following day on the return ' voyage. COAL FOR NEW ZEALAND. It is' reported that the steamer Border Knight. 3730 tons, will leave a Japanese port some time next week for New Zealand with •a cargo of ccal. As reported by cable recently, several shipments of coal are now on the way to New Zealand from South Africa. .It i is; understood that nt least two more foreign steamers will be despatched from Newcastle for Auckland in the course of • a „-few days with full cargoes of coal. The * Blackball Con-l Company's colliers Nuakuta and Ngahere left Newcastle on Thursday for Wellington; with coal cargoes. / .,;^. i INDRAPURA LEAVES SYDNEY. ! ; ; The Tyscr Line's steamer Indrapura left . Sydney, at, nocn yesterday for Auckland, in continuation of her voyage from London. 'The. vessel is due.here on Tuesday afternoon Text, and has 3500 tons of cargo to disv;charge ■ From Auckland she proceeds to Napier and Wellington ; to complete.

I; r >;•■_ THE VANCOUVER. MAIL. Cable advice has .been received by -theUnion Company to the effect that the R.M.S. Niagara, en route from Vancouver and Honolulu to Auckland and Sydney, is expected to. arrive at Suva at 4 p.m. to-day. She is now timed -to leave Suva at midnight tonight for Auckland, and should arrivo here lato on Tuesday ovenins nort. The Niagara is now fixed Co sail at 6 p.m. on Wednesday for Sydney direct. The Union Company advises that it has now been decided to despatch the R M.S. Mokura from Sydney for Auckland on Thursday next,' in her ordinary running in the Vancouver mail service, in place of the Willoehra, as previously announced. The Makura is expected to arrive here on Sunday evening, December 21. and is to bo despatched at 10 p.m. on Monday. December 22. for Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver. The R.M.S. Mamma, which cleared this port on tho afternoon of Saturday, November 22, for Suva, Honolulu, end Vancouver, arrived at tho Canadian port at 9 p.m. on Thursday last. She is timed to leave Vancouver on tho return voyage on Wednesday, December 24. and is due back at Auckland on Tuesday. January 13. THE CRAIG LINE. Tho steamer Ingn, now at Sydney, will, upon discharge of her timber cargo from New Zealand, load a cargo of coal at Newcastle for Suva. The steamer Ultimata, which arrived (it Sydney last Wcdnosday from Kaipara, has been fixed to load a cargo of hardwood at Port Stephens for Melbourne. Adelaide, and Port Piric. The steamer Joan Craig has been fixed to load a cargo of coal at Nowcastle for tho Clarence River. She thon proceeds to Lyttolton with hardwood. TALUNE'S EXPECTED ARRIVAL, A wirelos! message received last night from Captain Ross, of the Union Company's steamer Talnne, stated that tho vessel will arrive at Auckland at daylight (his morning from the Cook and Society Islands. Alter discharge of her fruit cargo, the Talunc will lay up here until January 13.