PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 5

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. ARAHURA, s.s. (7.55 1506 ions. Drjden. from Gisborns and Napier. . Passengers: Misses Edwards, Craig, Cousins, Fulton. Pittar, Kossell, Cnurch, Grant. Le Marctu&nt, Cook, Murphy, Pepper, Mesdames Morse, Fulton, Davies, Thomas, StuMjaand ■three children, Buckley and three children, Parker, Adjutant Milne, Park, I«j Marquant, Hirst. Messrs. Morse, Colvin. Clarkson.Cox, Edwards. Wilson, Hill, Beiumont, Banbury, DriscoU. Stubbs, Bidgood, Andrews, Shannessy, Parker. Johnston, Tyson, Hoberts, Learning, Elliott, Snow. Holden. Cluttchie, Gerrard 10). Kemp, Wright, and IS steerage. —Union S S. Co., agents. AUPOUEL s.s. (5.45 P.m ) 463 tons, Wilton, from Houhora.—lvorthera S.S. Co., agents. _ GLENELG. s.s. (1. a.tn.). 288 tons, F. Jonas, fiom Whangarei.—J. Smith and Co., Ltd., agents. VTEKA. 3.5. (2 30 a.m ; ), 127 tons, E. H. Goert:, from Paeroa.—Northern S.B. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. WUOTAHI. s.s. (12 20 p.m.), 278 tons, Pierotii, for Coromandel, fete-BADEK-POWELL. «£ (12.10. a.m.). 176 tons, H. Petersen, for Whangarei. WEKA. s-s. (10.S0 P-m.), 127 tons, a. U. Goertz, for Paeroa. MANAIA. s.s. (10 p.m.). 1159 tons, W. F. Norbury, for Whangarei.

VESSELS DDE TO-DAT. W(uot*hi. from Corom&ndel. etc. ' Taaiwha, from P»ero»: „ . Chelmsford, from Cabbage Bay, eto. Kanieri, from WharigaieiManaia, from Whw}g»w. _ Daphne, from M&rsaeu Point, tto. Clansman, from Russell. Ngapuhi, from Taurine a. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Arahura, for Easi Coast. Apanui, for £wanui. Gael, for Waiwera. Waiotahi. for WaiheM. VESSELS DUE TO-MORROW. Tanwara. from Wellington' Welca. from Paeroa. Ngatiawa, from OpotiiL. VESSELS SAILING TO-MORROW. Taniwha, for Paeroa-, Northern Wharf. K&nieri, for Whansarei; Northern Wharf. VESSELS EXPECTED AT AUCKLAND. COASTAL AND INTER-COLONIAL.. Appro*. Vestal. From date. Monowai Southern porta Mar. 9 Westralia Sydney ... 13 Calliope Austral'n porta Mar. 15 SAIL. Safled. Ron» ... ... Ne*cMtl« »« Feb. 20 VESSELS TO SAIL FROM AUCKLAND, Appro*. Vessel. For date. Maknra... ... ... Sydney ... Mar. 6 Monowai ... Southern ports Mat. IX Westralia Southern porta Mar. 14 {SHIPPING IN PORT. Orgte, schooner, in stream. Southern Cross, mission steamer, in stream. Kereru. ketch, at Fitzroy Wharf. Manunui, barque, at No. 2 Jetty. Talune, s.s., at Queen's Wharf. Fiona, s.s., at Chelsea. Ooma, 5.8., at King's Wharf. Kuraara, 8.5., at King's Wharf. Arahura. s.s., &t Queen's Wharf.

According -to definite information th» Rakanoa got away from Newcastle on Wednesday at i p.m. She is duo here on Wednesday next Tho timber steamer Waitangi is lying at ' Albert Wharf, where she will undergo overhaul for a few days. The Rosamond was timed to lem Grey- 1 mouth last night for Onehunga with coal. The Tarawera, which left Wellington on Thursday night for Auckland, should arrive to-morrow. , SOARING FREIGHTS. Commenting on the high freights in foreign Irade, the weekly Commercial News says that in America the position has become acute. It declares that the avenge rate on grain, New York to Liverpool, in the three months of 1915, September to November, inclusive, was four times what it.wa# in th l ? like months of 1914 and ten times ■what it was in 1910, while on cotton, New York to Liverpool, the rate is three timps what it was in 1914, a war period, and sue times • what it was in 1010, while other freights are higher in proportion. SALE OP BRITISH SHIPS. During fifteen months, from August. 1914, to October, 1915, the official registry of ship# shows that 247 British and colonial ships, with a gross tonnage of 507,830, were sold to other countries- During the past year 239 vessels were bought by British owners from abroad, but their gross tonnage was only 240,762. The net loss in tonnage to the British register is therefore 267,088. About 160 of the 247 vessels sold, with a tonnage of 400,000, have been bought by neutral countries. Selling was at its height about a year ago. _ It dropped 08 in tho summer, out has risen again lately out of all proportion to the purchase# of ships, declares the Weekly Commercial News. SCHOONER ALERT. Comment is made in a shipping paper about the sailing qualities of the schooner Alert, which was recently in Auckland. The paper states that the voyage to New Zealand o! the Alert, from America, dono in 65 days, was pretty close tq the time which would have been occupicd by a tramp steamer. HONOLULU HARBOUR. According to an exchange, work is to be commenced within a few months in enlarging Honolulu Harbour. ThoyQuarantine Wharf will be moved back approximately EQQft and dredging will be done to give 35ft of water up to tl» established line, on which one wharf will be rebuilt. With this work dono, there will be 85ft of water all the way across the harbour to tho new wharf, siteThe 85ft line ends in a point about 100 ft mauka, of the wharf, and it will be extended approximately 410 ft toward Sand Island. One immediate result will bo to give a larger turning basin.