PORT OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17007, 14 November 1918, Page 3

PORT OF AUCKLAND

ARRIVALS. KAITUNA (6 p.m.), 1977 tons, Marlm, from Weetport.—Unioi. >©c. DEPARTURES. AWAHOD (1130 am.), for East Coast. NGA1 J UHI (12. p.m.), for Tauranga. VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. Kaitangata, from Sydney. VESSELS SAILING TODAY. Flora, for Eastern Pacific, 110011. Tho Kaituna arrived from Westport yesterday evening, aDd anchored in the stream. She will berth at the Hobson Wharf as soon as a berth ib available. The flags on th« vessels in port were flown at half-mast yeHtorday as a token of respect to the memory of Mr. A. .Newton, tnird officer of vh*> \Vlwini;ape, who died of iufluensa the previous evening. After completion of discharge the To Anuu, which is berthed at the Queen's Wharf, is to sail for Lunodm, O&maru, and i Bluff. 'The Wanika, which is discharging produce at tho King's Wharf, is to load cargo lor Wellington, iirnaru, and Lyttelton. The departure of the Royal V.all steamer i Niagara tor Vancouver ha.i been postponed i until 8 p.m. on Friday, Ihe closing ol the j overseas mail, which the \essel is to carry, Las been postponed until 4 p.m. to-morrow- * The departure of the Huddart-ParSer j steamer Kiverina for Sydney has been poa;- I poned until 3 p.m. to-morrow. ] The Kahtka arrived at the ilanukau Heads yesterday and anchored there await-1 ing orders to come up lo Unehunga. Every berth at the wharves was occupied ! yoßterday. Tho Kaituna, which arrived irom Westport in the evening, had to anchor in tho stream, as there was no berth available '.or her to discharge her coal cargo. The corgestion of shipping has been partly caused by tho epidemic), as some of the vessels are unable to obtain crews to take them away. Tho Moanft has taken up a temporal? running in the VVellingtou-Lyttelton ferry servico. She left Wellington for Lyttelton on her initial trip on Monday, and will continue in the Bervtco until November 19 She ib tilling the gap caused by the withdrawal of the Maori, the latter voasol having gone to Dunedin for overhaul. The' Kaitangata left Sydney for Auckland on Friday, and in due here this evening. She is loaded with general cargo, and will berth at the Queen's Wharf as goon as a berth is availableWord has been received in Auckland of the death from pneumonia, on October 31, of Mr William Anderson, late of the Union Company's pursers' staff. Mr Anderson, who was twenty years of age, was purser on the Mapourika for some time before he went into camp in April. He left with the forty-first rciniorcoments, His death occurred on a hospual ship. Captain T. B. Sewell, of the Komata, is ashore on sick leavo. Caplain B. Irwin is standing by the vessel. Mr A. W. Duncan, second officer of the Kakapo, who died of pneumonia following on influenza at sea on Friday, was a native of Auckland. He leaves a widow and two children. Captain Collins, harbourmaster at Nelson, come to Wellington with the Kakapo on Saturday owing to Captain having had an arduous time and the ship being handed.