SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 3

SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Manaia (6.20 *.».)< from Ngapuhl (7.26" m'.mX from Taurangar Daphne (7.40 a.tn.), from Whangarei; Hauiti (e p.m.), from Coromandel.

DEPARTURES.

Cecilia Sudden, schooner (12.16 p.m.), for Peru. Taniwha (1.45 a.m.), for Paeroa; Waiotahi (10.5 a.m.), for Tauraaga; Kakapo (6.10 pjn.), for Greymonth.

VESSELS DUE TO-DAY. Daphne, from Great Barrier, 6.30 p.m. Taniwha. from Paeroa, 1 a.m. VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY. Ngapuhi. for Tauranga, 7 p.m. Taniwha, for Paeroa, 3 p.m. Kanien. for Whangarei, noon.

OCEAN MAIL STEAMERS. Makura. at Sydney, due Auckland. Sept. 13. laniti, left San Francisco for Wellington, via porta, on August 26; due Wellington. September 17. Niagara, leaves Vancouver September 10, ~ due Auckland, September 30. Marama. left Wellington fox San Fran.Cisco, August 31. left Southampton, July 28, for Wellington, due September 10.

VESSELS IN PORT. King's Wharf—E. R. Sterling (barquentine) In Stream—lris. Talune. Senorita (batne.). Laura (bqtne-), Mako. Atua Queen's Wharf—Rakanofc. Port Lyttelton. Hobson Wharf—Kawatin Central Wharf—Waimarino. Sheerlegs Wharf—H.M.S- Philomel. Dock Wharf—H.M.S Veronica. Dock—Southern Cross.

The Rarawa, which is. undergoing annual I Burvey. went into dock yesterday morning : for cleaning and painting. The Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross came out of dook yesterday morning and berthed at the Hobson Wharf. The Kanna. now loading cement at Whangarei. is due back at Auckland tomorrow afternoon, and ia timed to eail for Wellington. Lyttelton. and Dunedin at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The Wingatui is to leave Bluff to-day for Oamaru. Timaru, and Auckland. The Kaitaneata is to lift a full load of cargo at Lyttelton next week for Auckland. The Katoa was expected to leave Dunedin yesterday for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. The Richardson steamer Awahon is due this morning from the East Coast. She will berth at the King/s Wharf to load for East Ccast b-ys. and it expected to sail tomorrow evening. The schooner Huanui arrived at Gisbonie, fr m Auckland, at i p.m. on Tuesday. The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer, Pakehi, is expected to leave Sydney to-mor-f row for London, via South Africa and Hull. The schooner War Lord left Gisbome, for Auckland, at 8 a.m. yesterday. Tho Waihora left Newcastle on September 1 with a cargo of coal for Seattle. She has been fixed to load at Vancouver and San F ancisco ear!y in October for New Zealand and Australian ports.

THE MAHENO. The Maheno, which sailed from Auckland on Saturday morning, arrived at Sydney a t 9 a,m. yesterday. She is timed to leave Sydney »t 11 »-m. next Thursday, and is due here on Monday. September 19. TOFUA AT SUVA. The Island steamer Tofua, en route to Auckland, arrived at Suva at 9 am. yesterday. She is to sail this afternoon, and is due here ou Monday, sailing again for the Islands on Saturday, September 17. CORINTHIC ARRIVES TO-MORROW. A further wireless message has been received from the Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer Corinthic stating that she will arrive at Wellington from Southampton at daybreak to-morrow. RJM.S. MAKURA. The R.M.S. Makura is expected ®to leave Sydney to-day for Vancouver, via Auckland. She is due hero on Monday, and is timed to resume her voyage to Vancouver at 10 a.m. the following day. THE RUAPEHU. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruapehu, which is due here from England on Monday, is announced to sail from Wellington for England with passengers and cargo on October 1.

THE REMUERA. The Now Zealand Shipping Company's ete-jwner Remuera which is due here from. England on October 1. ia expected to leave Wellington for Southampton on November 1.

KITTAWA TO BE LAID UP. The Kittawa'e crow were paid off at WelUnfrton on Monday. After completion of discharge the vessel is to be laid up indefinitely.

FLORA DUE EARLY TO-MORROW. A wireless message received from the Island Bteamer Fiora states vhat ehe expects to arrive from the Eastern Pacific at daylight to-morrow. She is announced to sail on her return trip to the Islands at noon on Tuesday.

NEWCASTLE'S LOST TRADE. . There arrived at Sydney, for the month of July, only four sailing vessels, totalling tons—which is onjy the tonnage ol tne French ship Rene Ivcrviier, a weil-known tradei to Sydney and Newcastle. The present rates of freight have played havoc with the earnings of the sailing vessels which generally go to Australian ports for charter, hence the few arrivals there. Owing to the loss of the coal trade from Newcastle to the west coast of South America, only one oversea sailing vessel and one intercolonial three*, masted schooner, arrived at Newcastle during July, which ia the lowest tonnagj of sailing vessels to arrive at the northern port tor any month since the termination of the war.

CECILIA SUDDEN SAILED. The four-masted schooner Cecilia Sudden, which put into Auckland on September 1 to medical a.d for her boa.swain, who tej from the mast wnen. the veaeei was 500 miles off Cape M-ria Van Dienian, en route from Newoaatle to Poru, resumed her voyage shortly afier mid-day yesterday. This is the second t.me that the vessel's voyage, has b en inerrupted, and the vessel diverted to Auck'aud. She was formerly an American vessel, and Vas eold to Peruvian owners. At Newcastle she loaded a cargo of coal and afterwards sailed for Callao under her new flag On March 9. last year, ehe put into Auckland in a kaky c ndiVon. Her cargo of coal was d scha ged hrre and she was repaired After two months' delay here she sai ed for Sydn'y on May 7. Another cargo ol coal was losded, and when she put into Auckland last week she was making a second attempt to make the voyage to Peru. C. AND P. LINE STEAMERS. Tho Commonwealth and Dominion Line, Ltd.. are in receipt of a cablegram from London advising the following movements ot -steamers: — The Port Hacking is to saii from New York on September 20 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. The Port Alma is to sail from Now York on November 1 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne and Sydney. The Port Darwin is to sail from Glaskow and IJverpool on October 23 for New Zealand direct.

THE RTVERINA. The Huddart-Parker steamer Riverina, en route frr.m Sydney to Auckland, has sent a w reless message that Bhe will arrive here at 10 a.m. to-morrow.

NEW WEST COAST SERVICE,

The auxiliary schooner Houto, which loads general cargo to-day for Hoki&nga, is under charter to the Waikato Shipping Company. Afier discharge ehe will take up the temporary running of a general cargo service between Onehunga and Port Waikato for the company, which ie inaugurating a regular s earner service on the West Coast in two or three weeks' time-

NEW OIL-POWERED VESSEL. A new oil-driven vessel, called the Otimai has been built by Mr. G. Niccoi for the Northern Steamship Company. She was launched off the slip recently to have her engines placed on board, and ia to go back on the slip to have the machinery installed. She is reported to be an improvement on the other auxiliary veeeels owned by the company. It is estimated she will carry about 300 tons on a shallow draft, the latter being essential in the East Coast river trade, in wh ; ch she will bo ensuged. She is being fitted with twin 80 horse-power Beardmore semi-Deisel engines-