AUCKLAND'S BUSY PGRT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 6

AUCKLAND'S BUSY PGRT.

■J '";■'•''■'■■ i •'.'" :: 'V:.-.' ■ • ■"'•'-:.•• ■■''. .- • '-'■■ •■•'.!;■'•• ■.-.--... BERTHS FULLY OCCUPIED, ■■ .-■■;:■■..■:...•,:.;::,.'■:■; '■:; ;,..;; ":-■:' ■-.-■".'■'-■■. ■ ■■-~.-. ■.:..-.:,-..•, - ■** : . -SEVEN"" OVERSEAS-. SHIP? - :■-.■■• :■' ' ; . • . ... ~.: T^rim , OTHER VESSELS DUE ".TO-DAY ' : ; .■.'.- ■■.■■■ ■■.■'.,-:'.:. ■ Shipping at; Auckland has been, fairly . - o'V busy since before •■ the holidays, Th ß -■ berths at the wharves have been fully,' ' ';,'-';: occupied most of the time, and there'has , • *- been. plenty of work for all .available '>' tS§> '•'. /waterside workers. ■■■■■■■-■■ ,V'::Ma • ' At present there are ■■ seven large over- - *'-,'}''• seas steamers in port either loading or v discharging cargo. The Westmoreland '■ . I l 'l i 9512 tons register, is discharging over 4500 ■["■■:. '; tons of general merchandise from wast of ".~s'i'B ; England ports, at the Queen's Wharf j " 'ft: the Pork Elliott, : 7396 tons register, at.->J f ,' the King's Wharf, has about 3700 tons \ V of general: merchandise from' London, and ■•- ""* 'Jr •at the same wharf the Wairuna, 5832 tons % register, is discharging over. 3000 tons of ' ■ .v cargo from' Pacific Coast ports. This .;J& cargo includes about 12,000 cases of oil. ~~ i$ At } the Western Wharf the Pinna, 6121" '"'V'p .tons, is discharging nearly 50,000 cases of ■-'. oil and a .quantity of fuel oil from. Shiga- ' .'..---'' pore, and -at the -King's Wharf the Glau- ; '.'* i cus is discharging' 1650 tons of guano from > '• l~ *' s Surprise Island. , Two steamers,. the ' "''!& ; Kent, 9857 tons, and the Suffolk, \ 8617 "c ''■>' tons, both berthed at the Queen's Wharf, / ? | are loading large quantifies of butter, ?-••- ■'-; cheese, frozen meat, as well as wool and"- '■...■ ■"; : other - general produce for America and '5 .' England. *"'-'. I jj£§i£ This morning the ,Eoyal ; " Mail steamer '%??.■:■ Makura will .-.arrive ..with.:'passengers and ■[ ■; cargo from Canada, and the Boveric is ?' l : due to-day from Ocean Island with 6600 '••' f >. toils of phosphates. >-/The British India ; , ;l| ';■ steamer -Culua ;is : also expected to-day V.;*jj '•. with a part cargo of basic slag from Texas. ; y-;';l Tb>mbrr 6w the Manuka is due from Syd- .:,' 1 i- ,hey,y with .passengers . and ■' cargo, the - '-} Wingatui with produce ! and general mei'- . : : -i) , from' .Southern ports, and the ";/-'| : Kaimanawa ' with a cargo' of coal .■■ from '^i ■ Westport. Another cargo of coal is due -*] from; Newcastle by the Kaiwarra on : .A; I Friday. > :-.■ - . •:';-■ '...._._ ~' :':.■/■&•