SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12606, 9 March 1903, Page 4

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

..■ l ■. . AUCKLAND, March 6.—Arrived: 8.40 i pm, Hauroto, from Tonga, and Fiji.—Sailed Slargarue, fev Sydney. March 8 —Arrived: Waikare, from the couth, Mararoa, from Sydney; Manapouri, i-.i from Port Chalmers; Pendlo Hill, barqucnX-- tme, from Newcastlo,—Sailed; 1.50 a.m.,. ~ Talune, for Gisborne. ■ ■■■■ GISBORNE, March 7.—Sailed: 11 p.m., Paparoa for Wellington. March B.—Ar- ' ;vf.'rived: 5 a.m., Surrey, from Napier. , Sailed: 10.40 a.m., "Waiwera, for .London. WELLItv&TON, March 6.—Sailed: 10.30 ' pm, Jlokoia, for i Sydney.—March 7— „ Arrived 8.10 a.m., Mamari, from Timaru; 840 in, Finsbury, from New Caledonia. —March B.—Sailed: 6.40 a.m., Finsbury, lor New York. ■ v.. LYTTELTON, March 7.—Arrived: 8.20 lm, Mouri, from Dunedin; 8.20 a.m., Wes. v,. «.. ttalu, from Wellington,-—Sailed: 4.45 ' pm, "Westralia, for Port Chalmers; mid- #»••• night. Whangape, for Timaru. SYDNEY, March I.—Arrived: Adam and 7 Evej from "Kaipara,.-—Sailed: 2.25 p.m., Buteshire, 'for Melbourne. —January 8 — Bailed Victoria (last night), for New Zealand ■:■■■■ MELBOURNE, March B.—Arrived: Elm- : villc, from Kaipara. THE ATJSTBALUN SQUADRON. ' (Pee United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March B.' Tim squadron sailed for Well'nßton at j 915 this morning, and arrive in Wellington pVit .: early on Tuesday morning. The Penguin i left on Saturday morning for Poverty Bay, > ,and will continue survey -work. Tho «s Westralia, from Sydney, via Auckland and East Coast ports, arrived at the cross uharf.at 9.50 am. yesterday. She.left mwf,- Sydney on the 25th ult„ arriving at Auck- » land on the Ist in&t.; left again on the 3rd, nnd called at the usual East Coast ports. -• ' Loft Lyttelton at 4.50 p.m. on Saturday,"and assived as above. Experienced fine weather -"■• and smooth ceaa ihroughout. , The s' Koonya come: up from port this n*orn:ng, and sails in the'afternoon for northern ports in'the o.s. Upolu's usual run. /, >The Union Steam Ship Company's iteamship Mooraki, Captain Ohatfieid, with passengers and cargc from Sydney, vie Cook Strait arrived , alongside the George street ■j, pier, Port Chalmers) at 10 a.m. on Satur- > day ivher 9 she ' discharged and ■ took in -f--'-' zax%o, She left • tb. company's wharf'at Sydney on the 28th ult.; and arrived at Welf ' lm"ton at ♦•SO a.m. of the 4-th fast,; left tho south on the evonlng of the /, same day and arrived at Lyttelton c 1? 11.40 . '<■ am of the sth inst.;. left again for headquarters at' 6.30 p.m.' of the 6th inst.; • had •T - fine' weather along the ooast, and arrived in port as above. She left again yesterday • iftcrnoon for Molbourno, m tho Bluff and Hobaxt « , ~ ■ .The Waihora wai 1 floated out of ins.'

graving dock yesterday forenoon, and her plaoe -Wis taken up by t-lw b.s. Koonya, which went in to have lior hulk cleancd and painted. The s.s. Invercargill, from Invercargill, arrived afc 11 o'clock la?t night, having left Invercargill at 7 a.m. yesterday. She passed the s,s. Diickenfield with the ship Samuel 'PHmaoll in tow at noon yesterday,' four miles to the southward of Tho Brothers. She wished to he reported all well. East Cape reports that the Wsikare passed north at noon on Saturday. The harbourmaster at Hisborne has notified the Marine Department that the big buoy in' tho roadstead moored on bearings Pft Hill north 65 degrees east, and Flagstaff north four degrees east, is now painted black, and that the etarboard hnnd buoy is now red and the port buoy black, coming in on the line of the leading lights. .The s.s. Diickenfield, with the disabled ship Samuel Plimeoll in tow, left the Bowen pier,. Port Chalmers, on Saturday afternoon for Sydney. From that port the Samuel Plimsoll will be taken.'to Frcmantle as a Btoieship. The s.s. Rimutaka ia not expected to arrive at Port Chalmers from Timaru until Tuesday. The following ate the shipping statistics ' for the past week:—Arrivals: Carin, brigantine, 216 tons; Invercargill, s.s., 133; Silverstream, barque, 1160; Janet Nicoll, s.s., 496; •Mok'oia, 8.5., 215+; Duckenfield, s.s., 912; Moura, e.s., 12+7: Invercnxifill, s.s., 123;' Rimu, s.e., 143: Queen Mary, s.s., 3564; Sfoeraki, s.s., 2714: AVestralia, s.s.. 1819; Ainsdale, ship, 1725;— total, 17,796 tons. Departures; Warrimoo, s.s,, 2076 tons; Inyprcargill, 123; Waikare, s.s., 1901; Mokoia, e.s., 2154; Aotea, s.s., 6423; Manapouri, s.s., 1028; Janet Nicoll, s.s., 496; Invercargill, s.s., 123: Kinclune, barque, 690; Moura, s.s,, 1247; Moeraki, s.s., 2714; InVercargiU, s.s., 123;— total, 18,093 tons. Total arrivals and departures, 35,589 tons. One hundred and forty-'niue thousand pounds is the annual subsidy to be paid by the British Government to the Cunard line. The new Cunarders are costing £1,000,000 each, and are to steam 25 knots when .loaded down to 29jft. They are to do several test speeds over distances aggregating 1000 miles, and are to maintain an average speed of 25 knots. Their minimum power is to bo 52,000 horse-power.