SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14699, 6 December 1909, Page 1 (Supplement)

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

The following is a summary of shipping at Dunedin and Port Chalmers irom November 5 to December 3, both dates inclusive: — STATISTICAL AND FOIIEIGX. The Mimiro, Kaipava, and Turakina were the deep-sea liners arriving during the month, and the lbkomai'it returned to Port from Nelson, where she finished discharging. The departures were the Tokomam, Drayton Grange, Mimiro, Kia Ota, Delphic, and Turakina. 'The Kaijiara, the direct boat, which arrived on November 22, brought 7500 tens of cargo, 50C0 tons of which wore for this port; the Mimiro brought 700 or 800 tons, and the Tttrakina came from northern ports for loading. Outward loading lias not been hoary, but during the present and following months tho indications point to heavy exports of wool, frozen meal-, butter, grain, and general produce, the products of a favourable season. Up to tile present thj coal mines strike in New South Wales has not all'ectcd Home slapping to or from the Dominion, the Home liners loading or awaiting leading at the various Dominion ports being in Hie -ha-ppy position that they can get ample coal for bunkers at any port visited. The cessation of work at the Stare coal mine on the West. Coast has not had any appreciable ell'eot on the shipping coal supply in the Dominion up to date, ihe coat referred to being used principally 'or railway, industrial, or domestic purposes, and its consumption is mainly confined to New Zealand. Should the New South Wales strike bo prolonged, however, it is probable the Home shipping to the. Dominion will be all'ectcd in the case of vessels conning here via Australian ports, as these will bo unable to obtain bunker supplies to bring them on to New Ztaland. The tonnage represented by the . four deep-sea vessels that, have arrived since last Summary is 23,036 tons, and the tonnage of Iho six vessels that departed 26,748. Tho figures fo ithc Octo-ber-November period were:—-Arrivals, 10, representing 55,167 tons; departures, 8, totalling 40,466 tons.

Tho following is a summary of the oversea vessels arriving and departing:—

Tho Tyser liiwr Miniiro, from Glasgow and Liverpool, via Auckland and northern ports, arrived from Lyttelton on November 7. She brought between 700 and 800 tons of cargo for iliis port, ami after discharging proceeded to Australia on November 10 to load for London. Outside of the incident that the Miniiro ran into a quantity of floating ice after passing Heard bland, she had an uneventful passage to Auckland, and ehc had gocd Weather down the coast. The ico does were- so extensive, and closely packed that careful navigation was at times necessary, to get the steamer through them, and on one occasion sho had to alter her course to escape contact. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's Tokomaru, wliich left for Lyttelton and Nelson on November 6 to continue discharging, took away tho following cargo from this port:—l9U casks tallow, 2 bales hair, 4 do horns, 3 eases preserved meats, and 10 pkgs sundries. After completing the discharge of her Home, cargo at Nelson the Tokomaru returned to Port Chalmers on November 23, and is now at a waiting berth. The Fcderal-Houlder-Shiro liner Drayton Orange left Port Chalmers on November 8, to continue her Homeward' leading at the Bluff. Iter cargo from this port comprised 9696 orates rabbits 76 quarters beef, 5 cases casings, 1867 hags oats, and 149 sacks grass seed. She went to Timnni, Lyttelton, and Wellington, after leaving the Bluff, and sailed from Wellington on November 21 for West of England ports.

Tho Shaw, Savill, ami Albion liner Kia Ora left Port Chalmers on Nov<Mnl;er 11 for Pielon and northern ports to continue Homo loading. Her cargo from I his port comprised 89 bales wool, 97 do rabbilskins. 5 do feathers, 986 sacks tai-ley, 3W do seed, 17 casks pelt'!. 44 bags hides, 80 bags scheelitc, 4150 crates rabbits, 1 bag rabbits, and 5 pkgs sundries. Iter other ports of call were Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, and sho left the last-named port on November 28 for London.

The Now Zealand Shipping Company's Kaiparu arrived' at Port Chalmers from London on November 22. Of a total general cargo of about 7500 tons, some 5000 tons were for this port, the balance being for Tiniaru and Lyttelton. The Ka.ipara had an uneventful run from London. In the Southern Ocean on November 5, when the vessel was hit. 46.10 S. and long. 56.50 E., an iceberg was sighted about seven or eight miles off. A lookout was kept for traces of the mining Waratah, but not a vestige of anything was seen. The Kaipara is at present discharging railway rails at Port Chalmers, and expects to get away to Timaru on Docember 6.

The White Star liner Delphic, which has bem on tho waiting berth here since September, went into the new Otago Dock at Port Chalmers on November 24. The Delphic's measurements are:—Length 475 ft, beam. 55ft 3in. depth 59ft 6in. She is 2ft shorter than the Tainui, which was docked here recently, and is sft less in beam. After cleaning s<nd painting, the Delphic left on November 27 for Nanier. to commence Home loading. The (locking arrangements, as in the case of (ho Tainui, were carried out in a careful a-nc? successful manner. Tho Delphic's waiting berth at tho export pier was filled bv tho Tokomaru. Th New Zoakuid Shipping Company's Turakina arrived at Port Chalmers at neon

on November 29 from Napier, to continue Home loading. Ilor cargo from this |vrl comprised 1257 crates rabbits, 2294 boxes butter. 283 sacks grass w?t\, ISO bales rabbit.skins. 208 bales sbeeosk'ms, 2 bales hwr. ICB casks '(allow, and 19 packages sundries. She left for Timaiu the following' day to continue leading. The Turakinn. sails for Home on December 16.

Thr- New- Zealand Shipiung Company's liner Rakaia, now at the Willi', is expected at Port Chalmers about December 17, for docking in the new Olago dock, when she will he cleaned and ' painted. She will lie the lii*s| of the company's ships to dock at Port Chalmers. INTKItCOIONUI, AXII COASTAL Although the Newcastle stiike has had no present effect on Home and Foreign shipping to and* from the Dominion, it lm dis.:rganis"d to a considerable extent the intercolonial trade. The regular collier steamers trading to Newcastle from the Dominion in some rases have been laid up at that port or Sydney, and sailing or other craft trading to Australia with New Zealand timber are unable lo obtain backward coal loading to the Dominion. The intercolonial passenger steamers of the Union S.S. Company and the Huddart-Parker line, are, however, in a pos.it ion, to keep up regular services between the Dominion and tho Commonwealth, sufficient bunker coal being taken at the New Zealand end to last for the trip both ways. The strike at the State coal mine at, Greymoutli is also affecting the slopping coal trade, and lias caused one or two stoamens to and from that, port to lay up in the meantime. In other respects, tho intercolonial and coastal shipping trade shows no particular alteration.

The arrivals from the Commonwealth for the period dealt with totalled 9, rcniv, Willing 26,669 tons, and the. departures 12, representing 35,908 tons. For the October-November nerioxl the arrivals were 12, of 39.575 tons, a*ml the ilenarturcs 12, totalling 42,078 tons. The coastal arrivals totalled 37. of 34,044 tons, and the departures 34. of 28.510 tons. l'or the previous period the futures were:—Arrivals 24 of 25,699 tons; departures, 26, representing 29.582 ions. Tho total oversea, intercolonial, and coastal arrivals for the period' treated wore 50 representing 83,749 tons, and the denorturcs 62, representing 90,167 tons. The figures for the nrovious month were:— Arrivals 46, of 120,441 tone; departures, 46, of 112,126 lons.