MOVEMENTS OF THE SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALLION COMPANY'S SAILING FLERT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2170, 26 September 1895, Page 36

MOVEMENTS OF THE SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALLION COMPANY'S SAILING FLERT.

Th« barque Asterion arrived at London from Hie Bluff on July 85. , .. . _ . . _ . The fhip Blenheim, loading at London for Lyttelton, wa3 expected to sail for that port on August 20. Tho ship Invercargill arrived at Algoa Bay on July 28. The barque Lutterworth ib loading at Liverpool for Wellington. The ship Pleiades left London for Nelaon on July 16. The ship Pleione left Liverpool for Wellington and Dunedin on August 5. Tl»c ship Soukar left Barry on July 25 for Otago Heads for or.iers. The barque Margaret Galbraitb. will follow the Bhip Zealatidi-i o:i the Glasgow berth for Duaedin. Iho bhip Cintcrbury is to leave London in baltist. calling at New Zealand ports for orders.

The Ruapehu left Plymouth on Saturday for Wellincton and Lyttelton, with 2290 tons cargo and 153 passengers. During the week ending September 22 eight vessels (repiesenting 5082 tons register) orrived at the Duntdin wharves and ten vessels (with a total of 75°5 tons) left them. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro, from London, via Capetown, Hobart, and northern pnr's, arrived off the heads on Sunday. Mie left London < n May 29. Sir A. G. Ciofs, we are glad to learn, lias successfully passed his examination before Captiin Gray, at Port Chalmers, for the position of second officer in the mercantile marine. Mr Cross is the fust officer who has passed here un^er the lew regulations, and was a pupil at Mr F. W. Simma's Nautical Acadk-my. We congratulate the young gentleman on his success Putting aside the Home trade, and that partly Home nnd i>aitly foreign, the "Nautic*l Magazine" has worked out that under sail there are 11,00 foreigners to 30 000 British seamen, and under steam 10,001) foreigners to 57,0'i0 British. This .givc3 a proportion of mor<a than one foreigner to i-vcry three British under sail, and nearly one to every five uudev steam. It must be recollected, howeve-, that every person employed is describee as a seaman, irrespective of occupation. If the number of deck bands could be Ehown separately from engineers, firemen, cooks, stewards, and such like, the proportion of foreigners would be found to be very much larger than it appears.