SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2258, 10 June 1897, Page 38

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Bluff, June 7. — Sailed : Liddesdale, for Sydney. NEW SERVICES. Wellington, June 7.— lt has been definitely decided that Wellington is to be the final port of departure in New Zealand of the CanadianAustralian Royal Mail Steamship Line ; also that Wellington will be the port of call of steamers from Suva an route to Sydney. VESSELS IN PORT. The following vessels were in the Harbour of Otago on Monday : — AtDunedin :BarquesHudson, Dundale, Onyx, Njaal, Victoria ; barquentine Delmira ; brigantine Enterprise ; steamers Invercargill, Anglian. At Port Chalmers : Barque Soukar; steamers Taupo, Omapere, Manapouri, Kotomahaua, Rotorua, Kingaroonia, Beautiful Star. WARSHIPS OBDERED BY JAPAN. Japan will soon have a navy superior to anything in the East. The following is a list of ships lately ordered by her :— A line-o£-battle ship, the Shiki-shima— ls,o37 tons ; speed, IS "knots. Builders, the Thames Iron Works. - A second-class cruiser, the Kasagi — 4784 tons ; "speed, 20 knots. To be finished by the 21st of December, 1898. Builders, Cramp's Iron Works, Philadelphia. ! A second-class cruiser, the Chitose— 476o tons ; speed, 20 knots. To be finished by the 31st of December, 1898. Builders, the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. A second-class cruiser, the Takasago— 43so tons ; Speed, 22 knots. To T)e finished in June, 1897. Builders, Lord Armstrong and Company. In addition to the above the following are in • course of construction :— | Two torpedo-catchers— 2so tons each ; speed, 30 i knots. To be finished in April, 1898. Builders, i Messrs Thorn icroft and Co. Two torpedo-catchers— 2so ions each : speed, 30 knots. To be finished in August, 189 S. Builders, the Yarrow Company. The s.s. Tai-awera, from Sydney, via East Coast , ports, arrived alongside the Bowen pier at noon { on the Ist and landed 400 hides. She left Sydney at 5 p.m. on the 19th ult. The new steamer Egypt, which bas recently been launched at Greenock, is one of the four large screw steamships built of steel recently ordered by the P. and O. Company— viz., the China, India, Kgypt, and Arabia. Of these all but the Arabia have been launched. They are the largest and most powerful of tho steamers in the company's extensive fleet, being 8000 tons register and engined up to 11,000 horse-power. The cost of each of these splendid vessels is about £250,000. The P. and O. Company now own no less than 57 large steamships, with an aggregate tonnage of 283,666. Those constricted in receut years are fitted so as to act as armed cruisers, for which purpose a number of them have been retained by her Majesty's Government. During the month ending May 31, 40 vessels, "with an aggregate of 25,961 tons register, arrived at the Dunedin wharves. The s.s. Wakatipu, Captain O. Spinks, from Sydney, via Cook Strait, arrived at the Port Chalmers wharf at 4.15 p.m. on the 2nd. She left Sydney on the 25th ult. the Margaret street wharf at Sydney at 6.30 p.m. of the 25th ult., passed Stephen Island at 9 a.m. of the 30th "ult., and reached Wellington at 4 p.m. The S.S.* Hauroto, from Melbourne, via Hobart j *nd the Bluff, arrived alongtide the Bowen pier at j 7.45 a,m."on Thursday. She left Melbourne at 0.40 p.m. on the -27th ult. The master of the ship Edward Pembroke was fined £10 at the Cardiff (Wales) Police Court for neglecting to repair a lifeboat on his ship at bydney. It was stated in evidence that the airtight compartments of the boat were full of holes. • The Norwegian barque Victoria, which arrived from New York on the 3rd inst., brings some ,1200 tons cargo, about half of which is for Dunedm and the balance for Lyttelton. Captain Backmann reports leaving New York on February 3.6. ! The Union Company's s.s. Liddesdale arrived at the cross wharf at 9 a.m. on Friday from Oamaru, and after taking in some 400 tons of cargo left again in the afternoon for Sydney, via ithe Bluff. The Liddesdale is essentially a cargo boat, and has great carrying capacity, v/hile liar fine well decks render her peculiarly suitable for the transport of live stock, wlrich will make her a very desirable adjunct to the U.S.S. Company's Indian trade. The Harbour Board's dredge No. 222 recommenced work in the Victoria channel on Friday. It is evident the board are leaving nothing undone to maintain the depth of water in the Upper Harbour. The San Francisco Weekly Commercial Kews pf April 29 has the following :—", ' All claims against the Brit'sh steamer Monowai must be pre"sented at the office of J. D. Spreckels and Bros. Co. by noon to-day or they will not be allowed.. This is the usual notice ordinarily printed as ,an advertisement and also as a news item under the heading of 'Shipping Notes' in this paper. But there is reason for using it, | 5f not as a text, at least as an introduction to '• a brief note here wishing the Monowai a long nnd useful life under the southern cross, and hoping a captain somewhere near the high standard of her present commander will be found for the good old ship. For when the Monowai Bails out of port to-day it will \n all probability terminate her last visit to San Fraucisco. The Monowai goes, but in her stead will come the Moana, a new steel steamer built in Scotland last 3?all, launched December 24, and after being fitted up in the best possible manner for the accommodation of passengers, sailed on April 10 for Sydney direct to take her place In the Oceanic line, thence to this port, via Honolulu. And cow, Having the best) far the last Captain Carey, of

the Blonowai, who has made himself beloved by all who travelled with him from this port to Hawaii or Australia, and by all who left Australia for San Francisco on his ship, will take command of the new Bteamer Moana when he reaches Sydney, and will continue in the line which his services have made so popular. The genial captain was on 'Change Tuesday, conducted ; by P. A. Williams, of Williams, Brown, and Co , , and was introduced to the workings of the Call j Board, <fee. It will be pleasant news to many that i the departure of the Monowai doe 3 not mean farewell to Captain Carey, but merely bon voyage, i He will be back again on schedule time in the ! new steamer and moat of his officers will be with him. A sudden alarm of fire was rung out. on board the b.s. Talune on Saturday mornmpc, stud in one minute five seconds the whole of the hoe was coupled on and the imaginary fire subdued. The men were next practised at boat drill, and proved I their proficiency by lowering all the boats,- fully j equipped, in the average time of one minute 15 seconds. During the week ending June 6 the following vessels have been at the Dunedin wharves :—: — -Arrivals: Tarawera, s.s., 1209 tons; Taupo, s.s., 408 tons ; luvercargill. s s., 123 tons (twice) ; Wakatipu, s.s., 1258 to is ; Omapere, s.s., 356 tons ; Haurpto, s.s., 1270 tons ; Victoria, barque, 742 tons ; Liddesdale, s.s., 1572 tons ; Talune, s.s., ' 1303 ton& ; Napier, s.s., 4S tons ; Brunner, s.s., 332 tons ; Enterprise, brigantine, Si tons ; — total, 5203 tons. Departures : Napier, s.s., 48 tons (twice) ; InvercarKill, s.s., 123 tons ; Tarawera, | s.s., 12')9 tone : Omapcro, s.s,, 358 tons ; Taupo, s.s., 408 tons ; Wakatipu, s.s., 125S tons ; Liddesdale, s s., 1573 tons ; Talune. s.s., 13i)3 tons ; ■ Brunner, s.s., 332 tons;— total, '67lß tons. The Huddart - Parker Company's steamship Anglian, Captain Hood, fiom Sydney, via the Mast Coast ports, arrived at the cross wharf at 10.40 a.m. on Monday, drawinßjl7ft 6in aft and 17ft forward, and Captain Hood is. to be congratulated on bringing her up with a falling tide | so very successfully. She left Sydney on May 26. ] The s.f. Omapere was floated into the Port j Chalmers graving dock on Monday for cleaningand painting. The Shire line steamer Buteshire, which sailed from Lyttelton to London, took the following cargo :— 3713 bales wool and skins, 363 casks tallow, 239 di pelts, 33 cases casings, 2979 do meats, 1240 sacks oats, 2711 do seeds, 95 do peas, • 29 pkgs sundries, 20,469 carcases mutton, 8653 forequarrers, 14,591 hindquarters, 53 bullocks, 2959 pieces beef, 8340 cases rabbits. Of this she took on board at Brisbane— 3737 forequartera, 5699 hindquarters beef ; at Tlockhampton — 3157 hindquarters, 53. bullocks, 2738 pieces beef, 312 bales, 1979 cases meats, 6 pkgs sundries ; at Townsville— l969 hales, 14 casks tallow, 4597 forequarters, 221 pieces beef ; at the Bluff— 2os bales, 94 casks tallow, 5 do pelts, 9 cases casing, 1000 do meats, 69 sacks seeds, 3 pkgs sundries, 20,469 carcases mutton, 8340 cases rabbits ; and at Lyttelton— l227 bales, 255 casks tallow, 234 do pelts, 24 cases casings, 2642 sacks seeds, 95 do peas, and 20 pkgs sundries.