SHiPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 54

SHiPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. v Arrivals. .Vessel. Tonnage. From Kov : Monowaj. s.s. ;.. 2135 ... Mtlbourne ... 13 -Juvercargill, s.s. ... 123 ... Timaru ... ... 13 CPaparoa, s.s. ... £653 ... London 14 iSXoura, s.s. ... I''76 ... AucHuid ... 35 OLlimu, s.s 143 ... Southport ... 16 /Theresa Ward, s.s, 56 ... Bluff 16 fKiui, s.s 702 ... West Coast ...17 l Zior, N schooner ... 63 ... North ... ... 18 tWaikare, s's. ... ISOI ... Syinev 38 Invercargill, s 5. ... 123 ... Coiacßay ... 18 Departures. Vessel - Tonnage For Nov, Invercargil), s.s. ... I£3 ... Invercargill ... 13 Otfararoa, bs. . ... 1381 ... Sydney 13 'Moncnsai. sf. ... 2137 ... Sydney 13 'Alcestis, barque ... 3S'S ... Auckland ... 15 'Maniari, as, ... 3583 ... London lo Oamaru, ship ... 1306 ... Napier 37 Moura, s.s. ... 1276 ... Auckland ... 17 . I£ini, ss 703 ... Westpoit ...19 . THE DIRECT STEAMERS. r ' The s.s.- Aotea sailed from London on the 3rd of November, for Port Chalmers, and is due to arrive at Christmas time. - The Maori, which sails for London to-day, Jtakes 12,885 boxes and 393 kegs butter, •1705 cases cheese, and also two boxes gold) Valued at £7049. WELLINGTON, November 13.— -The Papanui left Plymouth on the 10th, for "Wellington and Lyttelton, with 153 passengers. \ WELLINGTON, November 17.— The Bushanills came into port this morning. She has 2000 tons of cargo for New Z6aland. She will sail for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers on Tuesf NEW YORK, November 16.— Sailed: Inyiradevi, for New Zealand. Mamarij after discharging about 3500 tons of cargo at the wharf, went down to Port Chalmers on the 13th inst., tendered by the tlucky, to discharge iron and other heavy .material. She then goes "to the cooling chambers and takes in frozen nrntton for jLondon. Her Dunedin cargo was discharged > jndth the utmost expedition. • The Waimate, which sailed on Saturday for iLondon, took away 389 tons of butter and 96 tons of cheese." t The s.s. Mararoa left the Bowen pier on ,the 13th inst., with cargo and passengers, for via the East Coast ports, in command 'of Captain R. Neville, late of the Waihora. ' The Karamea (from Lyttelton) September 23) arrived in London on Monday, the 12th 'dust. ! The s.s. -Monowai steamed down to. Port Chalmers last Wednesday morning, and, after Staking in cargo and embarking passengers knd mails, left the Bowen pier in the afterjioon for Sydney, via Cook Strait. ,"• The New Zealand Shipping Company's 'teteamer Paparoa, from London, via Wellington and Lyttelton arrived here last Wednes3day evening, and was berthed at the ocean steamers' wharf to discharge cargo. She left ' on the 16th September. Cap}fcain Russell Jaggard, late of the iWakanui, is in charge, Captain Greenstreet jhaving remained behind to take charge of the ■new steamer Rimutaka, which is to sail from ILondon next month. • The s.s. Mamari left Port Chalmers on Friiday evening for London, via Oamaru and the north. The ship Oamaru was towed to sea on Saturday, and sailed for Napier. , The following vessels have been in harbour \luririg the 'past week: — Arrivals: Waihora, E.S., 1269, tons; In ver car gill, s.s., 123 tons; iiPaparoa, - s.s., 6563 tons; Moura, s.s., 1247 ... £ons; Rimu, s.s., 143 tons; Theresa "Ward; b.s., 56 tons ; Kini, 5.&., 702 tons ; Zior, schooner, 63 tons ; Waikare, s.s., 1901 tons ; ffnvercargill, s.s., 123 tons; total, 12,200 tons, (Departures : Corinna, s.s., 820 tons ; Invericargill, s.s, 123 tons; Mararoa, s.s., 1381 /tons; Monowai, s.s., 2137 tons; Alcestis, 398 tons ; Mamari s.s., 3583 tons ; iMoura, s.s., 124-7 tons ; Oamaru, ship, 130 C tens ; total, 10,995 tons. \ The Union Steam Ship Company's steamWhip Waikare, Captain H. J. Richardson, with passengers and cargo from Sydney, via Cooli arrived at Port Chalmers on Sundaj afternoon, and was berthed at the Georgt 'street pier. Sha left the company's wharf ai jSydney at 2 p.m. on the 10th. i What is claimed to be the most extensive Shipment of timber yet sent away from New 'Zealand in one bottom arrived here yesterdaj anorning (says the Melbourne Argus of the 7tl inst.) by the steamer Cereda, which berthec "at Williamstown. The entire consignment /which comprises 1,200,000 ft, is for the Govern ment railways. ! Some of the kauri logs brought fro^m Nev Zealand by the steamer Cereda weigh aboul '10 tons, and represent 4700 ft of .timber ap proximately. — Melbourne Argus. The Shaw, Sayill, and Albion Company's jß.s. Mamari, which left Port Chalmers oi the 16th inst for London, via Lyttelton jfcook the following cargo from this port: — f1.36 bales wool, 8 bales sheepskins, 8 bales rab bitskins, 4155 carcases mutton, 1001 quarter! . fceef, 2120 crates rabbits, 1200 boxes butter 172 sacks grass seed, 343 tons spelter, 1 casl antimony skimmings, 57 casks tallow, 47 cask yelts, 369 bags scheelite,, 2 cases cylinder. At Sydney on November 1 Captain Forres Qer, of the steamer South Australian, was finec £20, and costs, for allowing his vessel to b< loaded so as to submerge the Plimsoll mark. The Shaw, SaVill, and Albion Company an having two new steamships built at Messri Harland and Wolff's yards, Belfast. Thesi vessels will be the largest in'the trade, beinj 500 ft long, 64ft beam ; the gross measuremen Will be fully 12,000 tons; they will bt? fittet

to accommodate a large number of first, second, and third class passengers, and will have an enormous carrying capacity. The first of these boats is expected to leave home in the beginning of May next. The first of these boats is to be called the lonic, and is to be commanded by Captain C. H. Kempson, R.N.R.