SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 58

SHIPPING NEWS.

THE DntECT (STEAMERS.

The lonic left Capetown on Saturday * evening- for Wellington, via Hobart. The Tongariro (from Wellington, NovemJaer 25) arrived at Monte Video on Tues-

day. The Ruapehu, from London, via Capetown, arrived at Hobart at noon on Thursday. The Ruapehu left Hobart for Wellington »t 1 p.m. on Friday.

.THE EXPORT, TRADE.

,The Shaw-Savill liner Corinthio, whioh •ailed- for London on Friday afternoon, took the following- items (exclusive of a large quantity of butter) amongst her cargo from* New Zealand ports: — From Wellington—s292 carcases mutton,"; 3403 bales-wool,

• 5J.58 cases cheese, 1478 carcases lamb, 1275- ~~ *»les flax - fibre, - 1167 . bales hemp, 1089. launcher and 223 bags shoulders and legs mutton, ,314 casks tallow. From Auckland — 1141 bales wool, 715 bales hemp, 582 cases and 581 packages gum. From Gisborne — •

Sl96_careases mutton;, 688 bales wool. 'From Napier— ss24 ' carcasei mutton, 1549 bales' -wool. From Lyttelton — 3784 carcases mut*on, 2204 carcases lamb, 685 cases cheese, 673 sacks cocksfoot seed, 944 sacks oata, 857 sacks beans, 107 sacks fescue seed, ■from Dunedin — 554 cases cheese. From Invercargill — 1166 cases cheese.

The following vessels- arrived at this port Suring the- seven days ended December 18: Pareora, s.s.> 366 "tons ; Hinemoa, s.s., 282 ; Monowai, s.s., 2137: Row Casey, -s.s., 81; Poherua, s.s., 749; Rimu, s.s., 143; Tarawera, s.s., 1269; Queen Helena, s.s., 2754; Warrimoo, s.s., 2076: Pukaki, s.s., 917-; Mokoia, s.s., 2154;— -total, 12,928 tons. The (departures were:, — Corinna,, s.s., -812 tons; /Waimate, e.g., 3629; Ayrshire, -s.e., 4655; Fareroa, s.s., 366; Invercargill, s.s., 123; (Victoria, 5.5., . 1870; "Monowai, s.s., 2137; binemoa, s.s., 282; Poherua; s.a., 749; JRimu, s.s., 143; Tarawera, s-.5., 1269; Rose Casey, 5.5., -81;" Aotca, s.s.. 4916; Warrimoo, ».s.> 2076/— total, 23,108 tone. r During the month of -October there were 10' British sailing and 16 steam vessels, .of a total of 23,247 tons register, reported to the Board of Trade as lost, together >ritb/85 , lives. . '" " - It has been" arranged that on.- Saturday )venings the "ferry" steamer for; Wellington', \ instead of ; leaving, Lyttelton aa on

>ther days, immediately" after the, arrival of Ihe first express from the south, shall remain intil the' arrival* of the , 7.45 p.m. , train torn ChristcKuroh. -

Mis 3 Jane Morgan, daughter of Randal Morgan, of Philadelphia, has obtained' a, Jieense to command her father's eteam yacht Ihe Watiirus "on all oceans." This yacht is 210 ft long, 27ft 'beam, and competent to toavigate all oceans-. There are several American western river ladies who hold jnasters' licenses for inland waters, but not taore than one or two others who have been licensed for a command on the briny deep.

Messrs Burns, Philp, and Co.'s recent pur- { phase — the steamer Induna, of 703 tone — has Arrived at Sydney. The Induna is intended t for the New Hebrides trade, running as an extra boat under the extended contract/with

the Commonwealth Government. Before ijeaving Home she -was subjected to an extensive overhaul, and various alterations and improvements were made to fit her for the island service. Messrs Ferguson Bros., of Glasgow, launched on October 10 one of the most . lowerful and 1 deepest bucket-dredges that ! iave been constructed. . The dredge - has ' »een constructed to the order of the Mersey Jocks and Harbour Board, Liverpool, and a capable of dredging 1000 tone per hour rom '56ft below the water level. She was timed ihe Vulcan. , -' ' ' -The torpedo-boat • destroyer Ure was kunohed *t Jarrow-on-Tyne on October 26 »y the Palmer , Company. This destroyer i .the, twenty-third of her class built for the Admiralty at the establishment, and is repre ; 'jentative 'of v the latest type v of her. class, jhe is 225 ft long, 35ft beam, and has a displacement of 570 -,'tons. Engines^- of , 7000 iofseTpower will be driven by steam' supplied \y water-tube' boilers, and the vessel will feam 25i knots an hour. , -- . > According , to the Sydney Telegraph, C*p_jirin W-?-Rodiek,. late-of the dredge Parmelia >kt Fremantle, writing %by tie mail, says that Bfe will le*ve - Scotland about th© end of January wjth a new dredge. for the' -New Zealand Government. The vessel .will be a bucket ladder, and .suction dredge combined, knd will be fitted with ail the latest patents. .The vessel -will call at Fremantle about the end of March for coal. Mr A. M'Govern, late bf the steamer Buteshire, will be chief officer of the .dredge.' . .'Amongst the live stock on board the German Australian steamer _ Apolla, . which Arrived at Sydney on the 3rd inst. from •{Hamburg and Mediterranean ports, were an fArab stallion and mare for New Zealand.

Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s new steamer .SWimmera on her maiden voyage to New Zealand reached- the Bluff shortly after 5 •o'clock p.m. on Monday, and brings an {English mail. . vThe New Zealand and African Steamship Company's steamer Ayrshire, whioh sailed -on F/iday for Sydney and Fremantle, en route to South Africa and West of England ports, took the following cargo: — From -Wellington — 1800 boxes butter, 63 bales •hemp, 20 oases fish, 14 cases cheese, and quantity miscellaneous general cargo. From I.yttelton— l24s sacks oats, 80 cases poultry, cases furniture. From Port Chalmers— ♦1888 boxes/ butter, 6407 sacks oats, 3 cases vbrushes. From Auckland— 2oo boxes butter, 166 bales hemp, 37 pkgs. general car go. \-In tfoe 10 months-ending October 31 Scottish shipbuilders have, launched 264 vessels of, 355,670 -tone. The launches in October 26, and aggregated 435395 tons. '^Twenty ressels, of 39,155 tons, were built «h the Clydte; 3, of 700 lons, on the Forth} '$, of 3200 tons, on the Tay; and 2, of 340 jfcons, on, the Dee. The largest vessel was ith.©" Anchor liner Caledonia, of 9000 tons, Imilt at Partiok. The list also includes the pritish scout Foresight, built at Govan,, an Ice-breaker for the St. Lawrence River, a Jnore " than usually large number of oargo Trteamers for Clyde and Mersey firms, and

a number of dredges and barges. Of newwork afloat, 42,000 tons were reported, making a total for the 10 months of 396,000 tons.