SHIPPING NEWS. THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2650, 28 December 1904, Page 61

SHIPPING NEWS. THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

-WELLINGTON, December 21.— Sailed: 4.30 p.m., Paparoa, for London. .The Kaikoura left Hobart for Auckland^ yesterday. The Mamari left London for Lyttelton., on Tuesday.. * ' ' The Athenic," which left Wellington on November 10, arrived in London on Thursday. . , . AUCKLAND, December 2Z-. < The Suffolk _ (from Liverpool) and - the Tomoana (from London) 'have arrived. •- . AUCKLAND, December '25.— ArriWd : 9 a.m., Kaikoura, from London, via Hobart. "WELLINGTON, December 24-.^-Sailed : Tuakina, -for" London. LONDON, December 23.— Sailed: Somerset, for NewJZealand. SYDNEY, December 23.— Sailed: Star of Australia/. for' Auckland. The following -vessels arrived at this port ' during the seven days ended December 25 : Inveroargill, s.s., 123 tons ; Wimmera", s.s., 1872; Hawk, scow, 139; Wanaka, 5.«., 1652; Koonya, s.s.; 663; Talune, s.s., 1370-; Rose Casey, s.s., 81; County x»f Ayr, barque, 494-; Kini, 5.5.,- 702; Corinna, s.s., 812; Moeraki, s.sl, 2715; Zealandia, s.s., 1735; Invercargill, s.b., 123; Rimu, s.s., 14-3; -Rippingham Grange, s.b., 2795; Waiwera, e.s., 4025; Maori, s.s., 4155; — total tonnage. 23,699.' The departures were: — Queen "Helena, s.s., 2754 tons ; Invercargill, s.s., 123; Mokoia, s.s., 2154; Pukalti. s.s., 917; Wimmera, ,s.s., 1872; Talune, s.s:, 1370.: Moeraki, s.s., 2715; — total tonnage, 1L995. . The -barque Ashmore, -which arrived at Adelaide from Liverpool. Tecently, .reports that snowstorms were of almost -daily occurrence on the run" across the Southern Ocean, and the- poop deck was frequently inches deep in icy flakes. ' The Crozets, when sighted, presented a beautiful appearance, garbed as they <were in a mantle of white. *But, however picturesque the atmosphere anight have appeared, none was sorry to leave the icy regions, for during this period one man nearly lost his life. He became numbed with oolH while aloft attending to gear, and when- rescued by his fellow seamen was almost frozen to death. The application of a little spirits and the continned chafing of his numbed members restored animation, and by the time the vessel reached port he was quite himself again. The steamer Hermes, owned by Brunsgaard amd Kjoesternd, Dram, has been sold to a Japanese firm for £12,200. The steamer, which -was built at Newcastle in 1896, is of 894 tons register. The new Shaw, SavUl, and Albion Company's steamer Mamaxi, of 8000 tons, under the command of Captain J. Stuart, late of file Waiwera, left London on Wednesday for New Zealand. Her first port in the colony is Wellington. The agents for the steamer Buteshire, which .eatied. from New York on November 28 for New Zealand ports, advise that the Buteshire is proceeding to the colony, -via 'Australian ports, in place of steaming direct to Auckland, as previously advised. The Buteshire i 6 expected to arrive at D«nedin about March 12. The steamer Moray-shire. 5576 tons, Captain M'Lachlan, is to sail from New York during -the present month, following the same xoute as the Buteshire. The new Huddart-Parker steamer Wimmera arrived on Wednesday morning from th& Bluff after a fairly roagh passage. fihe attracted a .good, deal of attention, and was generally admir-ed. The new iron floating dock at Rotterdam w*s completed last month, haying beero trailt in accordance with a resolution of the Town Council of Rotter3am at its meeting of September 12, 1901, to construct a fourth floating dock capable of lifting the heaviest Tessels that might be expected to call at that port in the near futons.. Tire n^w, 4ppk cap

! accommodate vessels up to 13.000 tons and 170 metres long. Mrs Selina Laura Clark, of 22 Trebovir road, Earl's Court, widow, who died on September 20, bequeathed £3000 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for a lifeboat to be called the Charles and Eliza Clark; £5000 to the Shipwrecked Fishermen*s and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society; and £100 to the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Subject to a few small legacies, she left the residue of her property between various institutions, including Miss Weston's Sailors' Home at Portsmouth. The latest experiments with the steam turbine go to confirm the opinion that the economy of turbine propulsion increases not" only with the rate of speed, but also with the increase of steam pressure. According to Engineering, the treble screw steamer Manxman, built for the Midland Railway Company by Messrs Vickers, Song, and Maxim, and using higher steam pressure, showed an economy of 4- per cent. over her sister ship — the Londonderry, — and was fully a knot better than similar vessels having the same boiler poyer, with reciprocating engines. It is claimed for the new steamer that she is the fastest turbine driven merchant ship afloat, and more -.economical than any other turbine vessel yet constructed. It is safe to predict that if sp«ed and economy can be combined in large vessels the extension of the turbine syst&m. will proceed apace. The new season's wool is coming in freely .at Port Chalmers, and the result will be a busy time amongst the shipping. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's s.s.'- Waiwera, Captain Lowden, from Timaru, arrived at Port Chalmers at 5 a.m. of Sunday. She takes in a quantity of wool here, and leaves on Wednesday evening for Napier, where she takes in osrgo, and then proceeds to Picton and Wellington, which is her last port of call. The Grange line steamer Rippingham Grange, Captain Angel, from New York, via Australian and northern ports of New Zealand, arrived at Port Chalmers on the afternoon of the- 25th inst.. and was berthed at the George street pier. She left New York on September 24r She has about j 900 tons of cargo for this port. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's fin© steamship Maori, from London, via St. Helena, arrived 'at Port Ohahn«<rs at 7 a.m. on Monday, and, having a quantity of combustible cargo on board, anchored in Koputai Bay to tranship it to the powder cutter. She. is- drawing some 24ft of water, and will consequently be unable to negotiate tne Victoria Channel, but after transhipping "her -combustibles to the powder cutter will berth at the George street pier and com>xnenoe discharging cargo, of which she has some 4300 tons for Dunedin and about 1000 tons for Lyttelton.