SKIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2689, 27 September 1905, Page 61

SKIPPING NEWS.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Tongariro. which left Wellington on August 31, armed at Monte Video on Tuesday. The Kumava. left Capetown on Tuesday for New Zealand. *-The Matalua, which left Wellington on August 3, arrived at London on Saturday morning;. The Kumara left Capetown on Tuesday afternoon for Wellington, via Hobart. • The Paparoa, from London, arrived at Hobart at 6 a.m. on Monday. The Tyser Line steamer Mimiro arrived at Adelaide on Sunday morning. AUCKLAND, September 19. Arrived: Briez Huel and Hav-ersham Grange, from New York, via Australia. AUCKLAND, September 20.— Arrived : 7.30 a.m., Kent, from Newport (England) ; 2.20 p.m., Indradevi, from New York, via Australia. AUCKLAND. September 24— Arrived: 8 a.m , Delphic, from Londor., via St. liolena. ' THE EXPORT TRADE. The New Zealand and African Steamship Company's steavner Essex, which sailed from the Bluff on ths 13th for South African and West of England ports, took -the following cargo : — 211-2 carcases mutton, 2257 carcases lamb, 2488 carcases mutton and lamb. 640 quarters bsef, 34 buttocks beef, 1138 boxes beef, 290 oases meats, 2305 oases butter, 9165 crates rabbits, 143 dbrates pou 1 try, 121 esses cheese, 3 cases bacon, 205 clumps tow, 298 bales flax, 33 bales hemp, 101 ccipes kidneys, 161,973 sup. feet timber, 2 bales leather, 3382 sacks oats, 11,524 sacks wheat, 4511 sacks bran. 1533 sacks 'beans, 849 sacks barley, 828 sacks peas, 294 sacks fescue, 25 sacks cocksfoot, 125 sacks rye, 1 '" sack seed, 25 packages general, 1 boat. j WEST OF ENGLAND SERVICE. I A direct service between New Zealand ports and Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow, via Cape Horn, will be inaugurated by the Fedcral-Houlder-Sliire line of steamers in November next. The introduction of this service will be of-de-cided advantage to New Zealand importers and exporters, as the voyage to and from the West of England ports will occupy only about 45 days, as against 80 or 90 days , (which was the time occupied on the pas- ' sage when the vessels called at South ' African and other ports). The s.s. Devon, which will inaugurate the semoe, will load at 'Port Chalmers about the middle of November, and she will be followed 'by other first-class- steamers at regular monthly intervals. It is understood that tie South African contract -with the New Zealand ' Government, which -expires witih the Kent in October, will not be renewed./ I The following vessels arrived at^thk port during the seven days ended September 24: — Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons; St. Louip, s.s., 762; Poherua, s.s., 749: Wanaka, s.s., 1572; Monowai, s.s., 2137; Talune, s.s., 1370; Mararoa, 5.5., -1381; * Manuka, s.s., 2784; Aparima, s.s., 3684; Warrimoo, 2076; In-fercargill. s.s., 123;— total tonnage; 16,881 tons. The departures were : Hawk, schooner, 139 tons; Corinna. s.s., 812; Turakina, e.s., 5288; InvercargilWs.s., 123; Victoria. s.s., 1870; Wanaka, s.s.. 1572; Monowai, s.s., 2137; Poherua, s.s., 749; Moura, s.s., 1027; Warrimoo, s.s., 2076: Arahura, s.s., 771; Squall, s.s., 133;— total tonnage, 15,967 tons. A return of the tonnage entered at the {he great ports of the world during the \car 191J3 gives the following figures: — London. 10.983,739 tons; Hongkong, 10,733,502; New York, 9,371,545; Antwerp, 9,059,313; and Hamburg, 8,444,260 tons. The Now Zealand Shipping Company s steamship Turakina, which left Port Chalmers on, Tuesday, 19th inst., for London, via northern ports,' took the following Dunodin carg-0:— 67 sacks grass seed, 80 bags ' sc-heeliic, 153 bales flax. 1 do horsehair, {->•"■ do twine, 81 sacks grass seed. eases meat extract, 6 do sundries, 358 bales vool, 228 do sheepskins. 164 do rabbili bkins, 179 caeks tallow. 14 do pelts. 9875 I eai-eases frozen mutton, 2465 crates rabbits. j There is every indication of there being an unusually large amount of steam tonnage iv this port about the beginning of the month". The New Zealand Shipping ComN pany's Rakaia should arrive from London about tbe Ist prox., while the oversea steamers Briez Huel, Haversham Grange, Indradevi, and the Kent, all of which have arrived at AuGkland during the past three days, will be due about the same time. The German steamer Burgermeister Hachmann, with case oil from New York, is also due aboat the end of the month, but she should be clear of tbe Dunedin portion of her cargo and away again before the wharfage is required for th° other vessels mentioned. It is rather unusual to have four steameis from New York all ai riving here about the same time.