ARRIVALS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 2

ARRIVALS.

Wednesday, May 19. Huddorafield, aux. schooner (5 p.m.), 125 tons, Muir, from Sydney. Awahou, s.s. (9.45 p.m.), 407 tons, Nairn,' from the Coast. The Mapourika is .due. -to, arrive from Auckland via Tokomaru. Bay to-morrow morning, and will bo tendered with tho first launch about 7 a.m., and with the last launch at 7.30 p.m., later proceeding to .Napier. ... The Te Aliau is expected "to. leave Napier to-morrow night, arriving here on Saturday with her Southern cargo of produce and general. ;, , In view of tho unfavorable weather in" Auckland it 'is uncertain whether the Monowai will call at Napier on her way south, . The auxiliary schooner Huddersfield arrived, last . evening, and was; .berthed, : at( the J&liti wharf this morning. The vessel made a good trip of ten, days fromSydney| to Gisborne, although, at one "stage of the voyage she had to be hove to f or 16 hours. She brings 174,000 feet pf hardwood for .Cave Bros. Since her last ..trip . here a Diesel engine has been installed) ahd , on the trial trip she averaged 7_ knots. Captain Muir is in charge, while Mr. Bramber is chief officer, ahd Mr. McKay enginopr. After discharging 232,000 feet of white, pine is to be loaded for' Sydney. A peculiar feature of the Huddersfield's trip here is that her, first voyage from Sydney to the Three. Kingß. tpok eight dayß and this time, it wa'B eight "days too. Oh the 'return voyage to Sydhfey 3he time was six -days from the Three Kings'. ■' The departure of the Elsie Mary for Auokland has been .delayed:. . 1 ; The .inner h»\rbor ,this. morning . preseriited q.uH,p a busy appearance, therfi being five • sailers in port, besides other ppats. . ! The Huanui is discharging her cargd of benzine and coal, .the- Houto ii still 7un.'loading .tiles, t and /the Cathkit, is .loading timber, for Sydney. v . '. . '■■ ■■■\- , -Negotiations have ; ben opened -.up. between the Commonwealth and the Goyefp-: ment- of New Soulih Wales.' for the placing of a contract, at Walsh Island for the i construction of steel merchant, ships! As. the result of an interview between" Mr. Pdyhtoii, tho Federal Minister V in -cbarge, of ship construction, ' arid the .Minister phd tinder-Secretary for. Works,-' -Ne|W., South Wales, it was agreed that the Ne%- Soii.th Wales Government shotdd ,: submit 'a pjrii'o. for the construction of the ' shitls withuii a fortnight. Mr. Poynton Stated later tnat if a satisfactory agreement could Ibe reached the Federal Government might place orders for two or three ships with the Walsh Island yard. The vessels will be 12,500-ton b'9a|s of tbe latc-t typte.