PORT OF BLUFF.

Southland Times, Issue 19500, 14 March 1925, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF.

VESSELS IN PORT. Storm, fi.s. Whangape, EXPECTED ARRIVALS Kaiapoi, Greymouth, Sunday. Karetu, Oamaru, Sunday. Port Kembla, Port Kembla, Monday. Somerset, Wellington, Wednesday. Wonganella, Newcastle, Thursday. Kahika, Newcastle, Thursday. Canadian Challenger, Lyttelton, March 20, Manuka, Melbourne, March 22. Qty of Winchester, Oamaru, March 24. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm, Dunedin, to-day. Whangape, Oamaru, to-day. Kaiapoi, Melbourne, Tuesday. Karetu, Sydney, Wednesday. Port Kembla, Port Chalmers, Wednesday. Somerset, Port Chalmers, March 22. Canadian Challenger, Wellington, March 22. Manuka, Dunedin, March 23. City of Winchester, Wanganui, March 26. GENERAL NOTES.

The Storm sails for Dunedin to-day with general cargo for northern ports. The Whangape is to sail for Oamaru today to complete discharge of her Newcastle coal.

The Port Kembla is due at Bluff on Monday from Port Kembla, South Australia, to load meat, dairy produce, wool, tallow and general cargo for London. On completion of loading here, she will proceed to Port Chalmers and Northern ports to fill up. The Wonganella is due at Bluff about Thursday from Newcastle with phosphates from Walpole Island. The Kaiapoi is due to-morrow from Greymouth to load timber for Melbourne, and is expected to sail about Tuesday evening or Wednesday. The Karetu is due to-morrow from Sydney via Lyttelton, Dunedin and Oamaru with general cargo, and after discharge will load for Sydney, sailing on Wednesday. The Wingatui was to leave Auckland yesterday with cargo for Bluff, via Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, and on discharge here will load for Wellington and Auckland, via coastal ports. The Kahika was expected to leave Newcastle yesterday for Bluff and Dunedin with timber from Grafton and Newcastle. She is due here about Thursday next. The Canadian Challenger, now in the north, is expected here from Lyttelton on March 20. After loading here and at Wellington, she returns to Auckland for final despatch for America on April 1. The Somerset is to leave Wellington on Monday for Bluff, where she is due on Wednesday to load for the United Kingdom. From here she goes to Port Chalmers for final despatch. The Turakina is due at Auckland on Monday from London, and from there goes to Opua for further loading. She then comes to Bluff, and is due here on April 4 to load for London.

The Qty of Winchester is due at Oamaru from South Africa on Tuesday week, and from there will come on to Bluff to load for Home. From Bluff the City of Winchester goes to Wanganui, later filling up at Napier, Wellington and Auckland. She is to leave Auckland on April 26 for London, via Montevideo and Teneriffe. The Lepanto, from New York, is now at Auckland, and after discharging at Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin, will come to Bluff. She is due here at the end of the month.

The Kairanga is at present on her way from Wellington to Newcastle and Port Stephens, where she will load timber for discharge at Bluff, Dunedin and Timaru. The Waikouaiti loads at Sydney next week for Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Timaru, and after discharge at the latter port will return to Sydney with New Zealand cargo. TELEGRAPHED MOVEMENTS. COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. DUNEDIN, March 13. Arrived —Theresa Ward, from Bluff. Sailed—Murihiku (dredge), and Theresa Ward, for Bluff; Karetu, for Bluff. GREYMOUTH, March 13. Arrived—Kittawa, from Port Chalmers. LYTTELTON, March 13. Arrived—Maori, from Wellington; Silksworth, from Napier; Trelevan, from Wellington; Breeze, from Wellington. Sailed—Matoppo, for Dunedin; Canadian Challenger, for Timaru; Maori, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, March 13. Arrived—Wahine and H.MJS. Veronica, from Lyttelton; Kent,, from Napier; Lepanto, from Auckland. Sailed—Kamo, for Napier; Ngatoro, for Newcastle; Wahine, for Lyttelton; Waimana, for London. AUCKLAND, March 13. Arrived —Kaimanawa, from Westport. Sailed—Matakana, for Wellington. Maheno, for Sydney; Waitemata, for Napier; Wingatui, for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, March 13. Arrived—Kaitoke, from New Zealand. MONTEVIDEO, March IL Sailed—Port Hacking, for London. COLON, March 11. Sailed—Port Wellington, for Wellington.