PORT OF BLUFF.
SAILED. —February 22. Calm, s.s. (Captain Manson), 892 tons, for Dunedin, at 12.15 a.m. Kurow, S.S. (Captain Ross Clarke), 2,625 tons, for Dunedin, at 5 p.m. • VESSELS IN PORT. Canadian Explorer, s.s. Pakeha, s.s. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Anglo-Colombian, Geelong, early. Oreti, Dunedin, March 1. Moeraki, Dunedin, February 26. Opihi, Westport, March 3. Karetu, Oamaru, March 5. Hororata, London, Mardh 17. H.M.S. Diomede, Auckland, March 21. Argyllshire, , March 21. Hertford, Liverpool, March. City of Kimberley, New York, March. West Henshaw, Los Angeles,. March. Tairoa, London, April 18. Southland, m.v., Dublin, April. City of Corinth, New York, May. American-Australian steamer, May. Hauraki, Pacific Coast, June. Ruapehu, London, October. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Anglo-Colombian, London, early. Pakeha, Auckland, to-day. Moeraki, Melbourne, February 28. Calm, Wanganui, March 3. Opihi, Dunedin, March 5. Karetu, Sydney, March 6. Hororata, Dunedin, March 21. HALS. Diomede, Wellington, March 22. Argyllshire. 24. GENERAL NOTES. The steamer Calm sailed soon after midnight on Monday for Dunedin. The Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Kurow sailed for Dunedin at 5. p.m. yesterday. The ketch Britannia, arrived from Stewart Island on Monday with 76 cases of fish and 7 bags of wool. The steamer Anglo-Colombian is expected to arrive at Bluff from Geelong at 5 a.m. on Thursday. The steamer Progress is on her way from Wellington with a cargo of rails. The date of arrival of the Anglo-Colomb-ian, which is to load wool for London, is still indefinite. The vessel is now en route from Geelong.
The Moeraki was to leave Wellington yesterday for Lyttelton, Dunedin and Bluff. Due on Saturday, the Moeraki will sail on Monday for Melbourne, via Milford Sound. The Oreti left Invercargill yesterday for Port Craig and Dunedin. She will return to Invercargill about Tuesday next. The Japanese steamer Saka Maru, with jarrah from Bunbury, arrived at Auckland on Monday. She will complete discharge at Wellington and Dunedin. The Mahia, which is due at Auckland on March from Antwerp, has a cargo of basic slag for discharge at New Zealand
The’Tofua arrived at Auckland on Monday from Fiji. The Cunard liner Franconia left Auckland at 7.30 p.m. for Wellington. The vessel is due at Wellington to-day and later proceeds to Milford Sound, thence Hobart. According to a cable from San Francisco, the Maunganui arrived at the American port from Sydney on Saturday. The Port Sydney arrived at London from Bluff last Saturday. The liner Ruahine, en route from London, was despatched from Southampton on February 11 with passengers for New Zealand. The cargo is for discharge at Wellington and Auckland. She is due at Wellington on March 19.
The Middlesex left Liverpool on Sunday morning with cargo to discharge at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. She is due at Auckland on March 22. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tamaroa cleared Balboa.on February 14, en route from Southampton and London with passengers, mails and cargo for New Zealand. The cargo is for discharge at Auckland and Wellington. The vessel is due at Auckland on March 5. THE CITY OF OXFORD. Built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., for the Ellerman Line, Ltd., the City of Oxford, a single-screw steamer, has carried out very successful trials off the Tyne. Constructed to the highest class of Lloyd’s Register, and rigged as a two-masted fore and aft schooner, she is 325 ft long and is designed to carry about 4,950 tons on a reasonable draft. There are five holds, with ample facilities for the quick handling of cargo, comprising five large hatchways, 14 steel derricks and 10 steam winches. Electric light is installed throughout the ship. The propelling machinery consists of triple expansion engines and three single-ended boilers working at a pressure of 1051 b per square inch. WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. The following vessels were expected to be within wireless range of the undermentioned stations last night:— Auckland.—Montague, Waihora, Hauraki, Niagara, Kaitoke, Kawatiri. Wellington.—Maori, Wahine, Arahura, Ngaio, Tamahine, Surprise, Kaiwarra, Karetu, Matatua, Kaitangata, Whangape, Franconia, Kaiapoi, Kauri, Kartigi, Piako, Koromiko, Karori, Tasmania. Awarua.—Sir James Clarke Ross, C. A. Larsen, N. T. Nielsen Alonso, Otaraia, Port Albany, Kiwitea. Chatham Islands. —Devon, Hororata, Anglo-Egyptian. TELEGRAPHED REPORTS, COASTAL AND OVERSEAS. Auckland, February 22. Arrived: Renown from England; Hertford from Liverpool; Ulimaroa from Sydney. Sailed: Esrtura for Westeort
Wellington, February 22. Arrived: Maori and Storm from Lyttelton; Kauri from Portland. Sailed: Piako, Maori and Katoa for Lyttelton; Storm for Wanganui; Kaiapoi for Newcastle. Lyttelton, February 22. Arrived: Wahine and lonic from Wellington ; Parera from Tokomaru Bay; Opihi and Holmdale from Timaru; Cygnet from Kaikoura; Breeze from Dunedin. Sailed: Kiwitea and Otarama for Dunedin; Holmdale and Wahine for Wellington; Parera for Tokomaru Bay. Gibraltar, February 21. Arrived: Maloja. Passed: Moreton Bay. —A. and N.Z. Halifax, February 21. Arrived: Arawa.—A. and N.Z. Port Natal, February 21. Sailed: Demosthenes. —A. and N.Z. Suez, February 21. Sailed: Ormuz.—A. and N.Z. « Colombo, February 21. Sailed: Cathay.—A. and N.Z,
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Southland Times, Issue 20111, 23 February 1927, Page 2
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