SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12516, 26 March 1904, Page 4

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Sydney, -B^. 25 — idTpkojia, sjs., from;, Oiiehunga, Mat; 26— Barawa, ?s,, from New .Plymouth, at 9.30 a.m. . '. iWeUingfcjm^MarC "2s-- Manuka, , a.s., n fort Sydney-.; J v^ -;. -'■ ;; ,; ; EXPECTED AKJiivALS i.T WELLINGTON. Ocean-going Bteamers^-! .. Indraghiri,!lert London lOtHJan., yuv Aus-; tralian ports and Auckland}'- <lue about 30th March. , ,- *.".{•: ' ■ v- -. • Athenic, left Plymouth on, 14th Stab, via; CapetownandHplarfcjijlne about 29th March.! Aotea, left London 6th Keb., via Aucfc-' huiii;.due about . 7th ApfiL. v;. .v,. 1 i ; . Rimutaka, left. London 27th Febi, via; Capetown and Hcbart; due about 11th April. ! Indra, left London 6th Feb., via Australian • ports, Auckland, andiEast Coast; due about 20tfc April. . „ v -, ' Matatua, left Liverpool' 4tlv March, via' Auckland; due about 25th April. ' . ■ ■ Kumara,left London 12th Mardh, via Capetown and Hobart; dne about 26th April. '" ' Wakanui,leftliOndon 2nd March, via Capetown, Hobart, and Auckland; due about 30th April, ; ._.--,*_ „.', „J,\ '„, -Ts£ Marere, left London Ist March/ via Australia, Auckland, and East Coast; due about 2ndf May- , . ' \ ,:.•<, Suffolk, left-New York 19th Feb.-. Tria Australian ports «nd Auckland; due. about Dthi May. - ■ ■ „. , , "j -.--. , • Star of Australia, left London 13 th March,; via Australia and Auckland;' due aboat 24th May.- <;- -->- ■■ • -. ' -. ' .1 :-' x

Since her arrival the crew of the barque' Onyx have been engaged innnloading ballast, and getting the vessel in trim to abip timber, forbydney. .' ;\".u.t *•*--• c^Mr^W. Bark, cliief officer of the' Northern Oomrany's Glenelg, has been appointed to the command Of that vessel, vice Captain Hanltaiji, \?.ho is engaged on: the River Limits Commission. The Wangamii, Me>t freezing ijCJdmpany has given Brown & Rons, o.£-Te Koparu, an order^for a^ large lighter for tendering th!e big «t«amersJyjn ; g ) in 'the Wangandi .roatfitead. Two siarty horse-po'wdr Drifbn oil engines will be fitted by .W. A. Syan. & Co., Limited, Auckland. ' '\ It is. ramonred that the Mokoia will bo placed in the direct Sydney 1 trade whilst the Manuka is running in the Canadian ; maij service. The Mararoa will. probably take tbe Mokoia'a run in the New Zealand coast trade. H.M.B. Euryalas, the new flagship of the Australian iqnadron, had arrivedatHobart. She is an armoured cruiser of 'the new type, launched in 1901. Her displacement is 12,000 tons, she has a speed' of twenty-one knots, and her thickest armour is six/inches. Her armament consists, of two 9'2in. guns, twelve 6iri., twelve 12-poundera, and 12 small guns. The present flagship, the Boyal Arthur, launched in- 1891, is a first^chwr^cnriser of 7700 tons, with. a Bpeed of 18* knots. She carries one -ff)2ih. gun', twelve Bin. guns, and 24 Small guns; - -*■*?-"■ A writer. In a Home paper, dealing with. tberdeVelnptheritof'^beari Seimlraid/sayS, intei^iaTii-The orleAahas»bi6lkeaila*rgely io ? publia^notif^, jgihaxt. atea.the rival tNewZe^SP d^ ftOn }PS n^»lT th e Bavittv,&: Al^iojo, |oomp^iy.,agdf the New Zetland fl^ipping i^ona'pany^ toe. former of^" whiootlstill holds the record estartilisherby "its' Arawji for the fastest round^he world passage. To thel early passenger boats weresoon..addedjcargp steamers^and to-day New, Zealand" .'relatively to its coftmerce'possesses k ; service second td none^jejjdoyeid, by fslny ' coldiiy /or country • m^.roe * wot&k ' Thel f route*'hence to' Ne^wHanap isr^theß loggesi which : ste»qft shfppingli^io^Bdeitalfe; amltikeklftQ t$ tbi * cbarjjc^rr of theMve&els 'iemplbyea that »# iD^^n^^llfffgff«fc^mer;4oßß ndi o»ce stop hferlerigija^ibfitwein : Isßnd6A-.»nd.. an destination, a voyage of over 12,000 "I^V^a % tstag, bxmv ituitft xo'k*'*