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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14909, 29 November 1912, Page 6

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The lonic, Silverton, Maher.j, Warrimoo, Manuka and Drake were within radio call of Auckland yesterday, and the Manuka, Warrimco/'iuiiiui, lonic, Victoria and Kia Oni withm call o: Wellington. Tho Wanaka arrived early vesteruay afternoon from Auckland via" Oamaru and the Bluif. She remains in pert till Saturday, v.hen she sails lor Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. Tne White Star liner Zee.la-i.iic is to load in New Zealand, and will leave in time to reach Londun for tha -March wool sales.

Another round the world line is to be started in January, when :ne Koemes Line will piaee new vessels in the service from Hamburg and Liverpool. via the Mediterranean and Sues Canal and Eastern ports, c-ovsrlnz the same rontons tho Blue Funnel ite.x-.tiers to the North Paciiie do. The N.DiL. liner GcetUncen, left Brisbane a couple of vre-ks :ico with the largest o.' woo; vet taiien from that port !»y any sin.ido vrssel. 74 bales of 73 bales of dry .'lidc-s, 5000 io.-.-so <<rv hides, 63 casks of tallo.v. and 11P4 bags of ore, and was coiisi. r t.-.?d to Naples, Antwerp, Bremen, and Hamburg. The French gunboat Eure. which has been purchased by the Northern St? amBbjp Company for use as a hulk in Auckland harbour, is a vessel s'> jeais of age. She was stronslv bniit ofitak ■and English oak, audi: is c .imputed that sho yet has 50 years of life in her. The Enre -was formerly > ronelled by steam and sail. An early arrival at Auckland on Saturday was H.M.S. Drake, the of the Australian Squadron andor the command o* Admiral Sir C 4. F. KinsHall. She reached Auckland scon after daybreak, and anchored 111 tin Queen Street Wharf, to the case of the sloop Torch. The cruiser's r- ovemenis are not definitely settled as jet. but it is probable that sho will lc"ave Auckland in eo-npany with *iie Torch on December 2. Wellington. J >t<,n. and Milford Sound will be '."sited "While at Wellington it is likely tl.at tie warships will ho joined bv the sec-ond-class cruiser Cambrian. " -U tiie conclusion of her New Zeala i i visit thf> Drake will return to Svdner, : i,d wiE! leave Australian waters for london in January. The Torch will t robably stay behind in' New Zealand y-"Jts. Admiral King-Hall will await the arrival in Sydney of H.M.S. Melbourne in January, and H.M.S. Australia" in June next.