LATEST SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8101, 29 August 1904, Page 3

LATEST SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. SAILED. August 23 — Lily, schooner, 64 tons, Bloom, for Wellington. Pitcoithly &ad Co., ag-ents. The schooner Lily sailed at 9.25 a^n, to-day, ■with, produce for "VV ellington, whenco Sm> is to go to Nydia Bay, Peloxua Sound, to load timber for LyfcieHon-. It is expected that the Shiyw, Savill and Albion Company's *.s. Eiangfctira will return ■to LytteH'oo. about September 18. She is '.o leave here for Lotudoni on September 15. Th« schooner Eliza Firth came off the slip this morning, .after cleaning and repairs *«■ bar copper I . ' -S'ho is now loading fcr Kaipara-. The ■Wellington; "Post" stales that Mr C. M'Lcan, chietf officer i>f the Herald, i» to join the Waipori in. place of Mr Moricy. Mr SJwwy, triho was aotaD^ third officer of t«he Penguin, is now in ii siani*T capacity <hi the H«rald, in place of Mr Franr. Mr Frew was injured at Fiji rocemtiy. ATr Caffin, purser of th» Munra, remained behind nt Suva, owing to illn«ss. Mr R Mulqueen, of th* Union Company's staff, is at present actiEg purser of the steamier. A month «go (aays *ra exchange), Messrs W. Doxford :ar.d Sons, Sunderknd, launched •Kho turret^d«ck steemer Wihateley Ha.ll, which is the hundreth steamer of the turret type they have built. Wlhen. Sfcs&rs ©oxford firsrt in'.roduoed the turreirdfrck etauner a good daal w(ao flaid «g«ia?b the type; kui Hrn, fae'i- that in ten years tire firm .ha»\.bui-H on© hundred vefeels of the type prove,? that their value 'haa bean highly ■appreciated. Further information (says an exchange) has been received, regarding "i'he three now 10,000 tcrag steamships recently ordered for th« P. and O. Compamy. -Mod'aa is tine nsme chosen for the new snail steamer now in course of construction for the Australian mail service. The order wae placed but «■ cou-ple of months ago with Messrs Caird antl Co., of Gxeenock, and it is not expected that the vessel will he. completed for at least twelve niontha She is to be a. eieter «!hip to the Moldavia- and Mongolia — two of the four new vessels placed on ihe Atistralian 'line but recently. Tie Mooltan will be a twin-screw steamship, of upwards of 10,000 ton 3, end of 14,000 hexse-power. She will bft 520 ft long, with a beam «f 58ft, and a depth of nearly 34ft. Two sets of engines of the tripl*expaiwuon type will be fitted. The vessel will cost upwards of £300.000. Tthe original Mtoita.n was built in the y.ar 1851. and was a vessel of 2257 "lons gross and of 1734 horse-power. SHIPPING TEI/BGBAMS. , . POUTO. August 29. Arrived (Sunduy) — 3&rgarita, barque, from Newcastle. BLUFF, August 2f». Arrived — lloeraki. from Melbourne und Hobart, a l * 9 a.«n. ; passengers — Misses Whste nnd Scott. Mrs Sum-mem, Messrs S-nran?rs. Amat, BaJrer and twelve steerage. Botofcino, from Auoktond. "Waifcaie, from Dunedin..