LATE SHIPPING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16452, 14 June 1921, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING.

P’ERSO’NAI.. Mr L. Mowatt has signed on the Mararoa as purser, vice Mr H. Simpson. Mr W. E. Bowatel is present on hts wav to Me'.bourne, where he will i°jn the Waihemo a-s third engineer. ENOGGEBA itf COMMISSION. The Commonwealth Government steel cargo carrier Enoggera, which was launched at Walsh Island by the Prince of about ele\ T en months a?o, left Newcastle Friday last for Melbourne on her maiden voyage. Captain Jamieson is in command. On December 16 the steamer left. Sydney, i where she had been docked, and on the , return trip to Newcastle underwent her j ocean trials. The maximum for the speed trial was 12J knots an hour, a record tor , the six vessels built at Walsh Island. Th" ; is the fifth of the Commonwealth vessels built at Wa'-h Island, and is of the leherw-'d “belter deck type. She is fitted throughout in conformity with tne regulations of the new Navigation Act, and it is claimed that she is the first ship ho equipped. The principal dimensions are: Length between perpendiculars 331 teei, beam 47 feet 9 inches, moulded depth to the upper deck 26 feet 1 inch, to the shelter deck 33 feet 72 inches. Electric light and steam heating systems have been installed. The crew's quarters are situated in the poop, and tho officers and engineers are housed on the bridge deck. The master and wireless operators are accommodated on the navigating bridge. Cf the 1600 tons oi steel used in the construction of the Enoggera fully 50 lier cent is Australian-made, and was* sup ■ Red from the Broken It ill Pro- j prietrarv Company’s works at- Tort "W aratah. 1 The vessel is designed to carry a cargo ox | about 6000 tons deadweight, and will dis- | place, when fully loaded, about 9000 tons. Triple expansion engines developing an indicated horse power of 2200, of the usual in- j verted marine type, drive the screw, and power is supplied by three Babcock and Wilc-x boilers. With the exception of the boilers, the Enoggera was entirely engined at Walsh Island. WIRELESS REPORT. The following steamers should be within wireless range of the undermentioned stations to-night:— , Awanui —Atua, Mhmari, Waipori, Kaituna, Rakanoa. Tofua, Waimarino, Kaikorai, Canostata. _ A _ Auckland—Flora, Arahura, Eastern Crown. Wellington—Maori, Mararoa, Mapourika, Gallic, Alice A. Leigh, Port Victor, Kawatiri, Ngakuta, Kat-oa, Port Sydney, Kanua, Marama. Port Curtis, Karamea. Awarua—Carpentaria, Wingatui. Chat ha ms—Arawa, Waimate. OVERSEAS SHIPPING. By Telegraph—Press Asso :iati m -CojyrirhT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON, June 13. Arrivals at London—Morea, Demosthenes, Australbrook, Barotose, Raranga. Arrived p+ Hamburg—Zinal. Arrived at Suez—lda-zo. ' Arrived at Port Natal —Pembrokeshire. Victoria, Piako. Sailed for Sydney—Canadian Skirmisher. Bunbary Huntress. i SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. fpER Press Associ vti >n 1 AUCKLAND, June 14. Arrived —Niagara (6.15 a.m.), from Sydney; Opihi (6.20 a.m.), from Lyttelton. INTERCOLONIAL SHIPPING. By Telegraph—Press Association—C lnvightAustralian and N.Z. Cable Association | (Received June 14. 10 a.m.) _ SYDNEY, June 14. Sailed—Canastota, for New Zealand.