EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 18 May 1912, Page 4

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Stormbird, s.s., Wellington, 18Lh inst. Holmdale, s.s., Wellington, 19th /llist. Hua, s.s.1, Wellington, 19tli inst. Arapawa, s.s., Wellington, J9th inst. Wanganui, Newcastle, about 22nd. Rimu, s.s., Onehunga, 23rd iijst. Alexa, Newcastle, about 31st. Gtfarere, s.s., South, June 3rd.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kapiti; s.s., Wellington,aS'ih inst. Storm&rd.. s:s., Wellington,, 18th inst

BY TELEGRAPH. WELLINGTON. Friday. -Sa'lcd. —Stormbird, for Wanganui. , SYDNEY, May 17. Arr i ved. —Wi mm era. MELBOURNE, May 17. Ait i ved.—Tomoana. from New York.

Sailed.--—Maunganui, for Sydney

During the past week the Blenheim bar has been in a rather bad way. Both i>he Opawa and Blenheim have been unable to cross outwards for Wellington. The Westport Coal Company's collier Rogulus, which has been undergoing -"Cleaning and painting on the Wellington Patent Slip, was taken off on Thursday morning.

The scow Maroro appeared in sight on the horizon yesterday : mornirigj and with a favourable wind came up to the Heads. The Arapawa, which had a short while previously arrived at the town wharf, went out to meet the Maroro, and towed her up the river. After being "granted pratique, the Maroro lx?rthed at the gasworks wharf. The scow brings a full cargo of coal from Newcastle for th c gasworks, and comimehces discharging this morning. ; The trip across wrts an uneventful one, occupying eighteen days. Word has been received (states the "Sydney Commercial* News and Shipping List"), -that the Norwegian barque Esto, which arrived at Caldera on April 2 ffom Newcastle, after a long passage of 85 days, picked up sin empty boat at sea with the name "Mary Isabel" Sydney, painted on it. The -boat was picked up on January 20 in latitude 34 souh, longitude 176 east.,.lt will be lhat the Mary Isabel, which was a steel barquentine oi BQ7( tons net', left Whangape on Ser>tembei-.8 lnstjyear for Sydney, wifch .&.;<full,;cargo of;kauri and white pine, amounting-. in/'alF to 284,681 ft.. of which 52,697 ft- was stowied on deck. Soon .after the Mary Isabel was towed to sco a cyclone sprang ■up on the New Zealand -eo.ast, and the vessel was never heard of again. No signs of wreckage;; wevo>4^n"d; on;-:the "New Zealand or Austi-ttliah cbasts. At an official inquiry at Sydney the Court found that in all probability ."the vessel was lost in the tad weather prevailing at tho t-'me she was oli-nassace, ■ and that no blame could be imputed to anyone in connection with the loss of "■ this fino littlo % re"sel.