DEPARTURES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17571, 15 May 1919, Page 4

DEPARTURES.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14th

Calm, 11.40 p.m,. for Wellington.

OVERSEA CARGO STEAMERS

Arawa, London, due Lyttelton' May

°Carpentarin, April 2, to Lytwit^n; tliife about May 17. City of Dunkirk, Now \ork ta city ports; due Auckland June 7. ' Crosby Hall, New York, April 22, to Wellington and Lyttelton.' Devou, front Egypt, April sth, to Wellington; due May 26. Moana, 'Frisco to Wellington; due aliout May 27. ~ i i Mnsnra. "Vancouver to Auckland; due

. May 28. *. rakefoa, leaves London April 12, due Wellington May 27. Paparoa, from liOndon, April 1, to N.Z.; due about May 24. Port Bowen, London, April 18, for : :N*!w Zealand. ' i Port Pine, from London, end March, .f1 to Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Via Australia. ." Himutaka, from London, April 4, to il : . New Zealand, ;, Tofua, England, April 18, to Lyttel* ■ ton or Port Chalmers; due about June 2. '~' ' Western Comet (Luckenbacii), loaded New York, MarCn, tor Auckland, "?* Lyttelton, Dtmedm, Australia. & ; ' Waitomo, leaves Calcutta May 10, ™ for K//j. ports. * V Opau-a, leave London May 15 for jN e>w 'Zealand ports, vi 'aAustralia. lluahme; leaves Plyniouth May 19 i- for Wellington; due July 3. ;' Ituapehu, leaves Plymouth May 30, r. for Auckland; due July IG./ ' ' Port Chalmers, loading New York '■- for Auckland, Wellington. •' • Povt Nicholson, loading New York '"',- ,':br Auckland, Wellington.

SAILERS. ■San Francisco to Wellington :— Commerce (Vac. Oil), left luarch J, due May; Satoar* left March 10, due Way.

The Calm arrived on yesterday morn- '; ing's tide, and after discharging, took rargo and sailed shortly before niid- ' night, tor Wellington, Timaru, and lihinedin. The vessel will work these ' ports (approximately) as follows: Ikm-t-din 19th, Timaru 2Uth, Lyttelton 21st, thence Wellington-Wanganui. The Kapiti and the Invercargill,, from Wellington, are due in part on this morning's tide. f" The llegulus, with a part cargo of (.{reytnouth coal for this port, is t-Kpect-st! to arrive from Nelson this morning. The Canterbury S.B. Co.'s Storm ; '.oads at Wellington to-dny for W*i «■•*•- '',.' aut, and on her return to Wellington ivili leave for Lyttelton, Timaru and '" Jmnaru. , All claims on thecoastai packet Queen ' t>f the South, wrecked on a reef near C;;jio ■Campbell, have been abandoned to tho underwriters by the owners of the ship, Messrs Levin and Co., Wellington, 'i'lie position of the. vessel js wry bad, and «he is almost unapproachable, baivuging operator**, it is stated, ,vould carry on their work a^ a big risk - io themselves and to the machinery in '. use. Only in perfectly calm water could anything be done to obtain some of '• the ship's ijear. littmga, etc., but tho uncertainty of the weather at this tims fj1. of the year is said to be the determining factor against a successful haul. f All "that was saved from the vessel was •$ two boats la lifeboat and a, launcu), '$. in which the crew left her. These were ?»' . brought' back to Wellington by the WakuVu. The Victoria Insurance Company ■> hold a ri^k over the Queeji of the * ciouth, but? for what amount is not div- •', ! ulged. It is not known what insurances '•• .' were taken out by the awners of tho ■" , cargo. The loss of the Queen of the .'< i South is a serious matter: to more peo- : pl« than her owners. .As has been already stated, the vesapl maintained a very regular servieo to Foxton. It is ■\ not evei*y vessel which can cross the Manawatu River bar at all tides, and when it is considered that the wrecked steamer was the only trader to that port, the loss to the big importing firms will readily be understood. Messrs. Levin and Co. are anxious to replace the Queen of the South as soon as possible, but the likelihood of securing; in New Zealand another ship of similar features is said to be small, and tho urobahility is that a new steamer will ive to be brought in from overesas.