DEPARTURES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17664, 13 September 1919, Page 6

DEPARTURES.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

■~... Nil. ' Yesterday morning the Invercargill arrived in port from Wellington. Tp-day the vessel moves down to the Castlecliff Wharf to lift tallow. ' ;;Frotn Picton, the* New Zealand Refrigerating Company's lighter Mana is due to put in an appearance today. This evening the Aupouri is expected from Onehunga and will return to the Manakau port on MonJay night with passengers and sargo. ■■'■'■■ : ■■'

Wellington advices state that the Kalru was to load coal ex the Waibora at Wellington yesterday. The vessel's destination is Wanganui, And she will probably leave Wellington this morning.

.This .afternoon at 3 o'clock the Niagarf is to leave Auckland for Vancouver, via Honolulu.

$he R.M.S. Makura will sail from Auckland at 3 p.m. on Monday for Vancouver, via Suva and Honolulu. ;^Twelve large, liners, under' construction for the P. and O- Line, are at"'present on the. stocks at seven great British shipyards. One of these liners is being built, at Belfast, two at Glasgow, two at Grennock, two at Newcastle-on-Tyne, one at,,Hebburn-on-Tyne, one at Birkenhead, two at Sunderland, and one at Hull. Of these liners (aggregat-ing-.a gross deadweight cargo-carry-ing; capacity of 115,000 tons) four vessels have a displacement of over 15,000 tons. Five' ex-Gerniah liners, banded over to Great Britain last November in fulfilment of the naval terms of the armistice, ..are now ifnder P. and O. control. They are the Prini* Hubertus, Prinz Ludwig, Eoenig Friedrich August, Bremen, and Cap Verde.

'«-"M^srs C. F. Millward and Co. id^lSfcthat the s.s. Breeze was again dela^|fe at Picton - yesterday on accottnt of heavy rain. If she was able to get away last night, she would arrive at i Wanganui at noon to-< Jay, complete discharge, and load for Lytteltori, Timaru,- and Dunedin on. Monday, sailing on Monday night for Lyttelton direct. The s.s. Storm, which sailed at noon on Thursday fif'pm Lyttelton for Wanganui direct, will, it is hoped, complete discharge fo^night and sail for Wellington, Dunedin and Oamaru. Wellington and cargo only will be taken from Wanganui. The s.s. Calm was scheduled to loaS at Dunedin. .yesterday; if she is up to programme she should arrive at Wanganui, from southern ports and Wellington, about 19th-20th inst The s:srJoan Craig sailed from Newcastle ton Monday night last with.coal for Wanganui gasworks; she is due to "put in an appearance to-morrow of Monday.