SHIPPING NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 9

SHIPPING NEWS

PORT OF WANGANUI ARRIVED. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. INVERCARGILL (8.40 rum.), 226 tons, Smith, from Wellington. SAILED. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16. BREEZE (7.55 p.m.), 553 tons. Sheppard, for Wellington. INVERCARGILL (7.57 p.m.), 226 tons, Smith, for Wellington. VESSELS IN PORT. NIL. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. INAJEIA, Wellington, to-day. KAPITI, Wellington, to-day. GALE, Picton, to-day. ARAPAWA, Onchunga, to-morrow. INVERCARGILL, Wellington, early. MATATL’A. New Plymouth, this week. JOHN, Timaru, Monday. HOLMDALE, Dunedin, Monday. STORM, Dunedin, Monday. TASMANIA, Picton, next week. IHUMATA, Sydney, Wednesday. ■" CALM, Dunedin, Thursday. ‘ BREEZE, Dunedin. February. GABRIELLA, Sydney. March. TREMEADOW, New York, March. QUEEN MAUD. St. John, April. MIN, New York, April. KAHANUI. Fleetwood and Holyhead. BY TELEGRAPH. • [ Per Preu Association. ’ DUNEDIN, Feb. 16. Arrived —Opihi, 7 a.m.. from Oamaru; Canadian Explorer, 11.30, from Tim- i aru; Holmdale, 2.35 p.m. from Wellington. AUCKLAND. Feb. 16. Arrived —Kaitoke, 7.20 p.m.. from Newcastle; Canadian Planter, 3.35 p.m., from Napier. OVERSEAS VESSELS. INWARD BOUND. WEST NT VARI A —Left Lof Annrles January 15 for Auckland. Napier. Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin, Melbourne; due Wellington February 15. PORT CAROLINE—Left London on January 15 for Auckland. Napier, Wellington and New Plymouth ; due Auckland February 22. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN—Left Galveston January 21 for New Plymouth and Australia; due New Plymouth February 28. MONTAGUE—Left San Pedro January 29 for Auckland, Wellington, Australia; due Auckland February 22 ; due Wellington February 29. HORORATA —From London, left Southampton January 21 for Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru. Port Chalmers, Bluff; due Wellington March 2. FRANCONIA —Left New York January 12 for world cruise ; due Auckland February 18; due Wellington February 23. HAURAKI —Left San Francisco January 26 for Auckland. Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney ; due Auckland February 17 ; due Wellington February 23. CANADIAN PROSPECTOR—Left Halifax January 26 for Auckland. Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin ; due Auckland March 9 ; due Wellington. March 16. TREMEADOW—Left New York January 22 ; left Newport News January 25 for Auckland, Wellington. Lyttelton, Timaru. Dunedin, Wanganui. Sydney; due Auckland March 6; due Wellington March 13. MA HI A—Left Antwerp January 28 for Auckland ; due Auckland March 7. TAMAROA —Left Southampton January 28 for Auckland and Wellington; due Auckland March 5; due Wellington March 12. SHEAFMOUNT —Left New York January 29 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin ; due Auckland March 5; due Wellington March 12. RUAPEHU —Prom London, left Southampton February 4 for Wellington. Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth; due Wellington March 15. PURIRI —From St. John ; left Newport New s February 2 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth. Melbourne. Sydney ; due Auckland March 11 ; due Wellington March 17. RUAPEHU —From London, left Southampton February 4 for Wellington. Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and New Plymouth; due Wellington March 15. PURIRI —From St. John; left Newport News February 2 for Auckland. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, New Plymouth, Melbourne, Sydney ; due Auckland March 11 ; due Wellington March 17.

LOCAL AGENTS’ ADVICE. - i Messrs C. F. Millward and Co. advise:— ' The Breeze sailed from Wanganui yesterday . for Wellington and the South Island. ' From Dunedin and south, the Calm will • arrive at Wanganui on Thursday next. The Storm will now reach Wanganui next Monday from the South Island and WellingThe Gale will reach Wanganui to-day from southern ports and Picton. 5j I Messrs S. Holm and Co. advise:— The Holmdale is on her way south to load for Wanganui and is due back here on Monday next. The John will load at Timaru to-day for Lyttelton, Wanganui and New Plymouth. She i will reach this port on Monday. I Messrs A. Hatrick and Co. advise: — . ! From Wellington, the Kapiti is now expect- ' ed at Wanganui to-day. The Invercargill will now arrive at Wangaj The Invercargill returned from Wanganui to ; Wellington yesterday. , Messrs Johnston and Co. advise:— I rum Onehunga, the Arapawa is now expected at Wanganui to-morrow. The Inaha will reach Wanganui to-day from Wellington. GENERAL NEWS. Chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, the Queen Eleanor is due to sail from Eastern Canadian ports for New Zealand on March 25. The. tramp steamer Harmattan, which recently visited Auckland, has been chartered to load phosphates at Nauru Island about the end of this month for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. The Cunard liner Franconia, now on a world cruise, is due at Auckland on February 18, and at Wellington on February 23. The Franconia will then proceed to Milford Sound, where she will cruise for Milford Sound, where she will •cruise for some time before proceeding to Aus- ■ tralia. The following passengers for New Zealand arrived at Sydney last week by the Orient : liner Orvieto, from London:—Mrs. Akroyd, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark, Mr. M. Clark and Miss D. Clark, Mr. F. N. Cowlin, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thornton. BRITAIN’S TRADE. An interesting return has been i issued by the ! Board of Trade relative to the distribution of I England's overseas trade during the twelve months ended with September last. This shows i that the total imports were valued at £1,221,1300,009, of which foreign countries contributed £870,703,000, the balance coming from the British Empire. With regard to exports, -the total value shipped was £654,737,000. the value going to Empire countries being £280,531,000. GERMAN SHIPPING PROGRESS. j Acording to the current edition of Lloyd’s Register, Germany is credited with owning a , total of 1,986 merchant vessels aggregating 3,111,000 tons. This is an increase, but not a very large one. over the total for the previous year. The pre-war German tonnage was over two and a-qnarter million tons more. During the trade depression it is hardly to be expected that any maritime country will show a big increase in its mercantile marine. Still, the fact • remains that during recent years Germany has made very tangible progress towards taking up that place in international shipping which she occupied before the war. THE KEILAWARRA DISASTER. December 9 was the fortieth anniversary of one of the greatest shipping disasters on the New South Wales coast. On the night of December 9, 1885, the steamer Helen Nicoll, owned by John See and Co., was on her way to Sydney from the Clarence River, running before a black north-easter. Suddenly, in a thick smoke, she collided with the Howard Smith steamer Keilawarra, bound from Sydney to Brisbane. So serious was the damage to the Keilawarra that she heeled over and sank in less than .five minutes, with the loss of about 36 lives. The Helen Nicoll, with her bow crushed in, remained afloat, and was conveyed into port. The two vessels were locked together for a little while after the collision, and several passengers from the Helen Nicoll jumped aboard the Keilawarra and went down with that vessel. The Helen Nicoll is still running on the coast. She is engaged in the Newcastle coal trade. VESSELS WltAin WIRELESS RANGE. Awarua—Tasmania, Waiotapu, N. T. Nilson Alonso, Sir James Clark Ross, C. A. Larsen. Auckland —Saka Maru, Franconia, Piako, Port Albany, Karpfanger, Canadian Planter, Niagara, Elkridge, Wairuna, Ventura, Hauraki, Rona, Tofua, Kaitoke, Kawatiri. Chatham Islands—Hertford. Wellington—Makura, lonic, City of Christiania. Canadian Pioneer, Port Napier, Port Brisbane. Remuera, Rigel, Tutanekai, Whangape. Kaponga, Kiwitea, Karori, Wahine, Tamahine, Maori, Ngaio, Arahura. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. The Ulimaroa leaves Sydney to-morrow for Auckland; due at Auckland on February 22. Tthe Marama leaves Wellington to-morrow for Sydney; due Sydney February 22. The Manuka leaves Auckland to-morrow for Sydney; due Sydney February 22. The Moeraki left 'Melbourne yesterday for Wellington direct; due at Wellington on. February 21. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE. Makura leaves Sydney February 24 for San Fran risen, via Wellington. Leaves Wellington March 1 and due ’Frisco March 18. Maunganui left Sydney January 27 for San Francisco, via Wellington. Left Wellington February 1; due 'Frisco to-morrow. Leaves ’Frisco February 23 for Sydney via Wellington ; due Wellington March 14 and Sydney March 19. Tahiti left Vancouver February 9 for Sydney, via Auckland. Due Auckland February 28 and Sydney Marsh 5; leaves Sydney March 24 for San Francisco, via Wellington. Leaves Wellington March 29 and due 'Frisco April 16. Niagara, left Sydney February 9 and Auckland Feb. 15 for Vancouver; due V | Lcouver March 4. Leaves Vancouver March 9 lor Sydney. via Auckland. Aorangi, leaves Sydney March 10 for Vancouver, via Auckland. Leaves Auckland I March 15 and due Vancouver April 1.