MAIL NOTICES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19841, 16 May 1927, Page 9

MAIL NOTICES

OUTGOING OVERSEAS MAILS. Mails for Great Britain. Ireland, Continent of Europe. South and Central America, Panama. per Northumberland, from Wellingrton, < lose at Chief Post Office. Wanganui, at 5.30 a.m. to-day (Monday I. May 16. Mails for Auatralian States, South Africa and the East, per Ulimaroa. from Auckland, close at Chief Post Office, Wanganui, at 3.15 p.m. (late fee 3.30 p.m.) on Thursday, May 19. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, Continent □f Europe. North America. Rarotonga and Tahiti. per Tahiti, from Wellington, close at Chief Post Office, Wanganui, at 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 24. H. O. M. BREE, Chief Postmaster.

LOCAL AGENTS’ ADVICE. Messrs C. F. Millward and Co. advise:— The Calm is due back on Wednesday from Southern ports 'and Wellington. The Breeze is expected next Saturday from the South. The Gale arrived on Saturday from the South Island and Wellington. The Storm arrived ofi Saturday from the South. Messrs S. Holm and Co. advise: — The Holmdale is due back on Saturday from the South. The John is due at Wanganui on Wednesday from Lyttelton. | Messrs Johnston and Co. advise: — The Arapawa left for Westport and Onehunga on Saturday. Messrs J. H. Cock and Co. advise:— The Alexander arrived on Saturday from Greymouth and Westport. Messrs A. Hatrick and Co. advise:— The Kapuni arrived yesterday from Wellington. The Invercargill arrived from Wellington | yesterday. GENERAL NEWS. The Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Corinthic, which left London, on April 21, sailed from Balboa on Wednesday. She will go first to Wellington and then come to Auckland. The Commonwealth and Dominion Line a steamer Port Auckland is due at New Plymouth on May 24 and is expected to reach Auckland on May 30. She will sail finally from New Zealand from Wanganui on June 16. The City of Khartoum, which left New York on April 28 for New Zealand, cleared Panama on Wednesday. She is due at Auckland on May and will afterwards go to W ’lington., Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, Bluff and Beauty Point. To continue loading cargo for England., the | Shaw, Savill and Albion Line s steamer Raranga left Auckland for Napier on Thursday. She will so to Wanganui and Wellington., leaving the last-named port on May 23 for London, via Falkland Islands, Montevideo and Teneriffe. o.i i.er last voyage from Europe to Australia., the Danish five-masted training ship Kobenhavn, the world’s largest sailing vessel, iiiouc a iiUvewurthy trip., in that she made the voyage from the Lizard to Adelaide in 67 days 8 hours, the average time for a large sailing vessel for this voyage being about 88 days. The length of the voyage from the Lizard to Adelaide was 13,422 miles, which means that the vessel made an average speed of 8.3 miles per hour. The highest speed logged on the voyage was 15 miles per hour. Speaking at a luncheon on board the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company’s new motor liner Alcantara, Mr. P. Mitchell., the general manager, mentioned that, taking into account vessels under construction, the companies controlled by Lord Kylsant now owqed nearly 60 , Diesel-driven vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of close upon 350,000. That, in itself, was, he claimed, proof of the success of the Diesel engine. There was no doubt in his mind .he went on to say—and he had had considerable experience in the running of all classes of vessels— the Diesel engine had come to stay, and \rUs, undoubtedly, conducive to economical running whether of mail, passenger, or purely cargo ships. VESSELS WITHIN WIRELESS RANGE. Auckland—Tofua, Kawatiri, Aorangi, Marama. West Ivan, Waiotapu, Baron Ruthven, Ulimaroa. Chatham Islands—Somerset, Falsterbo, Port Hardy. Wellington.—Maunganui, Tamahine, Otokia, Queen Eleanor, Raranga, Hertford, Northumberland, Port Denison, Kairanga, Kaitangata, Moeraki, Hurunui, Australind, Canadian Britisher, Wairuna, Arawa. Awarua —Crosskeys, Karetu, Kaituna, KaikoAii, Port Darwin. PACIFIC MAIL SERVICES. Aorangi left Sydney May 5 for Auckland, Suva, Honolulu and Vancouver; due Vancouver May 27. Niagara left Vancouver May 5 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland and Sydney; due Auckland May 24. Tahiti leaves Sydney May 19 for Wellington and San Francisco; due Wellington May 23 and ’Frisco June 10. Makura leaves San Francisco May 18 for Wellington and Sydney; due Wellington June 6, Sydney June 11. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE. Ulimaroa left Sydney on May 13 for Auckland ; due at Auckland on May 17. Marama left Auckland on May 13 for Sydney ; due at Sydney on May 17. Maunganui left Wellington on May 13 for Sydney ; due at Sydney on May 11. Moeraki left Melbourne on May 12 for Wellington direct; due at Wellington on May 18. OVERSEAS VESSELS. INWARD BOUND. WAIOTAPU, left San Francisco April 24 for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Melbourne, Sydney ; due Auckland May 20. PERSIAN PRINCE, from Galveston, Texas, for Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui and Australia; due Auckland May 22. PORT HARDY, left London April 8 for Auckland, Dunedin, New Plymouth ; due Auckland May 18. HUNTINGDON, left Liverpool April 17 for Auckland. Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Bluff; due Auckland May 24. CORINTHIC, from London, left Southampton April 23 for Wellington, Auckland; due Wellington May 31. CANADIAN PIONEER, left Halifax April 25 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin; due Auckland June 6. MAMARI, left London April 29 for Auckland, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington; due Auckland June 5. CITY OF KHARTOUM, left New York April 28 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru. Dunedin, Bluff; due Auckland June 2. FOYLE, left St. John April 29 for Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, Sydney. REMUERA, from London, left Southampton May 6 for Auckland and Wellington; due Auckland June 11. ANTONIO—Left Port Arthur, Texas, April 22, for Auckland, Napier, Wellington, New Plymouth. Australia; due Auckland May 24. MARYLAND—Left Cuba April 23 for Auckland and Australia; due Auckland May 28. WEST IVAN—Left Los Angeles April 23 for Auckland and Australia; due Auckland May 1&.