SHIPPING NEWS. I

West Coast Times, 23 June 1909, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS. I

#♦* The Kotuku sails to-night for Onehunga. , The Kini is loading at Greymouth for Lyttelton. The Pukaki is due at Greymouth tomorrow from Dunedin and way ports. The Rotoiti leaves Wellington this afternoon for Greymouth and is due on Friday sailing again same afternoon at 3 o'clock on her return. Ihe great steamship lines which christen their ships with a uniform termination are notoriously hard put to it sometimes for fresh names. The Lavrentic ought strictly, perhaps, to derive her name from the capital of the ancient kingdon o* Latiain, which was called Laurentoim, it is said, from the abundance of laurels that grew in tha country. But perhaps the Company were thinking rather of the river St Lawrence, which the vessel is to navigate. The name is not the happiest thought .'says the Manchester Gvardian) the White Star line have hit on— not so happy, for exaipple, as the name Olympic and Titanic, which are to be given to the great monsters I which are now being built, but it is better than some of the names which have been suggested by the wags who have amused themselves with the subject. Idiotic and Spasmodic are among their contributions to the difficulty, and so also are' Sea-sick and Notick, names which satisfy the ear alone and defy the law of spelling as well as the sense of propriety. WESTPORT, June 22.— T0 sail at 3 a.m., on the 23rd, Pukaki for Greymouth: GREYMOOTH, June 22.— Arrived at 5 p.m., Kotuku, from Westport. WESTPORT, June 22.— Arrived at 4.35 p.m., Arahura from Greymouth. [PBB PEESS ASSOCIATION.— COPTWQHT.] WHEAT VESSEL WATER-LOGGED. LONDON, June 21.— The ship Lion Bureau, wheat laden from Adelaide to Falmouth, is water-logged in the Penzance harbour as the result of striking a rock off the Scilly Isles during a fog. VESSEL ASHORE. BRISBANE, June 22.— The A.TJ.S.N Spilbergen is ashore at Newton Island with her head on the reef in a sheltered position. A tug is standing by. Other assistance has been Bent. ' DISASTER ON MAIDEN TRIP. BRISBANE, June 22.— The A.XJS.N. Company's new steamer Mallina, on her maiden voyage, is ashore at Haggerstone Island near Torres Straits. A tug has been sent to her assistance. It is expected that she will be refloated.