SHIPPING NOTES. '

Press, Volume L, Issue 14889, 31 January 1914, Page 13

SHIPPING NOTES. '

Yesterday morning, the Shaw, *£*«£ Albion liner lonic arrived from Wellington to complete the discharge of her cargo from London. The vessel wiU remain ber«.far Homeward loading until February 19th, when she will return to Wellington to complete, leaving that port for London on February Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Orari is expected to leave Port Chalmers for Lyttelton on Tuesday to complete discharge of her cargo from Loudon. This afternoon the New Zealand Shipping Company's liner Rotorua will finish-loading for London, and sail to-morrow for Wellington, from which port she will leavo the Dominion for the Home port on Thursday next. . The New Zealand Shipping Company s liner Whakatane is expected to leave Wellington for London this afternoon. With some 7000 tons of coal on board from Newcastle, the tramp steamer Twickenham arrived at Lyttelton yesterday morning. When she left the New South Wales port it was intended to unload the vessel at Wellington, but as berthing accommodation at the northern port woa scarce, sh,e waa signalled to proceed- to Lyttelton. The Twickenham, which is under time charter, will discharge all her cargo at this port. It is expected that towards the end of the week the steamer Woglinde, running on bohalf of the A. and A. Line, will arrive at Lyttelton from Wellington to ptat out tho local portion of her New York cargo. On Monday morning the Tyser liner Star of India ia duo at Lyttelton from Wellington in continuation of the discharge of her cargo from New York. The vessel, which ia at present loading 10,000 carcases of frozen mutton at Wellington, will, upon oomplet- j ing discharge at Lyttelton, go on to Dunedin to oomplete. The Flora has been delayed in the South, and consequently will not reach Lyttelton till Tuesday. . She will leave for New Plymouth, Westport, and Greymouth, the same evening. The Union Company's collier Waitemata i» duo at Lyttelton from Newcastle on Wednesday next, with a cargo of coaL The vessel will complete ' discharge at Timaru. The Kowhai will leave Gisborne for Lyttelton this evening with a cargo of sheep. The Opouri is to leave for Greymouth with produoe and general cargo at noon to-day. When she comes out of the Lyttelton dry dock, where she i» at present undergoing survey, the steamer Himitangi will load for the Chatham Islands. Th© number of men eogaged on the waterfront yesterday was about 280, of whom 120 were ex-strikers, and from present appear- ' ance* the port will remain busy for some considerable time. The Defender, which arrived from Westport late on Thursday night, is expected to be despatched thia evening for Wellington, Picton, and Hokitika. Tbe Cygnet left last night for Kaikoura, this being her third trip to that port during tbe present week for wool. Her usual running to Akaroa has been taken by the little steamer John Anderson. ' " Judging from a cable message from Home, it is apparent that the final work of the new Tyser liner Star of Victoria has been carried out more expeditiously than ~was anticipated.

The cable states that the steamer will begin her maiden voyage to Australia and New Zealand a fortnight earlier than was originally intended. She arrived at London on tho 17th January from Belfast, and is to take her final departure to-day. Captain Be.X is to have command of the Star of Victoria. The name selected for the new collier being built for Messrs Mcllwraith, McEacharu and Co., to be engaged in the Australian trade, is. Koolonga. The new vessel, which will be of over 7000 tons register, and one of the most modern equipped vc__<?ls of her cl-_ 3 afloat, is now nearing completion at Home, and should make an ( appearanco at Sydney about the end of the year. Captain. Hector McDonald, chief engineer Williams, and one cf th eofficers (Mr Anderson) of the steamer Cooeyanna, which Messrs Mcllwraith, McEacharn and Co. recently sold to Eastern buyers, are now on the way to England to take over on account of the firm, the new collier. Captain S. Vint is now in charge of the Wairuna, having relieved Captain J. M. Drewette, who is at present on holiday leave. Captain R. Crawford, of the Tofua, has been granted holiday leave. His place will be taken by Captain A. Wallis, of tho Atua. Captain 'H. H. Binney' took charge of the latter vessel at Melbourne. Mr A. Mundell, fourth engineer of the Rivenna, has joined the Westralia as third, m place of Mr W. R. Pollock, who is now on the Rivenna. Mr Pollock proceeds to Australia m tho Riverina as fourth engineer and on arrival at Sydney will go on holiday