SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16257, 6 July 1918, Page 7

SHIPPING.

PORT OP LTPTELTON.

ARRIVED —July 5. Mararoa (9.25 a.m.). from Wellington. Canopus (9.*5 a.m.), from Westport. Poherua (10.55 a.m.), from Greymouth. Tainui (11.55 a.m.), from Wellington Orepuki (12.30 p.m.), from Greymouth. Putiki (3 p.m.), from Tarakolie.

SAILED—JuIy 5. Koromiko (1.15 p.m.), for Westport. Huanui. schooner (2.30 p.m.), for Welling*Mareroa (7 p.m.), for Wellington. Kara (8.15 p.m.), for Wellington. Cygnet (9.30 p.m.), for Keikoura. Tainui (9.40 p.m.), for Wellington.

SHIPPING .NOTES. The schooner Lily will load produce on Monday for Kaipara, at which port sho will lift timber for this port. . . Mr It. Gunn has joined the Maori as assistant purser in placo of ivlr W. Cooney. . Mr R. D. Thompson has replaced Mr T. W. iiearup as radio operator on the Poteen®. The Corinna will commenoe loading at Wellington to-day for eouihern prats. She will possibly sail to-niglit. ,> The Tarawera should return to port tomorrow from Dunedin with general cargo. Sho sails on Monday for Auckland, via Jvanier and Gisborne. The Union Company advises that the mat! steamer Moans will be despatched from Wellington fqr San Francisco on Thursday The auxiliary schoonor Huanui will lea.ro Lyttelton as soon as circumstances permit with a load of produce for Wellington, at which port she is fixed to load timber for Melbourne. If the Poherua's discharge oan be completed in time, the vessel will Bail to-night on a' return journey to the- West Coast.

THE WIMMERA. A SEARCH FOR WRECKAGE. TE HAPUA, July S. Constable Thornell, of Houhora, is busily engaged in the East Coast, while Constable Calwell, from Kaitaia, is performing the same duty on the West Coast, looking for wreckage from the Wimmera, but so far nothing has been discovered. - Seven men from a vessel wcro coming asboro in an open boat yesterday at Tom Bowline Bay, for the' purpose of taking otf a boat that they had left on the beach when going to the relief of the survivors of the s.s. Wimmera. In coming through the snrf, which was very roueh, the boat onpsizod, and was completely ■ broken up, the occupants reaching the shore with difficulty. No one was hurt, and they found their way overland to Mr Munro's farm. On arrival of a messenger a launch was despatched to bring them to Te Hapua, where they arrived at 6 o'clock this morning, and were taken out to the vessel which had to come to Parenga Heads to receive them.