SHIPPING NOTES

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16261, 11 July 1918, Page 8

SHIPPING NOTES

Tho Tarawera completed her loading yesterday afternoon, and sailed last evening for Napier direct, whence she will proceed to Gisborne and Auckland. / Tho TfnlWlrn. is expected here this mornin? with a cargo of cool from Westport, and will sail on her return trip to the West Coast on Saturday. The Westralin, which arrived h«e yesterday afternoon, will leave Lyttelton to-day on the arrival of tho 2.15 p.m. train from Chrißtchurcb. She will proceed to Duncdin, Bluff, and Melbourne. The Canopua has been detained at Lyttelton to -have her boilers cleaned. She sails to-day for Westport. The Kini is cxpectcd to take her departure from the "West.Coast with a loed.of coal for Lyttelton «l>out the end of this week. The Kotare arrived hero yesterday before midday, and on completing her. loading sailed yeslerday for Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercarcrill. Tho Waipori will leave Wellington at noon to-day for- Lyttelton. Sho leaves this port to-night for Dunedin. The JTonowai will probably come .out of dock at Port Chalmers on tin loth inst., on which dato she is timed to sail for Lyttelton, being due here the following day. Sho will load here for Wellington, Napier,' G-sborne, and Auckland, Bailing on tho 17th icat.

Them in a. rumour current that the Commonwealth proposes to' build coal-carrying' y.trips of a type which will make the in filiation of mechanical coal-handling applianoss at the various ports unnecessary (writes the Melbourne Such vepssls have been constructed in other portß of the world where tbo transportation of coal is conducted on biqr litis*, and. they are _as b<-ing efficient and quisle in' their action. This tvpe of ship consists of a vast hopper for accommodating her carto, aid nn endless bolt, which, when in pick* up the coal and carries it a!ong to ©levators, which rai«e and discharge it either into other vsnela or storage bins. Tho fWators are situated on either side of the rhip, so that two vessels can bo loaded at once.