SHIPPING.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16416, 9 January 1919, Page 5

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVALS. Wednesday, January Bth. Calm,'s.s. (8.45 a.m.), 891 tons, Radford, from Timaru. A. H. Turabull and Co., agents. Mararoa, s.s. (10.25 a.m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, from Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wootton, s.s. (1 p.m.), 150 tons, Larsen, from Wellington. A. Rhind and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Wednesday, January Bth. John, s.s. (12.5 pan.), 323 tons, Dowell, for Oamaru. F. E. Sutton and Co., agents. Mararoa, s.s. (7.10 p-m.), 2598 tons, Irwin, for Wellington. Union- Steam Ship Company, agents. Calm, s.s. (6.5 p.m.), 891 tons, Radford, for Wellington. A. H. Turnbull and Co- agents. Mana, s.s. (7.15 p.m.), 128 tons, McPherson, for Wellington. N.Z. Refrigerating Co., agents. Orepuki, s.s. (1.20 p.m.), 527 tons, Dewhurst, for Greymouth. F. \E. Sutton and Co., agents. Cygnet, s.s. (10 p.m.), 124 tons, Murray, for Kaikoura. Stevenson, Stewart and Co., eeeDlS ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Breeze, "Wellington, this day. Maori, Wellington, this day. Cygnet, Kaikoura, this day. Jfaiiki, Tiinaru, this day. Mararoa Wellington, January 10th. Monowai, Wellington, January 10th. Maori, Wellington. January llth. Cygnet, Akaroa, January :yth. Maori, Wellington, January 14th. Mararoa, Wellington, January 15th. Corinna, Timaru, Januayy 15th. Monowai, Dunedin, Januory 15th. Maori, Wellington, January 16th. Cygnet, Kaikoura, January 16th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Opihi, Auckland, this day. Breeze, Dunedin, this day. Wootton, Wellington, this day. Kauri, Wellington, this day. Putiki, Wellington, this day. Maori, Wellington, this day. Mararoa, Wellington January 10th. Kamona, Westport, January loth. Monowai, Dunedin, January 10th. Wakatu, Kaikoura, January nth. Maori, Wellington, Januaryvlith. Mararoa. Wellington, January 13th. Akaroa, January 13th. MaU, Wellington, January i«h. Cygnet, Kaikoura, January loth Mararoa, Wellington, January 15th. M Welling'on JanuaryiSth. Corinna, N€k°n, January lath. MMrj Wellington, 16th. NOTES. The Steamer 3oba, having completed, at Lyttelton, sailed yesterday with general merchandise for Oamaru, wi*** afce will proceed to Wellington and Wanganui. Mr J. Dee has signed on _ t he Kakapo as chief officer, and Mr A. Coles as second officer. Mr B. Coy** *** «Pl*ed Mr A.

Burgess as second officer of the Maori. Mr J. Gray, engineer on-the Mararoa, has signed off the vessel's articles. The arrival of the Monowai at, this port •is now expected to-morrow. The vessel is coming from Auckland, via Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington. She leaves Lyttelton tomorrow for Dunedin, from whence she should return here on Thursday next. ■ The Canterbury Shipping Co.'a steamer Oakn called at Lyttelton yesterday to load for Wellington and Wanganui. The vessel come from southern ports. The Putiki is expected in port to-day with general cargo from the south. She will load general merchandise here for • Wellington, sailing north this evening. The Wootton ■ will make another trip '• to Wellington before going on. the Lyttelton slip for oloaning and painting. She is expected to leave, this port, northward bound, this evening. The Kamona, which is unloading coal from Westport at Lyttelton is expected to sail tomorrow for Timaru, when she will proceed to Port Chalmers to undergo survey. The Duquesne should be ready for departure from Lyttelton about .the 20th instant. She b&Ub for Port Pirie, and thence to the United Kingdom. It is unlikely that she will return to New Zealand in the near future. The Union Company's Bteamer Karamu, which arrived-here on' Tuesday with general cargo from Napier and Wellington, leaves Lyttelton to-day for the West Coast. The Orepuii, having completed her loading of general cargo at Lyttelton yesterday, sailed in the afternoon for Greymouth, where she will load timber for Lyttelton. The Corinna will probably be among next Wednesday's arrivals at Lyitelton. She will bring cargo from Dunedin, and will come via Oamaru and Timaru. The Corinna will take in cargo at Lyttelton for discharge at Nelson and New Plymouth. The Russian four-masted barque Marlborough Hill, 2363 tons, left New York on December 7th with a full general cargo for Sydney. The Norwegian barque Janna has sailed from New York for Sydney. She is loaded with general cargo, and is to the agency of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. The Norwegian barque Amaeis has sailed from St. John (New Fonndland) for Sydney. She is loaded with general merchandise. A recent arrival at Auckland was the threemasted American Bchooner John M. Winthrop with a cargo of case oil from San Francisco. The trip lasted 63 days. Captain Mercer is in charge of the sailer. A scheme has been instituted in England for the intensive training of youths between <16 and 17 years of age for as tailors and firemen iu the mercantile marine. A committee composed of representatives of the Board of Trade, Ministry of Shipping, Shipping Federation, and National Sailors' and Firemen's Union has been appointed to initiate and supervise the scheme. . The New Zealand Shipping Company advise to-day that the Ruahine is duo at Auckland on the 18th inst. from the United Kingdom. The New Zealand and African Steamship Company announoe . that the Maunganui :s due at Auckland to-day from England. The vessel will be loaded back to the United Kingdom by the New Zealand Shipping Comhas been received by the Shaw, SaviU, and Albion Company tnat the liner Burma sailed from Glasgow on December 13th for Now Zealand ports, via Australia. She should arrive in these waters eariv in February. . , . The S.S. and A. liner Soevic is due at Auckland from the United Kingdom, via Australia, about the 17th inst. She will call at New Zealand main ports. The New Zealand Shipping Company advise that the liner Oxfordshire is at present bound from Liverpool to New Zealand, via Colombo. She left Liverpool on December 19th. This will be the Oxfordshire e first visit to New Zealand waters. ... , The local office of the Shaw, Savdl and Albion Company announce Mamari left Liverpool on December Melbourne, Sydney, and chief New/Zealand ports. She is duo at Auckland about February 12th. FROM HULK TO SAILER. REFITTING OF HULK GLADBROOK. The Union Company's sailing vessel Gladbrook is now loading cargo at VortChalmera, and it is anticipated to have her despaU-heJ at the end of the present week tor .an F Thi3 iSC ?«*sel was formerly known m the County of Angle**.. upon as a very smart sailer, and, julglru from her beautiful lines in dry d would agree that sho well d '^ rv ?. d c tar "[ lhe tation (Lye Tuesday's Dur«lm Star. ) bhe was dismantled of all braoches at Auckland in March. 1911. Mld . . c f n she ordinary coal hulk, in which capa«t> sho ' until July 27th, 1918, when she was towed from Auckland to Port the Xe Amu, wbexc work wac inuned»to»

commenced or rigging her out as origxn»L All the original decks, ceilings, etc., fore and aft, were cleared out entirely, and n«w decks substituted. The 'whole of the work of reconstruction —including the making of top-maste, yards, saita, etc.—was executed at Port Chalmers, and, as is the usual custom, with the Union Company, everything was made of the best material, and put in firstclass order. A large house was built on the deck for the accommodation of the crew, end, on the whole, those who know sailing ships and their equipments, look upon the Gladbrook as on® of the finest Bailing vessels afloat to-day, and Port Chalmorß people must feel ratheT proud at seeing the result of their own handwork in the conversion of a cool hulk to an up-to-date sailing ship. The Gladbrook is -under the command of Captain George B. Corby, who has associated with Idm as first met® Mr Horace S. Collier, and as second mate Mr David McLeish. - Her gross tonnage is 1113, and her net tonnage 999. Tho vessel is classed at Lloyd's 100 Al. Her measurements are as follow:— Length 214 ft 4in, breadth 35ft Sin, moulded depth -2ft Sin. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. LONDON, January 6.. Arrived, at Vancouver, Vankalilla. Sailed, for Melbourne, Crowley, Adelaide, Kanowoa, Port Pirie, and Thomas P. Emigh; for Wellington, Luzon. SAN FRANCISCO, January 6. Arrived, James. Johnson, Concordia, Whoarston. PANAMA, January 6. Arrived, City of Karachi, Remuera, Lartdskrona, Indianic, Colombo, and Joannis. Sailed, Berrima, Karmala, Olympic, and Amasis, for Sydney; Morvedt. for Fremswtftle. MELBOURNE, January 8. Sailed, Eaiapoi, for New Zealand. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD (Jan. Bth). Arrivals—Kaikoura, Wakahi (5 a.m.); Wellington, Maori <8.35 a.m.), Tainui (2 p.m.); all from Lyttelton. Departures—Kaikoura, Wakatu (9.50 Timaru, Putild (5.20 p.m.); Wellington, Maori (7.50 p.m.); all for Lyttelton.