MAIL NOTICES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18896, 11 January 1927, Page 13

MAIL NOTICES.

(Supplied by the Tostal Department.) Mails cloie ai under:— To-day (Tuesday), January llth. For northern ports, at 5.15 p.m.; late foe letters, 5.45 p.m.; guard's van, C.50 p.m. train. Parcels, 4 r.m. Wednesday, January 12th. \ Tared mail for Australian States, South i Africa, and tho East, per Ulimaroa, at Wcl- I linglon, at 4 p.m. i For Chatham Islands, per Tees, at Lyt- j tclton, at 0 a.m.; lato fee letters, 9.15 a.m.; • guard's van, 10.5 n.m. train. 1 For northern ports, at 5.15 p.m.: lato fee j letters, 5.45 p.m.; guard's van, 6.50 p.m. j train. Parcels, -4 p.m. I Thursday, January 13th. j Mails for Australian Slates, South Africa, | and tho East, per Ulimaroa, at Wellington, ; at 5.15 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.45 p.m.; | guard's van, 6.50 p.m. train. I Mails for Grent Britain, Ireland, Continent J o£ Europe, and Central America, via Panama, per Mataroa, at Wellington, at 5.15 p.m.; late fee letters, 5.45 p.m.; guard's van. 6.50 ■ p.m. train. Parcels at noon. (Specially addressed correspondence only.) Outgoing Overseas Mails. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, and U.S.A., via Vancouver, per Tahiti, at Auckland, close at Christchurch on January 10th, nt 5.15 p.m. Due London about February 20th. Mails which left Wellington on December 7th, per Tahiti, via Sau Francisco, arrived London on January 6th. Incoming Overseas Mails. Nineteen hags English mail and 45 parcel repluclcs, ex Corinthic,' will arrive Christchurch to-day. K.M.S. Tahiti left San Francisco for Wellington on December 29th. Mail due Christchurch on the 18th inst. Maheno left Melbourne for Wellington on January sth. She carries nineteen bags of mail and three parcel receptacles for Christchurch. Moil duo in Christchurch today. Ono hundred and thirteen bags of English and Australian mall and eight parcel receptacles, ex Ulimaroa, will arrive Christchurch on the 12th inst. H. P. DONALD, Chief Postmastor.

TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE. Waiotapu loft San Francisco December 38th for Papeclo, Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Melbourne. Duo Auckland January 25th. Hauraki now loading at Pacjilc Coast ports for Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Leaves San Francisco nbout January 26th. Wnihemo left Ncwcastlo December 25th for Vancouver direct. Loads at Pacific Coast ports la(e January and early February for Apia, Napier, Lyttcltnn, Dunedin, and New Plymouth. Waitemata leaves Wcslport January 11th for Vancouver direct. Loads for Pacific Coast ports during February for Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney. Wairuna leuvos Napier to-day for Melbourne and Sydney. The forward loading dates at Pacific Coast ports are approximately as follows: Wairuna loads at Pacific Coast ports during March for Papeete, Auckland, Melbourne, and Sydney. Waiotapu loads at Pacific Coast ports dur-' ing April for New Zealand and Australian ports. Hauraki loads at Paciflo Coast ports during May for New Zealand and Australian ports/ Waitemata loads at Pacific Coast ports during Juno for Now Zealand and Australian ports. Wairuna loads at Pacific Coaßt ports during July for Now Zealand and Australian ports. MOTOR-SHIP BUILDING. Some doubt had been expressed whether British shipowners are taking to the motor vcßsel to the same extent as their foreign competitors, but according to the "Hotor Ship," recent events show the position now to be more reassuring than has hitherto been the case. Since, the beginning of October, contracts have been awarded for large motor ships with a carrying capacity of 430,000 tons. Of these craft, over half, with a tonnage of 230,000, are to be built in British yards. This is more than double the motor tonnage ordered in the same period in any other country, Germany being second with vessels—a large proportion for foreign ownership—of about 100,000 tons deadweight. In view of the numerous contracts that have recently been placed, it may be considered that whilst there will be no boom in shipbuilding, a return towards stability is now assured.

OIL OVERFLOW.

MISHAP TO HUNTINGDON [THE PEESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, January 10. An accident occurred on board the Federal Lino steamer Huntingdon at Queen's Wharf on Saturday morning, when an oil fuel tank situated at the bottom of the vessel overflowed, and sojno of the oil leaked into No. 3 lower hold. The hold is insulated for the carriage of frozencargo, and contained a large quantity of butter which had to be unloaded to prevent it being damaged. Gangs of waterside workers were employed for about 11 hours unloading the cargo on to the wharf and then reloading it into No. 2 hold, the work being completed at nine o'clock on Saturday evening. It IB reported that very little damage was done to the cargo, but the oil has pentrated the insulation covering the floor of the hold. In consequence all the Insulation affected will be taken out, and will hove to be renewed before any more cargo can be stowed in that, part of the steamer. The Huntingdon is one of the largest of the Federal Line's fleet, her tonnage being 10,951 gross. After loading at Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, and Wellington, she reached Auckland on Friday to continue loading. Later she is to go to Napier and Gisborue to fill up with produce for London, Avonmouth, Glasgow, and Liverpool. As the Huntingdon had been loading at Auckland for only one day, the hold contained very littlo Auckland cargo, the produce affected being butter loaded at Wellington. It .ia not known how long it will take to effect repairs and whether the accident will delay the Bteamer.