THE TAKAPUNA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 9

THE TAKAPUNA.

The Union Company's Takapunn, is to como off tho Patent. Slip , this morning, and will resume running .this afMraoon in tho Wollington-l'ioton-Nelson . service. -Captain Striugbr • will bo.in command, and will hare llr; Camoron with him as chiof officer. Jlr. J. Brown will- bo" chief engineer, and. lit. It. A..- Scott second. ■■~.:

■i ■' >■' ( strssEX, ; fob avonjiouth.• ■.'-' ..•'■■'.- By this Foileral-Houldor-Shlro ■■ liner . Sussex, which loaves for Avontnouth on Thursday morning, tho following have booked passages :-Mrs. P. Warton, Hiss If.' Potremant, Messrs. J. Kobin, tt. Fowler; W. L, Hylton, Andrew Mackenzie,' J. Onthbert, T. Currie, and P. Currle. ■ '

.; : ■■''■■■'■"; THE^iBAHtjiA." I, .".■..';!"■;'.''.■■■ ..Tolegrapliio advice' received 'by the tJnioii Company stoics that the Arahura arrivodi at Greymouth at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. Bho Iβ to.loavo at ,2, o'clock'this morning' on the return 'journey to .Woßtport, Nelson,, Plcton, .and:' Wellington. Her arrival at this pott may no looked for tomorrow evening. ■.■■•■■'. ■..■. . . •■

•; : ; : TOKpMAETj;s movements: ■K\'' : v Motsmenta.of; the Sliaw, SaviU, .and Alfijon Company's cargo steamer I'oUomaru aro now do> finitely announced. Bho nas.to leave Bluff yeetorday for. Gi6bornd, Napier, and Wellington. Hho is due at this port on December .31, and .sails from here/for London on-January 6. ' - .'■

: i INDRAGIIIBI, .FHOM. NEW ,:YOItK. : : , '{.' • . -Whon, the Tyser stoamor.- Indraghlri arritod at , Melboumo from New York ou December .11, her offlccrs reported having had a'-.'inost tompesttlous voyaee; Almost as soon as the American port was left tho ladrqgbiri mot huavy weather,, and' all.tho way to the Capo of Good Hope Bhe was battered 'by immoneb seas and swopt'by flared gales. After passing South Africa conditions bocamo worse-, >tho atmosplicro boine' almost at frcezine point.. Thq noas increased in siso and the'fcaka in fury..'an'd the vossol's dock was con■stantly awash. Tbo officers on ■ tho bridgo wero almost' frozen, for' not, half a'day-all the i way to the Australian coast'did the fury of tlio elements and .the Antarotio cold abate.' The In-draijhiri,had,α-largo gonoral carfo. '. . ;

Mr. E. j. liooriey: has joined. the Pukakl as fourth engineer.- .' ' : ' .. >r■ >, :.' On Friday , ndkt tho Mokoia'e doparturo 'for Lyttelton and Dunedin has been fliefl for 8 p.m. The Talurio, which 'arrived at.Auckland from Earotongji.-on'Friday,last, will bo laid.up at the!northorn:;port till.: January' 18. .. ;--, ■..■.. \ Cofore coming to Now Zealand-to loadfor Mr. O.H. Scales,'tho: Clan.Frasor and the Clan Macfarlano are expected'to make a call at Port Pirio, South Australia.:;", .. ~ ... . _ - ;'".■-. . . ■.'," Tho Now. Zealand Shipping' Oompany'e ohartored steamer Anglo Saxon is duo hero on Friday morning from Napier. It-Iβ. oipected : that' eho will comploto Homoward loading In time to be: dispatched for London.on December !31.. : : .-. ■■'■'.] According, to advico received by her local agents, the auxiliary soow Echo was to , leave Kiiramea last ovening, timber ; laden for' Wcl- , Ungton.: ■" : ," : '\ ■■.:■■.•'.'.•■'■"/■. ...,•,'' ',"■. ■"'..■■'■'-■ An intereatinct- steamer "biilo ' which, has.' been' announced is that of tho' Oroya; a'vosselithat was running in the joint service of' the Orient and Koyal' Mail Oompanioe to Australia until the agreement between the. two concerns expired. The .Oroya, - - which'-haft bebn acquired by : foreign owners lot about £12,OC0i'was built at Barrow in lJM,,'hor (grpsa' tonnage being 6297, tons. .' ' . 'Late last'night tho Blackball Oompany's Nga., horo left for Groymouth.i.Shoia.duo back hero on Thursday morning, ar.d aftor discharge will return toGreymouth to load again for' Welling, ton next Monday. Tho Potono is; duo hereto- 1 dayi and after discharge will return i to Groymouth and load another'cargo on Friday*fo» Wellington. .-,,'.; vOv : ;.,--'.■.;•:•■ -:!- V. : As the Anchor-Shippinir Company's-Alexan. der left Wostport , for Wolllngton at 6 a.m. yesterday, ' ehei is, ; due Here . early ■ this motninß, - Ou completion' of ■• dischargo sho will. return direct to Westport, ■ : : '.: : :,'•!■' ' It is now expected - i that the , Ennerdalo will reach ■ hore from - Adelaide, •- via ■■•■■.-.Tlmaru; - . on Thursday " morning. : :• '...■■'.: .... .'!.-7; : " .";".•.- Early thie. v .mbrnin'B> the Clan : Ogilvy is duo Wellington from Pititon, and eho will probably got T away for Lyttelton In tho oveu< -ing. ■■!:'.:'.. : '.-':'''' ."I.':. ';'.v:.. r /.y - ' : ;;..',:. ',' ■_. .- ■■■■.■ On her offloial trial trip at Auckland, tho now Steamer Monica registered a speed of ovor ten knots. Tho Monica is at present on her way to - -Lyttelton. -.■,•-. .'-■';:: I - , . ■..:■"■•. .■■.:.'■'■■ ;It is understood.that.Captain Froo will leave Melbourne for fiflglaud next, month, tobring the Uuddart, Parker Xo.'b : now etoanlor Zealandia to. Australia. •■ i .'■::; ■; - ■■:,:;..(■,;'