STAR OF AUSTRALIA HAS A ROUGH TRIP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 922, 15 September 1910, Page 7

STAR OF AUSTRALIA HAS A ROUGH TRIP.

.". '■■.':'.* Melbourne, September ' U. The Star of, • Australia • arrived , to-day, from New.York. She■ was three days be-/ kind, .time, having had- an . exceptionally rough trip,. An.anxious time■■ was:experienced on' Aiigust 22. . . ■■/■; ■ : ; • -THE CffiAKEI INQTJIEi. ..;•'.. . To-iaorrow,. at Nelson, a magisterial in. quiry • into . the circumstances connected with the grounding of tho scow Orakoi at that port will bo held. Captain Post, who left by the-- Patcena. yesterday, and' Captain ,JU'Nab, of Nelson. ; .will act-.- as nautical assessors,. : ■ ~- ;. .... THE TUKAKINA. : . Due from Lyttelton on Saturday moinN.Z.S, Oo.'s Turakina will lane in Homeward cargo here.- It is hoped to dispatch the vessel' for Auckland about Monday.--or Tuesday next. She is' to loavo : tho northern port for- London at- noon : Friday, September 23. ; v. : , . . ,' . . GREI' BAR STILL BAb\ '..'.' Latest, reports from Greymouth- yesterday stato that the Greymouth'. bar is still in a very bad condition. Consequently, the Arahura, which ha 3 been outside for two or.thrtb da.vt>, .was ordered, to return to westport yesterday afternoon. !

MOKOIA. FOR THE . ISLANDS. At noon, to-morrow the Union Company's llokbia is expected to clear for ltarotonga and Papeete, being due at the latter port on Sunday. September 25. At Papeete the Mokoia will exchange mails ana passengers with' the' Oceanic S.S. Company's steamer ;Hariposa, being due back at Wellington on October 7.

HIJDDART, PAEKBE:S ■ SEEVIOIIi.\-. - .'. .SOME .CHANGES FORECASTED., : ', ■ It. is BUBgested in shipping ; circles (at Sydney) that the company's new- steamer Zjalandia may, for some reason, drop out of the Vancouver trade, and in that event the services will be tat free to engage in the Sydncy-Oook Strait' running now being performed by. the .Ulimaroa. . The' Ulimaroa, it is stated,. may then take up tho running of the Victoria, and, with the Wimmera, she will conduct the Auck-land-Sydnoy passenger ■ and. cargo trade. Tho. Victoria, thus,'sot foo, it is said, will remain'in tho Dominion, aid engage in tho-East Coast trade from Auckland to Bluff; .. Nothing official, haa -been- announced in regard to the possible developments above' outlined, but "It J* understood that tho company, in view of the possibility of the Zcalandia being set free from.her present running, haSyundcr consideration some. changes in tho running of its boats in New Zealand waters. Hoarding those foreshadowed alterations;' Mr. Appleton's (managing director of the Huddart, Parker Line) remarks at the luncheon' on board the Zealand!* at Sydney some weeks ago are recalled. He said the. Zealandia had been built specially for the New Zealand trade, but vox to remain in tho Vancouver trade for tho present. If the contract for tho O.A. Ktrvlco waß renewed; then, no doubt, a larger .steamer-would take her piano,, and phe will go into the busineßs..originally mapped out for her.

; ' ■',"--■ OEAKI ''ABBOTS ; HOHB^JE:\S- : ■ Word lias bem ' recoira(l''"l)r"fliO'''"lcical- ■ agoats of the New Zealand Shipping.Ob.'. stating..,that ■theXOr'riri.VVShiclL'! left'.; Wei-,; lington on July 30|"arrivedi-atr,-liondon' on ; September- It ■ "'■■'.■'■. ;>.: ;; ■'■-::'- THE STDNEI'.BOAT.' :>'.■■ is;i -.Arriving in: the stream: at:7:45 :a.m;' yesterday, the'.'Moana/ifrbni Sydney," com-'' pleted - a smart"-passage o£ J flays ■.llj Uours. The. Eteamcr.cieared from Sydney, at 4 p.m., on Saturday,-.experiencing, light winds and a,,moderate; southerly, .swell all the way . acrps&r.-'-',..:: ■',"''.V". ; j'.t'''"'""'-', : The Ifoasa -is--to--lcdve~for"l)yttbltbii, Dunedin,. ".Melbourneat 8,- o'clock to-night,-;'taking loritUo -Mokoia,.. .which'-steainer.::' :withdraw3( from the ferry service this'mbrnmg. imports by..the- vessel were as. follow:—2300' oases fruit, 600 ■■'Back's ' manure, 195' bars ■ lead, 60 . pieces timber, 90, tacks, flour, 40 'cases tobacco:. 200 bass rice, and\tran-. ehipments : ex: Malsura, ifagen, 1 -Schlesien,* Qncioenau, Oobliriz, China;: and -Ohangsha. Her. cargo for ..New»Zealand ports amounts .to '1321 tons:from.'.Sydney..:;. : ,;,._::„.; -..!■-_ '■ Yesterday ■viSfS.ttiiji'iS-' 9130,' "the :'BXB.'N.Oo.'s steamer -Itria, vfroma Calcutta.vMol-. bourne, Hydnoy.-nndNowoustle,- arrived ,'ai- . Tha .coal..,poi't:\tfls left last IhUrsday, the vessel having an uneven V. ful trip across: the. Taßman Sea. •' It is expected to 'compW.9 discharge by : Saturday, ..when' the Itria, will leave lor. New: .-castle. ..'.From the'latter port'she ■proceeds up the Queensland :coast;vfor the purpoiifc ot loading horses„for, .tho..Ea»t.: >~.; - ;,■'.'..■ |i Captain B. E. Horiywood.'ihas-'-thoi-follow-" iris officers associated';with':him:-M)!iiel", Mr.:,W. B. JohnstbriV se'coiid/'Mr.'lHi'W.': Wells; third, Mr:.- -AV ■ 1,.-' Hervey";':' fourth, •Mr.-H, Foskcttj. chief engineer, M.'Ahston second,.-; Mr.: 'J.'.'Dunldp;; .'third, ,Mr. : James Whitelaw; ■fourth.VMr.'-W. Grcgoon;:fifth', Mr. J...Niccoll. . Mr. - N.-'Robot-tom is purser. The steamer has'.a crew of 61—jiU>natives of India;. .! .'.:.:::;. ....'. H.'it.a; OhaUcngbr'land H.SLS.' Prometheus left 'Brisbane'for Sydney on:.September '7. Both vesMls'were at the New South-Wales port ..on .-September.. 9. ."■:.{: -,-•:; •;;.;-;;'v;;..;;? ■'-Notice is given that on'and'.afte'r Mon-' day,. September- 19,, the., fixed, .red : light hitherto . shown -bn 'the southern'.''" breakwater at, harbouf;' entrance,' Port of Newcastle.-.vrill' be'-ekhibitcd'from a 'beacon" 545 ft. further.albng^the.breakwater -to the north-eastward.;,;'; Height •of!;■ light' above highwater,.■ 45ft:;'. arc Sof-:visibility;'222aeß. ; : Vessels from the southward';will:open .thislight, when' -it:Hs: beafingi N. 64deg; ■ W'. (magnetic),,,and when; it,-loads■ clear'-; north-eactwara ,of'-.Big,' 'Beii- Kock and.adjacent", shoals.', '.During: fog abell will bo nin; at 'short intervals. • ::■:.;:■ I?,';;-';' The Marine Boaro of Souffi'Anstraiia'iW. provided that •.-'nil'- ships lying-': alongsido -,of ' any':'wharf! 'shall liave'.'and -use a good' and sufficient- gangway, nbtUess-.-thaii' 2ft: ! 6in. .in .width; with 2m..-battens! thereon, such'battens to-be pot 1e,63: than. 18in.; apart,;,the gangway., tov.be '.protected, oy-. a; man-rope. In. the,- case of small vessels,': :where.'-.' such';: a. gangway i cannot" be .properly used; it"is provided that a-ladder may;. bo 'substituted': if-secured...:-to-: the .satisfaction,: .of , ,the ,:•.,/:' ■■ ''The.Kairaki'' 1b due here .-.on . jfonday. from Gisborne.-. -'She :icavos-.for, Grcy.mouth. on :Tuesday; -~ . ;'■. -.■,;..■•, ,'.-..•; ;..;, :;..:J:.i''' .'-Ahi-'esncoted arrival: nui.is the Kaitoa.:-- Oa,completion'of Her loading operations; .'Ehe' proceeds"to:.' Net-, son -and the Wc.st Coast. '■■;_ .;','.' ,v; •>, v : , -Du^-in'''port';'frb'in^ i -Nels6i'-:!.to ; diy/v'.'tlie''Anchor Line's Wavcrlejr-is ; to lcays 'for Greymbiith direct ,at : 5 p.m. -v. From: the West'Coaiit port'3he goes, to, Foxtoui-with coal. ■.•:.,;'-''■''■■; .'.~ : •-<■■■ .:-■ ■'.■:•-,■■,■ '.'''.-■. ■-:'%■'■■ .-.'.