THE AMOKURA

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 7

THE AMOKURA

It is probable -that the Government training ship Amokura, 1 which came off. the Slip yesterday, will put to sea on Tuesday, September 27. , . •' . ■■ : •••: ■ ■ THE lIIXEIIOA. yesterday the Hinemoa. landed stores at East Cape Lighthouse. The .vessel. will overhaul the buoys at - Taurauga before proceeding on her northern -round. ' GREi'MOUTH WORKABLE. ' Wordwas received at Wellington yester- : day that the Gtey bar was workable-The Waimea, ; which, has been outside since Monday, was'enabled to enter, and it was expected that the Alexander, Pukaki, and Poherua would cross outwardi last night for Wellington. ' ' . ... ...... ■ i .; y' ;;.ji - UNION OOHPANY'S MOVEMENTS. ■ It was expected to dispatch th<i' Arahura from Nelson for Wellington dil'oct at- 9 p.m. yesterday. She should arrive in- port, at an early hour this morning, c. ■ . The Hapourika arrived at W-sstporii at 4 -a.ni..yesterday,'leaving , again ::at- B ; a.m.. < for Greymouth. The vessel is duo back at Wel'.ingtou some time on Saturday evening. An expeoted,,arrival from Westport. with ' coal to-day is the Kurow. -On olt'ectinß a partial discharge she proceeds to: Lyttclton. ... The RosainoncT left" New'' Plymouth for Onehuuga at 3 p.m. yesterday. :

THE" FEEET SIIRV3OE. Having,-jr. : completed .her- overhaul. tho '-" - , - Mararoa.,. sailedfrom 'Port Chalmers for' Lyttelton yestorday : afternon: :Tho vessel' . : p' , .arrives :here' i»-morrow..-morning' to'..taka* ,'-V '. . up ■ her,,-'' lisuii-l run in tho \rcllineton.-::- ■ • Lytteltou ferry: service,"'-' The-Mararoa'is - advertised :to ; sail for, the' latter port at U p m. to-morrow. : / THE HIGHLAND MONAECH An arrival at':AacMMd.-iate:on-%e&e*" I 'ifv : ''^ : day niijht was tho Vacuum Oil Company's-" , .chartered steamer HigMand .Monarch with; : '--.' 1 ' . .caao oil from NeW York.. Tho vessel occu-" , pied -SO days 'on the voyage, a stoppage at Newcastle for- bunkering. This - call.was made on' September i9.yOn; com- : pletion. .of dlsohai'sn of the Auckland-' por4 ■ - . Hon of her cargo, the Highlaud-Monarch. : comes, on. to-,Wellington.-The vessel lands ■ 50,000 cases of oil here.-.'-,:' ■ - _..,,, - -;':, r - A _ GIANT WAESHIP. , , . . ..Particulars-of a giant Warship aro given - in tho. "Enginar." The name is Kio. do • .- Janeiro,. the., builders are -'tlio Armstrong-; : " Company, the order came' from'- Bra2il. 'A; ' r . notion,-of the size: of the Ilio ''de, Janeir6- A-'- :;; is'conveyed by the statement that'-'Ehe wiU-'.' . bo almost,-twice as large as our origmai: - -Dreadnought,.i.,aisplacing 32,c00p/'tons,'-/-r-l-yi; mounting,; twelve ' l3in'.>"guns,' ahd.-i costing approximately; £2.900,000:-/, The -'largest-Bri* ■ tish ship is .the'.OrionV to -be 'iaMaea?at-?-'-.4:»v-'.' next :'month.;-iSh'(>.;wili: displaces:'A only 22,510 tons, and unless America' carries .''■/• ; out. her/,. plans.,' for.' four. 32,000-fori i 'A Ships; Brazil-will-'have fop some' time tile'' '. hOßour-.of'-'haVJng'- , g£ve^-tlieV'6rdOT , t fdr; : thes-"^:"i ,: .' freatest.r!monster., afloat;<;i;;The'greatest 1 ;. v-"/'- 1 ' ghting ; machine'-ever, devised by-, tho' ,■;: gemiity of. man" is the description. . . ;• ; '\:-~.krrr 'It: i 3 - Etatc : d' that 1 the -.Te' Anau, on 'hep ' : ' . return,: to Dunedin-. from-,the: Wejt Coast,' i -i- - will withdraw, and be laid up at Port 0 ; Chalmerj. N'-Atf ,-/ Captain : W|. P. -Evans,.' who "was "in 1 charge'' /' ' i?- 1 , , of the Nimrod ou her Mcond vovage to tho , Antarctic', ./is- now in- command of ithe'-.' Union Company's Eastern, trader iAparima; '/ ;/-v : >', It is understoodthat Mr;.-M. ; P? CaSh, . : . of the Maori, has been appointed to the , Mokoia; which leaves,- for the today at noon. i :/;:Haying;:.cdmplet«d"; a the..' Union 1 Company's ,'Haupiri, l after.:haying- been laid up: in 'the'stream:, ''ii-,/. "for .-someconsiderable'/time, ; :left :port ; -to! >/':; I :,if /take: up ;the:.,East. Coast; bays running last' ; - if , Mr. A. A; Granti chieflengineer. of the? lloana,.••nas , come!'ash'ore^ : for- brderßr hiff ' rpjac^ : being:taken;by ; :• purscr.andAassi^antßurc^r v resp6ctiYely, :^.: ,^ : :;'.' iiavc ;been-transf€rr€d r Jron-the Mokoia s to . ;the''-Mararoa> ; - ; 0. Pascoo, late purser of iiina, has-. transferred - ' P. J»; Collins, late of tho Kurow, has joined* • : the:_&ame.' vessel"• as.Eecond*' engineer. V Mesars.--Dalgetyand• tho .WTairau. is expected;to '.arrivo froin • • ponga' to-day.- She- leave's vagain for Picton and Karamca - ' ,;; I ;■■■■■ v::