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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1592, 8 November 1912, Page 7

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~''"V'" OVERSEA. . •'': ' • ' SYDNEY, November 7. ■ Sailed—Wimmera (5 p.m.), for Auckland; ilarere,- for New Zealand ports. ■'-.'." NEWCASTLE, November 7, Bailed.—Rakanoa, for New .Zealand. Sailed.-Laudcrdale, tot. Napier. . HOBAHT, November 7. Sailed.—Rotorua, for.Wellington ditectLONDON. November 7. Sailed—HuruniM, for Lyttelton, COASTAL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7'.'. ONEHUSGA. Sailed.-Korawa. (4.45 p.m.},-for New Ply.nouth. ■■•.•••-'.' . ./ -,-. ."'. ■ .'NAPIER, . ~. Arrived—Ripnle : (o.3o a.m.), from Welli'pg- ' To sail.—Nerehana.i? p.m.), for Welling- ' SaiW.-Tarawera (2.30 • i>.ih,>, fat Welington.;..' •"."''■' BLENHEIM. . Arrived.—Blenheim (5 a.m.), from Wei, ihgton. ■, ■ ■,',-.' .. WAITAEA. . ■ Arrived-Taimii:-(6.30 p.m.), from Welington. , . • ' ..!.-■■ ■ WESTPORT, . - Sailed.-Hauroto (8 a.m.), for Suva.' • LYTTELTO.X. Arrived.-j\l'aorL:(7.s a.m.), from. Wellingon\ Bafcaia'(7.ls a.m.), from. Wellington,-Sailed.-Arapawa (lft;4s a.m.), for Wcllingion; Surrey (5. .p.m.), for Port Chalmers; Uoernki (6 p.m.).'for Wellington; Pukaki inidniirht), for Wcmneton:..Breeze (7.40 s.m.);'for Wellington; Maori (8.25 p.m.), for CirAKIBES. '■"■'■ . Arrived.—Monowai . (6.5' a.m.), f.rom\ .Wel"slited—Taviun'i, for ''Grcymouth; Flora, tor We.jtport, *ia v Oainaru. - -TAHITI FOB'SAWiFRANOISCQ. ■'Early yesterday morning the Union Coinpariy's R.M.S. Tahiti ■■ arrived at Wellington from • Sydney direct, after a. parage which was' characterised by variable winds and seas.- 'The vessel berthed, at th« Kings Wharf; and commenced' loading fejieral : Departure: will be .taken for San Fran;isco, via Earotongd- and-Papeete, at 5 p.m. to-day, the Tahiti '• being due. it the Callfornian 'port, on. November 28. . ';.'■■.'' ROTORUA DUE MONDAY. . '', . office of the New Zealand Shipping Company were '.advised that R.M.S. Rotorua was to,have-left Hobart, jft continuation of. her. journey froin Lpndon: to Wellington, at noon . yesterday. The liner is expected to " arrive., at - : Wellington -on Monday afternoon... ~ : . ..ARAWA'S pTJTWABP CA3LUJO. Leaving Wellington for- London,- via way ports/ last. Friday this■ Shaw-Savlll .R.M.S, Araiva took the following.cargo from' tho undermantione'd -.: ports:-Froitt. Wtiliugton: 14E6' bales wool, 225 bales sheopSfcr-nH, 17 bales Tabbitokins, 2056 'bales hemp, 502 bales tow, 90 sacks hide*, 145 casks- tallotv, 13 casks, pelts, 19,750 boxes, butter, 12,961 eases cheese. 300 sacks copra, IC9' .isacM gross seed, 30 carcasses mutton, 77/. carcasses lamb, 66, packages ' sundries, For. Manto Video: 3 packages sundries. Frdiri byaneyFor Monte Video: 13. .packages- sundries, From Melbourne-For-Monte Video: 10 packages 'sundries. London; 4- bales rabbitskins,:!' package sundries. From Invercargill: 824', casts -cheese, I. Rom Auckland-153 bales wool-,. .416 bales (leap, 112 sacks hides, 136 casks tallow,' 15 casks pelts, 15,069 boxes butter, 101 .cases cheese. 7658 sacks copra, 1736 eases taiim-.pum, 506 sacks kauri gum,- 281 cases Shells, 2.1 cases bullion, 75 packages sundries. , Front Lyt-telto'u-2321 -bales wool,: 83- caste tallow, 4 casks pelts. 1713 boxes butter; 303 cases cheese, 1000 cases runners', 34 casks, casings, 4928 saoks.peas and'beans, 267? cocks'oats. 420 sacks' wheat, 11 packages: sundries. From Dunedin-23 bales woolj. 56-bales sheepskins, 395 bales rabbitskins, .31 sacks hides, 2501 boxes, butter, '414 cases cheese, .4878 crates rabbits, 189 sacks peas, .a'hd , beaiis, 6662 sacks oat?,. 13 package? sundries. *~_ "SAFEST" SHIP AFLOAT.' What is claimed'to J)6. thV"satest" ship afloat was launched irqln the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Enslnedring Company s yards on tho Clyde a few-weeks ago. The vessel has been named Empress.of Russia, and was built for the Canadian Pacific Railway's service between Vancouver and Japan and China. She will'..bo- the largest ship in' the Pacific, B»« is 590 ft. long, 68It. broad, and 46ft. deep, and -her gross ton-na"-e wlltbe 15,000. She will be fittefl with four Parsons turbines, and will have a speed of about 20 knots, There will be accommodation for 200 fi.rjit-e.lass, 1011 secondclass, and 800 third-class Asiatic passengers. The vessel is so .constructed that-she can 'be transformed at short . notice into a cruiser. ,- It was at the luncheon subsequent to the launch that the claim for "safety was made, It was pointed out by Mr. (Jracie, chapman of tho. Fairfield Oompftny,.-who .declared she would float with four.of hex compartments full of water, which .Was practically double what the Board of Trade required of-any vessel, that body s mandate in this respect laying down that only sufficient buoyancy was' necessary to overcome the flooding of two compartments, PORT OF WESTPORIV RETURNS. Returns for tho month .of October, in oonnection with the port of Westport, show that,-tho output and export of aoal was a: follows:— i ,- „■'.'' i ■■„ ' -i x ' Output, Export. - tons, ctttf. tons, ewt Westport Goal Co.', Ltd., „ ',' ~...,', coal ~55,684 3 '55,55813. Westport Coal Co., Ltd., '■' ' „ . 'coke •--: W0 *• 16516 Westport-Stoclrton Goal . ■. Co., Ltd., coal >....... 10,333 4 -10,223.1(i State Coal-mines' -. 5,17710 -. ' 4,935 5 71,365-3 70,943 10 Ot this amoumt. 3934 tons were .shipped.-tc foreign ports, viz., to Sydney, per . s,s Kurdw, 3424 tons; to Fiji, per s.s. Naviia The export of timber amounted to 150,011 oup. feet. ■■ .. • ■• ■ . During the month 97* steamcTS, reprseentiug 56,304 tons, entered the port, and 9! steamers, representing 53,223 toils, left th< The total tonnage for the month was 109.527. . ' . A , The mean high water irt the river was 25ft. Bin., and on the bar Mft. 2m.

Owing to the revival of the Islands fruil trade, the Union Company has; rifepatchec the Manapouri rrom Sydney for Suva. TSm service will'he maintained by restiUv sail ing6'overy;Zß'days. ■ ■ Ur. Grant has Kjolned t&e WtLltsmaW a'g obief eoslmieii.

The turret Btuilwcr Hlleil-a, once Well known in Australia, and which wan recently Mold In English buyers, ha* been renamed I'io Colatadu. The four-maeled sohoowr H. 11. Bewlixen, 570 torn?, has been fixed i:o load lumber on the Pacific Coast for art Australian or New Xsa.lu.nd port. Mr. 11. JTrttlici-on, fonl'th engineer of the Manuka, left, the vessel at V'jlHngloil yesterday, Ira plare having been t-iken by Mr. 1). IfAlpins. Mr. R. K. Smith has joined .the veftsel as sixth eugnicer. The T«?r liner Whakarutt is now loadin.; at Nap>er. Slie proceeds thence to (lie-borne, and back to Napier before coming to Vallingtoti. It is ejected that tnii Wlvakartia, will leave here- for London, about November 22. The Norehana is due here from Napier to-day to tsmuplute Ulschurg« of London cargo. She is cspsctcd to sail for Brisbane to-morrow afternoon. The Hansa. liner Bifkcnfels leaves Welilington for Ncfeon and southern, ports today " The Mapourika. arrived at Urcymoutn from Wellington, via way ports, at 5.3U a.m. .yostswfay. t>bu left en the return trip ut B'p.m. Tho departttre of the A. and A. Line's steamer Buteshire . from Now York for Australian and New Zealand ports has been ■ cost.poned from November 5 to November 15. _ i _ ia