ARRIVAL OF THE KOKO HEAD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1646, 13 January 1913, Page 7

ARRIVAL OF THE KOKO HEAD.

MAN LOST OVERBOARD. • The American barquentine Koko Head, whioh arrived in the stream at Wellington on Friday at 10.30 p.m., was granted pro- , tique on Saturday morning, and.borthed ait tho Clyde Quay Wharf. - Captain 0.. T. Larsen. her master, roport--1 ed tnaf the Koko Head left Portland, Oregon, oh November 25, with 1,445,000 feet of timber on board, consigned \to the Stewart Timber Company, Wbllihgton. Good winds were.encountered throughout,tho rundown , from the Paclllc Slope. to the New; Zealand const.' The sailer. vWs" off Cape Palliser last Thursday, but met with' head : nartli-vv'e«tWlyi'>'wiDda;4ind hod. to beat up to the -Heads.-'/ThroußhOutr,|t]ip ivoyoge the seaß wero never, more than\ moderate. When in Jat. 28dog. north, and long. . i32dog. west, an ablo eoaman, nalnea J. Walker/ was ■ lost 'overboard.' to Oaptaih Larsen, Walker was working On deck at tho time, when Somehow or other he slipped- off- tho rail. The Koko Head was hove.to. for four And a half hours, and a'search was made for the unfortunate man, who,- it is stated, disappeared immediately. The search proving frultlcES, tho vcfsel was put on her courEe again-for Wellington. ■ , .- HOTENFELS,, FROM-NEW YORK: Rotenfels, 6.6., 6589 tons, Captain Muller, arrivod at AVellington from Mew York, via way portß, at 11.45 a.m. yesterday, and. berthed at the' Taranakl Street Wharf to land cargo. , The vesEol, whioh, is under charter to the U.S. and A. lane, is ex,pected to dear .'for tho south to-morrow. ' , zeAlandio sails for home: ' Zealandio, s.s., - of. the Shaw, Bavill. and Albion fleet, one of the largest cargo carriers trading between London and . Now Zealand, cleared Wellington at 12.15 p.m. on Saturday for .the Home port. The big liner' has been loading wpol; and other oargo at various ports round tho coast, and when alio steamed out of the . harbour eho was a full ship.'. The, toiland o bun taken' considerably over , 30,000 bales _ot w&ol, her shipment .constituting .a .record. : EEMUERA LEAVES CAPE TOWN. , Cable advice' has been received by the New' Zealand Shipping Company Intimating that, R.M.S.' Remuera, which is en route from London to Wellington, left Cape Town for Hobart on January 10. She is. due at this/port on February 3. RIMUTAKA AT MONTE VIDEO, -, Advices to hand Intlmated'that the, New Zealand Shipping Company's 'RimutaKa, whioh -left Wellington - for London on December 21, arrived at Monte Video on January: 10. ' : ' j ; . " , MOANA. LEAVES SAN FRANOISOO. - Moana, R.M.S., left San Francifico, for Wellington, via, Papceto and Baxotonga,, on January B—her due ..date. The vessel is duo hero on January 30, and will continuo her Journey to Sydney the following day. / . ; PAPAROA'3 MOVEMENTS. The Now Zealand Shipping Company"i 3 cargo carrier Paparoo: is duo in port from Napier on January 15 to complete Homeward loading. She will bo dispa,tched for. London on January 17 or 18. ■ WAKANUI FOR. LONDON. The New ; Zealand Shipping Company's Bteamor Wakanul is due at Wellington from Waitara on January 16. Departure will be taken from this port for London on January 18. i : WAIHORA SIGHTED. ' The Union Oompany"s cargo carrier Waihora, en route from Calcutta, to Auckland'and Wellington, passed Goodo Island at 3 p.m. on January 7. She ia due at Auckland about next Wednesday, . and at tills' port about January 22. Subsequently thq Waihora -visits. Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge. 1 MESS-TABLE GOSSIP. Captain W. J. Wyllie, having Tesnmed command'of the Ulimaroa,, Captain. Q. F. Entwislo has tra.nsferred to the Victoria. Captain Kell is to oommand the Westralia. Captain Bold, late of . the Koinata,. has taken charge of tho Kowhai. Captain A. Carson and his officers have transferred from , tho Tarawero, to the Moura.- . . Mr.' W. Cossentlne has returnod from holiday leave, and has joined the Pukakt as chief officer. Mr. J. Plowman, late chief officer of the Wanaka, transfers to the Tolune and' Mr. J. Peterson, who has held a similar position on the Pukaki; transfers to the Wanaka, ■ ' Captain J. Frew, late of the Te Anau, has . takes command of the j Pukakl, whilo Captain W. J. Tate is on holiday leave. jfr. J, Bold has. signed, on the Ngatoro as chief officer. " . Mr. Faircy, late of tho Westport Coal Company's Regulus. ioins tho Waverley at Wellington to-day as chief officer, vice Mr. D. Bonner, who is to be givon command of t.ho. Awaroa in the Wellington-Nolson-Motueka trade. Captain Christian, of the Ngatoro, has been granted holiday leave, and is being relieved by Captain Muir, late chief officer of tho vessel.. Mr. Olsen, lato second officer, is acting-chief.

; Tho Tyser liner Star ot India, en route . from London to Wellington, left Auckland at 6.5 a.m. on Saturday for Napier. She 1 is. duo here about January 15. , • Tho Union Company's steamer Taviun l | left Port Chalmers cit 9 p.m. oil Saturday ] for the Chatham Islands, whore sheep will . bo loaded for Lyttelton. . .Th'oicolUcr Katiri, having completed over- < haul at Port Chalmers, left there for Newcastle on Saturday ovening. She loads at | tho Now South Wales ■ port for New Zeo- , laud. ■■ | Tho Canadian-Australian mail 3tcamcr Zeaiandia is duo at Auckland from Van- , couv«r to-morrow, Sho It cohed'ilod to 1 continuo her Journey to Sydney the eamo 1 daj- U

i , Makura leaves Sydney for Auckland to-day. She is duo at the northern port on Friday, January 17, and continues her journey to Suva, Honolulu, and Vancouver tho same day. Tho Makura is duo ?,. .. last-mentioned port on Fobruary 4. Add MESq TABLE GOSIP. -? tto,r3Df ua m , Captain Harris, late of the Mokoia, who is on holiday loave, is a through pasßenger to Auckland by tho Mokoia. Z , T. he , T ? rar . llncr Muritai left Wellington fuJly laden for London at 5.20 a.m. yester- . day. Imports received from KaTamea etat© tnat the coastal steamer Defender ia still stranded on • the North Spit. The vessel has -suffered damage in consequence. En route from Liverpool to Wellington, 7 I ST ay - tho F. -and 8. liner Tyrono . left Oapo Town on January 9. She Is due » here about Fobruary ,17. .The coa&tal steamer Stormbird will prov- P a Dy bo taken up on the Wellington Pa- ), tent. Slip for overhaul in the course of a day or 60. . _ - . (P^ 071 c6llier Eeltanoa will proceed "* from Sydney to Newcastlo this week to z' J a cargo ;of coal for (New ti tain). <On completion of discharge of her cargo of island-fruit at Wellington on Tliurs- > day, the Union Oompany's Wavua will proa ceed to Westport. c. . The A. and A. LineV> eteamcr ButeeUiro [t y uo Wellington from Now York about j. February 17,• Tho coastal steamer Mangapapa Arrived at Wellington from Weetport on Saturday [5 to undergo, repairs and alterations in her 1* room., It is expected that tho worK will occupy a or ten days. Calliope Do'ok, Auckland, has been cloged i* flown owing to work or repairs. J?wo compound centrifugal engines for. pumping purposes are being in-stalled, while the U caisson is to be thoroughly examined and . new plates put in where necessary. Al» r fady. a considerable part, of tho, 500 tons 1. ?[ shingle ballast has been removed from th© caisson, which will eventually bo tow--ed out into tho harbour and overturned go ;• that ite bottom may be attended to. Following on the sale of three recently- ; acquired "Grange" steamers to the New » Zealand Shipping Company comes an announcement to the cffect that a contract ha 9 been arranged by the former- firm with' [. .fjossrs. Denny Bros., of Dumbarton, for a the construction of a, larjrc vessel for tho London-New Zealand trade. The new ; steamer Je to be of tlie twin-eorow typo, v and a combined passenger, and cargo-car-rier. -It is stated that sho will be larger than any of the vessels now in th-a running. ( . Tho Union Company's eteanler Haupirl i- will bo dispatched from Wellington ; for Picton and. Onehunga this afternoon. Tho Union Steam Ship Company an- i t. nouncee that if sufficient inducement offers the Tofaa, now en route from Sydney to 1 Aucldand, via the South Sea Islands, and the Atua, duo to leave Sydney on January 1 28, will call at Suva en rout© from Tonga 1 " to Auckland. ; This would provide a fort-1 • nightly service from Fiji to Auckland, -in I addition •to the' O-A • steamers, and - tho I » extra arrival would be quite clear of the r Talune, from the Eastern Pacific. 1