POSITION IN THE PORTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1900, 7 November 1913, Page 8

POSITION IN THE PORTS.

WELLINGTON SAILINGS,

SOUTHERN MAILS GET AWAY.

Only three arrivals and one doparttWl were recorded at Wellington yesterday. Tlio Witloclira from San Fraljcisco, Moana from Sydney, and Pufcik'i from' Crreynionth, came sft .early, and tlio. coastal steamer Qwon of the South left for Lvttelton with the Southern mails last evening. Tim I'iitiki took up an ftneharirgo with the idle fleet in the stream, and after having landed passengers and mails the Jlonna and Wil■lochra .went out for the night, _ Inquiries made yesterday elicited tSia information tliat the Moana would get away from Wellington for San Francisco via way ports at 5 p.tii. to-day. The Willoclira's movements are indefinite. She has close on 1900. tons, of iiargo t<i put out Jierfij. and it) has not been docided Whether she will go oil. to Sydney to-day of remain jn. port and discharge her cargo. ' . As the Maori's firemen have refused to bring tlio vessel to Wellington steaincv had to bo found to take mails South last evening, The. Government steamer Hinemoa is out ,of commission., as her crew have given notice to ieavo, but tlio coastal steamer Queen of South has bcea requisitioned. crew had not. been .paid off, "and 1 she let! tlio stream lor Ly it el ton at 8.40 p.m.. The mails wore taken out to lier by tlw Defence steamer Janio Seddon-. _ It has been decided to keep vie Unioji OoTli'panv'fl steamer Maunganui Hi tho. ferry son-ice for another night (it least./ . She cleared Lyttelton last evening and: 'is due in port early tills morning. B<y parture will bo *taken for Lyttelton at 1 6 p.m. Tiro Maunganui will leave tho Southern port oil tlio return trip afc 9 a.m. to-morrow, and sho is to leav« Wellington for Sydney direct at § p.m. the same diiy. Tlie Anclmr Line a Steamer Nikau left Nelson -for Pietoni and Wellington at 1 p.m. yesterday,i Sho was expected to leave L'icton at \1 a.m. to-day for Wellington TheNikau sails for Picton and Kelson at noon.