RUAHINE DUE ON SATURDAY.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2268, 30 September 1914, Page 8

RUAHINE DUE ON SATURDAY.

On inquiry at the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company last evening, it was ascertained that uo word had been received from Hohart as to tho liner's departure; She had 700 tons to land at tho Tflsmanian port, and was to have sailed yesterday morning. Provided this happened, the .Kuahinc eliould make Wellington on Saturday next. Tho c;ri;o for New Zealand amounts to 6000 .tone.

GEIUIAN TRANSHIPMENTS. Cargo ex the German steamers Pfaly, Lothcriiigcu, Grcifswald, <md Tlmringer, which have been detained by the Commonwealth Government at Melbourne, will bo taken on to Sydney by those vessels in oharge ol prize crews. Tho freight will bo transhipped at Sydney to New Zcaland ports, provided consignees advlee tho local agents for rac vessels (the Union Company) that it is required. Shippers will have to pay aTI charges ol delivery. Unless , instructions aro received to forward all through cargo on to its destination, the same will be bonded at Sydney at consignees' risk and csyensc.

SCREENING OF HARBOUR LIGHTS. The low-level light at Pcncarrow at tho entrance to Wellington Harbour is to bo cxtinßuiehcd on and after to-night; and tho i'oncarrow high-level light will bo screened bo that it will not show out to sea. Tho fog signal at the heads will not operate until further notice.

THE OLD S.S. NAIRNSHIRE. After a long and chequered career of 25 years, a steamer which was at one timo well known in the Sow Zealand trade- recently came to her end in the Bay of Biscay. Built in 1839 by Hawthorn, Lcelie and Co., Ltd.,, at Ncweastle-on-Tyne, she was launched under tho name of Nairnshire. Sho was a Et«amer of 3281 tons gro;e register, and was specially built for , , tho frozen meat trade between Now. Zealand and London, and she worked regu-laa-ly in that trade for oome years. Then ITessrs. Turnbull, Martin and Co. sold her to the Ducal Line, and she was renamed the Duke of Norfolk. Sold out again, she was .renamed tho Marccllus, and then she wns sold to Swedish owners and called Johanna. A few months ago she was again Gold to Gtoo owners, and named tho Pericles. The Parkles was carrying a cargo' of coal from Swansea- to Alexandria when she met trouble and was abandoned in a sinking condition. The crew woe taken off by tho steamer Bintang, and landed α-t Havre. The Pericles -was uninsured at tho time of her loes. ■

.MESS-TABLE GOSSIP. Captain, Brown has relinquished, his .pest α-s master of tho schooner Morning Light, ■and hie placo has been flUed by Mr. H. Price, late second officer of tho Kairaki, which wa-3 wrecked at Grcymouth on Friday night. Captain G. W. Airey, lato of the wrecked bai'ouo Joeeph Craig, has been appointed chief officer of the Maoriland Company's 6teamer Enncrdale. .

Mr. W. Mftuatt hoe joined the Warrimoo as second engineer. ■ ' Mr. A. ft. Stewart, late of the Karamti, hne algncd on the Monowal as acting-chief officer. • . Mr. W. Looney, late of the Terawhiti, has been appointed fifth engineer of tho Hoirowai:.

(Xiptaln I. Barr, of the Kakiura,' has come ashore on account of ill-health. Captain B. Show, late mate of the vessel, has taken charge, and JTr. J. Scott, late of the Wootton, has joined the- lialriura a* mate

Mr. E. Kettle'.lva s signed .on the Warrimoo as fifth engineer. ■ .

Survey and overhaul not having been completed, tho IHchardson. eteanier Eipple will not. leave Wellington for Napier and Gisborno till 6 p.m. to-day. ; '

Messrs. Johnston and Co. adviso that tho steamer' Iluia will bo dlspatehed. from WoUington. for Havelook ' at 4 p.m. tomorrow.

For the purpose of completing loading operations, the New Zealand ShippingCompany's steamer Kaikoura- will arrive at Wellington from the Bluff to-morrow.. Slio ie running under tbe auspice? of tho P. and, S. Line, who expect to dispateh her for West of England porte on Saturday next. '■'■■■

According to advices received ' by the local agents for eteamora trading to heim, the 'Wairau Ear is expected te be workable either to-day or to-morrow. If this hoppene to be the case the Blenheim will leave Wellington for Blenheim to-day and the Wnir»u to-morrow.

The steamor TCikau will be withdrawn from tho Wellington-Nolson-Motueka servico on her arrival at Wellington t-o-mor-tow, mi taken up on the Patent Slip for cleaning, etc. Meantime the Alexander will mnintein the fcrvico.. and sho will leave licto for Nelson; an-d- Motueka at 5 p.m. to-morrow and again at 2 p.m. on Satirrde-y.

Continuing her journey from Liverpool, the P. and S. liner Surrey left Auckland for Wellington last evening. She ie flue in port to-morrow morning, and will get away for the aouth. on Tuosday or Wednesday of next .week.

With transhipments ox the P.«,ngatira, and other Home steamers at Sydney, the. Waitpmata aiTired at AuckJand yesterday. . On arrival here next ■ week she mil tend ifiOfl tons before proceeding south.

Tho TTnion' collier Karamu will undorso survey at Wellington, and , will be placed on the Patent Slip on Friday of this week. She will' eni! on Saturday. for West-port to : load for Onehußga. . ■ ■:■

Tho Arahura left Wcstport forNe.lßon, l'lcton, and Wellinston at 5. p.m. yosterday. •■ She should arrive- in port at the usual time thie ev*nins. .

• The Taviuni is to bo withdrawn at Dunedin this trip for overhaul and survey. For a- similar purpose the Wakatu will be docked at Lyttelton to-day, . ,

At noori yesterday the Union Company's steamer Mooraki arrived-in tho stream at Wellington from JMhourne and Sydney.' Fine weather generally was experienced all the way across. Tho vessel berthed at the Queen's Wharf, 'where , -a-'large ea.Tgo was . diwhareed. Includfd in the latter were trar.ehinm.onts ex the following vessels :-Bia, Mooltan.'Wrindclla, Aldenhnni, Ivo-r001n.,. Durnbea, Otway, Chaiigsha, Malojn, Wyandra, and Cooma,. ■•" ' /

Contrary to general expectations, the illfated Canadian Pacific liner Empres6 of Ireland h«s shifted, and shifted oj her own account, too, and, more strange still, tho movement is one that shows she is ric-hting herself.- Strong currents, eo mail advices state, arc responsible, but ■whatever the cause may bo the fact remains that the Canadian Government announces that the vessel's masts are now only 35 feet below the surfaco at high water. '