MOANA DUE THURSDAY.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 8

MOANA DUE THURSDAY.

k wireless messago has been recoived from Captain Stringer, of R.M.S. Moana, stating that ho expected liis vessel to a.rrlvo at Wellington from San Francisco, via Papeete and Karotonga, at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The vessel will proceed on to Sydney at 5 p.m. on Friday. HULK PURCHASED. It Is announced that the Blackball Coal Company lias purchased tho Tynesido Proprietary's wollrknown, hulk Princo of Wales. Ihiilt in 1850 for tho Hudson Bay Company, and ckri'stcned by tho late King Edward VII (then Prince of Wales), the vessel has liad an intensely interesting and romantic career. She was built for use as an "icebreaker" in tilie Arctic 6eas ,and was formerly' fitted with engines as an auxiliary to her sails. For many years kilo traded among tho outposts of tho Hudson' Bay Company until in tho early 'sixties she changed hands, and was then used for conveying emigrants from England to New Zealand. It was during one cf her trips to this country that she was a silent witness of tho famous sea fight between the KeaTsage and tho Alabama. She was well known in London, hor coat of gamboge.and her "kiltie" figurehead giving her « very distinctive appearance. In later years she was dismantled, and for some time lay at Picton, doing duty as a freezing hulk. She Was finally brought to Wellington, and will doubtless remain hero until she is scuttled in Cook Strait as being no longer seaworthy. MESS-TABLE GOSSIP., 'Mr. T. H. Murray has joined tho Whakatarn: as assistant engineer. Mr Ca-Trington, who has been tutor on the Union Company's training ship Aparima, has succeeded Mi'. Edwards as acting-chief officer of the Government steamer Tutanokal. . Mr. K. llobertson, of Wellington, has joined tho ICumara as fifth engineer. Mr. C. Dawe, purser of tho Ulimaroa, has rejoined that vessel after holiday leave. ■ Mr. 0. H. Neale, who lias been acting-purser,' has been instructed to. join tho Kivorina. Captain l'ait, harbourmaster at Timaru, was a passenger from the north by tho Paloona yesterday. 1 ■•. ■■ ■ • Mr.'R Kane, lato of tho Kini, has joined the I'aloona as second officer. 1 Captain Tucker,-of Auckland, has arrived in Wellington in order to join the Aparima. In order to load another load of coal for this port tho turret steamer Koromik left Wellington. for Newcastle early yesterday morning. Thi3 week , the Govennmnt training ship Amokura • will leavo Wellington on lier usual spring cruise. News lias been received, from Fiji that the auxiliary schooner Blfriede, which, was seized by a British cruiser in tho Tongan Uroup and. taken lo Fiji, whero sho was condemned by tho Prize Court, to offered at auction recently. Tho vessel was knocked down to the Lan traders (Morris, Hedetrom, agents,' at the reserve .figure, £1000. lip to recently 170 members of the shore and floating staff of. the Union Company have voluntoorod for service at tlic front Out of tho number five have been killed and 25 wounded.

lie Union collier Rakanoa has been fixed to load- at Newcastle for Tokomaru Bav and Kapler. -

The Government steamer Hinomoa will leavo port on Monday for northern lighthouses.

In order to fill up the DorEet will arrive here from Picton to-day. Departure will be taken for London, via Monte Video, on Friday, October 8. -• The Hurunui will arrive from Napier on Saturday, and will bo dispatched for London, via Sydney, the camo.day. The Mapourika, arrived at Westport from Greymouth at. 11 a.m. yesterday. She was to have continued her journey on to Nelson, Picton, and Wellington at'B p.m. Th l ) A. and A. Line's- chartered steamer Karema is expected to sail for Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Adelaide to-morrow.

The P. and S. 'chartered steamer Kailtoura left Auckland in continuation of ter journey from Liverpool to Wellington at 2.15 p.m. yesterday. She is due here either tomorrow afternoon or evening.

Australian exchanges state thai Messrs. 0. Lundin and Sons, who recently purchased the barque Activ, have also secured the famous old barque Shakespeare for the New Zealand-West Australian trade. The Shakespeare, which will be handed over at. Adelaide early next year,: was built by Messrs. R. awl J. Evans and 00., at Liverpool, in 1876, being an iron craft of ' 794 tons gross. Her principal dimensions a,ri>:—Length, 191.8 ft.; breadth, 31.8 ft.; depth, 19.2 ft. The Activ, at present at Auckland, will be regularly engaged , iu the Auckland-Sydney, Melbourne-Newcastle trade. Messrs. Lundin and Son's have several other vessels under offer, but negotiations are not yet sufficiently advanced to make any statement.

Latest advices received from Greymouth state that the Kamo was still bar-bound at that port yesterday. As, the Union Company's Patecna left Melbourne at midnight last Friday she'is due here to-day or to-morro.w The vessel will lay up here for overhaul. It is expected that the Oorinna -will leave for New Plymouth on Friday next.

Tlio Kumara' is due at Wanganui from Wellington to-day. Subsequently Waitara and Auckland will be visited, the vessel leaving the last-mentioned port for London, via Monte Video, on October 19. Flrom tirfs port the Hippie has ffono direct to Gisborne, instead of - Napier as usual. This alteration has been made in view, of the Hawke's Bay races on Friday, and Saturday next.