SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2112, 21 June 1907, Page 2

SHIPPING.

tin r: aQn 0 ’s Miowera arrives 0 nTi C! ; i? s S Co.’s Talune returns expected to leave for Auckland tomThe'u.S.S. Co.’s JLaupiri will probably proceed to Auckland, without working the Coast ports owing to the lieavv easterly weather. The s.s. Kuril arrives from Napier this morning. . ... , The new steamer being built at Dumbarton for the Union Company s South Sea Island service will be completed about the end of the year. She will be in many respects an improvement on the Atua and Navua, and will bo 4200 tons gross, or (00 tons more than the Atua. .. AVord has been received in Dunedin of tlie death of Captain John Collingwood, a well-knowh master i n oliaw, Savill, and Albion Company s sailing fleet. Deceased was in command or the little barquo Aster ion "'hen she was purchased by the Shan, Savill Company, and lie entered the service of that company with her in tin eighties. Since then he has had chargo of a number of "' cll^ l T u sailing ships, including i the Forfarshire, Margaret Galbraith and the Canterbury, the last-named being lus final command. , Captain E. Phillips, late of tlie Miowera, left AVellington tor Sydney on June 14th, to take command ot tlie Manuka. ‘ .. . <• The question of establishing a # iOo station on one of 1 the Three Kings, North Auckland, is engaging the. attention of the Minister of Marino. Many shipmasters have been ui D ni o for some tiine that a hghtliouse should he erected there, but the Minister thinks that a fog station would bo preferable. The Hon. Mr. Millai hopes lint circumstances will permit of the erection of a lighthouse .>n some part of tlie Now Zealand coast every two years. The cost of a firstclass lighthouse ranges from £BOOO to £IO,OOO. . _ The departure is announced ot Messrs Hiuldart, Parker and Co.’s now steamer Yarra from Hartlepool for Melbourne. The vessel is over 300 feet in length and takes Lloyd’s highest class. She is fitted out as a first-class cargo-carrying vessel, having large hatchways and clear holds, which, together with a special arrangement of gall's and steam friction winches, will facilitate quick .loading and discharging necessary for the Australian coasting trade. The engines and boilers were supplied and fitted at Hartlepool, the,sizes of the cylinders being 22}m, 37in, and Min in diameter and 39in stroke, taking steam from two single-ended boilers loft 3in in diameter by 10ft 6in long, with 1801 b working pressure. The vessel was constructed under the personal supervision ot Mr. AV. Cumming, Dundee.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. YESTERDAY. Auckland.: —Arrived: 9.30, Talune, from Gisborne; Navua, from Sydney and tho Islands. Arrival: Haupiri, 8 p.m., from Gisborne, via East Coast bays. ,' Napier.—Arrived: G. 30 a.m.. Zcalandia. from Gisborne. To sail: 10 p.m., lturu, for Gisborne.