IN PORT.

Grey River Argus, 20 April 1911, Page 3

IN PORT.

Kowhai. The Mapourika will arrive from north this morning and is timed to sail on return at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Kowhai will sail to-day timber laden for southern ports, Gisborno and Napier. The Alexander leaves Wellington to-day for Greymouth via way ports and is due on Saturday. Captain Jordan has resigned from the Union Company's service. He has been for -many years employed in the island trade of the company, and until recently was master of the Atua. Captain J. F. Browne has been ap pointed to the Whangape in succession to Captain Edwin, now on the Waihora. Mr A. H. McDonald, late chief officer of the Pukaki, has joined the Koonya in the same capacity, und Mr E. D. lies, of the -Koonya, will transfer to the Flora. Lying embedded, in the mud and silt at the mouth of a creek, about seventeen miles up the Mokau, is [ what is left of the Mohaka, a little steamer which at one time traded across Cook Strait between Nelson and Wellington and other ports. The Flora, which came out of the small dock at Port Chalmers last Thursday, has her hull painted black and has now every appearance of a collier. Captain A. T. Norton, late of the Koonya, will take .ommand when she takes over the lukaki's run to the West Coast this week; About 12,000 cases of apples aie oeing brought trom Hobart b> the Xainui for transhipment to the Arawa for London.. During her recent trip from Bluff to Hobart the Ulimaroa racount-ored a severe thunderstorm with much lightning and rain which la.-ted for several hours. The "wireless 1 ' on the Ulimaroa kept in with vessels at Sydney, the greatest distance spanned being; 1100 miles.