SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 11 August 1909, Page 66

SHIPPING NEWS.

MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN-GOING j STEAMERS. The Devon, from Liverpool, via Sydney, arrived at Auckland en the 4th inst. , The Bantu, from New York via Aus- ] tralian ports, arrived at Auckland on the | 4th inst. ' ! The Corinthic, from London, reached j Hobart on the 6th inst., and after landing | 11 passengers and some cargo, left for , Wellington on the 7th. She has 404 pas- \ sengers for New Zealand. The lonic, from Wellington (July 15), called at Monte Video, and resumed her '■ voyage to London on the sth inst. ] the Dalhanna left the BliiiF on the 10th , inst. for Avonmouth, West of England. j The FederaJ-Holder-Shire steamer Lang- i ton Grange, "in ballast, was stranded on j the Pembrokeshire coast- She is begin- i ning to break up amidships, and will be- i come a total loss. " | The steamer sent out from Brisbane to j look for the missing German Government . yacht Seestern has returned after an unavailing search. For 18 days the barque Selwyn Craig, : from Auckland to Melbourne, was battling j off Cape Howe with bad weather. She was driven eastward, and the captain put into Sydney on the Bth inst. The vessel ; was not damaged. TO ARRIVE. AT MJCKIAND. Glendevon left New York June 6. Tomoana, left New York June 15. Cornwall left Liverpool June 26. Marere, left London July 2. Bannockburn, left Xew York June 21. Delphic, left London July 10. Kabins>a, left New York July 15. Waimate, lefr. London July 23. Fifcshire, left Lherpool July 24. >T WnT.MXfiTOSCorinthic, left London Juno 27, and Capetown July 18. Arawa, left Lot. don, July I. AT LYTTF.LTOX. Drayton Grange, left London July 9. Paparoa, loft Plymouth July 10. HOMEWARD BOUND. Agapanthus, left LyttoHon, June 9 Mimiro, left Bluff June 14. Clan M'lntyre, left Bluff June 21. Nair.ishire, left Lytt«lton June 26. Arrino. left Bluff June 30. "Aotea, left Lyttelton July 1 and Monte Video July 26. Matatua, left Auckland July 1, and Monte Video July 22. Clan Leslie, left Lytt:hor. July 5. Orari. left Wellington July 10; Star of Scotland, leffc Wellington July 11. Wakanui, left Wellington July 13. lonic, left Wellington July 15, and Monte Video Augu-fc 5. . Manaari, left Auckland July 29. Turakiua, leff Wellington July 29" Kaikoura, left Auckland August 1. Morayshirc, left Wellington August 8. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. FROM WELLINGTON. Athenic, August 12. Tongariio, Augu.-t 25 Fi'.OM BLUri* Kuiuaia, about end of August,

f AN OVERDUE STEAMER, ' Considerable anxiety is felt about the steamer Waratah, bound from Durban for Capetown. The owners cling to the idea that something went wrong with the 1 machinery and that the vessel is adrift. I A tug, sent out to search, returned to Natal Bay without having discovered any trace of her. The absence of any wreckage on the -South African coast is regarded i by some as a reassuring sign, while the i wreck of the Maori has deepened the apprehensions of some, and re-insurances in London have risen to 76 guineas. TheWaratah is insured at Lloyd's for about £300,000. After discharging her cargo from Australia to Durban, the steamer took 300 tons of coal on the bridge deck. Cruisers were sent out to look for the steamer, but were unsuccessful. The Runic, while proceeding from Durban to Capetown, took an outside course, bufc saw nothing of the missing steamer. The Waratah was sighted by the liner Guelph on the night of July 27, eastward of East London. The steamer was then eight hours late. Communication was attempted, but the signals were indistinct. There were no signals of distress flying. The wife and sister-in-law of Mr Harvey, a resident of Gisborne, were passengers on the Waratah, returning to New Zealand on a health visit. THE VANCOUVER SERVICE. . m BRISBANE, August 9. I Arrived : Aorangi, from Vancouver. Cargo for Dunedin : Four cases corsets, 15 do desiccated eggs, 57 packages drugs, 25 cases sewing machines. It is announced that the New Zealand and African Steamship Company (Ltd.), Wellington, have been appointed agents in New Zealand for the Swedish-South African Line. . of steamers trading from Swedish ports to Australia, via South Africa. The steamers to be employed in this trade are up to date, and included in the fleet will be the Tasmanic, Australic, Indianic, and Hellenic, all of which have been Tecently launched. , The first sailing will bo the Tasmanic, dv« i in Australia at the beginning of September, to be followed by the Australic, Indianic, and Hellenic, due_ in Australia at the beginning or October, November, and January respectively. Cargo will be transhipped from these vessels at Sydney and forwarded by first steamers to New Zealand. I —