SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 246, 25 October 1901, Page 1

SHIPPING.

Tht Wt .-stralia, which loft Melbourne on Wednesday in.it lor Now Zealand via jlobart, '.Viti laid up at the fonuer port tm tin loth .September to undergo her No. I ipeeial survey for Lloyd's. To carry tin- out, the ceiling was lifted throughout ail holds, cargo hattens all removed, the ship’s sides and tank-tops thoroughly cleaned off, the hunkers cleared out, the ceiling removed there, and the whole vessel’s inside, after being well chipped and cleaned down, received two coats of white lead, the tank-tops being coated with the firm's own mixture of Trinidad bitumen. All the old paint on the hull outside was sliced oil to tiie light iwadime, and two coats of red i '.id, and black paint applied. Advantage was tain n ol the tune utilised in putting tiie icv-.cl through the survey to thoroughly cii'.ui, polish, ami redecorate the pa iienger aecooniiodalion throughout. Tins was carried out in a thorough manner by 11 uddart-l'arkei's .shore stall'. Ah tne elaborate and artistic panellings and carvings in the saloons were cleaned ■ 'll and rcpulishcd. new carpets were laid, j tiie entire firot and second-class accommodation was reoruauieiited. The ship was docked, and her bottom rerouted with anti-fouling composition, and the machinery uas taken to pieces, and carefully .-ary : u that the W cstialia returns to iier trade m as good condition as she was in when lie leiL tiie builders' hands. The s.s. Wiulti (Captain Neal) left for Last Coast bays at It) a.in. yesterday. She is expected to return on Tuesday next^ .Messrs Kieliardson and Co.'s lighter i< apt an i I'euuyi armed from U hangaru ! North on Wednesday afternoon, with a j nt of ;IS,lit) I feet riuiu timber S for .Me.-sis Kennedy and Leans, the j : algo, consisting of lO.oUlf feet ! >,f kauri, le-nig tor Napier. The idea pro- | reeds i , Napier this evening. Tie il i.iilint barker Co.'s steamer Liuigainite arrives from the South to- j morrow morning, and leaves for Auckland and Sydney al i l.:it) p.m. The /.ealamlia is due from Svtiney on Wednesday. ' , \ Tin' Tu Aimu leaves tor the South on buuflav afternoon at live o’clock. UNION STL A.M SI Ill’ COM I’ANY’S 1 MOVEMENTS. ! Sunday , liTth October. TV Anau arrives Hum Auckland during the afternoon, and leaves lor .South. First launch tin arrival : last, n p.m. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING. j \ itiiKitn.vv. Auckland. Arrived. 11 a.m., s.s. To Auau, from Gisborne ; Neptune, from Edithburg, and Clan McLeod, from Now- j eilstle. Napier. -Arrived, li.l.'i a.m., s.s. Kotolnahana. from Ciisliorne. Lyttelton. Sailed, 12.30 _p.m., s.s. Gothic, for Wellington. I’ort Chalmers. -Arrived. 3.30 a.m., barque Tiniaru, from Surprise Land.