SHIPPING

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2495, 7 May 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING

* J.. SAILED. | WEDNESDAY, MAY 5.. Yhakanui, s.s. (10.15 p.m.), 10.000 Is, Felgate, i'or Napier, irawa, s.s. (11.15 p.m.), 9500 tons, '5 jyjon, for Tiniaru. f ; EXPECTED ARRIVALS. llpicoia, South. May 8. Monowai, Auckland, May 9. Maheno, Auckland, May 12. TVaikare, South, May 12. Ip iVaikare, Auckland, May IG. /' I ' 1 PROJECTED DEPARTURES. . :■ . ylokoia, Auckland, May S. .. Monowai, South, May 9. IVaikare, Auckland, May 12. : ■ Maheno, South, May 12. iVaikare, South, May 10. VESSELS IN PORT. • Coronation, ketch. 3oth the Tyscr liner Whakarua and ■ Sliaw Saviil Co.'s Arawa comideted ding late on Wednesday night, and led south, the former for Napier and i latter for Timaru. . V-The U.S.S.' Co.’s Alokoia arrives ' [m Mouth to-morrow morning and sails cr for Auckland and Sydney.. ['he U.S.S. Co.’s Flora is due hack m south to-morrow morning, aud 1 proceed to Auckland, via Coast

The U.S.S. Co.’s Wniruna is expcctt'd load at Bluff on May 15, Oamarn iy 17. Timaru May 19, and should ■ive at Gisborne about May 22. the U.S.S. Co.’s Squall left Auckd on AVednesday afternoon for I'olo- ! and Gisborne, with a general cargo, jl should arrive here to-day. flie U.S.S. Co.’s Monowai returns Ini Auckland on Sunday afternoon, fl leaves during the evening for itliern ports. it is announced that the Kia Ora s [ll port has been altered to AYdliugIi early next week. Ifhe only schooner in the world equipII with wireless apparatus (says the ilifax ‘‘Morning Chronicle”) is tU ndleton Sisters. She is a four-master, ;1 two parallel wires strung between i topmasts single her out from among other sailing vessels. The "wireless lilt consists of a one-horse-power dy|ao, operated by a two-horse-power i{tor. The aerials are 135 ft in the air, 'll were rigged by the second mate, fph Seeley, who acts as operator. Alls!; any night, he says, it is possible i catch air messages floating about, k best performance in transmission k 250 miles, the distance one of his if sages carried while on a voyage tfm Catskill-on-the-Hudson to Charlesn, ,S.C. He has received messages [treater distance.

iphe well-known Union liner Rotoma- ; ha, known not so many years ago as ;|> “greyhound of the Pacific,” lias 11 some months been lying idle at aiif hr in Hobson's Bay. On Friday mornthe 10th April, however (says Ihe [chart Mercury”), she was piloted i the river to be docked for complete ; M-haul, new furnishing, and painting. ; is intended that she-shall take up her ! ilbonrne-Tasmanian running again at I > beginning of next month. | Mr John Alexander, chief engineer j ; the Manapouri, who left recently i | the ’ Moeraki on route for England j [six months' holiday leave, was made ! presentation by the deck and enginefin officers of that vessel. I hie Norwegian barque Clara, which I | been chartered by the Grade, Beaw | I Line to load a general cargo at I rerpooi for New Zealand, was fori rly known as tlie British barque ] bet M‘Neil. She is an iron vessel g 923 tons, and is to sail this month II Wellington and Dunedin. ®Jt is reported that the Norwegian *qne Satnrnns left Natal on March 6 ; Westport, where she will probably f ~ y fl coal for the Islands, i BA T TELEGRAPH. { VANCOUVER, B.C.'j May 5. . Irrived—Alariuna. from Sydney. ! AUCKLAND, May 6. f Arrived—iKoromiko (8.30 a.m.), from fjvcastle; Monowai (9.30 a.m.), from jorne. Cape Alaria A~an.Dicnian re--7 ts that a steamer with a b’aek fun- , \ from east, passed south at 3.30 mryived—Hauroto (S p.m.). Lorn ; I’otonga. if 9 NAPIER, May G. • Irrived —AVimmera (6 a.m.), and ‘ 'Jiakania (6.45 a.m.). from Gisborne. E AVELLINGTON, A lay 6. Mailed—"Ruapehu (12.15 p.m.). . for jefidon. M AYESTPORT, Aiav 6. Sailed—Regains (6.30 p.m.), for Gis■j ’ SYDNEY, May 6. Hjhe AA'aimea, for Nelson, passed Wiljfi's Promotory yesterday morning, filed—Alaheno {1.30 a.m. to-day), for ■? Zealand.