SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2595, 1 September 1909, Page 4

SHIPPING.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Wanaka, South, to-day. Moura, Auckland, to-day. Wanaka, Auckland, to-day. 'Winimorn, South, September 4. ' Monowai, Auckland, September 5. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. /Wanaka, Auckland, to-day. Monowai, Auckland, to-day. Moura, South, to-day. Wimmera, Auckland, September 4. Monowai, South, September 5. VESSELS IN PORT. Coronation, ketch. The U.S.S. . Co.’s Monowai is due from south this morning and sails later in the forenoon for Auckland. The Tuatea leaves the wharf at 6 a.m. and 9.30 a.m. ' . The U.S.S’. Co.’s Moura arrives from Auckland this afternoon, and continues her voyage south in the evening. She will be tendered on arrival, and again with outward passengers at 7 p.m. The U.S.S. Co.’s Wanaka was due to arrive early this morning from Napier with a quantity of general produce for Auckland. , . The U.S.S. Co.’s Squall left Auckland yesterday afternoon for Tologa The N.Z. (Shipping Co.’s Paparoa leaves the Dominion for London on September 23rd. Her final port, of call will be Auckland. The Westport Coal Co.’s Regulus, which was to have left for Westport yesterday evening, was unable to do so. When work was finished at the steamer the tide was too low for her to get out of the river, and her departure was, therefore, postponed until 5 o’clock this morning. As a result of the increased demand for coal on the Pacific Coast no Jess than five vessels capable of carrying fair-sized cargoes are on the loading berth at Newcastle. They are the barque Antiope, four-masted schooner Alpena, fou'r-masted barquentine James Tuft, and the five-masted schooners George E. Billings and Inca. A “new liandy-sized” steamer is being built in the yards of Mr. Charles Bailey, junr., of Auckland, for the trade between Lyttelton and Akaroa, and the Banks Peninsula bays. Thenew vessel is being constructed of kauri, with hardwood keel, etc. Her principal dimensions .are: Length, 77ft; beam, 16ft; mouded depth, 7ft; loaded draught, 4ft 6in. The steamer will be fitted with a large boiler, Bft 6in by Bft 4in, supplying steam for two powerful sets of engines driving twin screw-s. The guaranteed speed of- the steamer will be 10£ knots, but it is fully expected that she will be able to steam about 12 knots per hour. Thei vessel which is being specially built to meet the requirements of the Bays trade, will have a large passenger cabin on fleck and another cabin aft. She y.'ill have good appliances for handling •cargo, and a spacious hold, with a large hatch 27ft in length. The new steamer will he delivered by the Guilder about the end of October, and will take rip her regular. running during November.

New s was brought to Sydney by the German mail steamer Prinz Sigismund that before many months have passed wireless telegraphic communication will he established between Japan and Hawaii. It was not until May 15 of last year a wireless telegraphic station was established at Ghioshu in Japan, and since that time four stations have been equipped, making a' total of five. As for vessels, ten steamers belonging to the' Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Toyo Kisen Kaisha have been fitted for the purpose, together with three steamers of the Canadian-Pacific Line. Nothing is more remarkable says the “Sydney Daily Telegraph”) than the development of the system’s efficiency.- A short time ago communication was not possible over a greater distance than 120 nautical miles, but, owing_to numerous improvements effected within the last twelve months, the distance has now been increased to 1500 miles, and it would he quite possible to have communication with Hawaii. As yet, however, the business between. Japan and the Sandwich) Islands is not sufficient to warrant the establishment of a costly system of telegraphy but that the thing will be accomplished before long is not doubted by Japanese journal**

BY TELEGRAPH. [Per Press Association.! CAPE MARIA, August 31. Mokoia/ from east, passed west at 10 a.m. AUCKLAND, August'3l. Arrived—Tymeric 1.15 a.m.), from San Francisco, via Apia; Glendevon 9.30 a.m.), from Sydney; Cornwall 12.30 n.m.) from' Liverpool. Sailed — Moura*(s.lo p.m.), for south. Passengers for Gisborne: Misses Gray, Morell (2), Williams (2), deLautour, Gray, Rangitira, Burke, and Ormond, Mesdames Elliott and Freeman, Messrs Cave, Freeman, Barton, Ford and boy, Millar, Williams, Griffin, Arnold and Elliott, Constable Pratt; Squall (5.15 p.m.), for Gisborne, via Tologa Bay; Talune (6.20 p.m.), for Rarotonga. NAPIER. August 31. Sailed—-Monowai, for north. Passengers for Gisborne: 'Misses Gray, Gillam, McLean, Kennedy, and McCormack, Mesdames Barker, Wilson, Stringer, Mclntosh, and Harrington, Messrs Hitchman, Griffin, Ward, Jamieson, Abercrombie, Evan, Barker, Williams, Johnston, Wilson, Todd, De Costa, Henny, Harrington, .Masters Parker and Williams (2), and one steeraS€' SYDNEY, August 31. Arrived—Manuka, from Wellington. MELBOURNE, August 31. Arrived—lndralema, from London.