SHIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2693, 24 December 1909, Page 3

SHIPPING.

ARRIVED. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. Fanny, s .s. (2 a.in.), 55 tons, Nelson, from South. J SAILED. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23. Fanny, s.s % (3.30 p.m), 55 tons, Nekon, for -Napier. EXPECTED AIIIIIV Al S. Kiritona, Tokomaru, to-day. Wimmera, South, to-morrow. Tokomaru, Bluff, Dec. 26. Monowai, Auckland, Dec. .26. Tarawera, South, Dec. 28. Victoria, Auckland, Dec.' 29. Mokoia, 'South, January 1. Tarawera, Auckland, January 2. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wimmera, Auckland, to-morrow. Monowai, South, Dec. 26, Tokomaru, Namier, Dec. 28. Tarawera, Auckland, Dec. 28. ' Victoria, .South, Dec. 29. Mokoia, Auckland, January 1, Tarawera, South, January 2.

Messrs Richardson and Co.’s Fanny arrived from Napier early yesterday morning, bringing railway iron 'and general cargo. She returned in the afternoon, taking a load of wool. The New Zealand Shipping Co.’s auxiliary vessel Kiritona will arrive today or to-morrow from Tokomaru, Captain Martin being in command. She will undergo a complete overhaul before returning to the Coast. The U.S.vS. Co.’s Squall is tidied to leave Auckland this evening for Tologa Bay and Gisborne. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.’s Tokomaru is expected on Sunday from the Bluff. After loading frozen meat, wool, etc., she sails for Napier about Tuesday next. The Huddart-Parker Co.’s Wimmera arrives from South to-morrow morning, and proceeds later for Auckland and Sydney. The Tuatea goes out at 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. The U.S.S. Co.’s Monowai returns from Auckland on Sunday, and proceeds South during the evening. She will probably arrive early, and will then be tendered, the Tuatea going out with outward passengers at 3 a.m. The Cerman-Australian Steamship Company is in conjunction with the Elder Dempster Line, said to be establishing a service from Australia to Boston, for the transport of wool. Thousands of admirers of W. Clark Russell, that famous author of sea tales will re-echo the wish of “New York Shiping Illustrated,” which in a recent issue hoped “that before that prince of sea-story writers retires from the channels of authorship, he will crown his literary labors with a history of the sailing ship, or if this task is to be too comprehensive to he undertaken, that he will at least revise or re-write liis former work “The Ship.” Being a -seaman and navigator during the days when the windjammer was in the height of its glory, and; having that rare combination of practical and technical knowledge of his subject, with a vein of sentiment and romance, and the ability to express both’, in charming and instructive English—having done so times innumerable in a manner seldom equalled and never excelled by any other writer of the sea —Mr. Russell might well act on the suggestion. In doing so, he would add to that fame he has so justly earned—fame which has spread to the ends of the earth and wherever men have sailed the seven seas —and leave behind him a monument of great value that would endure through all time. The task should not be left, to.compilers,.but to one who has experienced, seen, and felt all that a sympathetic history of the sailing ship would imply. And who is more fit for that task than W. Clark Russell?”

MY I ELEGRAI'I* AUCKLAND, Dec. 23. Arrived —Flora (7.30 aim.), from Gis : borne, via East Coast ports; Monowai (11: a.m.), from Gisborne ; Wanaka (3-15 p.m.), from Gisborne. : NAPIER, Dec. 23. Arrived —Mokoia (8 a.m.), from Gisborne; Ruru (12.30 aSm-), from Gis,borne. , v ’ '’ _ ’ ‘ ” BLUFF, Dec. 23. Sailed—Tokomaru (10 a.m.), for Gisborne. ''•> ’ . '■ WELLINGTON, Dec. 23. Sailed—Sussex (3.30 p.m.), for Avonmouth. ' . CAPE MARIA, Dec. 23. Ivomata, from south,, passed east at 10.45 p.m. BRISBANE, Dec. 23. Sailed—Moana for Vancouver.