SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Phases of thb Moon. Caloulated for Hew Zealand mean time.) April. P. H. M, Fir3t Quarter ... ... 8 ... 11 3G p.m. Full Moon ... ... 16 ... 8 8 a.m. Last Quarter ... ... 22 ... 11 45 p.m. Hew Moon ... ... 30 ... 11 54 a.m. Apogee, 6th, 3 p.m. Perigee, ISth, noon. Thb Wsatkeb. April 9.—Wind S.W. Weather fine. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer ... 30.32 30.32 30.32 Thermometer ... ' 52 58 58 High Watzb. (At the Heads ... .„ 10.9 p.m. April 10 1 At Fort Chalmers ...10.49 p.m. (AtDunedia ... ... 11.39 p.m.

Wairarapa, s.s., 1020 tons, Chatfield, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff. J Mills, agent. Passengers: From Melbourne—Key Mr, Mrs, and Miss .Robertson, Dr and Mrs Gardner and two children, Mesdame3 Bothanley, Payne, Misses M'Farlane, Pearson, Bothanley, Messrs Fraser, Williams, Heymanson, CS Janklns, G Turnbull, Henckley, Potts, Montgomery, Capt. Fenu. From the Bluff—Mrs Anthony and family, Dr liggart, Messrs Dobson, Bradshaw, and 24 in the steerage. Braziliera, barque, 306 tons, Stirling, from Grafton, Clarence river, New South Wale 3. X Eamsay, agent. . DEPARTURES. Takapuna, a.s., 370 tons, (Jrnnt, for Northern ports. J Mills, agent. Passengers: For Lyttelton— Mesdameaßeetham, Harris and child, Mr and Mrs Norman, Messrs Garforth.;Hunt,;Eggington (2),,Hobday. For Wellington—Messrs Fox, Cook. For Nelson—Mrs Bout and two children. For Manukau— Messrs Wood, Atherton, five steerage. Invercargill, s.s., 136 tons, Sundstrom, for Invercargill. X JKamsav, agent. Eosamond, s.s., "721 tons, jManning, for the West Coast, via Oamaru. J Mills, agent. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Brewer, for Uamaru. 3 Mills, agent. BXFEOTBD ARRIVALS. From Looton.—Loch Awe, barque, 1073 tons, JMTH. Otago, ship, 9?3 tons, Norman, JRQS (January 8). Glamis, barque, 1206 tons. Dallachie, QJND. Caitloch, ihip,l264 tons, Phillips, NSKB. From Livbbpooi;.—Olive, 847 tons, Peterson, EFHM. .--, . Fkom Glasgow. — Brussels, barque, 991 tons, VGMN. From New Xoek,—Mabel, barque, 749 tons, Snow, JQND (January 18). From Chesterfield Island.—Sybil, barquentine. 3?BOit thb Matjeitixts.—Lorna Dobne, barque, 367 tons, QCHM. From Newcastle.—Northern Star, barque, 327 tons (March 30). Loch Naw, barque, 277 tons, Petersen (March 31). Excelsior, barque, 380 tons Spruitt. : , ..-■ . ,

[Sphoiai'lTotioh.—Consignees desirous of having their namea appear in this part of our columns, together with their consignments, may have the same inserted on payment of a 6mall oharge.l Per Wairarapa, from Melbourne: 4 cases tobacco. 6 half-chests, 98 chests tea, 20 bales kapok; 5 cases cotton, 100 bales cornsacks, 20 cases soap, 200 bags rice, 10 cases, 1 quarter cask lime juice, 8 bales hops, 5 cases cigarettes, 15 do figs, 4 do cocoa 6amp1e3,44 sacks oysters, 5 casks fish. 21 empty fish cases, 79 pkgs, exhibits, 170 cases fruit,.2 horses, 3 cheßta indigo, 10 cases woodware, 10 cases fish, 50 sacks bark; 5 cases books, 50 boxes tea, 30 pkgs sundries.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS,

Auckland, April 9.—Arrived: Manapouri, from Sydney. The Southern passengers are: For Wellington—Mr Walter Johnston. For Lyttelton—Mrs and Miss Thompson. She had fine weather on the passage, with fresh head winds. She spoke two warships on Sunday steering west—one of them the Royalist. Sailed: H.M. gunboat Lizard and Waihora, for Sydney; Zodiac, from Kaiparafor Sydney; Graßmere, for Melbourne.

OifBBOTfGA, April 9.—Sailed: Eotorua, for the South. Passengers: Miss Penny, Or and Mrs Lovell, Mr and Mrs Kingswell, Messrs Parker, B Atkinson, Charming, M Flanery, J V Bate, Constable Stewart and prisoner.

Lyttelton, April 9.—Sailed: Kawatiri, for Westport; Pukaki, for Oamaru and Melbourne; Rotomahana, for the South. Passengers: Mesdames Jacobs, M'Fee, Miss Madden, Messrs Anderson, Faynell, O'Donoghue, Hides, Coates, Morrison, and Lowe. Sydney, April 9. —Arrived: Tekapo, from Oamaru, via Lyttelton and Wellington.

The s.s. Takapuna was hauled out of the graving dock yesterday morning. The s.s. Wairarapa, Captain Chatfield, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff, arrived at 6.30 a.m. yesterday, and after transhipping mails off the Port steamed up to Dnnedlh. She lefc Melbourne at 5.30 p.m. of the 2nd inst, arrived at Hobart at 7 a.m. of the 4th, and.left a;;ain at 5 p.m., "ime day; passed the Solanders »t 10 ?iTrr.-.m. cir"fSie7th, and reached tbeTSJuff at 4 p.m. .^.in^sar. remained there uatUiO.3o p.mpf th* '^<^'>^X2tfl^k^mf'i on for. headquarters, arriving as above. - •.—

A barque seven miles north was reported from Taiaxoa Heads at 8 a.m. yesterday, and proved to be the Braziliera with a cargo of timber from Graf ton, Clarence river, New South Wales. She wai tendered by the tug Plucky, which brought her across th 9 bar at Ip.m., [and the tide being favourable she towed her direct to Dunedin. Her passage has occupied 21 days, she baviDg left Grafton on March 19, and experienced light winds during the passage. : A barque nine miles off Cape Sannders was reported at 4.40 p.m. jesterday. '

Theß.s. Invercargill left the Eattray street wharf for Invercargill yesterday afternoon. The s.s. 'I'akapuna left Dunedin yesterday afternoon with cargo and passengers for Northern ports. The s.s. Rosamond took in cargo for the West Coast yesterday, and left the Rattray Btreet wharf at 10 p.m. for Oamaru,

The s.s. Beautiful Star left Dunedin at 10 p.m. yesterday with passengers andcargo for Oamaru. The s.s. Wairarapa Bteamed up the harbour yesterday morning and landed cargo at the Jetty street wharf. She leaves Port Chalmers this afternoon for Sydney, via the East Coast ports.

All claims against the barque Peri are to be sent in to-day to her agents, the New Zealand Shipping Company.

"Shipper" (writing in the Lyttelton Times) says it is reported that part of the bosiness which has taken Mr James Mills, manager of the Union Steamship Company, to New South Wales is to endeavour to buy up the steamers Albion and Dupleix which are to be run between Sydney and New Zealand in opnosition to the Union Company. The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Bngineering Company (Limited) launched from their yard on January 23 a steel screw steamer of about 5000 tons for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, of Bremen. As the vessel left the ways she wa3 named tbe Munchen. Her principal dimensions are: Length overall, 405 ft • breadth, 46ft 6in; depth, 33ft. The Munchen, like her sister ship the Dresden, has been constructed In accordance with the newest regulations of the Germanischer Lloyd, under their special survey, and will be classed in the highest grade of that society. The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of January 1889, and the number of lives lost, are as follows-.—Sailing vessels 52, itonnage 10,935, lives lost 39. Steamships 15, tonnage 6395, lives lost 762, including 741 lives—3B crew and 703 native passengers—lost in the steamship Vaitarna, off the West Coast of India. Total 67, tonnage 17,330, lives lost 801. The above is a record of" reports received "in the month, and not of wrecks which occurred during the month. Many of thereportß received in January relate to casualties which occurred in previous months. Casualties not resulting in total loss of vessels, and the lives los by such casualties, are not included.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

The lonic arrived at Wellington at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. She left Plymouth on February 23; had fine weather to Teneriffe, where she arrived on the 28th; left the same day; reached the Cape on March 16; left the Bame night, and on the 25th experienced a strong gale with high sea; next day the weather moderated, but a strong southerly wind and a head sea and foggy weather were experienced until Hobart was reached on April 4; left again at 4 a.m. on the sth, and had fine weather on the run across. Her passengers are:—For Port Chalmers: Second cabin—Mr J M'Stay. Steerage—Mr and Mrs A Hall, Isabellail'Kie, Eliza Macrae, Annie Grant, Richard Boxall, Robert Henham, James Rankin, and T C Evans. :

THB TRAINING SHIP CUMBERLAND.

The Cumberland training ship was completely destroyed by fire at the mouth of the Gareloch on the morning of February 18. The fire was discovered at midnight of the 17th, and every endeavour was made to subdue it, but from the inflammable nature of the material about the vessel it was found impossible to do so, and those in charge at once set about to save the lives of the people on board, consisting of some 400 boys, with the officers and masters. At the cry of "fire" the boys rushed on deck in n semi nude condition, and in their endeavours to escape from the vessel some very exciting scenes took place. Some of them were unable to escape from their dormitories, and leapt through the portholes into the water, where they swam about until they were picked up by the boats. Several boys were injured while attempting fco put out the fire snd had to be attended byDr Keid, the ship's surgeon. Eventually all hands were conveyed safely to the training brig Cambria, and afterwards laniled. The Cumberland was a wooden frigate of the third class, and took part in Rodney's victory off Cape St. Vincent in 1780. She was lent by the Admiralty many years ago to the Clyde Training Ship Association, and in that capacity proved extremely useful. As a rule about 400 boys were kept on board, and since the establishment of the association, in June 1869, 2606 boys have been admitted and 2225 have left the ship. The commander of the Cumberland was Captain George Samuel Deyerell.R.N., who was appointed in 1888, on the resignation of Captain Jones Parry, R.N. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.and four of the boys, named William Lewis, John Bankin, Jacob Napier, and James M'Vey, ranging from 14 to 15 yearß of age, were apprehended on suspicion.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The following notice to mariners 13 published for general information :— "Notice is hereby given that a lighthouse is in course of construction on Cuvier Island, and it is anticipated that the light will be ready for exhibition about the month oE August next. The following ia a description of the light that will be exhibited:—The lighthouse ia situated on the eastern end of Cuvier Island, at the eastern entrance to HauraM Gulf. The light will be a first order revolving white light, attaining its greatest brilliaucy once every 30 seconds. " Due notice will be given of the exact date when this light will be exhibited. " Jfsrine Department, " Wellington, N.Z., April 3,1889."

Jkksen's Cod Liver Oil is made on board a large steamer fitted up as a floating factory whioh follows the fishing boats, and on board of which the Oil is made from the fresh livers cut out from the cod as fast as they are caught. This is why Jensen'B Oil it so sweet and pleasant that " children like it." It is pure, tasteless, and digestible. Sold everywhere in capsuled bottles. Wholesale: Sharlaud and Co., Auckland,

OVERLAND PASSENGERS, Yesterday's Trains.

Fbom DuifKDiir for thk North.—For Christchurch: Messrs W A Aldred, E Galloway, M Fisher, Dr Leggett.

For Duhsdis from thb North.—Mr T Palmer, Mr J A Thornton, Mrs J Morrison, Mr W Dale, Mr B Bowie, Mr B J Paul, Mr W S Davidson, Mrs Harley, Miss Finlayson, Miss B Francis, Miss C M'Bean, Miss Josephs, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Parker. From Dukedin for thk South.—Sir X Stout, Mr FK Chapman, Mr Ot H Carter, Mr X Blair, Mr and Mre Garden, Mr D D Maedonald, Mrs Hunter, Mr J M'Carthy, Mrs T Hunter, Mrs W A Kennedy, Mr A C Fyfe, Mr A Holmes, Mr A G Mathias, Mr W J Garden.

For Dukbdin from the South.—Eev S Baird, Mies M'Gruer, Mrs Eesto, Mr P X Vyner.