SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1966, 8 April 1867, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ITTTELTQIf. ABBIVBD. April brig, Woodj.froin Sydney. April schooner, Bowden, from Otago. April 6-Tararua, s.s,, .523. tons, Haglcy, from Dunedin, Passengers—saloon: .Mr arid-Mrs Crosbie : Ward; Messrs.!). Murray, Harman, Fisher,. Maiming and lynch, Eev; and, Mrs Aldrcd;. 12 for Panama, 24 for North/7 in steerage, and 23 ior.Northw ■-.:-.■' ■ •-.■ ■- April fc-Pearl, ketch, ,28, tons, Russell, from,: Saiapoi., „ ■«.-.'■ : April 6—Waipara, s;s;, Bascand, from Kaiapoi., April 7—Canute, ship, Quain, .from London.: Mr Jas.'MainwaringO. 2nd Cabin: Alexis Lebin.Mrs Jane do, Mrs Margaret ■ do;; JohnGarbert,W.H v Berkeley, Albert Walker,. Frank.Wallace, George; do, Samuel do, Charles .do; -Miss Agnes Hanha;.:Steerage: Thomas ■ Easter, -Margaret-.-do, : Henry. Rose, . Mrs Maria do, Henry Xuff; George, Hateh,. Thomas, Payne, W. J.'Clarke.Robert'West, Florence do, , Ann do, Charles Barnhum, Mrs Martha. Willis, ' Ann do, Martha do,. John Bead, John Patrick, Mrs : Ann do, ;Lucy .do, Edmund; do, Edith" do, "' Thomas do, William andMary'Ann do. '." cißiiiED. ... AprilO^Tararua,. 8,5,-623.t0n5, Hagley, for ■Wellington.-,Passengcrs^Mrand/Mrs Vickers, Messrs Oilon, Armstrong, Coates, Shrimpton, long, Taylor, Bevcll, Lea, *!«.,, A I Davis, Clarkson, Mr, Mrs,.and tho Misses/Sea"bright, (2).;. 9 in steerage, -.„-■:■ V-< : -■'■ April 6-A." H. Badger, barque, 407 tons, ': Brownell, for Guam, Passenger-Mr Parvus. ,'.'' '"■". ..IMPOBTS. .. '. .Tn the'Tararua, Miles and Co, agents: from Melbourne, 6 cases furniture, Order; 1 case, J. S. Simonsen; 5d0,E. : 5.-Dalgety and. Coj, S.casks, ' Miles and Co;' Tease stationery,;Sub-Treasurer; I I case do,lnwood and Bilton; scases, ALoW'SSOn; Bdo, H: Hawkins;.6pkgsboots, J; Simpson; I:.j case, Wood,Brothers;'2do drugs, Wallace and .Co; 6qr-casks...wi.ne,-'J, N. Fairhurst; 3'cases,.' Cole and Co; 3 do, Union Bank, of Australia; 11 pkgs, J.Williams; lido, Morrison,Sclanders, ■ and-Fletcher; 2 cases, iO'kegsnails, 8 grindstones, EHawkins; 1 pkg,Wood,Brothers; .2bales,s cases,. W. Pengeliy; 1 case plants, ■ Dpcan and Son; 2 cases, Schwartz-; 1 case, A. Ayers; 10 pkgs,B2etham;-5. do, Baldwin; 3 do.Wood, Brothers; 3 do, E. Eeece; 31. kegs nails, 6 coils rope,3rollslead, 1 bdl shafts,. 1 do.bars, 1 case spokes, twentymah and'. Cousins';; 2 cases, B.eath, lirbyandGo; 13i pkgs sugar, Hargreaves and Co; :spkgs, Jones, Brothers;: 8. do, Hughes; 1 parcelj Miles and Co; 1 do, Walton,: Warner and . COj-.'l-.do, Mathes6n's : . Agency;'l case fruit, j :Hislop;.2. pkgs, J; C. Wilson, C.8.; 1 parcel, Ward and Beeves; 1 do, E.L.Shearman; lease; Dalgety and Co. From Dunedin: ..14 pkgs luggage, 1 horse, Eev. J. Aldred, I Inthe Waipara; 538 sacks grain, Brownell and Co.. .-.,.; In the Pearl,.master, agent: 171 sacks and 30 bags flour, 30 sacks wheat, Brownell; 16 sacks sharps, 25 do bran, J. T. Peacock and Co j % sacks flour, Dalgety and Co. EXFOBTB, In the A, H. Badger, Brovfhell and Co, agents; 3015 bags wheat, 922 do oats, Brownell and Co. . ExPKOrBD; ABEIV4IB. Wellington, s.s., from Wellington. April 9—Taranaki, from Dunedin. Paria, ,&oin ; ,London. . ■ ■ | Pb.Ojbctbd.Pepabtubes. Wellington, s.s., for Dunedin and Bluff. . April 9-Taranaki,. for Wellington; Nelson, and . Hokitika. . . ■: ■ . , Mermaid, for London,, (this day). April 10—Himalaya, for.London. April 18-Matoaka, for London.

VjSSBBLS IN HiBBOUR. Canute, ship, from London. .., John Knox, from Sydney. . Himalaya, ship, from London. Matoaka, ship, from London.. Mermaid, ship, from London. Joyse Phillips; barque, from London; . A. H. Badger, 1 from Newcastle, H.S.W. . Crishna, from:Hobarton.. HiflH Wateb This. 041 at thh -. QpVBBRMBHT WHAB?. 6,20 a,m, 6.47. p.m. ■;: .. TELEGRAMS. , . . WEiliJ&iOirT-Arrived, April 6,3 p.m.; Aire- ' :,dale, from Pictpn; Bakaia, from Sydney; 5 p.m., Camille, from Eaiakoras. . ~Thb Mermaid will clear, at the Customs this : dayi. On Saturday she received ah additional number of bales of wool,, and will proceed/to sea this evening, weather permitting. ' .. ■ lithe list of passengers('.by 'the Mermaid'for London, which appeared in our shipping report of Saturday, the namerof Mr H.Matson was inad- . verteritly substituted' for H. Watson.' :: .'AeBiVAI OS THE. SHIP CaKUTE, SEOK LOS- - left London DoeksonDec. : 9, .', and the Downs on the 19th, having favourable jv^ther,to;theStart,.wherelhe.pilot ■ left::on..the . 22rid. Had ligkt favourable winds to the Line, which was crossed on th'e.3sth day out; afterwards -experienced light variable S.E; trades; and oh ... reaching the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope,. on the 7Qth day put, ihet.with bad weather,;which continued for somedays, Sighted.the Snares on the 3rd April, passed the" Nuggets on the 4th, arid arrived off the: Heads yesterday'at 1 p.m., ■ leaching ths lower anchorage at 3 p.m.. There is but one passenger, in the .saloon, but there.are several in the second cabin and. steerage all well. . Captain Quain reports that he escaped the large field of ice seen .by. latearrivals offlhe'lewin. . A quantity of valuable plants, addreised to Mr : Babirison, appear to have come put in excellent order,.also two or three.pens of very fine sheep. ,'Thevessel;whichis.about6ootons,.andof recent build, is a specimen of and appears well found. When ready to discharge her cargo, she will be a convenient vessel to bring alongside the : wharf .for that purpose. MesßrsjJ,,.T. Peacock and Co.are the agents. '■'" ■■' ■■' • The MT.Z.: and'A;E.M. Co.V sji.' Tararua . arrived from Melbourne; via Bluff, Harbour, at 16.30 aim. oh Saturday, having ". . left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on the pre.yious day. .She left Hphson's'Bay at ; 4p,in,,.and cleared. Port Phillip.Heads; at 6,16 ■on the 28th U1t..,. Strong''westerly, breezes and heavy seas were .experienced on the run acrp-s to theSolander, which was made, oh the evening of the Ist instant; wheh;owing tothe : thick,weather, she went slow, and arrived in Bluff Hurhpur at. , 8 a.m. oh the 2nd. . Discharged cargo, arid, left at $ p.irii on the 3rdi Thick foggy weather was experienced to arrival atDunedm; While at the Bluff a telegram was received from her ■Dunedih agents instructing the captain to call at the wreck of the; South Australian, and. just previous to starting, another telegram was: received notifying thata iteanier had.been : sent, tp .the, wreck, .arid the -'Tararua,proceededairecton.„ The wreck was passed about midnight, but: owing to ,:.the dense fog .nothing could be:observed; even although the first telegram had been obeyed, the, ,Tararua could riot have rendered; any assistance until daylight, owing to; the land being, enveloped . ;in fog.; On arrival at Port. Chalmers, paptain. Hagley was'pres'ented "by the saloon passengers, . with a purse, of sovereigns, and an address, expressive of thanks for his kindness and courtesy to : ; them throughout a most pleasant passage. Capt; \Hagleyreplied, and thanked them kindly for, thi .'..'gift,' arid, wished, them .-every., prosperity'.in their., newly-adopted ,- home—New 'Zealand;j The Tararua has brought frpin the Victorian.i "lAwlhriatization Society; for the Society in Christy church, two fine pairs of goats, one pair, 6? Angolas and- one; pair of Cashmeres. -They lny<j. . been taken charge of on the voyage by MrFehx .Wakefield, whose servites have been, the more valuable as he was able to look after thp animals' as-far.;as: -Wellington, whither they,have beefl. : 'earried through;stress of weather. Some valuable; .'plants have also beep received by this (Opportunity from Dr Mueller, of the Botanic gardens, in Mel j, bourne;: The Tararua, with the. southern portions; of the English mail via; Panamai .sailed forWeliiliagtonon'Saturday,(at; 2 p.m. Shehas.twelve. ;,'passengers for,England,'vja' Panama, ■from;.'Jteh bourne; BevenJrom Bluff: and Otago; and four . from this province! The. Otago representatives . for. the Colonial Prize firing'are passengers. The ■ Lyttelton Volunteer.Artillery, .and the other volunteer corps in this : piovince will be repiej sented bygunner Craigie.lfo; 2 Battery, who was also ei passenger.V .-' ~. ! WRECK" OP THE STEAMER ..SOiUTH '■■:'. -AUSTPvALIAN..:,.',;.;','.' (From the Otago Daily Ttt^Jprili^.): ' -: The : eplendid .steamer.. South .Australian left . Port. Chalmers for Melbourne,, on Tuesday after.; noon; the weather.had remained calm and clear here, arid it was therefore with great surprise, as --..-well as deep regret, that the news of : her having i ( rus ashore near.Coal Poinfc: ; was , received, on: ■ ■ -■'.''■ .-'-': ■ : ,x\ .'-.». ■'.',.' \ '.'■■'■'/'■'''' The firstnews of thp wreck was a. telegram from; ■■■■'^Tokomairirpi;to.-Messrs.. and'.'Cpi,;' .. ; '. : .the agents of- the;'steamer, ..which, was dated at ; '':.iwon.;:" '■■'

Mr#utt,ths chief engineer,;and MessrsKemp-, (home and M'Cradkeni and two or. three of the steerage passengers, arrived in town by .Soy t and, Chaplin's Momairiro coach at fife p'clookj and we have thus been enabled to compile .the. follow* ing imperfect account/of the '.melancholy wreok ot so fine a steamer. ■■',' .« i The.South Australian left her .moorings at Fort ' halmers, about twenty minutes.aftor four o clock,. ndso was' soon outside the Jleads. ing, and early night wore M»A and the sea was calm, Until about, half-past seven o'clock; full: -speed was; kcptup, and the : South Australian slipped ; ahoad. at,the rate of fully twolveknotsanhour; At;haif-past sovon, being! no doubt well off. Cape until Muartor after nine, tlio engines were; working half speed,! Then,they were.further ;stowi.d, and.until- tho, steamer struck-whiehywas about half-past; ten O'clock-the engines wore,making but twelve revolutions a minute, or: equal to .a speed of about; fire knots an hour. Even at that speed, she struck so heavily, that, as-one- of our informants, states, sho seemed, "'literally to knock her. bottom,; in;'' which, as facts proved, 'she must in effect,; have done. f .". The blow, wo have been told, sent a terrmc. 'shock through the ship, and it seemed to have been struck within ihe line of the engine-room compartment; The instant act of the chief; engineer was .to stop the engines; but.this was.-instantly followed by an order, from the captain to. "Go ahead;" The doomed" vessel forged ahead some-, what, but the crashing ripping of the bottom: plates fold unmistakably that she was buttering, her way more .firmly on to a bed bf.rocks, and till : engines'were again stopped. In ten minutes from first, striking the : water. that was rushing'.into the engine-room was over the cylinders; inttoffi twenty ■mmute3:.to\haJL«n:: hour it was over-the crank ehaft; inhaU aniour the engine-room; was filled; ....... The night' : wasriow very dark and the ship.waa rolling heavily on .the. reef.;. Some, of the ladies,, who were passengers, were at first dreadfully, j alarmed, but they soon became, calm. There, were five.boats, and they were, all -safely got out, but not- without tHe lapse of a considerable- time.■■; : The first boat out,one of the' life'.boats,was/, heavily freighted with crew and. passengers', and■• Mr Wutt found himself in command of her.. The. 1 orders were that-all the boats should lie alongside,, as near as was consistent With, .safety, and tin's: was done. The women were got into .the second and; third boats, we believe; the fourth.ps filled, with firemen and crow; and/the fifth was kept, alongside for spine time ready for Captain, Mackie and the officers and 'men who remained with him, .... ..■■■■.. ... All the boats were kept near the' ship un|ii; about half-past one b'cloek, shortly before: which: tune, Mr Mullia, the second, mate,.was put on' board the life-boat in which Mr .Nut* was, and he took command of her. Mr Mullin brought, with him a compass. There were in. all 25 persons in ; this boat, with no food or water, and .nothing in; the way of clothes, but the ordinary dress of each. About half-past one;'Mr Nutt,.hailed; CaptainMackie, and proposed that an attempt should be made to reach the Molyneuxjintheiope that a-, small steamer, (the Taiaroa) might.be found there,: and assistance thus secured; ' Captain.-Mackie-assented; but he suggested that, tor/safety, a. landing should, if possible,, be. effected round, a small pomt which was' dimly Visible away north- ■ ward, and some of the 25, persons be temporarily; put ashore there., Cnpiain.Mackie also suggested that the boat should'bekept.about until daylight, so that thislightehingof her might be effected., The life-boat then parted company. Soon after daylight;.* point, was seen ahead of; the life-boat;. and after a wearyihgpulL the point: Was reached, which proved to lie the Taieri. Heads. r-and-that, river; tiot'-ihe Molyheux; wasseen.. On a beach there, Mr Mutt, Mr ;Hoyt, and two: other passengers landed) and'after awbile.they: found:a,boatandgdt.up the river to the Ferry, thinking to be the first, to send the Wreck. Some others of the, passenger's landed on the.Taieri beach, and stated that iliey wbuid.make their Way.inland; but the crew, and ;a few of the passengers resolved to:stiok. by the life-boat; and' ■ to make the voyage onto Dimedihin her. Fortunately "for them, the weather remained calm. It was about twenty minutes after nine,yesterday' morning,; when the landing on the Taieri beach was effected. ■',

second andthird engineers are.said to have been in charge of the liferboat into: whichmost of; the women were got.: One of .them did not reach the boat, without: an acciderit. She fell info the -sea, but.was>:almost- instantly helped .on. board the boat. One of .the .firemen, got asimilar fall, and he was for awhile.ih danger of.beihg drowned. ; The rollmg'of the' steamer, and-the heayy.breakerswhich frequently . went over her, must have renderod it a most difficult task, for all. to reach. the boats. . ¥o doubt, the South Australian, struck on-a reef about four miles north of; Coal Point, ..which, reef is very clearly, shewn; on-some of the. larger maps;of the coast/ The.reef is.'by rough measure-; .merit, about : 44- miles; southerly ■; from - .Cape. Saunders, and.lsor 16miles almost.due.north: of the. Nuggets; the marks 'on'land between:, which' it lies' being; Cook'- Head and-Coal .point,"; Captain Tall, Of; the . Taiaroa,,;says-that he. has, ■ from If uggets Point; .manytimesseenai break on: ; thereef, at a point|fully two miles frpm.the coast line; but at high tide, there is'froni'.l2ft:fol6ftof water over the greater portion of the reef; The' opinions we have heard as to the position of the wreckof the South AustMaii, place it' fully-two'-;' miles from the.shore. : . Captain Mackie.was so thoroughly acquainted with the coast, .that tie muat- : .have, been-tearfully have r got.his Vessel, where she now lies ; wrecked. We have heard it suggested that a probable explanation of the wreck is current sets.northerly along the coaat J ,.and is at. times, very strong. ! lf strong pri.Tuesday. night, the slow rate at which the South Australian was ■steaming., wduid. make., her extremely ; bus.. ceptible ,to the 'current;:''and;- if the. compasses:■ were sufficiently wrong to lead to the. course of the vessel.havirig. an unsuspected iribliriatipn Shore-:, ward;'there, is an ■'explanation...of how .'the reef north of Coal Point ''was, struct, when Captain. Mackie muat.haye thought :that.he .was considerably to. the east, and at least a score of miles, i to ■ the southward of it, ~ /,- ; ■.": It.ia.satisfactory to kriow'that,'at present, there is no. reason. to fear that, any. life, has beon lost; and it is to.be.ip'pedthati.tp-day.jall the passengers ahd'mdst Pf the crew will reach Dunedin. The South AuStrahanhadlpri.board oyer £13,000; worth of .Shipped by ihe.Bank: of New Zealand, .and:ll3Boz by the Unipn.Bahk at Australia;--. Mr NuttibelieyeS.-.that; this had. been got into one of; the.; boats;;before the life-boat in which he, was left the neighbourhood of the wreck,, About 40 tonß of general cargo, of no great valiie, represented the whole of.the ship's otherfreight. ; I The South Australian is'estimat'edtob'e'worth abbrit £25,000, arid; had just been purchased arid refitted by Mesßrfl;'M'Meckan,rßlackwodd and Co,, of Melbourne, ■.: •'. .AJJMTiOH^PABTIOCLAEB,, There ara no tidings of the Gfeelpng from the wreck of the South Australian near Coal Point. The weather yesterday was, so fine.aridcalm, :that those intercsted.wpuld ; be likely to keep'the Geelong near the. wreck until everything that could be remoted on board of her had been secured. The following telegram"'.fionv Mr' F. pillbn Bell, at Tokb.mairiro; was received; by his Honor the; Superihtehdent yesterday afternoon. : '^Onarriving .here withpeople hurt, I find that, riottiirig whatever has been done for bringing in. the'womeri' arid children ■from, the .coast; !■ ar- : . ranged; to cross thent •. over the hills' in. sledges to, laitengata; buttwocoachesare required to bring.: them on from Eaitarigata" here; I have tele-' grapljed to. Cobb;' : but pray see;; to it yourself, J at once, or perhaps nothing will be done.' The rpadis.quite good for.a coach." His;Hbripr;at;onc6.-caused'two coaches- to be despatched from town; ( aid it U expected thatthe passengers.referred- to' .will- ithis-af'terappii be, brought to.Tokomairiro, from Eaitangata,'. . We Uri'dersta'rid;, .that.:'!?., of;,th'e pas'senge'ra'' reached, town .by coaehyesterday afternoon. .The; .'following names have been supplied to 'us: Mrs; ,' Taylor .arid boy;.'"Messrs'. Lindsay;. Thomson," Prince, Haines, M'Latchie, Welsh, Fultbri, Auld: pr.Hall, Sandye; A, Qriffttlla, and Burton. All ■ these, as we understand, were, in the boat' which. was ■'the last to leave theship'withpasßerigers.'and. ; iriwhich there were two. or. three.; of the steamer's crew, Thisboat.remairied.bythe^wreckiwte.tho:. . pthers i (except the, onel of [ which the., secpm); mate was; in commandji' 1 until' daylight; ' 'on Wednesday morning.; Then this boat was pulled northward for about three miles, to a small, .beach, where the wreck was still visible, and:. . there a knding was effected, .between halt-past; 'eight and niie:o'clook.. After a.shorfc. but hard walk, inland, spine, settlers were found, whp gavp; assistarico,, and also.'direction's; as: to'.the.course: which:should be' taken in order to reach:Kaitan-:; gata—a township orithbMatau branch of the Molyneux. To .reach. Eaitangata, a very difficult; walk of froiri seven to nine, miles had to he. made, ;partly-oyer a steep.; bush-covered hill, 'Mrs Taylor, .with 'her; boy,; is stated to; hate held, out bravely.in this walk;' Frorh.Eaitangata, .the. jpuraey to Diiriedin was made by coach. '■:'■ ;. -As we understand, 'tho. boat in whichthe.wbmeri arid : children were| was pulled to, the' beach al-: .ready referred*to,' arid all.were got ashore there;. : ; while another boat was taken tea beach slightly to ..the south of the wreck, where'a landing was. ; effected, with great difficulty arid danger, owing .to" the surf.. ::■■.:'

'.:. We -are; fold' that ,the ■. wreck : : .ia., certainly' not three'.'.miles. from, the. shore;. and one passenger : says.he. believes,',it. is not more than a mile from . the shore. We are also fold that : there 'was a great: Ideal of confusion on board) for some time after the ' steamer!, struck./ In'.other ■.respects ..we .have' hotbeeii.ableto ''learn, anything 'iat/.allmodifmg'ine. account of thfwreck wlach.we published yester-

day"jbtt't further during to-day; ■;•-■:.;;■::>■; '••,-, ':."■■■'' We mentiohod that:,the boat tram whict Mr Mt./Mr.Hoyt, and others had landed at the Taieri ;riveri : was being.broughtround.to Port Chalmers bysomo of the crew. Our.corres. pondehfc atithePort wrifes.that the boat, with one .seaman ahd.three firomon on board, arrived at the: ■Heads'4-^reb^cldck:: : ™'ttrj3ay -morning. ' The men were very; much.' exhausted; but having., landed' at; the Pilot station and.: got rofroshment. and, rest, tlioy camo on to Port Ch.almors during, tho afternoon. ■