SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 38

SHIPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. Arrivals. January 5. — Rotokino, s.s., 1279 tons, Anderson, from Timaru. Blenheim, ship, 1077 tons, Colvttle, from Glasgow (September 18). Tasmania, s.s., 1265 tons, M'Gee, from Sydney, via the Bast Coast. i January 6. —Napier, 8,8., 48 tons, Matheson, from Wtikawa. Manapouri, s,s., 1028 tons, Anderson, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff. January 7.— Omapere, e.s., 352 tons, Fleming, from the West Coast. Kawatiri, 8.8., 432 tons, Apstein, from the West Coast. Tarawera, s.s., I2HJ9 tons, Richardson, from Sydney, via Cook Strait. Te Anau, b.b., 1028 tone, Newton, from Auckland, via East Coast ports. January B.— lnvercargill s.s., 136 tons, Sundetrom, from Tnvercargill. Canterbury, ship, 1245 tons, Culbert, from London (October 16). Enibla, Norwegian barque, 385 tons, Moiler, from ths Mauritius. January 10. — Invercargill, 5."., 135 tons, Sundstrom, from the south. Napier, Jfc.S., » tone, Mathieson, from the south. Waihora, s s., 1269 tons, Neville, from Sydney, via the East Coast. Departures. January s.— lnvercargill, i.e., 136 tons, SundStiotn, for luvercargill. January 6. — Tasmania, n.s., 1265 tons, M'Gee, for Sydney, via the East Coast. January 7. — Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Mathieson, for [nvercargiil. Manapouri, 5.5., ,1028 tons, Anderson, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. Her*ld,B.s., 356 tons, Oolson, for the West Coait, via Oamaru. Rotokino, s.s., 1304 tons, Shepherd, for Sydney, via northern port*. January B.— Onmpere, s.s., 352 tons, Fleming, for the West Coast. TeAnau, b.b., 1028 tons, ! Newton, for Auckland, via the Jtiast Coast. Kawatiri, b.s>, 288 tons, Apstein, for Picton. Edwin Fox, refrigerating hulk, Kelly, for Picton. January 11- — Tekapn,'s.B., 1544 tons, Anderson, ■ for Melbourne, via tho Bluff and Hobart. | Rangitiki, barque, 1188 tons, Pott in per, for [ Napier. Napier, 8.5., 48 tons, Mathiesou, for Jtiverton.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Maori left London on December 26 for Wellington and Lyttelton. The s.s. Aotea sailed from London on the 4th of January and will muke Port Chalmers the first port of call in Now Zealand. Due the 2 1st of February. The s.s. Mamari, from Lyttelton (12th November) arrived at London on the afternoon of the Bth inst. with her cargo of meat in good condition. Wellington, January 5. — Sailed : Star of Neyr Zealand, for London. Passengers : Messrs Harris and Soovy. Her cargo includes -43,188 carcases mutton, 1303 lambs, 27,842 legs, 48 bales cotton, and 6200 bales wool. Wellington, January 6,— The Rakaia sailed for London shortly after-5 to-night. Her cargo Includes 20,958 bales wool, 1497 cases gum, 3225 tubes, and a quantity of tallow, basils, produce, itc. That nhipped from Wellington is as follows : 3593 bale* wool, i2l casks tallow and pelts, and 9 packages sundries. Wellington, January 11. —Arrived: lonic, from London She left Plymouth on the 23th November, the Cape on December 20, called at Hobart, and reached here at 5 to-night. She experienced moderate weather with occasional squalls, and passed a number of icebergs the largest being about 160 ft high. Oa December 16 A. Twontyuian, a saloon passenger for Hobart, died. She brings a number of Romney Harsh Bheep for Christchurch. • Hobxut, January 7.— The Tonic, from London, via the Cape, arrived at 6.30 this morning, and sailed at 1 p.m. for Wellington. She has 18 passengers for Australia and 103 for New Zealand. Lonpon, January 4.— Arrived : The Gothic, from Lyttelton (November 24), at Plymouth to-day, with her meat in good condition. Capetown, January 4.— Arrived : Kaikoura, from London, today.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. GISBOB.NE, January 5. — Sailed : Lochnaear, barque, for London, with a cargo of wool valued at £25,577. Sydney, January 5. — Arrived : Warrimoo, from Vancouver, via Honolulu and Suva. Her cargo comprises 330 cases salmon, 2 bales cotton, 4 bales radiators, 6 cased copperine, 2 cases household effects, 1 box merchandise, 27 cases drugs, 1 case bicycles, 4 boxes fittings, 1 case lubricating oil, Lease varnish.

ARRIVAL OF THE EMBLA. A smart looking wooden barque, of 389 tons register, ii the Embla, a Danish vessel built at Nordy in 1885, and owned by Mr C. H. Nielsen, of Actiesals-Kob, which arrived off Otago Heads at 5 p.m. on the Bth. The Embla brings a cargo of 490 tons of sugar for this port, and is consigned to the National Mortgage and Agency Company. The Embla's passage from Mauritius to Dunedin has occupied 41 days— not a bad one for this season of the year. She left Poit Louis on November 28.

THE SHAW, SAVILL, AND ALBION COMPANY. MOVEMENTS OF THEIR FLEET OF SAILING VESSELS. Akaroa arrived at Lyttelton from Ctrdiff November 14 ; loading at that port for London. Auckland arrived at Wellington December 8; loads for London. Canterbury left London for Otago and the Bluff October 16. Crusader loading at the Bluff for London. Himalaya left Auckland for London Nov. 7. Hudson loading at Glasgow for Dunedin. Invercargill arrived at Wellington November 14 ; loads for London. Luttervrortu loading at Gisborne for London. Margaret Galbraith leaves Port Chalmers 10th Inst. for Timaru to load for London. Oamaru left Giaborne for London December 15. Pleiades loading at Oamaru for London, and. expected to sail on the 9th inst. Pleione arrived at Nelson from London October 31. Soukar arrived at Wellington from Liverpool December 28. Timaru left London for Sydney November 16 ; passed Barry Heads 17th. Wellington arrived Lyttelton from Capetown December 15. Westland loading at Port Chalmers for iiondon. Zealandia left Wellington for London Dec. 25. Asterion loft London for Nelson October 7 ; passed Deal 10th. Blenheim arrived Dunedin from Glasgow sth inst. Hermione -left Lyttelton for London Dec. 19. Hiuemoa arrived Melbourne from London October 5. Lochnagar left Gisborne for London sth inßt. Nelson loading at Timaru for London ; expects to sail 15th in at. Taranaki left Napier for London December 18. The Huddart-Parker Company's steamer Tasmania, Captain M'Gee, from Sydney, via the East Coast ports, arrived at the cross wharf at 5 a.m. yesterday, with passengers and cargo. She left Sydney on December 23. During the passage across from Sydney to Auckland of the s.s. Tasmania, an entertainment was improvised by Captain M'Gee in aid of the the sufferers by the Stockton disaster. The upper deck wai covered with awnings and brilliantly decorated with flags. The piano from the ladies' J>oudo}r was placed on deck, and a very enjoyable entertainment took place. -At its conclusion £5 Is was collected in atd of the fund, and the decks being cleared dancing was indulged in. Loud expressions of the kindness and attention of Captain M'Gea and his officer! were expressed by the passengers, and we understand the captain hopes to supplement the amount already received during his present passage to Sydney. The Union Steam Ship Company's steamship Manapouri. Captain John Anderson, from Melbourne, via Hobart and tha Bluff Harbour' arrived at the Dunedin wharf at 4. 45p.m. on the 6th. She left Melbourne at 7.15 p.m. on the 30th ult The b.b. Manapouri left the tongue wharf on Thursday night for Sydney, via Port Chalmers and Cook Strait •

The British barque Carrick, formerly the City of Vienna, bound from Newcastle to Valparaiso with a cargo of coal, fouudered at sea on December 22, some 300 miles oft the coast of New South Wale 3. The captain and crew were saved. She was an iron barque of 998 tons register, built at Glasgow in 1856. She loaded 1471 tons of coal at Newcastle, and left that port on Uecember 9 for Valparaiso in command of Captain R. R. M'lntosh. The s.B. Tarawera, from Sydney, via Cook Strait, arrived at 7 a.m. on Thursday, and discharged her car^o into the railway trucks at the George street pier. She left Sydney at 7 p.m. on December 31. The s.s. Tarawera was floated into .the graving dock on Friday morning for cleaning and painting. The Candia, the first twin screw steamer in the P. and O. Co.'s fleet, was launched by Messrs Cuird and Co. at Greenock on November 7. She ia 450 ft in length. sJft in breadth, and 34ft 6in in depth, and of 6100 tons gi-os«. She will have triple expansion engines of 4600 horae-power. The barque Peru, from Mauritius, arrived at Melbourne on December 29. After dischargeI ing she comes on to Dunedin to load wool for 1 London. ! The ss. Waihora, from Sydney, via the Ea6t Coast, arrived at 11 a.m. on Sunday, and was berthad at the Georgo street pier in readiness to i discharge cargo. The s.s Napier after transhipping some bales of wool to the ship Westlsnd, landed 240 cases cheese at the Bowen pier on Monday forenoon. Tha barque Rangitiki was towed to sea on Monday foreuoon, aud sailed for Napier, at which 1 port Gha loads for Home. j The ship Blenheim is getting on well with the discharge of her cargo at the Victoria wharf. paring the week ending January 10, 11 vessels, with a total of 5827 tone, arrived at the Dunedin wharves, aud 11 vessels, registering 7656 tons, left } th-'m. The barquentine M. L. Bonnp.ll, which has been burnt at sea on her passage from (New York to Nelson, was a British vessel. She was built ut I St. John's, New Brunswick, in 1889, by MrF. S. i Bonnall, and owned by Mr F. Hit^hie, of that 1 ! port. She was a woodun vefs-1 of 308 toi.s sros^. I A twin screw steamer of 6100 tona rtiKpiarement, built for the Messageries Maritiruss 1 at their yards at La Cioiat, and named the I Lsos, was launched on November 3. She ia the fir*t boat with twin screws ever owned by the ' company, and will be placed in the rapid service to the far East. The Shaw, Saviil, and Albion Company's Canterbury, from London, arrived on Friday, and wiis towed up by the Plucky as far as the qiurantine ground, where sho anchored, baviug on board 572 packages of gunpowder, which was stowed in a properly-con-structed magazine. Tbe Canterbury is under the command of Captain ( u'.l'ert. Her cargo consists second, and Mr Kenny third. Her car#o consists . of some 1850 tons, 1050 tons of which is for Dun- , odin and the remainder for the Bluff, aud the vessel come« conMgned to Messra Muriay, Roberts, and Co. Her passage has been accomp- , lished in a few hours over 83 day?, and Captain ( Culbert is to be complimented on having made < the boat passage of the season, and the j vessel comes into port in admirable order. \ In a report from the British consul at Teneriffe , it is remarked that the Canary Islands have acquired a great importance of late} ears, apart; | from their yearly increasing expoit of market . itarden produce, as » coaling station for the many lines of stoamera going to the Cape, New Zealand, j and South America. Lying, as thuy do, some 140 1 ) j from England, south, and about 650 miles from j Cadiz, they form a remarkably convenient point 1 for ships to coal at, outward bound from the i Mediterranean and northern seas to the Cape (4500 miles distant) or to the River Plate (which is about the same distance) and to furthar point*, such as Australia and Chili, aa also on the return voyage. They lie in the direct route, in fact, of all outward bound shipping. The other great coaling station of the Atlantic ia St. Vincent, in the Cape de Verd group of islands, 800 miles further south again. But, in late years, tho Canaries seem to have obtained the greater preference, and are, no doubt, becoming yearly a grea er coaling centre for South Atlantic traffic. Thiß tendency to Coal in these islands has been greatly aided by the new harbour in Grand Canary ; but ifc is especially at Santa Oruz, in Teneriffe, that the number of steamers calling for coal has so lvgely increased iv 1895, in spite of its iufeiiority as a safe harbour. A new coaling company has begun operations at Grand Canary aud now materially adds to the varjoua coaling resources of the place ; as their buildings are capable of itoring over 20,000 lons of coal in addition to merchandise warehouse accommodation. P!anfc for producing electric light on shore and on their coaling craft, which they are fitting up with fiteamwinchea and transporters and which promises to ba of great . assistance in coaling steamers in quarantine and { for night deipatch, ia being laid down. This firm ' has built several wooden lighters of 250 tons ' capacity, each on the model of the Thames barge, bo creating a new system of barge-building in these islands, more suited by their great length to the modern model of trading steamers, as they can deliver from one barge into three coaling ports of an ordinary 4000 or 5000-ton steamer. They have also been the first to build iron or steel vessels employing native labour under Eng ish superintendence, aud have already launched four barges, of 250 tons each, with dead flat bottoms, j and having the peculiarity of requiring no bent or j moulded plates, offering the greatest carrying capacity aud st«adiness in a sea-way at the minimum cost of labour and materials.