LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6437, 17 March 1899, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

AKRIVED. March IG— Wanaka, s.s., 1572 tons, Smith, from Newcastle. Union Steamship Company, agunts. March 16— Falcon, schooner, 92 tons, Green, from Havelock. T. H. Ker, agent. March 16— "Emma Sims, schooner 63 tons, Johnson, from Collingwood. Pitcaithly, Wallace ancl Co., agents. . SAILED. * March 16— Mildura, H.M.S., 2575 tons, 7500 horse power, eight guns, Captain Leah, for Gisborne. March lo— Taupo, s.s., 408 tons, Lohb, fer •southern ports. Union Steamship Company, ogeuta. > • March 16— Waltalu, s.s., 95 tons, "Willß, for Port Robinson. Kinsey, Barns and Co., agenta. March 16— Rotomahana, s.s., 901 tons, Manning, for Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agonts. Passengers — Misses Campbell, Dixon, Baddon, Dawkins, Graham, Lynhani, Tewsley and -tarkley, Mesdames Varnes, Home and child, Dixon, Ballantyne, Graham, Ruddick, Richards, M'Nab and Hall, Rev 3 Simrnonds, Keapo, Laws, Hammond and Richards, Messrs Wood, Nation, Dal.mey, Laing-Meason, Edridge, Josephson, Adams, Ruddick. Prouso, Clark, Hill, Hall, Smith, ' Back, Bayhurst, Vincent, Jackson, Dawson and Ballantyne. March 16— Monowai, s.s., 2187 tons, Chatfiold, for Sydney, via Wellington. Union Steamship Company, agents. Passengers: For Wellington — Misses Cameron, Clohany, Henley and Barr, Mesdames Macfarlane, Meek, Garrard, Beswick and Geo and family, Rev Agar, Messrs Meek, Burton, Agar, Fhipps, Morrison, Griffin, Watkins and Gee; for Sydney— Mesdames Abbott, Struthers and Bean, Rev Dr Abbott, Messrs Bean, Daniels, Struthers, Wilson (2), Goodman and March 16— Janet Nicoll, s.s., 496 tons, Ryan, for Westport. ( Union Steamship Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London — Papanui, due Lyttelton March 19. Maori, due Wellington March 20; Lyttolton March 26. Kaikoura, due Wellington March 30. Ruahine, due Pork Chalmers April 11. Wakaniii, duo Wellington April 28. From Capetown— Lizzie Bell, barque, 1C36 tons, Whelan, W.V.H.C. From Port Chalmers— Oran, barque, 93. tons, Fowler, P.G.B.D. From Liverpool — Manchester, dredge, sailed Feb. 8 (put into Waterford). From Sydney— Loch Torridon, ship, 2000 tons, Pattman, W.F.K.B. From Newcastle— Loch Linnhe, ship, 1307 tons, Pihlman, W.V.C.N. From Adelaide— Lake Erie, barque, OSS tons, Stannard, H.M.T.K. From Melbourne — Menja, schooner, 463 tons, Rast. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For London— Wellington, ship.' Norman M'Leod, barque. Papanui, March 25. VESSELS HOMEWARD BOUND. • Days out. Hermione (Captain Ceriez) ... 76 Liv (Captain Farup) 75 Elbe (Captain Fox) 14 Canterbury (Captain Collingwood) ... 3 The direct liner Indraghiri leaves Port today for London. Tho steamer Rotomahana arrived from Wellington early yesterday morning, and wns placed in the graving-dock. She was cleaned and painted below water-line, and came out of dock again last evening, sailing for Wellington after arrival of the express from tho south. The Norwegian schooner Menja comes to this port from Melbourne. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's new steamer Waiwera will make Lyttehon her first port of call on her maiden trip to the colony. H.M.S. Curacoa, which was on the Aus-. tralian station for some years, narrowly escaped being run down in Plymouth Sound. A report of the incident by the English mail dated Jan. 24 says: — "H.M.S. Collingwood arrived in Plymouth Sound on Jan. 23. In coming into harbour in the evening, she ran into the training ship Curacoa, which was at anchor in the Barnpool, knocking a hole in her starboard side. The Curacoa began to leak badly, and two dockyard tugs 'went to her assistance. She was taken into harbour and afterwards docked. The collision ■was due to the tide carrying the Collingwood down on tho Curacoa." The efforts which are being mado to bring about the establishment of international courts of arbitration for the settlement of disputes arising out of collision at sea have all along had tho warm support of tho Hamburg • Chamber of Commerce. Tho report of that body for 1898 states that it haa succeeded in securing to a limited extent the adoption of a clause in " bills of lading " by virtue of which tho shipowner is authorised by tho persons interested in the cargo to submit any claims they may havo to make in collision cases to a court of arbitration. This clause, it is pointed out, cannot bo stigmatised as unfair to tho cargo owner, seeing that in these cases it is scarcely ever in the interests of tho cargo owner, but rather those of the underwriters, which are really at stake, and that it was. the underwriters themselves who started the proposals in favour of these arbitration courts. The Chamber expresses the hope that the precedent set by the two greatest (German) shipping companies in. having this clause inserted in their bills of lading will be followed by other owners. The report adds that after consultation with the Hamburg Underwriters' Association the Chamher has drawn up a code of rules for the working of the Hamburg Court of Arbitration for collision cases, and expresses the hope that prominent jurists and skilful mercantile and nautical experts will not fail to come forward as assessors.