TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 239, 8 October 1891, Page 8

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Kaipaka Heads, September 10.—Sailed : W. F. Witzmann, four-maßbed, schooner, for Melbourne. 11.—Sailed : Waitemaba, barquenbine, for Sydney. 13.—Arrived : V icboria, barque, from Adelaide ; Peerless, briganbine, from Noumea. 18. —Sailed : W. C. Wenbworbh, for Sydney, with 188,000 ft baulk and B,ooofb flibches. 23.— Arrived : Alice Muir, barque, from Sydney. 26.—Arrived : Annie Wilson, schooner, from Lybbelbon. 29.—Arrived : Wenona, barque, from Sydney. 30.—Arrived : Wrestler, barquentine, from Melbourne. October -.Sailed : Adelaide, biig, for Newcastle, with 185,000 flitches and 45,000fb baulk. 4.—Sailed: Arabapu, schooner, and Victoria, barque ; both for Sydney. Omapere, September 25. — Arrived : Barque Presto, from Sydney. Ocbober 6.— Sailed : Briganbine Sbanley, for Melbourne. Wellington, Sepbember 14.—Arrived -. Ship Orari, Miller, from London, 114 days out. 15.—Sailed: Maori King, for London, 22.—Arrived : Barque Sbrauss, from New York, via Brisbane. 23.—Arrived : R.M.s. Tainui, Capbain Evans, from London. Her dabes are : Plymoubh, Augusb 9 ; Teneriffe, 14th ; Cape, 30tb ; Hobart, 19th. Variable weather was experienced throughout the voyage, which was uneventful. Passengers for Auckland : — Saloon : Mr and Mrs Webber. t Second saloon : Messrs Oetzman and La ' Trobe. Third class : Misses Bulbitude and Greenough, Mesdames Bulbibude, Dawson, Greenough, Michel, Stewart, Messrs Corletb, Greenough, Larmer, Michel, Magorman, Moir, Nichol, Parker. For Tauranga :—Saloon : Messrs Chapman and Cheston. October I.— Sailed: Barquentine Abiel Abbott, for New York. s.—The R.M.s. Kaikoura, arrived at half-past ten p.m. from Hobart. The Kaikoura's time was 43 days $& hours, less sboppageß one day 20 hours. $'«M«ngs» :—For WelliDgbon: Captain H.

Rose, Dr. and Mrs Forbe, Miss Forbe, and bhree children, Judge and Mrs Munro, Miss Paterson, Mr and Mrs G. Wilson, Master Wilson, Mrs J. R. Blair, Mrs R. F. Blair, Miss Aitken, Mrs Miers, Mr J. J. Oswall, Miss M. Russell, and 17 steerage. For Lybtolton : Mrs and Miss Ballantyne, Mr, Mrs, and Master F. Storey, Mr and Mrs F. S. Bardsley. Mr, Mrs, and Masber J. C. Yorke, Mrs G. Gould, Miss M. Gould, Mr W. Hill, and six steerage. For Auckland : Mr, Mrs, and Misses (2) Harrison, Mr Holloway, and 12 steerage. For Porb Chalmers : My Hende, Mr and Mrs Moffatt, and 14 steerage.

Chkistciiuf.ch, September 19.—Sailed •. R.M.s. lonic, tor London. Passongers :— Saloon: Misses Bathamley, E. Robison, Mr O. P.Gray, Mr John and Miss Eliza Duthie. Second saloon: R. C. Blackwell, Mrs Catherine, Miss A. M. Mclntyre. Sbeerage: Mrs Sheffield, William Sborer, D. Ross, Mrs Annie, Master George, Willie, Misses Kate, Theresa, Mabel Tiernan, William and Miss Adams, Misa Louise, Amelia, Mary, Alice, Jessie Ranken. Octobers.—Sailed: R.M.s. Ruapehu, for London. Passengers : —Saloon : Messrs Henry, Maxwell, Stuart, Armstrong, and Bonson, Miss Maggie Bruce, Mrs Margaret L. Chapplin, Mrs XV. Bell Freeman, Miss Ida Freeman, Mr Jno. Gellander, Mrs Mary Phillips, Mary Reich, Catherine G. Still, D. Still, Margaret Still, Mary S. Still, Messrs Still and Wilson, Mrs M. A.. Wilson. Third cabin :—Messrs D. Conall, Josoph Cottiugham, Oliver Green, G. Humphreys, Henry Leatmout, Dugald McEwin, aud A. R. Munro.

Port Chalmers, Sepbember 11.—Sailed : S.s. Eklerslie, for London. 16.—Arrived: Mabal Queen, barque, from Hobart. October 3. — Arrived : Ship Taranaki, Gordon, 100 days out from London. She experienced heavy weather running down the eastings. On August 29th Mr Dry, second officer, and Wm. Matthew, while engaged furling bhe maintopsail, fell from bhe yard overboard. Mr Dry wa3 picked up slightly bruised, and although ropes and lifebuoys were thrown by Captain Gordon, the carpenter book no notico of them, and sank under the vessel's quarter. Ib is supposed he musb have struck himsolf in the fall.

Bluff, September 14.--Arrived : Barque Othello, from Melbourne. 19.—Arrived : Barque Langstone, from London, 100 days oub. During the voyage a seaman, John Powers, died and was buried at sea on tho 6th September. 30.—Arrived: Freetrader, barque, Bowden, from Hobart. Sailed : Brunette, barque, Lindfors, for Sydney with a cargo of timber.

A belegram received by bhe Marine Deparbmonb, Wellingbon, on the 30th September from the lighthouse keeper at Cape Farewell states that tho purser of the Murray landed at West Wanganui, where the ketch Elizabeth waa ashore, but none of tho crew of the vessel could been seen. Tho ketch had her sails seb and appeared bo be abandoned..

After a long, and ab bimes very stormy passage of 126 days from London, bhe wellknown iron barque Himalaya, 1,008 bona, flying bhe house flag of bhe Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, arrived in porb on September 25th. For some weeks past the arrival of the barque has been rather anxiously looked for by local consignees, as much-needed lines were aboard her.

Captain G. C. Norris, of Auckland, has just purchased, through Messrs James and Co., the barque Northern Star, now lying in bhis porb, for the intercolonial trade. Captain Norris' last purchase was the English barquentine Indiana, which ho losb in the English Channel. The Northern Star was owned by Cuthbertson of Newcastle, and was built ab Prince Edward's Island in 1875. The price paid was £1,350.

The Marine Board of Melbourne, after inquiring into the recent touching of the Manapouri, has seen fit to cancel Captain Logan's certificate for one month. That the punishment is a very severe one no ono will question, and sympathy for Captain Logan will be very strong amongst colonists, many thousands of whom have safely travelled under his skilful and careful seamanship. Captain Logan is stated to have been overcome when the finding of the Courb was announced.

The Cusboms Revenue lasb monbh was £136,811, againsb £155,031 in Augusb, and £128,787 in bhe previous Sepbember. Auckland conbributed £32,027, Wellingbon £29,267, Chrisbchurch £20,470, and Dunedin, £28,739. The total is exclusive of tho 920 parcels post. For the quarter for the six months tho Customs revenue shews a surplus above the estimabes of £21,000. The beer duby for bhe monbh was £4,462. The receipbs during six monbhs have fallen £4,892 below bhe esbimabe, bub bhe best monbhs have to come.

We are furnished by bhe local Customs_ authorities with the following shipping' returns for the port of Auckland for the quarter ended September 30bh of this year : —Entered inwards (foreign-going vessels): Sailing .vessels 30, aggregate tonnage 8,742; steamers 34, aggregate tonnage 37,130. Total: 64 vessels, with total aggregate tonnage of 45,702. Entered outwards : Sailing vessels 40, aggregate tonnage 10,434; steamers 29, tonnage 29,584. Total: 69 vessels of 40,018 tons register. These returns show a gratifying increase on those of previous quarters. On Sept. 29 the locally-owned brigantine Sarah Pile, which went ashore ab Tairua, East Coast, some time ago while leaving that port for Newcastle timberladen, and subsequently got off, and was temporarily patched up, arrived here from Tairua in charge of Captain Wiking, under jury-rig, for repairs, after a trip of fourdays, beating up against a head wind, Mr D. Gouk, of Auckland, is tho contractor for delivering her in dock here, and ho has succeeded in getting her up here after a good deal of brouble. Ib ia not decided yet as to whether she is to be repaired, as she is in a pretty bad state.

Shortly before one p.m. on September 21 the Harbour Board's steam hopper dredge No. 121, which has been chartered to the Victorian Government for dredging work in Melbourne, left the Queen-street Wharf on her voyage across to Melbourne via Russell. Quite a large crowd were assembled on the tee as the big dredger drew off into the stream and started down the harbour at a six-knot speed on her way up to the Bay of Islands, with her nameflag flying at her main. On the 27th she returned to Russell, having encountered the full force of the westerly gale when fiftyfive miles south-west of the North Cape, which caused the vessel to ship large quantities of water. The pumps getting choked bhe captain determined to put # back to overhaul the same.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's, splendid new atsel sbeamer Ruahine, nowbuilding on bhe Clyde for bhe New Zealand cargo and passenger trade, is expected to be launched shortly. She will be the largest inerehanb vessel yeb engaged in bhe trade bebween this colony and England, as she will register 6,100 tons and will carry an immense cargo. She is to steam from 17 to 18 knots, and is altogether to be splendidly fitted up. It is the intention of the Company to utilise the Ruahine nexb year in taking bhe place of their other steamers in the New Zealand trade from time to time, so as to enable the rest of the fleet to be laid up, one at a time at Home, to be. lengthened some 15ft each, and otherwise somewhat refitted and enlarged. The Ruahine will be mainly a cargo boat, but will have accommodation for about 20 passengers.

The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'sfinenew steel cargo-steamer Pakeha, which berthed at bheQueen-etreeb Wharf on September 16, from London via Hobarb, Southern ports and Waitara, on her first visit bo Auckland,

with parb cargo from Home valued at £13,900, is a splendid specimen ot the big cargo-carriers which are now absorbing the greater portion of our direct trade with the Old Country. She was built last year at Stockton, being specially designed for cargo - carrying, more especially for bhe frozen meat brade. Sho carries ' quite 6,000 tons of cargo, and can stow away 54,000 carcases of frozen mutton, besides 10,000 bales of wool. Her net register is 2,842 tons, and gross tonn.-'ge 4,331. Sho is a well-decked screw steel boat, schoonerrigged, and steams 10 knots on 22 tons of coal per day. Capt. W. Scotland is in command.

Another of the splendid new steel cargosteamers which are now absorbing the bulk of tho carrying trade between New Zealand and London came into port on Sept. 25 in the shape of the s.s. Tokoa, 4,050 tons gross register, Capb. Stuart, (R.N.R.), from London via Teneriffe. The Tekoa bears a great resemblance to the Shaw-Savill steamer Pakeha, which was here a week or two ago on her way from the South. The Tekoa lefb London on July 25bh, her only port of call being Tonerilfe, where she stopped to coal. Thence to porb her engines did nob stop running oncci Sho rounded bhe Cape of Good Hope on August 21, and experienced bhe usual weather across bho Southern Ocean, en boring Bass Straits on bhe 15th inst. Thence to port sho had three days' head sea, and then tine weather. Uapt. D. Stuart, (who holds tho Royal Naval Resorvo- rank of lieutenant) ia in command, with Messrs Barthorp, Donald, Wyatbaud Rochfort as deck officers. Mr Parsons is chief engineer. Messrs McIntyre and Evans aro the refrigerating engineer*. Mr Karvoy is purser, and Mr Fox is chief steward. The colonial mails for America and tho United Kingdom wore despatched henco to Sau Francisco on Saturday evening, September 12th, by tho Union S.S. Company's fine mail-steamer Monowai, Capt. Carey. Tho Monowai did nob pub in an appearance from Sydney until closoon six a.m. on bhe 12bh, having had an exceedingly rough passage across from Porb Jackson. She broughbfrom Sydney for Auckland 23 saloon and 17 second-class passengers, and had on board in transit for 'Frisco, 27 saloon and 40 second-class passengers. Besides these, she took from Auckland about 20 saloon and 33 second-class passengers, making about 160 of all classes on board for America. She had only a small quantity of cargo aboard from Sydney, but she shipped here a fairly largo amount of produce for San Francisco, including somo gum, flax, Southern oats, etc., amounting to sevoral hundred tons in all. On her return trip down here from San Francisco tho Monowai will bring to the colonies Sells Bros.' Circus and Menagerie, which is stated to be a colossal aflair, including nearly a hundred performers, attendants, etc,, and several elephants, hippopotami aud other wild animals. The circus will go on to Sydney, and on its return trip open in Auckland.

Tho largo new steel cargo-steamer Pakeha, of tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's colonial • fleet, which was in porb on September 16th and 17th, aroused a considerable amount of interest and inspection, chiefly from the fact that she is the largest cargo-carrier that has yet visited Auckland harbour. She was designed with a special view to the New Zealand frozen meat trade, and so far she has proved signally successful in this branch of tho carrying industry. She is, if anything, more sightly than eithor the Rangatira or tho Maori, and being painted whito, hor shapely though " full and substantial linos are shown off to more advantage. She is equipped with splendid machinery and the vory latest labour-saving appliances, aad is altogether a very fine specimeu of the modern ocean "tramp" steamer. Captain Scotland, her commander, is wellknown here from his previous connections with the sailing ships Crusader, Glenora, Westland, and other vessels. The Pakeha has already a large quantity of frozen meat aboard for Homo, shipped in tho South and at Waitara, and she has gone South again to complete loading for London, calling first at Gisborne. From this port sho takes a considerable part cargo of kauri gum, wool, iiax, tallow, and sundries, including a quantity of gold ore and bullion.