TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 237, 4 October 1894, Page 6

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Hokianga. — September 11 — Sailed : Mary Wadley, three-masted schooner, for Launceston, with 79,900 feot) of squared and sawn white pine. Kaipara.—September 7—Sailed : Waitemata, barquentine, for Melbourne. 17 — Sailed: Southern Belle, barque, for Sydney. 24—Sailed : Huia, schooner, for Sydney. 26—Sailed : Viaion, brig, for Sydney. October I—Sailed : Graßsmere, barque, for Sydney. 2—Arrived : Handa lale, barquentine, from Melbourne.

Wellington.—September 7—Arrived : Clan McLeod, barque, Miller, from New York, with part cargo for Auckland. 12—The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Aorangi arrived ab 12.40 a.m. from London, Capetown, and Hobart. 21—Arrived : Celtic Kinsr, s.s., from Sydney. 22 —Arrived : Ship Nelson, Captain Perinmo, 92 dayo from London. 22—Sailed : Celtic King, b.s., for London. 23—The Shaw, Savill and Albion steamer lonic, from London via the Capo and Hobarl, arrived at 6.30 p.m. The eteamer Perthshire left for London ab 2 a. in. this morning. She takes the tollowiog passongors from New Zealand :—Mr-and -M-ra Lethbridgo, Mrs Rose, Misses Lethbridge (3).' '■ Nelson.—September. 21—Arrived: Helen Donny, bq., from London. Port Chalmers.—September 11 —Arrived, 1 p.m.: Pleione, ship, from Glasgow. 23—Sailed : Assel, barque, for Newcastle.

Bluff.—September 24—Arrived : Loon gana, barque, from Newcastle.

The 8.8. Hawke's Bay, of the Tyssr line, from London via Australian porta, made fast to bhe Qaecn-street Wharf shortly after 8 a.m. on Sept. 20. Mr C. Croucher, second officer, reported that the steamer left Sydney at 6 o'clock on the morning of Sept. 14. When outside « heavy gale with high sea was met with. This moderated on the Saturday, and although it was still very rough, the weather remained fino till passing tho Throo Kings on the 18th. Here a fresh gale was encountered with high confused sea and terrific rain squalls. The Hawke's Bay was pat half s^eed oft" Bhora, and although aho is very high oub of the water her bow and Btern were kept half the time flooded. The next morning tbe gale was still fresh.varying from south-east to southwest, and tho Bea became, if anything, more confused. The Hawke's Bay sailed on Sept. 24 for Napier en route for London.

TheR.M.B. Alameda, from San Francisco, Honolulu and Apia, completed an excop tionally smart run by berthing at tho Queen-streeb Wharf a few minut<39 after 2 p.m. on September I2tb. Mr J. B. Sutbon reported that the steamer pa^ed through tho Golden Gate afe 5 o'clock on the evening of August 23rd. Tho Honolulu pilot was pickecl up early on the morning of the 30th, and tho name evening the voyage wasreaumod. TheAiamedaancbored oft theSaraoancapitalonthe 6th iost. at 11.30 a.m., and sailed again for Auckland direct at 6 o'clock that night), arriving aa above, after a passage the actual steaming time of which from port to port was 19 days 1 hour. Down fco latitude 30 south fine weather wan rneb with, thence to arrival N.W. to S. VV. winds with squally weather. In continuation of her voyago from America, the mailsteamer lefb Auckland at 2 a.m. next day for Sydney.

After an absence of elighbly over a month, H.M.a. Rapid returned to porb on Sept. 11, having during tlutb time visited Pwarobonga and Sunday Wand. The warship left Auckland on the 6bh of August last, and when outside encountered very rough weather, tho wind which was ab first strong from the north-easb veering round to ail points of the compass. This lasted three days, after which the blow moderated," and Rarotonga was mado on the 19th, Sunday, after a passage of 13 days. The stay at Rarotonga lasted over 5 days, during which time Queens Mahea Ariki, Tinomana and Paa visited the Rapid, as well as numbers of natives. Rarotonga was left on the 24bh, and a course shaped for the Kermadec Islands. Through bad weather the vessel was delayed three day 3, moat of which time she was hovo-to, bub in spite of this and other rough woathor, no damage was done with the exception of the loss of a few sails. Sunday Island was made on the sth insfc., and after two hours stay, Mr Bell, the only resident of the Island, was taken ou board and the voyaee resumed. It was the inbention to call ab the other Islands of the group, bub the weather nob remaining favourable a course was shaped for this port. Strong bub favourable winds were mob with on the run down.

1b ia seldom of late years thafc we have any sailing ships coming into porb direct from the United Kingdom, all our merchandise coming forward in " ocean tramps," and when we do have Bailing veesels direcb from Home, we usually allow 100 days for the passage. Ib was a considerable surprise, therefore, in shipping circles when the ship Waimato made porb on September 18th, 83 days out from Glasgow, .Captain Worster, who is in command, reported fchftb the phip lefb her

porb of loading on June 22nd last, and met with fine weather down the Channel, which was lofb behind on the 27th of the same month. The line was crossed on July 23rd, in long. 28dee west, and tho Boucheasb trades, which were picked up a few days later, were exceptionally strong,' the wind coming in almost a gale from the southeast. The ship was close off the Brazilian Coast for a couple of days. The meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 11th of Augusb, and five days afterwards the meridian of the Cape was left behind. On the 3rd msb,, Caps Leuwin was abeam, and on September 7, thick dirty weather was encountered, which lasted two days. The next day, the 10th, the Waimate passed south of Tasmania, and on the 17th the North Cape was rounded. The run down tho Coaab was a very smart one, over 12 knots an hour being logged from the Poor Knights till dropping anchor off the Queen-streeb Wharf. Tbe passage from Glasgow to porb waa y therefore as above stated 83 days, and from land to land, that is from the Scilly Islands to Cape Maria, 82 days, which is exceptionally good time. The Waimate is one of the best known of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line of clippor Bailing ships, she having visited this pore on many occasions.