SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10635, 20 April 1900, Page 6

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

(Latitude, 48deg. 36min. 42sec south; longtude, 172deg. 44min. 17sec. east.) ARRIVED—ApriI 19. TJpolu, a.s., 1141 tons, Rolls, from the South. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wakatu, s.s., 115 tons, Campbell, from Cheviot. Einsey, Barns and Co., agents. Rotonmhana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, from "Wellington. Passengers—Misses Jeffreys, McKenna, Alcorn, Gilmer (2), Jeseup, Rathbone, McDonald, Armstrong, and Ward, MesdameE Hunt, Rutledge, Hanna, Hickson, Hutcbinson, Bstill, "Woodcock, Levein, Blacklock and 2 children, Turner, Jessup, McDonald, Philips, Hudson, Browning, Moloney and Gilbert, Rev. Father Salvador, Messrs Hunt, Bowman, Tesobemaker, Rutledge, Gilbert, Mc-Kerra-s, Jensen, O'Callaghan, Moller, i'ange, Winstone, Restell, Hanna, Zieman, "Wright, Kenr, Croft, Allan (2), Kirk, Haetani, McLachan, Parkin, Robinson, Robertson, Estill, Sandstein, Ewanson, Bailey, Woodcock, Powell, Palmer, Levein, Jones, Rothschild, Edge, Hudson, Montefiore, Rathbone, Fairweather, Waller, Blair, Moss, Davis (2),

Browning, Paltow, Boyd, Moloney and Gilbert, ana 30 steerage. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Toroa," s.s., 174 tons, Romeril, from Chathams. Kinsey, Bams and Co., agents. ! Falcon, schooner, 95 tons, Green, from Collingwood. T. H. Kerr, agent. SAILED—ApriI 19. Rotomahana, s.s., 1763 tons, Manning, for "Wellington. Passengers—Misses Butler, ij'airchiiii, wheeler, Cleary, Clifford (2), Watt, Mo Kenzie, Mason, Watkins, Parnham, M. Lamb, Chatiield, McCarthy, Aschwaid, Lyon, Falkner, Wilson, and Sharp, Mesdames Clifford, El worthy, Clark, Luke, Dogg and two children, inirmeister, Thomson, Watt, Heal and child, -Liloyd, Wilton, Simes, Hutchings, Sinclair, Iviason, Graham, Newbold, Field, Barker, Robertson, Eothwell and child, Hill, Gardner, Turner, Wallis, and Stopford, liight Rev. .bishop Wallis, Rev. Newbold, Mr Juatice Williams. Messrs Milne, Gilbert, Moore (2), Dawson Malet, Gray, Clifford, Elworthy, Mason, Burmeister, Pope, Bruce, Sinclair, Simes, Buchanan (2), Smith, Kellow, Paine, Thomson, Hitchings, Webb, J. l>. Scoble, Haggett, H. M. Lee, Dugard, Sutcliffe, A. Steele, Cronipton, F. W. Cable, K. B. ]Neill, ltycroft, Morris, Taylor, Barker, Hutton, H. Dixon, Wray, Millwood, Pearson, Graham, Field, a..J Rothwell. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. Wakatu, s.s., 115 tons, Canxpbell, for Cheviot, otc. xunsey, Barns and Co., agents. Upolu, s.s., 1141 tons, Rolls, for Greymouth, via Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company, agents. EXPORTS.

Tβ Anau —For Port Chalmers: 2 deck chairs; 8 boxes, 1 bag. For Bluff: 3 hhds ale, 2 steel plates, 26 pkgs old rope, 1 reaper and binder, 17 cases, 3 oaks, 4 kegs, 1 basket, 1 sk, 4 pkgs. For Hobart: 2 sks wheat, 2 cases. For Fremantle: 87 sks barley, 1 oase. For Adelaide: 65 sks peas, 100 sks oats. For Dunedin: 2 chests tea, 1 case ale, 33 sks peas, 1 case cheese, 2 cases empty tins, 1 truss leather, 1 keg, 12 cases, 6 sks, 5 pkgs. For Melbourne: 2 bicycles, 1 sulky, 1 sk harness, 2 crates poultry, 22 sks peas, 1075 sks grass seed, 28 bags broken glass, 3 bales woollens, 321 sks oats, 6 blocks stone, 50 pkgs machinery, 130 empty returned csks, 5 cases, 1 pkge. Taupo—For Adelaide: 150 sks oatmeal. For Melbourne: 25 sks peas, 5 bales and 2 trusses leather. For Albany: 11 cases tongues, 4 cases meats. For Fremantle: 100 cases meats.

Tho "Waikare is to arrive from Port Chalmers next Monday, and sails for Sydney, via Wellington, that night. The Tutanekai is to be placed on the patent slip at Wellington for cleaning and painting. The White Star liner Afric is expected to arrive at Lyttelton next Thursday. The Kumara is expected from Timaru tomorrow, as is the Whakatane from Port Chalmers.

The New Zealand intercolonial trader Northern Chief had an exciting experience off Sydney Heads tho other day. "When about 69 miles from, port she ran into boisterous ■weather. The wind, which started from the eastward, suddenly veered to north-west, west, and eventually to south. With tho shift of wind to the south heavy rain set in, with a high sea running. About this time a huge waterspout was Observed in- the vicinity of the vessel. Captain Mackay wore the enip to endeavour to get clear of it. The waterspout, however, came along at a tremendous pace, and burst within 20ft of the vessel. The crew state that they had never witnessed anything like it, and had tho huge column, containing' many thousand tone of water, struck the vessel, nothing could have saved her' from going to the bottom with all hands.

The officers of the steamer Oceana, before reaching Colombo, sighted a ship in uistresa firing rockets'. The Oceana altered her course, and came across one of the 8.1.5. N. Company's steamers quite disabled. It was the troopship Fkzilka, returning from South Africa to Calcutta. Sha had broken her shaft. The captain came on board the mail steamer, and said that he hod been, drifting about for five weeks, and his ship's company was in a pitiable plight. All that time they had been on. half rations, and had only sufficient to last them for two days more. Thoy were also in a terrible state of scurvy. After giving them a good supply of rations, and after endless business with towlines, hawsers, etc., and after about eight hours' delay, the Oceana got the Fazilka in tow. In about three-quarters of an hour's timo the towline broke, and as she was so near Colombo, they asked the captain of the Oceana 4o arrange for one of their own steamers to go out to them. After further parleying, Captain. Crawford (of the Oceana) left the stoxmer, and reported her at Colombo. During the five weeks the Fazilka had drifted 1500 miles.