SHIPPING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 9

SHIPPING NEWS.

.'■'. PHASES OP THE MOON. MAY. Dny. Ilr. m. Full moon ; 5 . 1138 p.m. Last quarter ... ' 13 9 15 a.m. New moon ... 20 ' 112 a.m. First Quarter ... 27: 0 58 p.m. HIGH WATER. . To-day, 9.52 a.m.; 10.10 p.m. To-morrow, 10.40 a.m.; 10.58 p.m. ■■' SUN. ."■ Sun rises to-day, 7.0 a.m.j sots, 4.34 p.m. ARRIVALS.. ■-." TUESDAY/MAY 25. MONOWAI, s.s. (6.55 a.m.), 3433 tons, liolicrtson, from Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier. Passengers: Saloon—Mcsdanies Kinway, Franks, Dr, Lillicoc, Messrs. D. K. Caithness, W. Melville, A. Muir, Hi Jones, Fisher; 6 Hteerage. PATHENA, s.s. (7 a.m.), 1212 tons. Dawson, from' Lyttelton. Passengers: Saloon—Misses Kirton, Mandcno, Jolinston, M'Gregor, Watt, Collins, Urquhart, Buchanan, Williams,-' Nurse Thomas, Mesdames Ayers, Allen, Walker, Tyors, Raymond, Tillman, Eoid, Hutchinson, Biackburoo, Dr. Smith, Dr. Deakin; Justico Sim, Captain Blackburnc, Messrs. . Henderson, Jcnning3, M'Kay, Easton, Oswald, Salmond, M'Lcan, Tyers, Mobs, Jones, Dunkley, Vercoc, Barry, Mitchell,' Urquhart, Murray, M'Master, ■. Wallace, Humphries, Eoid, Wilson, Moray, Pinoott, Goodon, Miller, Sim, Arthur, Bkodcs, Hendry, Borlas'c, Oassels, Worsloy, Smith, Murray, Wamington, Gordon, Wellington College Old Boys' football team (16); 47 steerage. WAIItAtJ, s.s. (8.a.m.); 93 ,tons, Vendore, from Nelson. STORMBIED, s.s. (12.20 p.m.), 217 tons, M'lntyrc, from Wanganui. .' ' .. / DEPARTURES. TUESDAY.-MAY 25. OPAWA,'B.s. : (2 a.mi), 110 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. PUKAKI, 5.5.'(12.20 aim.), 1444 tons, Watson, for Picton and West Coast. POHEKOA; s.s. (7.50 p.m.), 1175 tons, Eobertson, for Greymouth. MANA, s.s. (7 p.m.), 134. tons, Jackson, for Patca. MONOWAI, s.s. (5.35 p.m.), 3433 tons, Eobertson, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers—Saloon: For Lyttelton—Misses' Lambert, Lr.wson, HcdgRutherford, Taylor, Ward,: Jenkins and child, Euthcrford, Laylor, Ward, Jenkins and child, Elliott' and child, Messrs. Honliston, Jobb, i Euthcrford, Peters, ; Sturtcvant, Butts, Butterworth, M'Lcan,Rhodes, Honliston. For .Dunedin—Mr. White. WAIRAU, s.s. (4.20 p.m.), 93 tons, Vendore,' for. Nelson and Motuoka. I . .-■■ . ..■ ■■■• NAIRNSniEE, s.s. (4 p.m.), 5673 tons, Page, for Lyttelton. .-''., ..' MAPOCJEIKA, s.s. '5.15 p.m.), 1703 tens,- Ken-' ncdy, for Nelson and West ■ Coast. Saloon: For Nelson—Misses Pick, Wilson, Aicher, Mesdames Allen,' Anderson, Messrs. Graham, Wingfleld, Mason', Hordman (2), Jcuningß, Muir, Morley, Clarkson, Walworth, ElsMge, Dawson, Kay; Andrew,. Balltnger, Pearco (2), Burnes, For Westport—Mi6ses Topping (2), Kcefo, Pcarce (2),. Bouring, Martin, Smith, Ireland,' Esdaillo, Rodgcrs (2), Burke, OhiyL Laccy,. Blackmore, Cr.uickshnnk,. Lamb, Knight, • Sullivan, Osborne, Edmonds, Aldous (21, Ireland, M'Douald. Siceman, Mrs. Harris,' Messrs. Harris, Low, Pollard, Bull, M'Laughlin,. Willis,. Thomas, 1 Neville, Srllivan, Madigan,, Ralph,. Williamson, Nicholson, Morrison; Well, Edwards. , ■ .'- PATEENA, s.s. (8,10 p.m.), '.212 tons,. Anderson, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Saloon—Missea Sinclair, Taylor, Lanccster, Lambert, Hodgson, Taylor, Ward,. Steward, Maxwell, "BaU, Mesdames Dawson, Taylor, Machanino and 5 children, Messrs. Jackson,' Falla,. Barnctt,' Colonel Connolly, Bishop Mules,. Marchant, Ojoko, K'Lean, Rb.ud.e9, Bishop Williams, Archdeacon WiUiams; Taylor. 'expected arrivals. ; . Kotuku, Westport, May 26. : Koromiko, Westport,: May 26. Ger,tie, Fojcton, May 26. .■.<•;'.' '•'■'■'., '/ Stormbird, Wanganui, May' 26.. ■'• v.;,'Putiki, Lyttelton, May 26. .•' -" ■■..!■ To Anau, Nelson, Picton,: May 26. ': Corinna, southern ports,' May 26, ' : - : Monowai, northorn ports, May 26. Cygnet, Kaikoura,. May 26. Waverley. NelEon, May 26. ' ; ' Rob Koy, Havolack, May 26. Waihi, Blenheim. May. 26. •-■...■.' ; -';■--.' Opawa,' Blenheim, May 26. Blenheim, Blenheim. May 26. .-■ . .-,-:'.'; , Mnnaroa, Kotueka.'May 26. ;■■ .'■'-'' ■, Huia, Wanganui. May. 26.- ' ' ■'. • . • Arahura,' West Coast, Nelson,•. Picton, May 26. Maitai, Suva, via Auckland, May . 26. . . • Manuka, Sydney, May 26, ■'■■ Mararoa, Lyttelton,-May 26. Kahu, East Coast, • May ■ 26. Kuril, East. Coast, May 26.-. ■ Flora, Auckland; via'coast, May 27. .. \ . Pateona, Lyttelton, .May-27. Wairau, Nelson, Motuoka,. May 27.. Kiripaka, Paten, r May-27..: . . ; , • Alexander, Nelson,' May 27. ■• .%* -' ... Victoria;' Dunedin, Lyttelton, May-27. ■■;.. . Talune, Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, May 28.. <Moeraki, Melbourne, via south, May 28. •.:..-. Mapourika,' West Coast, May 29. . ; ■ -'.- Maitai, southern.'ports, May 30..':.,.. ~', ~ Waikare, northern ports, June, 1.. •....:.' ~..-' '-■■'■ ■(;.;■. '-...':—— '■- •''/■■.•'■■• ' ■''■-,■' ,'', PROJECTED''.OEPAnTURES.;'.'; / : ; . Gertie, Fpiton,' May. 26, • :■■'.' Pohcrua, G.aymonth, May 26. ; '.""<••'..■•'• Stormbird;. Wanganui, .May 26. '...:.' '..,'.'-. Gertie,.Foxton, May 26. • ■.-■".;. Waverley, Nelson and West Coast, May 26. Wootton, Nydia Bay, May 26. .■. ■■■: .:■ . '-. ■. , Kotnku, Westport, May 26. ■ • ' ■ JTe Anan,' Picton, Nelson, May 26. ; .-. . i ' Pntiki, Wanganui, May 26.: • Koromiko, Westport. May 26. ' : . ;.:.:"., Onav.-a, Blenheim, May 26. '•;: Waihl,: Blenheim. May 26.' Blenheim,'. Blenheim.' May 26. .'•,. '■■'■•" : Huia, Wanganui. May- 26.-'- '■•";'' . . :' Manaroa, Havelock. May 26. . .-' - , Cygnet,-Kaikourn, May 26. ; Mararoa, LytteltoD, May 26. . . Corinna, Nelson,' New- Plymouth, and Ono< hunga,-May.26. Kahu, Napier, May 26... .•; . Euru, Napier, May 26. r Patcena,' Lyttelton, May 27. : Wairau,; Nelson, May 27. ■ ■'.". ' !■' . 'Alexander, Nelson and West Coast, May 27, Manuka, Melbourne, via ■■ south, May < 27. - : I Victoria, Sydney,, via Auckland, May 27. . Mnnapouri. Rarotonea and Tahiti. Mav 27. Aranawa, Wanganui. May 27. .. " ,- Talune, Lyttelton, Dunedin, May 28. •.".<:-'■.' : Moeraki, Sydney direct. May 28. Rosamond, Nelson, , New Plymouth, and Onehunga. May 28. . ... Rotoiti. Picton, Nelson, and West Coast, May 29. Maitai, northern ports, May 31.. .Mapourika, West. Coast, June I,"' Waikare, southern ports, Juno 1. . ■•.."'." INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE,'! •";:' ' MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. . ; -- MOERAKI,' s.s.,- loft Melbourne May " 19, for Wellington, via Hohart and southern, ports. Due Wellington May 28. Leaves, same day for Sydney direct. '• '•' •....,. ■ WIMMERA, s.s., leaves Sydney May 26, for Wei. lington, .via Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier. Duo Wellington Juno .4. Leaves same . day fot Lytteltou and Dunedin. ;1 . MOANA, s.s.; loaves Melbourne May - 26, for Wellington, via southern ports and Hobart. Duo Wellington Juno 4. Loaves same day for Bydney direct. Due Sydney Juno B.'i :'• MANUKA;; s.s., left Sydney May 22, for Wellington direct. Duo Wellington May 26. Leaves May 27, for Melbourne, via southern ports and Uobart. "■ ■ ULIMAEOA. s.s., leaves Sydney May 29, for Wellington direct. Duo Wellington Juno 2.' Leaves.June 3, for.Melbourne, via Bouthern ports and Hobart. VICTORIA, s.s., leaves Dunedin; May ' 25, for Sydney, via Lyttelton.* Wellington, and Auckland. Due Sydney June 4. WAREIMOO. s.s., leaves Molbourno June 2, for Wellington, via nobart and southern ports. Due Wellington' Juno 11. Leaves samo day for Sydney direct. Due Sydney June 15. : ■ MOKOIA, s.s., leaves Sydney Juno 2, for Auckand. Due Auckland Juno 6, tranships to Taluno, ind leaves again for Sydney Juno 7. ' .TALUNE, s.s., leaves Dunedin Juno 1, for Auckand,: via East Coast ports. .Duo Auckland : Tune 6, and tranships to Mokoia for Sydney. OVERSEA .'SHIPPING.-' ■'■;;. STEAMEES TO AEEIVE., : From London. INDEAGHIEI (duo Wellington about June 16), sailed, on March 30. via Australia and Auckland. Tyser Line, agents.) STAE :OF NEW ZEALAND (duo Wellington lbout Juno 10), sailed on April 8. via Australia, Auckland, and Napier. (Tyser Line, agents.) MATATUA (due Wellington about Juno 2), lailed on April 10, via Auckland. (Shaw-Savlll, lgents.) WAKANUI (duo. Wellington about Juno 9) sailed on April,2o, Plymouth April 22,' via Capo Pown and Hobart. (New Zealand Shipping Co. lgents.) lONIO (duo Wellington about Juno 14), sailed >n April 29, Plymouth May 1, via Capo Town ind Hobart. (Shaw-Savill Lino, agents.) KAIKOUEA (due Wellington about July 1) lailed on May 4, via Auckland. ■ (New Zea'land' Shinning Co., agent.*.) NERKHANA (due Wellington about July 14) lailed on May 5. via Australia, Auckland, and lapior. (Tyser Line, agents.) .TUIIAKINA (due Wellington about July 1) railed on May. 14, Plymouth. May 15, via Oapd Town aud nobart.. (New Zealand Shipping Co lgents.) ... '. ■ . " 'ram Liverpool. AOTEA (duo Wellington about May 30),. sailed in March 21, via Auckland. (Shaw-Savlll, agents.) MORAYSHIRE (duo Wellington about Juno 25 iniled on April 24, via Australia and Auckland F.H.S. Lino, agents.) from New York. . r STAE OF SCOTLAND (duo Wellington about lay 31), sai ed on March 27, via Australia and Uickland.: (Tyser Line, ngonts.) . WALKUISE (due Wellington about July 8) ailed on May 3, for Wellington direct. (Vacuum Ml" Co.. agents.) . BANTU (due Wellington about August 6). sailed n .May », via A«»tralla ond Auckland. (A, && A. Uue, agantaJ

BY TELEGRAPH. OVERSEA. '"- -. SYDNEY, May'. 25.' Arrived.—Ulimaroa' (10 a.m.), from Wellington. COASTAL. / TUESDAY, MAY 25. CAPE MAMA VAN DIEMEN. Whangape,. bound-from Newcastle to Auckland, passed cast at 11.45 a.m. '. * '"' AUCKLAND. Arrived.—lndraghiri (7 0,m.), from Sydney; Inga (8 p.m.), from Newcastle. Arrived.—lnga (8.30 p.m.); from Newcastle. Sailed.—Talunc, for southern ports. Passengers for Wellington—Messrs. Cole, O'Connor, and Thompson. ■ ONEUUNGA. •■'■' Arrived.-Barawa (9 a.m.), from Now Plymouth. •EASTi CAPE..■-.' ; . The Jfaitai passed south'at 9.50 a.m. ■'.''■.'..' Tutanckai passed south at 12.35 p.m.... '' 'NEW PLYMOUTH.' ' (3 a.m.), from Onohnnga. . Sailed.-Eotoiti (11 a.m.), for' Wellington. '-.', , NAPIER. . ■'ArriTpl-JTaikaro'' (9 a.m.), from Wellington. Bailed.—Waikarc, for, Gisbornc. , > .'.','- . .••.'■ WANGANUI. Arrivcd.-Huia (12.10 p.m.) ■ and Kapiti. .(12.45 p.m.), from Wellington. . Arrivcd.-Elpplo (1.40 p.m.), from WeHington. Amvcd.-Kapiti. (12.45 p.m.) and Ripple > (1.40 p.m.), from Wellington. ' FOXTON. ~ ' '■■'.■■.' Bailcd.-Gortio (11 a.m.), for Wellington. .' . MOTUEKA. .' ■'~' . •'.: / Arrived.—Manaroa (noon), from Wellington, lo Bail.—Manaroa (midnight), for Wellington. ''" . NELSON.. Arrived.—To Anau (2.10 a.m.), from Picton. Sailed.-To (11.40 a.m.), for Ticton and Wellington; Wavcrley (6.30 p.m.), for Wellington. ' PICTON. - - '-' ■■ t Arrived.-Pukaki (6.40 a.m.), from Wellington; To Anau (6.30 p.m.), from Nelson. To Baii.-Opawa (daylight. Wednesday) and To Anau (10 p.m.), for Wellington. ' . ... ■ '';'■ Blenheim;. ..'• ■- :'Tho Waihi crossed tho bar inwards and sailed up tho river this morning... Arrived.-Opawa (11.30 a.m.),- from Wellington. To sail.-Opawa and Waihi (9 p.m.), for Wellington. ■'';'"■ . . KAIKOUBA.' ■■;.. .:'■' . Sailed.—Cygnet (11.40 a.m.), for. Wellington.' ,; "' J . ;■ lyttelton'..\ ;;; v ■Arrived.—Maori (7 a.m.), from Wellington,' Arrived.—Storm, from Picton. ■ Sailed—Mararoa (8.30 p.m.), for Wellington. .for 'Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, and,Onehnnga; Mararoa,'for Welling, ton, with 160-passengers ;,Aratapu, brigantino, ' for Kaipara; Falcon, schooner, for Havelocli. . WESTPORT. '..•"■:';,.'-.■;. Sailed.—Arahura (1 a.in.), for Greymdnth; Kotuku (1.30 p.m.) and Koromiko (2 p.m.), for Wellington. •>, .-..'. . •. , f. . ..' GHEYMOUTH. > To Bail:—Arahura (U p.m.), for Weßtport, Nel- ■ son,. Picton, and Wellington. . ' >;■'■. \- .DtJNEDW. '■•;■ 'Arrived.—Aparima,' from Calcutta; Orarij from London direct; Moeralii, from Melbourne.: - Sailed.—Victoria (3 p.m.),. for northern ports. Passengers : for. -.Wellington-Misses Moritzson, ■Fergusson,, Davis, Mesdames Davis,- Moritzson,' ' Mesßrs. Wadio, Davis.' -"- •.. Sailed.—Morrnbool, for Timaru;: Wimbledon, for Port Pirie. ~,,,... .',■.-.,' '. POET OHALMBES. 1 . '/ • .'• :.': Sailed.—Wimbledon (3 p.m;), for Port'. Pirie. - ! Arrived.-Orari (4.30 p.m.),.from London. . :;;'--": ; bluff,: •Arrived.—Clan Grant, from Timarui :■; Sailed.—Koonya,. for : Diincdin. -'. '/•"', : : - ■'-.'. ; : ;'THEiWAIVmtA. ■' \ : To-morrow' evening,. tho'shaw-Savill steamer Waiwera ib oxpectod.to lcavo Lyttelton for Wellington, and is duo here on Friday morning/ She completes, Homeward loading and bunkering ■ at. thiß; port,' and Bails finally for London early next week., . '. • ", ■'■..,'. INDEAGHIEI TEANSHIPS. .:: ' ; , The agonts'for ;the Tyßer. Line, Ltd., adviso ' that it has been decided to tranship . all the Indraghiri b Wellington cargo at Auckland/as i she has only a/small quantity for discharge'at | this port. 'She is.due at Auckland to-day, and ! the first portion of her cargo should, arrive hero on Tuesday next. ..' , V •. i ) GANYMEDE 'TO BE'' AUCTIONED... :"'['■' 'The well : known: barque Ganymede, which'is now lying 'in -port at; Lyttelton,- discharging timber from , Port Huon, ia to be offered on Monday next for Bale by auction, lho vessel, which is..at : nrcsont owned by Mr. Waterston, of Invcrcnrgill, ■ is 46 years old, having: been ■ built at Sunderland; in' 1863. ! : For many years she ■ traded between Lyttelton and London,, but of late years she has been employed in the intercolonial : trade., , ' j.KOMATA RESUMES COMMISSION... . ' ■.[ _navlng completed her overhaul and survey,' the Komata loft; Port .Chalmers on Saturday afternoon for _Wcstport, where she will load coal for' the- Admiralty at Sydney. Captain - 0. AngUß is. still in command of the Komata., Mr. > Oambcll, 'second■. officer of , tho vessel, came ashoro for , orders, ■ and was relieved•■ by' Mr; ' Anderson, of tho Oorinna. Mr. Home, second officer of the Mahcno,, has transferred ttniporarily to the. Corinna. . ; ' fPASSENGERS FOR AMERICA.;. ■'; .;"-.•, ■•■■ . _ At' noon. to-morrow the Union ' Company's ■ b.s. Mannpouri leaves . here for .Earoto'nga . and Papeete. At the latter port connection wUI bo ' made' with the E.M.S. Mariposa,- sailing on : Juno 5 for San Francisco. The Manaponri vdll tako the following passengers from Wellington:—Mcsdameg Latona, Pattce.. Stump, : Davis. Gnmwood.H. Sharman, S. Wardman, Clear, Mißses 'Bell, '■ Davis, A. • Wardman, Rovs. Thos. Price and Davis, Mcbsts. T.-Kelly, J. Ilyland. Hobday,, ; H.' Brain. H. Sharman, Henry Clarke-Kilncr,, E. Lbny. M'Ewen,:Clear,- Morris, Latona, Chas. Clarke, Grimwood,-Masters Davis (3),Wardman. .■ •."•.. '...•.-;. , ; ; , : . ; .\.' i. • PASSENGERS FOE ENGLAND: ; By_ the F.H.S. Lino stcamof Laneton ■ Grangci which leaves Lyttelton on May 29 for Avonmouth, Livornool. and other West of England ports, the following passengers have booked;From Auckland—Mcsdames Harvey, Moore. Pawsoy, Sinclair, Fongcr, Brown,., Misses Harvey,Moory-'(!), Pawsey • (2), J. .Brown, Messrs. Pawsey, Sinclair, Phimistor,, Brown, • Masters Brown (2), Pawsey.., From Dnncdin-Mcsdsmes. Win'slado,, Ransrer, Rov. •■ Woodhouse, Dr. H'Knfglit/' Messrs Baneer,' Buntcn, ■ Dixon, Wilson. From BluffMessrs. Ford , and!■ Newton.:. From LyttcltonMesdamcs M'.Kenzie. Stewart. Miss M'lCee. Messrs. M'Konzlc, M'Arthur. From • Wcllington-Mesdames Livinitstonc.;'M ! Bride and infant, Miss M. L. Shnttleworth. ' Messrs. narding,.; Livinpstono, Bishon.Bowlck.R. Rhodes, Sowman,. R., O. Campbell. : From Nnpicr-Mr. and Mrs. Burns; Mr. and Mrs. Sutcllffe. ~./■. '''' A XIFE-SAVING TUG. ' ', ' ''- The United Slates revenue servico- possesses a life-saving tug, the Snohomish, builv. for: : service on the l'acjDo in the vicinity of Pugct Soiuid, oho is in model and construction much like a first-class ocean-going tug. . Sho . is' "152 ft. long oyer all,.and,29ft: beam, with a mean draught of 12ft. 4in., with 125 tons of coal and 11,000 gallons of water on board: The vessel has a) speed ol 13 to 14 knots, and at 12 knots ■ has a coal copacity'to carry, her 3000 miles. Her most interesting and novel equipment is. tho special marine cable-way designou for taking' passengers and crow from a wreckod vessol which it is impossible, to approach- by lifeboats. The • apparatus is nothing uioro or less than tho breeches buoy apparatus modillod to meot tho special conditions, for its use between two ships in a seawayAfter anohoring the'tug at a,working distanco from tho stranded -vessel a connection Ib'made by line and hawser, as is/done by the life savers from the beach,. with the. exception that ingenious devices are provided to pay out or take iu automatically tho,'slack''of tho .hawser to iwhich tho breeches buoy is:attached ns the pitching and rolling of tho tug. necessitates. It is. stated, that in a period of 60 years 700 lives, liavo been lost by. Bhipwreck in .the' Straits of Juan do Fuca and vicinity, which, is tho entrance to Pifget Sound, and will bo the Snoho-'i mishs Btation.-.,. .... ' A CAPTAIN OF ■ INDUSTRY. •: .'"'• By the death of Dr.. Wiegand, its directorgenetnl, the Norddeutsohcr-Lloyd lobcb tho services of an administrator whoso 16-or 17 years' work has brought the company's fleet to.a high stato of elhcicnoy and importanco. , Ho broke down tho ■ that. German, liners must bo built in England, and oven when the ability of tho German yards to build very largo steamors was still in question, ho entrusted them with orders which encouraged them to further developments, In many rospects Dr. Wiegand'was a man aftor the. Kaiser's own heart. That is to say, ho was ono of those-"captains of industry" who thoroughly believed in the expansion of Gorman interests. Nowhere was this more .shown than in the' Far East. Dr. Wiegand was acuto enough to see that tho~success of-tho Imperial mail liiie depended very much upon tho cultivation of "feeders." Therefore ho bought up coasting lines of Btcamßhips under the British flag,,and put them, and their'trade, under his own. Thus in cortaln parts of the Eastern seas, where "British .interests-used to nrcdominato, lho Germans camo to'appropriato the lion'B sharo of maritime trade. To Dr..Wiegand is duo in considerable degreo the present popularity of the: twin-screw, steamer, '110 .recognised lis superiority from tho standpoint of safety, and introduced it into all the principal liners of his company. Ho was a groat believer, too,: in watertight bulkheads, .and favoured the more modern practice by which first-cabin passengers are accommodated in huge structures erected amidships, which give them the full, advantages of light and air. His Ideas were considered rather daring at the time, and ho had some difficulty in convincing designers that tho sailors would not bo incommoded.: TIIE PASSING OF THE BRIG. Onp was, reading the other day of the passing of the brig in tho United States, and it was mentioned that-there were to-day only cloven brigs running under tho American' flag. There hi certainly only one brig left in Australian waters, and that is the Edward, which ilicß tho house flag of Messrs. R. Kennedy and Son of Hobart (sayß a Tasmanian exchango of recent date). Tho last Ta ß manian brig to pas B away vru Um Fairy Book, whkb. traded out oX HobaA

for over forty years; Last year ehe was diemantled and converted into a coal hulk. In the smics and seventies there woro over twenty locally-owned brigs sailing out of Hobart, and somo of them vroro hcolers. Perhaps tho Bmart- , est of these was tho Greyhound, a long, low rakißh looking craft, which reminded ono of the ulockado runners 60 admirably word pictured by the lato Captain Marryat. Bho was a heavily sparred boat with a tremendous Bhcer, ani masts which rakod at.an alarming angle. Ii? •her day ehe could beat anything afloat in th« Australian waters in tho wind-jamming lino. Another Bwift brig wae the Wild Wave, which bolonged to Facy and Fisher, and traded to the Ohincso Boae and Bonth'America. Another handEomo, .sightly, fast-sailing brig was the ill-fated Ohanticlecr, which was purchased' by Messrs. Bolbln and DowdoiL. shipowners, of Hobart, - at' the end of the sixties. She woe Daltimpro built, and had handsomo lines. In .tho soventica she loft Hobart for Melbourne, freighted with free- ' stone, and was never heard of afterwards. The bolicf entertained in nautical circles was that , .' eho opened up in a gale, and foundered. The . other well-known Hobart brigs were tho Dart, ' Jane, Union, Louisa, Prairie, Sarah, Velooity< Maid of Erlni Prospero, and Daniel Wateon. They are all now at tho bottom of tho deep bluo Eca. The oldest of, tho northern brigs wns the Mercury, which passed out many years since. Old Bailors tell ono that brig rig wna handy.'to work, and very popular with tho old shipmasters. It was α-brii; that carried Nelson's dispatches containing tho victory of tbo Nile to ; Europe, and the ribs of this vossol aro bleaching on ono of the Tasmanian beaches. Ono refers to tho historic Mutine, onco the Tasmanian whaler Aladdin. In another decade there will bo probably no brigs in the world. .; ' .'.. '-..'■■ . : Captain' Anderson, of tho Union Company's Wellington shore Btaff, assumed command of the ■ Patoona at- Wellington. yesterday. The Union Company's steamer Aparima is to • leave Dunedin this week for Calcutta, via Newcastle and Singapore. ■ ; .■ '. ■ .'-.-■."-, -■ , : Captain Wallis, of tho small'steamer "John, Anderson, has been appointed mato of tho Lyt--. tclton Harbour Board's tug. Canterbury. ■- •.'.-. Somewhat' later : than ÜBual,, tho Union- Com- • pany's steamer Arahura was flxod to leave Grcy>-i. mouth at 11 .pan..-yesterday, for Wellington via.*' ports. ; ./ -'. -... -■ ■■■.'■■ ■■■ -.'■"■" ."'.":• ■::':' '■ When tho; Monowai arrives at Dunedin on ' Thui'sday blio will bo.withdrawn for survey and, .- overhaul, and tho Maitai will bo put on'the ran in her place. .. ..'.' '■■ . , ■-''. ' The schooner, Eliza Firth his been overhauled after a four months' lay-up in Lyttclton, and is to sail'shortly for Kaipara.''She will be commanded by Captain 0. Ipseni v ■ . '• ■•'..: v ,-.;■. This morning tho ferry steamer Moraxoa will make a. reappearance in- Wellington after an r ' absence of' several- weeks. Tho vessel left Lyttelton at 6Jsp.m. yesterday. The Maori, which arrived at Lyttelton. yesterday morning,' withdraws during two or throe days for docking. '■';' Mr. Shaw joined tho Warrimoo as purser at -.'' the Bluff. Mr. Craske, who returned with the.vessel >as purser from Sydney, whore ho waj ':. married, has resumed his duties as manager a< - the Bluff. : r •..'•.;• [.-.. ''■■.-, ~.\, ■.-,'.'';