SHIPPING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5634, 19 September 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT 03? NAPIER,

ARRIVALS. September. IA- -Southern Cross, s.s., from Wellington. S, Puflett, airent. Messw Cuto, .Miller, .Newton, Whitemin, JariiKin. Kcardon, and three steerug e - Ifl-Kiwi, s.s.', from Wellington n" Castleooint. Dai-ety and Co., agents. IS)—Comet, ketch, Captnin from Oamaru. Cranby and Probblo, agents.

Tho I'iiion Company's s.s. Southern C'.ts.h. Captain Xiiuc.t, arrived from Welliiiirti'ii at* nine o'clock last night, and was at oiice brought inside by Pilot Kraeft. She left Wellington at t>.3o p.m. on 17th, and expirfii'iict'tl iine weather on the passage up. The. Southern Gross leaves for the north lit J.iiO o'clock this afternoon.

Thes.H. Kiwi, Captain Campbell, arrived from Wellington at midnight, and came inside :it 7.00 a.m. to-day. Sho returns to Wellington itti'our o'clock this afternoon.

Mr. Stevens, second officer of the ship Orari. has kindly furnished us with the following report ot thf passage out : —We left London on Jut.o l>th, and proceeded down channel with light north-easterly winds and foggy weather. Took our departure from the "start on Sunday, Juno Oth, with fresh norrh-west breeze, which continued and gradually drew round into the N.E. trades, which were moderate. On Tuesday, 13th Juni\ v>o sighted Posto Santo. Lost the N.E.'trades in latitude 12 d«g. north, and liad Hgnt variable winds to 9 deg. north, when\ve !*ot the S.E. trades fresh. Crossed the e> j.uat:»r in longitude 27 deg. west, and lost the S.E. truck's in '20 deg. south. Experienced light winds from there to 36deg. south and lldeg. west, where the first of the westerly winds were fallen in with. These jrnuhuUiy increased to a. hard gitle with very liliivv susi, which continually Hooded the decks, washing away topgallant bulwarks and doing other damage. Crossed the meridian of Greenwich on July SUtli. Tho weather continued very bud till after passing the Snares on Monday, the 2nd inst., sighted Kiiikoura Peninsula ou the 13th and Blackhead 0:1 the 17th, and reached Nfipier anchorage at 0.30 p.m. on the latter dato. Experienced light winds and rainy weather alon'ir tin: New Zealand coast. Tin! Woka went out for n load of the Orari'.s cargo this morning. The ketch Comet, from Oarnaru, was beating up the bay as our report was leaving- tho Spit. She brings a full load of produce. The i-chooner Duucdin was expected in Aueldsnd on Monday last, she having been pai-.-ed off Wiiipiro b\- the s.s. Australia on Friday. Her agents, Messrs Elli.-on mid Duncan, have a* yet no advice of her arrival. The s.-i. Wairoa will steam for Wairoa at seven o'clock to-ir.orrow .uoruing. The union Company's Australia is due from Auckland early to-morrow morning. She steams for "Wellington at Vi p.m. The .s.s. Kotomaf.ana left Auckland this ftfterucmn, and will arrive lure early on Saturday morning. Tim Te Anau will leave Lyttelton this afternoon,, and Wellington at h p.m. tomorrow, arriving here tit 11 a.m. on Saturday. Tho s.s. Knlm left Wellington last evening, and Castlepoint at 7. -ii this morning. She will arrive here this evening, and return to Wellington to-morrow.

The paddle steamea Manaia. has been sold to a New Plymouth syndicate to run up the Mokau river, and ehe will leave for JNewPlymouth .-hortly. Messrs Galloway an.i Niven and Northo will effect the necessary npair*. The Spit will thus lose a very ola identity.

'J ho ship Auckland, Captain Charles Jaim-d, s.> wdl and favorably known at this pert, arrived in Auckland on Sunday last, after a. smart trip of '.'I days from port to port. The Auckland, brings out a full load (h>oo tons) of s-tlt, 9()J tons being-for Auckland and 700 tons for Duucdin. Airs. James accompanies her husband as passenger. Wβ take the following extract from the report which appeared iv the Auckland Herald— Thousrh meeting with very rough weather on the trip, the Auckland's passage, 91 days is the bts-t one that Ins ben made to her name port this season, and Captain James and his crew deserve congratulation for the trim condition i:i which the .vcf-sel hns bet-n brought into port. AV'hcu crossing the Southern Ocean on August 24th, a very severe ga!e was experienced, and a great eea breaking on board washed the captain's gijr stway Lesidts doing damage to the poop :iud cabin, while the buJwarlfs forward weie lirokeii and torn. A ■week later a second sti'ini was (.-licouiitend, the ship being then oil Cape Leeniviu. Th" thermometer fell to 2;v7i.l aiid tint wind bk-w with hurrintne furce, :tr:d tl.c ship had to be hovr-'o for 24 '.our.-;-

The ship Pleiades has arrived at London fro:;! Auckland, which port »ha left on May 11*.

" Jemmy Ducks,' 1 writing to th eßrisbmic Obf-.irvi.T, s.iy,' , :—1 asked itn old sailor liov.- it was that in: shipp.d before the mast while he ht-ld a niasttr'.s certificate ? His answer was, •• Do 301.1 tljink I am a b idiot -"'' I get as good pay as a mate does, it dt'i-s not cost jijlt half as much to live ■srhcji 1 11111 ashore. I have no rusponsibility, am always Mm: of a job, get paid for overtime, raid 1 can get :\ new kit for about thirty bob, so if i got east away I don't lose much. If I was a mate I .should have to keep up appearances, have a lot of responsibility, get hauled over the coals by the Marine Beard if anything went wrong, and be out vi a ship bait my time ; and as for master or skipper, why you could iill a stiip with them. Thci<' aic more men knocking about idle with certificates iv their pockets than thi-ru are foremast hands, and if anything happens on a trip the managers of a i;f nij any are only too glad of a slant to gU lid i.f a skipper and put h< >ti.e friend of the owners in his plate. And hi ru is another lark : A man k not allowed to bring a ship into purr until he is exempt troro pilotage, and he eiiiinut g< t ext/mpted until be lifts brtught ship, into port. And tlit-n ho lias to piy £■) t',:-v exemption out of his own jMickt.l, for the piviu-ge of Laving the pilot's dutiiv and rinpunsibiliticrf und saving owners half pilot dues, which, in twelve months, aniuiuu to nioht-y. No, no, mv lad, UiiisteiH and Ulicers will never get justice or fair play i;n!;l they have a uukjll of thi.ii , uv;n-jie that will protect their inti.Ti si.- without. Ldiig in the least antagouistic to the owntrs.; and I believe the reason this has not been d<.r.e long ago is that no (mi-ih game to start: it. The chap that dots had better get a barge of his own for he would not stand tmich chance of a chip. So as lung as owntrs can euck masters or ttiici-rs at a monunt's notice, •with or without, just cause, I shall stop as 1 am, ' A.8.,' und tise union i belong to wiil take care I don't μ-et put upon without knowing the reason why."