SHIPPING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5996, 12 November 1890, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Tbti fohooiicv DuTicilhi \a Tiow at the breastwork ln»din.: tiinbcr for I imam.

Tho sohonm-r Orpheus is to loud timber for Duuedin.

The S.Z. Sh'pping Company's R.M.S, Rimutiihii i< now expected here on Sunday.

It is >t.iia-d that iiinnetiiry mutters i" relatiou to the Ms. ftlanjiia" l.avo now been fixed iiji. end she is expi uted to steam for Wellington tci a couule of dnytt.

Tlu hiiip Euterpe, tin; n rival of which we reported yesterday, anchored at the ballast-ground Captain Bowioy reports that ho loft Melbourne ou Ist November, and had fine weather to Cape Palliser, When >he eucountt'.-c.l v r- .W. gale.

The Wreck Abstract, cf the Board of Trado shows rhat tin' total number of sea Casualties which h ippuncd in (he year fueling thi"! JSihh «i .Tune, i S3!), to vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, was 6928. Tho number ot total losses at sea was 507. Tliii> is lower than the iveord of any of tho preoedi/ig tvreive years, si ml less than the average of that period by v* many aa 43 vessels, and t'l/'OT tons. The number of miisiug vessels was 53, compared with 00, Gβ. -i I, Ktid .39 respectively in tho'four preceding years, ana an aver>t>re»of 143 in the four years preceding ISBI-85. The losn of life by wreck and casualty in vessels belonging to tho United Kingdom was 2006 in 188S-89, wb eh, although exceeding the fatalities in the two preceding years, was 2b' less than tho iivorngo for tho ten years p T ecedinsr 1886-87. In IS7S there, was but one steam vessel of 3,(i00 tons, which was tho only steamer of Ihut sizo in Europe. At the present date there are in the United Kingdom 330 of 3,000 to upwards of B,oou tons gross, with an aggregate tonnage of 1,304,201, averaging 4,000" tons ear-h. cco'ding to Lloyd's Register, four mure were added up to April 30 last, at which date (hero were iv foreign countries 18S steam vessels of above 3,000 tone, of which 48 ranged from 4,000 to 6,000 tons. Frauco owned OS, Germany 33, the United States 20, Spain 17, Italy" 15, other countries 25.

Details regarding the accident to tho steamer Age, disabled off Port Melbourne gome days ago in a gale, state that when off Caie Otway, a "heavy sen struck the ship, nml her tail shaft broke off a foot from tho screw. Tho ship then became quite disabled and had to go with the wind, getting all sail. At the same time, tho boats, lifebelts, and buoys were got ready. At daylight on Saturday the vowel had drifted almost to King's Inland, twenty-four miles from the north-east. The captain called for volunteers to try and mako land in a boar, and those took provisions and water for a week, and managed to reach the shore safely.

The steamer Lindus, cf Huddnrt, Parker, and Co.'s line, which left Sydnoy a few days hgo for Melbourne, returned to port next moniintr. through a rather peculiar cause. She had to put back in cwuseqaenoe of the fireman being tmablo to got up sufficient, steam with tho inferior or dusty coal in the hunkers. Efforts were made to get at somo largo coal on board, but without success, and the steamer was then turned round and headed for Sydney.

The Monowai arrived at tho Bluff from Melbourne yesterday with the following passengers on board for Napier : —Mrs Ellis; Miss JUKs ; Messrs Ellis and Vino. The Janet Nicol arrivod at Sydney from tho Bluff yesterday. i Tho R.M.S Arawa left Rio for Plymouth on Saturday last with her meat in good condition.