SHIPPING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6007, 25 November 1890, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NAPIER

ARRIVALS.

November. 24—-Kahu, s.s., from Pourorero. Richardson and Co., ngeDts, 24 —Ahuriri, s.s., from Blackhead. Dalgoty and Co., agents. 25—To Kapu, s.s., from Wairoa. Smith and Provis, agents.

The s.s. ICahu returned from the coast last night and was this morning engaged putting her cargo of wool on board the ship Bnlclutha.

Tho s.s. Ahuriri return-d from the const during last night, find early this morning transhipped her cargo of wool to tho ship Euterpe. The s.s. Te Kapu returned from tho Wairoa this morning. Sho is to leave again for thatolaco to-night. Tho R.M.S. lonic left Wellington at noon to-day, and will arrive here at daylight to-morrow. She takes from here 5000 carcasses mutton from tbo N.B. and H.B. Freezing Company and 11,000 carcasses from Messrs Nelson Bros.' works, besides SOO bales wool

The barque Astcrion will sail for London to-night. Sho takes from hero 21G0 bales wool aud G4 bales skins.

The Waihora arrived at tho Bluff from Melbourne yesterday, Sho Ims one steerage passenger for Napier. Tho old steamer Result had a yory narrow escape from capsizing this morning. She was coming in from tbe barque iEthelbert with a load of oats, and when on the Jtar some of hor cargo shifted. Coming up the channel, she hcok-i over, mid it was with the greatest difficulty that she was brought to the whuif and got upright. Part of her deckload went overboard, aud a large portion of the cargo was damaged.

THE TYSER LINE.

Rolativo to the notion of Messrs Tyser and Co. in commencing a regular lino of steamers a circular has been posted to Australian shippers by that firm, of which the following is a copy :—-" The Tyser Line Ltd., 138 LeudenbaU" street.- Steam to Australia. Dear Sirs,-It is considered desiratilo to inform you briefly of the position of tho company. We have very largo engagements, extendine. over several years, to send steamers to tho colonies to carry homo frozen meat, aud wo require facilities to despatch tho vessels from this country. We regret to say that all efforts to arrange reasonable terms for their despatch through the Associated Brokers havo been unsuccessful. During tbo lost 12 mouths, out of 12 steam sailings this company was only able to obtain from the association seven despatches, the remaining five vessels being sent out in ballast or by Other meaus ut grout sacrifice. During tho next 12 months tbe company will have IS Bteam sailings, which must be provided for, or say approximately three steamers every two mouths. The Associated Brokers havo not been prepared to offer us despatches for even one-half of this number. This company has had, therefore, no option but to provide cargoes for the steamers itself, and has contracted with a number of tho largest shippers to Australia, to carry their goods, undertaking to despatch a steamer approximately every 21 days. It was not desired to disturb tho current rates of freight by cargo steamers ; but, owing to the course which has been pursued by certain brokers during the last few days in reducing the rates, and offering extra rebates to shippers, it has become necessary to tako action at onco.—Tyseb and Co." Commenting upon the foregoing, a London commercial exchange observes :-—'• We need scarcely say that this circular produced a great commotion among shippers, and it fell like a bombsholl among all the brokers. Tho question was and is, What is to be dono 'i Certainly tho circular is plain Biiough in its simple statements of facts. We have nothing to do with the interests involved either on ono side or the other. The actual position is that Messrs Tyser and Co. having contracted with shippers on tho other side to bring homo from Australia and New Zealand together sufficient frozen mutton and beef to occupy the holds of eighteen steamers annually (for seven years) these vessels must bo despatched from London either with cargo cr in ballast. Theso eighteen steamers mean a carrying capacity of "about 80,000 tons of merchandise, and, of course, such an amount of stuff cannot all be procured at short notice for steamer freight ; so Messrs Tyser and Co. at once say, if wo cannot get'steamcr rates we must take sailing rates, but tho vessels must go out." On October G a cablegram arrived here announcing that Tyser and Co. were offering to carry goods at 17s fid by steamer. It is very important in considering tho position that something like the true magnitude of the trade, into which this extra carrying capacity of 80,000 tons per annum is thrown, should bo fairly estimated. We (Australian Trading World) have taken somo trouble to ascertain what tho present despatch of tonnage from London, Liverpool, Jlasgow, and the minor ports of Britain is, to Australia. In estimating tho position for outward freights, we exclude Now Zealand both as regards steam and sailing vt-sels. The figures can only be approximate, but we think they will be found sufficiently accurate to form an opinion upon. Approximate estimate of vessels despatched to Australia in tho year ending 3lßt August last :—Steamers : 52 mail steamers, carrying an average cargo of 2500 tons merchandise each, 130,000; 30 Milburn and Lund steamers, taking -1000 tons each, 120,000; 10 Thomson's and o-her steamers, carrying, Fay, 30,000 ; total steam despatch. 280,000. Sailers: 100 ships, each carrying on tho average 2000, 320 000 ; total capacity in tons, 000,000. Now it is to this 000,000 tons that Messrs. Tyser and Co., owing to the necessities of their homeward contracts, arc adding 80 000 tons steam, to increasing the total despatch by 12} per cent., or tho steam despatch alone by 28 \ per cent.—Auckland Herald.

MOVEMENTS OF UNION COMPANY' 3 STEAMERS.

Tho Australia loaves Wellington to-day, and is duo hero this afternoon. She ia to leave for the north on Wednesday evening. Tho Omuporo is due from Dunedin, Oamani, and Timaru on Friday, and is to leave for tho north in the evening. The Southern Cross is duo from northern ports on Friday morning, and leaves for Wellington about noon. The Wairarapa is duo from Sydney via northern ports on Monday morning. Tho Ahuriri takes oft" tho outward passengers at 10 a.m. Tho Waihora arrives from Melbourne via southern ports on Saturday forenoon. The Ahuriri takes off the outward passengers at Tho collier Orawaiti is to leave Westport at tho end of this week for this port with a cargo of coals for Messrs Barry Bros.