SHIPPING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6144, 9 May 1891, Page 2

SHIPPING.

* £ORT OF NAPIER.

HIGH WATER SLACK. To-morrow morning at .. 5.15 To-morrow evening at .. 8.36 vX

ARRIVALS.

May. B—Agnes Martin, ketch Captain Page, from Gisborne. Master, agent. _ qjj B—Saucy Kate, schooner, Captain Wincham, from Gisbornt;. Cranby and Prebble, agents. 9—Rotomahana, b.s., from northern ports. R. Puflett, agent. PassengersMrs Cornford ; Messrs Mtdn and Maokay ; Bevd. Cornford; 13 steerage. 9—Duke of Westminster, s.s., from Sydney. W. J. Willcocks, agent.

DEPARTURES. ]

May. 9—TeKapu, s.s., for Wairoa. Smith and Provis, agents. 9—Rotomahaua, s.s., for Melbourne vw Nc southern ports. Passengers—Mesdames Portridge and child, Pill and child, and Lnckie ; Messrs Peckover, Pirie, Wilberfoss, and Young.

VESSELS IN PORT.

Duke of Westminster, s.s. Rotomahana, s.s. „,, Pendle Hill, barqucntino Waireka, three-masted echooner Enterprise, brigantine Lily, schooner Spray, schooner D. Awaroa, schooner Catlin, ketch Saucy Kate, schooner Agnes Martin, ketch

The ketch Agnes Martin arrived from Qisborne last night. She comes here to load potatoes. i j. The s.s. Te Kapu left for Wairoa last night. , The Union Company's s.s. Rotomahana, Captain Kennedy, arrived from northern ports at 6 a.m to-day. She was tendered by the Ahuriri at 7 a.m., and the outward passengers taken off to her at 2 p.m. The Duke of Westminster, 2427 tons f register, Captain J. S. Cox, arrived from > Sydney at G. 30 a.m. to-day in ballast. She takes 17,500 carcasses meat from here, 10,000 from Messrs. Nelson Bros, and 7500 from the North British Freezing Company. J She also takes about 500 bales wool, besides Borne flax, grass-seed, and pelts. She is expected to get away for Auckland on Tuesday at midday; from thence she goes to Waitara. Her chief officer is Mr. E. J. Clout, second Mr. W. R. D. Irvine, third Mr. Herbert Brading, chief engineer Mr. J. Gilmcur, and doctor Mr. C. Scatchard. The Te Kapo arrived at Sydney from - Wellington yesterday. . The schooner Saucy Kate arrived in the bay during last night from Gisborne. She will load potatoes here for the Thames. The Saucy Kate had an excitiDg time of it at Greymouth the other day, when she crossed the bar there during a tremendous sea. The following account appeared in the Auckland Herald :—" Quite a sensation was caused on the wharf when a small echooner was seen making her way for the entrance of the river. There was a tremendous sea on the bar and a very strong current running, so much so that it was considered madness for anything to attempt to stem it. The little vessel turned out to ac the Saucy Kate, twenty-eight days out from Auckland. She was flying the signal for a tug, but the tug dared not leave her i moorings. Tbe wind being favorable, Captain Mincham feared not the sea, and ÜBing the only two cans of oil he had on ■ board to quell the troubled waters crossed the bar without mishap. But here a greater Sanger awaited him—the current ■was so strong that it looked overy moment as though the vessel would be dashed on the rocks. The Harbor Board's rocket apparatuß was got into position, but fortunately was not required. Every inch of canvas was pressed into service, and slowly—very slowly—the Saucy Kate made her way up the river. When some distance from the wharf the wind fell slightly, and her position was once more dangerous; but a line wae got ashore, and with what appeared to be ' half the town' on the end of it the little schooner was hauled safely to her moorings none the worse for her daring adventure. Three hearty cheers were then given by the spectators for the plucky captain and her crew. The vessel was splendidly managed throughout." In the City of London Court on the 12th February last a ca6e of considerable importance to shipowners and consignees was heard under the following circumstances :-— D. Evans and Co. sued the Messageries Maritimes de France for £19 10s, as the value of goods not delivered, but handed to defendants for transportation. Plaintiffs sent an order to Yokohama for certain silk goods, which werb shipped by one of defendants' ships at Yokohama. When the goods were delivered at plaintiffs' warehouse in London, and the case was opened, it was found that £20 worth of goods had been stolen in transit. The case had been forced open, and was subsequently nailed down, and when received did not present a suspicious-looking appearance It was coricunfiea In ueleuoo that defendants knew nothing about the quantity, as it was not described in the Bill of Lading, neither was the value. His Lordship heid that there ■was no evidence that the goods in question were put into the ship, and non-suited plaintfla, defendants being allowed costs. The following sailing vessels are now homeward bound from Napier:—Killeena, barque, 82 days out; Mairi Bahn, ship, 74 dars out; Oamaru, ship, GO days out; Opawa, chip, 46 days out. MOVEMENTS OF UNION COMPANY'S • STEAMERS. The Waihora will arrive from Melbourne and southern ports about 2 p,m. to-morrow. The Ahuriri takes off the outward passengers at 7 p.m. The cargo steamer Ohau leaves Oama.ru on. Monday for this port via Timaru and Lyttelton arriving here on the 15th.