SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 4652, 28 January 1878, Page 3

SHIPPING.

At the Heads. County of Peebles from London. ARRIVED. January 26.—Waitaki, S.s., 228 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Passengers: Mesdames Shield, Beckingsale, Mitchell, Graham, Pateison, Harris, Misses Evans (2), Hardy, Strangford (2), Finch, Lees, Simpson, Ranforth, Harris, Beckiugsale, Masters Murison, Lees, Beckiugsale, Messrs M'Lean, M'Donald, M'Grcgor. Boge. Hay, Leslie, Cnrew, Sberwin, Stronach, Pish, Lees, Hudson, Bussell, G'-ay, Mewhiuney, Blakely, Barnes, Raynor, Sligo, Dinwoodie, Solomon. Mitchell, Douglas, M'Tavish, Farley, Every (2), Gray, Bail, y, Jamieson, Measam, Whitaker, Rose, and five steerage. Shag, s.s., SI tons, Wing, from Shag Point. Passengers: Messrs Stuart, Reid, Duncan, Fisher, Wilson, Toohill. January 27. —Franklin Belle, ketch, 38 tons, Bradshaw, from Oamaru. Beautiful Star, s a., 146 tons, Petersen, from Timnru Passengers: Mr and Mrs Wilkie, Mr Beany, Mias Scott.. Maori, s s., 118 tons, Beruech, from the West Coast, via the Bluff. Maiy Ellen, schooner, 29 tons, Smith, from Timaru. Pioneer, schooner, 25 tons, Matheson, from Timaru. Waugmui, s s., 179 tens, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mesdames Organ and family, Langmuir, Misses Tilley, Wesnoy, Messrs Caraugh, Waterson, Constable Dennis, and four children for the Indu itrial School, Rotorua, s.s., 676 tons, Mucfarlane, from Sydney, via the East Coast. Passengers: Mesdames 1 Peters and three children. O'Keefe, Hentam and five children, Frnzer, Yaldwyn, Ma’comson, I Haukin, Misses O’Keefe, Frazer (2), Malcolmson, Messrs Clark, Heapby, Cable, Weal, Levy, Southern, Cameron, Fitzherbert, Bell, Ballard, Knoth, Hill, Walker, Atwood, and eight steerage. BAIL£D« January 26.—Martha Reid, schooner, 85 tons, Sundstr'un, for the Bluff. Oreti, s.s., 117 tons, Christian, for the Bluff, January 27—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Jones, for Oamaru. Isabella, ketch, 52 tons, Purdie, for Gatlin's River. January 28.—Wanaka, s.s., 277 tons, M'Gillvray, for the North. Passengers.- For Akaroa—Mr Butterworth. For L\ ttelton —Mrs and Miss Edie, Messrs Ballard, Wotten, and Denis. For Wellington—Mr James. For Napier—Mrs May. Misses Caldwell, M'Kenzie (2), and Darwent. For Auckland—Mrs Brown, Messrs A. Beaver, Moodie, Sinclair, and Weston. Isabella Pratt, schooner, 71 tons, Cross, for Oamaru. Rosanna Rose, bi igautine, Cooper, for Hokianga. The s.s. Wanganui, with cargo and passengers from the Bluff, arrived at Port Chalmers at 11.30 a.m. yesterday. She left the Bluff at 8.30 p.m. on the 26th; had light N.BJ. winds along the coast to arrival.

The s.s. Wanaka, with cargo and passengers for Auckland, via Akaroa and East Coast ports, tailed this afternoon.

The s.s. Oreti, for the Bluff, sailed on Saturday evening.

The p.s. -Samson sailel yesterday morning for Oamaru. The s.s. Beautiful Star arrived from Timaru at 5.15 a.m. yesterday and steamed alongside tho Elizabeth Graham to tr oiship 11G bales of wool. Tbo s.s. Maori, from West Coa*t ports, arrived yesterday and passed the Port to Dunedin. The schooner Martha Reid, for the Bluff, and ketch Isabella, for Citclin’s River, cleared tho Heads yesterday. The s.s. Waitaki, with cargo and pass, ugers from Oftmnra, arrived on Sa'tirday afternoon. ALtr transhipping wool to the ships Olaki and Calypso, she steamed up to Dunedin. The s.s. Shag arrived on Saturday afternoon and steamed alongside th ship Calypso to tranship fifty six 1 ales of wool.

The schooners Mary Ellen and Pioneer, with full cargoes of grain from Timaiu for transhipment to the ship Marlborough, arrive! yesterday morning. The s.s. Rotorua, from Sydney, via Auet laud and the East Coast, arrived at, 7 am. yes'erday, w th cargo, pnssei gers, and the inward mails from San Francisco, the mails being conveyed to Dunedin by special train at 8 a.m. She left Sydney at 5.30 p.m. on the Kith; had light (astorly weather to anival at Auckland at 2 p.m. on the 21st; left at 330p m. next day, i u 1 reached Napier at 8 a.m. on the 23rd ; left again at noou, and arrived at Wellington at 8 30 a.m ou the 25th; remained there until 2.45 p.m., when she pushed on for Lyttelton, arriving at that port at 645 a.m. on the 26th ; left at 1.15 p.m. same day, arrivhig ns above, having experienced flue weather from Auckland to nirival. We thank Mr Hart (purser) for report a d exchanges. The ketch Hnon Belle, which was stranded at Moorakion the IGth inst. and successfully got off by Mr James Grinley, shipwright, of Port Chalmers, arrive 1 at 5. p.m. F.b'ay. Mr Grinley, who proceeded to Moeruki under instructions fmn Captain Ru-soll, surveyor to the Underwaters’ Association, reports getting the vessel clear of the rocks on Saturday afternoon, when, upon examining her bottom, he fund a number cf small holes ami one large aperture, which was sufficient to allow a man to pass through. Tbo whole of tbeml e succeeded in p:\tching—the smaller ones with strips of planking and the la ge 'me with bags covered with tall w, which were kept in place by toms wedged up against her beams. Everything being ready a start was made on I’huisday morniug, when she encountered a strong S.E. gale, causing tlie ketch to labor heavily, owing to which the leak rapidly increased, keeping all hands fully employed pumping and baling her out. The gale modent.ed early o iFii’ay morning, and she made the Heads during tbo torenoou and beat up as above. _The barque East Lothian, timber laden from Kaipara, was towed up to the anchorage on Friday evening by the tug Koputai. She isuuder the commaud of Captain Tooker, la’o of the barque Amateur, who reports leaving Kaipara (after being bar-bound tor a week) ou tho 10th innt. ; had fresh N E. winds until clearing Cook’s Strait, on the 18rb, when she encountered a heavy S.E. gale, and bore up for Cloudy Bay, anchoring there at 8p m. Tiie gale moderated on tho following day, when she made another start with a, light westerly breeze; passed Cnpe Campbell at 10 a.m, thence to Bank? I’eninsula on the 2!>th had fro?h northerly winds, and from the Peninsula to arrival light variables.

ElRb Water. To-moeeow. Heads. j Pt. Chalmebs, ■ Ddnedih, 11.S3 p.m. I 0.33 p.m. 118 p.m,