SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 5587, 3 February 1881, Page 2

SHIPPING.

fort Cbslaen ARRIVED— February 2 Mabel, barque, 783 tons, F. Snow, frnn New York (October 11). Passengers: Mrs Snow, Hisses Snow (2), Mr Augustus Purdy. February 3. Frederick Bassel, barque, 342 tons, Best, from Maori, 8.8., 118 tons, Jones, from Oamaru. Taiaroa, sa, 228 tons, M’Qee, from Oamaru Palmerston, ketch, 25 tons, Brebner, from Stewart Island. Huon Belle, ketch, 41 tons, Brown, frem Stewar Island. SAlLED— February 2, Star of the South. 8.8., 174 tons, Bascard, tor Weft Coast ports via 0. mini. February 3 Seagull, brigantine, 122 tons, Laing, for Oamaru. Wakatipu, s.s., 1,158 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers : For Lyttelton Mrs Braithwaite. For Sydney Messrs M Fat lane, Hutchison ; two in the steerage. Tararua, g.s., 661 tons, Tozer, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart. Passengers ; For Hobart—Mr D. Jones. For Melbourne-Master Benjamin, Messrs Tinline, J. Hollow, MTntosh, J. Sullivan, Biaber, M'Tavish, Jefford, Cox, W. Hope, H. Thomson, H. 0. Henderson, C S, Cox, Clark, and Davidson. The Taiaroa, from Oamaru, arrived this morning with cargo for transhipment. The .Union Company have found it expedient to pay I off the whole of the crew of the Tararua from Captain ■ Muir downwards, in consequence of the gold robbery from that vessel. It is due to whoever are consciously innocent, whether officers or men-and excepting by j implication they are all innocent—that they be re- ' garded by the public &s also heavy losers by the unfortunate event. The crew of the steamer Rotorua are to be transferred to the Tararua on the arrival of the steamer at Port Chalmers, and the Rotorua is to be laid up for a short time.— ‘ Press.’ j The regular trader Frederick Bassel arrived this morning from Newcastle with 400 tons of coal and B,ooCft of hardwood timber. She left Newcastle on j January 22; carried strong northerly winds until within 100 miles of the West Cipe on January 31, j when the wind hauled to the westward. She passed the West Cape on the Ist lost, when she got a easterly breeze, and e’eared Foveaux Strait on the 2nd inst., thence variables ; and was taken in tow by the tug Plucky at four this morning, and berthed alongside the export wharf. The strike of seamen is causing some annoyance to owners of steamers at Wellington. The Manawatu i was ready to leave for Wanganui, but at the last | moment the crew refused to proceed to sov unless the demands of the Seamen’s Union were complied with. The men were given into custody, and will be charged to-moirow with refusing duty. Three of the Hma’a crew also refused duty, and they were treated in a similar manner. The steamer, however, was enabled to sail, having made up a crew from the seamen e£ the ship Antares, now in port The Patei’s crew are also out on strike. The owners of the steamer state that they are determined not to comply with the demands of the Union. ARRIVAL OF THE MABEL “Long expected come at last ” may be said of the barque Mabel, from New York, which made her appearance off the Heads yesterday forenoon, but owing to the ebb tide was unable to cross the bar until 3.30 p.m., when she came in asters of the Plucky, and came up the harbor as far as the anchorage off Carey Bay, when the Customs launch ranged alongside, and the answers to the usual questions being satisfactory, Mr J. R. Monsoa boarded her, and she was shortly after cleared. The Mabel is not a stranger to this port, her last visit being in June, 1879. hhc brings a full cargo of 1,350 tons, 450 of which are for this port, 200 for Lyttelton, and the remainder for Wellington. Her passage has occupied 114 days from port to port—rather a long one for such a fine vessel. Its length is accounted for by meeting S.E and E.S.E. winds across the N.E. trade belt, poor S.E. trade and head winds since making the land. We are indebted to Captaiu Snow for the following report of the vessel’s passage, which has been a fineweather one Left New York on October 11; had light S, and S.W. winds until reaching latitude 22deg N., longitude 35deg W., on October 26, when the wind came out from the eastward; had S.E. and E.S.E. winds right across the N.'E. trade belt until reaching latitude 4deg N., when she met the first of the SE. trade, crossing the Equator ou November 16, in longitude 32deg 14min W.; the SE. trade hung well to the southward, causing her to tack several times In order to clear the Brazilian coast; sighted Cape St. Roque on November 22; the trade gave oat in latitude 15deg 13min S* longitude 33deg 56min W., ou November 28, and was followed by N. and E winds until December 8, in latitude 32deg S., longitude 20dcg 42mia W., when she picked up the westerlies; crossed the meridian of Greenwich on December 14 in latitude 37deg lOmin &, sixty-four days out; had moderate westerly winds until rounding the Cape of Good Hope in latitude 39deg S. on December 19; light westerly breezes marked her passage across the Southern Ocean the meridian of Cape Leeuwin was passed on January 14 in latitude 45deg S. on January 18, when she met with a strong N.E. breeze for twenty-four hours ; it then veered round to the westward; passed Tasmania on the 22nd in latitude 47deg 40min S., still keeping westerly winds ; passed the Snares on the evening of January 27, when a light easterly breeze set in with thick foggy weather, which continued along the coast; was off the Ocean Beach on the afternoon of the Ist inst, and was taken in tow hy the Plucky at 9 am. yesterday. Her easting was run down on the parallel ol 45deg S. latitude. No vessels were spoken nor ice or wreckage seen. Shipping Telegram. London, February L—Waimea, from the Bluff (October 18) —Waitangi, from Lyttelton (October 30). —Loch Doon, from Auckland (October 9). London, February 2.-The steamship Norfolk left Plymouth yesterday for Lyttelton.